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Explaining Collective Violence in Contemporary Indonesia
From Conflict to Cooperation
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2014
Tadjoeddin uniquely explores four types of violent conflicts pertinent to contemporary Indonesia (secessionist, ethnic, routine-everyday and electoral violence), and seeks to discover what socio-economic development can do to overcome conflict and make the country's transition to democracy safe for its constituencies.
Indonesia's Ascent
Power, Leadership, and the Regional Order
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2015
This volume explores the domestic and transnational considerations associated with Indonesia's ascent, referring to its rise in terms of hard and soft power and its likely trajectory in the future. The range of contributors analyse economic resources, religious harmony, security, regional relations, leadership and foreign policy.
The Vitality of Taiwan
Politics, Economics, Society and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
As a country, Taiwan is one of the most vibrant, exciting, colourful and entrepreneurial on earth. The contributors reveal what underpins the vitality of Taiwan, examining the relevance of its democratic politics, civil society and the presence of an existential threat from China, as well as the importance of its international business nexus.
Social versus Corporate Welfare
Competing Needs and Interests within the Welfare State
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2012
The greatest myth of modern times is the suggestion that capitalism and corporations do better with less government. The global economic crisis has certainly put paid to this idea. But the massive emergency state bailouts and interventions put in place from 2008 were unique only in their size and...
by R. Kiely
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
The author examines the rise of the BRICs and the supposed decline of the United States. Focusing on the boom years from 1992 to 2007, and the crisis years after 2008, he argues that there are limits to the rise of the former and that the extent of US decline has been greatly exaggerated.
Euro Crash
The Exit Route from Monetary Failure in Europe
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2012
Euro Crash diagnoses the three fatal design flaws in EMU as constructed by the Maastricht Treaty and analyses future likely monetary scenarios for Europe, demonstrating how the best of these would be the creation of a new narrow monetary union between France and Germany founded on strict monetarist principle and without a European Central Bank.
Submerging Markets
The Impact of Increased Financial Regulations on the Future Growth Rates of BRICS Countries
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
Submerging Markets is a valuable resource asset to the world academic community, government agencies, global business organizations and anyone interested in the impact of the new financial regulations and reforms implemented after the 2008 crisis, relative to the possible and probable future economic growth rates of the emerging markets (BRICS).
Making the Compelling Business Case
Decision-Making Techniques for Successful Business Growth
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Providing the necessary background information and hands-on tools to build compelling business cases, this book will increase the reader's capability to champion new business development ideas, take them to senior management, and facilitate the decision process by understanding the key theories and practices of finance and corporate investments.
Deepening Neoliberalism, Austerity, and Crisis
Europe’s Treasure Ireland
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015
From bank bailouts to austerity, Europe's and Ireland's response to the economic crisis has been engineered specifically to shift the burden of paying for the crisis onto ordinary citizens while investors, financiers, bankers and the privileged are protected. The authors expose the class-based nature of Ireland's crisis resolution.
The Political Economy of an Emerging Global Power
In Search of the Brazil Dream
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Is Brazil ready to take its place among the world's leading powers? The authors examine Brazil's hard power and soft power resources, assessing the challenges the country will need to overcome in order to build its own "Brazilian dream" and project itself on the international stage.
The China-Latin America Axis
Emerging Markets and the Future of Globalisation
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2011
The impressive growth of trade and investments between China and Latin America has attracted the attention of the business world and policy makers. This book analyses the business of the main players at the country/region and company levels in the context of globalization and growing importance of emerging markets in the world economy.
Global Automobile Demand
Major Trends in Emerging Economies; Volume 2
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
Global Automobile Demand is a two-volume work analysing the impact of the Great Recession and the structural factors which shape automobile demand in developed and emerging countries. The second volume examines the automobile demand in the BRICS and other emerging countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China, Turkey, Mexico, Thailand and Malaysia.
The Brazilian Economy Today
Towards a New Socio-Economic Model?
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
Pereira and Mattei bring contributors together in this exciting volume to further understanding about the recent Brazilian Economic Development Model and discuss the related social conditions. The authors analyze both the political economy and social public policies to highlight new opportunities to create a sustainable development model.
Public Policy in the 'Asian Century'
Concepts, Cases and Futures
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2017
This volume explores the defining features, critical approaches, challenges and opportunities for public policy in the ‘Asian Century’. This is the first book to systematically analyse the key institutions and practices that comprise public policy, administration and governance to investigate...