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Corporate Responses to EU Emissions Trading
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 114.95This study explores how the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) actually works on the ground affecting corporate climate strategies. It covers general sector responses as well as systematic comparative studies of companies across the sectors. The latter enables improved understanding of causal effects and the role of interaction between different... more...
Future States
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 114.95Globalization consists of an interlocking array of political, economic, social, and cultural forces that challenge the traditional international order in two key ways. First, states historically had 'hard shells', by means of which they were capable of consolidating differences between 'inside' and 'outside' to the point where... more...
Israel's Security Networks
Cambridge University Press 2013; Not AvailableProvides a fresh perspective on Israeli civil-security relations and politics, introducing the concept of informal security networks in the area of national security. more...
The Idea of World Government
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 31.95The notion of a single political organization encompassing the whole of humanity?a world state?has intrigued mankind since earliest recorded history. This book provides a concise yet comprehensive overview of the history of world government, and questions whether political globalization, in the form of a federal world government, could and should... more...
Globalization
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 55.95The constraints of geography are shrinking and the world is becoming a single place. Globalization and the global society are increasingly occupying the centre of sociological debates. Widely discussed by journalists and a key goal for many businesses, globalization has become a buzz-word in recent years. In this extensively revised and restructured... more...
The Global Advantage
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 115.00In an economy where companies must globalize or perish, only a few have successfully taken their business to the world level. 'The Global Advantage' zeros in on 40 preeminent global companies, located across six continents. A key feature of this book is the author's 'GlobalSuccess' model, based on the research and work he has done with hundreds of... more...
Translation and Globalization
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 50.95Translation and Globalization is essential reading for anyone with an interest in translation, or a concern for the future of our world's languages and cultures. This is a critical exploration of the ways in which radical changes to the world economy have affected contemporary translation. The Internet, new technology, machine translation and the... more...
Globalization and the Gulf
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 49.95For centuries, the Arabian Gulf has been a crossroads where seafaring people and Bedouins alike travelled great distances transacting business. Events of the past few years, both good and bad, have directed the world?s attention to the Arabian Peninsula, where a rich cultural tradition is rapidly incorporating the latest innovations from around the... more...
Law Reform in Developing and Transitional States
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 49.95Law reform in developing countries has become an increasingly topical subject in recent years. A critical issue is why so many law reform projects in developing economies are regarded by their sponsors and recipients as unsuccessful. This informative book: examines examples of law reform projects in post-socialist and post-authoritarian states... more...
Nationalism and Ethnoregional Identities in China
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 55.95Western political scientists have tended to neglect the ethnic dimension in China, and have overemphasized the development from large empire to unified nation. This book brings together a number of case studies on the ethnic and regional dimensions of Chinese politics and society. more...









