Political economy

Exploring the contentious relationship between trade and labour, this book looks at the impact of the EU's 'new generation' free trade agreements on workers.

Contrary to the widely-held view that the East Asian "e;developmental state"e; is neutral in terms of the relationship between capital and labour - a benign co-operation between state officials and businessmen to organise economic development - this book argues that in fact the developmental state exists to promote the interests of capital over the interests of labour.

The global economic crisis has exposed the limits of neoliberalism and dramatically deepened social polarization.

In recent years, the increasing focus on climate change and environmental degradation has prompted unprecedented attention being paid towards the criminal liability of individuals, organisations and even states for polluting activities.

An authoritative guide to federal democracy from two respected experts in the fieldAround the world, federalism has emerged as the system of choice for nascent republics and established nations alike.

A number of developing countries, including small island states have common problems that have affected their development and growth.

This book explores the origins of Arthur Laffer's economic theories and how they became a part of mainstream economic policy.

Originally published in 1990, this anthology of articles from the German financial and industrial press, translated into English for this volume, discusses the socio/politico/economic background that was a catalyst for the development of replacement cost accounting ideas in Europe and Anglo-American countries.

End of the 'End of Cold War'.

This Element explores the relationship between political competition and resource use, an essential part of the study of public policy.

This book analyzes the impact of Solvency II.

Economics and fiction often pursue parallel objectives.

This book argues that capitalism cannot be said to be truly democratic and that a system of producer cooperatives, or democratically managed enterprises, is needed to give rise to a new mode of production which is genuinely socialist and fully consistent with the ultimate rationale underlying Marx's theoretical approach.

A novel study of how much control people have over their time and work-life balance.

The overarching contribution of this book is a review and assessment of the current and future impacts of globalization on the world's forests.

This book, first published in 1980, is based on a series of lectures entitled "e;Theoretical Problems of American Political Economy"e; that Lynn Turgeon made during the fall of 1978 at Moscow State University.

With unprecedented student debt keeping an entire generation from realizing the "e;American Dream,"e; this book sounds a warning about how that debt may undermine both higher education-and our democracy.

This unique volume contains a powerful set of recommendations on issues at the center of international discussions on investment, trade, and technology policy.

How has the Chinese economy managed to grow at such a remarkable rate - no less than ten per cent per annum - for over three decades?

Few aspects of social policy have been more controversial than the effects of Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) on gender relations and policy outcomes on gender relations are linked to policy designs.

City Life from Jakarta to Dakar focuses on the politics incumbent to this process - an "e;anticipatory politics"e; - that encompasses a wide range of practices, calculations and economies.

Explores the role of export restrictions in the context of the global supply chain and national security.

A global transformation in food supply and consumption is placing our food security at risk.

Both academic and popular representations of globalization, critical or celebratory, have tended to conceptualize it primarily in spatial terms, rather than simultaneously temporal ones.

This book brings together policymakers, high-level practitioners, academics, and experts from central banks and international institutions in order to review key policy challenges for convergence in the region of central, eastern and south-eastern Europe.

As far right movements, social disintegration and international conflict emerge from the decay of the neoliberal order, Karl Polanyi's warnings against the unbridled domination of markets, is ever more relevant.

This book proposes a new approach to economics, management and organization that should help in making economic organization 'wise', 'innovative' and 'robust' in an uncertain and risky world.

In 1973, Daniel Bell argued that corporations in post-industrial societies increasingly needed to behave in accord with widely accepted social norms, particularly in terms of ethical behavior and social responsibility.

Women in the developed world expect to work in the labour force over the course of their lives.

Since 1994, the democratic government in South Africa has worked hard at improving the lives of the black majority, yet close to half the population lives in poverty, jobs are scarce, and the country is more unequal than ever.

'An urgent and extraordinary book.

In August 2005 the nation watched as Hurricane Katrina pummelled the Gulf Coast.

The recent economic events driven by the great financial crisis of 2007-08 has challenged some "e;dogma"e;, highlighting various limits and drawbacks of current paradigms.

This volume presents new theoretical insights, practical strategies, and policy initiatives in the rapidly evolving field of global supply chain security.

This book makes an important contribution to contemporary debates over the place of civic participation in democratic theory and practice.

Rethinking Insecurity, War and Violence: Beyond Savage Globalization?

This new volume situates current debates about economic reform in Germany in illuminating historical and structural contexts.

Economic Growth and the Origins of Modern Political Economy addresses the intellectual foundations of modern economic growth and European industrialization.

In this concise historical and conceptual analysis of China's evolving position in a world defined predominantly by global capitalist development, Lin offers a critical review of relevant debates and discusses the imperative and feasibility of a socialist Chinese model, reconstructed, as an alternative to standardized modernity at an impasse.

First published in 1982.

This book provides a new methodological approach to money and macroeconomics.

According to conventional wisdom, American social policy has always been exceptional--exceptionally stingy and backwards.

The ideas of neoliberalism perpetuate a disembedded and dichotomised view of economy-ecology relations.

Decentralisation is changing the face of South East Europe.

Consistency and Viability of Capitalist Economic Systems develops an original analytical framework to understand the relationship between the economic, political, and ideological structures, the external environment, and the process of reform that give rise to certain economic systems by establishing consistency.

To celebrate the centenary of the most radical union in North America - The Industrial Workers of the World - this collection examines radical economics and the labor movement in the 20th Century.

There can be no doubt that the influence of the financial sphere has intensified rapidly in recent years, but there is much debate about the effect of that influence.

The financial crisis of 2008 brought new urgency to the question how best to organise national economies.