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The concept of Global Civil Society as an 'imagined global
community' is raising questions that challenge perceptions of a
border-free, footloose, global community. The era of
'hyper-individualism', accompanied by the virtualization of the
public sphere, is offering support for collective action and
processes in the face of rising economic and social anxieties, such
as inequality, poverty, terrorism, xenophobia, nuclear weapons, and
environmental destruction. Global Civil Society is now equipping
itself to negotiate with resurrected boundaries, calls for
decelerating the flow of people, identity clashes and throwbacks to
tribal politics. Contestations in Global Civil Society examines the
ways in which the global community is dealing with heightened
destabilization, entering what has been dubbed an 'Age of
Fracture', and takes a close look at contemporary shifts that
accompany the resurrection of multiple normative civil society
discourses such as political mobilization, polarization,
responsibility, and participation. What are the contestations
within global civil society? What is our current perception of
global civil society? How is it coping with the huge changes that
are happening all around us? What will global civil society look
like in the future?
This provocative volume takes an international, multidisciplinary
approach to understanding globalization and assessing its economic,
social, and environmental effects. Representing the Global North
and South, it addresses important debates stemming from recent
political events in the U.S. and U.K., the continuing rise of
information technology, and the constant struggle between corporate
interests and the health of the planet.The human outcomes of world
human rights challenges are considered in the ongoing global
narratives of migrants, refugees, and disabled persons, as well as
possibilities for greater social equity and integration.This expert
synthesis takes critical steps to reshape the concept of
globalization from an amorphous mass of objectives and initiatives
to a forward-looking model of clarity and balance. Included in the
coverage: Globalization and migration: is there a borderless world
A comparative assessment of climate policies of top emitters.
Neo-protectionism in the age of Brexit and Trump. Working
inclusively and redefining social valorization in the globalized
world. Understanding the strategy of M&As in the globalized
perspective. Reappraisal of social enterprise in a globalized
world. Revisiting Globalism will be of particular interest to those
in the academic field and the statutory and nonprofit sectors whose
work deals with teaching social sciences in higher education
settings.
This provocative volume takes an international, multidisciplinary
approach to understanding globalization and assessing its economic,
social, and environmental effects. Representing the Global North
and South, it addresses important debates stemming from recent
political events in the U.S. and U.K., the continuing rise of
information technology, and the constant struggle between corporate
interests and the health of the planet.The human outcomes of world
human rights challenges are considered in the ongoing global
narratives of migrants, refugees, and disabled persons, as well as
possibilities for greater social equity and integration.This expert
synthesis takes critical steps to reshape the concept of
globalization from an amorphous mass of objectives and initiatives
to a forward-looking model of clarity and balance. Included in the
coverage: Globalization and migration: is there a borderless world
A comparative assessment of climate policies of top emitters.
Neo-protectionism in the age of Brexit and Trump. Working
inclusively and redefining social valorization in the globalized
world. Understanding the strategy of M&As in the globalized
perspective. Reappraisal of social enterprise in a globalized
world. Revisiting Globalism will be of particular interest to those
in the academic field and the statutory and nonprofit sectors whose
work deals with teaching social sciences in higher education
settings.
This book offers an objective and dispassionate analysis of modern
educational architecture allowing us to notice gaps. The
fundamental question addressed is whether our education system will
embrace knowledge-based society and have the foresight to better
prepare future generations. If educators around the world step back
for a moment, it is not difficult to notice that unanswered
questions about education are looming everywhere. The existent
academic literature on education is abundant and embracing. In
consequence, one can ask why is this book necessary? Indeed, this
book is the result of senior university professors sharing their
learnings and anticipating the pivotal issues facing all education
professionals. According to the United Nations, by 2050, 68% of the
world's population will be living in urban areas. This fact cannot
be ignored as it is one of the drivers of the profile of the future
students. The reasons to organize this publication are many, but
among them three stand out which also function as the driving
forces behind this project: (1) University professors teach future
generations based on models grounded on knowledge advanced by past
experiences; (2) The decisive requirement to understand the needs
of the new generations of university millennial students; and (3)
What are the critical challenges of global societies? "This book
problematizes the issues concerning education, and its main
contribution is to answer the need to rethink education, face
contemporary challenges, and reorganize the way public policies
address education. It critically analyses the challenges of global
societies in a decentralized perspective, not only reflecting a
western perspective of education and knowledge production. The
project's originality comes from the contemporaneity of the topics
covered, from the interdisciplinary perspective, and from the
specific attention given to trends around education." -Catia Miriam
Costa, Researcher and Invited Assistant Professor, Centre for
International Studies, Perfil Ciencia
Globalization Reappraised: A Talisman or a False Oracle analyzes
the emergence of Washington Consensus inspired globalization model
in the post cold war era. It presents a comprehensive scholarly
survey of the literature, impact of the model on technology,
ethno/religious revivalism, environment, human rights, rule of law,
and income inequality, and the rise of unprincipled populist
political demagogues in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the United
States. The book also discusses the devastating impact of the 2008
global financial crisis due to unbridled, unregulated free market
system. These developments have raised serious doubts about once
considered inevitable, invincible globalization model. Serious soul
searching to fix or even discard some of its negatives has become
significant part of policy discussions from Delhi to Devos. The
concluding chapter of the book analyzes several alternative models
by raising the question about the direction and nature of the model
itself.
Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development in
Emerging Economies is an anthology of seven case studies plus two
theoretical chapters in a comparative context. It analyzes issues
related to the rise of multinational corporations, their immense
economic and political influence in a globalized world, and their
social responsibility/corporate citizenship. Corporate social
responsibility is closely examined in terms of meeting the
challenges of the widening gap between rich and poor, relationships
with sovereign states, environmental degradation, exploitation of
natural resources, labor practices, and human rights issues in
societies in which multinational corporations operate. Are these
corporations exempt from social roles and accountable to only their
shareholders (the minimalist position propounded by economists such
as Milton Friedman ), or do they also have ethical and social
responsibilities to participate in improving the quality of human
lives in impoverished societies in Africa , Asia and Latin America?
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