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Price: $39.95
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Sale: $27.00
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Manufacturer: Wiley-Blackwell
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Edition: 3
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Dewey Decimal Number: 337
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Publication Date: 2007-11-27
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Reading Level: 520
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Description: The third edition of The Globalization Reader makes sense of globalization by conveying its complexity, importance, and contentiousness from diverse vantage points.
With its broad coverage of political, economic, cultural, and individual dimensions, this volume provides students with a deeper understanding of the globalization process. It offers a provocative assessment of economic globalization, examines the role of media and religion in cultural globalization, and explores the link between environmentalism and the globalization of social problems. The inclusion of new material on issues such as economic integration, inequality, and Islam, helps to make it a comprehensive introduction to globalization studies.
Scholars, activists, and organizations look with a critical eye at the many layers and dimensions of globalization. By reviewing the current debates and ongoing research on the topic, readers can better understand and judge the varied consequences of what is likely to be a dominant concern throughout the twenty-first century.
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Price: $14.00
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Sale: $3.67
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Manufacturer: Yale University Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Peter Singer
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Publisher: Yale University Press
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Edition: 2
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Dewey Decimal Number: 303.482
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Publication Date: 2004-03-11
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Reading Level: 272
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Description: One of the world's most influential philosophers here considers the ethical issues surrounding globalization, showing how a global ethic rather than a nationalistic approach can provide illuminating answers to important problems. In a new preface, Peter Singer discusses how the recent Iraq war and its aftermath have changed the prospects for the ethical approach he advocates. Q: What was your original idea for the book? A: When people talk about globalization, they usually mean the lowering of barriers to free trade and the flow of investment. And they usually don't see these as ethical questions. I wanted to bring together several different issues that are also part of living in a more globalized world and show that they are, at their core, ethical questions. So as well as trade issues, I cover climate change, intervention across national borders to protect human rights, and aid from rich nations to poor ones. Q: Have world events in the past three years further shaped that idea and your arguments? A: Definitely. The attacks on 9/11 showed that even the mightiest power the world has never known is vulnerable to being attacked. But more significantly, the crisis over Iraq posed a choice between taking the path of international cooperation, and that of unilateral action. It was also a choice between the rule of law and the rule of force. Unfortunately, the United States made the wrong choice. Q: What do you hope the book will accomplish? A: I hope it will contribute to people seeing these questions as ethical issues and to looking at ethics from a more global-and therefore less national-perspective.
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Price: $29.95
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Sale: $16.42
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Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Gabor Steingart
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Publisher: McGraw-Hill
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 337
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Publication Date: 2008-04-04
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Reading Level: 304
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Description: Globalization. The Flat World. Outsourcing. Free Trade. Each of these phrases is a flashpoint in one of the most heated debates of our lifetime: Is globalization a force for good, or is it a policy that is sure to destroy the economic foundation of the United States and Europe while exporting our wealth and prosperity overseas? In The War for Wealth, leading intellectual and agenda-setting journalist Gabor Steingart examines how globalization has affected the state of the world's economy and returns with a bleak outlook for the West: our prosperity and wealth are disappearing faster than ever, and with it our political power and our long-held democratic ideals. But all is not lost; we can still stem the flow of capital and jobs and once again restore the West to its respected position of global leader in economics and politics. In this eye-opening and dramatic account, Steingart lays out the three potential scenarios the world faces - a “shock scenario” in which there is a global economic crash, an “Asia-over-all scenario” where the rising economies of Asia completely overtake the West, or the “American renaissance scenario” in which U.S. politicians unite with each other and with Europe, forming a pragmatic third way to bring the West back from the brink of destruction. Compelling, controversial, and thought-provoking, The War for Wealth alerts readers to the crucial state of the Western economy--and shows how leaders can return the West to its position of power in the global arena.
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Price: $14.00
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Sale: $8.19
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Manufacturer: PublicAffairs
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Jr., Joseph S. Nye
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Publisher: PublicAffairs
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Dewey Decimal Number: 351
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Publication Date: 2005-04-26
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Reading Level: 208
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Description: Joseph Nye coined the term "soft power" in the late 1980s. It is now used frequently—and often incorrectly—by political leaders, editorial writers, and academics around the world. So what is soft power? Soft power lies in the ability to attract and persuade. Whereas hard power—the ability to coerce—grows out of a country's military or economic might, soft power arises from the attractiveness of a country's culture, political ideals, and policies.
Hard power remains crucial in a world of states trying to guard their independence and of non-state groups willing to turn to violence. It forms the core of the Bush administration's new national security strategy. But according to Nye, the neo-conservatives who advise the president are making a major miscalculation: They focus too heavily on using America's military power to force other nations to do our will, and they pay too little heed to our soft power. It is soft power that will help prevent terrorists from recruiting supporters from among the moderate majority. And it is soft power that will help us deal with critical global issues that require multilateral cooperation among states. That is why it is so essential that America better understands and applies our soft power. This book is our guide.
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Price: $14.95
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Sale: $8.27
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Manufacturer: Wiley
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: John Robb
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Publisher: Wiley
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Dewey Decimal Number: 327
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Publication Date: 2008-04-28
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Reading Level: 224
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Description: "For my money, John Robb, a former Air Force officer and tech guru, is the futurists' futurist."
—Slate The counterterrorism expert John Robb reveals how the same technology that has enabled globalization also allows terrorists and criminals to join forces against larger adversaries with relative ease and to carry out small, inexpensive actions—like sabotaging an oil pipeline—that generate a huge return. He shows how combating the shutdown of the world’s oil, high-tech, and financial markets could cost us the thing we’ve come to value the most—worldwide economic and cultural integration—and what we must do now to safeguard against this new method of warfare.
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Price: $125.33
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Sale: $20.99
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Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Lester Rowntree::Martin Lewis::Marie Price::William Wyckoff
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Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Edition: 3
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Dewey Decimal Number: 910
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Publication Date: 2006-02-23
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Reading Level: 688
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Description: Diversity Amid Globalization is an exciting contemporary approach to World Regional Geography that explicitly acknowledges the geographic changes that accompany today's rapid rate of globalization. The book's unique approach gives readers access to the latest ideas, concepts and theories in geography while concurrently developing a strong foundation in the fundamentals of world regions. This book covers discussions of environmental geography, population and settlement, cultural coherence and diversity, geopolitical framework, and economic and social development. For anyone interested in world regional geography.
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Price: $24.95
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Sale: $22.39
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Manufacturer: Kumarian Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: John Isbister
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Publisher: Kumarian Press
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Edition: Seventh Edition
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Dewey Decimal Number: 303.4091724
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Publication Date: 2006-06
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Reading Level: 272
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Description: * Updates include discussion of major initiatives such as the Millennial Development Goals, (MDG) to eliminate global poverty
* Examines changes in international politics and approaches to global terrorism following the US-led military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq
* Extensively revised facts and figures
The seventh edition of this perennial stalwart of the Kumarian Press list continues the discussion of the “new American hegemony” and the “war on terror” that began with the previous edition. In particular, Isbister addresses changes in international politics and the impact on the global order of the US-led military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. The author also focuses on major initiatives, such as the UN’s Millennium Development Goals, to confront the issue of world poverty. As with all editions of this vibrant text, Isbister writes with clarity and passion, not only about failed promises, but about hope, human potential, and the belief that a just and equitable world system is attainable.
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Price: $8.00
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Sale: $7.25
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Manufacturer: Longman
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Stephen Ambrose::Douglas Brinkley
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Publisher: Longman
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Edition: 8 Revised
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Dewey Decimal Number: 327.73
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Publication Date: 1998-01-01
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Reading Level: 480
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Price: $19.95
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Sale: $8.90
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Manufacturer: Duke University Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Arjun Appadurai
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Publisher: Duke University Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 305.8009049
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Publication Date: 2006-06
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Reading Level: 176
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Description: The period since 1989 has been marked by the global endorsement of open markets, the free flow of finance capital and liberal ideas of constitutional rule, and the active expansion of human rights. Why, then, in this era of intense globalization, has there been a proliferation of violence, of ethnic cleansing on the one hand and extreme forms of political violence against civilian populations on the other?
Fear of Small Numbers is Arjun Appadurai’s answer to that question. A leading theorist of globalization, Appadurai turns his attention to the complex dynamics fueling large-scale, culturally motivated violence, from the genocides that racked Eastern Europe, Rwanda, and India in the early 1990s to the contemporary “war on terror.” Providing a conceptually innovative framework for understanding sources of global violence, he describes how the nation-state has grown ambivalent about minorities at the same time that minorities, because of global communication technologies and migration flows, increasingly see themselves as parts of powerful global majorities. By exacerbating the inequalities produced by globalization, the volatile, slippery relationship between majorities and minorities foments the desire to eradicate cultural difference.
Appadurai analyzes the darker side of globalization: suicide bombings; anti-Americanism; the surplus of rage manifest in televised beheadings; the clash of global ideologies; and the difficulties that flexible, cellular organizations such as Al-Qaeda present to centralized, “vertebrate” structures such as national governments. Powerful, provocative, and timely, Fear of Small Numbers is a thoughtful invitation to rethink what violence is in an age of globalization.
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Price: $16.95
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Sale: $9.99
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Manufacturer: Coreway Media
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Thom Hartmann
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Publisher: Coreway Media
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Dewey Decimal Number: 973.9310207
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Publication Date: 2004-05-07
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Reading Level: 216
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Description: America faces its greatest threat since the Civil War. The worst fears of the Founders are being realized, as powerful corporate interests have taken over our culture and representative government. We the People now face a fundamental choice: take back our country . . . or do nothing, and become victims of tyranny and empire. Thom Hartmann, the acclaimed author of Unequal Protection and The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight, tells a compelling story -- of how a government of, by, and for the people has been replaced by corporate domination. Through brilliant analysis and imaginative illustrations, this fully graphic book illuminates the central dynamics of American politics. He reveals the forgotten history of the Founders’ intent and the devious way that corporations came to possess "human" rights. He explains what the Boston Tea Party actually was, what constituted the Second American Revolution, and how "corporatists" disguised as conservatives are looting assets from We the People’s common ownership through privatization schemes. Most importantly, the book issues a call to action from citizens who want to restore true democracy, and liberty and justice . . . for all.
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