Enacting Globalization Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Internation

Enacting Globalization consists of a rich set of papers with a variety of disciplinary perspectives, focusing on Globalization and its portrayal through International Integration as manifested by its myriad flows such as people, trade, capital and knowled

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Also by Louis Brennan THE BUSINESS OF SPACE (with Alessandra Vecchi) THE EMERGENCE OF SOUTHERN MULTINATIONALS

Enacting Globalization Multidisciplinary Perspectives on International Integration Edited by

Louis Brennan Institute for International Integration Studies & School of Business, Trinity College, Dublin

Selection and editorial matter © Louis Brennan 2014 Individual chapters © Respective authors 2014 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2014 978-1-137-36193-6 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2014 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-47246-8 ISBN 978-1-137-36194-3 (eBook) DOI. 10.1057/9781137361943 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.

Contents List of Tables and Figures

viii

Preface

xi

Notes on Contributors

xiii

Part I Development 1 Low Corporate Tax Rates and Economic Development Jim Stewart

3

2 The Indian State, the Diasporic Hindu Right and the ‘Desire Named Development’ Chandana Mathur

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3 A Conceptual Framework for Financial Inclusion and Recent Evidence for Sub-Saharan Africa Michael King

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4 From Theory to Practice: Potentials and Pitfalls of a Rights-Based Approach to Discrimination in the Kaffa Society of Ethiopia Federica De Sisto 5 Research Capacity Building in Africa: Perceived Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats Impacting on the Doctoral Training for Development Programme in Africa Ogenna Uduma, Sarah Glavey, Sarah O’Reilly Doyle, Martina Hennessy, Frank Barry, Mike Jones and