Targets for Globalization and Qualified Social Researcher

Globalization and Social Policy

Globalization and Social Transition

When the Bolivian government tried to privatize water services on the recommendation of the World Bank in 1999 the citizens of Cochabamba, the country's third largest city, took their opposition to this liberalization project to the streets. These demonstrations intensii ed following a steep rise in water prices which had been the result of the takeover of the local water works by multinational...

The Social State and Globalization

Most commentators agree on one thing: the movement against pension reform is the sign of French society’s reluctance to accept the effects of globalization. What are these effects? Social protection costs a lot and hampers the competitiveness of enterprise, and this clearly means that the fact that French employees benefit from decent pensions, free education, and access to medical care – and i...

Globalization, Corporate Social Responsibility and poverty

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become a major focus of interest not only for corporate managers but also for development practitioners, both within the NGO community and within the multilateral and bilateral development agencies.1 Development NGOs have, for the most part, been extremely critical of the voluntary initiatives undertaken by the corporate sector. In a recent report Chris...

Globalization, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Ethical Considerations

Globalization refers to a multidimensional set of social processes that create, multiply, stretch, and intensify worldwide social interdependencies and exchanges while at the same time fostering in people a growing awareness of deepening connections between the local and the distant. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) focuses on the concept that business has a duty to serve society in genera...