Political Economy
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Good Jobs and Social Services: How Costa Rica achieved the elusive double incorporation
D. Sánchez AncocheaCurrent price €50.39Original price €55.99Few countries have achieved social development, which requires simultaneously securing market and social incorporation (good jobs and access to soc...
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Permanent Emergency Welfare Regimes in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Exclusive Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
Alfio CeramiCurrent price €50.39Original price €55.99This book examines the relationship between development economics, social protection and democratization in the specific context of Sub-Saharan Afr...
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Waste: One Woman''s Fight Against America''s Dirty Secret
Catherine Coleman FlowersCurrent price €21.59Original price €23.99The MacArthur grantwinning environmental justice activists riveting memoir of a life fighting for a cleaner future for Americas most vulnerable A S...
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The Troubled Triangle: Economic and Security Concerns for The United States, Japan, and China
Palgrave MacmillanCurrent price €50.39Original price €55.99The US, China, and Japan form a 'troubled triangle,' with each country negotiating its foreign policy toward the other two in response to economic ...
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Managing China''s Sovereignty in Hong Kong and Taiwan
S. TokCurrent price €50.39Original price €55.99Is China always defensive about its sovereignty issues? Does China see sovereignty essentially as 'absolute,' 'Victorian,' or 'Westphalian?' Sow Ke...
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Consistency and Viability of Islamic Economic Systems and the Transition Process
J. MarangosCurrent price €50.39Original price €55.99Consistency and Viability of Islamic Economics Systems and the Transition Process outlines the transition problem for non-market economies and crea...
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Aid as Handmaiden for the Development of Institutions: A New Comparative Perspective
Palgrave MacmillanCurrent price €50.39Original price €55.99Through comparative studies of aid-supported infrastructure projects in East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, the book examines how aid could assist de...
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Infrastructure and the Political Economy of Nation Building in Spain, 1720-2010
Germa BelCurrent price €35.99Original price €39.99This book sets out to explain the very particular characteristics of Spanish infrastructure policy. The capital city of Madrid plays a central role...
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Breaking Up the Euro: The End of a Common Currency
D. ChorafasCurrent price €50.39Original price €55.99The drama of the common currency is a hot topic. The Euro was planned for the European Union's member states, bringing economically strong nations ...
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Economic Policies, Governance and the New Economics
Palgrave MacmillanCurrent price €50.39Original price €55.99This volume concentrates on international issues that relate to economic policies and governance. It is essential reading for all postgraduates and...
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Campaign Strategy in Direct Democracy
Laurent BernhardCurrent price €50.39Original price €55.99In the first study of comparative direct-democracy, Laurent Bernhard explores the nature of direct-democratic campaigning in Switzerland. The autho...
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Economic Crisis in Europe: What it means for the EU and Russia
Palgrave MacmillanCurrent price €50.39Original price €55.99The financial crisis of 2008-09 took an unexpected turn upon challenging a core symbol of Europe's integration project, the Euro. In this volume, l...
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Economic Integration and the Location of Industries: The Case of Less Developed East Asian Countries
I. KuroiwaCurrent price €50.39Original price €55.99A comprehensive picture of the effects of economic integration on industry location in less developed East Asia - particularly in Cambodia, Laos, V...
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Understanding Terrorist Finance
T. WittigCurrent price €50.39Original price €55.99Wittig presents the first unified coherent framework for the systematic analysis of terrorist finance. With empirical examples from around the glob...
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Cross-border Oil and Gas Pipelines and the Role of the Transit Country: Economics, Challenges and Solutions
E. OmonbudeCurrent price €50.39Original price €55.99With frequent discoveries of energy resources in remote and undeveloped areas, the importance of transnational oil and gas pipelines is set to grow...
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Labour Market Flexibility and Pension Reforms: Flexible Today, Secure Tomorrow?
Palgrave MacmillanCurrent price €50.39Original price €55.99Increasingly flexible labour markets and reforms of old-age pension systems are still ranking high on the political agenda of European countries. T...
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Financial Crisis and Institutional Change in East Asia
Jikon LaiCurrent price €50.39Original price €55.99In light of the Asian financial crisis of 1997, Lai examines whether East Asian economies converged onto the liberal market model by studying the e...
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Shaping Global Industrial Relations: The Impact of International Framework Agreements
Palgrave MacmillanCurrent price €50.39Original price €55.99This book assesses the phenomenon of international framework agreements (IFAs), examining their implementation and impact around the world as well ...
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The Global Curse of the Federal Reserve: Manifesto for a Second Monetarist Revolution
B. BrownCurrent price €50.39Original price €55.99The book reveals how the Global Credit Bubble and Bust of 2003-10 stemmed from giant monetary disequilibrium created by the Federal Reserve. Almost...
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Economic and Policy Foundations for Growth in South East Europe: Remaking the Balkan Economy
A. BennettCurrent price €50.39Original price €55.99This volume argues that a renewed commitment to sound macroeconomic policies and structural reforms is needed for countries in South East Europe, o...
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The Political Economy of Divided Islands: Unified Geographies, Multiple Polities
Palgrave MacmillanCurrent price €50.39Original price €55.99The authors investigate the exceptional political economy of the ten inhabited islands whose territory is divided amongst two or more countries: th...
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Regulating for Decent Work: New Directions in Labour Market Regulation
Palgrave MacmillanCurrent price €50.39Original price €55.99Regulating for Decent Work is a response to the dominant deregulatory approaches that have shaped labour market regulation in recent years. The int...
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Industrial Dynamics in China and India: Firms, Clusters, and Different Growth Paths
Palgrave MacmillanCurrent price €50.39Original price €55.99This book is one of the first fully-fledged studies to examine the next world-class industrial leaders emerging from China and India; exploring the...
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