An Introduction to economic geography globalization, uneven development and palce

Today's rapidly flowing global economy means the geographical economic perspective has never been more important. "An Introduction to Economic Geography" comprehensively guides students through the core issues and debates of this vibrant and exciting area, whilst simultaneously exploring the range of approaches and paradigms ...

Globalization and militarism

feminists make the link

Written by one of the world's leading feminist scholars, this masterful and provocative book takes seriously women's desires to be patriotic yet feminine and men's fears of being feminized as a strategy to explain how militarism is being globalized and thus what ...

Por la desobediencia cívica

José Bové saltó a las páginas de la prensa internacional cuan­do, en agosto de 1999, protagonizó el intento de demolición de un McDonald's en la localidad francesa de Millau. Aunque su labor como activista había empezado mucho tiempo atrás, a partir de entonces ...

Agroalimentos y globalización

el desarrollo humano en América Latina

El desarrollo humano en America Latina. Inequidadesm como factores de riesgo cultural, por Mario Andrich. Diversidad biologica, proteccion ambiental y normas constitucionales de los estados de America Latina, por Dolores Maria Duverges. Daños ambientales y cambio climatico. Responsabilidades comunes pero diferenciadas, por Maria Soledad Casals ...

Microcréditos y pobreza

de un sueño al Nobel de la Paz

La concesión del Premio Nobel de la Paz 2006 al profesor Muhammad Yunus y a la institución que él fundó, el Banco Grameen, ha venido a reconocer la importante presencia de los microcréditos en el escenario actual de la financiación para el desarrollo, así como ...

Brewing justice

fair trade coffe, sustainability, and survival

Fair trade is a fast-growing alternative market intended to bring better prices and greater social justice to small farmers around the world. But is it working? This vivid study of coffee farmers in Mexico offers the first thorough investigation of the social, economic, and environmental ...

Muhammad Yunus

el banquero de los pobres

Del verbo latino credere (#confiar#) proviene nuestra palabra #crédito#. El mundo sólo da crédito a los que ya poseen. El economista de Bangladesh Muhammad Yunus, con su #Banco para los pobres#, sólo se lo da a quienes no poseen. En cuestiones de dinero, el mundo ...

Connected

24 hours in the global economy

Connected: 24 Hours in the Global Economy isn't another polemic for or against globalization. Daniel Altman takes you on a whirlwind journey through more than a dozen cities, gathering points of view from moguls, ministers, and the man and woman on the street. At ...

Fortune favors the bold

what we must do to build a new and lasting global porsperity

An incisive analysis of the ever-changing global economy looks at globalization and how economic systems around the world can grow and thrive, covering such topics as the U.S. trade deficit, ways to restart Japan's stagnant economy, the World Bank, and intellectual property rights ...

The secret history of the American Empire

economic hit men, jackals, and the truth about global corruption

In the Secret History of the American Empire, Perkins zeroes in on hot spots around the world today and, drawing on interviews with other hit men, jackals, CIA operatives, reporters, and activists, examines the current geopolitical crisis. Instability is the norm: It's clear that ...

Les enjeux de la mondialisation

les grandes questions économiques et sociales III

Ce livre est le dernier d'une série de trois " Repères" qui ont pour ambition de couvrir les principales questions économiques et sociales contemporaines, à l'échelle nationale, européenne et mondiale. Leur particularité est d'avoir été conçus et écrits par des spécialistes de ces ...

Making globalization work

Four years ago, Joseph E. Stiglitz outlined the problems our rapidly integrating world was facing in Globalization and Its Discontents. Now, in Making Globalization Work, Stiglitz brings the story up to the present, examining how change has occurred occurred even more rapidly over the past ...

Emerging markets

lessons for business success and the outlook for different markets

Business opportunities in China, Russia, East Asia and Eastern Europe, including Turkey, offer increasing rewards if you get it right - and disaster if you get it wrong. Using the real experiences of companies wherever possible to illustrate the points it makes, this extensively updated and ...

Bound together

how traders, preachers, adventurers, and warriors shaped globalization

Since humans migrated from Africa and progressively dispersed throughout the world, they have found countless ways and reasons to reconnect with each other. In this entertaining book, Nayan Chanda follows the exploits of traders, preachers, adventurers, and warriors throughout history as they have shaped and ...

The world economy towards global disequilibrium

American-Asian indifference and european fears

This book stresses how the rise of China and India has completely changed the world economy, moving it towards disequilibrium. Several alternative economic policies are tested to seek a way towards high growth in any continent associated with long-run real and financial equilibrium. The Authors ...

Bad samaritans

rich nations, poor policies, and the threat to the developing world

It's rare that a book appears with a fresh perspective on world affairs, but renowned economist Ha-Joon Chang has some startlingly original things to say about the future of globalization. In theory, he argues, the world's wealthiest countries and supra-national institutions like the ...

The Blackwell companion to globalization

This Companion features 35 original essays on the complexity of globalization and its diverse and sometimes conflicting effects. Written by top scholars in the field, it offers a nuanced and detailed examination of globalization that includes both positive and critical evaluations. The essays focus on ...

Globalisation, development and transitio

conversations with eminent economists

This unique book provides a comprehensive survey of the major economic issues that have helped shape the modern world. It includes discussions of the latest research findings in the international economic development literature and scrutinizes some of the most important debates in contemporary economics. Brian ...

Making globalization work

Why isn't globalization benefitting as many people as it should? Joe Stiglitz shows us that things can change and that an optimistic world can exist where globalization really does work. Stiglitz examines how change has occurred rapidly over the past four years, proposing solutions ...

La globalización de la pobreza

cómo se enriquecieron los países ricos...y por qué los países pobres siguen siendo pobres

¿Por qué sigue creciendo, día a día, la distancia que separa a los países ricos de los pobres? Erik S. Reinert, profesor de la Universidad Tecnológica de Tallin, revisa la historia del crecimiento económico del mundo desarrollado para demostrarnos que las reglas que hicieron posible ...