Globalization, Human Rights and Populism

Adebowale Akande is one of the world’s top contributors and productive cross-cultural researchers for research publications with over 33.000 Google scholar citations and over 200 refereed articles/chapters. Akande has held faculty appointments at several international universities. In 1998, he was appointed the first black full professor at a white most prestigious university in South Africa. Among multiple awards conferred, Akande received the Commonwealth Academic Fellowship in 1992; the IUPSYS International Award in 1996, and the Frank Andrew UniMICH in 1996. Further, he received the ISP Award in 2000, a Taiwan Government International Scholar Fellowship in 2005, a Nippon Foundation of Japan Fellowship in 2008, a Fellowship of Schloss Leopoldskron, Austria in 2008, a Certificate of Honor, Indian Institute of Planning and Management, in 2008, and the IAGT Award in 2018. He was a co-recipient of the 2007 Ursula Gielen Global Book Award and the Gordon W. Allport Prize (2005) for research on ambivalent sexism. Akande’s major research interests mainly focus on relationships among transnational self-esteem, learning, power, political influence, prejudice. He is also known as a popularizer of cross-cultural studies.  He currently serves as an international director for IR GLOBE in Vancouver and a guest professor to a number of Canadian Universities in British Columbia, Canada.

Chapter 1. The Struggle Between Humanity and the Culture of Narcissism/ Post Truth.- Part I. Populism and the Economics of Globalization.- Chapter 2. Angels and Devils? A Burkean Analysis of the Four Most Powerful Men.- Chapter 3. Populist Leaders: The New Prince.- Chapter 4. Colonialism, Wars and Oppression: Organised Violence in a Global Era.- Chapter 5. Multiple Faces of China: Defending Against Chinese "Silk Road" Encirclement.- Chapter 6. Strategic Ethical Approach to Curb the Wave of Global Corruption: Foundational Reflections for Cosmopolitan Responsibility in Public and International Organizations.- Chapter 7. Understanding the Changing Demographic Bases of White Opinion on Race, 1940s-2018.- Chapter 8. Political Philosophy Against Populism: Democratic Theory of Global Justice as Political Justification of Human Rights and Citizenship.- Chapter 9. The End? Punishment, Populism, and the Threat to Democratic Order.- Chapter 10. Collateral Damage: The Politics and Ethics of DroneStrikes.- Part II. Globalization or Imperialism.- Chapter 11. Global Management Competency: Toward a More Nuanced Holistic-domain Taxonomy for the 21st Century.- Chapter 12. Losing Sleep: Examining Struggles for Value and Counterproductive Work Behaviors in an Era of Globalization.- Chapter 13. Bloodstains on a "code of Honor" the Murderous Marginalization of Women in the Islamic World.- Chapter 14. Globalization in Action: Industry 4.0 Development Model for Turkey.- Chapter 15. The Decline of Free Speech on the Postmodern Campus: The Troubling Evolution of the Heckler's Veto.- Part III. International Human Rights and Race Relations.- Chapter 16. Making College Education a Right, not a Privilege: America's First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden's Quest to Make Education Free.- Chapter 17. Rumble in the Democratic Republic of Congo: President Felix Tshisekedi is Taking Control (Power, Complicity and Protest).- Chapter 18. Is Confucian Peace a Solution to Intercultural Conflict?.- Chapter 19. SocialDominance Orientation, Right-wing Authoritarianism and Perception of Sensational News Headlines Regarding Outgroup Members.- Chapter 20. Are the United States Currently Living in a Pre-trump 2 or Pre-trumpian Time Period?.- Chapter 21. Trouble in Mind: on Becoming a Black Girl Under Oppressive Social Control, Crime, and Slave Status.- Chapter 22. "Racism is at the Core:" Skin-color Prejudice and the Struggle for Equality in the UK and the United States.- Chapter 23. The Moon, the Ghetto and Intelligence: Reducing All Forms of Discrimination in Models of Learn Style.- Chapter 24. Why Some White People Think Black People Are Less Trustworthy as Public Speakers.- Chapter 25. Trump, Race and the Demagogy.- Part IV. Globalization and Leadership.- Chapter 26. When Political Skills Matter in a Global Organization: The Effects of Networking Ability and the Value of Voice in an Organization.- Chapter 27. Confronting Covid: Crisis Leadership, Turbulence and Governance: Does the Coronavirus Pandemic Exhibit Deliberate Deception or Gross Incompetence?.- Chapter 28. Treat Leadership Framework:A Knowledge-based Theory of the Global Firm.- Chapter 29. Global Leadership as a Driver of Entrepreneurship: A Cultural Group Market Perspective.- Chapter 30. Situational Leadership Theory: An Extension and a Test of Global Organizational Prescriptions.- Part V. Racial Stereotyping and Global Politics.- Chapter 31. Misunderstanding Reinvigorates Racism: The Case of Critical Race Theory in the Public Sphere.- Chapter 32. Puerto Rico: Reading the Signs on Race, Culture and the Arts.- Chapter 33. Pioneers and Settlers: The Impact of Stereotype Threat and Interventions for Marginalized Group Members.- Part VI. Sustainable Globalization.- Chapter 34. United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and Global Supplier Development: Insights from the Global Garment Industry.- Chapter 35. Sustainable Development Goals and Global Environmental Survival: Visions for Management and Leadership.- Chapter 36. A Journey to Culture of Prevention: Let's Start With the (Dis)belief in Prevention.- Chapter 37. Sustainable Identity as Human Resources: A Theory Reality Construction.- Chapter 38. The Interplay of Global Leadership Power and Change: Joseph - a Pioneer Gestalt Group Leader.- Chapter 39. Africa First? The Indicator of Sustainability, Long Life and Happiness.- Part VII. Public Discourse and the Common Good.- Chapter 40. Beyond Human Resource Capital Development: is Sustainable Production the Next Approach?.- Chapter 41. United Nations Peacekeeping: Enabling Conflict Resolution and the Role of Mediation.- Chapter 42. The Influence of Cultural Values on Household Debt: A Study in 39 Countries.- Chapter 43. The Global Economic Crisis: Historical Roots, Lessons Learned, and Implications for Geopolitical Stability.- Chapter 44. When Modesty Matters: High Potentials' Impression Management and Political Skills in Hireability.- Chapter 45. De-globalization or Re-globalization? Some Historical Assessments on the Role of Economic Elites Across Time.- Chapter 46. Exploring the Impact of Context on Acquisition Integration Issues and Outcome: Toward a Global Perspective.