Political economy

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2020, is one of the most recognizable acronyms in international politics.

Adam Smith and Friedrich Hayek saw the liberty principle as focal and accorded it strong presumption, but their wisdom invokes how little we can know.

Explores how dictators maintain their grip on power by seizing control of oil, metals, and minerals production.

Praised for the clarity of its writing, careful research, and distinctive theme - that urban politics in the United States has evolved as a dynamic interaction between governmental power, private actors, and a politics of identity - City Politics remains a classic study of urban politics.

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This book offers a discerning narrative on the spectacular rise and fall of the so-called Celtic Tiger economy.

Money, finance and credit are literally the lifeblood of the modern economy.

Drawing on a range of disciplinary approaches, this text explores the drivers of urban development.

This comprehensive and detailed examination of the challenges faced by the newly independent state of Ukraine argues that its lackluster economic performance during the 1990s was the unfortunate result of a combination of the hasty adoption of public policies not clearly understood and a prolonged struggle to build governmental institutions.

Accumulation of assets to enable the diversification of activities has been established as crucial in helping the rural poor escape poverty.

This book aims to explore the potential of the industrial district 'model' through the analysis of Italy, the 'land' of districts, and in Mexico, a less developed country.

This book has been written as a practical guide for finance markets professionals to explain US monetary policy and to make forecasts of future interest rate levels.

The Internet and digital technologies have changed the world we live in and the ways we engage with one another and work and play.

The Euro crisis catapulted the EU into its most serious political crisis since its inception, leaving it torn between opposing demands for more sovereignty and solidarity.

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.

Rodine-Hardy shows how globalization has led to the spread of liberal reforms in the telecommunications sector around the world.

Written in 1985, at a time when the world oil industry was facing a difficult period of over-supply and falling prices, this book examines some of the most important strategic issues facing both the producers and consumers of oil and gas.

The Interview in Staff Appraisal, first published in 1975, sets out to ensure that the work appraisal is used constructively and within a well-designed system.

This book develops a novel argument about how government revenues of all kinds affect political regimes and their leaders.

Even before the global economic crisis of 2007-2009, the logic of discipline was under assault.

Water is a strategic natural resource of vital importance to all nations.

This book presents development strategies and lessons based on a large range of 'success' countries across the developing world.

Der Übergang vom Industrie‐ ins Digitalzeitalter verändert nicht nur die Arbeitsteilung zwischen Mensch und Maschine, sondern begründet auch den Übergang zu einer neuen Epoche der globalen Ökonomie.

Approximately one in six top economic research papers draws an explicitly causal conclusion.

The behavior of managers-such as the rewards they obtain for poor performance, the role of boards of directors in monitoring managers, and the regulatory framework covering the corporate governance mechanisms that are put in place to ensure managers' accountability to shareholder and other stakeholders-has been the subject of extensive media and policy scrutiny in light of the financial crisis of the early 2000s.

Since the 1980s, Spain and South Korea have experienced a dramatic transformation from middle-income to advanced economies.

This book presents a theory to account for the different strategies pursued by rebel groups in civil war.

Recent developments in the field of urban analysis and management are investigated in this book.

This is the first book-length empirical study of free zones (FZs) in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.

Appraising cancer as a major medical market in the 2010s, Wall Street investors placed their bets on single-technology treatment facilities costing $100-$300 million each.

This title was first published in 2001.

Power Plays argues that international institutions prevent extortion in some areas, but cause states to shift coercive behavior into less effective policy domains.

This book presents cutting-edge research and exploration of the role of nation-state when big tech firms present themselves as new participants in contemporary international relations that act on an equal footing with nation-states.

This book introduces readers to the world of international financial markets and their integration on a global and regional scale.

This book analyses the dynamics of Indian stock market with a special emphasis during the period following emergence of Covid-19.

Big, unexpected changes are here to stay.

Getting Boys Up and Running in the Early Years addresses the fact that boys do less well than girls in all areas of learning in the Early Years and continue to lag behind girls in assessments throughout their school careers.

Americans tend to believe that their country is very different from Europe.

The financial crisis of 200708 and the Great Recession caused more widespread economic trauma than any event since the Great Depression.

This book, the first of two volumes, explores India's economic development from 5000BC through to the India's independence period from 1947AD to 2022AD.

This series of books brings together results of an intensive research programme on aspects of the national systems of innovation in the five BRICS countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

This book assesses the vulnerability impacts of climate change on food security by examining a 50 years scenario (2015- 2065) and following a top-down approach.

Efforts to resolve the recent financial crisis have obscured a more deeply rooted financialization crisis that impacts not only the market economy but also the vital civic and moral traditions that support it.