The great processes reshaping our world today can be summed up by the term "globalisation". Together with the communications revolution and massive urbanisation, it is reshaping theorganisation of global space. It is illustrated by technological change, pronounced economic growth, the dominance of giant corporations, ever more open markets and universal consumption. Dramatic developments have o…
This volume, based on a series analysis using up-to-date econometric technique, systematically investigates the role that exports and foreign direct investment (FDI) have played in China's development process, and questions the received wisdom that exports and FDI are always an unalloyed blessing. It focuses on the transmission mechanisms through which exports and FDI influence growth and econo…
This book contains: 1. Historical and the theoretical frameworks 2. The triumph of oligarchy 1982-1997 3. The oligarchy in crisis 1997-1998 4. oligarchy reconstituted
Contents: 1. Economics, management, politics and security 2. Regional and international 3. Miscellaneous
In this succinct, modest, and refreshingly forthright book--now revised and updated for the new century--Starr introduces to the uninitiated reader the background, basic data, and issues at stake in China's crisis-ridden present and future. After ten years, John Bryan Starr has thoroughly revised and updated his classic introduction to the background of, the data about, and the issues at sta…
In this work, Charles Issawi examines the main reasons for the economic decline of the Middle East. He discusses climate, geography, and religion, with particular emphasis on the military elite, whose contempt for artisans and merchants thwarted positive economic initiatives. The role played by minorities and foreigners throughout the region's history is also examined. Finally, the author compa…
This Atlas proposes an unprecedented `reading' of the global situation, supported by socio-economic, geopolitical and environmental data. Topics including access to education, the gulf between living standards in the North and the South, women's civil rights, climate change and international solidarity are presented along with 30 fully updated information sheets and 40 full-colour maps.
In this incisive analysis of Japan's lost decade of the 1990's, Professor Hiroshi Yoshikawa comprehensively explains how the world's second largest economy has come to a standstill and the difficult choices facing the nation at this crucial moment of transition. This book contains: 1. Macroeconomic analysis of the 1990s 2. Bad debts and the Japanese Economy 3. Exchange rates 4. Japan's M…
This book contains: 1. Boom years and buildup of Vulnerabilities: 1992-98 2. Downturn and deeping depression: 1998-2000 3. Crisis: 2001 4. Aftermath: 2002 5. Role of the IMF
Buku ini berisi kumpulan artikel mengenai permasalahan perkembangan perekonomian, administrasi publik, politik, dan lain-lain menjelang era globalisasi di Indonesia. - Clean Goverment Sebagai Prasyarat Mewujudkan Masyarakat Industri Baru Dalam Milenium ke III - Manajemen Diplomasi yang Efektif dan Efisien - Manajemen Pembangunan Dalam Memasuki Era Globalisasi