ISBN:
184064897X
,
9781840648973
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiv, 344 p)
,
ill
,
24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Institutions, Globalization and Empowerment
DDC:
306
Keywords:
Globalization
;
Economic development
;
Social institutions
Abstract:
Examining aspects of social and economic institutions, and exploring their operation as a result of globalisation, this book approaches the issue of globalisation from a perspective of how the forces of globalisation are transforming domestic, social and economic institutions to create greater opportunities for empowerment in individual countries
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface; 1. Institutions, globalisation and empowerment: an overview of issues; 2. Institutions for high-quality growth: what they are and how to acquire them; 3. The effects of the interaction of formal and informal institutions on social stability and economic development; 4. Globalisation, democracy and citizens' sovereignty: can competition among governments enhance democracy?; 5. Globalisation: contradictory implications for US women; 6. Corruption: is dollarisation a solution?
Description / Table of Contents:
7. Western Europe: German unification, integration, globalisation - the German social market economy facing a threefold challenge8. Regional retreat: the reaction of Russian institutions to liberalising reform; 9. Institutional deterrents to the empowerment of women: Kenya's experience; 10. WTO and the dangers of privatisation: an analysis of the Saudi case; 11. Institutional impediments to women's empowerment in rural India; 12. Estate taxes and family-run firms: an empirical study of publicly traded corporations in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan
Description / Table of Contents:
13. Globalisation and institutional change in the Australian labour market14. Institutional change and empowerment under globalisation: some lessons learnt; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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