Expulsions: Brutality and Complexity in the Global Economy (Sassen Saskia)(Pevná vazba)

Expulsions: Brutality and Complexity in the Global Economy (Sassen Saskia)(Pevná vazba)

Soaring income inequality and unemployment, expanding populations of the displaced and imprisoned, accelerating destruction of land and water bodies: today's socioeconomic and environmental dislocations cannot be fully understood in the usual terms of poverty and injustice, according to Saskia

The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo (Sassen Saskia)(Paperback)

This classic work chronicles how New York, London, and Tokyo became command centers for the global economy and in the process underwent a series of massive and parallel changes. What distinguishes Sassen's theoretical framework is the emphasis on the formation of cross-border dynamics through which

Co-Operatives in a Global Economy: The Challenges of Co-Operation Across Borders (McMurtry J. J.)(Pevná vazba)

In their efforts to internationalize in the emerging global economy, co-operatives not only face a variety of problems that are common to all firms, but encounter specific challenges due to their particular value commitments, forms of incorporation and organizational structures. These features of

The Crisis of Global Capitalism (Soros George)(Pevná vazba)

The global economy, on which the world now depends more than ever, is in crisis. The Russian economy has collapsed, leading to punishing inflation and economic hardship. Scores of Japanese banks are in ruin while the Japanese government muddles along, the nation falling deeper and deeper into

Greening the Global Economy (Pollin Robert)(Pevná vazba)

A program for building a global clean energy economy while expanding job opportunities and economic well-being.In order to control climate change, the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates that greenhouse gas emissions will need to fall by about forty percent by 2030. Achieving the

Fair Trade and Global Economy (Ogden Charlie)(Pevná vazba)

Language Policy and Political Economy: English in a Global Context (Ricento Thomas)(Pevná vazba)

This volume articulates a new framework for language policy research that explores the connections between language policy and political economy. The chapters are united in their focus on English, a language that has enjoyed a reputation as a 'global language' over the course of the last century

Issues and Actors in the Global Political Economy (Broome Andr)(Paperback)

A major new text on contemporary global political economy that focuses centrally on key issues and actors. Concise and accessibly written, it provides an ideal introduction to the contemporary dynamics and processes of change in the global political

This Boxing Game: A Study in Beautiful Brutality (Wight John)(Pevná vazba)

John Wight delves into the world of beautiful brutality, visiting gyms on both sides of the Atlantic. Through Wight's compelling memoirs we encounter the likes of Freddie Roach, Manny Pacquiao, James Toney and Josh Taylor. Boxing operates on a different moral and spiritual plane than other sports

How to Be Human in the Digital Economy (Agar Nicholas)(Pevná vazba)

An argument in favor of finding a place for humans (and humanness) in the future digital economy.In the digital economy, accountants, baristas, and cashiers can be automated out of employment; so can surgeons, airline pilots, and cab drivers. Machines will be able to do these jobs more efficiently,

Down and Out in New Orleans: Transgressive Living in the Informal Economy (Marina Peter J.)(Pevná vazba)

Advances in Global Leadership (S. Osland Joyce)(Pevná vazba)

Volume 9 of the journal, 'Advances in Global Leadership,' includes timely and impactful articles on processes associated with effective global leadership. In these times of accelerating complexity and global inter-connectedness, a deeper understanding of the multiple contextual, organizational, and

City of a Thousand Gates (Sacks Rebecca)(Pevná vazba)

'The novel showcases the humanity, tragedy, and complexity of life in the West Bank... The characters' interwoven lives will stay with you long after the book's denouement.' --Entertainment Weekly 'Sacks is an extraordinarily gifted writer whose intelligence, compassion and skill on both the

Global Political Economy: Theory and Practice (Cohn Theodore H.)(Paperback)

Praised for its authoritative coverage, Global Political Economy places the study of IPE in broad theoretical context and has been updated to cover the rise of populism, Brexit, the USMCA, US-China trade wars, tariffs, refugees and global migration, the Keynesian-monetarist debate, Fordism,

A Finer Future: Creating an Economy in Service to Life (Lovins L. Hunter)(Pevná vazba)

Humanity is in a race with catastrophe and charting the course to a regenerative economy is the most important work facing the world. A Finer Future gathers the evidence and delivers the essential blueprint for an economy that works for people and the

Value of Everything - Making and Taking in the Global Economy (Mazzucato Mariana)(Paperback / softback)

Time Out: Global Perspectives on Sport and the Covid-19 Lockdown (Krieger Jrg)(Pevná vazba)

In the edited collection Time Out: Global Perspectives on Sport and the Covid-19 Lockdown, practitioners and international scholars explore the impact of the global Covid-19 health pandemic on sport from a global perspective. It is part of a two-volume Covid-19 and Sport series that tackles the

Global Cities: Past, Present and Future (Zhenhua Zhou)(Pevná vazba)

The pivotal nodes in the world city network are global cities---cities of supreme strategic value in global economy and politics, science and technology, culture, and society. Global Cities: Past, Present and Future explores the evolution of global cities---their formation, rise, development and

Global Art and the Cold War (Curley John J.)(Pevná vazba)

In this readable and highly original book, Jay Curley presents the first synthetic account of global art during the Cold War. Through a careful examination of artworks drawn from America, Europe, Russia, Asia, and Australia, he demonstrates the inextricable nature of art and politics in this

Emotion: Fashion in Transition (Debo Kaat)(Pevná vazba)

Notable fashion historians examine the irreversible and global transformations in the fashion industry today, and identify the challenges of the

Complexity and Contradiction at Fifty: Robert Venturi's Gentle Manifesto: A Symposium (Stierli Martino)(Pevná vazba)

Now available in its original edition along with critical commentary, Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture is the founding text of postmodernism in architecture First published in 1966, Robert Venturi's Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture, widely considered the foundational text of

Welcome to the Circular Economy: The Next Step in Sustainable Living (Potter Claire)(Pevná vazba)

Both a practical guide and an introduction to the circular economy, this book taps into the rising desire for action and a collective response to the climate crisis. The circular economy is a series of systems that encompass many of the terms we already use in relation to sustainable living: reuse,

Dirty Cities: Towards a Political Economy of the Underground in Global Cities (Talani L.)(Paperback)

Introduction: Globalization and its impact on the shadow economies in Global Cities; Leila Simona Talani PART I: CAPITAL SINS 1. London: The laundry of choice? Money laundering in the City of London; Leila Simona Talani 2. Crime and No Punishment: Money, Violence and the Neoliberal Transformation

Sustainable and Democratic Education: Opening Spaces for Complexity, Subjectivity and the Future (Chave Sarah)(Pevná vazba)

In a world struggling with environmental and social problems resistant to current solutions, education needs to explore ways to 'enlarge the space of the possible' rather than only 'replicate the existing possible'. To respond to this challenge, this book troubles dominant Western philosophical