Economic Conditions category: 2830 books
Harnessing Globalization
The Promotion of Nontraditional Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2009
How can countries in the underdeveloped world position themselves to take best advantage of the positive economic benefits of globalization? One avenue to success is the harnessing of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the “nontraditional” forms of the high-technology and service sectors, where...
Basic Income Worldwide
Horizons of Reform
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2012
In the midst of growing criticism of current economic orthodoxies and welfare systems, basic income is growing in popularity. This is the first book to discuss existing at examples of basic income, in both rich and poor countries, and to consider its prospects in other places around the world.
by Richard Westra
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2019
This book offers the first systematic exposition and critique of the major approaches to periodizing capitalism, bringing to bear both deep rooted theoretical questions and meticulous empirical analysis to grapple with the seismic economic changes capitalism has experienced over the past 150 years.
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by G. Kütting
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
This book examines how local and global environment-society relations play out in coastal communities dependent on tourism for economic survival. It analyzes the consequences of social and economic policies on remote areas and makes a case for studying the role of environmental values in global environmental governance.
by J J Woo
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2017
3-in-1: Governing a Global Financial Centre provides a comprehensive understanding of Singapore's past development and future success as a global financial centre. It focuses on three transformational processes that have determined the city-state's financial sector development and governance — globalisation,...
After Brexit
Consequences for the European Union
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2017
This topical and important book identifies the short to medium-term economic, financial and social consequences of Brexit. Containing perspectives from leading thinkers across legal, economic and financial fields, it considers both the general effect of UK withdrawal on the European integration process,...
by Roger Koppl, Virgil Henry Storr
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
The theme of this volume is 'New Thinking in Austrian Political Economy'. It includes original research by scholars working within Austrian political economy. The contributors draw on insights from Austrian economics that shed new light on a range of relevant topics including: the role of culture...
China's War against the Many Faces of Poverty
Towards a new long march
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
China’s War against the Many Faces of Poverty measures multidimensional poverty in China and deprivation related to income, education, health issues, living standards and social security. The book adopts a well-developed methodology using three different empirical datasets to analyse aspects of...
Dancing with the Devil
The Political Economy of Privatization in China
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
From 1978 through the turn of the century, China was transformed from a state-owned economy into a predominantly private economy. This fundamental change took place under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which has been ideologically and politically predisposed to suppress private ownership. In Dancing...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
This book brings together conceptual and empirical analyses of the causes and consequences of changing business–government relations in China since the 1990s, against the backdrop of the country’s increased integration with the global political economy. More specifically, it provides an interdisciplinary...
Rethinking and Unthinking Development
Perspectives on Inequality and Poverty in South Africa and Zimbabwe
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
Development has remained elusive in Africa. Through theoretical contributions and case studies focusing on Southern Africa’s former white settler states, South Africa and Zimbabwe, this volume responds to the current need to rethink (and unthink) development in the region. The authors explore how...
Calculated Values
Finance, Politics, and the Quantitative Age
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2018
Modern political culture features a deep-seated faith in the power of numbers to find answers, settle disputes, and explain how the world works. Whether evaluating economic trends, measuring the success of institutions, or divining public opinion, we are told that numbers don’t lie. But numbers...
The End of Iceland's Innocence
The Image of Iceland in the Foreign Media during the Financial Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2011
In the space of a few days, one of the world’s richest and most egalitarian nations, Iceland, toppled into financial chaos and sunk into an economic, ethical, moral and identity crisis. The vast empire built by Iceland’s young entrepreneurs, the “new Vikings”—who had propelled the country...
Understanding Small-Island Developing States
Fragility and External Shocks
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
Small island developing states (SIDS) are characterised by high economic, geographical and social vulnerability. These states are perceived as economically vulnerable, exhibiting poor economic performance, and embedding low levels of achieved well-being on most criteria. SIDS, which occupy very large...