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Re-Globalization
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Re-Globalization

New Frontiers of Political, Economic, and Social Globalization
PaperbackPaperback
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Re-Globalization examines the changing face of globalization, with political, economic, and social balances in flux, and tensions increasing in many parts of the globe.
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ISBN/GTIN978-0-367-64288-4
Product TypePaperback
BindingPaperback
FormatTrade paperback (US)
Publishing date29/01/2024
LanguageEnglish
SizeWidth 156 mm, Height 234 mm, Thickness 13 mm
Weight336 g
Article no.28218252
CatalogsLibri
Data source no.A48466078
Product groupBU730
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Roland Benedikter is Co- Head at the Center for Advanced Studies of Eurac Research, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy, and Research Professor of Multidisciplinary Political Analysis in residence at the Willy Brandt Center of the University of Wroclaw, Poland. He is also a Member of the Future Circle of the Federal German Government, Berlin, a Regular Member of the European Academy of Science and Arts, and a Global Advisor of the Institute for Culture and Society of Western Sydney University, Australia.

Mirjam Gruber is a Researcher at the Center for Advanced Studies of Eurac Research, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy, and a PhD Student in Political Science at the University of Leipzig, Germany.

Ingrid Kofler is a Sociologist and Senior Researcher at the Center for Advanced Studies of Eurac Research, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy.

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