Political economy

This book details the preparation of USAGE-TERM, a computable general equilibrium model that provides regional economic detail in the USA.

This book explores the economic work and legacy of Bo Sodersten.

This book aims to explore and contextualize G20 rising powers' increasing role in international development from a comprehensive and multidimensional perspective.

Beginning with the economic meltdown of 2007/8, this book shows that the predatory mortgage lending and overleveraging-which is to say, the overextension of credit-which precipitated The Great Recession was a response to a crisis of overproduction reflective of an unavoidable contradiction at the heart of competitive capitalism.

This book provides a timely and in-depth analysis of how two major trade powers, the United States of America (US) and the European Union (EU), contribute to a socio-political dimension of globalization.

The book deals with urban reactivation, a particular form of regeneration intervention which in addition to the physical-spatial dimension of the places also-and above all-considers the social and relational dynamics that the intervention is able to activate.

This book provides a thematic case-study analysis of the wide-ranging public sector reforms introduced in one of the states most deeply affected by the global financial crisis: the Republic of Ireland.

This book depicts and reveals the socioeconomic dynamics of the COVID-19 crisis, and its global, regional, and local perspectives.

This timely book presents a collection of expert insights into the impacts of COVID-19 in a broader socio-economic context.

This book offers a rich perspective on Africa's agency in the changing global order marked by intense geopolitical contestations.

The main objective of this book has been to carry out research into the definition of industrial policy and its goals; to evaluate previously-introduced policies and instruments; and to identify the future challenges for and features of a modern EU industrial policy.

This book explores the impact of railroads on 19thcentury Russian peasant collectivism.

This book offers a comprehensive guide to modern day taxation issues.

This timely book debates the economic and political logic of the austerity policies that have been implemented in the UK and in the Eurozone since 2010 and asks whether there is any alternative for these countries in the years ahead.

This volume analyzes international agreements from a political economy perspective.

This book describes structural analysis methods for examining energy demand and energy efficiency that are important in formulating regional economic and environmental policies.

The main objective of this book is to identify the key sources of growth which have played a significant role in Africa's recent robust growth as well as its efforts towards economic transformation.

This book critically engages with how formal and informal mechanisms of governance are used across the world.

Interest has always been a part of humans' daily economic life, and the concept of interest has attracted intense attention from economists, philosophers, religious scholars and lawmakers.

This book addresses the question of what socialism is according to fundamental values rather than institutions.

This book presents a detailed and critical discussion about how human wellbeing can be maintained and improved in a postgrowth era.

This book presents novel theoretical and empirical findings on the issue of unrecognized states and secession.

This book offers an extensive review of market-oriented economic reforms since 1970, and considers the question of whether more liberal economic policy yields greater social welfare.

This book takes a broad look at conceptual and practical applications of gender budgeting in Europe.

This book scrutinizes the last 15 years of exceptional growth in the Turkish economy, and presents a model for sustainable ongoing growth that has particular implications for other key emerging economies.

This book examines the interactions between trade policy and foreign and security policy in EU external action as a nexus of practices.

This book presents an international review of the modern geo-economy and a scientific take on the geo-economy of the future.

This book describes and refutes thirteen ideas involving free market principles and the US economic system, arguing that these (mostly familiar) ideas are myths.

The book spans a scientific research program elegantly developed by Roberto Camagni, an eminent regional scientist, who has offered ground-breaking ideas in regional and urban economics throughout his academic career.

This book addresses the role of social capital in promoting rural and local development.

This book highlights some of the unique aspects of spatio-temporal graph data from the perspectives of modeling and developing scalable algorithms.

Energy policies play a pivotal part in helping countries achieve their sustainable development goals.

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Explaining the determinants of China and India's development cooperation in Africa cannot be achieved in simple terms.

This volume represents a comprehensive state-of-the-art picture of family business and entrepreneurship issues in countries belonging to the Gulf Cooperation Council.

This book, the first of two volumes, examines ancient civilizations to explore the ethical foundations of modern economic systems.

This book comparatively examines the China-South Africa trade relationship over three decades through the prism of four other relationships South Africa has with states that have been China's most contentious neighbours in the Indo-Pacific (India, Japan, Taiwan and the USA).

This book is a unique exploration into the gendered politics of the economic crisis in Europe.

Contemporary trade policy is increasingly framed in geo-strategic terms.

This book highlights the importance of non-wood forest products (NWFPs) and their crucial role in sustaining the livelihood of rural and indigenous communities in Asia.

This book presents a theory of economic integration in developing regions, where the level of intraregional economic interdependence is low and the dependence on extra-regional economic relations is high.

This book focuses on the European Union as an actor involved in the transnational Kurdish issue covering Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria.

This book examines the ways in which colonialism continues to define the political economy of Nigeria sixty years after gaining political independence from the British.

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.

Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book evaluates the complex nexus between climate change and regional food security in Asia Pacific.

This volume expands the concept and role of the schema, with three goals in mind:  1) to outline the continuing issues in the schema concept as the legacy of Kant's concept and analysis, 2) to show that Kant's challenges resulted in successful but truncated views of the schema and its functions, 3) to reconstruct Otto Selz's schema concept by proposing an alternative.

How can developing countries become high-income nations?

This book analyses the discourses of economic liberalization reform in six Western European countries - Germany, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Austria.

This book examines the decade from 2004 to 2013 during which people in China witnessed both a skyrocketing number of food safety crises, and aggregating regulatory initiatives attempting to control these crises.