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The Globalization Syndrome: Transformation and Resistance
by James H Mittelman  Publisher Comments Here James Mittelman explains the systemic dynamics and myriad consequences of globalization, focusing on the interplay between globalizing market forces, in some instances guided by the state, and the needs of society. Mittelman finds that globalization...
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Freer Markets, More Rules: Regulatory Reform in Advanced Industrial Countries
by Steven K Vogel 
Publisher Comments Over the past fifteen years, the United States, Western Europe, and Japan have transformed the relationship between governments and corporations. The changes are complex and the terms used to describe them often obscure the reality. In Freer Markets...
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Globalization: The External Pressures
by Paul Kirkbride Publisher Comments Much literature is available discussing the concept of globalization, but now it is time for some practical advice on what it actually means for an organization. Globalization: The internal dynamic and Globalzation: The External Pressures can be read...
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False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism
by John Gray Publisher Comments A conservative political thinker in the 1980s, Gray concludes that the conservative agenda is no longer viable. In his examination of the ripple effects of the economic turmoil in Russia and Asia on our collective future, Gray provides a passionate...
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Democratizing Globalization: The Leverage of the Tobin Tax
by Heikki Patomaki Publisher Comments In the 1970s Professor James Tobin proposed a very modest tax on currency transactions. This would make much speculative movement of funds unprofitable and the world financial system less volatile. The Tobin tax, if implemented with other regulatory...
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Open World the Truth About Globalisation
by Philippe Legrain Publisher Comments "The Truth About Globalisation". Argument in favour of globalisation. 8pp colour illus. "Lucid and persuasive" "Sunday Times"....
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Guide To the World Bank 2ND Edition
by World Bank Publisher Comments Following the success of the first edition (with above 12,000 copies sold to date), the World Bank is publishing this completely revised and updated second edition of the Guide to the World Bank. It provides detailed information on the largest anti...
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In the Name of the Poor: Contesting Political Space for Poverty Reduction
by Neil Webster Publisher Comments Current development discourse on poverty reduction mainly emphasizes the respective roles of the state and the market. This book argues for the importance of exploring and understanding the poor's own actions. These actions may seek to change their...
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Making Globalization Work (06 Edition)
by Joseph E. Stiglitz Publisher Comments "A damning denunciation of things as they are, and a platform for how we can do better."—Andrew Leonard, Salon Four years after he outlined the challenges our increasingly interdependent world was facing in Globalization and Its Discontents, Joseph...
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Globalization Reader 2ND Edition
by Frank J Lechner Publisher Comments The Globalization Reader makes sense of a term that has become an all-purpose catchword in contemporary debates. This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, with thirty new essays and a new section on anti-globalization movements. The...
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The Limits of Stabilization: Infrastructure, Public Deficits and Growth in Latin America
by Bank World Publisher Comments This title analyzes the consequences of the move from public sector to private sector infrastructure provision in Latin American countries during the 1980s and 1990s....
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Territory, Authority, Rights: From Medieval to Global Assemb
by Saskia Sassen Review University of Chicago sociologist Sassen, a leading scholar of globalization, argues convincingly that while much 'denationalization' characterizes globalization, nation building and globalization are not oppositional. . . . This work makes a significant...
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Access of the Poor to Agricultural Services: The Role of Farmers' Organizations in Social Inclusion (Bulletins of the Royal Tropical Institute)
by Bertus Wennink Publisher Comments Resource-poor farmers tend to have more limited access to research, training and advisory services than do resource-rich farmers. And while access to agricultural services is not the only factor that can enhance rural people's livelihoods, it is a very...
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Futurewise: Six Faces of Global Change
by Patrick Dixon Publisher Comments The pace of change in the past two decades has been extraordinary and it has become much harder for businesses to anticipate the environment in which they will be operating not far down the line - how markets and marketing will change, how employees...
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The Post-Corporate World: Life After Capitalism
by David C Korten Publisher Comments The author outlines numerous specific actions to free the creative powers of individuals and societies through the realization of real democracy, the local rooting of capital through stakeholder ownership, and a restructuring of the rules of commerce to...
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Surviving Capitalism
by Erik Ringmar Publisher Comments Human life cannot be reduced to market transactions and human beings cannot only be treated as economic actors. When the power of the market increases, human beings will always try to protect themselves. Given the differences that exist in social and...
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The Work of Nations: Preparing Ourselves for 21st Century Capitalis
by Robert B Reich Publisher Comments What skills will be the most valuable in the coming century? How can our country ensure that all its citizens have a share in the new global economy? The author of The Next American Frontier addresses these questions in a trail-blazing new book that is...
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Negotiating Economic Development: Identity Formation and Collective Action in Belize
by Laurie Krosh Medina Book News Annotation The power of foreign governments (particularly the U.S.) and transnational companies over the Belizean citrus industry seems overwhelming to many observers, yet citrus farmers and workers continue to insist that they have agency in shaping the...
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The No-Nonsense Guide to Fair Trade (No-Nonsense Guides)
by David Ransom Publisher Comments Meeting the people who grow our bananas and cocoa and make our clothes, this No-Nonsense Guide to Fair Trade tells the human story behind what we consume. Examin-ing the global contest between "free" and "fair" trade, David Ransom argues that the key...
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Market-Driven Politics: Neoliberal Democracy and the Public Interest
by Colin Leys Publisher Comments Market Driven Politics is an empirical examination of the extent to which politics and policy are conditioned, or even determined, by global economic forces. With the globalization of the capitalist economy the economic role of national governments is...
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