Political economy

The negotiation of the Free Trade Area between the US and Israel was, at the time, a remarkable political accomplishment, and is a useful case study because it includes all of the industrial and agricultural sectors, thus spanning the full spectrum of issues that would be dealt with in negotiations.

Auf welcher Unternehmens-Webseite steht nicht ein Satz wie: «Wir sind ein kundenorientiertes Unternehmen».

This book delves into migration management via an original case study of a guest worker programme involving the circular migration to Spain of female Moroccan agricultural workers destined for the strawberry agri-food industry in the south.

This title was first published in 2003.

This book presents a positive account of Aristotle's theory of political economy, arguing that it contains elements that may help us better understand and resolve contemporary social and economic problems.

This book examines the medical biotechnology industry in India through the lens of a critical political economy.

This book offers the first comprehensive report on the topic of organizational innovation and sustainability of urban regeneration from the public manager's perspective.

The book brings to the reader a set of political and social narratives woven around people's resistance against big dams, mining and industrial projects, in short, displacement and dispossession in Odisha, India.

This book includes many cases that provide new perspectives in developing agent-based modeling and simulation.

Economists have long laboured under the misapprehension that all humans exist as rational beings that find happiness in maximizing their personal utility.

There is little literature on the development of banking regulation in Nigeria, or the scope of powers of the Central Bank of Nigeria, which is its core banking sector regulator.

A Guide to Federal Contracting: Principles and Practices demystifies the federal buying process, providing in one volume a succinct yet thorough treatment of federal contracting requirements or regulations.

In recent years leading figures in a variety of fields - political, financial, medical, and organizational - have become acutely aware of the need to effectively incorporate aspects of risk into their decision-making.

This book examines the rise and agency of International Organizations (IOs) and their bureaucratic bodies- the International Public Administrations (IPAs)- as a reflection of an ongoing transfer of political authority and power from the domestic to the international level.

Academics and policy makers have grown increasingly interested in the ways that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) may encourage better governance, democratic politics, and perhaps ultimately a global civil society.

The study of literature and economics is by no means a new one, but since the financial crash of 2008, the field has grown considerably with a broad range of both fiction and criticism.

Wellbeing, resilience and sustainability are three of the most popular ideas in current usage and are said to represent a much-needed paradigm shift in political and policy thinking.

This book explores the role of capital and labor migration in the expansion of the capitalist world-system.

This book provides an introductory survey of Montesquieu's economic ideas and a fresh examination of the longstanding controversy over the meaning and purpose of Montesquieu's The Spirit of the Laws.

Die Schweizer Wirtschaft hat sich seit der Jahrtausendwende ausserordentlich robust und erfolgreich entwickelt.

This book investigates drivers and trends in nuclear proliferation in the Global South.

Since the reform and opening up period, the world has witnessed a transformation within China.

Perspectives on World Politics has been essential reading for students of international relations since the 1980s.

This book scientifically tests the assertion that accommodative monetary policy can eliminate the "e;crowd out"e; problem, allowing fiscal stimulus programs (such as tax cuts or increased government spending) to stimulate the economy as intended.

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This book studies neoliberalism's features in the UK and USA in the 1980s in relation to the philosophical, historical, political, legal, and economic concepts.

If the twentieth century was only focused on the complementarity and the opposition of market and state, the twenty-first century has now to deal with the prominence of the third sector, the emergence of social enterprises and other solidarity hybrid forms.

This book documents and examines the history of technology used by consumers to serve oneself.

This book unveils the political economy of land squatting in a third world city, Montevideo, in Uruguay.

The role of the German Historical School and of Carl Menger (founder of the Austrian School) is appraised in this new book.

This new book brings together contributions from recognized experts in trade policy, discussing and evaluating economic integration in the Western Hemisphere, the alternative trade strategies being pursued in this area and Latin American relationships with United States and Canada.

This unique volume shows how to tackle the challenges of diversity in the workplace.

The Global Political Economy of Raul Prebisch offers an original analysis of global political economy by examining it through the ideas, agency and influence of one of its most important thinkers, leaders and personalities.

This book answers why anti-trade forces in developing countries sometimes fail to effectively exert pressure on their governments.

As the European Union faces the ongoing challenges of legitimacy, identity, and social cohesion, an understanding of the social purpose and direction of EU citizenship becomes increasingly vital.

Bringing together for the first time distinguished Gulf experts to analyse the renewed geo-economic prominence of the Gulf states, this volume investigates some of the 'new power brokers' in the world economy: the oil-exporting states of the Gulf.

Originally published in 1981, Automatic Poverty provides a much-needed alternative to the Radical Right's analysis.

This is the first book to argue in favor of paying people for their blood plasma.

The eighth of a new, well-received, and highly acclaimed series on critical infrastructure and homeland security, Government Facilities Protection and Homeland Security is a reference source that is designed to serve and advise project designers, engineers, security specialists, managers, building and grounds superintendents, and/or supervisors and responsible-managers-in-charge.

Ideas of Europe is a critical essay reassessing the founding myths of Europe and the making of a European identity from antiquity to the present age.

This book examines the causes of the economic and political crisis in Argentina in 2001 and the process of strong economic recovery.

This book describes the history of the IMF from its birth, through the Bretton Woods era, and in the aftermath.

This volume argues that a renewed commitment to sound macroeconomic policies and structural reforms is needed for countries in South East Europe, or 'the Balkans' achieve to sustainable prosperity, along with enhanced support from the international community.