Globalization

Globalization and the fitness industry: a case study of 24 Hour Fitness and its expansion into Asia,

by John Nauright

Published in the International Journal of Fitness. 3:2 (2007), 17-24.

Co-authored with Alyson Rickman

Sport, development and globalization: Perspectives from south-east Asia, in D.M. Nault (ed.), Developing Asia. Boca Raton: Brown Walker Press, 195-214.

by John Nauright

Published  in D.M. Nault (ed.), Developing Asia. Boca Raton: Brown Walker Press, 2009, pp. 195-214.

Co-authoed with Charles Little.

Hybridizing Hip-hop in Diaspora: Young British South Asian Men Negotiating Black-inflected Identities

by David Drissel

Online Jihadism for the Hip-Hop Generation: Mobilizing Diasporic Muslim Youth In Cyberspace

by David Drissel

Anarchist Punks Resisting Gentrification: Countercultural Contestations of Space in the New Berlin

by David Drissel

National Government Responses to Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Fisheries Certification: Insights from Atlantic Canada

by Paul Foley

forthcoming in New Political Economy

Over the last decade, the proliferation of social and environmental certification programmes has attracted the... more Over the last decade, the proliferation of social and environmental certification programmes has attracted the attention of a growing number of political scientists interested in new forms of ‘private’ transnational governance. However, we still lack analyses on the nature and extent of different state responses to and involvement in new private transnational governance arrangements in particular sectors and in different jurisdictions. This article advances our understanding of the interactions between nation-state and private transnational modes of governance by analysing the role of national government authorities in Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) fisheries certification in Atlantic Canada, known more for the disastrous collapse of Northern cod stocks than good marine stewardship. Focusing on the 2008 certification of Northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) fisheries off the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, the analysis finds that the implementation and maintenance of MSC certification in this case depended on significant support from government authorities. The delicate legitimacy of both authorities faces a period of uncertainty in this case since some certified shrimp stocks appear to be in decline and perhaps also migrating northward off Newfoundland and Labrador.

Rousseau's Social Contract and a Theory for Global Citizenship

by Oscar de la Parra

Globalization: the global marketplace and social determinants of health

by Ted Schrecker

Co-authored with Ronald Labonte; in Improving Equity in Health by
Addressing Social Determinants, edited by
The Commission on Social Determinants of Health Knowledge Networks,
Jennifer H Lee and Ritu Sadana (Geneva: WHO, 2012).  This is the long-awaited compilation of findings from the knowledge networks that supported the work of the WHO Commission.

Marxism and Contemporary "Peasant" Activism

by Chris Wright

The end of the nation-state

by Chris Wright

Some short reflections on globalization

Globalization of Surveillance

by David Murakami Wood

In the Routledge Handbook of Surveillance Studies (eds. K. Ball, K.D. Haggerty and D. Lyon), 2012.

This chapter makes three main arguments. The first argument is that surveillance itself is one of the existing... more This chapter makes three main arguments. The first argument is that surveillance itself is one of the existing phenomena being rescaled and becoming global. The second is that in order to facilitate this rescaling and to enable governmental functions to operate on a global level, there is what might be called a ‘surveillance of globalization’. The third argument is that although there is an identifiable emerging and perhaps potentially hegemonic form of global surveillance, there are other types of surveillance at the global level, and that surveillance occurs in varied ways and has radically different and uneven outcomes.

The chapter outlines the recent historical origins of the globalization of surveillance in the post-WW2 world and considers three examples of contemporary global surveillance: the economy, public goods, and communications, before discussing the interaction of surveillance and global circuits of capital at the local level.

Surveillance in the World City

by David Murakami Wood

in the International Handbook of Globalization and World Cities (Edward Elgar, 2012).

Marta Kolářová: Protest against Globalization. Gender and Feminist Critique (Book Review)

by Ľubica Kobová

The book review was orginally published in Slovak Sociological Review 3/2010 (Spring), pp. 280-284. The journal is available at http://www.ceeol.com/.

Book review of Marta Kolářová: Protest proti globalizaci: gender a feministická kritika [Protest Against... more Book review of Marta Kolářová: Protest proti globalizaci: gender a feministická kritika [Protest Against Globalization: Gender and Feminist Critique]. Published by Sociologické nakladatelství (SLON), Prague, 2009, 253 pp.

Nationalism in times of globalization: A study in the dynamics of 'globalism'

by Miguelángel Verde Garrido

Published in: LÓGOI: Revista de Filosofía. (January-June 2008). (n. 13). (pp. 101-120). Caracas: Escuela de Filosofía/Universidad Católica Andrés Bello.
ISSN 1316-693X

Prime Minister Koizumi's visits to Yasukuni-jinja; the deployment of Japanese Self-Defense Forces to Iraq; Prime... more Prime Minister Koizumi's visits to Yasukuni-jinja; the deployment of Japanese Self-Defense Forces to Iraq; Prime Minister Abe's claim that the coercion of "comfort women” remains to be proven …
In recent years, China, Korea and other countries have expressed outrage towards controversial Japanese government decisions and public statements. Added to proposals of constitutional revision, bills regarding Self-Defense Forces and the content of education, the specter of Japan's ultranationalist past seems to hinder its integration and ability to overcome differences within the Asian-Pacific region. However, carefully considered, these matters may not be as interrelated as they appear. Some actions respond to domestic nationalistic discourse, but others are a reaction to the changes in global geopolitics and attempts at international cooperation. In times of globalization, all countries try to accommodate to “globalism” - the often-contradictory ideology that underlies globalization - in order to secure and maintain their own national identity. This paper, using Japan as a case study, offers an explanation regarding how “globalism” can lead to nationalism. It also questions whether the greatest threat to democracy is not civil society’s tendency to inaction; and, if action is sufficient to thwart radicalization of nationalism.

The New Spartakists. The thought of Rosa Luxemburg to understand the Global Movement

by Iñigo Errejón Galván

2005 - Con Pablo Iglesias en Barker, C. And Tyldesley (eds.) “Alternative Futures and Popular Protest. Conference Papers Supplementary Volume”. Manchester Metropolitan University
press.

Globalization and the future of culture areas: Melanesianist anthropology in transition

by Rena Lederman

Team Yao: Yao Ming, the NBA, Sporting Goods and Selling Sport to China

by John Nauright

co-authored with Ben Keeler, published in American Journal of Chinese Studies 12: 2 (2005), 203-218.

On October 30, 2002, Chinese star Yao Ming made his debut in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Houston... more On October 30, 2002, Chinese star Yao Ming made his debut in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Houston Rockets.  Yao Ming was not the first Chinese player to don an NBA uniform, but he was by far the most significant in terms of both pure basketball skill and commercial potential.  This historic contest against the Indiana Pacers not only marked his first NBA game, but it was the culmination of a long planned relationship between the NBA and China.  Yao has made a difference on the court for his team, but his impact is far grander and wider reaching when looking at international marketing and business implications.  Sponsors see Yao as the gateway to the Asian market; he is the NBA symbol for globalization.  An estimated 500 million Chinese tuned into Yao’s NBA debut on television.  In October of 2004 Yao was ranked 19th in the Sports Business Journal’s listing of the twenty most influential people in professional basketball.  Yao was one of only two current players on the list, along with mega-superstar Shaquille O’Neal.  Both China and the United States share the same capitalist dream for Yao.  The whole Yao situation was compared by a Chinese diplomat as similar to that of the United States – China “ping-pong” diplomacy of the 1970s, when the two countries started to build relations through sport. 
    This paper details the relationship that the NBA has worked so hard to cultivate with the Chinese in anticipation of someday being a major player in the region.  Following that we discuss complications involved with bringing Yao to the NBA from China. Next we examine what the arrival of the Rockets center has brought to the business world in terms of commercialization. Additionally, what Yao means to the future of basketball marketing, in both the United States, but more importantly in Asia and specifically China, and its 1.3 billion residents will be discussed.

Misyurov D.A. Dialectical formulas based on the binary notation as the development formulas // Credo New. 2012. №2

by Dmitry Misyurov

The article suggests dialectical formulas based on the binary notation as the development formulas: formula with... more The article suggests dialectical formulas based on the binary notation as the development formulas: formula with dominant and the non-dominant elements; universal formula; formula with symbolic weight of elements; tautological formula. For example, it suggests an opportunity to use the dialectical formulas for modeling and artificial intelligence creation, etc.

Exploring the Structure of International Technology Diffusion

by Lawrenzo Hung-Chun Huang

PICMET 2012 Proceedings, July 29-August 2, Vancouver, Canada © 2012 PICMET

Globalization has highlighted changes in socio-economic terms and is reshaping the world. The international diffusion... more Globalization has highlighted changes in socio-economic terms and is reshaping the world. The international diffusion of technology therefore becomes one of the most important topics of economics and technology policy research. However, comparing endogenous factors, exogenous factors are complexity and demonstrate as network
phenomenon. The network phenomenon composes by neither solely nor independently unit. Countries in global network demonstrated interdependent, and influenced by many others. Thus, this study utilizes social network analysis to investigate the structural configuration of international technology diffusion. This study provides macro perspective on diffusion structure research. The purpose of this study is to investigate the deep structure of international technology diffusion and structural differences between embodied and disembodied technology diffusion networks. This work also provides an understanding of the nature of globalization. The findings not only illustrate the pattern change of diffusion structure form cascade-like to radial-like, but also present the structural configuration of technologically advanced countries and the competitive positions of each country. The findings regarding the diffusion pattern changes and network position identifications can make policy implications for countries interested in exogenous effects for technological growth.

"La doctrina del TJCE sobre las acciones de oro: entre la construcción del Mercado interior y los retos de la intervención pública en los mercados globales. Reflexiones acerca de la STJCE de 26 de marzo de 2009, asunto C-326/07", Revista Española de Derecho Europeo, núm. 33, 2010 , p. 123-156

by Endrius Cocciolo

Co-authored with Carlos Padrós

During nearly a decade, the ECJ, driven by European Commission, has confronted complex issues generated by public... more During nearly a decade, the ECJ, driven by European Commission, has confronted complex issues generated by public intervention of Member States in strategic companies through the so rolled "golden shares". The resulting jurisprudence - born in the historical context of the third phase of EMU and after years of massive privatizations - had the virtue of fostering free movement of capitals. However, and despite the wording of article 295 TEC, this approach eroded States' aspirations of influencing private undertakings providing services of general interest. Today, European governments try to recover lost ground intervening in global markets by several forms of corporate governance in those firms. In the light of challenges of new global economic law, all forms of public intervention should be examined, and golden shares are still a valid field of administrative experimentation. The recent ECJ judgement of 26 march 2009, might indicate an evolution in respect to traditional Court case law about golden share. New arguments of ECJ judgement might overcome public intervention analysis based only on a domestic economic context and might offer new tools for challenges posed by public intervention in global markets.