Political economy

Few events over the past few decades have given rise to an amount of debate and speculation concerning the state of the European Union (EU) and the future of European integration as the economic and financial crisis that began in 2007.

The city of Liverpool had frequently been prone to industrial unrest for most of its recent history, but it was the dawn of Thatcher and the sanctioning of neoliberal economic strategies which made Liverpool a nucleus of resistance against the encroaching tide of right-wing politics and sweeping de-industrialisation.

Deliberate ignorance has been known as the 'Ostrich Instruction' in law courts since the 1860s.

After three decades of spectacular economic growth in China, the problem is no longer how to achieve growth, but how to manage its consequences and how to sustain it.

ZhongXiang Zhang (East-West Center, Honolulu) uses a global model based on marginal abatement cost curves for 12 world regions to estimate the contributions of the three flexibility mechanisms under the Kyoto Protocol, i.

This handbook provides a comprehensive survey of US foreign policy throughout the Indo-Pacific.

Neuroeconomics has emerged as a paradigmatic field where neuroscience and the social sciences are integrated in one analytical and empirical approach.

Nuclear Power in the Developing World (1982) explores the issue of nuclear power policies in developing countries.

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This is the first book to comprehensively analyze key issues regarding innovation, entrepreneurship, and human resource development in the Japanese agricultural sector.

This volume provides a state-of-the-art review of the relationship between technology and economic growth.

Globalization and Social Change challenges conventional thinking regarding the inevitability of globalization.

Originally published in 1991, this volume discusses the urban working class, international migrants and the so-called lumpenproletariat.

A complete course in applied macroeconomics at the intermediate level that emphasizes the application of economic theory to real-world data and policy.

This book presents the latest, most interesting research efforts regarding Intelligent Transport System (ITS) technologies, from theory to practice.

Der Autor, promovierter Betriebswirt und Kaufmännischer Direktor eines Drei-Sparten-Theaters, führt in diesem Buch auf eine sehr praxisnahe Weise in das Management von Theaterbetrieben ein.

Reveals how the legacy of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union affects modern politics, society and economic development in post-Communist Russia.

The process of judicial control over institutions is often described as growing socio-legal trend which impacts the development of modern societies.

American territorial borders have undergone significant and unparalleled changes in the last decade.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the remedies practice the European Commission has adopted on the basis of articles 7 and 9 of regulation 1/03.

The bulk of contemporary economics assumes rather than explains differences between people or groups of people.

The challenge of growth in transport, especially in freight transport, and scarce resources in money, landscape and local opposition against new infrastructure investment require new solutions from transport policy.

This book examines the development of big business in Russia since the onset of market oriented reform in the early 1990s.

Populism is a strategy - a low-cost route to power that can have detrimental consequences for democracy.

This textbook offers a comprehensive guide to the systematic structure of capitalism, while at the same time introducing readers to all three volumes of Marx's Capital.

This book explores a variety of interconnected themes central to contemporary Marxist theory and its further development as a critical social theory.

Much of the discussion of Russia's recent post-Communist history has amounted, both in Russia and the West, to a series of monologues by strong-minded people with starkly divergent views.

With China replacing the United States as the world's leading energy user and net oil importer, its relations with the Middle East is becoming a major issue with global implications.

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 book explains at the regional level how China has used foreign direct investment to promote local development.

Critical Rationalism and Globalization addresses how the access to critical reason enables people to shape a new social order on a global scale.

Hayek claimed that he always made it his rule 'not to be concerned with current politics, but to try to operate on public opinion.

EBES conferences have been intellectual hub for academic discussion in economics, finance, and business fields and provide network opportunities for participants to make long lasting academic cooperation.

First published in 1989, Political Change in Spain provides a stimulating and innovative account of Spain's maturing democracy since 1982.

Ende der Sechzigerjahre geht in West-Deutschland die Angst um: Die Wirtschaftskrise 1966/67 beendet ohne Vorwarnung die Zeit des fortwährenden Aufschwungs nach Kriegsende.

The central claim of this book is that the dichotomy between economic dependence and economic independence is completely inadequate for describing the political challenges faced by contemporary capitalist welfare states.

This book is a study of how institutional instability affects judicial behavior under dictatorship and democracy.

Offering an in-depth analysis of the impact of the economic crisis (2008-2012) on immigration movements and policies in the U.

German industry in particular is a central focus for studying technical and organizational changes in industry due to its pivotal position in international markets, its technological sophistication and its well-established training systems.