Political economy

This book asks how elected politicians choose between providing policy benefits in the present and investing in the future.

This textbook provides a comprehensive learning resource material for tourism transportation.

The global financial and economic crisis struck the European Union and its member states with particular force from 2009 onwards.

Regionalism is under stress.

"e;Thought provoking and fresh - this book challenges how we think about economics.

Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs) are a massive subset of the healthcare industry that negotiate lower costs for healthcare supplies by buying for several hospitals at once.

A critical look at the challenges facing international policy cooperation in the new postcrisis environment.

This book proposes a better fiscal language and understanding for US budgetary policy.

Over the past two decades, "e;fracking"e; has led to a revolution in shale gas production.

This book addresses two of the most relevant yet understudied questions in field of International Political Economy (IPE): 1) what explains the trade policy preferences of the organizations that represent economic producers in the political sphere?

This book provides an insightful and original perspective on the work and legacy of John Maynard Keynes.

Originally published in 1975, this volume reassesses the historical, political and social role of African workers and examines the extent to which a working class has formed and undertaken collective action in various parts of Africa.

This book addresses major issues facing postal and delivery services throughout the world.

This investigation uses state-mobilized globalization as a framework to understand China''s capitalism and emergence as a global power.

In developing countries, such as Paraguay, informality remains a prevalent and persistent issue.

The recent, devastating and ongoing economic crisis has exposed the faultlines in the dominant neoliberal economic order, opening debate for the first time in years on alternative visions that do not subscribe to a 'free' market ethic.

Tom Brady and the "e;tuck rule"e;; "e;Nobody knew health care could be so complicated"e;; "e;The financial world has become way too complicated and very secretive.

Drawing on empirical work and secondary analysis from the UK and Finnish construction industries, this book contributes a deep-rooted analysis of construction industry harms that originate from corporate-industrialstate processes.

This book offers a new concept of inclusion of the marginalised in India - the Broad-basing Process.

This edited collection details and analyses the dramatic changes that the international political economy of energy has undergone in the past decade.

This Element analyses the construction and effects of the use of cellphones to improve health and healthcare in developing contexts.

This volume is the result of an international collaboration, which started with a conference at Smadalaro Gfrrd in Sweden.

In the Handbook of Public Economics, vol.

This book argues that despite the hype within many policy circles, there is actually very little evidence to support the presumed benefits of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in reducing poverty and addressing inequalities in the provision of and access to public services.

This book presents essential information on modern location science - in a word, all you need to know about location.

Should the arts receive public support?

As globalization has brought about new concerns and responsibilities for business, particularly in the realm of human rights, many multinational corporations (MNC) operating in Asia have argued that such rights are the responsibility of government.

Wittig presents the first unified coherent framework for the systematic analysis of terrorist finance.

The world is at the crossroads of social change, in the vortex of forces that are bringing about a different world, a post-neoliberal state.

This book presents a challenge to connections many commentators make between liberal democracy and economic development.

Originally published in 1995.

This innovative book explores the dynamic and contested interactions - including the mutually constitutive relationships - among sexualities, transnationalism, and globalisation.

Since 1950 the governments of Iraq have attempted vigorously to develop the economy and have stressed industrial development.

Uses the success of the AIDS treatment advocacy movement to show how social movements can successfully transform global markets.

Economic capital is the subject of great debate among academics and professionals in the field of risk management.

This book breaks new ground in research on the RMB's offshore market by addressing the myths, hypes and realities surrounding the rise of the Chinese Yuan.

Bruchstelle zwischen Orient und OkzidentHeimatverlust, Flucht, Herausforderungen im Exil – das sind nicht nur Faktoren der aktuellen Krise, das sind auch die Ingredienzen einer der ältesten Dichtungen der abendländischen Literatur, jener von der großen Irrfahrt, die Odysseus mitunter auch an die Gestade Siziliens führte.

As the fourth largest military spender in the world, India has a huge defence economy supported by a budget amounting to nearly $67 billion in 2020-21.

Stefan Klaßmüller beschäftigt sich in diesem Buch mit der Wettbewerbsintensität im deutschen Bankensektor und dem Einfluss des Wettbewerbs auf die Bankenstabilität.

The Dominican Republic has posted impressive economic growth rates over the past thirty years.

Since the onset of global crisis in recent years, academics and economic theorists from various political and cultural backgrounds have been drawn to Marx's analysis of the inherent instability of capitalism.

Over the past decade central banks have taken on new and expanded roles in an attempt to manage the global financial crisis.

This book is an introduction to right-wing populist movements outside the West, looking at four key case studies, their commonalities and differences.

This book expands on the argument that spectator sports, despite their problems, have become a central function of American universities.