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  • The Power of the G20

    The Politics of Legitimacy in Global Governance

    by Steven Slaughter ...
    Series series Global Governance
    Can the power of the G20 be legitimate? This book examines the politics surrounding the G20’s efforts to act effectively and legitimately and the problems and challenges involved in this activity.Developing a critical constructivist conceptualisation of the G20, the book considers holistically and practically the ways that the G20 develops various forms of power and influence and acts as an apex ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Global Democratic Theory

    A Critical Introduction

    by Daniel Bray, Steven Slaughter ...
    Global Democratic Theory is the first comprehensive introduction to the changing contours of democracy in today’s hyperconnected world. Accessibly written for readers new to the topic, it considers the impact of globalization and global forms of governance and activism on democratic politics and examines how democratic theory has responded to address these challenges, including calls for new forms ... Read more

    $21.00 USD

  • Globalisation and Citizenship

    The Transnational Challenge

    Edited by Wayne Hudson, Steven Slaughter ...
    Series series Challenges of Globalisation
    This wide-ranging volume explores the impact of globalization upon citizenship, with a special focus on the transnational challenges that globalization poses.While there is much debate over the concept, globalization implies at least two distinct phenomena. First, it suggests that political, economic and social activities are becoming increasingly inter-regional or intercontinental in scope. ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

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  • The Poverty of Capitalism

    Economic Meltdown and the Struggle for What Comes Next

    by John Hilary ...
    Capitalist growth is widely heralded as the only answer to the crisis still sweeping the global economy. Yet the era of corporate globalisation has been defined by unprecedented levels of inequality and environmental degradation. A return to capitalist growth threatens to exacerbate these problems, not solve them.In The Poverty of Capitalism, John Hilary reveals the true face of transnational ... Read more

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  • The Bleeding Edge

    Why Technology Turns Toxic in an Unequal World

    by Bob Hughes ...
    Capitalism likes us to believe in the steady, inevitable march of progress, from the abacus to the iPad. But the historical record tells of innumerable roads not taken, all of which could have led to better, more equal worlds, and still can.Academic and activist Bob Hughes puts flesh on the bones of the idea that 'another world is possible', using as evidence the technology that capitalism claims ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • The Butterfly Defect

    How Globalization Creates Systemic Risks, and What to Do about It

    by Ian Goldin, Mike Mariathasan ...
    How to better manage systemic risks—from cyber attacks and pandemics to financial crises and climate change—in a globalized worldThe Butterfly Defect addresses the widening gap between the new systemic risks generated by globalization and their effective management. It shows how the dynamics of turbo-charged globalization has the potential and power to destabilize our societies. Drawing on the ... Read more

    $38.19 USD

  • What Is Russia Up To in the Middle East?

    by Dmitri Trenin ...
    The eyes of the world are on the Middle East. Today, more than ever, this deeply-troubled region is the focus of power games between major global players vying for international influence. Absent from this scene for the past quarter century, Russia is now back with gusto. Yet its motivations, decision-making processes and strategic objectives remain hard to pin down.So just what is Russia up to in ... Read more

    $10.00 USD

  • Southern Style

    by Craig Marriner ...
    The youth from the old colonies head to London, a mecca for hedonism, dangerous encounters and self-discovery in this vibrant, shocking novel by the award-winning writer of Stonedogs. Craig Marriner’s second novel lifts the lid on the Big OE as his sprawling cast of young Southerners tackle London head on. There’s Lisa from Cape Town, class warrior and part-time drug dealer; Ryan the Aussie, with ... Read more

    $10.59 USD

  • Beyond the Promised Land

    The Movement and the Myth

    by David F. Noble ...
    Series Book 1 - Provocations
    Iconoclast David F. Noble traces the evolution and eclipse of the biblical mythology of the Promised Land, the foundational story of Western Culture. Part impassioned manifesto, part masterful survey of opposed philosophical and economic schools, Beyond the Promised Land brings into focus the twisted template of the Western imagination and its faith-based market economy.From the first recorded ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • Maxwell's Demon and the Golden Apple

    Global Discord in the New Millennium

    by Randall L. Schweller ...
    Mixing myth, entropy, and Angry Birds, Randall Schweller brings a novel perspective to international studies.Just what exactly will follow the American century? This is the question Randall L. Schweller explores in his provocative assessment of international politics in the twenty-first century.Schweller considers the future of world politics, correlating our reliance on technology and our ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Translation, Globalization and Translocation

    The Classroom and Beyond

    Edited by Concepción B. Godev ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book examines the spaces where translation and globalization intersect, whether they be classrooms, communities, or cultural texts. It foregrounds the connections between cultural analysis, literary critique, pedagogy and practice, uniting the disparate fields that operate within translation studies. In doing so, it offers fresh perspectives that will encourage the reader to reappraise ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Macroeconomic Performance in a Globalising Economy

    Edited by Robert Anderton, Geoff Kenny ...
    The process of globalisation has been ongoing for centuries, but few would doubt that it has accelerated and intensified in recent decades. This acceleration is evidenced as much by the strong synchronicity in the rapid transmission of financial crises starting in late 2007 as it is by the decade of almost unprecedented growth in international trade and financial market liberalisation that ... Read more

    $38.59 USD