The millennium promises a dramatic politicisation of the food question. In addition to the prominent issues of food security, hunger and nutrition, bioengineering, food safety and quality, there are related issues of environmental sustainability, power, sovereignty and rights. All these issues are deeply implicated in the current corporate form of globalisation, which is transforming historic g...

Globalisation can be a major force for prosperity only if it is backed by adequate national policies and conducive social and economic environment. This paper will give an overview of what the forces of globalisation have in store for the women of India. A large group of working women of India are in the rural and unorganised sectors. Socially the majority of Indian women are still tradition bo...

In his essay, the author refers to Jan Tinbergen and distinguishes positive from negative globalisation. Negative globalisation has been happening for the last two decades and is characterized by elimination of borders and bypassing the established regulation. This process hasn't been accompanied by new regulation on a global level. In this way, democratic theory had to face the challenge of po...

The ongoing globalisation of science has undisputedly a major impact on how and where scientific research is being conducted nowadays. Yet, the big picture remains blurred. It is largely unknown where this process is heading, and at which rate. Which countries are leading or lagging? Many of its key features are difficult if not impossible to capture in measurements and comparative statistics. ...

According to the convergence hypothesis, different economies are bound to converge to one supposedly superior system under the uniformating pressure of globalisation. Consequently, also organisational structures converge. Contrary to what the convergence hypothesis maintains, globalisation does not originate nor requires the convergence to a unique, best economic system and organisational struc...

This working paper discusses the impact of international labour migration to contemporary Japan. This is an issue which has been less frequently examined in existing studies on globalisation conducted from IR/IPE perspectives, both in terms of the kind of globalisation force and regions analysed. Particular attention is paid to the ‘language barrier problem’ in Japan’s criminal justice process,...

Future health prospects depend increasingly on globalisation processes and on the impact of global environmental change. Economic globalisation--entailng deregulated trade and investment--is a mixed blessing for health. Economic growth and the dissemination of technologies have widely enhanced life expectancy. However, aspects of globalisation are jeopardising health by eroding social and envir...

Globalisation is a phenomenon that cannot be avoided. As globalisation allowed free flow of inputs including labour, it may affect job opportunities for the locals. Therefore, investigate the determinants of labour supply is essential in understanding the structure of labour market in the new era of globalization. The objective of this article is to examine labour supply by taking into account ...

T he onward march of globalisation is among the greatest economic and political stories of our era. Behind globalisation lie both deliberate policies of liberalisation and the revolution in communications and information technology. The latter, in turn, has allowed the emergence of integrated systems of production and distribution, managed by a new breed of global companies. The most important ...

The purpose of this contribution is four-fold. First, it seeks to provide an answer to the questions that have recently been posed, if not for the first time, by David Harvey (2000, p. 13). He recognises that globalisation “is now one of the most hegemonic concepts for understanding the political economy of international capitalism. And its uses extend far beyond the business world to embrace q...