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AbstractIt is argued in the paper that Regional science needs to rethink its theoretical frameworks and research agendas. Globalization and impending recession show starkly how too little attention has been paid to issues of finance and the supply of funds within economies. Too frequently business relationships have been seen as embedded in benign networks, neglecting issues of power, control and exclusion, the role of contracts and their enforcement, and the pursuit of inimitability to maximise rents. Rethinking these issues involves new perspectives to be developed on policy development, including the neglected significance of 'bureaucratic politics', and how policy interacts with communities to create outcomes on the ground. The paper seeks to stimulate a debate that is needed to keep Regional Science relevant.

Nature's Revenge: Reclaiming Sustainability in an Age of
Corporate Globalization, Josée Johnston, Michael Gismondi, and
James Goodman, eds., Peterborough: Broadview Press and Garamond Press,
2006, pp. 330.In the 20 years since the Bruntland Commission popularized the notion
of "sustainable development," many have questioned whether
this ambitious idea has any serious potential for realization or if it
stands as a rhetorical mask for a policy of meagre reform. Such concerns
are understandable, given how the ongoing challenges of global ecological
change and the continuing imperatives of development leave us no
justifiable alternative. Nobody would propose "unsustainable"
development, whatever the ecological and human effects. But sustainability
remains difficult to foresee, as it represents a journey into an unknown,
with little in the way of a map to guide those who seek this path.

How did World War I reverse decades of apparently irresistible economic globalization? Why, in particular, did World War I produce a worldwide surge in international trade protection? Three mechanisms are investigated: (1) The War diverted production and international trade in a way that strengthened protectionist coalitions of industries relative to free-trading coalitions. (2) The War reduced financial interdependence and altered exchange rates in a manner that advantaged protectionist coalitions. (3) The War altered military alliances and rivalries such that stronger national interests in trade protection developed. These mechanisms are examined for the five largest trading economies — Britain, France, Germany, Japan, and the United States. There is evidence of all three mechanisms operating. The first — involving war-induced diversion of production and international trade — appears to have had the largest and most consistent impact.

The concept of state's sovereignty had become one of debatable issues within the international law studies during the 20th century. International air transport has always been one of the most regulated of industries of globalization. Therefore, airspace sovereignty no escape from the challenges of globalization. This regulatory system has been changing recently because of worldwide initiative that have paved the way for enhancing air transport liberalization. This is why numerous models have been hypothesized for a new (multilateral) aviation order to supersede bilateralism, which still remains the primary vehicle for liberalizing international air transport service for most states. This study intends to discuss about the basic principles of international airspace law that frequently facing challenges in the globalization era. In the last few decades is that the economic aspects of airspace sovereignty have dominated change, or the lack thereof, in the international air sovereignty regime. In addition, there are many challanges in politic and law. In the context of Indonesia airspace challanges, in the near future, it is needed to revitalize the function of the strong regulation. This can be started by re-evaluating the regulations that is continued by the arrangement of the anatomy of the setting that is comprehensive, systematic, careful, effective and also efficient based on two importance that are prosperity and security.

"This book examines the field of portfolio restructuring. It also explores the implications for restructuring on foreign and domestic units; the choosing process between the various modes of restructuring; the degree to which increasing globalization influences restructuring practices; the decision-making process in portfolio restructuring; the impact of cultural and behavioral factors on portfolio restructuring, and other topics"--

This paper examines the causality among globalization, democratization and economic growth of four East Asian economies. A small-sample cointegration test is employed. The error-correction model shows that domestic investment causes economic growth in the case of Korea, Taiwan and Thailand. Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows influence the economic growth of Malaysia and Taiwan positively, while there is no evidence suggesting that exports cause economic growth in four economies. There is no evidence that oppression of political freedom leads to economic growth in any of these economies. The current paper reveals that democratization is not caused by economic growth.

UID/CPO/04627/2013 ; Globalization is one of the most important social phenomena in the contemporary world, shaping all dimensions of societal life. However, both among globalization theory as well as foreign policy (FP) studies (and FPA, in particular), the impact of globalization on the state, the effects of political globalization and the transformations it brings to FP have been understood as (not so relevant) contextual elements, described in a generic way or even completely excluded from those research fields and interests. Nevertheless, the particular characteristics in which FP activities are developed render essential, rather than ignoring the state and its external action, to strengthen its study seeking to assess the scope, nature and impact of globalization on its international activity. Following a brief overview on the interaction between globalization theory and FP, as well as between FP studies and globalization, we will explore the analysis model, analysing these challenges on two different levels. Firstly, the impact of globalization in FP: the higher relevance of multilateral or bilateral relations; the identification of certain problems (threats/risks) as global, and requiring a global response; and (growing?) influence/involvement of other actors in the decision in FP at the national level. Secondly, the greater role played by global governance (GG) in FP issues: to identify the (growing?) influence/involvement of other actors in the implementation of FP, or decision in GG structures; the influence of multiple levels of governance in FP; an increase in temporary coalitions, and greater adaptation to the international environment; and shaping GG structures as a FP goal. We are particularly interested in the characteristics and implications of some core prerogatives of our theoretical framework, as well as the limitations and possible solutions to the challenges that studying globalization and the contemporary foreign policy of Southern European countries poses. Our claim is that FP studies ...

Since Mather(1992) initiated studies on forest transition – the process of initial forest decline followed by forest cover increase, a variety of underlying causes that could explain forest transition process in different states and regions have been documented. These causes include: agricultural intensification, demographic trend and rural-urban migration triggered by urbanization, have been considered as the main reasons forest transition occurred in Europe in the 19th century (Mather et al.1999, Mather and Needle 1998). At the beginning of the 20th century, the change of resource perceptions and highlight on recreation and ecosystem values of forest followed by economic growth, have prompted formulating conservation reserve programmes and forest-prone land policy, leading to forest recovery in US (Mather 1992). In India, timber prices or timber shortage encourage tree planting (Foster and Rosenzweig 2003). Policy measures aimed at arresting deforestation or promoting reforestation have been of great significance in relation to forest transitions in both China and Vietnam (Mather 2007).In addition, institution development is emphasized in studies of forest transition in Mexico and Nepal (Bray and Klepeis 2005, Klooster 2003, Nagendra 2007).

This article explores the teaching & learning challenges for the discipline of international studies (IS) that arise from the contemporary social, economic, & political changes usually labeled "globalization." The focus is on the challenge posed to IS by a transformation in the nature of the relationship of teachers & students to the subject matter that they study: that is, teachers & students increasingly experience & contribute to globalization in the course of their daily lives as they simultaneously teach & learn about it. Significantly for the study of globalization in IS, pedagogical debates surrounding active teaching & learning highlight the potential for strategies that actively engage students' interests & everyday experiences with the subject itself. On this basis, the article outlines some potential routes into the active teaching & learning of globalization in the field of international political economy, illustrating these with examples from classroom activities & exercises. 1 Table, 63 References. Adapted from the source document.

Globalization effects on the research and development landscape -- Global technology awareness -- Public-private partnerships for technology collaboration -- Appendixes. A. Workshop statement of task -- B. Workshop participants -- C. Workshop agenda -- D. Acronyms.