International economics

Historically, the study of corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting has largely been within the context of Western economies.

This book is a curated compilation of research articles exploring compelling issues associated with accounting and auditing in China.

Safe assets constitute an essential component of the contemporary, international financial system and are vital to its stability.

A variety of perspectives from leading economists provides fresh insight into how Arab countries may best exploit their oil revenues.

Lives in Peril demonstrates how and why seafarers are a vulnerable group of workers.

The fourth edition of this classic work provides a systematic, comparative assessment of the efforts of major immigrant-receiving countries and the European Union to manage migration, paying particular attention to the dilemmas of immigration control and immigrant integration.

Japanese distribution was long seen as archaic and difficult to understand, but today that has changed.

Having explored multifaceted issues of IPR enforcement, this book argues that IPR enforcement problem is not an actual outcome of Confucian philosophy and "e;to steal a book"e; is not an "e;elegant offence.

Banks play the most vital role in the economy by acting as financial intermediaries and providing the necessary credit to fund consumption and investment, thereby effecting real economic activity.

Capitalism and its Critics offers an accessible account of major theories of capitalism from the industrial revolution to the present day.

Winner of the 2014 European Book Prize.

This book fills a gap in the literature on economic liberalism in France as it strives to resolve a paradox.

In April 1998 negotiations were launched to create a free trade area among thirty-four countries in the Western Hemisphere.

The "e;"e;quality of life"e;"e; concept of quality of life is a broad one.

This book examines Turkey's success within international development cooperation and how this could create a framework for a new international aid architecture.

This book addresses the impact and implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most challenging public health risks to human wellbeing, on the economic activities and behaviors of Middle Eastern countries during and in the aftermath of the pandemic.

Borders in Service traces the intersection of service labour and national identity across global call centres in seven countries: El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Mauritius, Morocco, the Philippines, and the US-Mexico border.

This book explores structural changes in India's agrifood systems during the next ten to twenty years.

The politics surrounding exchange rate policies in the global economyThe exchange rate is the most important price in any economy, since it affects all other prices.

The global trading system lies at the intersection of US power and wealth, but is today in grave danger of collapse.

The Fair Trade Scandal takes aim at the Fair Trade consumer movement which many assume to be entirely benign.

NATO is facing a unique crisis questioning its existence and future.

Together with efforts to control the arms race, commercial issues were a central feature of relations between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1970s.

After the financial crisis, what important lessons can we learn from fiscal policy?

The book begins with a historical perspective of recorded trade.

This study provides an in-depth exploration of a series of factors that can explain a country's propensity to export fake goods.

Data governance is the cornerstone of digital economy growth, particularly in Asia, where both the digital economy and the policy space are fast expanding.

This book analyzes the factors behind the recent expansion of Fairtrade and questions whether the trust given to the scheme by "e;ethical"e; shoppers is warranted.

This is a new examination of how Shari'a law affects public policy both theoretically and in practice, across a wide range of public policy areas, including for example human rights and family law.

This book presents current theories of European integration, such as federalism, neo-functionalism and liberal intergovernmentalism with their strengths and weaknesses.

These two groundbreaking volumes look at complex legal issues in the changing global economy from the perspective of Asia and/or Japan.

In Asia, where authoritarian-developmental states have proliferated, statehood and social control are heavily contested in borderland spaces.

This book examines the various issues and concerns faced by Indian agriculture under the obligations of WTO and the Free Trade Agreements.

This book assesses the 2008-2009 financial crisis and its ramifications for the global economy from a multidisciplinary perspective.

This book is part of a series which makes available to English-speaking audiences the work of the individual Chinese economists who were the architects of China's economic reform.

This handbook offers readers various perspectives on globalization and multilateralism with Chinese characteristics.

While 'one world government' is not on the cards, the globalization of political life has progressed significantly over the last decades.

The First Bilateral Investment Treaties is the first and only history of the U.

This book analyses changes in gender relations, as a result of globalization, in countries on the semi-periphery of power.

First published in 1987, this reissue explores contemporary United States foreign aid policies and thinking in the Reagan era.

For almost three decades, the European Union (EU) has adopted measures to regulate consumer transactions within the internal market created by the EU Treaties.

Sustainable Entrepreneurship in China provides empirical evidence and cutting-edge research into topical business ethics issues relating to entrepreneurship, corporate governance, and institutional reforms in China.

The 1970s marked the end of the years in which the United States was the guarantor of a free world trade order, while Western Europe made efforts to catch up with the economic superpower.

First published in 1961, The Soviet Economy is a well informed work which seeks to acquaint students with the structure and problems of the economy of the USSR.

This book explores the European welfare model, arguing that the rollout of European policies for welfare services has led to increased marketization.

Qin explores the ten-year development of relations between China and Central and Eastern Europe through the China-CEEC (China-Central and Eastern European Countries) cooperation (16/17+1), which began as a platform for annual high-level meetings between leaders of China and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries, and to stimulate new dynamism and gain recognition through effective shared practice.