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This book is one of the rare studies embracing, through a comparative and prospective approach, the emerging pan-Euro-Mediterranean regional integration. The main purpose of this study is to make an analysis and a systematic comparison of the...

List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction: J.Hölscher Laudatio on the Occasion of the Seventy-fifth Birthday of Professor Stephen F. Frowen; H.Tietmeyer Stephen Frowen: An Inspired Mediator in Turbulent Times;...

The Caspian-Caucasus region has received considerable attention over the past eight years. The old potential of this colossal territory is so significant that the analytical centres of the world's largest oil and refining companies consider it to be more...

This book examines the challenge of reform of the urban water supply sector in developing countries, based on case studies of state-owned water companies in Ghana, India, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. The growing public private partnership for urban water...

The plight of women in post-reform Russia has its roots in the combination of the new market system and the old legacy of discrimination. The Soviet Union was the first country to give women equal rights and equal pay, but this was not carried through in...

List of Tables Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Map of China Introduction: Economic Growth, Quiet Social Revolution and Political Transformation PART I Preface Prosperity or Disparity: Economic Growth and People's Livelihood Social Development and...

List of Charts List of Tables Publisher's Note Preface Acknowledgements Why is Money a Problem? Autonomy and the German Traditions of Liberalism Constituting Autonomy: From the Reichsbank to the Bundesbank Exercising Autonomy: From the 'Miracle Years' to...

The Political Development of the Kurds in Iran examines the links between the structural changes in the Kurdish economy, and its political demands, namely Kurdish nationalism in Iran. Farideh Koohi-Kamali argues that the transition of the nomadic, tribal...

This volume examines the regional and global contexts of the political economy of illegal narcotics operations in the Caribbean. It assesses some of the political economy connections and discusses measures adopted to contend with the region's illegal...

Small islands often enjoy a distinct juridical personality. Many, whether fully sovereign or not, successfully deploy this "gift of jurisdiction" to economic advantage, offsetting the potentially adverse effects of smallness, isolation and peripherality...

Russia's attempt to replace the failed Soviet system and its command economy with a capitalist, democratic society has produced a health and social welfare crisis, at considerable human cost. Russia's Torn Safety Nets presents a series of essays by...

This new edition of a classic feminist book explains how one of thegreat historical revolutions--the ongoing movement toward equalitybetween the sexes--has come about. Its origins are to found, not inchanging ideas, but in the economic developments that...

As perhaps the worlds most economically dynamic region, the Asia-Pacific is generating increasing attention from academic, business, and policymaking circles alike. At a time when the area is projected to continue its unprecedented economic growth well...

List of Tables - List of Figures - List of Acronyms - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction: Foreign Direct Investment in a Changing World; S.Chan - Auto Bargaining in Canada, 1965-87; K.P.Thomas - Maquiladorization as a Global Process; J.A.Hart -...

From the financial contagion of the 2007 Global Financial Crisis (GFC) to viral contagion in the recent COVID-19 pandemic, Singapore has been severely impacted by ripples and shockwaves that have emanated from global financial and healthcare crises. At...

What goes on in the economy is important to everyone, yet often baffling. This book-Economics Reimagined: Nature, Progress, and Living Standards-explains many mysteries of economics, without needing any graphs, statistics, formulas, or models to do so...

This guidance note shares insights on economic corridor development as an area-based approach and explores how to facilitate these multisector programs. It will be relevant to government officials, development partners, the private sector, and academia...

Esta investigación analiza desde el enfoque de la Nueva Economía Institucional el rol de las instituciones políticas locales en el desarrollo económico de los municipios en México. Se revisa la evolución del concepto de Instituciones en las diferentes...

America is addicted to oil. The addictive behavioral consequences include drilling wherever we can for it, burning carbon dioxide, and forming alliances with petrodictators. The good and bad news is that oil is a finite resource. So the clock is ticking...

Ancient Sri Lanka was known by many names, including the well-known epithet, "the pearl of the Indian Ocean." More recently, it has been termed a "bead" in China's "String of Pearls". China's accelerated economic growth and military modernization has...

The majority of recent publications on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union address current issues and specific applications. There is little available which attempts to increase understanding of the nature of existing policies,...

Shadow of Liberation explores the intricate twists, turns, contestations and compromises of ANC economic and social policymaking with a focus on the transition era of the 1990's and the early years of democracy. With the damning revelations by the Zondo...

The global economy deteriorated in a matter of months due to governments' mishandling of the coronavirus outbreak. General observers may describe this event as "unforeseen," but they fail to look at the patterns of the past that reveal the future...

2013 Reprint of 1924 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Georg Friedrich Knapp (1842-1926) was a German economist who in 1895 published "The State Theory of Money," which founded the...

The author presents a behind the scenes look at the secretive international policies of the British government and how their successes allowed them to rise to the top of a vast secret order of World Finance. According to the author, he has pieced enough...

The Judicial Philosophy of Justice RutledgeIn the first part of this book Justice Rutledge states his faith in judicial and governmental activism. He elaborates these principles in the second part, "The Commerce Clause: A Chapter in Democratic Living,"...

Claims unconscious desire plays a constitutive role in global political economy.

L'agriculture a longtemps été un facteur vital dans la croissance économique d'Haïti, dénommée autrefois la Perle des Antilles. Compte tenu de son développement agricole bourgeonnant, pourquoi le pays souffre-t-il d'une pauvreté presque inégalable? C'est...

S. David believes that the American government most basic promise, and reason for being was to spur economic prosperity. It leads him to a comprehensive study of our founders solid economic foundations, current government mismanagement and the fear that...