Political economy

The United States-Australia alliance has been an important component of the US-led system of alliances that has underpinned regional security in the Indo-Pacific since 1945.

Myconos explores the ways in which organized labour has globalized since 1945.

Ethics in Fiscal Administration: An Introduction integrates ethics into the public administration curriculum by weaving ethical dilemmas into the financial management and budgeting process of the public and nonprofit sectors.

This work addresses new directions in research on the economic theory of conflict, the cost of war, and the benefits of peace.

Mega free trade agreements (FTAs) are being formed to fill the gap created by new developments in global governance and are reshaping the world economic order.

Why isn''t the whole world developed?

During the past 30 years, China has undergone extensive economic reform, replacing the government's administration of enterprises with increasing levels of market-oriented enterprise autonomy.

This study traces the origins of the agrarian crisis in southernmost China in the 1920s and 1930s.

How do you apply the principles, structures and processes of the law to everyday practice?

This volume analyses the narration of the social through music and the seismographic function of music to detect social problems and envision alternatives.

As the world grapples with increased globalization and technological change, Friedrich List's work appears more relevant than ever before.

The past two decades have witnessed dramatic shifts in public policy, with increasing complexity not only in the relationships between the state, society, and the private sector, but also in the interactions among various orders of government in places such as Canada, the United States, and the European Union.

This book aims to answer two questions that are fundamental to the study of agent-based economic models: what is agent-based computational economics and why do we need agent-based economic modelling of economy?

Since the 1970s, neoliberalism has evolved from ideology to political programme, from political programme to public policy, and from public policy to constitutional rule.

Food safety concerns have boosted the Asian demand for quality food in general and products of geographical indications in particular.

This book takes an innovative approach to provide a mirror perspective of the legal systems of the UK and the EU in contemporary institutional scenarios.

Joseph Schumpeter (1883-1950) is one of the most fascinating and influential economists of the twentieth century, renowned for his brilliant and unorthodox insights into the nature of capitalism.

This title was first published in 2001.

How do leaders and innovators drive change and improvement?

A novel empirical study of the ''resource curse'' and the state response in contemporary China.

This book shows how a constructivist account of bargaining sheds new light on the emergence of impasse situations in international trade negotiations.

Two of the dominant themes of discussion in international relations scholarship over the last decade have been global governance and rising powers.

Here is the first comprehensive exposition of the theory of state capitalism.

This is the first book to argue in favor of paying people for their blood plasma.

Inequalities in incomes and wealth have increased in advanced countries, making our economies less dynamic, our societies more unjust and our political processes less democratic.

This fifth volume in the New South African Review series takes as its starting point the shock wave emanating from the events at Marikana on 16 August 2012 and how it has reverberated throughout politics and society.

This book utilizes structural models to provide a better understanding of how commodities'' prices behave and what drives them.

This is a comprehensive regional geography synthesis of the most important physical and human spatial processes that shaped Serbia and led to many interesting regional issues, not only to Serbia but to the Balkans and Europe.

Interest in and attention to entrepreneurship has exploded in recent years.

Since the doi moi reforms in 1986, Vietnam has experienced a dramatic socioeconomictransformation.

It explores the formation of India''s rural middle class, which rests on a complex, and often contradictory, set of processes that began unfolding with growing industrialisation in rural areas.

This book explores the potential for policy reform as a short-term, low-cost way to sustainably enhance global food security.

Individual foreign investment in residential real estate by new middle-class and super-rich investors is re-emerging as a key issue in academic, policy and public debates around the world.

To what extent are Canada and Mexico "e;natural allies"e; in continental and world affairs?

Global energy consumption will increase rapidly in the next decades.

Psychology and Behavioral Economics offers an expert introduction to how psychology can be applied to a range of public policy areas.

Important parts of development practice, especially in key institutions such as the World Bank, are dominated by economists.

Why do poor countries give aid to others?

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy remains one of the greatest works of social theory written this century.

Fulfilling the Export Potential of Small and Medium Firms addresses the question, `How can economic policy contribute to a strong export performance by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries?

Winner of the THESEUS promising award for Research on European Integration 2011.

First Published in 1936, Industrial Employment and Unemployment in West Yorkshire presents the trends of employment and unemployment on the basis of official statistics.

A study of the political economy of Soviet military power, examining Soviet Russian ideology and tradition, theory and practice of the military doctrine, the domestic aspect and new economic realism, technology and efficiency, and Perestroika and Glasnost from 1985-1987.

Covering Institutionalist, Post-Keynesian, Marxist, and Feminist perspectives, Heterodox Economics of Military Spending provides a comprehensive analysis of the effect of military expenditures on the economy.

In a world of continuing financial volatility, this book critically evaluates the oft-cited claim that US firms and the US government attempt to open emerging markets in economic distress and acquire valuable industrial and financial assets.

The UK and Multi-level Financial Regulation examines the role of the United Kingdom (UK) in shaping post-crisis financial regulatory reform, and assesses the implications of the UK's withdrawal from the European Union (EU).