Political economy Books

La brochure Capital et Rente avait fait une certaine impression sur les classes ouvrières, à qui l'auteur s'adressait, et produit une scission dans certaine portion du socialisme. La Voix du Peuple jugea donc nécessaire de combattre cet écrit. -- Au...

Edmund Burke's interpretation of the revolution in France, beginning 1789, is nothing short of an interpretation of human nature, and of Western civilization. Now the most penetrating and timeless passages of Burke's writings 1789 to his death in 1797...

Ancient Greece was once a hub of philosophy, government and culture. There were a lot of thoughts and ideas that flourished in Ancient Greece and later on influenced the Western World. To know how its government once operated is to understand how the...

Being aware of government processes and procedures will equip a child with the right tools to make informed decisions later on in life. A child will want to learn about the law creation process, not because he has to create laws, but because he wants to...

If you're enjoying your freedom today, you should thank democracy! In this US government textbook for kids, your child will learn about the basics of democracy. The acquisition of knowledge should be made a fun experience in order to encourage progress...

By focusing on the wider process of negotiations, this novel volume presents the first systematic analysis of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). The authors include outstanding scholars and relevant practitioners from across...

Historical Sketch of the Bank of England is a book written by John Ramsay McCulloch in 1831. The book provides a detailed history of the Bank of England, including its establishment, its role in the economy, and its development over time. McCulloch also...

""Economic Notes on Insular Free Trade"" is a book written by Arthur James Balfour in 1903. The book is a collection of essays that discuss the concept of free trade and its application to the British Empire. Balfour, who was the Prime Minister of the...

Determinants is a mathematical textbook written by Laenas Gifford Weld and first published in 1896. The book focuses on the concept of determinants, which are mathematical objects that are used to solve systems of linear equations and calculate the...

Bookshelves may be loaded with works on African subjects, but Africa and the Need for Attitude Change is unlike any other. In this one volume, Chima takes readers through a wide range of thorny issues without losing the essence of the message. It is...

It is difficult to find someone who has not heard about the Puerto Rico, Detroit, Michigan, or Orange County, California, bankruptcies. While guides for responsibly managing government finances exist, problems often originate not because of poor...

A Democracy That Works argues that rather than corporate donations, Republican gerrymandering and media manipulation, the conservative ascendancy reflects the reconstruction of the rules that govern work that has disempowered workers.Using six historical...

Many governments have effectively organized public project implementation systems in their jurisdictions. At the same time, many other countries remain at a less advanced level of public project management. Globally, there is a need for project...

This book provides a revamped, transformative, and fiscally sustainable developmental agenda for India to radically improve the well-being and livelihoods of its citizens. Grounded in a 'people first' approach, this alternative agenda focuses on seven...

Gregory explores the intersection of politics and economics, arguing for a more equitable and democratic society. Drawing on history, philosophy, and social science, he offers innovative solutions to contemporary problems such as income inequality and...

Originally published in 1872, this important work provides a detailed analysis of local government and taxation in the Victorian era, with a specific focus on the controversial report of George Goschen, a prominent politician and economist of the time...

In this influential work, Romulo Escobar offers a Marxist analysis of the agrarian question in Latin America. He argues that the concentration of land ownership and the exploitation of rural workers are central to understanding the region's economic and...

Public experience with risk communication differs greatly from country to country in Europe and there has been little opportunity for the transfer of experience and learning between countries. This is especially true for the...

A North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Advanced Studies Institute (AS I) on Defense Conversion Strategies was held at the Atholl Palace Hotel, Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland, from July 2 through July 14, 1995. This...

Technological Infrastructure Policy provides a systematic treatment of technological infrastructure (TI) and Technological Infrastructure Policy (TIP) which are emerging fields of interest both for academic economists and for...

List of Figures. List of Tables. Introduction and Overview; R. Holzmann, J. Gács, G. Winckler. I: Measurement of Output Decline. 1. The Impact of National Accounting Systems on Growth Rates; J. Ávay. 2. The Irregular Economy in Transition: Features,...

Cultural Economics and Cultural Policies offers a unique guide to the state of the art in cultural economics. First, it alerts scholars and students to the necessity for careful definition and measurement of the `cultural...

Global capitalism is a precarious system. Relying on the steady flow of goods across the world, trans-national companies such as Wal-Mart and Amazon depend on the work of millions in docks, warehouses and logistics centres to keep their goods moving...

What, exactly, is capitalism? When did it come about? And how does it differ from other economic systems? Despite centuries of discussion surrounding capitalism, its merits and its shortcomings, defining the term 'capitalism' itself has been an elusive...

Since their first appearance as separate brochures Wage ­ Labour and Capital and Value, Price and Profit have served as popular introductions to the study of political economy, each complementing the other. The first is based on lectures delivered by...

This book takes a giant step out of conventional thinking, and proceeds to establish the inseparable connection that exists between the American Family and capitalism. Too often, answers to the critical questions of American family decay are sought...

While it is apparent that homeland security intelligence has been significantly upgraded since the events of September 11, we are told repeatedly that there is, nevertheless, a strong probability that further acts of terrorism are planned and will be...

Increasingly integrated global financial markets have been shaken by a series of severe shocks in recent decades, from Mexico's Tequila crisis to the upheavals in the Eurozone. These crises have demonstrated that signs of uncertain local economic and...

The U.S. military economy incorporates hundreds of American communities. This is the first book to connect our national security apparatus to the local level via deeply reported portraits of six carefully selected locations, including military Meccas and...

By all accounts, the case of Poland and its segue to market economy and democracy is a success story: 30 years of uninterrupted growth and development, infrastructure expansion, and modernization of the economy and society. Epochal changes have unfolded...

Originally published in 1904. The chief object of this pamphlet is to set forth, in a connected form, the main aspects of the great tariff controversy now for some time before the public; to treat the question more deeply and fully than the...

This volume aims to illustrate the uniqueness of the economies of the countries and territories of the Caribbean as well as the similarities they share with other regions. While most countries in the region share many of the characteristics of...

This volume discusses different aspects of Greece's political economy during the past decade and reflects on the country's path ahead, examining the major question: did this challenging period succeed in providing a window of opportunity for deeper...

This wide-ranging collection offers fresh insights into a critical factor in development and politics on the African continent. It has three primary objectives. First, it critically examines and illustrates the centrality of policing in transition...

Derivatives and Development engages recent efforts to deploy derivatives as tools for economic development. Even as these complex financial instruments are indicted for their role in the global food and financial crises, they are elsewhere hailed as...

Experts from the global North and South analyze the implications of economic crises on children, with a particular focus on the emerging evidence from the recent global economic crisis and food and fuel price volatility of 2008-2010. They point out key...

When the global financial system crashed, governments in America and Britain perfomed the greatest bailout in history. The legacy is record government debt, low growth and a new era of austerity. A stellar cast of contributors, including Tim Bale, Wyn...

This book offers a new radical reading of Hayek in the 21st century. It investigates the moral dimension of his political theory, arguing that it is based on the methodological implications of an epistemologically founded concept of morality. This...

The author examines the moral, methodological, and practical problems that arise from poverty measurement. He establishes a methodological framework for analyzing poverty conceptions and measures, and concludes with concrete recommendations regarding...

Miriam Schröder scrutinizes the strengths and weaknesses of hybrid actors' performance on the local Chinese carbon market. Based on the empirical analysis of the effectiveness of four provincial centers for the diffusion of the Clean Development...

Promoting the understanding of the impressive economic growth and social transformation in China and India, the authors demonstrate the diverse economic, political, social, cultural, international and historical conditions in these two developing...

An in-depth analysis of one of the most important and complex issues of the post-Soviet era, namely the (re-)integration of this highly interconnected region. The book considers the evolution of "holding-together" groups since the collapse of the Soviet...

How great is the capacity of the EU to orchestrate 'competitiveness'? Can common policy instruments produce consistent effects? Has substantial policy learning come from the successes and failures of the Lisbon agenda? This book identifies the nature and...

This is the story of the radical intervention carried out by the Thatcher administration in response to 1986-89 Monopolies and Mergers Commission inquiry into brewing. It describes the creation of big brewers, the official investigations into what many...