The trishaw was introduced to Singapore after the surrender of the British in 1942. After the end of the war, the trishaw continued to be a popular...

This book analyses domestic violence against women, inflicted by the woman's husband or cohabiting partner. The main focus is on physical violence ...

In 2015, the Australian federal government proclaimed that violence against women had become a national crisis. Despite widespread social and econo...

To aid with a serious shortage of empirical studies on generational human resource management (HRM) preferences, Chapter One aims to add to the dis...

The purpose of this book is to evaluate the question: What does the New World Order (NWO) mean in the 21st century? After the Polish Revolution in ...

The purpose of this book is to evaluate the question: What does the New World Order (NWO) mean in the 21st century? After the Polish Revolution in ...

Dago Steenis (1925) articulates a view that explains why, at this point in evolution, humankind is on the brink of historic development. The existi...

The explosion of new themes and working areas in social sciences in the aftermath of the Cold-War stimulated the 'cultural turn' of the previous de...

In recent years, the economic policy of privatisation, which is defined as the transfer of property or responsibility from public sector to private...

This book examines the international system -- as constructed following the Second World War, which will be almost unrecognisable by 2025 owing to ...

This book forecasts the world of 2030, which predictions estimate, will be radically transformed from our world today. By 2030, no country, whether...

Persistent rumour has it that globalisation is doing serious damage to the nation-state at the present historical juncture. Dramatic versions of th...

International wage differences are important at a time of globalisation; their social and economic consequences are vast, if not devastating. It is...

Globalisation is shaping a new system of international economic relations -- be it in the fields of investment, production, trade, finance or techn...

Over the last two decades, China's extraordinary rate of economic growth has been driven by the 120-150 million people who have flocked into China'...

Is globalisation a force for economic growth, prosperity and democratic freedom? Or is it a force for the exploitation of the developing world and ...

If we are to understand global capital, neoliberalism and the state in meaningful ways, we must understand them as they operate in, and on, particu...

Globalisation is a term usually used to describe intercontinental economic, social and political; integration. This book gives a general overview o...

There are probably few concepts less understood, more cursed and blamed for everything imaginable, and yet perhaps result in so many outstanding de...

The majority of people around the world are experiencing oppressive and destructive forces which manifest themselves in starvation, income polarisa...

People around the globe are more connected to each other than ever before. Information and money flow more quickly than ever. Goods and services pr...