This chapter begins with a brief discussion of why Global Health Governance has become
such a subject of discussion and debate. It examines globalization as an historical process …

This article reviews the changing nature of contemporary tourism and sociological
approaches to its study. We examine the broad social trends and specific historical events …

This book presents a challenge to the discipline of international relations (IR) to rethink itself,
in the light of both its own modern origins, and the two centuries of world history that have …

Controlling national borders has once again become a key concern of contemporary states
and a highly contentious issue in social and political life. But controlling borders is about …

In any multilateral setting, some state representatives weigh much more heavily than others.
Practitioners often refer to this form of diplomatic hierarchy as the'international pecking …

An international development framing is increasingly ill-fitting to a 21st century characterized
by interconnected globalized capitalism, the challenge of sustainable development, as well …

19. Jahrhunderts by CH Beck publishers in Munich in January 2009. it rapidly went through
five editions and two unnumbered special editions and is now being translated into Chinese …

The new edition of this established core textbook continues to give an insightful,
authoritative and accessible overview of competing theoretical positions on the sociological …

This book seeks to provide a critical introduction to the under-theorized concept of
Glocalization. While the term has been slowly diffused into social-scientific vocabulary, to …

Introducing Language and Intercultural Communication is a lively and accessible
introduction for undergraduates who are new to the study of intercultural communication …