Globalisation

Another World is Possible: Popular Alternatives to Globalization at the World Social Forum

Author: 
Fisher, William F and Thomas Ponniah (eds.)
Publisher: 
London: Zed Books, 2003, ISBN: 1 84277329 1, 364 pp.
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Alexander I Gray

Marie Curie Researcher, Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao

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Foreign Direct Investment for Development: Maximising Benefits, Minimising Costs

Author: 
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher: 
Paris: OECD, 2002, ISBN: 9 26419 927 6, 232 pp.
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Andrew Mold

Instituto Complutense de Estudios Internacionales, Madrid

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Making Global Trade Work for People

Author: 
Malhotra, Kamal (ed.)
Publisher: 
London: Earthscan Publications Ltd in conjunction with UNDP, 2003, ISBN: 1 85383 982 5, 341 pp.
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Peter Williams

Livelihoods Adviser, Programme Policy Team, Oxfam GB, Oxford

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Globalizing Civic Engagement: Civil Society and Transnational Action

Author: 
Clark, John (ed.)
Publisher: 
London: Earthscan, 2003, ISBN: 1 85383 989 2, 194 pp.
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Janet Hunt

Senior Lecturer in International Development, School of Social Science and Planning, RMIT University, Melbourne

In English only This a joint review of both - Globalizing Civic Engagement: Civil Society and Transnational Action, and Worlds Apart:Civil Society and the Battle for Ethical Globalisation, both written by John Clark

Corporate Responsibility and Labour Rights: Codes of Conduct in the Global Economy

Author: 
Jenkins, Rhys , Ruth Pearson and Gill Seyfang (eds.)
Publisher: 
London: Earthscan, 2002, ISBN: 1 85383 931, 232 pp.
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Deborah Doane

Programme Director, Transforming Markets, New Economics Foundation, London

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AIDS in the Twenty-first Century: Disease and Globalization

Author: 
Barnett, Tony and Alan Whiteside
Publisher: 
Basingstoke and New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003, ISBN: 1 4 39 9996 X, 416 pp.
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Catherine Campbell

Social Psychology Department, LSE, London

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Globalization, Democracy and Development in Africa: Challenges and Prospects

Author: 
Taye, Assefa, Severine M. Rugumamu, and Abdel Ghaffar M. Ahmed (eds.)
Publisher: 
Addis Ababa: OSSREA, 2002, ISBN: 0 9521 2694 X, 379 pp.
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Ebere Onwudiwe

Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio

In English only

The Corporate Responsibility Code Book

Author: 
Leipziger, Deborah
Publisher: 
Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing, 2003, ISBN: 1 87471 978 0, 512 pp.
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Seb Beloe

Director, Research and Advocacy, SustainAbility Ltd, London

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The Global Legitimacy Game: Civil Society, Globalization and Protest

Author: 
Van Rooy, Alison
Publisher: 
London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, ISBN 1 4039 0625 4, 194 pp.
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Nicola Bullard

Focus on the Global South, Bangkok

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Reinventing Government for the Twenty-First Century: State Capacity in a Globalizing Society

Author: 
Rondinelli, Dennis A. and G. Shabir Cheema (eds.)
Publisher: 
Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press, 2003, ISBN: 1 56549 178 5, 270 pp.
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Zander Navarro

Department of Sociology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, and IDS at University of Sussex, UK

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