Political economy

This book examines the work of Adam Smith and his interest in the science of the legislator.

This book analyses the complexity of South and Southeast Asia in international health, taking into account the impact of the geopolitics of the Cold War on the development of public health and development in the regions.

As China's political and economic influence in the world is rapidly increasing, it is essential to understand how China's domestic politics affects its foreign political and economic policy.

The first in-depth analysis of how global governance impacts on the lives of ordinary people.

Austria was the first victim of Hitler's policy of aggression.

An analysis of Soviet spatial resource allocation decision making during the period 1955-1980, utilizing a political economy framework to evaluate the "e;East-West"e; debate over relative investment shares in the European and Pacific Siberian parts of the USSR.

This book explores how technological change is influencing the dynamics of relations between mainland China and Taiwan.

This volume discusses the current trend of globalization and the main characteristics of world order, focusing specifically on the destiny of the nation state, the threat against human rights, and conflicts between unilateral hegemony of the USA and Europe.

This book provides substantial background on what Adam Smith did during his stay in Toulouse and the Languedoc region of France during the 18th century.

Wim Heijman Wageningen University, The Netherlands, E-mail: wim.

This book offers a comprehensive assessment of the Mauritian economy and its financial system.

This book systematically addresses Bourdieu's key ideas and concepts in the context of Marxist thought.

The term Purchasing Power Parity may date from the early twentieth century, when it was coined by the Swedish economist Gustav Cassel, but the underlying concept had been enjoying varying degrees of success since its development in sixteenth century Spain.

This volume undertakes the examination and appraisal of the economic controls employed by the British Labor Government in attempting to regulate the output of the building industry in the years immediately following the Second World War.

This book provides a comprehensive, conceptual and analytical framework for understanding the reordering process in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region, driven and shaped by China-US rivalry.

This book is especially valuable for its policy evaluation studies using both a theoretical model for policies carried out at national and regional levels and for gathering policy evaluation studies in diverse disciplines by empirical study.

In this book, Rafael R.

This thematically structured text offers an ideal introduction to the positive and negative effects of globalization on human welfare in industrial and developing societies.

A critical examination of Canadian regulatory governance and politics over the past fifty years, Rules and Unruliness builds on the theory and practice of rule-making to show why government "e;unruliness"e; - the inability to form rules and implement structures for compliance - is endemic and increasing.

This book examines how different levels and forms of human collectivity have interacted, voluntarily or coercively, and how these transformed societies and polities.

Billionaires are an ultra-elite social class whose numbers are growing alongside their obscene wealth while others struggle, suffer or even die.

This book charts the fall of productivity growth and the rise of inequality within global economies and societies.

If crisis defines our era, we need a coherent socialist policy in response.

This book aims to define comparative economics and to illustrate the breadth and depth of its contribution.

The Eurasian continent, which has for over a century lagged behind in global markets, is currently gaining economic and political momentum.

In 1989 the post-Communist countries of Eastern Europe opened their economies by establishing more open exchange rate policies and exchange controls and eliminating prohibitive tariffs and quotas.

The Gulf monarchies have been generally perceived as status quo actors reliant on the USA for their security, but in response to regional events, particularly the Arab Spring of 2011, they are pursuing more activist foreign policies, which has allowed other international powers to play a larger role in regional affairs.

This book outlines the connection between the principles of proportionality of state intervention and strategies made by the European Union.

Current inquiries into the political economy of financial policymaking in Malaysia tend to focus on the high-level drama of crisis politics or simply point to the limited impact of post-crisis financial reforms, given that politico-business relations have remained close.

This is a book about how 21st-century capitalism really works.

This report discusses the estimated $1 trillion annual global infrastructure gap and provides recommendations on how U.

In this gripping book, Dr.

Colin Hay argues that the crisis in which we are still mired is best seen as a crisis of growth and not as a crisis of debt.

This book analyses changes in gender relations, as a result of globalization, in countries on the semi-periphery of power.

Originally published in 1985, in the deteriorating climate of East-West relations technology transfer became vitally important.

An Introduction to Industrial Relations (1991) analyses various theoretical approaches to industrial relations, and summarises the origins and development of the subject.

An exploration of the social structures at the heart of capitalist economies from feudal England through to the modern day.

Japanese popular culture is constantly evolving in the face of internal and external influence.

In the present stage of international capitalist development, women are increasingly being drawn into paid employment by multinational and state investment in the Third World.

Over time there has been a miscommunication between mainstream economics and human rights that has paved the way to a justificatory ideology that validates the submission of human rights to the logic of market capitalism.

This book offers a rich perspective on Africa's agency in the changing global order marked by intense geopolitical contestations.

During the 1990s, the governments of South Asian countries acted as 'facilitators' to attract FDI.

This book argues that it is time to step back and reassess the anti-corruption movement, which despite its many opportunities and great resources has ended up with a track record that is indifferent at best.

In The Magic of Concepts Rebecca E.

The Microfoundations of Diaspora Politics examines the various actors within and beyond the state that participate in the design and implementation of diaspora policies, as well as the mechanisms through which diasporas are constructed by governments, political parties, diaspora entrepreneurs, or international organisations.

This book assesses the evolutionary sustainability of liberalism.

Atmosphere, the elusive ambiance of a place, enables or hinders its mobility in global consumption contexts.

This book examines global change from a dialectical perspective.