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Human rights --- Globalization --- World politics --- Droits de l'homme (Droit international) --- Mondialisation --- Politique mondiale --- Human rights. --- Globalization. --- World politics. --- Colonialism --- Global politics --- International politics --- Political history --- Global cities --- Globalisation --- Internationalization --- Basic rights --- Civil rights (International law) --- Rights, Human --- Rights of man --- Law and legislation --- Political science --- World history --- Eastern question --- Geopolitics --- International organization --- International relations --- Anti-globalization movement --- Human security --- Transitional justice --- Truth commissions

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Human Rights: An Introduction is an important and particularly timely text that provides a comprehensive overview of human rights and related issues from a social science perspective. First, this book does more than discuss theory, it uses case studies and personal testimonies in the debate. Human rights as an area of academic interest cannot be easily divorced from human rights struggles and the reality of contemporary conditions.Second, the book is aimed at what is an emerging and growing cross-disciplinary field of study. Human rights issues are increasingly coming to the fore in a number o

Human rights. --- Basic rights --- Civil rights (International law) --- Human rights --- Rights, Human --- Rights of man --- Human security --- Transitional justice --- Truth commissions --- Law and legislation

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The book explores the developing challenges and opportunities within the business and finance world which are likely to impact the accounting profession in the near future. It outlines a number of approaches to ensure that the accountants of the future are equipped with a useful awareness of some of the key topic areas that are quickly becoming a reality and helps bridge the gap between academia and practice. The chapters are standalone introductory pieces to provide useful précis of key topics and how they apply to the accounting profession in particular. It aims to deliver key readings on ‘hot topics’ not addressed in other texts which the accounting profession is tackling or are likely to tackle soon. Hence the book provides accounting students and researchers a solid grounding in a broad range of highly relevant non-technical accounting themes, looking at the bigger environment in which future accountants will be operating, involving considerations of strategic corporate governance issues and highlighting competences beyond the standard technical accounting skill sets.

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"In recent years, a large number of theoretical models have been developed to try and make sense of today's complex global society. This text identifies eight distinct models of global studies, such as Americanization, Homogenization, Balkanization and Creolization, enabling the reader to make sense of the full range of global issues and contending views on the existing world order. Within each module, present theoretical literature and key current issues are addressed with boxed case studies. Paying particular attention to human rights, the book provides students with the theoretical grounding and practical knowledge necessary for an understanding of globalization. This book explains the challenges and redefines the core theories of globalization. Using fascinating case studies to illustrate how each model works in practice, the chapters look at society, culture, politics and economics. This book gives students a solid understanding of current global conditions. Clear, concise and easy to read, this book explores key debates around global studies today. It examines the processes and dynamics of globalization that impact our modern world through clear explanation of complex theories. This book: - Presents 8 key models of global change - Brings together the ways in which sociology, politics and economics think about global studies - Covers a diverse range of major theorist in the field from Giddens to Huntington, and Wallerstein to Fukuyama - Brings to life contemporary issues, including the global financial crisis and the ware on terror Theorizing Global Studies is essential reading for all students of Sociology, Politics, International Relations and Global Studies"--

Globalization --- World politics --- Globalization - Philosophy --- Globalization - Study and teaching --- #SBIB:327.1H10 --- #SBIB: --- Internationale betrekkingen: theorieën

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