Open Directory - Society: Politics: Globalization
See also: This category in other languages: - Analyzes impacts of the globalized world with the focus on people. Report by The World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization, International Labour Organization, 2004. [PDF] - Encyclopedia article on the movement opposing globalization. - News, background and resources about global issues and sustainable economic development, from a Canadian government-supported agency. - Facilitates critical research on corporate globalization and capitalism. Accepts freelance writers. - Established in response to the growing need for informed research and debate on all aspects of the topic, and in particular, on the many difficult policy questions that are being raised as a consecquence of it. - An independent research and media group of progressive writers, scholars and activists committed to curbing the tide of "globalisation" and "disarming" the new world order. Bilingual, English and French. - From the University of Warwick, UK. Research concentrates on questions such as social policy issues, international financial crises, multijurisdictional tax competition, development of global and regional governance and other civil society activities regarding the topics. - An organization that counters corporate-led globalization through education, network-building and activism. Works to foster democratic control over corporations by building movement for human rights and dignity, labor rights and environmental justice. Articles, campaigns, links, news, and contact information. - Links to articles and essays from the web site of the Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts, USA. - Brings key stakeholders together in new alliances to integrate concepts of human rights, gender sensitivity and enhanced accountability into efforts to address global challenges and governance shortcomings. - Looks at the reality of free trade and the impacts it has on everyone. - Commentary, analysis and links to websites about the Multilateral Agreement on Investment. - Provides a foundation for understanding oil's role in the global economy. - A British institute whose activities are structured around research programs covering the impacts on globalization on labour markets, economic policy, productivity and technology. - Provides an environment of information exchange, integration and support to assist NGOs and their projects to reach the UN Millennium Development Goals. - An European network for learning in the field of global development issues and cooperation policy. Core activities are related to development of countries in Africa, Asia or South East Europe. - A web initiative of Mercy Corps with news and information on globalization, world business, poverty, global growth, and world trade. It aims to take the global free market system as a starting point for reducing world poverty. - An educational website created by Fairleigh Dickinson University, New Jersey, USA, for those investigating issues arising from the rapid exchange of goods and ideas across increasingly porous geographic and cultural borders. - An initiative for the implementation of a global eco-social development plan as a basis for a worldwide ecological and social market economy. - News, information, analysis and resources from an organization that monitors UN policy making on the matter and promotes accountability of global decisions. - Encyclopedia article on globalization and its various aspects. - An article about how the new global economy changes long-accepted notions and arguments about American business. Authored by Harold Meyerson, Jun 2007. - A project of Neil D. Levin Graduate Institute of International Relations and Commerce, promotes a greater understanding of the challenges and dilemmas of globalization. - A peer-reviewed journal devoted to the examination of social, political, economic, and technological aspects of the topic, by The International Consortium for Alternative Academic Publication (ICAAP). - Links to articles and comments related to the topic. - Collection of papers on this topic by members the organization. - An intellectual center of McMaster University in Canada, bringing together faculty, students and members of the broader community for discussion, debate and analysis of globalization and its effects. - Alliance formed to stimulate new thinking, joint activity, and public education in response to economic globalization and its impact. Events, programs, news and analysis from an anti-globalization perspective. - Opinion article by Elisabet Sahtouris, it points out the threats of the economy of globalization against the basic principles by which healthy living systems are organized, 1998. - A free database that provides 60 indicators for 200 countries and 15 years from the Millennium Development Summit. Presents official UN global statistics in an easy-to-understand format aimed at citizens interested in the topic. - A presentation of relevant social, economic, and demographic about the globalized world. [German, English and Spanish] - Addresses five issues required for greater human development and security: fostering more equitable international trade and development, strengthening efforts to realise the human right to health, shaping more humane migration policies, encouraging women’s leadership, and influencing corporate social responsibility. - Explores the topic in its economic, political, and cultural dimensions. - Raises key issues and highlights trade union responses to aspects of particular interest to working people. By the Trade Unions Congress, United Kingdom. - The daily online magazine on the global economy, politics and culture. - Resources on various issues related to the issue from Emory University. - A conservative think tank that is at the forefront of the pro-globalization perspective - A research programme with the goal of looking into the human dimensions of globalization and aspects of emerging transnationalism. Commissioned by the United Kingdom Economic and Social Research Council, based in the University of Oxford - Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology. - UN project which seeks sustainable development and economic integration of developing countries into the global economy. Includes comprehensive list of institutions working on the topic. - The Davos meeting of political and business leaders aims to create the foremost global partnership of business, political, intellectual and other leaders of civil society to define and discuss the key issues on the global agenda. - Provides topical related news and archive from a variety of sources on the Internet. Searchable news in 20 languages. - A German research center that explores social and ecological impacts, and develops strategies to make globalization fair and sustainable. - The Center supports teaching and research on globalization, helps to enrich debate on the subject through workshops, conferences, and lectures, and responds quickly to important events by organizing timely public programs that bring together individuals from the University community with individuals active in the policy arena. From Yale University.
