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26 January 2010
Society and Globalization
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Shaping globalization: Braindrain in times of globalization
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Integration and tolerance
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Security – global safety or collective danger?
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The New Economic Market: Water
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Solar Energy
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Challenges to Energy Security - Is a demonization of conventional energy production under current global trends beneficial?
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Loss of biodiversity - caused and solved by globalisation?
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Loss of biodiversity - caused and solved by globalisation?
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Justifiable Risk or headless Fear? The Difference between experienced and factual Disadvantages of a Process called Globalisation
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15 June 2009
The United Nations and the necessity of reformation
Created page with '== Research Question == How important is organized concerted responding to global crisis, how does the cooperation have to be structured to solve the problems of the 21st centur…'
Read more about migration
Created page with 'This article sets out to rethink the dynamics of the migratory process under conditions of globalization. Two main models of migration and incorporation dominated academic and po…'
VCSEwiki:Quality criteria
Created page with '== Review process == For quality criteria, you can enter the Review process of some academic journals: *[http://www.cec-wys.org/prilohy/996055c0/What%20referees%20say.pdf Analys…'
The need for fair trade negotiations
Created page with '=== Map === '''My general Purpose:''' Show that fair trade is prevented by many countries and show what has to change to promote a fairer trade system which can initiate more …'
Responsibility of governance and media-businesses for persuasion of consumption
Created page with '=== Who might have the power to reach a global change of view on sustainable globalisation? === * ''Influence of global institutions and global actors'' ** [[Political solutions…'
Problems Associated with ‘Global Assets’
Created page with '*'''Global warming (global climate change)''', one of the greatest threats to global civilisation: results of global climate change assessments are regularly published by the Int…'
Issues Calling for Legal Regulation at the Global Level
Created page with '(Most of the above problems require that too, according to Rischard.) These problems include the following: *'''Restoration of the tax systems''': Globally mobile taxpayers (MNC…'
Issues Calling for Global Commitments
Created page with '*'''Global poverty'''. There are three billion people in the world who live on less than USD 2 per day, and half a billion live on less than USD 1 per day. The world poverty shou…'
Effectiveness of global institutions (IWF and World Bank) as global policy makers
Created page with '# The nature of globalisation. Global actors and driving forces # The economic dimension of globalisation # Capital Markets and ‘Financialisation’ of the World # …'
Adequacy of poverty reduction policy of IMF and World Bank in the agricultural sector in Africa
Created page with '== Focus on a particular aspect: == '''Research Question:''' Does the liberalization policy of IMF and World Bank help developing countries in poverty reduction? – Using the …'
Energy in relation to globalisation and sustainable development
Created page with '== Focus on a particular aspect: == * Research Question: What are the possible negative effects of the use of renewable energy sources (RES) on the energy security (security of…'
Fair Trade and the need of changing consumption patterns
Created page with '=== Map === '''My general Purpose:''' Show that fair trade is prevented by many countries and show what has to change to promote a fairer trade system which can initiate more …'
The shift to outsourcing in the developed countries
Created page with 'Connection to other globalization themes: 1. The nature of globalisation. Global actors and driving forces 2. Globalisation Glossary 3. [[The political aspects of glob…'
Migration and psychosocial risks
Created page with '== Connection to other globalization themes: == 1. The shift to outsourcing in the developed countries 2. Globalisation Glossary 3. [[The economic dimension of global…'
Safety and health in the workplace
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Responsibility of consumers
Created page with 'Who might have the power to reach a global change of view on sustainable globalisation? === Links To Related Themes At The Wiki === * ''Influence of global institutions and …'
The United Nations and the necessity of global governance
Created page with 'This is a well defined topic and clear indiciation of your position/opinion in the title. You might find it useful to also link this issue to Global Regulation, Global Business E…'
Students:2008/2009 student themes
Created page with ''''List of themes''' developed by students: Jan Baumann The United Nations and the necessity of global governance Leif Boss Responsibility of consumers Myriam Kalde [[…'
An analysis of the roles and positions of the players within global civil society
Created page with '__NOTOC__ Authors cited (Barša and Soukup) offer a useful analysis of the present-day views on global civil society (GCS). The term GCS, in their interpretation, tends to refer …'
Transnationalising politics
Created page with 'A <u>transnationalisation of politics</u> is another important aspect of globalisation besides the internationalisation of the state. The amount of political activity transcendin…'
Internationalising the state
Created page with 'The process of political globalisation has an accompanying effect, related to the emergence of inter-governmental and other global networks, which is the <u>internationalisation …'
A bit of history: From the Peace of Westphalia to global politics
Created page with '=== The territorial sovereignty principle === For nearly four hundred years, the principles of international order and relations among states were derived from the Peace of West…'
Three principal positions on political globalisation
Created page with 'A number of categorisations have emerged attempting to organise the various positions on political globalisation. Anthony McGrew, for instance, classifies the proponents of the v…'
List of references - Global Governance
Created page with '==== Recommended literature: ==== McGrew, Anthony (2004) In: David Held (editor). ''A Globalizing World? Culture, Economics, Politics''. London: Routlege, str. 128–167. Slaug…'
Four levels of governing
Created page with 'Parallel to the paradigm offered by McGrew, a whole array of other attempts to provide a systemic understanding of the various forms of global governance have appeared. J. A. Sch…'
Three points of view on global governance
Created page with 'Going back to the paradigm outlined by McGrew, fundamental differences exist in the opinion on global governance as held by the internationalists, globalists, and transformationi…'
Political solutions: Global Government and Global Governance
Created page with '__NOTOC__ Jiří Pehe == „Governance“ versus „government“ == Most current thought on global management and administration is based on the term ‘governance’, which …'
Water Exploitation and Pollution
Created page with '==Water Circulation and Its Importance== The existence of water on planet Earth and its circulation are closely related to atmospheric processes. The ocean is a giant reservoir …'
Global Climate Change
Created page with '== Magnification of Greenhouse Effect== The '''greenhouse effect '''is a very important property of the Earth’s atmosphere, making a substantial contribution to the relatively…'
Global Threat to Life’s Diversity
Created page with '==Biodiversity== In a simplified perception, the existing biosphere is the aggregate of all organic species living on this planet. Systematic biologists assume that between 10 a…'
Soil and Food Production
Created page with '==What Is Soil?== Only since man began cultivating plants and domesticating animals has soil been known as we know it: primarily a means of food provision. '''Agricultural, cult…'
The Earth’s Human Population- Growth and Poverty
Created page with '== Population Growth == The estimated number of individuals of the species ''Homo sapiens sapiens'' is a little over 6 billion today. However, the human population on Earth has …'
Global environmental problems
Created page with 'A variety of environmental problems affect our world. As globalization continues and the earth's natural processes transform local problems into international issues, few societ…'
Students:Soil fertility
Created page with 'Globalization is promoting soil fertility by putting profitability above sustainability. What brings the negative impacts, '''which are the main causes of production loss?''' Ro…'
Students:Researching Globalisation
Created page with '== Pro-globalization (globalism) == === Annotation=== Support of globalization: free trade should increase economic prosperity and technologies can raise living standards around …'
Students:Sports in Nature
Created page with '== Orienteering == === Annotation === here should be the annotation of your readings === Links === ==== External Links ==== Orienteering. (2008, September 29). In ''Wikipedia,…'
VCSEwiki:Case study development
Created page with 'Case study represents PRACTICAL contribution to the theme based on experience more than readings. In order to accomplish it successfully, please: * choose a local issue with glob…'
VCSEwiki:Writing manual
Created page with '== Introductory steps == *You can use '''prewriting techniques''' for identifying your theme. Some brainstorming is really useful before you start! *For academic writing, ver…'
VCSEwiki:Reading manual
Created page with 'At this point, let's think about how we will approach two very important skills: critical thinking and critical reading. =Critical thinking and reading= Critical thinking does …'
VCSEwiki:Blank page
Created page with '__NOTOC__ == Step 1 - Readings == In any area of interest, you have to develop understanding of the context of your work. In this course, please read the provided texts that int…'