International economics Books

This volume analyzes changing patterns of authority in the global political economy with an in-depth look at the new roles played by state and non-state actors, and addresses key themes including the provision of global public goods, new modes of...

This book explores the impact of the rise of China on South East Asia, addressing the consequences for some of Asia's key economic sectors, including educational services, bio-technology, financial services, and the food industry.

This volumes examines commodity consumption both as an ongoing problem for capital and a complex mediator of the post-Cold War political economy. Comor assesses consumption as a core but contradictory nodal point in contemporary world (dis)order...

The author re-examines the concept of equality in international society, past and present. The conventional view that equality of states necessarily flows from sovereignty, that it is a corollary to sovereignty or simply a synonym, is considered a...

Post-NAFTA North America uniquely combines an institutional examination of NAFTA with a geo-economic and geo-political approach. The author argues that in the post-9/11 era, North America is evolving from a primarily economic space to a strategic...

In 2000 the European Union and its 78 African-Caribbean-Pacific partners signed the Cotonou Agreement, thereby heralding a new era in developmental politics. In the Treaty the European Union set out its commitment to assist its African-Caribbean-Pacific...

Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) entails a fundamental shift in macroeconomic policy for participating member states. Adjusting to EMU examines the design and delivery of monetary, fiscal and supplyside policies within the euro area. It appraises the...

In Modernism and Market Fantasy, Carey Mickalites explores British modernist fiction's critical designs on the changing economic culture in which it took shape. Examining work that ranges from pre-war impressionism through the late modernism of the 1930s,

By the dawn of the 21st century, more than half of the world's population was living in urban areas, and demographic forecasts for the decades ahead estimate that by 2030, almost five billion people - out of a world population of eight billion -will be...

This book examines British and American women's narratives of cosmetic surgery collected between 1995 and 2007, with particular attention to what those narratives say about the contemporary status of cosmetic surgery and "local" ideas about its...

Oil, gas and minerals are vital natural resources which meet crucial human needs. Modern civilisation would struggle to survive without readily available access to these resources at reasonable and affordable prices. This volume provides critical...

Over the past five years Europe has continued its growth towards closer financial ties and economic integration. Through specific policies on subfields including agriculture, trade, competition, banking and economic governance the economic fortunes of...

This is the first book to explainthe expansion of multinational enterprises (MNEs) into a transition economy from a technology accumulation perspective. The author provides a theoretical alternative to accepted wisdom regarding technology transfer, and...

By 1999, Russia's economy was growing at almost 7% per year, and by 2008 reached 11th place in the world GDP rankings. Russia is now the world's second largest producer and exporter of oil, the largest producer and exporter of natural gas, and as...

Under which conditions do companies engage in the provision of collective goods and services if the state lacks the capacity to do so? To what extent do multinational firms engage in a 'race to the top' fostering rather than undermining regulation? The...

Globalization and Everyday Life provides an accessible account of globalization by developing two themes in particular. First, globalization is an outcome of structural and cultural processes that manifest in different ways in economy, politics, culture...

The editors of this book have pulled together a collection of chapters that review the spate of financial crises that have occurred in recent years starting with Mexico in 1994 and moving on to more recent crises in Turkey and Argentina. With impressive...

The Chinese economy is currently undergoing an institutional transformation as profound as the replacement of the people's communes with the household responsibility system in the early 1980s and the emergence of township and village enterprises as the...

This collection examines the significance of partnership-based approaches to the modernization of employment relations. Drawing from the work of leading researchers the contemporary interest in partnership is situated within an historical, political and...

The Arms Industry is an area that is of huge concern to many people around the world. The economics of this hugely important industry are a vital strand that needs to be understood. This volume brings together contributors from all over the globe, such...

It has long been realised that the poorer countries of the south have paid for the unstoppable onward rush of globalisation in the exploitation of their natural and human resources. Recent events have made it clear that there may be a price to be paid in...

World Financial Orders challenges the predominance of neo-liberalism as a mode of knowledge about contemporary world finance, and claims that it neglects the social and political bases as well as the malign consequences of change. He looks to the field...

Economics tends to teach that developed countries have good institutions while developing countries do not, and that this is the factor that constrains the latter's growth. However, the picture is far messier than this explanation suggests.Building on...

Trade agreements have uncontested relevance as essential instruments governing international trade, yet little attention has been directed towards explaining differences in their content. Deep Integration in Latin American Trade Agreements analyzes the...

Preface Conducting Macroeconomic Policy in Developing Countries: Piece of Cake or Mission Impossible? External Financing and Balance of Payment Adjustment in Developing Countries Where Do We Stand on Choosing Exchange Rate Regimes in Developing and...

List of Tables - Acknowledgements - Introduction - The Origins of the High Yen Crisis - The High Yen Crisis - Global Strategy to 1980: Focus on Asia - Current Global Strategy: Advanced Countries - Investment in Singapore and South Korea - Investment in...

List of Tables List of Figures Notes on the Contributors List of Acronyms Sanctions as Economic Statecraft: An Overview; S.Chan & A.Cooper Drury How and Whom the US President Sanctions: A Time-Series, Cross-Section Analysis of US Sanction Decisions and...

Preface Notes on Contributors Glossary Introduction: What Rules for the World Economy?; S.Picciotto PART I: INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT PROTECTION AND LIBERALIZATION Foreign Direct Investment to Developing Countries; V.Balasubramanyam A Brief History of...

Acknowledgements Introduction Notes on Contributors to the Volume PART I: PRICE CONVERGENCE, DEMAND AND GROWTH Effects of Accession to the EU on Prices, Wages and Aggregate Demand in CEE Countries; H.Gabrisch Macroeconomic Problems of Trade...

Notes on the Contributors Introduction; J. Y. Lin PART I: REGIONS EXPERIENCE The Catching-up: Lessons of East Asian Development; W. Hong Japanese Economic Development: Idiosyncratic or Universal; T. Ito Factor Endowments and Policies in S. Asian Growth;...

This book discusses how the ideas, expectations and mind-sets that formed within different US foreign policy making institutions during the Cold War have continued to influence US foreign policy making vis-à-vis Russia in the post-Cold War era, with...

Cutting through the confusion around the nature and implications of digitalization, this book explores the rise of the new digital networks, how they affect traditional infrastructure, and how they will eventually need to be regulated. The authors...

Preface - List of Abbreviations - Gatt's Origins and Early Years - Early Encounters: 1948-1960 - The Dillon Round - The Kennedy Round - The Tokyo Round - Markets, Policies and Trade Rules in Crisis: 1979-1986 - The Uruguay Round Negotiations - The...

List of Tables - List of Abbreviations - Preface - Introduction - Multilevel Government Finance - Federal Financial Constitutions Compared - The Future of the Community Budget under EMU - Summary - References - Index

Editor's Introduction; C.Saunders - PART 1: CONCEPTS, THEORIES AND AIMS - Transition of Economic Systems: Basic Aspects; N.Kloten - Transition from Command to Market Economies; R.Yevstigneev - Concepts of Transition in Socialist Economies; K.Laski - The...

Foreword; A.Jacquemin - Notes on Contributors - Introduction; G.McKenzie & A.J.Venables - 1992 and European Industrial Structure; P.Geroski - Non-Tariff Barriers; P.Holmes - International Trade and the Internal Market; A.J.Venables - Tax Harmonisation; A...

This collection of seminal readings in international political economy charts the historical and theoretical evolution of the field from the seventeenth century to the present day. Bringing together classic works and leading contemporary arguments, this...

In noting that the actions of entities other than states in the economic arena can and often do have a profound effect on human rights, this book poses the question as to how international human rights law can and should address that situation. This book...

The search for good governance has become an increasingly important element of public policy and public management and is high on the political agenda of East Asian countries. The need for robust governance structures and institutions was brought into...

The focus of international financial reform in recent years has largely been at the global level, in terms of improving the international financial architecture, and at the national level in terms of getting domestic economic and structural policies...