Political economy Books

Rethinking the Welfare State offers a comprehensive and comparative analysis of social welfare policy in an international context, with a particular emphasis on the US and Canada.The authors investigate the claim that a decentralized delivery of...

Based on extensive research, this comparative study examines the past, present and future of management in the transitional economies of East and Central Europe, Russia, the People's Republic of China, and Vietnam. It discusses the nature of the...

Is globalisation creating a more unequal world? Is it creating new forms of inequality? Does it make certain pre-existing forms of inequality more morally or politically significant than they would otherwise have been?Globalisation and Equality examines...

Shortlisted for the Inaugural International Political Economy Group annual book prize, 2006.An incisive exploration of the interventions of the World Bank in severely indebted African states. Understanding sovereignty as a frontier rather than a...

The 1990s have been termed as 'Japan's lost decade' to describe how the phenomenal growth in the Japanese economy ground to a halt and the country was crippled by enormous and ongoing political, economic and social problems. In responding to these...

This edited collection examines the interaction between industrial relations and international relations in the global economy. The role of trade unions has changed significantly in the era of economic globalization and this book analyzes the key...

America's Trade Follies controversially argues that the global political economy is hardening into regional blocs, in North America, Latin America, Europe and the Asia Pacific, organized around a powerful economic base and suspicious of each other...

Banking on Knowledge is one of the first studies of how the World Bank is reinventing itself as the 'Knowledge Bank'. The book addresses how international organizations and governments are developing partnerships with think tanks, research institutes and...

Normative Political Economy explores the criteria we use for judging economic institutions and economic policy. It argues that prevailing criteria lack sufficient depth in their understanding of subjective experience. David Levine's arguments cover...

The Nordic-Baltic region has become highly integrated. The Nordic countries have been successful in balancing competitiveness and economic growth with social inclusiveness, while the Baltic States have grown economically but remain vulnerable with weak...

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations - List of Tables and Figures - List of Contributors - Introduction; G.R.D.Underhill - PART 1: SECTORS, REGIONS, AND INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION - Private Markets and Public Responsibility in a Global System: Conflict and...

Preface - Foreword - Maps: Prussia and North America - PART 1: THE PROBLEMATIC - Origins, Context and Method - The Agrarian Question, Diversity of Agrarian Transition and the Two Paths: 'Capitalism from Above' and 'Capitalism from Below' - PART 2: THE...

List of Tables - List of Figures - Acknowledgement - Foreword - Introduction; M.A.Choudhury, U.A.Malik & M.A.Adnan - Malaysia's Economic Performance, An Overview; H.Osman-Rani - Macroeconomic Perspectives of the Malaysian Economy Statistical Appendix; M...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

The Conspiracy is a novel written by Robert Melville Baker in 1913. The story revolves around a group of wealthy Americans who plot to overthrow the government and establish a new political order. The main character, John Prentice, is a young lawyer who...

Building on his seminal contributions to the field, Robert W. Cox engages with the major themes that have characterized his work over the past three decades, and the main topics which affect the globalized world at the start of the twentieth-century...

This book examines the everyday lives of ordinary Zimbabweans in the context of national crises in post-2000 Zimbabwe.

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 - The Nature of the Problem - Perfect Competition - Semi-perfect Competition - Fixprice Competition - Optimality - The Role of the Entrepreneur - The Supply of Entrepreneurship - Some Wider Issues - Notes - Index

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...

The former Republican congressman and now host of MSNBC's "Scarborough Country" wittily presents The Real Deal--that Democrats and Republicans are indistinguishable: equally adept at pillaging and pork-barrelling your tax dollars--and he offers some...

The concepts of social enterprise and social entrepreneurship are rapidly attracting increased attention in academic spheres and from policy-makers, as well as field workers who are setting up new initiatives or reshaping their organizations. These...

One of the more prolific and influential analysts of multilateral approaches to global problem-solving over the last three decades is Thomas G. Weiss. Thinking about Global Governance, Why People and Ideas Matter, assembles key scholarly and policy...

Public discussion of population aging usually focuses on the financial burden that increasingly elderly populations will impose on younger generations. Scholars give much less attention to who does the actual work of day-to-day care for those no longer...

Governing boards play a crucial role in ensuring that public and non-profit organizations are publicly accountable and perform well. Until now, there have been relatively few detailed empirical studies of what boards do in practice, but this book fills...

Money, finance and credit are literally the lifeblood of the modern economy. The distribution of money and credit are essential to productive investment in trade and industry, to the maintenance of consumer purchasing power and demand, to individuals'...

This book investigates why people are willing to support an institutional arrangement that realises large-scale redistribution of wealth between social groups of society. Steffen Mau introduces the concept of 'the moral economy' to show that acceptance...

Part 1 examines the issue of Expenditure Tax in principle and Part 2 examines the issue of Expenditure Tax in practice, asking whether personal expenditure tax is practicable and putting forward a proposal for Surtax Reform.

This book examines Americans and their beliefs about the class divide in the United States. It argues that Americans' beliefs about class and the economic divide develop through a multistep process. Economic affluence influences the development of...

This book analyzes the specifics of corporate governance of China's State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) and their assessment under EU merger control, which is reflected in the EU Commission's screening of the notified economic concentrations.Guided by the...

List of Tables List of Figures List of Abbreviations List of Acronyms Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction; D.Lal & R.H.Snape PART I: TRADE Outer-Orientation and Development: Are Revisionists Right?; T.N.Srinivasan & J.Bhagwati Trade...

Preface Introduction: Regional Integration and Political Economy The Institutional Frame: from National Welfare to the EU Social Dimension Social Protection: Health, Safety and Equal Rights Social Dialogue: Creating European Institutions for Labour...

Acknowledgements Preface Introduction: D.J.Shaw PART I: POSTWAR DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE Lessons of Postwar Development Experience: 1945-88 The 1990s: On To Fortune of Bound in Miseries PART II: REFORM OF THE UNITED NATIONS The Bretton Wood System:...

Preface - Acknowledgements - Public Finance in A Changing World: Introduction and Summary; P.B.Sorensen - PART 1: ALTERNATIVE PERCEPTIONS OF GOVERNMENT - The Role of the State in Fiscal Theory; R.A.Musgrave - Government Role and the Efficiency of...

The Twentieth Century American: Being A Comparative Study Of The Peoples Of The Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations is a book written by H. Perry Robinson. The book is a comparative study of the people of the United States and the United Kingdom during the...

Few established European democracies have undergone as much change as Italy in recent years, and here is a book that explores precisely what has been achieved - from a public choice perspective. The book pays particular attention to, among others, the...

Sport studies has become one of the largest and fastest growing international industries. This collection of essays from a range of international contributors analyzes all aspects of the political economy of this industry, including media sports...

Preface Introduction: Revisiting China after Fifty-four Years The Hostile Relationship in Northeast Asia Vicissitudes of Nations: A Materialist View The Dawn of Asia A Northeast Asian Economic Community Index