Notably, the 20th century was dominated by the legacy of devastating global wars, colonial struggles, and ideological conflicts as well as effort s to establish international systems that would foster global peace and prosperity. Yet, insecurity and corruption not only remain, they have become...

Whether working for global or local organizations, lawyers today are increasingly faced with the prospect of working with colleagues and competitors who are diverse in terms of nationality, education and training, and with clients whose problems may be as locally-focused as a Chicago zoning...

The COVID-19 crisis is unique in many respects and, as the IMF (2021, p. 43) puts it: "a crisis like no other". A global economic contraction occurred that was unprecedented in its speed and depth. Support packages were put together in some parts of the world that also dwarfed anything seen up...

This paper explores trends in international work stoppages over the last 4 decades or so. International collection practices are compared, extending the comparisons made in Fisher (1978), Sweet and Jackson (1977), Walsh (1983), Creigh and Poland (1983) and Monger (2004) to include 18 non-OECD...

The paper analyses the process of social exclusion and inclusion of the working poor in developing countries, but focusing mostly on women. These processes include: the terms of inclusion of paid workers in global production systems, the barriers to inclusion of the self-employed in global...

India's globalization is a conscious and deliberate effort to permit the factors of production, the produce and the socio-economic forces to permeate across the national boundaries and remove any obstacle to such permeance. In short, it has been a deliberate decision to open up a national...

As the U.S. loses its monopoly in high technology, policymakers are calling for increases in the number of science and technology graduates and in R&D investment. We believe these proposals fail to recognize what is distinctive about the emerging global economy. Our studies of engineering in...

Globalization is the integration of national economies through trade and financial interaction with the international economy. Globalization has transformed the world into a global village. Nigeria with current democratic dispensation from 29th May 1999 under the leadership of Chief Olusegun...

The media are an integral aspect of the society and their influence on our lives cannot be denied. Gradually, as the international media have become highly concentrated and integrated, this hold has increased manifold. The media have a unique position; not only are they hyper-commercial...

Paul Samuelson's recent article in the Journal of Economic Perspectives (2004) started drawing attention even before it was officially published (Fingleton, 2004). His conclusions go against the weight of 200 years of trade theory in concluding that international trade can, at times, result in...