...Sergey Zankovsky; Vitali Bezbakh; Agnessa Inshakova; Ekaterina P. Rusakova Purpose The purpose of the research is to determine the social consequences of economic globalization based on experience of developed and developing countries and to determine the perspectives of optimization...

... tendencies formed as the most important trends in the crisis of globalism. Design/methodology/approach Based on the classical methods of historical and functional analysis, system approach and comparative studies, the authors realized the research potential of modern methodological tools, alternative...

...Svetlana A. Lyausheva; Azamat M. Shadzhe; Marina A. Igosheva; Victoria V. Kotlyarova Purpose The goal of this paper is associated with the study of global processes which change the world order and are accompanied with the aggravation of economic competition and geopolitical confrontation, which...

... their implications for business, management and society. The remainder of this paper is structured in three major parts. First, the interpretative approach is explained and its adoption is justified. Second, seven major cultural transformations associated with globalization are identified and analyzed. Third...

...-use rights only Women Entrepreneurship Globalization Internationalization Female entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship plays a fundamental and dominant role in many developed and emerging economies (Ramaswamy, 2013). Increasingly, there is more interest in women entrepreneurs who...

... with government social and industrial policy, and can be tracked in contemporary examples globally alongside industrial development. The purpose of this paper is to explore community identity within a town which was previously single industry, but has since experienced workforce reduction and to a large degree...

... in the USA, including the implementation of Hague standards, which further complicates the quest for a comprehensive list of agencies. Children (age groups) Human rights Globalization Family Disadvantaged groups Political economy Often perceived as a humanitarian social practice...

... for the comparison of academic performance at the sophomore year as well as the rates of college enrollment following student graduation. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Ethnic minorities Globalization Race relations The children of immigrants have become the fastest growing and most...

...Ayokunle Olumuyiwa Omobowale Purpose Information and communication technology (ICT) stands out as a major indicator and driver of the modern age. It catalytically advances globalization processes across professions, disciplines and agencies across international boundaries. In spite...

...David Baines Purpose The purpose of this paper is to interrogate the potential for hyper‐local news websites to support and sustain peripheral rural communities by extending and developing the public sphere(s) in which they engage locally and globally. Design/methodology/approach Theoretical...

... with building capacity in family planning programs. Practitioners should take care to appropriately adapt global policy models to local needs and circumstances while allowing local control. Originality/value This paper contributes to a growing body of literature on the role of world society (international...

...Jason Powell; Jon Hendricks; J. Brandon McKelvey Purpose Globalization has speeded the flow of development across borders, encouraging the movement of both labour and capital. Although it has been well‐documented that labour is less flexible than capital and that unskilled labour is disadvantaged...

... is useful for policy makers, practitioners and others concerned with the occurrence of international adoption and its potential consequences. National cultures Globalization Information media Social justice Children (kimship) Family The adoption literature reflects little input by sociologists...

... on polluters. Environmental regulations Pollution Democracy Globalization Market system Take the case of Harken Energy, a Texas‐based oil company, that has strong ties to President George W. Bush (who once sat on its Board). The company began drilling for oil and natural gas off the coast...

.... Several modes of the organization of knowledge can be specified. Extensive links with global society are found, yet few respondents make global society itself part of their object of knowledge. Participants perform classic functions of assembling and reticulating knowledge, and some have high levels...

...Stefano Harney; Cliff Oswick Purpose This paper seeks to confront the orthodoxy of global business education with some insights from postcolonial theory in order to develop a new critical pedagogy adequate for a global sociology of management and accounting. Design/methodology/approach...

...Ted Trainer Argues that two mistakes are evident in the critical literature on globalization. Cites the first as “globalization is a policy option that more humane or sensible leadership would have avoided”. States that it is the inevitable state to which capitalist development leads. Suggest...

...John O’Connor Evaluates changes in the welfare system in Sweden, the UK and the USA over a decade, basing arguments on the divergence of economic globalization and domestic forces. Presents brief economic snapshots of each country, stating quite categorically that the welfare state is an impediment...

...Robin Stryker Introduces a special issue on globalization and the welfare state. Asserts that economic globalization constrains national economic and social policy far more now than ever before, although the level of international trade has not increased that much compared to levels...