Author: Leutge
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Keywords: ethics, economics, law, globalisation, business
Number of Pages: 244
Published: 2007-05-07
List price: $114.95
ISBN-10: 0754648176
ISBN-13: 9780754648178

This volume takes an interdisciplinary approach to provide a theoretical overview of how business ethics deals with the phenomenon of globalization. The authors first examine the origins and development of globalization and its interaction with business ethics, before discussing the impact on and role of national and multinational corporations. The book goes on to examine the relationship between industrialized and developing countries, and explores the place of ethics in globalized markets.

Author: Richard K. Fenn
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Keywords: terror, apocalyptic, sources, glory, dreams
Number of Pages: 157
Published: 2006-01
List price: $100.00
ISBN-10: 0754654508
ISBN-13: 9780754654506

Islam, Judaism, and Christianity are engaged not in a ’clash of civilizations’ but in a sectarian conflict among branches of a single civilization traditionally steeped in apocalyptic imagery and beliefs. Apocalypticism is a religious luxury that modern civilizations can no longer afford. Many would agree that the propagandists of the Christian Right have raised apocalyptic tensions to a dangerous level since 9/11, but in this book Richard Fenn takes on the mainline church leaders for their role in promoting an apocalyptic view of history. Those who keep apocalyptic beliefs in a respectabl

Author: Xiaoxi Li
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Keywords: trade, industry, series, chinese, marketization, extent, china’s, assessing
Number of Pages: 330
Published: 2006-12-19
List price: $120.00
ISBN-10: 0754648788
ISBN-13: 9780754648789

China is indisputably one of the most dynamic economic regions in the world; however the character, nature and extent of its market economy status remains in question. This book provides an empirical analysis of many aspects of the developing market economy including: government reform, the marketization of enterprises, land transactions, capital transactions and finance; the market determination of wage rates; the development of intermediary organizations; and the improvement in the economy’s legal framework. China’s economic growth has also brought conflict with both the EU and the US, t

Author: Jeremy R. Youde
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Keywords: global, health, knowledge, politics, south, africa, aids
Number of Pages: 153
Published: 2007-08-01
List price: $99.95
ISBN-10: 0754670031
ISBN-13: 9780754670032

Through an in-depth examination of the interactions between the South African government and the international AIDS control regime, Youde examines not only the emergence of an epistemic community but also the development of a counter-epistemic community offering fundamentally different understandings of AIDS and radically different policy prescriptions. In addition, individuals have become influential in the crafting of the South African government’s AIDS policies, despite universal condemnation from the international scientific community. This study highlights the relevance and importance o

Author: Tara Brabazon
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Keywords: cultural, studies, memory, popular, revelation, generation, revolution
Number of Pages: 196
Published: 2005-05-30
List price: $120.00
ISBN-10: 0754643964
ISBN-13: 9780754643968

From Revolution to Revelation offers a new paradigm for Cultural Studies. Tara Brabazon explores our understanding of our own past and the collective past we share with others through popular culture. She investigates Generation X, the "post-youth" generation born between 1961 and 1981, and the popular cultural literacies that are the basis of this imagining community. She looks at the ways in which popular culture offers a vehicle for memory, providing the building blocks of identity - the politics and passion of life captured in an unforgettable song, an amazing nightclub, or an unexpected g

Authors:Shunfeng Song, Aimin Chen,
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Keywords: economy, chinese, series, strategies, wto, rural, china’s, problems
Number of Pages: 367
Published: 2006-07
List price: $130.00
ISBN-10: 0754646955
ISBN-13: 9780754646952

This book examines China’s rural sector problems including poverty, income inequality, barriers of rural-urban migration, discrimination against rural workers, poor rural governance and the impact of WTO membership. It also tackles the important subjects of inadequate infrastructure and discriminatory credit services. Strategies to modernize China’s rural economy are proposed and the relevant experiences and lessons of other countries are analysed.

Author: Stephen Shaw
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Keywords: management, marketing, airline
Number of Pages: 323
Published: 2007-07-30
List price: $134.95
ISBN-10: 0754648192
ISBN-13: 9780754648192

Through five previous editions "Airline Marketing and Management" by Stephen Shaw has established itself as the preferred textbook for students of the principles of marketing and their application in today’s airline industry; as well as a reliable reference work for those with a professional interest in the area. Carefully revised, the sixth edition of this internationally successful book includes new material on: the impact of the Trade Cycle and the current period of high oil prices on the demand for air travel; the effect of current trends towards regulatory reform and the relaxation