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The Administration of Transparency Under the Labour Chapter of United States Bilateral Free Trade Agreements: Is the United States Creating a Glass House?

The United States has entered into bilateral free trade agreements with states from a variety of regions. Is public transparecy provided by the United States in their ongoing administration?

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Corporate Social Responsibility and Development: Can CSR Replace Development Aid?

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) can address negative side effects of globalization and support development. It needs to broaden its scope to realize its potential

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Globalization without Social Protection: Challenges for Aging Societies Across Developing Nations

The paper draws demographic data from India, Bangladesh, and Nepal to explore the influence of globalization on aging population across developing nations and underlines the challenges it posits.

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Children without a Country: Media Coverage of Undocumented Children in the United States

This paper examines ethical, social and political implications of media coverage of undocumented children in the United States, and the mediated voice given to these “children without a country.”

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Global Determinants of Labor Movement Fracture: Brazil’s Social Movement Unionism in Comparative Perspective

This paper identifies and analyzes the global determinants of organizational fracture and decline in the case of Brazil's New Unionism Movement.

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Mediated Cosmopolitanism: Global Disasters and the Emergence of Cosmopolitan Solidarity

The paper will argue that the media coverage of global disasters can support the emergence of cosmopolitan solidarity among audiences around the globe.

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The Fashioning of Lima, Peru: Global Fashion and Local Conundrums

This paper will analyze how global fashion trends are interpreted in a textile production complex in Lima, Peru called Gamarra, connecting this production with larger historical, social, and economic forces.

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The Impact of Globalization on Taiwan’s Hi-Tech Industry

The paper examines Taiwan from the perspective of hi-tech changes and growth patterns in order to elucidate the lighter and darker faces of globalization and their impact on Taiwan society.

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Mercosur in the Media of Mercosur Countries

The research investigates the interest on Mercosur trade bloc among the people of its member countries by measuring and classifying citations of each country in its partners press.

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“Hidden Transcripts” of Globalization: The Role of Social Work in the Development of Social Welfare in the United States

Using a historical lens of social work as a profession, we argue that globalization and its discontents have been a long standing force operating in the United States.

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