This book presents a selection of contributions on the timely topic of structural reforms in Western economies, written by experts from central banks, the International Monetary Fund, and leading universities.
In the aftermath of the debt crisis, disappointment with the results of structural adjustment policies is leading to a reappraisal of theories of economic development and industrialization strategies.
The debate over the imposition of sanctions against South Africa indicated that economic sanctions had become a controversial feature of the international political scene.
A textbook that examines how societies reach decisions about the use and allocation of economic resourcesWhile economic research emphasizes the importance of governmental institutions for growth and progress, conventional public policy textbooks tend to focus on macroeconomic policies and on tax-and-spend decisions.
This book proposes an alternative political economy framework in which to analyse the question of the credibility of international economic agreements, in general, and monetary arrangements in particular.
This book acquaints the reader with the critical changes in India's economy and society amidst the unprecedented pandemic outbreak of COVID-19, which has been devastating by breaking all prior records of illness and fatality.
The great, complex and rapid change happening in fonner Soviet Union is overfloading an impressive impact on the western world, especially Europe, and, in the close future, on the global world.
This book explores the role of political factors in the occurrence of currency crises, using an eclectic approach that blends case studies, a rigorous theoretical discussion, and econometric analysis.
Drawing on neo-Gramscian theories of International Political Economy, this book explores the impact of the Marshall Plan on labour and government in Britain.
"Arm trotz Arbeit": Arbeit zu Niedriglöhnen, die selbst bei Vollzeitarbeit kein existenzsicherndes Einkommen gewährleisten, ist keine Randerscheinung des deutschen Arbeitsmarktes mehr.
The Smart Society offers a detailed blueprint for how the United States can recast its human capital policies to make all Americansnot just a privileged elitesmarter and more successful than ever before, at the same time stemming the size and cost of the nations safety net.
In the new edition of this important contribution to understanding both the Asian economic miracle and the 1997-8 crisis, Richard Stubbs assesses the main explanations to date and updates the analysis to take account of globalization and the remarkable economic rise of China.
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are in disarray, and shifts in the field of energy have the potential to drastically affect the course of political and economic developments in the region.
Three provocative dramas, Paradise Blue, Detroit '67 and Skeleton Crew, make up Dominique Morisseau's The Detroit Project, a play cycle examining the sociopolitical history of Detroit.
Over the past few decades a number of emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) have disrupted societies throughout the world, including HIV, Ebola, H5N1 (or 'avian flu') and SARS, and of course the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) which spread worldwide to become a global pandemic.
The 1990-91 Gulf War, the Israeli-PLO agreement, instances of political and economic reform, and the radical political reassertion of Islam, all indicate that the post-Cold War Middle East is in the grip of dramatic changes.
An analysis of the global climate talks and the key human systems threatened by increased greenhouse gas emissions including health, refugee management, energy production, carbon markets and local government.
Das vorliegende Lehrbuch richtet sich an alle Interessierten - ob Studenten an Universitäten, Fachhochschulen, Akademien oder dualen Ausbildungsgängen, ob Praktiker oder Wirtschaftspolitiker -, die sich mit grundlegenden einzelwirtschaftlichen und gesamtwirtschaftlichen Größen und Zusammenhängen in unserer Volkswirtschaft befassen und sie möglichst aus einem systematischen Ansatz heraus beschrieben bzw.
This book, first published in 1993, closely examines the United States government's policy toward the Latin American debt crisis in the years 1982 to 1985.
The Kazakstan Economy deals with the last years of the planned economy in Kazakstan and goes on to explore the beginning of national sovereignty, the introduction of the new national currency and the first steps by the Kazakstani government on a course of reform.
