Political economy

Any economics that does not deal forthrightly with economic inequality is no longer suitable for the twenty-first century.

This book presents extensions to current commodity-flow models to analyze the economic and environmental impacts of recent structural changes, such as fragmentation of production and lengthening supply chains.

In this weaving of radical political economy, Omnia Sunt Communia sets out the steps to postcapitalism.

This book explores how political, social, economic and institutional factors in eight emerging economies have combined to generate diverse outcomes in their move towards universal health care.

This book combines Hartmut Elsenhans' ideas on the laws of motion of capitalism and his approach to world system analysis and rent theory, his thoughts on development theory and finally, international relations and the past, present, and future dynamics of the international system.

A comparative analysis of the process of public sector transition from central planning to market democracy.

This study examines the crucial role of merchants in the rise and decline of New Orleans during the nineteenth century.

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.

This book presents an analysis of the transnational social forces in the making of a new European socio-economic order that emerged out of the European integration process during the 1980s and 1990s.

Takes stock of current challenges to the world trading system and develops scenarios for the future.

In 1997, Hong Kong became a special administrative region of China under the "e;one country, two systems"e; framework.

This volume explores how Chinese institutions have adapted to the new challenges of ''state capitalism''.

This book offers theoretical and methodological guidelines for researching the complex regulation of local infrastructure, utilities and public services in the context of rapid urbanisation, technological change, and climate change.

This book is the concise story of NATO.

The author contests older concepts of autonomy as either revolutionary or ineffective vis-a-vis the state.

This book presents a comprehensive debate and analysis of existing Territorial Impact Assessment (TIA) methodologies, designed under the auspices of the ESPON programme since the mid-2000s.

This book aims to contribute to the literature and aid in developing a theoretical and practical framework in the area of health and wellness tourism.

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This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the global growth of social assistance transfers in developing countries.

Why have statelessness and contemporary enslavement become endemic since the 1990s?

The Long Battle for Global Governance charts the manner in which largely excluded countries, variously described as 'ex-colonial', 'underdeveloped', 'developing', 'Third World' and lately 'emerging', have challenged their relationship with the dominant centres of power and major institutions of global governance across each decade from the 1940s to the present.

This book offers a European perspective on urban planning and spatial design by outlining housing policies in Southern Europe and their evolution.

This book provides a balanced introduction to diverse political economy perspectives on different aspects of European integration, demonstrating both the importance and the potential of research in this area.

This volume investigates the policies and politics of extreme austerity, setting the crisis in Greece in its global context.

Does work give our lives purpose, meaning and status?

This book presents a systematic analysis of challenges in the field of Geographical Information Systems and Science, geographical analysis, and regional science for Ontario, one of the fastest-changing provinces in Canada and one of North America's largest economic hubs.

This book scrutinizes the last 15 years of exceptional growth in the Turkish economy, and presents a model for sustainable ongoing growth that has particular implications for other key emerging economies.

In a riveting account based on new documents and interviews with more than 400 sources on both sides of the aisle, award-winning reporter Michael Grunwald reveals the vivid story behind President Obamas $800 billion stimulus bill, one of the most important and least understood pieces of legislation in the history of the country.

It has been almost two decades since conditional cash transfer programs first appeared on the agendas of multilateral agencies and politicians.

As we witness a series of social, political, cultural, and economic changes/disruptions this book examines the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the way emerging technologies are impacting our lives and changing society.

This timely and interdisciplinary volume analyzes the many impacts of and contrasting responses to the Argentine political, economic, and social crises of 2001-02.

This book shows that the domestic institutions associated with capitalism have promoted peace between states over the past two centuries.

This book offers a broad and deep examination of the dynamics of US imperialism.

This book takes a Marxist perspective to explore the dynamics of space.

This book discusses Bangladesh's economic and social development that may be called a "e;miracle"e; since the country has achieved remarkable development progress under several unfavorable situations: weak governance and political instabilities, inequality, risks entailed in rapid urbanization, and exposure to severe disaster risks.

In this sequel to his prize-winning book, The Eyes of the People, Jeffrey Edward Green draws on philosophy, history, social science, and literature to ask what democracy can mean in a world where it is understood that socioeconomic status to some degree will always determine opportunities for civic engagement and career advancement.

This book begins with an examination of the internet as a central institution of the post-Cold War liberal order.

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

This book fills an important gap in the knowledge about labor market conditions in Egypt in the aftermath of the Arab Spring uprisings, and it analyzes the results of the latest round of the Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey carried out in early 2012.

This book discusses the state of global climate change policy and the financing of climate resilient public infrastructure.

This book offers a fresh perspective on the recent Eurozone "e;double crisis"e; and its related economic policies.

Recently, the issue of inequality has regained attention in economic and political debates.

This handbook examines Pakistan's 70-year history from a number of different perspectives.

Originally published in 1976, Democracy and Government in European Trade Unions is a detailed and practical examination of the organisational structure and internal control of trade unions in 8 Western European countries.

 This book explores how and why Mexico s approach to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) implementation with the Lopez Obrador administration is unsustainable and non-transformative, overshadowed by his vision of Mexico s Fourth Transformation .