TY - BOOK TI - Global Trends and Regional Development SN - 9780203803394 PY - 2012/// CY - New York: PB - Routledge, KW - Economics N1 - The Challenge Of Four Global Trends ByNIKOLAI GENOV Part I : Upgrading The Rationality Of Organizations Values And Interests In Processes Of Macro-regional Integration ByMAX HALLER The European Union And Nafta As Models Of Regional Organization ByJAN-ERIK LANE Contradictions In European Integration: A Global Perspective ByCHRIS RUMFORD AND DIDEM BUHARI-GULMEZ Regional Integration In East Asia As A Reaction To Global Challenges ByPATRICK ZILTENER Part Ii : Individualization Elitist Distinction And Globalization ByJEAN-PASCAL DALOZ European Elites’ Threat Perception And Preferences Concerning Crisis Management ByGYÖRGY LENGYEL Individualization Under Precarious Conditions ByELENA DANILOVA Globalization And The Transformation Of Gender Relations In Asia ByHABIBUL HAQUE KHONDKER Part Iii : Spreading Of Instrumental Activism Regional Varieties Of Global Inequalities: Reclaiming Space For Public Policies ByKLAUS MÜLLER Changing Market Conditions And The Welfare State ByMARTIN SEELEIB-KAISER Globalization And Increasing Inequality In East Asia: The Case Of Japan And South Korea ByJIN-WOOK SHIN Social Fields Of Technological Innovations ByBORUT RONČEVIĆ, DOLORES MODIC Part Iv : Universalization Of Value-normative Systems Universalism, Particularism, And Moral Change: Refl Ections On The Value-normative Concepts Of The Social Sciences BySTEPHEN P. TURNER New Forms Of Refl Exive Ethnization: Value-normative Universalism And Ethnic Particularisms ByMATHIAS BÖS Universal Values And Geopolitical Interests: China And India In The Global Competition ByEMILIAN KAVALSKI Neo-liberalism And Civil Society: Sweden And United States In Comparison BySVEN ELIAESON Conclusion: Striking The Balance And Looking Forward ByNIKOLAI GENOV UR - http://www.tandfebooks.com/isbn/9780203803394 ER -