Political economy

This volume critically examines the promise of a global civil society.

One of the most troubling developments of the past two decades has been the dramatic rise in inequality among nations and within nations.

Multifaceted social problems like disaster relief, homelessness, health care, and academic achievement gaps cannot be adequately addressed with isolated and disconnected public service agencies.

'Kennard reports with devastating precision.

In 2008, the collapse of the US financial system plunged the economy into the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.

This is the first book that uses the Harris - Todaro (H-T) model to study contemporary economic issues in developing countries, with a particular focus on China.

While the 2011 Egyptian revolution has already become the subject of much debate, the roots of the socio-economic context which made the revolution possible have seldom been explored.

Housing finance structures and Institutional and regulatory/fiscal aspects in housing have changed significantly in recent years.

In 1994 South Africa saw the end of apartheid.

Adam Smith's contribution to economics is well-recognised, but in recent years scholars have been exploring anew the multidisciplinary nature of his works.

Italy is a country of recent decline and long-standing idiosyncratic traits.

A rich, contextual analysis of the politics that inhibit the adoption of liberalizing reforms in Indonesia''s infrastructure sector.

Backsliding shows how democratically elected rulers can weaken checks on executive power, curtail political rights, and undermine electoral systems.

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to and overview of eco-global criminology.

The Uses of Social Investment provides the first study of the welfare state, under the new post-crisis austerity context and associated crisis management politics, to take stock of the limits and potential of social investment.

This book analyzes the evolution and impact of the concept of risk on processes of transnational banking and financial market regulation, as well as the externalities generated by speculative financial activity in developing and emerging market economies.

Oil is the source of wealth and economic opportunity.

This book offers a comprehensive political analysis of the Euro crisis that erupted in Greece in 2010 and subsequently threatened the very survival of the Euro area.

This book contains a selection of the Wincott lectures, given by eminent economists (including four Nobel laureates).

This book evaluates the relevance of classical debates on agrarian transition and extends the horizon of contemporary debates in the Indian context, linking national trends with regional experiences.

What does the law require of social workers when deciding how to intervene to protect children and adults at risk?

The Decline and Fall of Neoliberalism argues that the neoliberal era - starting after the collapse of the Bretton Woods system - is coming to an end.

The Death of the Income Tax explains how the current income tax is needlessly complex, contains perverse incentives against saving and investment, fails to use modern technology to ease compliance and collection burdens, and is subject to micromanaging and mismanaging by Congress.

A comprehensive exploration of how national and state security policy is effected by the production, storage, transportation, safeguarding, export and use of enriched uranium - and, by extension, plutonium.

Business and Sociology (1982) is a sociological perspective on business that examines industrialisation, capitalism, organisation, management, work, and industrial relations.

Service Franchising succinctly extracts from observations about international franchising from both the scholarly and trade literature.

Volumes 5 and 6 of the Handbook of Labor Economics will systematically review the research topics, empirical findings, and methods that constitute frontier research in the field.

This book is a study of the emergence of international business.

With contributions from leading thinkers such as J.

Premature announcements of the eclipse of nation states under 'globalization' and 'empire' stand exposed as the 21st century's first economic crisis underlines their continuing importance.

Europe's Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2009.

This book brings together a number of well-known post-Keynesian scholars who discuss the impact of monetary policy on both personal and functional distribution of income and even the gendered effect of monetary policy.

Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) is a promising approach to understanding our complex world and addressing contemporary social issues.

Over the last decade, the United States' position as the world's most powerful state has appeared increasingly unstable.

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 globalizing world is increasingly confronting a new category of security issues related to resource availability.

This book explores how global capitalism has reconfigured state-market relations, and how interactions among capital, labor and consumption threaten global democracy.

In 2021 Coventry celebrates being the national City of Culture.

The main focus of The Palestinians in Israel (1979) is the position of the Arab minority in Israel, from being a majority to becoming a minority.

This book investigates how African countries respond to socioeconomic shocks, drawing out lessons to help to inform future policy and development efforts.

This volume brings together papers inspired by the work of Duncan Foley, an extraordinarily productive economist who has made seminal contributions to a wide variety of areas.

Syriza's victory in the recent Greek general election shook the foundations of the Western political establishment and gave hope to the millions suffering the austerity measures imposed by the European Troika.

We were drowning in in record levels of debt before the COVID-19 crisis, and we are now deluged in it.

Pakistan is a strategic ally of the US in the 'war on terror'.

Economics After Neoliberalism offers a powerful case for a new brand of economicsone focused on power and inequality and aimed at a more inclusive society.

Increasingly, employees are being falsely treated as self-employed .

The dispute over Chinese exchange rate policy within the United States has generated a series of legislative proposals to restrict the discretion of the US Treasury Department in determining currency manipulation and to reform the department's accountability to the Congress.

Many enter the academy with dreams of doing good; this is a book about how the institution fails them, especially if they are considered "e;outsiders.