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As the world's population continues to grow, there is an ever increasing need for huge investment in basic infrastructure: water and sewage, energy production and distribution, transportation and telecommunication. At the same time, infrastructure systems in developed countries are deteriorating and in need of renewal. Today, many of the engineering and economic problems surrounding infrastructure construction projects have been solved, but the threat of social misalignments and political conflicts renders the development and management of such projects more challenging than ever before. This book presents a new theoretical framework that allows us to analyze the institutional and social movement processes, both negative and positive, that surround global infrastructure projects as they confront cross-national and cross-sectoral (such as private-public partnerships) institutional differences. The value of this framework is illustrated through a series of studies on a wide range of infrastructure projects, including roads, railroads, ports, airports, water supply and energy pipelines.

Organization theory --- Developing countries --- Economic development projects --- Infrastructure (Economics) --- International cooperation. --- Public-private sector cooperation --- Cooperation, International --- Global governance --- Institutions, International --- Interdependence of nations --- International institutions --- World order --- Cooperation --- International relations --- International organization --- Private-public partnerships --- Private-public sector cooperation --- Public-private partnerships --- Public-private sector collaboration --- Business, Economy and Management --- Business Management

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Significant changes have taken place in the major areas of ASEAN economic co-operation. In trade, AFTA has replaced PTA; in industry, AICO replaces AIC and AIJV; while in agriculture an enhanced Food Security Reserve Scheme is being developed. At the same time, new areas of economic co-operation, notably in services and intellectual property, have been mandated. This book will enable the reader to monitor ASEAN's development with better insight and clearer understanding. It will also give policy-makers a clearer perspective of the issues relating to regional economic co-operation and help chart future directions.

International economic relations --- Singapore --- Brunei --- Thailand --- Indonesia --- Malaysia --- Vietnam --- Philippines --- ASEAN. --- Southeast Asia --- Economic integration. --- Economic conditions. --- Association of Southeast Asian nations --- Asia, Southeast --- Asia, Southeastern --- South East Asia --- Southeastern Asia --- International cooperation. --- Regionalism --- Structural adjustment (Economic policy) --- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General. --- Economic policy --- Cooperation, International --- Global governance --- Institutions, International --- Interdependence of nations --- International institutions --- World order --- Cooperation --- International relations --- International organization

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Global Interactions in the Early Modern Age is an interdisciplinary introduction to cross-cultural encounters in the early modern age (1400-1800) and their influences on the development of world societies. In the aftermath of Mongol expansion across Eurasia, the unprecedented rise of imperial states in the early modern period set in motion interactions between people from around the world. These included new commercial networks, large-scale migration streams, global biological exchanges, and transfers of knowledge across oceans and continents. These in turn wove together the major regions of the world. In an age of extensive cultural, political, military, and economic contact, a host of individuals, companies, tribes, states, and empires were in competition. Yet they also cooperated with one another, leading ultimately to the integration of global space.

Social history --- Acculturation --- Culture and globalization --- International cooperation --- World politics --- International relations --- History. --- Europe --- Asia --- Relations --- World history --- anno 1500-1799 --- anno 1400-1499 --- History --- Diplomatic history --- International history (Diplomatic history) --- Cooperation, International --- Global governance --- Institutions, International --- Interdependence of nations --- International institutions --- World order --- Cooperation --- International organization --- Globalization and culture --- Globalization --- Culture contact --- Development education --- Civilization --- Culture --- Ethnology --- Assimilation (Sociology) --- Cultural fusion --- Culture contact (Acculturation) --- Arts and Humanities --- Social history - 16th century --- Social history - 17th century --- Social history - Medieval, 500-1500 --- Acculturation - History --- Culture and globalization - History --- International cooperation - History --- World politics - To 1900 --- International relations - History --- Europe - Relations - Asia --- Asia - Relations - Europe