Updated to reflect recent global developments, the second edition of Globalization: A Basic
Text presents an up-to-date introduction to major trends and topics relating to globalization …

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" Compelling and accessible, this Very Short Introduction challenges common perceptions of
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World-systems analysis has developed rapidly over the past thirty years. Today's students
and junior scholars come to world-systems analysis as a well-established approach …

The movement from rural areas and agricultural economies to urban spaces has been the
most significant migration trend shaping Chinese society. Rural migrants moving to …

Poverty alleviation is high on the global policy agenda, its importance being emphasised by
its place as the first of the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals. As a potentially …

Yes, this is another book about leadership. I apologize. And to tell you the truth it has been
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Phrenology was the most popular mental science of the Victorian age. From American
senators to Indian social reformers, this new mental science found supporters around the …

Now in its 4th edition, this popular text offers practical, interesting, exciting ways to teach
social studies and a multitude of instructional and professional resources for teachers …

Uncovers what the sociology of religion would look like had it emerged in a Confucian,
Muslim, or Native American culture rather than in a Christian one Sociology has long used …