This work challenges the popular view that globalization threatens the role of the nation-state in determining national policy. It examines the fundamental issue of competitiveness and market power…
Comprises 27 essays on changes in world economic and trade structures from 1961 to 1991, with particular emphasis on 1989 and 1990.
This is a study of the labor movement in modern Japan, from its origins in the late 19th century through the 1930s.
Robert F Kennedy challenged us to dream of things that never were and say, Why not? This book presents a primer for fresh business thinking, and for problem solving with a purpose. It also offers s…
The second edition of Consumer Culture explores the nature and role of consumption in modern societies. Celia Lury's up-to-date revision of this successful classic establishes the importance of new…
Surveys in detail the most significant problems now facing Indonesia, raises vital issues for further investigation, and analyzes the results of the 1999 election.
Economic Interests and Institutions offers a comprehensive treatment of the public policy problem, the role of economic institutions in the design of new policy initiatives, and the way in which ec…
A stimulating appraisal of a crucial contemporary theme, this comprehensive analysis of globalizaton offers a distinctively cultural perspective on the social theory of the contemporary world. This…
Saskia Sassen is an internationally recognized expert on globalization whose writings have appeared in journals and magazines worldwide. Globalization and Its Discontents is a collection of Sassen'…
A systematic treatment of the economics of the modern firm, this book draws on the insights of a variety of areas in modern economics and other disciplines, but presents a coherent, consistent, inn…