Political economy

Dieses Buch erforscht die wichtige Rolle der Kaufleute im frühen modernen China.

This key text brings together twenty activists, officials and researchers from the five continents to discuss this burning question of today's globalization debate.

Using historical and ethnographic analyses, this book shows how Indian markets are embedded in society and politically contested.

The work of Karl Polanyi has become a central reference point for scholars in a variety of traditions and disciplines within the social sciences, including international relations, international political economy, economic sociology and economic anthropology.

Regionalism in Latin America and the Caribbean has experienced transformations over the last few years.

As economic populism and protectionism increasingly threatens the global trade order, this book examines the behavior of World Trade Organization (WTO) members at the judicial arm of the WTO-the dispute settlement mechanism (DSM).

Numerous crosswinds are buffeting the more than 40-year-old People's Republic of China--American relationship, yet only once since Nixon's historic trip to China in 1972 has a major conflagration seemed a real possibility.

This book exploratively reviews and refines the theoretical system of economics with Chinese characteristics and the analytical framework of Chinese path to modernization.

Global Taxation investigates the global transition to modern taxation from the 18th century to today.

This book analyzes economic development policy governance in northern Ontario over the past thirty years, with the goal of making practical policy recommendations for present and future government engagement with the region.

Against a backcloth of tumultuous events in Europe, the EU faces once again the fateful question of moving towards federal union or let flexible integration guide the Union.

Cai Fang is one of China's most distinguished economists.

This book explores the causes of rising income inequality within industrialised, developing, and emerging economies.

Over the past quarter century new ideologies of participation and representation have proliferated across democratic and non-democratic regimes.

The history of patent harmonization is a story of dynamic actors, whose interactions with established structures shaped the patent regime.

This book examines the experiences of seasonal, migrant sugarcane workers in Brazil, analyzing the deep-seated inequalities pervasive in contemporary Brazil.

Fiorenza Belussi, Giorgio Gottardi, and Enzo Rullani This volume collects some papers presented at the Vicenza conference "e;The Future of Districts"e;, held in June 1999, organised by the Department of Technology and Management of Industrial Systems of the Faculty of Engineering of Padua University, with the collaboration of several engineers, industrial economists, and experts in the issue of technology management.

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This book explains information agglomeration, a new concept we devise under the influence of Hidalgo (2015).

Exploring how sweeping demographic changes have resulted in the ineffectiveness of recent monetary and fiscal policies, this book identifies corrective actions that will start to reverse the trends of low economic growth and widespread government deficits.

Human Trafficking provides a critical engagement with the key debates on human trade.

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

Reductions in public sector spending mean voters will face a period of austerity, higher taxes and declining availability of public sector services.

How Chile became home to the world's most radical free-market experiment-and what its downfall suggests about the fate of neoliberalism around the globeIn The Chile Project, Sebastian Edwards tells the remarkable story of how the neoliberal economic model-installed in Chile during the Pinochet dictatorship and deepened during three decades of left-of-center governments-came to an end in 2021, when Gabriel Boric, a young former student activist, was elected president, vowing that "e;If Chile was the cradle of neoliberalism, it will also be its grave.

We stand on the threshold of a "e;post-growth"e; world - one in which the relentless pursuit of economic growth has ceased to constitute a credible societal project.

"e;Bongiovanni's message should be heeded, especially in Brussels, Berlin and Paris"e; - John Peet, Political Editor, The EconomistFrancesco Bongiovanni returns with a sequel to The Decline and the Fall of Europe, a book Guardian journalist Nils Pratley labelled 'a wake-up call for the twenty-first century'.

In many discussions of nations' development, we often focus on their economic and social development.

A compelling theory on the rationale for the changing fortunes of nations

This book figures out that network security and informatization have entered a development stage of greater permeation and deeper integration into all aspects of the economy and society.

Originally published in 1980, this book presents a comparative analysis of British and Norwegian oil policies, focusing on the interdependence and bargaining relationship between governments and oil companies, as well as the policy choices, concerns and constraints for the two governments.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

The recent economic liberalization in developing countries is making many sectors succumb to new competitive pressures.

The traditional class analysis of politics in industrial societies described a conflict that pitted the well-off business class against the working class in a "e;democratic class struggle.

This book, the second of two volumes, continues the authors' ground-breaking re-examination of India's history and political economy.

The first text to examine the concept of trust and the role that it played on the Industrial Revolution, this book is a key resource for students studying nineteenth century British history as well as historically minded sociologists.

This volume explores how difference is constructed, manifested, mobilised and obscured in socially uneven societies, particularly those fuelled by neoliberal economic growth in the recent years.

This short book offers a rigorous yet user-friendly introductory guide for students who need to grasp the essential concepts of economics quickly.

Originally published in 1980, this book presents a comparative analysis of British and Norwegian oil policies, focusing on the interdependence and bargaining relationship between governments and oil companies, as well as the policy choices, concerns and constraints for the two governments.

Although many industrialized countries have had to face the same political and economic pressures in reforming their public sectors there have been different reactions and a diversity of solutions to the emerging problems.

Unal uses Turkey as a case study to investigate the effectiveness and efficiency of land and labor markets in spreading economic opportunities within agriculture and its ability to reduce rural poverty.

Since its establishment in 1965, Business Economics has been an essential resource for those who use economics in the workplace.

This book is a treatise on cultural globalization and the global political economy.

This book explores the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities shaping the business, hospitality, and tourism sectors, with a special focus on Eastern Europe.

There is much debate about the scope of international law, its compatibility with individual state practice, its enforceability and the recent and limited degree to which it is institutionalized.