Political economy

This book looks at developmental pathways to poverty reduction that emphasize employment-centred structural change, social policies that both protect citizens and contribute to economic development, and types of politics that support economic transformation and participation of the poor in growth processes.

Food security is defined as the ability of countries, regions, or households to meet their required levels of food consumption at all times.

This book evaluates China's energy diplomacy across the globe and how it transcends the barriers to maintain both its security and its Chinese characteristics.

The 2008 financial crisis rocked British capitalism to its foundations.

A political ethnography of the inner workings of Putin''s sistema, contributing to our understanding Russia''s prospects for future modernisation.

The Witt Library of the Courtauld Institute of Art, London, is one of the world's greatest art history libraries.

During his successful campaign to become Conservative Party leader in the spring of 2004, Stephen Harper said of the Maritime provinces, "e;We will see the day when the region is not the place where you visit your grandparents, but instead more often than not the place where you visit your grandchildren.

Among international financial centres (IFCs), London is known as the 'Western hub of Islamic Finance', on account of its well-developed legal infrastructure.

In the most complete, accurate and accessible presentation of Karl Marx's theory of capitalism to date, Johan Fornas presents a guide for anyone who wants to understand how today's crisis-ridden society has emerged and is able to sustain and intensify its own deep inner contradictions.

In this path-breaking book, the author argues that European countries' political-economic policies, practices, and discourses have changed profoundly in response to globalization and Europeanization, but they have not converged.

Originally published in 1988, this book offers the first comprehensive and critical analysis of the privatisation of public housing in Britain.

Seeking Equality compares economic inequality in the United States and Canada.

This book presents alternative macroeconomic perspectives, primarily open economy, on the limitations of discretionary fiscal policy, with a focus on government spending.

This book presents contributions by leading academics and practitioners from central banks to shed light on the function and impact of cash in Asian countries.

When and how do great and middle powers moderately challenge the status quo?

From 1978 through the turn of the century, China was transformed from a state-owned economy into a predominantly private economy.

This book uses an economic framework to examine the consequences of U.

I owe you a dinner invitation, you owe ten years on your mortgage, and the government owes billions.

This new edition presents a fully-updated and expanded look at current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) for cell therapy products.

First published in 1975, in conjunction with the Overseas Development Institute, this study examines the case for and against aid for developing nations, taking the specific example of British aid to Malawi's economic development since independence in 1964.

Backsliding shows how democratically elected rulers can weaken checks on executive power, curtail political rights, and undermine electoral systems.

This timely book presents a collection of expert insights into the impacts of COVID-19 in a broader socio-economic context.

This book presents a novel and cutting-edge interpretation of the evolving political economy of the Americas.

This book presents selected papers from the 32nd Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) Conference - Istanbul.

This book examines religion and politics in diverse countries or regions.

Studierende des Bauingenieurwesens werden durch das kompakte Wissen auf ihre komplexen Aufgaben vorbereitet und auf Vertiefungsmöglichkeiten hingewiesen.

This book offers a critical account of Karl Marx's dazzling theory of labour power which is also one of the most influential concepts in the history of contemporary philosophy.

Giving Blood represents a new agenda for blood donation research.

Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) are becoming more and more relevant both for their innovative content and as innovation boosters for manufacturing firms and, with this scenario in mind, this book first offers an in-depth analysis of what innovation in KIBS is and its performance outcomes, and then synthesizes what we know about KIBS firms' innovation models, as well as their specific peculiarities and limitations.

Following the British referendum held on June 23, 2016, voters supported the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union (EU) (Brexit), a starting point for the third round of European crisis, following the eurozone debt crisis and the migration crisis.

This book presents a novel perspective on neocolonialism, education and other related issues.

Does the 'city region' constitute a new departure in urbanisation?

Im Zuge der Diskussion um den Klimaschutz wird die Verkehrswende zu einer zentralen Forderung.

This book compiles the presentations and discussions from the international symposium "e;Beyond Global Capitalism"e; that was held with the contributions of Emmanuel Todd, Ha-Joon Chang, and other scholars in Kyoto, Japan, in 2013.

Professor Ronald Dore examines how, despite the Japanese 'flagrantly flouting all received principles of capitalist rationality', they are able to adjust so successfully to the challenge of shifting world economic conditions.

This book offers a comparative exploration of the various disadvantages experienced by a category of atypical workers compared to standard employees, in the UK and Italy, and considers whether and how the differences can be attributed to contrasting institutional settings and political economies.

What effect did the Great Recession have on innovation efficiency and the effectiveness of scarce resource management?

Space tourism has become extremely significant in recent times, especially in pursuance of the new space race among corporate giants such as Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin and SpaceX.

Focusing on migrant workers, this book explores the different forms work takes, in the context of economic precarity and fragmentation.

This book contains a selection of chapters coming from For a Better World (First Conference on Hirschman Legacy - Boston 2017), A Bias for Hope (Second Conference on Hirschman Legacy- Washington-WB 2018), and A Passion for the Possible (Third Conference on Hirschman Legacy - Berlin 2019).