Economic Conditions category: 2830 books
The Political Economy of Italy in the Euro
Between Credibility and Competitiveness
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2017
This book proposes an alternative political economy framework in which to analyse the question of the credibility of international economic agreements, in general, and monetary arrangements in particular. The focus is on European monetary arrangements, from the establishment of the European Monetary...
Non-Governmental Organizations in Contemporary China
Paving the Way to Civil Society?
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2005
Based on documentary materials including interviews with key players in China, this book charts the development of non-governmental and non-profit organizations in China from the late 1970s to the present day. It recounts how in the aftermath of the 1978 reforms that created a market economy and...
From Maastricht to Brexit
Democracy, Constitutionalism and Citizenship in the EU
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2019
Is the European Union still a viable project? The last few years have been difficult both economically and politically, while its integrative function and legitimacy have been seriously tested. For many social, economic and geo-political reasons, its expansionary moment has stopped abruptly. On the...
Sustaining Civil Society
Economic Change, Democracy, and the Social Construction of Citizenship in Latin America
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2011
“South America is not the poorest continent in the world, but it may very well be the most unjust.” This statement by Ricardo Lagos, then president of Chile, at the Summit of the Americas in January 2004 captures nicely the dilemma that faces Latin American countries in the wake of the transition...
The Land Reform Deception
Political Opportunism in Zimbabwe's Land Seizure Era
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
The Land Reform Deception looks at a particularly contentious period in Zimbabwe's recent history, from 2000-2008, when the government seized commercial farms using illegal and violent methods against a largely unarmed population of farmers and farm workers. Robert Mugabe's government began the seizures...
THORSTEIN VEBLEN Ultimate Collection: 8 Books & 50+ Business Essays and Articles in Warfare and Economics
The Theory of the Leisure Class, The Theory of Business Enterprise, The Higher Learning In America, Panem et Circenses, The Vested Interests and the Common Man, The Use of Loan Credit in Business…
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2016
This carefully crafted ebook: “THORSTEIN VEBLEN Ultimate Collection: 8 Books & 50+ Business Essays and Articles in Warfare and Economics” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929) was an American economist and sociologist....
World System History
The Social Science of Long-Term Change
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2002
This extraordinary book presents a refreshing and innovative overview of the changes to the global system over the last 5000 years. Featuring renowned contributors - each specialists in their field - this is the only volume to offer so co-ordinated a study of continuity and change in the global social,...
Religion, Economics and Demography
The Effects of Religion on Education, Work, and the Family
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2008
Using the tools of economics, this book analyses how religion affects decisions and outcomes in a wide range of areas, including education, employment, family size, entry into cohabitation and formal marriage, the choice of spouse and divorce.
In each case, the relationships are rigorously...
The Political Economy of Disney
The Cultural Capitalism of Hollywood
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
This book sheds new light on the socio-economic impact of multinational corporations. Combining Cultural Studies and International Political Economy, it provides a revealing analysis of the Walt Disney Company, and by extension the wider Hollywood studio system. It does so by examining the cultural...
Japan's Quiet Transformation
Social Change and Civil Society in 21st Century Japan
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
The 1990s have been termed as 'Japan's lost decade' to describe how the phenomenal growth in the Japanese economy ground to a halt and the country was crippled by enormous and ongoing political, economic and social problems. In responding to these unprecedented difficulties, wide-ranging reforms have...
Feminist (Im)Mobilities in Fortress(ing) North America
Rights, Citizenships, and Identities in Transnational Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Since the establishment of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) tensions concerning immigration trends and policies, which continued to escalate at the turn of the millennium resulted in revised national security policies in Mexico, Canada, and the United States. These tensions have catalyzed...
by Andre Jute
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2013
IT’S THE ECONOMY, STUPID
a Rhodes Scholar Education in One Hour
explains in under an hour what really matters in Presidential deliberations. And what really matters in Presidential elections.
You’ll be able to identify the culprits responsible for economic theory and policy — and...
Africa and the Millennium Development Goals
Progress, Problems, and Prospects
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
This unique work by the Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR), Cape Town, South Africa, tracks the progress Africa has made in achieving the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) since 2000.
Thirteen analytical chapters written by scholars and practitioners with expertise in...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2018
This volume critically explore and extend Hayek’s Nobel Prize-winning work on knowledge and social interconnectedness from the disciplines of law, economics, philosophy, anthropology, political science, and history. Hayek’s insights about knowledge become even more important once it is recognized...