Economic Conditions category: 2830 books
Plutocrats United
Campaign Money, the Supreme Court, and the Distortion of American Elections
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
Campaign financing is one of today’s most divisive political issues. The left asserts that the electoral process is rife with corruption. The right protests that the real aim of campaign limits is to suppress political activity and protect incumbents. Meanwhile, money flows freely on both sides. In...
The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born
From Progressive Neoliberalism to Trump and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019
Neoliberalism is fracturing, but what will emerge in its wake?
The global political, ecological, economic, and social breakdown—symbolized by Trump’s election—has destroyed faith that neoliberal capitalism is beneficial to the majority. Nancy Fraser explores how this faith was built through...
by Erik Olin Wright
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
One of the major works of the new American Marxism, Wright’s book draws a challenging new class map of the United States and other, comparable, advanced capitalist countries today. It also discusses the various classical theories of economic crisis in the West and their relevance to the current...
Global Political Economy
Contemporary Theories
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Global Political Economy (GPE) is a broad and varied field of study and draws insight from a great number of fields and approaches. One of the serious problems confronting academics and students is the sheer mass of theories and debates in the field. This textbook provides up-to-date summaries of...
Remade in America
How Asia Will Change Because America Boomed
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2001
In a stunning rebuke to a large group of naysayers, Jim Rohwer convincingly argues that the Asian financial crisis of 1997-1998 was not a turn for the worse; rather it was short-lived and helped rid Asian markets of many of the problems that were holding it back. Now, while most analysts go wild over...
Migrant Remittances in South Asia
Social, Economic and Political Implications
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2014
This volume provides theoretical treatments of remittance on how its development potential is translated into reality. The authors meticulously delve into diverse mechanisms through which migrant communities remit, investigating how recipients engage in the development process in South Asia.
Small Powers and Trading Security
Contexts, Motives and Outcomes
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
This book examines why and how small powers link their security interests and trade agendas, and how security threats influence the facilitation and outcome of their trade activities. In doing so, it analyses the increasingly complex connections between trade and security, demonstrating how these...
Citadel Values II
Essays for Contemplation
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2010
From the author: When Citadel Values went to press, we began looking for an educational tool to capture the lessons and fortify our students in the greater world beyond the Lesesne Gate. Also, answering prompting calls for a longer book with more essays of comfort and wisdom, we created a publication...
Critical Perspectives on the Crisis of Global Governance
Reimagining the Future
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2015
The contributors highlight alternative imaginaries and social forces harnessing new organizational and political forms to counter and displace dominant strategies of rule. They suggest that to address intensifying economic, ecological and ethical crises far more effective, legitimate and far-sighted forms of global governance are required.
Rethinking Society for the 21st Century: Volume 2, Political Regulation, Governance, and Societal Transformations
Report of the International Panel on Social Progress
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2018
This is the second of three volumes containing a report from the International Panel on Social Progress (IPSP). The IPSP is an independent association of top research scholars with the goal of assessing methods for improving the main institutions of modern societies. Written in accessible language...
Reframing Europe's Future
Challenges and failures of the European construction
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2014
The global financial crisis which erupted in 2008 had an astounding yet varied impact on the European Union (EU), with some countries benefiting from the crisis while others suffered. Today many more and varied voices articulate increasing frustration, dissatisfaction, distrust and cynicism with the...
Global Political Economy
Evolution and Dynamics
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2016
This fully revised fifth edition continues to offer the authoritative introduction to today’s global political economy and its historical context. O'Brien and Williams move beyond the traditional three-paradigm perspective to show how these theories can be applied and their efficacy in tackling...
Crisis and Sustainability
The Delusion of Free Markets
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2016
This book offers a novel interpretation of the Great Recession and the ensuing Euro Crisis as a consequence of the evolution of capitalism since the 1970s. Chapters argue that the neoliberal development trajectory pursued in recent decades is unsustainable, and posit that neither sound macroeconomics...
Regulating the Visible Hand?
The Institutional Implications of Chinese State Capitalism
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2015
The economic and geopolitical implications of China's rise have been the subject of vast commentary. However, the institutional implications of China's transformative development under state capitalism have not been examined extensively and comprehensively. Regulating the Visible Hand? The Institutional...