Revisiting Globalization -

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Résumé :
This provocative volume takes an international, multidisciplinary approach to understanding globalization and assessing its economic, social, and environmental effects. Representing the Global North and South, it addresses important debates stemming from recent political events in the U.S. and U.K., the continuing rise of information technology, and the constant struggle between corporate interests and the health of the planet.The human outcomes of world human rights challenges are considered in the ongoing global narratives of migrants, refugees, and disabled persons, as well as possibilities for greater social equity and integration.This expert synthesis takes critical steps to reshape the concept of globalization from an amorphous mass of objectives and initiatives to a forward-looking model of clarity and balance. Included in the coverage:Globalization and migration: is there a borderless world A comparative assessment of climate policies of top emitters. Neo-protectionism in the age of Brexit and Trump. Working inclusively and redefining social valorization in the globalized world. Understanding the strategy of M&As in the globalized perspective. Reappraisal of social enterprise in a globalized world. Revisiting Globalism will be of particular interest to those in the academic field and the statutory and nonprofit sectors whose work deals with teaching social sciences in higher education settings. ...

Biographie:
Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility. She is on the advisory board of Research Committee 35, of International Political Science Association.

Jamie P. Halsall is a reader in social sciences in the School of Human and Health?Sciences at the University of Huddersfield, UK. His research interests lie in the field?of sociology of community. Currently, Jamie is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts?and the Royal Geographical Society, and in January 2017 he was awarded Senior?Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy.