Political economy

This book analyses the shortcomings of the Western development aid programme.

An increasing number of scholars have begun to see science and technology as relevant issues in International Relations (IR), acknowledging the impact of material elements, technical instruments, and scientific practices on international security, statehood, and global governance.

This book tackles the question of how tourism development and suitable policies can be used to promote sustainable development in Low-Density Territories (LDTs).

This book looks at systems engineering now and comments on the future.

The world is facing many great challenges: from pandemics to climate change, and from increasing inequality to the issues surrounding digitalization.

The future of public higher education is being held hostage by financial institutions and actors.

Global energy consumption will increase rapidly in the next decades.

This book offers a broad overview of the topic of the European enterprise: It ex- ines what the Europeanenterpriseis or might be, whetheror not it exists, and,if not, if tendencies towards its emergence can be discerned or not.

Nearly ten years after the Asian Financial Crisis, financial turmoil has reappeared this time it is ravaging the world's wealthiest countries and dragging the global economy along for the ride.

Few would doubt that the conditions of governance have changed-and continue to change-as the early 21st century seems to enter a period of profound uncertainty.

Since gaining independence, the United Republic of Tanzania has enjoyed relative stability.

International taxation is a major research topic, and for a field of research at the intersection of so many disciplines there has been surprisingly little done across disciplinary boundaries.

A 2002 analysis of economic policy for four major international organisations in the first half of the 20th century.

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

America faces a crisis in education and its accompanying effects on the nation's economic and social life.

This volume offers a comprehensive state-of-the-art portrait of entrepreneurship and small business management issues in former Yugoslavian countries.

This book explores the way in which the financial crisis that began in the US spread to the economy of the European Union.

Theory of Macroeconomic Policy reviews the theoretical foundations of macroeconomic, fiscal, and monetary, policy.

The Scottish Referendum in September 2014 had significant and far-reaching consequences for the political settlement of the United Kingdom.

This book addresses how the progress of the Russian aluminium industry, which has developed into an important global actor, has been influenced by the interaction of global market forces and the evolution of the Russian political system.

In digital economies, the Internet enables the "e;platformisation"e; of everything.

In diesem Kompendium führen 40 Politik- und Wirtschaftswissenschaftler aus insgesamt 25 Hochschulen gemeinsam in die wichtigsten Bereiche der Politischen Ökonomie ein und beleuchten die verschiedenen Teilbereiche jeweils aus Sicht beider Disziplinen.

This book analyzes the European Great Recession of 2008-12, its economic and social causes, its historical roots, and the policies adopted by the European Union to find a way out of it.

The March 2000 presidential elections in Taiwan returned a pro-independence candidate.

In this book, Noel D.

The contributions to this book examine the two main asymmetries of the Euro Area as they have intensified during the second decade of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU): the first between monetary union (more supranational governance) versus 'economic' union (less centralised governance); the second between those Euro Area member states of the so-called 'core' and those of the 'periphery'.

This book explores the political and social dynamics of the bilateral relations between Germany and Poland at the national and subnational levels, taking into account the supranational dynamics, across such different policy areas as trade, foreign and security policy, energy, fiscal issues, health and social policy, migration and local governance.

Wongsurawat looks at the history of Thailand since the mid-nineteenth century and uses events to elucidate basic economic models and concepts.

Is democracy still the best political regime for countries to adapt to economic and technological pressures and increase their level of prosperity?

This book conducts an in-depth investigation into cyber governance in China through Chinese decision-making processes, policy formulation, and international presence, exploring how China navigates governance imperatives while fostering digital innovation in an increasingly interconnected world.

The main objective of this book is to identify the key sources of growth which have played a significant role in Africa's recent robust growth as well as its efforts towards economic transformation.

In this provocative new study, Zak Cope makes the case that capitalism is empirically inseparable from imperialism, historically and today.

Since 1978, the end of the Mao era, economic growth in China has outperformed every previous economic expansion in modern history.

A book that rewrites the history of American prosperity and inequalityUnequal Gains offers a radically new understanding of the economic evolution of the United States, providing a complete picture of the uneven progress of America from colonial times to today.

What did you have for breakfast?

Applying a rational choice perspective, this book presents a dynamic theory of the evolution of totalitarian regimes and terrorism.

COVID-19 has transformed the British welfare state.

This volume offers the first systematic account of how education and science have become sources of power for the states in international relations and what factors have effected this development.

This book presents the fmdings of a comparative study of three European metropolitan regions: Vienna, Barcelona and Stockholm.

Economics plays a part in so many news topics-- both domestically and worldwide-- and the need to know the basics is becoming more and more important.

This book examines the origins of the rise of international rankings, assessing their impact on global governance, and exploring how governments react to being ranked.