Globalization and Politics - James, Paul W (Hrsg.)
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The final set of the Central Currents in Globalization series starts off with two volumes that focus on the politics of globalization from above and below . The first volume considers the idea of global political governance, including the impact of globalization on the nation-state and the role of multilateral regimes such as the United Nations. The second volume looks at globalizing political developments at ground level, including the notion of a global civil society and the rise of the anti-globalization movement. The final two volumes in the series review the various social theories and…mehr

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The final set of the Central Currents in Globalization series starts off with two volumes that focus on the politics of globalization from above and below . The first volume considers the idea of global political governance, including the impact of globalization on the nation-state and the role of multilateral regimes such as the United Nations. The second volume looks at globalizing political developments at ground level, including the notion of a global civil society and the rise of the anti-globalization movement. The final two volumes in the series review the various social theories and philosophies of globalization including cosmopolitanism and human rights along with the political critiques of globalization as homogenizing, marginalizing and/or exploitative force.

Volume One: Global Political Governance (with Nevzat Soguk, RMIT University, Australia)
Volume Two: Global Social Movements and Global Civil Society (with Paul van Seters, University of Tilburg, The Netherlands)
Volume Three: Social Theories of the Global (with James H. Mittelman, American University, Washington D.C.)
Volume Four: Political Philosophies of the Global
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Autorenporträt
Paul James is Director of the Global Cities Institute (RMIT University) and Director of the United Nations Global Compact, Cities Programme (Melbourne and New York). He is Professor of Globalization in the Globalism Research Centre, on the Council of the Institute of Postcolonial Studies, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts. He is author or editor of 25 books including most importantly, Nation Formation (Sage, 1996) and Globalism, Nationalism, Tribalism (Sage, 2006). His other recent books include Sustainable Development, Sustainable Communities (University of Hawaii Press, 2012) and the first twelve volumes of the present 16-volume series mapping the field of globalization (Sage, 2006-2010). Nevzat Soguk is Professor and the Deputy Director of the Global Cities Research Institute. His research is guided by an interest in international relations theory and global political and cultural economies, and he is especially interested in transnational processes that bear upon the practices and norms of national and international governance and policy-making. James H. Mittelman is University Professor of International Affairs at American University, Washington, DC, and Honorary Fellow at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies. Previously, held the Pok Rafeah Chair in International Studies and was Distinguished Visiting Professor at the National University of Malaysia. He has also had teaching and research appointments in Japan, Mozambique, South Africa, and Uganda. His books include The Globalization Syndrome: Transformation and Resistance (Princeton University Press, 2000), Whither Globalization? The Vortex of Knowledge and Ideology (Routledge, 2004), Hyperconflict: Globalization and Insecurity (Stanford University Press, 2010), and Contesting Global Order: Development, Global Governance, and Globalization (Routledge, 2011). Paul van Seters is Professor of Globalization and Sustainable Development, TiasNimbas Business School, Tilburg University. He has published articles and books on socio-legal theory, public administration, and cultural sociology. His current research interests include law and communitarianism, corporate social responsibility, and the global civil society.