Economic Conditions category: 2830 books
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Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Whether post-modern or pre-industrial, the economic development of societies around the world is often influenced by the whims of a capricious international political environment. Globalization and Governance in the International Political Economy investigates the impact of diverse cultures on the development...
Political, Economic and Financial Country Risk
Analysis of the Gulf Cooperation Council
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2013
“Decades go by and nothing happens; then weeks go by and decades happen”. This apt saying encapsulates the dramatic convulsions taking place across the Arab world that first erupted in 2011 in Tunisia and which rapidly spread to other countries. These events have affected the lives of ordinary...
by V. Caton
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2015
Why did France, with its strong sense of national identity, want to give up the Franc for the Euro? This book, by a former British diplomat in Paris, draws on new archive evidence to explore France's drive for European Economic and Monetary Union, and how unresolved Franco-German tensions over its design led to crisis.
Selected Themes in African Development Studies
Economic Growth, Governance and the Environment
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Against the background of realities of underdevelopment and economic growth, environmental pressures and global governance challenges, this volume presents a broad picture of contemporary issues in African development. The multi-disciplinary collection presents a variety of important themes, covering...
by Professor Luigino Bruni, Professor Stefano Zamagni
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
Global financial capitalism has eroded the moral economy on which all economic exchanges ultimately depend. The principles of reciprocity, responsibility and redistribution, which for centuries defined the market place, have been increasingly pushed aside by a growth model that places the pursuit...
The Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Assessing the Economic and Social Impact of the Syrian Conflict and ISIS
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
The Kurdistan region of Iraq is facing an economic and humanitarian crisis as a result of the influx of Syrian refugees which began in 2012 and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in 2014. The region's population increased by 28 percent over a short period, placing strains on the local economy, host...
China's New Consumers
Social Development and Domestic Demand
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2006
Exploring China's consumer revolution over the past three decades, this book shows a continuing cycle leading to excess supply and disappointing demand, at the centre of which lies exaggerated expectations of China's new consumers.
Combining economic trends with the author’s anthropological...
Societies in Transition
Economic, Political and Security Transformations in Contemporary Europe
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2015
This edited volume discusses critically the social implications of current structural transformations in Europe within the broader context of the global financial crisis. Experts from across Europe and the US discuss challenges and solutions to political and economic stability, security, growth,...
Still Counting
Wellbeing, Women's Work and Policy-making
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2018
‘Underneath the numbers, a philosophical judgement is always being made based on values, not facts.’
Thirty years ago Marilyn Waring’s groundbreaking book Counting for Nothing was released. Waring explained, through meticulous economic analysis, how the success of the global economy rests...
Handbook of Small States
Economic, Social and Environmental Issues
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
This handbook covers a wide spectrum of issues relating to small states. Chapters in the volume have been grouped under the three main themes of economic, social and environmental issues. The economics sections include chapters dealing with trade, finance and regulatory frameworks, while the social...
The Fight For Time
Migrant Day Laborers and the Politics of Precarity
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2018
In today's precarious world, working people's experiences are strangely becoming more alike even as their disparities sharpen. The Fight for Time explores the logic behind this paradox by listening to what Latino day laborers say about work and society. The book shows how migrant laborers are both...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2018
The Oxford Handbook of Public Choice provides a comprehensive overview of the research in economics, political science, law, and sociology that has generated considerable insight into the politics of democratic and authoritarian systems as well as the influence of different institutional frameworks...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2018
The Oxford Handbook of Public Choice provides a comprehensive overview of the research in economics, political science, law, and sociology that has generated considerable insight into the politics of democratic and authoritarian systems as well as the influence of different institutional frameworks...
Patrons of Enlightenment
The Free Economic Society in Eighteenth-Century Russia
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
Patrons of Enlightenment is the first English language study of the St. Petersburg Free Economic Study, one of the most prestigious and influential public associations in Imperial Russian history. Established in 1765 under the personal protection of Catherine the Great, its mission was to enlighten...