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This edited volume analyses the channels through which EU membership contributed to the convergence process of member countries in the Baltics, Central-Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. These channels include trade, investment, finance, labour, and laws and institutions. Global integration has certainly played an important role. A large part of FDI flows and financial integration in the world have been persistent features of globalization. Have these countries experienced more intensive integration through these channels because of EU membership, with its much tighter institutional and political anchorage, than their fundamentals and global trends would suggest? Contributions by lead researchers of the area address different aspects of this question.

This book explores the emergence and evolution of family firms throughout Latin America, from the colonial period to the modern day. In the course of Latin American history, institutions evolved to create order and reduce the uncertainty of the market. Using institutional change theory, social capital theory in organizational settings and resource-based view as organizing frameworks, the authors show how differences among family business in the region developed by examining the influx of foreign settlers, the shift from state-owned enterprises to privatized family business groups, and the effect of globalization. This text, presenting cases of family firms across several countries, offers entrepreneurship scholars a fresh perspective of a neglected region.

The Warrior King and the Birth of Saudi Arabia : Turning Defeats into Victories -- The International Becoming of Saudi Arabia : Reforms, PanIslamism, Wahhabism, and Women -- Distorted Economic Growth of Consumption : Kafala, Oil, and Radical Jihadism -- Governing Saudi Arabia : Religion is Power -- Reforming the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia : King Salman and Mohammed bin Salman -- Globalization, Westernization, and Nationalism : Saudi Vision 2030 and Women -- The Feminization of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia : Legal Profession and the Majlis Al Shura -- Reforming Family Relations : Marriage, Divorce, and Child Custody -- Social Stratification and the New Saudi Arabia : Gender, Domestic Workers, and Shias -- Conclusion : All Must Change So That All Stays the Same.

The sustainability of public pension systems has become an important aspect for governments and institutions worldwide. This book addresses the multiple elements that influence the sustainability of pension systems with a special focus on central and eastern European countries. Supported by the results of econometric empirical studies, the authors discuss and analyse areas like social economy versus capitalist economy, globalization versus glocalization, population aging versus birth and fertility, emigration versus immigration, early retirement versus prolongation versus professional activity, the sustainability of public pension systems versus the adequacy of benefits provided, public pension systems compared to private pension funds and taxation of salary incomes versus subsidization of state social insurance.

This book explores the daily survival strategies of people within the context of failed states, flourishing informal economies, legal uncertainty, increased mobility, and globalization, where many people, who are forced by the circumstances to be innovative and transnational, have found their niches outside formal processes and structures. The book provides a thorough theoretical introduction to the link between labour mobility and informality and comprises convincing case studies from a wide range of post-socialist countries. Overall, it highlights the importance of trust, transnational networks, and digital technologies in settings where the rules governing economic and social activities of mobile workers are often unclear and flexible.

Can foreign capital empower dictatorship? This groundbreaking book develops a unified theory that links three prominent forms of international capital to the endurance of dictatorships. International capital empowers governments to finance two key instruments of non-democratic politics: repression and patronage. The Perils of International Capital uses theory, case studies, and cross-national statistical evidence to demonstrate causal effects between foreign capital and authoritarian politics. These finding are crucial to scholars and policymakers alike, as they call for a recalibration of the welfare effects associated with greater financial globalization. Ahmed reveals that, while foreign capital may improve economic development, it can tragically hinder democratic governance in the process.

"Introduction to the Spanish Universalist School offers a presentation of the main concepts, works and authors of the Spanish Universalist School, formed mostly by ex-Jesuits exiled to Italy at the end of the 18th century. The Universalist School is a Hispanic Enlightenment of great singularity, one that is not political but humanistic and scientific, with a cultural and educational orientation. In their different disciplinary fields, Juan Andrés, Lorenzo Hervás and Antonio Eximeno are the most relevant universalists of a School, whose recent reconstruction has entailed an important contribution to the History of European Sciences and Letters, as well as to the History of Ideas and to the ideas of Universality and Globalization"--

"This book is an accessible and comprehensive account of political Islam in the contemporary world. Providing a broad introduction to all major aspects of the interface of Islam and politics, it combines an accessible style with sufficient depth for the academic classroom. Drawing on insights from comparative politics and Islamic studies, this book explains the complex interaction between Islam, society, the state, and processes of globalization. Preserving the previous editions' strong focus on key concepts from Islamic history as they relate to contemporary political Islam, this new edition includes coverage of important developments and updated country overviews from the Middle East, Central and South Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe and North America"--

When all cheerleaders were boys : sports and gender segregation -- How to tell if a woman is really a woman : gender testing and the Olympics -- Throwing like a girl : are men really better athletes than women? -- Sport for everyone? : transgender athletes -- Bow or no bow? : sexuality in women's sports -- Inside the boys' locker room : homophobia and men's sports -- Why the Dutch are so good at baseball : globalization, sports, and the legacy of colonialism -- The best Italian baseball player is black : how the histories of sport and race intertwine -- Riding a bike, raising a fist and taking a knee : the long history of sports, activism and social change.

Cover Page -- Halftitle Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. What Form Has Economic Policy Taken since the Greek Crisis? -- 2. What Institutional Initiatives Have Been Taken since the Crisis? -- 3. Which Handicaps Have Been Exacerbated in the Eurozone? -- 4. Does France Have a Particular Impairment? -- 5. How Should European Finance be Reorganized? -- 6. How Can Government Finances be Made Sustainable without Stifling the Economy? -- 7. How Can Fiscal Union Be Advanced? -- 8. Can a New Social Contract be Established? -- 9. What Form Would a Sustainable Growth Regime Compatible with the Ecological Transition Take? -- 10. What Is Europe's Role in the New Age of Globalization? -- Afterword to the English Edition -- Notes.

Introduction: straight to the point -- Why are competing for and with human capital the final frontiers? -- The shift in sources of competitive advantage -- The accelerant roles of competition and globalization -- The rise of intangible assets and human capital -- The decline of employer and rise of employee power -- How to effectively compete for human capital -- How do employees assess employers? -- How can you make your EVP concrete? -- How can you get the employees you want to want you -- How to effectively compete with human capital -- Business strategy: the fundamental building block -- Linking human capital capabilities to strategy -- Aligning key processes to support your human capital strategy.

About the author -- The individual and society -- Taking a new look at a familiar world -- Seeing and thinking sociologically -- The construction of self and society -- Building reality : the social construction of knowledge -- Building order : culture and history -- Building identity : socialization -- Supporting identity : the presentation of self -- Building social relationships : intimacy and families -- Constructing difference : social deviance -- Social structure, institutions, and everyday life -- The structure of society : organizations, social institutions, and globalization -- The architecture of stratification : social class and inequality -- The architecture of inequality : race and ethnicity -- The architecture of inequality : sex and gender -- Demographic dynamics : population trends -- Architects of change : reconstructing society -- Glossary -- References -- Index

Urban areas face daunting environmental, economic and social challenges that have increased in scope in recent years, especially given climate change and globalization. At the same time, cities provide exciting opportunities for growth and revitalization of local and national economies. The interplay of these challenges and opportunities create important tasks for policymakers and researchers. This book provides a new horizon for exploring solutions to urban problems, especially water-related disasters in urban areas. It is of a cross-disciplinary nature offering both new concepts and practices that will help to promote communication between urban planning communities and water management professionals in order to integrate water-related disaster management into spatial planning.

Understanding macroeconomic developments and policies in the twenty-first century is daunting: policy-makers face the combined challenges of supporting economic activity and employment, keeping inflation low and risks of financial crises at bay, and navigating the ever-tighter linkages of globalization. Many professionals face demands to evaluate the implications of developments and policies for their business, financial, or public policy decisions. Macroeconomics for Professionals provides a concise, rigorous, yet intuitive framework for assessing a country's macroeconomic outlook and policies. Drawing on years of experience at the International Monetary Fund, Leslie Lipschitz and Susan Schadler have created an operating manual for professional applied economists and all those required to evaluate economic analysis

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- 1 Migration History: Some Patterns Revisited -- 2 Moving Europeans in the Globalizing World: Contemporary Migrations in a Historical-Comparative Perspective (1955–1994 v. 1870–1914) -- 3 Africa and Global Patterns of Migration -- 4 The Global Migration Crisis -- 5 Diasporas, the Nation-State, and Globalisation -- 6 Migrant Workers, Markets, and the Law -- 7 Of Migration, Great Cities, and Markets: Global Systems of Development -- 8 Uncertain Globalization: Refugee Movements in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century -- 9 Travel, Migration, and Images of Social Life -- 10 Global Movements, Global Walls: Responses to Migration, 1885–1925 -- About the Book and Editor