Political economy

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This book focuses on the market issues facing Asian industrialization and the possibility, feasibility, and sustainability of China integrating the Asian economics.

Contemporary Economic Sociology closely examines critical and contemporary issues in the sociology of economic life.

This book explores how Washington's efforts to act on climate change have been translated under conditions of American neoliberalism, where the state struggles to find a stable and legitimate role in the economy, and where environmental and industrial policy are enormously contentious topics.

British Imperialism and Australia (1939) looks at the early economic history of Australia, which towards the end of the period under review became an important field of British Imperial development.

Exploring the contentious relationship between trade and labour, this book looks at the impact of the EU's 'new generation' free trade agreements on workers.

A groundbreaking study that shows how countries can create innovative, production-based economies for the twenty-first centuryAchieving economic growth is one of today's key challenges.

The Decline of Trade Union Organisation (1987) considers the reasons behind the decline in trade union membership and discusses the prospects for recovery.

This book traces the entire trajectory of the farmers' movement in Western India, especially Maharashtra, from the 1980s to the present day.

This book highlights the critical relationship between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) associated with its trade interdependency.

In a challenging economy filled with multiple competitors, no one can afford to stagnate.

Focused on the role of Central Europe in international politics at the turn of the 20th century, the authors take stock of the knowledge about the discipline of IR, enhance the visibility of scholars from Central Europe, and fill the void which has emerged after several researches on Central Europe were completed in the 1990s.

The study of economics should not be highly abstract, but closely related to real-world events.

Drawing on field-based data and experiences from the practice of democratic decentralization and local governance over the last three decades in Ghana, this book examines whether and how democratic decentralization and local governance reforms in developing countries have produced the anticipated development outcomes.

This book is the first to be dedicated entirely to the European Semester -- a new framework for policy coordination across European Union (EU) member states.

Rural poverty remains widespread and persistent in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Through an original and close reading of the key literature regarding both revolutionary violence and nonviolence, this book collapses the widely-assumed concepts of violence and nonviolence as mutually exclusive.

It has always been an important task of economics to assess individual and social welfare.

This book analyzes the overall effect of American primacy on social and political conflicts in Asia, discussing how the post-Cold War American agenda does not promote democratization in the region, in contradiction to one of the major proclaimed aims of the proponents of the Pax Americana.

End of the 'End of Cold War'.

Labor productivity growth in the United States and other advanced countries has slowed dramatically since the mid-2000s, a major factor in their economic stagnation and political turmoil.

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

This book is a comprehensive examination of the Indian textile industry and the various determinants affecting its export performance, trends in labour, and capital productivity in the post-liberalization years.

This book examines the evolution of Cuba's foreign relations since the demise of the USSR.

This book is for people who want to understand modern trade theory, particularly the Melitz model.

Austrian economics is often criticized as being hostile to empirical research and seen purely as an ideology.

Spatial planning defines how men use one of the most important and scarce resources on Earth: land.

This book significantly advances discussion of the mission of higher education in today's multicultural environment and global economy.

Analyses the capacity of the indigenous business community in Africa to shape economic policy.

In recent years, the increasing focus on climate change and environmental degradation has prompted unprecedented attention being paid towards the criminal liability of individuals, organisations and even states for polluting activities.

This book argues that the macroeconomic policy adjustment models recommended by the IMF and the World Bank for implementation in many Muslim countries, with substantial donor financial support, have not been effective.

For Georgia, the signing of the Association Agreement and the DCFTA with the European Union in 2014 was an act of strategic geopolitical significance.

This book extends the KMG framework (Keynes, Meltzer, Goodwin) and focuses on financial issues.

This edited book is written by six authors from Asia and Africa.

France is often described as one of the last Western economies unable to reform itself in the face of globalization.

Today, no single issue dominates the global political landscape as much as terrorism.

This book covers the recent history of Chinese monetary policy.

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.

The technological revolution has reached around the world, with important consequences for business, government, and the labor market.

This book explains inflation dynamic, using time series data from 1960 for 42 countries.

First published in 1960 Trade with Communist Countries presents an important research report for the first time covering the essential facts and drawing conclusions on East/West trading possibilities.

This book examines key determinants of private sector development in West Africa, putting special emphasis on government's cardinal role in fostering and supporting entrepreneurship.

Since 1962 the Desert Institute of the former Academy of Science of the USSR has been conducting research work in the arid and semi-arid zones of central Asia.

This book examines the entire higher education industry and includes the rapidly growing for-profit schools.

This book is the first of the two volumes featuring selected articles from the 14th Eurasia Business and Economics conference held in Barcelona, Spain, in October 2014.