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Information & communication technology (ICT) and the automotive sector are two of the most important industries in the EU and the US. The EU's eastern expansion and economic globalization have reinforced competition on the one hand; on the other hand the importance of outsourcing and off-shoring has increased. Against this background the intensification of innovation dynamics becomes crucial - and with them the role of regional innovation clusters. The analysis examines seven regions and six EU countries. The focus is on cluster and network dynamics in both industries, as regional ICT clusters are playing an increasingly central role in many European regions. Specialization and structural change in the automotive sector are highlighted, and new strategic approaches for multinational companies and changes in policy options are identified.

Globalization has revolutionized how trade is conducted. New opportunities have been created, coupled with higher risks and increased competition. Firms involved in international trade have had to adapt to a rapidly changing global environment to remain competitive. To assist export-oriented enterprises, particularly small and medium ones, national trade promotion organizations have developed innovative strategies and incentives. Strategic considerations in trade promotion are examined in part I, while the national trade promotion initiatives considered most effective have been selected and presented as cases in parts II and III. Throughout the book, readers are provided with the best available practices and explanations of how a select group of trade promotion organizations have become relevant partners to their export-oriented enterprises.

"In this era of globalization's ruthless deracination, place attachments have become increasingly salient in collective mobilizations across the spectrum of politics. Like place-based activists in other resource-rich yet impoverished regions across the globe, Appalachians are contesting economic injustice, environmental degradation, and the anti-democratic power of elites. This collection of seventeen original essays by scholars and activists from a variety of backgrounds explores this wide range of oppositional politics, querying its successes, limitations, and impacts. The editors' critical introduction and conclusion integrate theories of place and space with analyses of organizations and events discussed by contributors. Transforming Places illuminates widely relevant lessons about building coalitions and movements with sufficient strength to challenge corporate-driven globalization."--Publisher's website

Written by fifteen leading academics from the Japan Society for International Development (JASID), this book undertakes a review of Japan's economic development over the previous 150 years, and seeks to clarify Japanese priorities in domestic and foreign policy for the coming decades. Contributors from a variety of disciplines evaluate Japan's own experience in achieving economic development, focusing on topical issues such as the role of the environment, community governance and disaster management. Globalization and economic growth has also brought about a sea-change in Japan's development cooperation policy; the new orientation of this policy is explored in full. This book will be a fruitful resource for policymakers in developing nations as well as academics with an interest in the modernization of non-Western societies.

Interview with an entrepreneur / featuring John Mackey, conducted by Tom G. Palmer -- Liberty and dignity explain the modern world / Deirdre N. McCloskey -- Competition and cooperation / David Boaz -- For-profit medicine and the compassion motive / Tom G. Palmer -- The paradox of morality / Mao Yushi -- The moral logic of equality and inequality in market society / Leonid V. Nikonov -- Adam Smith and the myth of greed / Tom G. Palmer -- Ayn Rand and capitalism : the moral revolution / David Kelley -- The market economy and the distribution of wealth / Ludwig Lachmann -- Political and economic freedoms together spawn humanity's miracles / Temba A. Nolutschungu -- Global capitalism and justice / June Arunga -- Human betterment through globalization / Vernon Smith -- The culture of liberty / Mario Vargas Llosa

Since 1989 neo-nationalism has grown as a volatile political force in almost all European societies in tandem with the formation of a neoliberal European Union and wider capitalist globalizations. Focusing on working classes situated in long-run localized processes of social change, including processes of dispossession and disenfranchisement, this volume investigates how the experiences, histories, and relationships of social class are a necessary ingredient for explaining the re-emergence and dynamics of populist nationalism in both Eastern and Western Europe. Featuring in-depth urban and regional case studies from Romania, Hungary, Serbia, Italy and Scotland this volume reclaims class for anthropological research and lays out a new interdisciplinary agenda for studying identity politics in the intensifying neoliberal conjuncture

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1. Liberal democracy and its critics : some voices from east and west / Fred Dallmayr -- 2. Value, enchantment and the mentality of democracy : some distant perspectives from Gandhi / Akeel Bilgrami -- 3. Politics, experience and cognitive enslavement : Gandhi's Hind Swaraj / Vivek Dhareshwar -- 4. Moral perfection and political participation : the Indian 'millions' in Gandhi's Hind Swaraj / Mohamed Mehdi -- 5. Politics and violence : Gandhi's ambivalence to democracy / Uday Singh Mehta -- 6. Pragmatism and deepened democracy : Ambedkar between Dewey and Unger / Lenart Skof -- 7. Constitutional democracy and Hindu nationalism / Rajeev Bhargava -- 8. Why did Burke impeach Hastings? / David Bromwich -- 9. Whither European enlightenment? / Pankaj Mishra -- 10. Popular festivals, populist visual culture and Modi masks / Parul Dave Mukherji -- 11. Globalization, culture and education / Nachiket Patwardhan.

"Small-scale, family fishing enterprises manage to persist despite a range of difficult economic and ecological changes and disruptions. Red Flags and Lace Coiffes is an ... ethnography that explores how and why family-based fishing enterprises continue in the face of what seem to be overwhelming odds. Using historical ethnography as a lens through which to understand how the fishers and their families of the Bigouden region in France have situated themselves over time, Charles R. Menzies argues that local identity plays an important role as global capitalist pressures force these fishing communities to reorganize or disappear entirely. Throughout, the book touches on key concepts such as identity, culture, globalization, kinship, work, the environment, and the economy."--Publisher's description

Re-examining Mary Douglas' work on pollution and concepts of purity, this volume explores modern expressions of these themes in urban areas, examining the intersections of material and cultural pollution. It presents ethnographic case studies from a range of cities affected by globalization processes such as neoliberal urban policies, privatization of urban space, continued migration and spatialized ethnic tension. What has changed since the appearance of Purity and Danger? How have anthropological views on pollution changed accordingly? This volume focuses on cultural meanings and values that are attached to conceptions of 'clean' and 'dirty', purity and impurity, healthy and unhealthy environments, and addresses the implications of pollution with regard to discrimination, class, urban poverty, social hierarchies and ethnic segregation in cities

This anthology provides a lively and stimulating view of the lives of ordinary citizens in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. For the second edition of this popular textbook, readings have been updated and new essays added. The result is a timely collection that explores key themes in understanding the region, including gender, caste, class, religion, globalization, economic liberalization, nationalism, and emerging modernities. New readings focus attention on the experiences of the middle classes, migrant workers, and IT professionals, and on media, consumerism, and youth culture. Clear and engaged writing makes this text particularly valuable for general and student readers, while the range of new and classic scholarship provides a useful resource for specialists.

Comprehending Drug Use, the first full-length critical overview of the use of ethnographic methods in drug research, synthesizes more than one hundred years of study on the human encounter with psychotropic drugs. J. Bryan Page and Merrill Singer create a comprehensive examination of the whole field of drug ethnography-methodology that involves access to the hidden world of drug users, the social spaces they frequent, and the larger structural forces that help construct their worlds. They explore the important intersections of drug ethnography with globalization, criminalization, public health (including the HIV/AIDS epidemic, hepatitis, and other diseases), and gender, and also provide a practical guide of the methods and career paths of ethnographers

chapter Preview: Why There Is No War on Terror -- part Part I Perspective of the Book -- chapter 1 The Criminology of Terrorism and Counterterrorism -- chapter 2 A Theory of Counterterrorism Policing -- part Part II The United States -- chapter 3 Counterterrorism Policy and Law -- chapter 4 Homeland Security: The Role of Federal Law Enforcement -- chapter 5 Terrorism and the City: The Role of Local Law Enforcement -- part Part III International Dimensions -- chapter 6 The Globalization of Counterterrorism Policing -- chapter 7 Policing World Terrorism: The Role of Interpol -- chapter 8 Policing Terrorism in Europe: The Role of Europol -- part Part IV Comparative Cases -- chapter 9 Undercover Counterterrorism in Israel -- chapter 10 Terrorism and War: Policing Iraq and Afghanistan.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction / Anderson, Allan / Bergunder, Michael / Droogers, André / van der Laan, Cornelis -- Part 1. Interdisciplinary Perspectives -- 1. Varieties, Taxonomies, and Defi nitions / Anderson, Allan -- 2. Essentialist and Normative Approaches / Droogers, André -- 3. The Cultural Turn / Bergunder, Michael -- 4. Gender and Power / Brusco, Elizabeth -- 5. Conversion Narratives / Gooren, Henri -- 6. Pentecostalism and Globalization / Meyer, Birgit -- Part 2. Social Sciences and Humanities -- 7. Psychology of Religion / Huber, Stefan -- 8. Anthropology of Religion / Robbins, Joel -- 9. Sociology of Religion / Hunt, Stephen -- 10. Historical Approaches / van der Laan, Cornelis -- Part 3. Theology -- 11. Pneumatologies in Systematic Theology / Kärkkäinen, Veli-Matti -- 12. Missiology and the Interreligious Encounter / Yong, Amos / Richie, Tony -- 13. Practical Theology / Cartledge, Mark J. -- 14. Ecumenism / Robeck Jr., Cecil M. -- Contributors -- Index

Comprehending Drug Use, the first full-length critical overview of the use of ethnographic methods in drug research, synthesizes more than one hundred years of study on the human encounter with psychotropic drugs. J. Bryan Page and Merrill Singer create a comprehensive examination of the whole field of drug ethnography-methodology that involves access to the hidden world of drug users, the social spaces they frequent, and the larger structural forces that help construct their worlds. They explore the important intersections of drug ethnography with globalization, criminalization, public health (including the HIV/AIDS epidemic, hepatitis, and other diseases), and gender, and also provide a practical guide of the methods and career paths of ethnographers.