Globalization on the margins

Globalization on the Margins

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Notes on the Sonnets

Luke Kennard recasts Shakespeare's 154 sonnets as a series of anarchic prose poems set in the same joyless house party. Wry, insolent and self-evisc

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Mobilities on the Margins

This open access book examines places on the margins and the dynamics through which a marginal position of a place is created.

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Mobilities on the Margins

This open access book examines places on the margins and the dynamics through which a marginal position of a place is created.

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On the Margins

War and disaster have shaped the first years of the twenty-first century, both in the United States and throughout the world. This title includes work

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Culture on the Margins

Recounts the 'discovery' of black music by white elites in the nineteenth century, boldly revealing how the episode shaped modern approaches to studyi

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Survival on the Margins

Between 1940 and 1946, about 200,000 Polish Jewish refugees lived and toiled in the harsh Soviet interior. They endured hard labor, bitter cold, and e

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Voices on the Margins

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Low Country

In 2016 Tom Bolton set out on a mission to walk the long, winding coastline of Essex — from Purfleet on the Thames Estuary to the Suffolk border.

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Feral Borough

Meryl Pugh reimagines the wild as 'feral', recording the fauna and flora of Leytonstone in prose as incisive as it is lyrical. Here, on the edge of th

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Sanatorium

A young woman spends a month taking the waters at a thermal water-based rehabilitation facility in Budapest. On her return to London, she attempts to

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Young People on the Margins

This book tells the story of those who are currently on the margins of mainstream education, with each chapter shining a light on one of these groups

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Globalization Paradox

Globalization, Rodrik argues, rests on shaky foundations. Despite the benefits it has brought to much of the world, there are profound conflicts of in

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In the Margins. On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing

A delightful collection of original essays by Elena Ferrante as she reflects on the “adventure of writing”—her own and others’.

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Globalization, Health, and the Environment

Reveals the impact of globalization on human health, as it is mediated through environmental change. This book examines the bio-cultural intersection

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Populism Versus the New Globalization

This is an interdisciplinary examination of populism as a factor in global change, drawing on international politics, sociology, and global studies.

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Globalization and New Geographies of Conservation

Examining the geographical dimensions of environmental management and conservation activities implemented on landscapes worldwide, this title collects

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Globalization and New Geographies of Conservation

Examining the geographical dimensions of environmental management and conservation activities implemented on landscapes worldwide, this title collects

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Worker-Mothers on the Margins of Europe

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Globalization and Development Reader

This revised and updated second edition of The Globalization and Development Reader builds on the considerable success of a first edition that has bee

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Civil Servants and Globalization

This volume analyses the impact of globalization on civil service systems across the Middle East and North Africa. It presents an analytical model to

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Can Globalization Succeed?

An accessible, wide-ranging exploration of the effects of neoliberal globalization on the economy, culture and politics of nation states and individua

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Globalization and Development

This book is a collective effort on the part of researchers affiliated with the CERES Research School in Development Studies in the Netherlands to dis

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Globalization of International Society

This volume reconsiders the process of globalization, drawing on a wealth of new perspectives to understand better this momentous historical developme

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Globalization and Culture

Now updated with new chapters on culture and populism, this book argues that we are witnessing the formation of a global mélange culture through proc

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Globalization and the Environment of China

Volume 14 focusses on: the environmental influence of globalization and China, environmental impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on host countri

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African Media Space and Globalization

This book surveys the African media industry, examining various sections of the media at the elite level. The contributors offer rich perspectives on

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Strangers and Scapegoats – Extending God`s Welcome to Those on the Margins

A Christian sociologist explains how the problem of the stranger lies at the root of many problems humanity faces, such as racism, sexism, and nationa

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Land Politics and Livelihoods on the Margins of Hanoi, 1920-2010

An engaging study of the rapid urbanization of a former village subsumed by the expanding city of Hanoi.

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International Trade in Services and Intangibles in the Era of Globalization

Quantitative measures of international exchange have historically focused on trade in tangible products or capital. However, services have become a la

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Globalization, Trade and Foreign Direct Investment

Examines the impact of globalization on the competitiveness of a variety of regions and countries. This work analyzes the interface between trade, FDI

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Economic and Political Dangers of Globalization

The influence of the World Trade Organization is investigated, with a particular focus on how it has created a Washington consensus throughout the wor

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Theorizing Globalization: A Critique Of The Mediaization Of Social Theory

Theorizing Globalization offers a reassessment of mainstream perspectives on globalization, providing essential insights into an enormously popular fi

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Globalization and Higher Education in Albania

This book focuses on the impacts of global and transnational trends in higher education policy in Albania and provides a window into the variable inte

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Globalization, Environmental Law, and Sustainable Development in the Global South

This volume examines the impact of globalization on international environmental law and the implementation of sustainable development in the Global So

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Women, Globalization and Fragmentation in the Developing World

The process of globalization has had a dramatic impact on the lives of women in developing countries in the past decade.

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International Political Economy of Migration in the Globalization Era

This book concerns with the analysis of the impact of globalization on international migration from a distinct international political economy perspec

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Engaging Globalization – The Poor, Christian Mission, and Our Hyperconnected World

This up-to-date resource not only orients readers to the history of globalization and to a Christian theological perspective on it but also explores c

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Information and Communication Technologies in the Context of Globalization

This book focuses on the adoption of new technologies led by information and communication technologies by SMEs in developing countries. Based on the

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Information and Communication Technologies in the Context of Globalization

This book focuses on the adoption of new technologies led by information and communication technologies by SMEs in developing countries. Based on the

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Food Waste, Food Insecurity, and the Globalization of Food Banks

From their origins in North America in the 1960s, food banks provide food to communities in approximately one hundred countries on six continents. Thi

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Globalization, Political Economy, Business and Society in Pandemic Times

Globalization, Political Economy, Business and Society in Pandemic Times contributes to the growing literature on COVID-19 through a multidisciplinary

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Globalization and Civil Society in East Asian Space

This book critically examines the impact of globalization, changing power dynamics, migration, and evolving rights regimes on regional order, discours

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Global Trade and Trade Governance During De-Globalization

This book takes a fresh and much needed perspective on the challenges of trade policy and explores possible futures for trade policy development.

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On Hollywood

Why is the U.S. motion picture industry concentrated in Hollywood and why does it remain there in the age of globalization? Allen Scott uses the tools

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Straight Talk on Trade

Deftly navigating the tensions among globalization, national sovereignty, and democracy, Straight Talk on Trade presents an indispensable commentary o

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Research on Democracy and Society

This volume is concerned with political action on the margins of conventional political participation in a democracy - extremism, protest and social m

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How the World Really Works : A Scientist´s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future - Smil Václav

Anotace: We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don`t know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity. From energy and food production, through our material world and its globalization, to risks, our environment and its future, How the World Really Works ...

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When the Floods Came

A taut, gripping novel set in the future, when the lives of a family existing on the margins of a dramatically changed society are upset by a mysterio

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THE SH*T

An honest, unflinching examination of the relationship between those on the margins of society and the people employed to help them.

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Men of the World

One of the leading figures in men's studies and the study of masculinity, Jeff Hearn here explores the implications of debates on globalization and tr

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The Factory

Anotace: Beyond the town, there is the factory. Beyond the factory, there is nothing.Within the sprawling industrial complex, three employees are assigned to different departments. There, each must focus on a specific task: one shreds paper, one proofreads documents, and another studies the moss growing all over the expansive grounds. As they grow accustomed to the rout...

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Manufacturing Powerlessness in the Black Diaspora

States that despite the economic utopianism brought on by globalization, effective solutions to the plight of urban blacks throughout the African dias

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The Factory - Hiroko Oyamada

<p>Beyond the town, there is the factory. Beyond the factory, there is nothing. Within the sprawling industrial complex, three employees are assigned to different departments. There, each must focus on a specific task: one shreds paper, one proofreads documents, and another studies the moss growing all over the expansive grounds. As they grow accustomed to the rou...

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Your Private Sky R Buckminster Fuller: The Art of Design Science

Ahead of his time-Fuller's visions on globalization and the "rescue through technology"

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Hoodie Economics

A re-imagining of economic systems, drawing on thinking from outside the margins.

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Something Strange, Like Hunger

A visceral collection about life on the margins by cult Moroccan feminist icon.

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Learned By Heart: From the award-winning author of Room - Donoghue Emma

Anotace: Shortlisted for the Atwood Gibson Prize. Adding to the already moving, richly told and gripping collection of historical fiction from Emma Donoghue, Learned By Heart is the breathtaking story of two young girls on the margins of life, forging a connection that will last forever. 'Emma Donoghue is a genius of compassion. In our fractured world she brings a...

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Learned By Heart: From the award-winning author of Room, 1. vydání - Emma Donoghue

<p>Shortlisted for the Atwood Gibson Prize.Adding to the already moving, richly told and gripping collection of historical fiction from Emma Donoghue, Learned By Heart is the breathtaking story of two young girls on the margins of life, forging a connection that will last forever.'Emma Donoghue is a genius of compassion. In our fractured world she brings a great sen...

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How the World Really Works : A Scientist´s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future - Václav Smil

<p>We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don't know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity. From energy and food production, through our material world and its globalization, to risks, our environment and its future, How the World Really Works o...

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