The handbook of globalisation. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jonathan Michie.
• Editors: Michie, Jonathan
• Contents: Contents: The Handbook of Globalisation: Introduction and Overview Jonathan Michie PART I: GLOBALISATION IN QUESTION? 1. The Future of Globalisation Paul Hirst and Grahame Thompson 2. Financial Globalization? History, Conditions and Prospects Grahame Thompson 3. The Scope and Implications of Globalisation Jonathan Perraton 4. Measures of Globalisation and their Misinterpretation Bob Sutcliffe and Andrew Glyn PART II: ANALYSING THE GLOBAL ECONOMY 5. Innovation and Globalisation: A Systems of Innovation Perspective Jeremy Howells 6. The International Debt Crisis Gary Dymski 7. The multiplicity of distributional outcomes across the world: diversities of fundamentals or countries getting the inequality they deserve? José Gabriel Palma PART III: TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS 8. The Role of Transnational Corporations in the Globalisation Process Grazia Ietto-Gillies 9. The Role and Control of Multinational Corporations in the World Economy Gerald Epstein 10. Foreign Direct Investment and Development from a Gender Perspective Elissa Braunstein PART IV: LABOUR STANDARDS 11. The Minimum Wage in a Global Context Peter Brosnan 12. Globalisation, Labour Standards and Economic Development Ajit Singh and Ann Zammit 13. Global Labor Standards: Their Impact and Implementation James Heintz PART V: EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA 14. Productivity and Competition from a Global Point of View Joseph Plasmans 15. European Integration and the 'Euro Project' Philip Arestis and Malcolm Sawyer 16. North American free trade: history, structure and prospects Jim Stanford 17. The Low Road to Competitive Failure: Immigrant Labour and Emigrant Jobs in the US Charles Craypo and Frank Wilkinson PART VI: GOVERNANCE 18. Governance in a Globalised World Richard Woodward 19. Global Governance Mathias Koenig-Archibugi 20. The Political Economy of the Third Way: The Relationship between Globalisation and National Economic Policy Simon Lee PART VII: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS 21. The WTO and its GATS Scott Sinclair 22. The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank John Toye 23. A New 'Bretton Woods' System? Mića Panić PART VIII: POLICY IMPLICATIONS AND RESPONSES 24. Kicking Away the Ladder – Globalisation and Economic Development in Historical Perspective Ha-Joon Chang 25. Time to Replace Globalisation with Localisation Colin Hines 26. Free Trade or Social Tariffs? George DeMartino 27. Global Inequality and the Global Financial Crisis: The New Transmission Mechanism Photis Lysandrou 28. The Great Crash of 2008 and the Reform of Economics Geoffrey M. Hodgson Index.
• Edition: Third edition
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, UK Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 337; International economic relations; Globalization; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781788118606
• Related ISBNs: 178811860X; 9781788118590
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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