Part I: The New Silk Road - An Overview of the Global Project -- Part II: A Global Phenomenon Explored Through Different Regional Views -- Part III: Different Viewpoints on Political, Socio-Economics, Cultural and Ecological Impacts of the New Silk Road -- Part IV: Tourism Perspectives.

1. Introduction -- 2. The future of high-skilled work – main developments and drivers of change -- 3. The high-skilled workers of tomorrow -- 4. Shaping the future organization of work and life -- 5. Does “place” matter? The importance of location factors -- 6. Specific case study: South...

"Since the end of the Cold War, globalization-both the process and the idea-has been reshaping the world. An array of new global studies scholarship has emerged to make sense of the various transnational manifestations of globalization-economic, social, cultural, ideological, technological,...