Political economy

Originally published in 1981, this book analyses how development aid works in practice.

Despite various reform efforts, Mexico has experienced economic stability but little growth.

This book addresses one of the enduring questions of democratic government: why do governments choose some public policies but not others?

This book offers a critical assessment of the history of the euro, its crisis, and the rescue measures taken by the European Central Bank and the community of states.

Deregulating the legal profession will benefit society by improving access to legal services and the efficacy of public policies.

Social theory can usefully be conceived in terms of four key paradigms: functionalist, interpretive, radical humanist, and radical structuralist.

This book looks at Kurdish Nationalism in Iran and examines the links between the structural changes in the Kurdish economy and its political demands.

Corporations in conflict zones and their provision of security are particularly relevant for understanding whether private actors are increasingly sources of governance contributions that regulate public goods.

This book traces changes in the social and political orientations of the publics of Britain, France, Italy, Spain, West Germany, Ireland, Denmark, Portugal, Belgium, The Netherlands, Greece and Luxembourg from 1970 to 1988.

Faced with a new crisis of capitalism, many scholars are now looking back to the author whose ideas were too hastily dismissed after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

"e;A fine collection of essays exploring, and in many cases extending, Jim Buchanan's many contributions and insights to economic, political, and social theory.

Paul Auerbach's Socialist Optimism offers an alternative political economy for the twenty-first century.

This handbook presents a comprehensive study of the post-reform Indian economy, three decades after the economic liberalization started in the early 1990s.

This book explores and critically reflects on the theory and practice of political agency in contemporary global politics.

In the world's developing countries, foreign investment in natural resources brings into contact competing interests that are often characterised by unequal balances of negotiating power - from multinational corporations and host governments, through to the local people affected by the influx of foreign investment.

The Brexit debate in the UK focuses almost exclusively on the UK's own position within the European Union and largely ignores the reaction and opinion of the other 27 member states.

The Republic of Indonesia is a rising great power in the Asia-Pacific, set to become the eighth largest economy in the world in the coming decades.

Shaanan challenges the conventional view that unrestricted economic freedom enhances our economic and political well being.

In this book, former Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis examines the European debt crisis with particular reference to the case of Greece.

Money facilitates the rites and rituals we perform in everyday life.

Presenting legal and philosophical essays on money, this book exploresthe conditions according to which an object like a piece of paper, or anelectronic signal, has come to be seen as having a value.

Inglot analyzes historical patterns of expansion and evolution among welfare states in East Central Europe.

Macroeconomics has always played host to contesting schools of thought, but recent events have exacerbated those differences.

Revisiting the magnetic poles of Karl Polanyi and Friedrich Hayek on the utopian springs of political economy, this book seeks to provide a compass for questioning the market economy of the twenty-first century.

Since the 1990s, several emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) have, to varying degrees, embraced the process of financial globalisation, broadly defined as a set of policies that involve allowing for greater openness to cross-border capital flows as well as greater market access to foreign financial institutions.

Development largely depends on how given places participate in global economic processes.

This volume assesses the achievements and limitations of a new set of non-state or multistakeholder institutions that are concerned with improving the social and environmental record of business, and holding corporations to account.

Rising prison numbers on both sides of the Atlantic are cause for concern.

This book examines the economic reforms and material progress made since the Central Asian republics became independent from the Soviet Union in 1991.

Rather than claim that there exists a common concept of globalization that all parties can agree to, this book seeks to examine some of the conceptions and the way in which they render different interpretations of particular aspects of globalization.

Sarnikar cites evidence of frequent misconceptions of economics amongst students, graduates, and even some economists, and argues that behavioral economists are uniquely qualified to investigate causes of poor learning in economics.

May you sell your spare kidney?

This thought-provoking monograph analyzes the longstanding political and economic structures underlying entrenched health inequities in rural areas worldwide.

There is a contradiction at the heart of digital media.

This extraordinary book presents a refreshing and innovative overview of the changes to the global system over the last 5000 years.

Poverty is not simply the result of an individual's characteristics, behaviors or abilities.

In the last two decades there has been a flourishing research carried out jointly by economists, psychologists and neuroscientists.

This volume reports the proceedings of a conference of highly qualified practitioners and theorists from East and West, dealing with competition and the important part it plays as an essential element of the market economic system.

This edited book analyses the issues of state-building, the rule of law and good governance, and human rights in the post-Soviet space after 30 years from the USSR dissolution.

This volume brings together the work of outstanding feminist scholars who reflect on the achievements of feminist political economy and the challenges it faces in the 21st century.

The last decades have witnessed a significant shift in policy competencies away from central governments in Europe.

This title was first published in 2001.

Policy Transfer and Norm Circulation brings together various fields in the humanities and social sciences to propose a renewed analysis of policy transfer and norm circulation, by offering cross-regional case studies and providing both a comprehensive and innovative understanding of policy transfer.

Over the past 50 years the US economy has experienced economic dynamism and technological change at a dizzying pace, driven substantially by innovation in digital communication technology.

By focusing on the wider process of negotiations, this novel volume presents the first systematic analysis of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

Corporate social responsibility is examined in this book as multi-stakeholder approach to corporate governance.

The Right and the Welfare State studies the welfare state policies of conservative and liberal governments.

In this book, the authors illustrate how social networks can play a very significant role in the technological catch up process in moderate innovative countries.