Social science / Political science / Globalization

How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization

by Franklin Foer

Soccer is much more than a game, or even a way of life. It is a perfect window into the cross–currents of today's world, with all its joys and its sorrows. In this remarkably insightful, wide–ranging work...

The World Is Flat 3.0

by Thomas L. Friedman & Oliver Wyman

This Independence Day edition of The World is Flat 3.0 includes an an exclusive preview of That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back, by Thomas L. Friedman...

Africa Rising: How 900 Million African Consumers Offer More Than You Think

by Vijay Mahajan

This is the eBook version of the printed book.

Profit from the World’s Largest Untapped Market: Africa’s MORE THAN 900 MILLION Consumers!

With more than 900 million consumers, the continent of Africa is...

Capital Offense: How Washington's Wise Men Turned America's Future Over to Wall Street

by Michael Hirsh

Why every president from Reagan through Obama has put Wall Street before Main Street

Over the last few decades, Washington’s firmly held belief that if you make investors happy, a booming economy will follow...

The Rise and Decline of Nations: Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities

by Mancur Olson

The years since World War II have seen rapid shifts in the relative positions of different countries and regions. Leading political economist Mancur Olson offers a new and compelling theory to explain these...

Global Revival of Left and Socialism Versus Capitalism and Globalization and China's Share

by Pu Guoliang & Xiong Guangqing

This book is the result of a research sub-topic, titled as "The Relations of the Two Systems and China's Foreign Strategies in the Process of Globalization in the Post-Cold War Era". The main research project...

America for Sale: Fighting the New World Order, Surviving a Global Depression, and Preserving USA Sovereignty

by Jerome R Corsi

A RESOUNDING CALL TO DEFEND AMERICA'S SOVEREIGNTY AND SAVE OUR NATION FROM GLOBAL ECONOMIC TAKEOVER -- FROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE OBAMA NATION AND THE LATE GREAT USA

Between President...

Five Roads to the Future: Power in the Next Global Age

by Paul Starobin

Farsighted and fascinating predictions for a new world order

Veteran international correspondent Paul Starobin masterfully mixes fresh reportage with rigorous historical analysis to envision a world in which...

Globalization of Law and Human Rights: From Norms to Fulfillment

by Alison Brysk

How does the globalization of law, the emergence of multiple and shifting venues of legal accountability, enhance or evade the fulfillment of international human rights? Alison Brysk's edited volume aims to...

Latin Lessons: How South America Stopped Listening to the United States and Started Prospering

by Hal Weitzman

The mistakes the United States has made in Latin America-and the high price it will pay for them

Could it be that for the first time in history, the United States needs Latin America more than the other way round?...

Moving Millions: How Coyote Capitalism Fuels Global Immigration

by Jeffrey Kaye

On the same day that reporter Jeffrey Kaye visited the Tondo hospital in northwest Manila, members of an employees association wearing hospital uniforms rallied in the outside courtyard demanding pay raises....

The Global Class War: How America's Bipartisan Elite Lost Our Future - And What It Will Take to Win It Back

by Jeff Faux

Acclaim for The Global Class War

"You will never think about 'free trade' the same way after reading Jeff Faux's superb book. As Faux makes clear, the globalization debate is really about whose interests are...

Twenty Observations on a World in Turmoil

by Ulrich Beck

Translated by Ciaran Cronin.

The world is a state of turmoil. From the financial crisis to the chaos in the eurozone, from the Arab uprisings to protests in Athens, Barcelona, New York and elsewhere, many of...

Human Security

by Mary Kaldor

There is a real security gap in the world today. Millions of people in regions like the Middle East or East and Central Africa or Central Asia where new wars are taking place live in daily fear of violence....

The Historical Muhammad

by Irving M. Zeitlin

In his quest for the historical Muhammad, Zeitlin's chief aim is to catch glimpses of the birth of Islam and the role played by its extraordinary founder. Islam, as its Prophet came to conceive it, was a strict...

Integrated Peacebuilding: Innovative Approaches to Transforming Conflict

by Craig Zelizer

An exploration of how the theory and practice of integrated peacebuilding can be applied across diverse disciplines

Science & Governance - Taking European Knowledge Society Seriously

by Various

“This report is the product of an expert working group acting under mandate from the European Commission Directorate General for Research (DG RTD), on the topic of European science and governance. We interpreted...

Global Media: The Television Revolution in Asia

by James D. White

This book is about the processes of globalization, demonstrated through a comparative study of three television case histories in Asia. Also illustrated are different approaches to providing television services...

Poverty Reduction in a Changing Climate

by Hari Bansha Dulal, Luis F. López-Calva & Nora Lustig

Poverty Reduction in a Changing Climate, edited by Hari Bansha Dulal, is a work which discusses the new innovations and funding mechanisms which have emerged in response to the rise of climate-related challenges...

The EU as International Environmental Negotiator

by Tom Delreux

This examination of the EU's participation in international environmental negotiations reveals the internal decision-making process behind multilateral environmental agreements. The book's empirical evidence...