Global History, Globally
In recent years historians in many different parts of the world have sought to transnationalize and globalize their perspectives on the past. Despite all these efforts to gain new global historical visions, however, the debates surrounding this mo...
Global
This is a powerful, hopeful and timely story about the real effects of climate change: two young people on different continents whose lives are catastrophically changed by global warming. A graphic novel with glorious colour artwork throughout for...
Global
This is a powerful, hopeful and timely story about the real effects of climate change: two young people on different continents whose lives are catastrophically changed by global warming. A graphic novel with glorious colour artwork throughout for...
Global Capitalism, Global War, Global Crisis
This book assesses the forces of social struggle shaping the past and present of the global political economy from the perspective of historical materialism. Based on the philosophy of internal relations, the character of capital is understood in ...
Globala Utmaningar : krig, självbestämmelser och global rättvisa
Mot slutet av 1900-talet började många teoretiker och aktivister se framför sig nya möjligheter till transnationellt samarbete för att främja fred och global rättvisa. I Globala utmaningar ger Iris Marion Young nytt liv åt dessa förhoppningar geno...
Global Business Leadership - Förstå Det Globala Systemet
Svensk version. Den globala affärsvärlden är ett dynamiskt och ständigt föränderligt landskap som kräver en ny typ av ledare - en som kan navigera i komplexa kulturella nyanser, främja högpresterande globala team och hantera utmaningar utan motstycke. Den här boken som har utvecklats utifrån många års erfarenhet av att coacha chefer i multinationella företag, försöker ta itu med de unika krav som ställs för att leda i en globaliserad miljö. Det handlar inte bara om att hantera människor över gränserna; det handlar om att förstå subtiliteten i kulturell intelligens, bygga sammanhållna team från olika bakgrunder och främja etiskt beslutsfattande i en komplex och sammankopplad värld. På dessa sidor hittar du praktiska strategier, fallstudier från verkligheten och värdefulla insikter från min erfarenhet av att arbeta med ledande organisationer. Den information som presenteras går bortom teori och erbjuder direkta, användbara verktyg för att förbättra dina ledaregenskaper. Vi utforskar utvecklingen av ledarskapsmodeller, fördjupar oss i vikten av strategiskt tänkande och årsplanering och erbjuder 20 viktiga tips för chefer för att främja innovativ och strategisk framgång. Oavsett om du är en erfaren chef som vill förfina din strategi eller en nybliven chef som vill förbättra din kompetens, är den här boken utformad för att ge dig den kunskap och vägledning du behöver för att utmärka dig på din globala ledarskapsresa. Vi hoppas att du tycker att den är ett ovärderligt tillskott till din professionella verktygslåda. Kraven på att leda ett multinationellt företag liknar inte något som upplevs i en rent inhemsk miljö. Det krävs en unik blandning av strategiskt tänkande, tvärkulturell förståelse och ett orubbligt engagemang för att bygga mångsidiga, högpresterande team. Den här boken är en omfattande guide till hur man bemästrar konsten att leda globalt och ger ett ramverk för framgång i dagens sammankopplade värld. Vi börjar med att utforska ledarskapets utveckling och granskar både historiska modeller och samtida tillvägagångssätt som är bäst lämpade för den globala scenen. Vi fördjupar oss i de utmaningar och möjligheter som globaliseringen innebär, till exempel att hantera geografiskt spridda team, navigera i kulturella skillnader och anpassa sig till fluktuerande ekonomiska och politiska landskap.
Global Crises, Global Solutions
The first edition of Global Crises, Global Solutions was nominated as one of the books of the year by The Economist in 2004. This second edition asks: if we had more money to spend to help the world's poorest people, where could we spend it most e...
Global Nature, Global Culture
`An excellent book. The authors have the rare capacity to handle popular culture and case studies in a theoretically informed manner. Original and well researched' - Mike Featherstone, Nottingham Trent University Understandings of glo...
Global Children, Global Media
Children today are growing up in a world of global media. Many have also become global citizens, through their experience of migration and transnational networks. This book reviews research and debate in the media, globalization, migration and chi...
Global Activism, Global Media
Radical political activist movements are growing all the time. Activist politics have come to influence 'mainstream' politics over fundamental issues such as trade, gender relations, the environment and war. This book brings together activists and...
Global Activism, Global Media
Radical political activist movements are growing all the time. Activist politics have come to influence 'mainstream' politics over fundamental issues such as trade, gender relations, the environment and war. This book brings together activists and...
Global Marketing, Global Edition
For courses in global marketing. Familiarises students with global marketing and the global business environment Global Marketing's environmental and strategic approach outlines the major dimensions of the global business enviro...
Global Children, Global Media
Children today are growing up in a world of global media. Many have also become global citizens, through their experience of migration and transnational networks. This book reviews research and debate in the media, globalization, migration and chi...
Global War, Global Catastrophe
Winner of the World War One Historical Association’s 2021 Norman B. Tomlinson, Jr. Prize Global War, Global Catastrophe presents a history of the First World War as an all-consuming industrial war that forcibly reshaped the international environment and, with it, impacted the futures of all the world’s people. Narrated chronologically, and available open access, the authors identify key themes and moments that radicalized the war’s conduct and globalized its impact, affecting neutral and belligerent societies alike. These include Germany’s invasion of Belgium and Britain’s declaration of war in 1914, the expansion of economic warfare in 1915, anti-imperial resistance, the Russian revolutions of 1917 and the United States’ entry into the war. Each chapter explains how individuals, communities, nation-states and empires experienced, considered and behaved in relationship to the conflict as it evolved into a total global war. Above all, the book argues that only by integrating the
Global Rörelse - Den Globala Rättviserörelsen Och Modernitetens Omvandlingar
Det är i år 40 år sedan 1968. I västvärlden är inget annat år under efterkrigstiden så förknippat med politiska protester, rörelseengagemang och snabba samhällsförändringar. Historieskrivningen har hittills inte tillmätt året 1999 samma betydelse. Då riktades det mediala strålkastarljuset för första gången mot den rörelse som Global rörelse handlar om: den globala rättviserörelsen, som då protesterade i samband med WTO:s toppmöte i Seattle. Protesterna mot den ekonomiska globaliseringen har sedan dess utgjort den mest omfattande radikaliseringsvågen i västvärlden sedan 1968. Global rörelse är den första svenska systematiska genomgången av den globala rättviserörelsen, av vilka aktivisterna är, om deras plats i dagens politiska förändringsprocesser och deras förhållande till tidigare rörelser. I fokus står frågan om de sociala rörelsernas förhållande till demokratin. Undersökningen baseras på en omfattande enkätundersökning, intervjuer med aktivister och en analys av mediernas framställning av rörelsen. Global rörelse är Magnus Wennerhags doktorsavhandling i Sociologi vid Lunds universitet.
Global Corporations in Global Governance
This book offers a concise and accessible overview and analysis of the place of large multinational and regional corporations in the political economy of global governance.May argues that not only do corporations have an impact on the institutions...
Global Perspectives on Global History
In recent years, historians across the world have become increasingly interested in transnational and global approaches to the past. However, the debates surrounding this new border-crossing movement have remained limited in scope as theoretical e...
Global Warming and Global Cooling
The theory of the Earth's climate evolution based on universal chemical-physical laws of matter-energy transformation is presented in the book. It shows how the process of Earth's core separation has led to formation and evolution of the hydrosphe...
Global Union for Global Workers
This is a book about how global unionism was born in the maritime shipping sector. It argues that the industrial structure of shipping, and specifically the interconnected nature of shipping production chains, facilitated the globalization of unio...
Global Perspectives on Global History
In recent years, historians across the world have become increasingly interested in transnational and global approaches to the past. However, the debates surrounding this new border-crossing movement have remained limited in scope as theoretical e...
Global Trends and Global Governance
Which global issues have the most impact on our lives at the beginning of the 21st century? What's the relationship between developments in politics, ecology, the economy, security, and systems of global government? How do we as individuals addres...
Global Issues for Global Citizens
In our world, there are many development issues whose resolution requires international action. Examples include global poverty, communicable diseases, education, migration, climate change, access to water, hunger, international trade, internation...
Global Reggae
These plenary lectures from the "Global Reggae" conference convened at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica in 2008 eloquently exemplify the breadth and depth of current scholarship on Jamaican popular music. Radiating from t...
Global Dexterity
I wrote this book because I believe that there is a serious gap in what has been written and communicated about cross-cultural management and what people actually struggle with on the ground.From the IntroductionWhat does it mean to be a global wo...
Global Community
The "e;global community"e; is a term we take for granted today. But how did the global community, both as an idea and as a reality, originate and develop over time? This book examines this concept by looking at the emergence, growt...
Global Dexterity
"I wrote this book because I believe that there is a serious gap in what has been written and communicated about cross-cultural management and what people actually struggle with on the ground."--From the Introduction What does it...
Global Racing
Sheds light on how to evaluate shippers from abroad by explaining in detail the complete structure and context of foreign racing. This book evaluates and dissects race courses from 15 different countries, including racing ovals in Argentina, Chile...
Global Strike
If you love the Strikeback series, pre-order the thrilling new book, Red Strike, now. Coming February 2019.Charles Street was once a highly-respected agent working for MI6, until a terrible mistake cost him his job. Now he's a desperate man, livin...
Global Negotiator
In today's global business environment, an executive must have the skills and knowledge to navigate all stages of an international deal, from negotiations to managing the deal after it is signed. The aim of The Global Negotiator is to equip busine...
Global Complexity
Global Complexity is a path-breaking book, which examines how the ideas of chaos and complexity can help us to analyse global processes. Urry argues that there are major advantages in thinking about global processes in this way. The idea of comple...
Global Gospel
In this pathbreaking book, award-winning author Douglas Jacobsen describes global Christianity and provides a framework for understanding the varied experiences of Christians around the world. Focusing on the five big continents of Africa, Asia, E...
Global Homophobia
While homophobia is commonly characterized as individual and personal prejudice, this collection of essays instead explores homophobia as a transnational political phenomenon. Editors Meredith L. Weiss and Michael J. Bosia theorize homophobia as a...
Global Fracture
This new and updated edition of Michael Hudson's classic political economy text explores how and why the US came to achieve world economic hegemony. Originally published as the sequel to Hudson's bestselling Super Imperialism, Global Fracture expl...
Global Democracy
Democracy is increasingly seen as the only legitimate form of government, but few people would regard international relations as governed according to democratic principles. Can this lack of global democracy be justified? Which models of global po...
Global Minotaur
'The emerging rock-star of Europe's anti-austerity uprising.'Daily Telegraph 'A spirited book.'New YorkerIn this remarkable and provocative book, Yanis Varoufakis, former finance minister of Greece, explodes the myth that financialisation, ineffec...
Global Journalism
Providing a truly comprehensive overview of international journalism and global news reporting in the digital age, this new introductory textbook surveys the full variety of contexts that journalists around the world operate in; the challenges and...
Global Forest
A world expert on how trees chemically affect our environment, Diana Beresford-Kroeger has woven together ecology, ancient myth, horticulture, spirituality, science and alternative medicine in The Global Forest to capture their enormous significan...