The Challenges of Globalization - Cultures in Transition in the Pacific-Asia Region (Paperback)

Although the products of globalization are far from new, globalization as a process in the Pacific-Asian Region is both dynamic and problematic. Pacific-Asia globalization outcomes at present include: intensification of changes linked to the influences of capitalism; information technology and innovative technological systems; migration, transnationalism, and refugees; tourism for those with newly apparent disposable incomes; altered philosophical and religious perspectives, including the new fundamentalism; paradigm shifts within indigenous languages and cultures; lifestyles that embrace and/or disengage from all of the globalizing factors listed above; and others. The Challenges of Globalization defines globalization as "supra-national ideas and processes that cross national borders with impunity." Such "ideas and processes" may appear to possess a will of their own, fostering closer links between cultures, societies, and economies. But, do they? How do individuals, communities, and nation-states actually respond to the forces of globalization? This book explores globalization within the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, and education.

General

Imprint:	University Press of America
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2004
First published:	October 2004
Editors:	Lan-Hung Nora Chiang • John Lidstone • Rebecca A. Stephenson
Contributors:	Lan-Hung Nora Chiang • Congressman Robert A. Underwood • Mary Taylor Huber • Lilli Perez Iyedchad • Michael P. Perez • Marion Kelly • Guei-ying LinOu
Dimensions:	215 x 166 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	194
ISBN-13:	978-0-7618-2951-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > International business Books > Business & Economics > Economics > International economics > General
LSN:	0-7618-2951-2
Barcode:	9780761829515

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