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Titolo |
An unruly world? : globalization, governance, and geography / / Andrew Herod, Gearoid O Tuathail, and Susan M. Roberts |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-74056-5 |
1-134-74057-3 |
1-280-33070-8 |
0-203-07194-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (271 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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HerodAndrew <1964-> |
O TuathailGearoid |
RobertsSusan M |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Geopolitics |
International economic relations |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures and tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; NEGOTIATING UNRULY PROBLEMATICS; THE RISE OF SOFT CAPITALISM; GLOBAL FLOWMATIONS, LOCAL FUNDAMENTALISMS, AND FAST GEOPOLITICS: ~AMERICA~ IN AN ACCELERATING WORLD ORDER; FROM FEDERAL WELFARE TO LOCAL WORKFARE? REMAKING CANADA'S WORK-WELFARE REGIME; GEO-GOVERNANCE IN TRADE AND FINANCE AND POLITICAL GEOGRAPHIES OF DISSENT; PRODUCING GLOBALIZATION: APPAREL AND THE AUSTRALIAN STATE |
OF BLOCS, FLOWS AND NETWORKS: THE END OF THE COLD WAR, CYBERSPACE, AND THE GEO-ECONOMICS OF ORGANIZED LABOR AT THE FIN DE MILLNAIREMAGHREBIN IMMIGRATION, FRANCE, AND THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE ~SPATIAL VENT~; EXCAVATING NATURE: ENVIRONMENTAL NARRATIVES AND DISCURSIVE REGULATION IN THE MINING INDUSTRY; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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An Unruly World explores the diverse conundrums thrown up by |
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seemingly unruly globalization. Examining how fast transnational capitalism is re-making the rules of the game, in a wide variety of different places, domains, and sectors, the authors focus on a wide range of issues: from analysis of 'soft capitalism', and the post-Cold War organizational drives of international trade unions, to the clamour of states to reinvent welfare policy, and the efforts of citizen groups to challenge trade and financial regimes. An Unruly World argues that we are not living in a world bereft |
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