San Antonio College Library

[This book] focuses on policies that truly work, offering fresh new thinking about the questions that shape the globalization debate, including a plan to restructure a global financial system made unstable by America's debt, ideas for how countries can grow without degrading the environment, a framework for free and fair global trade, and much more. Throughout, [the author] reveals that economic globalization continues to outpace both the political...

Study of the role of Albania in the world communist system, with particular reference to political aspects of economic integration and other forms of international cooperation of the country with other socialist countries - covers historical aspects of economic development of the country, political leadership, the role of USSR and the role of China in Albanian affairs, etc.

Examines the causes and consequences of corruption, with particular attention to its impact on economic and political development. Explores the steps that national and international organizations can take to combat corruption.

Conference papers, politics, economy, international relations, Africa - trends since 1957, impact of colonialism on political ideology, role of UN in independence, underdevelopment, relations between states and ethnic groups, regional level matters, the defence factor, agricultural economy, urban development and rural development, international cooperation and international capitalism, technology, etc. Bibliography, statistical tables. Conference...

"Whether one favors the U.S. global projection of force or is horrified by it, the question stands - where do we go from here? What ought to be the new global architecture? Amitai Etzioni follows a third way, drawing on both neoconservative and liberal ideas, in this bold new look at international relations. He argues that a clash of civilizations can be avoided and that the new world order need not look like America. Eastern values, including spirituality...

"The author maintains that global capitalism and economic globalization have rested and must continue to rest on a secure political foundation. However, this foundation has eroded since the end of the Soviet threat. To ensure survival of the global economy, Gilpin concludes, the United States and other major powers must recommit themselves to working together to rebuild its weakened political foundation."--Jacket.