Bücher der Reihe Routledge Studies in Globalisation

Offers methodological and multi-disciplinary insights into the study of globalization and political violence. This volume includes studies on the changing character of state militaries and state-to-state conflict under globalization, the emergence of 'new wars' fuelled by globalization, and the role of state militaries in intervention.

Examines the different forms of governance of HIV/AIDS that have emerged and how these actors and structures of governance enhance, or limit, participation and accountability, as well as the impact this is having upon effective global responses to the epidemic.

Governing the Global Economy presents a fresh approach to the study of international political economy. The book is organised according to the analytical problems of international governance and national adaptation. The distinguished contributors present both theoretical and empirical cases on, amongst others, theories and methodologies, institutions, networks, powers, systems, regimes and industry. With contributions from Peter Katzenstein, Richard Higgott and Eric Helleiner, Governing the Global Economy is essential reading for all students and scholars of international political economy and globalization.

Overview of the study of international political economy analysing key questions in the discipline.

In this collection of essays, leading interdisciplinary scholars explore various dimensions of globalisation and their relationship to development processes in the Asia-Pacific region.

John A. Hobson is widely recognised as the most important British New Liberal thinker of politics and political economy of the twentieth century. The Selected Writings of John A. Hobson showcases an exciting and previously unpublished collection of Hobson's writings and lectures from 1932-1938 that Hobson presented at the South Place Ethical Society in the last decade of his life.The lectures and the introduction produce a fresh reading of Hobson 's thinking and theorization of International Relations, thereby revealing a much more complex thinker than has conventionally been understood. Edited by Colin Tyler, a framing introduction written by the author 's great grandson, John M. Hobson situates these lectures in the context of his life-work on International Relations between 1897 and 1940.Selected Writings of John A. Hobson 1932-1938 is an essential read for all Hobson scholars and students and scholars of globalization and political economy.

This book is one of the first studies of how the World Bank is reinventing itself as the 'knowledge bank'.

Presents a collection of essays that compares the development of central institutions of governance in the emerging democracies of East and South East Asia. This book covers seven key countries, Taiwan, Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. Save for Singapore and Malaysia, all have democratized.

Presents a systematic analysis of the international regulatory response to the global financial crisis. This volume examines the changes in international financial regulation from the vantage point of the key powers in global finance including the US, the EU, Japan, and China.

Examines and explains the multiple modes of engagement between business and global governance and presents a variety of the theoretical approaches that can be used to analyse them, along with empirical illustrations. This book examines: business as master and purpose of global governance, and business practise as governance in its own right.

In Historical Materialism and Globalisation, pioneers of this tradition are brought together with innovative young scholars whose work will shape the next generation of critical international studies scholarship.

This book is one of the first studies of how the World Bank is reinventing itself as the 'knowledge bank'.

Examines the different forms of governance of HIV/AIDS that have emerged and how these actors and structures of governance enhance, or limit, participation and accountability, as well as the impact this is having upon effective global responses to the epidemic.

These essays seek to show how a dialectic of power and resistance is at work in the contemporary global political economy, producing and contesting new realities, and creating conditions in which new forms of collective self determination become thinkable and materially possible.

Puts anti-Americanism into a contemporary context and analyzes some of its political consequences. This book explores networks, culture and foundations and security issues, providing regional and country studies.

Explores the relationship between regionalization and global governance, surveying the theoretical debates, economic dimensions, security considerations and governing structures.

Explores the relationship between the contemporary formations of nationalism, globalism and solidarity movements. This work debates the extent to which different forms of solidarity remain viable - from the solidarities of local political groups to the solidarities of nationalism, internationalism and alternative globalisms.

Offers methodological and multi-disciplinary insights into the study of globalization and political violence. This volume includes studies on the changing character of state militaries and state-to-state conflict under globalization, the emergence of 'new wars' fuelled by globalization, and the role of state militaries in intervention.

Explores the relationship between regionalization and global governance, surveying the theoretical debates, economic dimensions, security considerations and governing structures.

Features a distinguished list of international contributors who provide a systematic and stimulating 'state of the art' discussion on regionalism and key issues such as sovereignty, autonomy, identity, and global financial crisis.

Offers the critical examination of World Bank policy reforms and initiatives. This book includes chapters on two under-researched divisions of the World Bank: the International Finance Corporation and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency. It is for students and scholars of international relations, development, politics and economics.

Conluding that power must be restored as the centrepiece of empowerment and in order to provide meaningful ammunition for dealing with the challenges of an increasingly unequal, and often sexist, global/local world.

Explores the intersection of two major themes: globalization, and the contribution that both domestic party politics and international party support make to democratization. This volume shows what globalization means for domestic and international efforts to build effective political parties and competitive party systems in emerging democracies.

Looks at various aspects of the TRIPS Agreement: agenda-setting, legal interpretation, implementation, enforcement and revision, from the viewpoint of global business and developing countries. This book states that the history of the TRIPS Agreement and the role of business is a clear example of governance by non-state actors on a global scale.

Using a combined economic, political science and scientific approach, this book explores how regional integration can be measured and evaluated and delivers comprehensive answers. It looks at the methodological problems involved in designing monitoring tools for regional integration in a systematic way.

Looks at how and why United Nations organizations and the World Bank are working with private actors, including for-profit companies and corporations; business organizations and private foundations to address key world issues such as health, education, labor rights and water.

Featuring a notable list of international contributors, this book presents a systematic and stimulating discussion on regionalism, covering topical issues such as recent financial crises, enlargement within EU and the post-Lome regionalism of Africa.

Presents a monograph on the political economy of G7 finance ministry and central bank co-operation. This book views that to understand the contribution of the G7 to global financial governance it is necessary to locate the process in the context of a wider world financial order comprised of decentralized globalization.

The chapters in this book explore the nature of the relationships between state and non-state actors in an evolving global economic order, where both strive to continue the same system of economic production under new conditions.

The chapters in this book explore the nature of the relationships between state and non-state actors in an evolving global economic order, where both strive to continue the same system of economic production under new conditions.