Political economy

It is widely known that - at least in current societies - culture depends on money.

Since the summer of 2007, the world scenario has been dominated by the US sub-prime mortgage crisis and its repercussions on global financial markets and economic growth.

This book examines PRC "e;involved"e; seaports overseas, where involvement can take the form of PRC foreign direct investment (FDI), contracting, and/or terminal operations, in countries such as Cambodia, Pakistan, and the Philippines.

This book focuses on the administration streamlining aligned with the market-oriented reform process in China.

The history of policymaking has been dominated by two rival assumptions about markets.

Both studies of political power and Europeanization studies have tended to neglect central banks.

As a window for understanding the relationship between globalization and the state's pursuit of national industrial development, this book examines how and why the Chinese government succeeded in leveraging China's international competitive advantages to modernize the country's automotive industry.

Banks of all sorts are troubled institutions.

This book examines the contemporary significance of the Law and Economics movement.

This book provides a detailed analysis of South Africa's actions on the UN Human Rights Council, examining the country's positions on civil and political rights, economic rights and development, social groups whose rights are frequently violated, and abuses in specific countries.

First published in 1974, Employment Policies in Developing Countries is an attempt to take stock of experience that has been acquired in a number of developing countries in matters relating to employment promotion.

The four decades of neoliberalism, globalisation and financialisation have produced crises - financial and pandemic - and rising inequality.

In Imperialism and Global Political Economy Alex Callinicos intervenes in one of the main political and intellectual debates of the day.

This book uses the political economy approach to examine the relative failure of federalism in Nigeria.

This book examines the normative tensions inherent in upward mobility within the international system, focusing particularly on the clash between sovereign self-interest and the putatively universal norms associated with international interventions.

A topical, up-to-date and highly authoritative survey of the highly controversial debate around reform of the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy.

Focusing on the political economy of the international tourism sector in the era of globalization and its impact in developing contexts, this book employs a case study analysis of South Africa to assess how international tourism as a global system of trade, production, exchange and governance plays out in developing countries.

This book links theoretical discussions about globalization and the distribution of wealth with a rich empirical analysis of Latin America.

Why did the postcolonial Tunisian state promise development?

This 2007 text examines the problem of national identity formation in the context of globalization.

This book gathers the best papers presented at the conference "e;The Future of the Global Financial System: Downfall or Harmony"e;, which took place in Limassol, Cyprus on April 13-14, 2018.

Handbook of Contemporary China is a convenient reference in one single volume that offers comprehensive overviews of crucial cultural dimensions and key institutions of China.

Where presidents or members of affluent families were previously seen, it is increasingly the case that car manufacturers are owned by banks and investment funds which have taken control of the entire economic life of these firms.

This book studies the rollercoaster first year in office of the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA), which for many Europeans constituted the hope for a different Europe, beyond austerity and national egocentrism.

The Social Costs approach to the globalised capitalist market economy has gained new relevance in recent years.

What lessons can be learnt from the accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) of Russia, China, and Ukraine?

Ob wir einen Flug buchen, einen Kredit beantragen oder auf einer Internetplattform den Lebenspartner suchen – oft wirkt auf der Seite unseres Vertragspartners eine Maschine mit, die auf der Grundlage einer algorithmengestützten Vorauswahl zu einer Entscheidung oder zu einem Vorschlag kommt.

In this sequel to his prize-winning book, The Eyes of the People, Jeffrey Edward Green draws on philosophy, history, social science, and literature to ask what democracy can mean in a world where it is understood that socioeconomic status to some degree will always determine opportunities for civic engagement and career advancement.

Originally published in 1973.

Explores how dictators maintain their grip on power by seizing control of oil, metals, and minerals production.

In this book, Nagesh Kumar and expert contributors examine and explain the emerging patterns in international technology transfers and foreign direct investment flows (FDIs) over the past two decades.

What is Global Studies, and how does it relate to globalization?

As the global economy seeks to recover from the financial crisis and warnings about the consequences of climate change abound, it is clear that we need a fundamentally new approach to tackle these issues.

Over 250 Princeton alumni and friends from 17 countries and from classes spanning a 66-year period attended the Conference.

Government information systems are big business (costing over 1 per cent of GDP a year).

The day-to-day world of crude oil traders is not usually open to outsiders.

The Global Political Economy of Raul Prebisch offers an original analysis of global political economy by examining it through the ideas, agency and influence of one of its most important thinkers, leaders and personalities.

This book challenges amoral views of finance as the leading realm in which mammon - wealth and profit - is pursued with little overt regard for morality.

This book explores how leading news media responded to the 2008 financial crisis and its aftermath, showing how journalists regularly framed discussions about post-crisis regulatory reform in ways that reinforced the same market liberal policy paradigm that had ushered in the crisis.

To convey the image of a responsible power willing to contribute to regional stability and cooperation, China has shifted from a single-minded preference for bilateralism to an active participation in East Asian regionalism in the recent decades.

Since the 1980s many developing countries have implemented macro-economic policy reforms to curb inflation, reduce fiscal deficits and control foreign debt.