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Cornell University Press Hard Interests Soft Illusions
Book SynopsisIn Hard Interests, Soft Illusions, Natasha Hamilton-Hart explores the belief held by foreign policy elites in much of Southeast AsiaIndonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, and Vietnamthat the United States is a relatively benign power. She argues that this belief is an important factor underpinning U.S. preeminence in the region, because beliefs inform specific foreign policy decisions and form the basis for broad orientations of alignment, opposition, or nonalignment. Such foundational beliefs, however, do not simply reflect objective facts and reasoning processes. Hamilton-Hart argues that they are driven by both interestsin this case the political and economic interests of ruling groups in Southeast Asiaand illusions.Hamilton-Hart shows how the information landscape and standards of professional expertise within the foreign policy communities of Southeast Asia shape beliefs about the United States. These opinions frequently rest on deeply biased uTrade ReviewHard Interests is theoretically innovative and genuinely interdisciplinary. The approach taken in the case studies 'owes more to historiography and anthropology than political science' (p. 196). While the territory covered is broad and diverse, the analysis is careful and reflective.... Hard Interests is a provocative and refreshing read, asking a big, important question that is curiously absent from the regional security literature. -- David Capie * Contemporary Southeast Asia *Hamilton-Hart raises a fascinating, overlooked question: Why is the United States widely viewed as a benign power in Southeast Asia, its presence welcomed rather than feared despite the many violent, selfish, and unwise things it has done over the years?... Her core answer to the puzzle is the overlap of local elite interests with American anticommunism during the Cold War.... For Southeast Asian elites—although not for labor movements or insugent groups—the U.S. presence has in fact been largely beneficial. -- Andrew J. Nathan * Foreign Affairs *In this important and well-written study of Southeast Asian attitudes to American power since the end of World War II, Natasha Hamilton-Hart examines 'foreign policy beliefs' in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam.... Although she writes in part for a specialist audience of foreign policy and political science scholars... the book will be of general interest to historians of Southeast Asia and useful in teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. -- Tony Day * Pacific Affairs *Natasha Hamilton-Hart offers a provocative book that affirms and challenges the status of the United States in Southeast Asia. It affirms by detailing broadly held elite conceptualizations of the stabilizing role of the United States in Southeast Asia. But it also challenges by questioning the foundations of those beliefs—especially the assumption that the geopolitical justifications, domestic benefits, and 'national interests' associated with the United States are uncontroversial and clear.... Hamilton-Hart’s argument goes beyond familiar arguments about the utilitarian relationship between domestic regime interests and foreign policy alignments... she has given students, scholars, and practitioners of Southeast Asian comparative political economy, foreign policy, and international relations much food for thought. -- Alice Ba * Political Science Quarterly *This book succeeds in analyzing why the United States is either not a strategic threat or less dangerous than any alternative power from the perspectives of six Southeast Asian countries....Hard Interests, Soft Illusions is a well-researched book which is a must-read for scholars, activists, and students in the field of international relations and Southeast Asia. -- Kai Chen * Journal of American East Asian Relations *This fascinating book addresses important questions and offers thought-provoking answers that challenge current directions of debate on the foundations of American primacy, the origins of alignment, and the making of soft power.... Hard Interests, Soft Illusions presents a stimulating and important contribution not only to the study of Southeast Asia's international relations and the foundations of American primacy but also to the debate over the origins of alignment and the workings of soft power. -- Alexander L. Vuving * Asian Politics and Policy *Table of Contents1. Beliefs about American Hegemony in Southeast Asia 2. Behind Beliefs: Hard Interests, Soft Illusions 3. The Politics and Economics of Interests 4. History Lessons 5. Professional Expertise 6. Regime Interests, Beliefs, and KnowledgeAppendix: Interviews References Index
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Cornell University Press Capitalism without Democracy
Book SynopsisFocusing on the activities and aspirations of the private entrepreneurs who are driving China's economic growth.Trade Review"China may not be about to democratize, but—according to Kellee S. Tsai's impressive book—it is nevertheless experiencing significant political change. In showing how Chinese private entrepreneurs, through 'adaptive informal institutions,' have promoted fundamental ideological and institutional transformation, Tsai makes an important contribution both to our understanding of contemporary Chinese political economy and to larger comparative debates." -- Elizabeth J. Perry, Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government, Harvard University"In Capitalism without Democracy, Kellee S. Tsai offers a compelling idea—that the bourgeoisie does not necessarily become the standard-bearer of democracy, and shown this in a country where many people expect that it will. She has also theorized a phenomenon long recognized but not explicated in Chinese politics—that of the impact of local, informal politics on formal political institutions and policy, and has used her theory to deal with major puzzles. Her admirably grounded models of regional diversity inside China should also have broader applicability." -- Dorothy J. Solinger, University of California, Irvine"In this very well-written and richly detailed book, Kellee S. Tsai offers a convincing critique of the common perception that privatization is leading to democratization in China. It should be widely read in the academic and policy communities." -- Bruce J. Dickson, The George Washington University"Kellee S. Tsai's exciting new book challenges the conventional wisdom about the role that entrepreneurs play in a reforming authoritarian state. Burrowing deeply into the informal practices of Chinese capitalists, Tsai questions mechanical, agent-less theories of democratization and reminds us that a term like 'middle class' obscures as much as it explains. With this book, Tsai takes her place at the forefront of those who study the relationship between marketization and democracy." -- Kevin J. O'Brien, University of California, BerkeleyTable of Contents1. The Myth of China's Democratic Capitalists2. Bypassing Democracy: Regime Durability, Informal Institutions, and Political Change3. The Unofficial and Official Revival of China’s Private Sector4. Private Entrepreneurs’ Identities, Interests, and Values5. Diversity in Private Entrepreneurs’ Coping Strategies6. Local Variation in Private Sector Conditions7. Changing China: Adaptive Informal InstitutionsAppendix A Research Methodology Appendix B List of Interviews, 2001–2005 Glossary of Chinese Terms References Index
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Cornell University Press The Globalizers
Book SynopsisThe IMF and the World Bank have integrated a large number of countries into the world economy by requiring governments to open up to global trade, investment, and capital. They have not done this out of pure economic zeal. Politics and their own rules and habits explain much of why they have presented globalization as a solution to challenges they have faced in the world economy.from the IntroductionThe greatest success of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank has been as globalizers. But at whose cost? Would borrowing countries be better off without the IMF and World Bank? This book takes readers inside these institutions and the governments they work with. Ngaire Woods brilliantly decodes what they do and why they do it, using original research, extensive interviews carried out across many countries and institutions, and scholarship from the fields of economics, law, and politics.The Globalizers focuses on both the political context of IMF and World BankTrade ReviewAfter World War II, the winning powers created the IMF, to bring stability to the international monetary system, and the World Bank, to channel investment into development and reconstruction projects. Woods examines both institutions and how they have preformed these roles in regard to underdeveloped borrower nations. She chronicles the involvement of the IMF and the World Bank with Mexico, Russia, and sub-Saharan Africa. In a very balanced analysis, she shows that both institutions have failed in many instances to improve the lot of such countries, too often promoting policies to please their powerful shareholder nations such as the United States while failing to understand and deal with the special needs of borrower nations. She concludes by recommending six reforms for the two institutions to make them more open and equitable in their advertising and lending. * Library Journal *Perhaps mirroring public debate on the issue, scholarship on the role of the IMF and the World Bank in economic development has often treated these institutions as mere conduits of U.S. interest. In The Globalizers, Ngaire Woods seeks to amend this perception, offering a rich account of their activities that emphasizes the inner workings of these institutions and their negotiations with policymakers in developing countries. As such, The Globalizers provides an invaluable look at the processes that shape the IMF and World Bank's role in the global economy. * International Studies Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Whose Institutions?2. The Globalizing Mission3. The Power to Persuade4. The Mission in Mexico5. Mission Creep in Russia6. Mission Unaccomplished in Africa7. Reforming the IMF and World BankReferences Index
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MB - Cornell University Press Transforming Agrarian Economies
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Cornell University Press Business and the State in Developing Countries
Book SynopsisMuch of the debate about development in the past decade pitted proponents of unfettered markets against advocates of developmental states. Yet, in many developing countries what best explains variations in economic performance is not markets or states...Trade ReviewAn outstanding set of essays that are integrated with a success all too unusual in edited collections. -- Frederick Stirton Weaver * Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs *Provides a very informative and useful set of research results on the experiences of developing country in government-business interactions.... Also provides a wealth of interesting materials and findings in a manner lucid and accessible to a wide audience.... A thought-provoking book.... Highly valuable not only to specialists in the field, but also to the students interested in the political economy of Third World. * The Journal of Asian Studies *Sylvia Maxfield and Ben Schneider have collected a set of uniformly excellent essays.... An excellent volume. -- David Waldner * Political Science Quarterly *
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Cornell University Press Regime Shift
Book SynopsisThe Liberal Democratic Party, which dominated postwar Japan, lost power in the early 1990s. During that same period, Japan''s once stellar economy suffered stagnation and collapse. Now a well-known commentator on contemporary Japan traces the political dynamics of the country to determine the reasons for these changes and the extent to which its political and economic systems have been permanently altered.T. J. Pempel contrasts the political economy of Japan during two decades: the 1960s, when the nation experienced conservative political dominance and high growth, and the early 1990s, when the bubble economy collapsed and electoral politics changed. The different dynamics of the two periods indicate a regime shift in which the present political economy deviates profoundly from earlier forms. This shift has involved a transformation in socioeconomic alliances, political and economic institutions, and public policy profile, rendering Japanese politics far less predictable than in theTrade ReviewThis is a 'must' book not only for Japan specialists but also for those interested in contemporary Japanese political economy from a comparative perspective. -- Junko Kato, University of Tokyo * Journal of Japanese Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Long Continuities, Radical ShiftsPart I: REGIMES—DIVERGENT APPROACHES TO POSTWAR STABILITY 1. Patterns of Political Economy: A Range of Regimes 2. Japan in the 1960s: Conservative Politics and Economic Growth 3. From Chaos to Cohesion: Formation of the Conservative RegimePART II: REGIME SHIFTS—ADJUSTMENT, COLLAPSE, AND RECONSTRUCTION 4. Transition and Breakdown: An Era of Reconfigurations 5. Japan in the 1990s: Fragmented Politics and Economic Turmoil 6. Between Adjustment and Unraveling: Protection and Erosion of the Old RegimeConclusion: Regimes in a Changing World EconomyNotes Index
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Cornell University Press Transforming Europe Europeanization and Domestic
Book SynopsisDoes the European Union change the domestic politics and institutions of its member states? Many studies of EU decisionmaking in Brussels pay little attention to the potential domestic impact of European integration. Transforming Europe traces the...Trade ReviewThis book... has been eagerly awaited, and the results do not disappoint. The reader is offered a sophisticated blend of careful building of a conceptual framework with rich empirical studies that carefully trace processes of change.... The result is a sensitive, nuanced portrait of the complex relationships between European integration and domestic change not just across different policy sectors but also with the same sector.... The editors are to be highly commended for putting together such an ambitious project, for giving it coherence and for seeking to challenge and provoke. They succeed admirably. -- Kenneth Dyson, University of Bradford * Journal of European Area Studies *Transforming Europe provides a very clear and well-written exploration of the mechanisms underpinning the Europeanization of member states' domestic structures.... This volume provides an insightful contribution to our understanding of these processes and serves as a valuable starting point for students of the field. -- Avril Keating, University of Cambridge * The Journal of European Affairs *Europe has been uniting for about half a century.... Integration may be slow in overcoming fierce national identities, but the authors emphasize that Europeanization is unlikely to mean homogenization in the future. * The Futurist *The theme of this transatlantic-edited collection is the impact of 'Europeanization' upon the domestic structures of the member states of the European Union. The essays are a contribution to long-running scholarly debates about the nature of the European Union, how it generates and is receptive to change, and how it creates pressure for change within its fifteen member states. Whilst this may seem a rather inward-looking subject for investigation, the book is a contribution to broader debates about the nature of the European integration; and indeed of the role of the United States, of global economic pressures, and of systematic change upon states. -- Anne Deighton, Oxford University * The International History Review *Transforming Europe is a book containing rich empirical studies on a wide-ranging number of issues related to the general question of the transformation of the nation-state under pressure from European integration. The open-ended conclusions signify that the research agenda of Europeanization is still in its preliminary stages, and that much more work needs to be done. Most importantly, this book is driven by an elaborate theoretical framework that will set the tone for such future work on Europeanization. It is sure to become a classic in the field of European integration studies. -- Maarten Vink * Acta Politica *
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Cornell University Press Industry and Politics in West Germany Toward the
Book SynopsisUnder the editorship of Peter J. Katzenstein, thirteen distinguished scholars from both sides of the Atlantic here provide an original interpretation of the political economy of the Bonn Republic during the forty years since its founding, and explore in particular its extraordinary capacity for accommodating change.
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Cornell University Press Pathways from the Periphery
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Johns Hopkins University Press Institutions and Economic Development
Book SynopsisContributors include economists Christopher Clague, Robert Klitgaard, Peter Murrell, Mancur Olson, Vernon Ruttan, and Vito Tanzi, and political scientists Stephan Haggard, Margaret Levi, and Elinor Ostrom.
£25.20
Johns Hopkins University Press International Agricultural Development
Book SynopsisFour case studies (China, Indonesia, Colombia, and Sub-Saharan Africa) examine how different countries struggle with these issues as they restructure their basic economic institutions.Trade ReviewThe third edition of Carl Eicher and John Staatz's compendium of literature on agricultural development represents a substantial improvement over what was already by far the best collection available. The new edition (re-titled from Agricultural Development in the Third World) is thoroughly revised and updated. Of the 35 chapters, 24 are new to this edition. Ten of the new chapters were commissioned especially for this volume, and I completely agree with the editors' selection of 11 chapters retained from the second edition. The changes serve well to broaden and modernize the scope of the previous volume, paying substantial attention to topics of current concern, and strengthening intellectual ties between agricultural development and the broader literature on economic development. In short, it remains the preeminent anthology in the field and should be required reading in any graduate or undergraduate course in agricultural development. -- Steven A. Block American Journal of Agricultural EconomicsTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I - The Challenge Introduction Agricultural Development Ideas in Historical Perspective John M. Staatz and Carl K. Eicher Agricultural and Foods Needs to 2025 Alex F. McCalla Foreign Aid and Agriculture-Led Development John W. Mellor Part II - Historical and Theoretical Perspectives Introduction Economic Performance through Time Douglass C. North Community, Market, and State Yujiro Hayami Markets, Market Failures, and Development Joseph E. Stiglitz The Agricultural Transformation C. Peter Timmer Agriculture on the Road to Industrialization John W. Mellor Models of Agricultural Development Vernon W. Ruttan Induced Innovation Model of Agricultural Development Vernon W. Ruttan and Yujiro Hayami Part III - Policy Perspectives Introduction The Macroeconomics of Food and Agriculture C. Peter Timmer The Case for Trade Liberalization Rudiger Dornbusch The Plundering of Agriculture in Developing Countries Maurice Schiff and Alberto Valdes The Political Framework for Agricultural Policy Decisions Robert H. Bates Food, Economics, and Entitlements Anartya Sen Part IV - Agricultural Transformation and Rural Economic Development Introduction Learning from Experience Agricultural Development: Transforming Human Capital, Technology, and Institutions James T. Bonnen Agricultural and Rural Development: Painful Lessons Hans P. Binswanger The Peasant in Economic Modernization Yujiro Hayami Institutional and Human Capital Reflections on Land Reform and Farm Size Hans P. Binswanger and Miranda Elgin Investing in People Theodore W. Schultz Projects for Women: Explaining Their Misbehavior Mayra Buvini Agricultural Extension in the Twenty-first Century Charles H. Antholt How Do Market Failures Justify Interventions in Rural Credit Markets? Timothy J. Besley Microfinance: The Paradigm Shift form Credit Delivery to Sustainable Financial Intermediation Marguerite S. Robinson Micro and Small Enterprises and the Rural Poor Carl Liedholm Technology Development and Sustainability Constraints on the Design of Sustainable Systems of Agricultural Production Vernon W. Ruttan African Agriculture: Productivity and Sustainability Issues Thomas Reardon Maintaining Productivity Gains in Post- Green Revolution Asian Agriculture Michael Morris and Derek Byerlee Confronting the Ecological Consequences of the Rice Green Revolution in Tropical Asia Prabhu L. Pingali Choice of Technique in Rice Milling on Java C. Peter Timmer, with a comment by William L. Collier, Jusuf Colter, Sinarhadi, and Robert d'A. Shaw and a reply by C. Peter Timmer Past V - Lessons from Economies in Transition Introduction Agricultural Development and Reform in China Justin Yifu Lin The Role of Agriculture in Indonesia's Development C. Peter Timmer Zimbabwe's Maize Revoluion: Insights for Closing Africa's Food Gap. Carl K. Eicher and Bernard Kupfuma Path-dependent Policy Reforms: From Land Reform to Rural Development in Columbia Alain de Janvry and Elizabeth Sadoulet Agricultrual Reform in Central and Eastern Europe Johan F.M. Swinnen Name Index Subject Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press Market Socialist and Mixed Economies
Book SynopsisMesa-Lago focuses on the three diverse socioeconomic models that these countries represent during these periods.Trade ReviewA remarkable work, even by the exacting standards Carmelo Mesa-Lago has set himself over his long and distinguished career. It offers depth as well as breadth combined with a mass of detailed statistical information that has been honed carefully to ensure comparability across countries. -- Victor Bulmer-Thomas Journal of Latin American Studies This ambitious and massive book is the pinnacle of Professor Mesa-Lago's long and distinguished career. It is a tour de force that is a must for serious scholars in the field of comparative economic systems. -- Katherine Terrell Journal of Comparative Economics This is a hugely impressive and informative work that examines an important economic and political issue... an ambitious and successful project, with a wealth of detail on economic policies in three different economic models. -- Bruce Wilson Latin American Politics and Society [This book] is a treasure trove of useful information for country specialists and generalists... an impressive volume. -- Kurt Weyland South Eastern Latin Americanist With the thoroughness, single-mindedness, and creativity that has characterized his scholarly work Mesa-Lago has tackled the very difficult topic of contemporary Latin American economic development. [His book] is accessible to advanced undergraduate and graduate students as well as to professionals. The profession owes a debt of gratitude to [him] for undertaking this monumental effort. -- Jorge F. Perez-Lopez Cuban Studies An interesting, groundbreaking, and substantial academic work. British Bulletin of Publications A thorough and rigorous work, with robust and convincing conclusions... a study of import and interest, not only for those who are involved with the three analyzed economies, but in general to any reader in developing countries interested in how to improve the combination of growth and equity with democracy. -- Joseph R. Ramos Nueva Sociedad, Caracas This book is recommendable because of the methodic stringency of the country comparisons (that is missing in many other comparative country studies), and for the amount of detailed information and data on the specific countries. [It also] closes holes in the economic statistics of the international organizations. -- Hartmut Sangmeister Internationale Politik und Gesellschaft This book will become a standard of reference for those interested in Latin America and in the methodology for comparative economic analysis. -- Juan A. B. Belt Cuba in Transition [This book] is a landmark, a new point of departure and shall be part of any future analysis. -- Alejandro De La Fuente Encuenro, Madrid [ Market, Socialist, and Mixed Economies] is in my view the best comparative study involving these three Latin America economies. Carmelo Mesa-Lago has succeeded in bringing together rich empirical evidence within an attractive conceptual framework. He has greatly advanced our understanding of the functioning of the socialist, mixed and market economies. -- Jan Svejnar Revista de Ciencias Sociales, Costa Rica
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Johns Hopkins University Press Rethinking the Economics of War
Book SynopsisCountries studied include Lebanon, Sierra Leone, Angola, the Republic of the Congo, Colombia, and Afghanistan.Trade ReviewRecommended. Choice 2006 Comprehensive and well-executed examination of the multiple dimensions-political, economic, ideational and historical-that come together to spark intra-state violence and impede its revolution. -- Lee J. M. Seymour Political Studies Review 2006 An important book... I can strongly recommend it. -- Ron Smith Economics of Peace and Security Journal 2007 The book maintains a high level of scholarship, addressing the audiences from virtually every field that attempts to understand human social dynamics. -- Muhammad M. Haque Journal of Third World Studies 2008 The anthology contributes to our understanding of why some violent internal conflicts are so enduring. -- Walter W. Hill International Journal on World Peace 2009
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Johns Hopkins University Press East Asian Multilateralism
Book SynopsisExamines the range of implications of shifting alignments in East Asia. This title assesses economic conditions and policies within individual East Asian states. It also examines the challenge of regional cooperation from the perspectives of local players. It analyzes the implications for foreign policy in the United States and in Asia.Trade ReviewA 'must' for any college-level collection strong in Asian politics. Midwest Book Review 2008 A worthwhile read for anyone interested in recent momentum towards regionalism in East Asia. Survival 2009 Aside from its inherent appeal to American policy wonks, the volume offers some interesting thoughts about the theory and practice of multilateralism in east Asia. -- Nicola P. Contessi International Journal 2009 East Asian Multilateralism provides a comprehensive analysis of the major challenges for the establishment of a multilateral regional order. In particular interest is the additional focus on policy recommendations (for the US diplomacy). -- Alfred Gerstl East Asia Integration Studies 2009 The volume is well-organised, readable, and remarkably jargon-free and benefits from a multinational set of contributors with considerable expertise in the region. -- Brian Bridges Asian Affairs Assembles an impressive crew of American and American-based policy experts on the subject. -- Simon Tay Pacific AffairsTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsNotes on Foreign Names and TransliterationsIntroduction Part I: Beyond the Hub and SpokesChapter 1. Critical Junctures and the Contours of Northeast Asian RegionalismChapter 2. The History and Practice of Unilateralism in East AsiaChapter 3. The Outlook for Economic Integration in East AsiaChapter 4. The New Trade Bilateralism in East AsiaPart II: Country PerspectivesChapter 5. China's Evolving Multilateralism in Asia: The Aussenpolitik and Innenpolitik ExplanationsChapter 6. China and the Impracticality of Closed RegionalismChapter 7. Japan and the New Security Structures of Asian MultilateralismChapter 8. Korean Perspectives on East Asian RegionalismPart III: Policy ImplicationsChapter 9. A New Order in East Asia?Chapter 10. The Security Architecture in Asia and American Foreign PolicyConclusionContributors Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press China and the Transformation of Global Capitalism
Book SynopsisSo, and Lu Zhang.Trade ReviewThis volume is a significant, timely contribution to the discussion of China's role in the world economy... Not only a must read for those studying the Chinese economy, this book will likely be welcomed and debated by observers of capitalist development on the world stage. Essential. Choice 2010 This volume is a rare and important contribution to understanding China's rise in the context of global capitalism. Despite the questions raised, this reviewer enjoyed reading all the chapters and learned much from each author who contributed to this excellent collection. The volume is a must read for anyone who is intrigued by China's past and its contemporary role in the global system. -- Lu Zheng Contemporary Sociology 2010 Ho-fung Hung... provides an excellent short background on the start of China's economic miracle, and then evolves into providing an eye-opening view of the current status of important Chinese clothes and shoe manufacturers. -- Loyd E. Eskildson Basil and Spice 2010Table of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1. Introduction: The Three Transformations of Global CapitalismChapter 2. China's Market Economy in the Long RunChapter 3. Rethinking the Chinese Developmental MiracleChapter 4. Big Suppliers in Greater China: A Growing Counterweight to the Power of Giant RetailersChapter 5. The "Rise of China" and the Changing World Income DistributionChapter 6. China's Economic Ascent and Japan's Raw-Materials PeripheriesChapter 7. Sino-Russian Geoeconomic Integration: An Alternative to Chinese Hegemony on a Shrinking PlanetChapter 8. China and the U.S. Labor MovementChapter 9. China as an Emerging Epicenter of World Labor UnrestChapter 10. A Caveat: Is the Rise of China Sustainable?List of ContributorsIndex
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University of Toronto Press Transportation Rates and Economic Development in
Book SynopsisThis book examines the influence of transport costs on regional economic development in northern Ontario. It begins with an overview of the Canadian freight rate structure, with emphasis on railway rates, and a brief look at the history of federal rate policy. A theoretical model of rate determination is then constructed to permit measurement of the impact on producers and consumers of alternative rate-setting policies. Using econometric techniques and 1975 data, rate changes are related to the inputs and outputs of northern Ontario’s economy, and the effect on the region of subsidies and regulations is discussed.Freight rates on inbound shipments are found to be much higher than on goods exported from the area. A central discovery is that regulations limiting competition in the Ontario trucking industry have raised highway freight rates significantly beyond the national average. In this situation transport subsidies are unlikely to affect rates, Professor Bonsor argues
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Stanford University Press Comparative Economic Transformations Mainland
Book SynopsisThis pathbreaking work attempts to understand China's economic policies by examining the political logic behind economic reforms in authoritarian, command-economy states from the wholly original perspective of property rights.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Industrial reform in the PRC; 3. Hungary and the PRC; 4. The Soviet Union and the PRC; 5. The ROC and the PRC; Conclusion.
£52.70
Stanford University Press Industry and Underdevelopment The
Book SynopsisThis is a study of the economic, political, and technological forces that have thwarted Mexican efforts to become a competitive member of the international economic community.Trade Review"This is an outstanding book that should be required reading for anyone wishing to gain a deeper understanding of the economic problems now facing the Mexican government." -- Journal of Third World Studies"Haber's book will long endure as the standard work on the subject." -- Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos"An important new look at the history of Mexican industry. His careful discussion of the nature of the industrial system emerging in the latter part of the nineteenth century and his insights into the revolutionary and postrevolutionary periods provide an excellent basis for a better understanding of the rapid expansion of Mexican industry after 1940." -- American Historical Review Table of ContentsContents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
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Stanford University Press How Latin America Fell Behind Essays on the
Book SynopsisIn 1800, the per capita income of the United States was twice that of Mexico and roughly the same as Brazil s. By 1913, it was four times greater than Mexico s and seven times greater than Brazil's. This volume seeks to explain the 19th-century lag in Latin American economic development.Trade Review“This outstanding book is a major event in the modernization of Latin American economic history, the first anthology of the work of leading 'new economic historians' of Latin America.”—John H. Coatsworth, Harvard UniversityTable of ContentsContents 1. HABER STEPHEN 2. LEFF NATHANIEL H. 3. CARDENAS ENRIQUE 4. SUMMERHILL WILLIAM 5. MARICHAL CARLOS 6. HABER STEPHEN 7. CHOWNING MARGARET 8. SALVUCCI RICHARD J. 9. HABER STEPHEN KLEIN HERBERT S. 10. ENGERMAN STANLEY L. SOKOLOFF KENNETH L.
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Stanford University Press Reforming Indias External Financial and Fiscal
Book SynopsisThis book examines both significant achievements and setbacks in economic policy made in India throughout the 1990s.Trade Review"This volume brings under intensive analysis the critical dimensions of Indian economic reform. The messages emanating from the essays will be very valuable for policymakers and scholars in identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the various measures taken so far and the remaining gaps and deficiencies." -A. Bagchi,National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi
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Stanford University Press The Fourth Circle
Book SynopsisThis book analyzes the political, legal, and economic dynamics shaping environmental outcomes across two districts in Aceh, one of the richest and most expansive areas of tropical rainforest in Southeast Asia. Its central theme is that the present cycle of ecological decline can best be understood in terms of the way political, economic and social forces operate at the district level.Trade Review"[The Fourth Circle provides valuable ethnographic and political information about a dangerous area where researchers have found it comparatively difficult to gain access (Aceh). The book's publication now remains timely, given the broad interest in northern Sumatra after the 2004 tsunami." -- Journal of Anthropological Research"Eloquent and authoritative." -- Bijdragen"This book is a highly commendable study of the dynamics involved in forest destruction, conversion and conservation in South Aceh, an area known by the famous Gunung Leuser National Park. John McCarthy looks at institutional arrangements governing forests, drawing on legal anthropology to uncover the plurality and fluidity of 'rules in use' in natural resource management." -- Internationales Asienforum"Approaching resource degradation as an institutional problem embedded in socioeconomic structures and power relations, John McCarthy has written a book of significance well beyond his study area in the remote rainforests of Sumatra. In communities in South Aceh between 1996 and 1999, McCarthy investigated the interplay of state and customary (adat) institutions with other interests in managing local forest resources. This is an important work that generates understanding of the most pressing issues of our time I recommend the book highly. McCarthy intelligently details and discusses cases of global interest, yielding insights into complex interactions of tradition, colonial, state and informal institutions in effecting as area's resource management, and into the implications for conservation projects." -- Lene Pederson * American Anthropologist *Table of Contents@fmct:Contents @toc4:List of Tables, Maps, and Illustrations iii Acknowledgments iii Glossary iii Note on Terminology iii @toc2:Chapter 1 Introduction: Institutional Arrangements and Forest Regimes 0 Chapter 2 Local Institutions in Sama Dua 00 Chapter 3 Menggamat: Turning in Circles 000 Chapter 4 Power and Interest in Badar 000 Chapter 5 Conclusion 000 Chapter 6 Epilogue 000 @toc4:Appendix: Fieldwork in Aceh: Research Context and Experience 000 Bibliography 000 Index 000
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Stanford University Press The Spirit of Development
Book SynopsisThis book is an examination of the connections between modern economic practices, globalization, and contemporary Christian religious belief, based on an ethnographic study of NGOs in Zimbabwe. It addresses issues crucial for those interested in the strengths and weaknesses of development theory and practice, as well as in Protestant Christianity as a transnational religion.Trade Review"Bornstein has written a book that every believer (or unbeliever) in the theology of (African) economic development should read." -- Voluntas"Bornstein shows how ideas of material and spiritual development relate to each other in the everyday practices of development executives in California and their counterparts in Zimbabwe. As illustrated here, 'faith-based development' compels fresh engagement with the cosmologies of capitalist development. Rarely have classic concerns in social theory been made so directly relevant to understanding topical issues." -- Harri Englund"This book makes an important and timely contribution to the sociology and anthropology of development....Bornstein writes with an honesty and a curiosity that engages the reader in her project." -- Canadian Journal of Sociology Online"Erica Bornstein's ethnography is one of the finest [on NGOs], and is likely to find a place as a foundational study in this emerging field." -- Journal of Southern African Studies"The Spirit of Development is a truly ground-breaking work on a topic of extraordinary contemporary significance. It provides a powerful and exceptionally revealing demonstration of how ethnographic methods and anthropological concepts can be brought to bear on the study of those 'non-governmental organizations' that play an increasingly prominent (and ill-understood) role in the contemporary social and political life of much of the world. It should be required reading for all scholars concerned with 'development,' Christianity, and humanitarianism, in Africa and beyond." -- James Ferguson * Stanford University *"The Spirit of Development...provides exemplary insight into the debates and practices amongst NGO staff in Harare and the United States concerning the intersection of faith and development, providing much-needed analysis on the intertwining of religious and economic assumptions and their (mis)translations within transnational organizations such as NGOs and those they endeavor to spiritually and materially transform." -- American Anthropologist
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Stanford University Press Reverse Anthropology
Book SynopsisStuart Kirsch is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. He has consulted widely on environmental issues and land rights in the Pacific, and was actively involved in the political campaign and legal case against the environmental impact of the Ok Tedi mine in Papua New Guinea.Trade Review"In a sensitive and nuanced discussion of Yonggom emotions and morality, he effectively illustrates that Yonggom identify sorcerers by examining human emotions and intentionality." -- American Anthropologist"This is an important story that will draw many audiences. It weaves personal experience, politics, and activism in and out of a scholarly analysis made possible by the way Kirsch draws on the analytical skills of his subjects. In this it is nothing short of a brilliant and sympathetic enterprise." -- Dame Marilyn Strathern FBA, William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology * University of Cambridge *"Kirsch's ethnographic passages sing with the immediacy of deep and vibrant experience . . . Because of its rich detail and moral clarity, Reverse Anthropology is a productive contribution to anthropological understandings of indigenous social analysis and it deserves a wide readership." -- Expedition"Kirsch's ethnography is compelling on several levels. It is an excellent example of using indigenous frames of reference for understanding contemporary issues of globalization, colonialism and modernization. It is also a groundbreaking approach to the study of indigenous movements that yields alternative interpretations of political relationships and historical events going back to the first contact between European explorers and Melanesian indigenous groups. Finally, for students of anthropology, it is a highly personal account of the multiple roles of the anthropologist as analyst, participant and advocate for an indigenous group in a precedent-setting legal case against a powerful multinational mining corporation." -- Canadian Review of Sociology"What is masterful about this . . . book is that the author, all the while telling the stories of these contemporary environmental and political struggles, contextualizes them in deeply indigenous ways of knowing and understanding history and the natural and social world." -- Journal of Anthropological Research"Kirsch deserves recognition for this refreshing and intellectually stimulating monograph . . . That this work combines such an emancipatory potential for anthropology with descriptive, theoretically compelling, and well-written ethnography is a testament to Kirsch's scholarship and activism." -- Anthropos"Stuart Kirsch's work is distinquished by his unusual analytic approach to collaborative work with the Yonggom people in pursuing environmental and civil rights. Inspired by Roy Wagners study of Melanesian cargo cults in terms of indigenous analyses of land, labor, capital, and consumption, Dr. Kirschs Reverse Anthropology links two traditions of research in Melanesia: classic ethnographic studies of reciprocity, religion, kinship, ecology, and personhood, dating from the works of Malinowski and Mauss, to contemporary research on class, commodification, citizenship, environmental pollution, and political violence. This compelling study demonstrates the conceptual and political contribution of reverse anthropology to our common understanding of the workings of local communities, nation-states, transnational corporations, and so-called modernization, thus creating a new synergy in the scholarship of Melanesia relevant to anthropological work much more broadly." -- Gillian Feeley-Harnik * University of Michigan *"Kirsch documents and explains how Yonggom people construct social worlds and relationships through exchange and what happens when these patterns are disrupted or unreciprocated. The ethnographic descriptions of everyday life, conversations, complex rituals, myths, magic, and sorcery are rich in detail—reflecting his long association with people there and his empathic identification with the sorrow and loss they have experienced." -- Current Anthropology"Reverse Anthropology is an uncommonly sophisticated work of engaged ethnography, and a book that provides an impressive and uncompromising model of equal accountability to scholarly research and indigenous advocacy. With patience, insight, and brilliant attention to Yonggom subjectivity, Stuart Kirsch reveals what it means to turn anthropology inside out. This is a standout book in the new anthropology of modern Melanesia." -- Steven Feld * University of New Mexico *"Perhaps, if one thing can save our species hurtling to a collective global suicide through the nightmare of over industrialization, it's Reverse Anthropology: making our own society the subject of an objective analysis from the view-point of other cultures, and drawing on this insight . . . Kirsch's book is a significant contribution to this exercise." -- Mines & Communities"This book . . . serves as a model for culturally appropriate solutions to contemporary local problems." -- CHOICETable of Contents@fmct:Contents @toc4:A note to the reader iii List of illustrations iii Acknowledgements iii A note on language iii @toc2:Introduction 000 1 Historical encounters 000 2 The enchantment of place 000 3 Unrequited reciprocity 000 4 Sorcery and the mine 000 5 Mythical encounters 000 6 Divining violence 000 7 Loss and the future imagined 000 Conclusions 000 @toc4:Notes 000 References 000 Index 000
£81.90
Stanford University Press Reverse Anthropology
Book SynopsisStuart Kirsch is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. He has consulted widely on environmental issues and land rights in the Pacific, and was actively involved in the political campaign and legal case against the environmental impact of the Ok Tedi mine in Papua New Guinea.Trade Review"In a sensitive and nuanced discussion of Yonggom emotions and morality, he effectively illustrates that Yonggom identify sorcerers by examining human emotions and intentionality." -- American Anthropologist"This is an important story that will draw many audiences. It weaves personal experience, politics, and activism in and out of a scholarly analysis made possible by the way Kirsch draws on the analytical skills of his subjects. In this it is nothing short of a brilliant and sympathetic enterprise." -- Dame Marilyn Strathern FBA, William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology * University of Cambridge *"Kirsch's ethnographic passages sing with the immediacy of deep and vibrant experience . . . Because of its rich detail and moral clarity, Reverse Anthropology is a productive contribution to anthropological understandings of indigenous social analysis and it deserves a wide readership." -- Expedition"Kirsch's ethnography is compelling on several levels. It is an excellent example of using indigenous frames of reference for understanding contemporary issues of globalization, colonialism and modernization. It is also a groundbreaking approach to the study of indigenous movements that yields alternative interpretations of political relationships and historical events going back to the first contact between European explorers and Melanesian indigenous groups. Finally, for students of anthropology, it is a highly personal account of the multiple roles of the anthropologist as analyst, participant and advocate for an indigenous group in a precedent-setting legal case against a powerful multinational mining corporation." -- Canadian Review of Sociology"What is masterful about this . . . book is that the author, all the while telling the stories of these contemporary environmental and political struggles, contextualizes them in deeply indigenous ways of knowing and understanding history and the natural and social world." -- Journal of Anthropological Research"Kirsch deserves recognition for this refreshing and intellectually stimulating monograph . . . That this work combines such an emancipatory potential for anthropology with descriptive, theoretically compelling, and well-written ethnography is a testament to Kirsch's scholarship and activism." -- Anthropos"Stuart Kirsch's work is distinquished by his unusual analytic approach to collaborative work with the Yonggom people in pursuing environmental and civil rights. Inspired by Roy Wagners study of Melanesian cargo cults in terms of indigenous analyses of land, labor, capital, and consumption, Dr. Kirschs Reverse Anthropology links two traditions of research in Melanesia: classic ethnographic studies of reciprocity, religion, kinship, ecology, and personhood, dating from the works of Malinowski and Mauss, to contemporary research on class, commodification, citizenship, environmental pollution, and political violence. This compelling study demonstrates the conceptual and political contribution of reverse anthropology to our common understanding of the workings of local communities, nation-states, transnational corporations, and so-called modernization, thus creating a new synergy in the scholarship of Melanesia relevant to anthropological work much more broadly." -- Gillian Feeley-Harnik * University of Michigan *"Kirsch documents and explains how Yonggom people construct social worlds and relationships through exchange and what happens when these patterns are disrupted or unreciprocated. The ethnographic descriptions of everyday life, conversations, complex rituals, myths, magic, and sorcery are rich in detail—reflecting his long association with people there and his empathic identification with the sorrow and loss they have experienced." -- Current Anthropology"Reverse Anthropology is an uncommonly sophisticated work of engaged ethnography, and a book that provides an impressive and uncompromising model of equal accountability to scholarly research and indigenous advocacy. With patience, insight, and brilliant attention to Yonggom subjectivity, Stuart Kirsch reveals what it means to turn anthropology inside out. This is a standout book in the new anthropology of modern Melanesia." -- Steven Feld * University of New Mexico *"Perhaps, if one thing can save our species hurtling to a collective global suicide through the nightmare of over industrialization, it's Reverse Anthropology: making our own society the subject of an objective analysis from the view-point of other cultures, and drawing on this insight . . . Kirsch's book is a significant contribution to this exercise." -- Mines & Communities"This book . . . serves as a model for culturally appropriate solutions to contemporary local problems." -- CHOICETable of Contents@fmct:Contents @toc4:A note to the reader iii List of illustrations iii Acknowledgements iii A note on language iii @toc2:Introduction 000 1 Historical encounters 000 2 The enchantment of place 000 3 Unrequited reciprocity 000 4 Sorcery and the mine 000 5 Mythical encounters 000 6 Divining violence 000 7 Loss and the future imagined 000 Conclusions 000 @toc4:Notes 000 References 000 Index 000
£19.79
Stanford University Press On Capitalism
Book SynopsisThis important interdisciplinary work suggests a number of economic as well as sociological reasons why modern capitalism is such a uniquely dynamic force.Trade Review"This book offers illuminating analyses of the incentive mechanism that underlies the unprecedented growth performance of capitalism. It offers new insights into seminal contributions—like those of Weber and de Tocqueville–and contains much fascinating and valuable material that sociologists and economists will to well to absorb." —William J. Baumol, New York University"Nee and Swedberg have brought together an incredibly diverse and distinguished group of sociologists, economists, and political scientists to give Weber his due and show that his intellectual concerns are alive and well. Offering a terrifically wide range of topics—including religion and capitalism, law and the state in issues of development, and the role of social interaction in understanding corruption and the collective dynamics of market actors—many of these essays are gems." —Neil Fligstein, University of California, Berkeley"On Capitalism offers a refreshingly diverse range of insights into economic growth through its Weberian focus on non-economic factors such as ideas, institutions, culture, and religion.You may not agree with every essay in the volume, but you will learn a great deal by engaging these original and often unconventional perspectives. I recommend the volume to anyone interested in the spirit of contemporary capitalism." —AnnaLee Saxenian, University of California, BerkeleyTable of Contents[Table of Contents] Contents List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgments Contributors Introduction Victor Nee and Richard Swedberg Part I: The Dynamics and Contradictions of Capitalism 1. The Systemic Anticulture of Capitalism Russell Hardin 2. Tocqueville and the Spirit of American Capitalism Richard Swedberg 3. Income Inequality and the Protestant Ethic Robert H. Frank Part II: Politics, Legal-Rational Institutions, and Corruption 4. On Politicized Capitalism Victor Nee and Sonja Opper 5. Law, Economy, and Globalization: Max Weber and How International Financial Institutions Understand Law Bruce G. Carruthers and Terence C. Halliday 6. The Social Construction of Corruption Mark Granovetter Part III: Religion 7. The Role of Spiritual Capital in Economic Behavior Barnaby Marsh 8. Political Economy and Religion in the Spirit of Max Weber Robert J. Barro and Rachel M. McCleary 9. Beyond Weber Michael Novak Part IV: Methodological and Conceptual Issues 10. The Collective Dynamics of Belief Duncan J. Watts 11. Analytical Individualism and the Explanation of Macrosocial Change Ronald Jepperson and John W. Meyer 12. Bootstrapping Development: Rethinking the Role of Public Intervention in Promoting Growth Charles F. Sabel Index
£22.49
Stanford University Press Bootstrapping Democracy
Book SynopsisThis book investigates participatory budgeting-a mainstay now of World Bank, UNDP, and USAID development programs-to ask whether its reforms truly make a difference in deepening democracy and empowering civil society.Trade Review"Bootstrapping Democracy demonstrates the importance of ongoing experimentation as local governments and their civil society allies seek to deepen the quality of democratic institutions . . . Their research design, a paired case comparison, advances academic and policy debates on participatory democracy . . . The comparative approach used in this book makes it useful for both undergraduate and graduate courses."—Brian Wampler, Social Forces"This is one of the better contributions concerning participatory democracy in Brazil to be published in recent years. What makes this better than other recent studies of grassroots democracy in Brazil is the closer analysis of the different ways that PB develops across cities. . . This is an accessible book, even when the authors are discussing jargon-laden democratic theory or comparing Brazilian experiences to similar experiments in India and South Africa."—B. P. Keating, Choice"Insightful, subtle, and persuasively argued, Bootstrapping Democracy is a wonderful contribution to political theory and comparative politics. Writing on Brazil's two-decade-long experiment in participatory budgeting, Baiocchi, Heller, and Silva defend democracy's great promise: to turn citizens from clients into self-governing agents who, deploying their human powers, direct politics to a common good."—Joshua Cohen, Stanford University"Baiocchi, Heller, and Silva go beyond examining the 'success' of participatory budgeting to assess its actual impact in terms of government services and the further development of civil society. This clear, original work fills a very large void and really is incomparable."—Philip Oxhorn, McGill University"Bootstrapping Democracy is an exciting breath of fresh air in an era when the intellectual debate on how to construct effective democratic politics seems in danger of becoming sterile. Baiocchi, Heller, and Silva put an impressive set of empirical data together with an original theoretical perspective to create a positive thesis that should have a powerful invigorating impact on the democracy debate." —Peter Evans, University of California, Berkeley
£18.99
Stanford University Press Plastic Money
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[B]y examining the formation of credit card markets in eight postcommunist countries, Akos Rona-Tas and Alya Guseva show how [many factors] played a role in fashioning these markets, albeit in different ways in different countries. And in doing so I place it among other wonderful books about market formation . . . [T]here is much to learn here about how credit markets and the rules and practices that generate them are constructed. These are lessons that should be of interest not just to sociologists but economists too."—John L. Campbell, American Journal of Sociology"The authors provide an informative overview of the diverse actors who populate the early payment and credit card markets, including banks, cardholders, merchants, the state, and even multinational employers staking a place in nascent capitalist economies and owners of newly privatized enterprises . . . Plastic Money is meticulously researched and analytically appealing, and it is an important contribution to our understanding of the postcommunist regions of Europe and the developing economic postcommunism of Asian markets."—Daina S. Eglitis, Slavic Review"This fascinating study of the creation of credit card markets in eight European and Asian postcommunist countries is the latest and most expansive work on the subject by Rona-Tas and Guseva . . . The expanded empirical breadth of the book is matched with a new set of substantive questions about how each country overcame a common set of frictions impeding the development of card markets . . . Rona-Tas and Guseva provide a generalized framework for thinking about market generation and methodological cues for measuring it, and I hope that in the near future we will see more work that links processes of market creation and ongoing functionality."—Christopher Yenkey, Administrative Science Quarterly"Akos Rona-Tas and Alya Guseva's empirical research on the spread of payment and credit cards into post-communist economies is highly original and breaks new ground. They adroitly engage a number of important questions about globalization, the emergence of a consumer society, market creation, and the transition from a command to a market economy. A well-written and lively book."—Bruce Carruthers, Northwestern University"This book represents a peak achievement of two of the best economic sociologists around. Their insight into the development of credit and debit card markets in eight transitional economies is result is an astoundingly fine empirical study."—Richard Swedberg, Cornell University"With verve and compelling evidence, Alya Guseva and Akos Rona-Tas guide us into the intricate world of credit and debit cards in eight post-communist countries. Along the way, Plastic Money boldly demolishes myths about how markets, money, and globalization work. An inspired contribution to economic sociology."—Viviana A. Zelizer, Author of Economic Lives: How Culture Shapes the Economy"Plastic Money is a fascinating study of the creation of new markets. Investigating the emergence of credit cards in eight former socialist countries, Guseva and Rona-Tas show how the social, cultural, technological, and legal infrastructure was built in the process of transition. Their account is an important theoretical and empirical contribution to our sociological understanding."—Jens Beckert, Director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of SocietiesTable of Contents Plastic Money: Constructing Markets for Credit Cards in Eight Postcommunist Countries Author(s): Akos Rona-Tas and Alya Guseva This book draws on original fieldwork to provide a comparative analysis of emerging credit card markets in eight countries—the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Russia, Ukraine, China and Vietnam. The problem of market emergence is posed as analytically distinct from market functioning. Card markets are viewed as being actively constructed, rather than emerging spontaneously and following the US blueprint. The process of market construction involves solving a set of puzzles related to the credit card as a product that is both a means of payment and an instrument of credit. These puzzles are: standardization, information asymmetry, information sharing, market origination and expansion. They were solved differently in each of the countries, and the resulting markets are neither identical to the "Western" blueprint, nor to each other. The book focuses on the trajectories of market development in the eight countries from the moment the first cards were issued to the present time, underscoring both similarities and differences between countries. Chapter 1: Paying with Cards Chapter abstract: This chapter establishes market emergence as a problem analytically distinct from market functioning and introduces two sets of rules: generative and functional. Credit cards are conceived of as global products that are both a means of payment and an instrument of credit. Frequent references to the US credit card market are justified by its role as a performative ideal type—a model that not only helps to explicitly describe postcommunist credit card markets but also attempts to shape them by imposing a set of implicit instructions. The chapter provides the basic statistics of payment card markets in the eight postcommunist countries and concludes with an overview of the remaining chapters. Chapter 2: The Transition from a Communist to a Market Economy Chapter abstract: This chapter lays out the historical background for the development of postcommunist card markets. It revisits theories of the transition, focusing on the three distinct development paths the economies of the eight countries took: the path taken by the Central European countries, which started with an economic recession but soon integrated into the European Union and the developed world; the path navigated by the economies of East Europe, which experienced more tumultuous and protracted transition and a slower European and global integration; and the path traveled by China and Vietnam, two fast-growing East Asian economies that started from an overall much lower level of economic development keeping a strong role of the Communist state in the economy. The chapter discusses the creation of commercial banks and emphasizes the similarities among the countries' developmental paths. It also criticizes the market transition theories for ignoring the demand side of market building. Chapter 3: Payment Puzzles Chapter abstract: This chapter presents how card markets work. It lays out the puzzles encountered by the architects of credit card markets and explains why they pose challenges to standard understandings of market economics. In line with the argument that credit cards combine the features of two products, payment cards and consumer loans, here the focus is on two payment puzzles: two-sided markets and standardization. It is argued that these puzzles are such that they cannot be effectively solved by a self-regulating competitive market driven by the forces of supply and demand in the pursuit of ever-increasing profits. Instead, the solutions to these puzzles require some sort of nonmarket intervention. The chapter concludes with a short account of how each of the two puzzles was solved in the American payment card market, as well as gives a brief preview of solutions used in the postcommunist countries. Chapter 4: Credit Puzzles Chapter abstract: This chapter continues the discussion in the previous chapter focusing on the puzzles related to the consumer loan side of the credit card—information asymmetry, information sharing and market origination and expansion. It concludes with a short account of how each was solved in the American payment card market and presents a brief preview of solutions used in the postcommunist countries. Chapter 5: The Construction of Card Markets in Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic Chapter abstract: This chapter focuses on the three Central European countries—Hungary, the Czech Republic and Poland. It details the role of multinational card networks, such as Visa and MasterCard, as well as the involvement of state and large employers in solving the market puzzles. On the credit side, market development in Central Europe was influenced by concerns about data privacy. The mechanization of credit assessment, a key technology in making credit card markets profitable, was seen as a threat to borrowers. On the payment side, all three Central European markets are already dominated almost exclusively by Visa and MasterCard. In order to further standardize, the European Union recently began to push for initiatives enabling any European citizen to get their payment card in any European country. Chapter 6: Russia, Ukraine and Bulgaria Chapter abstract: The chapter focuses on how card markets were constructed in Russia, Ukraine and Bulgaria. The unique features of these markets are: a substantially large "gray" (cash) economy, which gave merchants a strong preference for cash over cards; complicated income verification of credit applicants; and dialogue about creating national payment systems based on domestic cards. The spread of coercive cards via salary projects is now accompanied by pressures to legally mandate card acceptance by merchants. Card issuers appear to be powerless in the face of several puzzles—they are either defeated by the resistance of salary cardholders to use cards for payment and by the refusal of merchants to accept cards, or they are paralyzed by the inability of the banking community to control competitive tendencies in favor of greater cooperation over standards and information. This emphasizes the key role of the state in constructing markets. Chapter 7: Vietnam and China Chapter abstract: This chapter focuses on China and Vietnam—two countries whose political context and transition trajectory differ from those of the other six. The case of China deserves special attention due to the country's sheer size: it is particularly challenging to create a credit card market in a country of more than one billion people, only a small number of whom have bank accounts. Establishing cooperation between banking institutions thousands of miles apart is equally challenging. The Chinese government views cards not as a market, but as part of China's payment system. It has been successful in developing its domestic card system that poses challenges to multinationals not only domestically, but also internationally. The Vietnamese market is the least developed of all eight countries. Its retail banking covers an even smaller percentage of the population than the banking system in China, and its IT infrastructure is even more inadequate. Chapter 8: Conclusion Chapter abstract: The conclusion highlights the common problems that market makers in all of the countries faced, but it also emphasizes the differential successes and sometimes different paths and sequences of events that accompanied the development of card markets in the eight countries. It also notes that in several of the countries, most unambiguously in China, the central purpose of the card market shifted from providing a tool of convenience to customers to offering an instrument of economic control for the state. The discussion then turns to theoretical issues of social order and market emergence, and emphasized the implications of this analysis for the study of globalization, postcommunist transitions and markets
£40.50
Stanford University Press Insufficient Funds
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on how low-wage Vietnamese immigrants in the United States and their non-migrant family members in Vietnam give, receive, and spend money.Trade Review"In this brilliant landmark study, Hung Thai takes us into the world of Vietnamese immigrants, their lives in the United States and their visits back home where some are greeted as heroic patrons, others as ostentatious spenders, and still others as envious observers of their poor kin who now enjoy luxuries they themselves can ill afford. Through its many, rich close-up portraits, and big-picture lens, this book shifts the way we see migration, family and social class. A must read." -- Arlie Hochschild * University of California, Berkeley, co-editor (with Barbara Ehrenreich) of Global Woman, author of The Outsourced Self *"This book by sociologist Thai is a rare combination of 98 personal interviews with low-wage Vietnamese-Americans and their poor relatives in Vietnam. The writing is elegant and blends fascinating block quotations with pithy sentences that summarize main points . . . Social scientists, especially economists, will value the book's insights on monetary circulation and low-wage labor . . . Highly recommended." -- J. Hein * CHOICE *"Written by a sociologist doing long-term and multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork, Insufficient Funds is a fascinating account of the ways in which money is given, received, and spent in transnational Vietnamese families . . . The book compellingly analyses the ways in which transnational family relationships are shaped by the flow of money from the United States to Vietnam." -- Minh T.N. Nguyen * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *"Thai convincingly shows that migrant money may be less about maintaining family relations than about performing the American Dream . . . Insufficient Funds will appeal to scholars in sociology, anthropology, Asian studies, and Asian American studies. It can be used in teaching as the frank testimonies are accompanied by a comprehensive discussion of scholarship on money, migration, and consumption." -- Allison Truitt * Journal of Anthropological Research *"In Insufficient Funds Hung Cam Thai presents a mesmerizing narrative of money and migration among low-wage Vietnamese transnational families in the United States and their non-migrant relatives in Vietnam . . . Through multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork in both Vietnam and the United States, Thai is able to dig into the fabric of cultural expectations, self-worth, and emotional economies embedding these monetary exchanges . . . I find this an extraordinary book advancing a well-grounded theoretical argument with ample empirical evidence presented in an easy-to-follow manner that will attract not only academics, but also those interested in knowing migrants' life stories." -- Hasan Mahmud * European Journal of Development Research *"Insufficient Funds is a major contribution to our understanding of the culture of remittances and transnational families in the world today. With rich narratives and deft analyses, it sheds light on the complex meanings and dynamics of money, obligations, status, and worth in transnational families." -- Nazli Kibria * Boston University *Table of Contents1. Six Tales of Migrant Money 2. The Making of a Transnational Expenditure Cascade 3. Money as a Currency of Care 4. The Migrant Provider Role 5. The American Dream in Vietnam 6. Compensatory Consumption 7. Emulative Consumption 8. The Cyclical Entrenchment of Monetary Habits 9. The High Price of Esteem Consumption 10. Tall Promises Conclusion: Special Money in Low-Wage Transnational Families
£81.90
Stanford University Press Insufficient Funds
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on how low-wage Vietnamese immigrants in the United States and their non-migrant family members in Vietnam give, receive, and spend money.Trade Review"In this brilliant landmark study, Hung Thai takes us into the world of Vietnamese immigrants, their lives in the United States and their visits back home where some are greeted as heroic patrons, others as ostentatious spenders, and still others as envious observers of their poor kin who now enjoy luxuries they themselves can ill afford. Through its many, rich close-up portraits, and big-picture lens, this book shifts the way we see migration, family and social class. A must read." -- Arlie Hochschild * University of California, Berkeley, co-editor (with Barbara Ehrenreich) of Global Woman, author of The Outsourced Self *"This book by sociologist Thai is a rare combination of 98 personal interviews with low-wage Vietnamese-Americans and their poor relatives in Vietnam. The writing is elegant and blends fascinating block quotations with pithy sentences that summarize main points . . . Social scientists, especially economists, will value the book's insights on monetary circulation and low-wage labor . . . Highly recommended." -- J. Hein * CHOICE *"Written by a sociologist doing long-term and multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork, Insufficient Funds is a fascinating account of the ways in which money is given, received, and spent in transnational Vietnamese families . . . The book compellingly analyses the ways in which transnational family relationships are shaped by the flow of money from the United States to Vietnam." -- Minh T.N. Nguyen * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *"Thai convincingly shows that migrant money may be less about maintaining family relations than about performing the American Dream . . . Insufficient Funds will appeal to scholars in sociology, anthropology, Asian studies, and Asian American studies. It can be used in teaching as the frank testimonies are accompanied by a comprehensive discussion of scholarship on money, migration, and consumption." -- Allison Truitt * Journal of Anthropological Research *"In Insufficient Funds Hung Cam Thai presents a mesmerizing narrative of money and migration among low-wage Vietnamese transnational families in the United States and their non-migrant relatives in Vietnam . . . Through multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork in both Vietnam and the United States, Thai is able to dig into the fabric of cultural expectations, self-worth, and emotional economies embedding these monetary exchanges . . . I find this an extraordinary book advancing a well-grounded theoretical argument with ample empirical evidence presented in an easy-to-follow manner that will attract not only academics, but also those interested in knowing migrants' life stories." -- Hasan Mahmud * European Journal of Development Research *"Insufficient Funds is a major contribution to our understanding of the culture of remittances and transnational families in the world today. With rich narratives and deft analyses, it sheds light on the complex meanings and dynamics of money, obligations, status, and worth in transnational families." -- Nazli Kibria * Boston University *Table of Contents1. Six Tales of Migrant Money 2. The Making of a Transnational Expenditure Cascade 3. Money as a Currency of Care 4. The Migrant Provider Role 5. The American Dream in Vietnam 6. Compensatory Consumption 7. Emulative Consumption 8. The Cyclical Entrenchment of Monetary Habits 9. The High Price of Esteem Consumption 10. Tall Promises Conclusion: Special Money in Low-Wage Transnational Families
£19.79
Stanford University Press Neoliberalism Interrupted
Book SynopsisExamines the recent and diverse proliferation of responses that challenge, reform, and even retrench neoliberalism's hegemony in Latin America.Trade Review"Neoliberalism Interrupted is a timely book on the winds of change sweeping through Latin America. Covering a wide range of countries it provides many important reference points against which the wider phenomenon of the so-called Pink Tide can be viewed an assessed. Usefully, it deals not only with those countries that are often paradigmatically associated with the leading edge of resistance to neoliberalism (Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador) but also those countries where neoliberal socio-economic and political practices have remained firmly entrenched (Colombia, Mexico, El Salvador) or where assessment has been more ambiguous (Argentina) . . . [This] is a highly readable and engaging book for both students and seasoned scholars of Latin America. It deserves to be read widely."—Chris Hesketh, Bulletin of Latin American Research"Neoliberalism, Interrupted is an aptly titled volume that examines the current status of neoliberal economic policy and governmentality in Latin America . . . Fine-grained political analysis and rich empirical detail reveal that while Washington Consensus policies are no longer hegemonic in Latin America, neoliberal governance is entrenched and evolving . . . Each of the eight country case studies offers rich historical and political analysis that is alive to contradiction and complexity . . . [T]he case studies are valuable and clearly grounded in deep engagements with research sites."—Jennifer Goett, Journal of Anthropological Research"Mark Goodale and Nancy Postero's collection offers us a vivid panorama of neoliberalism and its interruption, keeping in mind broader patterns of political economic transformation and civil society struggle. The chapters forcefully demonstrate neoliberalism's investment in violence and regulation, while opening our eyes to civil society's spaces to challenge them. From Buenos Aires to Venezuela, from race to gender, this collection represents an important theoretical and critical engagement with Latin America's current realities."—Sarah A. Radcliffe, University of Cambridge, author of Indigenous Development in the Andes: Culture, Power, and Transnationalism"Neoliberalism, Interrupted makes an important contribution to studying Latin America's rapidly changing socio-political landscape. The volume's authors remind us that the region presents a rich laboratory for experiments that defy existing categories of social and political theory in contradictory, but potentially exciting new ways."—Philip Oxhorn, McGill University"This book will resonate with all those interested in one of the most important political questions for Latin America today. The authors resist the temptation to provide easy answers—the essays are subtle and effective, their sophistication buttressed by empirical and theoretical rigor."—Sian Lazar, University of Cambridge"This timely collection brings together diverse disciplinary perspectives to explore the limits of neoliberal governmentality in contemporary Latin America. The contributors provide fine-grained, ethnographic analysis of alternatives to the 'Washington consensus,' both grandiose and grassroots, revealing in the process the promises and contradictions of 'post-neoliberal' political programs and social projects."—Patrick C. Wilson, University of Lethbridge
£89.10
Stanford University Press Can Green Sustain Growth
Book SynopsisTrade Review"In this book, editors Zysman and Huberty tackle the question of whether the concept of green growth is a realistic justification for policies addressing climate change . . . Recommended."—M. Morgan-Davie, CHOICE"Can the right energy system for the future be shaped by the market alone? Can and does green growth exist? Why is there such geographic disparity, globally and nationally, in committing to green growth? Anyone trying to separate the wheat from the chaff in this emotive discussion needs this book!"—Katherine Richardson, Chairman, Danish Commission on Climate Change Policy and Professor, University of Copenhagen"Can we move from political religion to economic reality to address the energy and environmental challenges we face in the 21st century? In the process of addressing this question, Huberty and Zysman connect the dots between the political, economic, and technical issues to show that by building environmental-industry alliances to address concrete problems, we can begin an energy system transformation with benefits not only for the environment and climate, but for the broader economy as well."—James E. Rogers, CEO, Duke Energy
£154.70
Stanford University Press Gendered Commodity Chains
Book SynopsisFocuses on women and households as significant productive units of global production systems and brings gender and social reproduction into the theoretical center of global commodity and value chain analysis.Trade Review"A collective project between Virginia Tech and SUNY Binghamton, original essays from both novice researchers and senior scholars use ethnographic, archival, and some social survey data to provide alternatives to neoclassical and neoliberal economic analysis . . . Recommended." -- G. M. Massey * CHOICE *"[B]oth the analysis and case studies brought together in this book are based on strong scholarly research. Combined, they provide important insights into key aspects of the gendered dimensions of commodity chains, and rightly establish gender as central to the analysis. For those in accord with a World Systems perspective, the book is a must read that will provide a foundation for future investigation. For those with differing perspectives on gender, development, and global value chains, this is a thought-provoking book that will help to stimulate much needed future debate and research." -- Stephanie Ware Barrientos"Work on gender, while very difficult because of the resistance, is also very urgent. We have, as the saying goes, not a minute to lose, which is why this book constitutes an important contribution not merely to the social sciences but to the larger world political scene." * From the foreword by Immanuel Wallerstein *"This is a genuinely exciting collection that fills a critical need. Gendered Commodity Chains contains interesting empirical case studies, as well as probing conceptual pieces that synopsize larger bodies of recent research—and then push the envelope much further! It will be an invaluable addition to course readings in fields including development studies, comparative sociology, international studies, political economy, and feminist studies, and a must for academic libraries." -- David A. Smith, University of California * Irvine *"Wilma Dunaways's Gendered Commodity Chains: Seeing women's Work and Households in Global Production is a stunning collaboration that will inspire further conceptual work and research in fields as diverse as anthropology, economics, development studios, sociology, and geography. The prose is crystal clear, accessible, and compelling." -- Altha J. Cravey * American Journal of Sociology *"Wilma A. Dunaway's edited volume contributes to the fields of economics, development, and gender studies by drawing attention to fundamental features of the capitalist system that have long exploited women . . . Dunaway superbly describes how women's unpaid labor and home-based production lowers the value of labor power, cheapens wage rates, externalized costs to households, and creates levels of exploitation to the direct benefit of capitalists . . . Dunaway's volume provides a pivotal contribution to the study of commodity chains by exposing how capitalists externalize hidden costs to women's uncompensated and inequitable reproductive and productive labor with direct ramifications on the sustainability of households. Communities, local economies, and ecosystems worldwide." -- Nicole Coffey Kellett"This volume enters uncharted territory. As well as a range of sectors and geographical case studies, it provides a far-reaching theoretical reappraisal of the significance of women's work—both paid and unpaid, hidden and visible—to the accumulation of capital and the social reproduction systems that underlie the accumulation of capital. Unmissable." -- Professor Ruth Pearson * University of Leeds *"From theoretical and methodological analysis to empirical work, this volume fills a vacuum in commodity chain studies to show how 'gender is everywhere.' Gendered Commodity Chains will be of great use for teaching and research, with many policy implications and suggestions for future research." -- Lourdes Benería * Cornell University *
£98.60
Stanford University Press The Fountain of Knowledge
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A timely and outstanding analysis of the link between university activity and local economic growth. Refreshing insights into how regional development requires more than just a top-tier university producing world class research. Breznitz shows us that the university and its region must also have mutually supportive innovation policies that co-evolve." -- Ian P. McCarthy, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Technology & Operations Management * Simon Fraser University *"Breznitz makes an important contribution to our understanding of the factors affecting the rise of the entrepreneurial university. Given untapped intellectual, social, and financial capital, the exercise of concerted academic leadership can turn an ivory tower into an engine of local economic development in less than a decade. Read on and discover how." -- Henry Etzkowitz * Institute of Triple Helix Innovation *"This book provides two in-depth case studies of the intricacies of technology transfer, the functioning of the office, and its relationship to the larger university—all embedded in regional and national context. This analysis increases our understanding of how location interacts with a university's capacity to produce the outcomes that are important to economic growth and development." -- Maryann Feldman * University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill *"At a time when we are questioning the ROI of universities, this book pulls back the covers to help everyone understand the critical roles that these institutions can play in our economy. Ease of navigation and transparency are lessons that all universities should take seriously. This book underscores why the implementation of those ideals is not for the faint of heart." -- Lesa Mitchell, Vice President * Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation *"This lucid presentation unpacks the complexity of two famous universities' journey toward technology commercialization with a goal of local economic impact. Linking local geographies with organizational paths, this book reveals how the relationships among organizational structure, technology commercialization strategy, and local economic development remain unclear and unquantifiable." -- Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen * SUNY Buffalo *
£59.40
Stanford University Press Money from Nothing
Book SynopsisTrade Review"James' book is a powerful voice that contributes to the increasingly voluble conversation on consumption in a world that has moved beyond Marxist tenets of production, to the generation of income from loaning and borrowing cash based on speculation. How these new economies will affect the future of young nations such as South Africa remains to be discovered. Works such as Money for Nothing promise to shed light on this journey."—Isabel Scarborough, Allegra Laboratory"Partly perhaps because of its history, Africa (southern Africa in particular) has been a fertile region for work by social anthropologists on economic tops. This book is an especially good exemplar . . .The [book] is a highly readable account of the formal and informal institutions of credit and indebtedness - as well as the networks of obligation, reciprocity, and rejection - enlivened throughout by vignettes and analysis derived from her ethnographic fieldwork . . . Highly Recommended."—J.H. Cobbe, CHOICE"[A] new book by Deborah James [...] puts South Africa's debt industry under a microscope . . . James is an an anthropologist at the London School of Economics, so her book, Money From Nothing — Indebtedness and Aspirations in South Africa, present a more nuanced perspective than we're accustomed to getting from bank-employed economists or trade unionists."—Ann Crotty, The Times"Credit, and its flip side, debt, emerges as a fundamental lens to understand the workings of both social mobility and economic disenfranchisement, precariously inter-twined in the New South Africa. James makes complex theory accessible, combining it with page-turning ethnography—utterly captivating!"—Dinah Rajak, Senior Lecturer in Anthropology, University of Sussex and author of In Good Company: An Anatomy of Corporate Social Responsibility (Stanford University Press 2011)"South Africa, the most unequal society in the world, has recently launched a consumer credit boom. Property rights have been strengthened, but debtors lack the legal protection that is normal elsewhere. Deborah James's much needed ethnography reveals what it feels like to be on the receiving end of this boom for the banks."—Keith Hart, London School of Economics"Money from Nothing offers the most comprehensive, multi-angled study that we have of new initiatives in credit and debt in a poor population. It will be a key source for all who concern themselves with the debt nexus, as lived."—Jane I. Guyer, Johns Hopkins University"James' investigation of the 'credit-debt' revolution in South Africa offers readers a rich account of the new lending economy. At stake, she shows, is not merely the making of a new black middle class, but the remaking of the meaning of class itself in an era of 'neoliberal redistribution.' This path-breaking analysis is an example of economic anthropology at its very best."—Jean Comaroff, Harvard University"In closing, Money from Nothing is an outstanding ethnography which accounts for the relationship between micro and macro political-economy with implications for the everyday social life of money...James's meticulous ethnography and fine scholarship leaves readers with a sense of understanding of the South African economic context amidst the chaos of the dualities that exist in post-apartheid South Africa. I strongly recommend this scholarly work to those engaging in discourse on post-apartheid South Africa, political-economy and cultural-economy."—Hemali Joshi, Anthropology Southern Africa"James is attentive not only to the class dynamics of post-apartheid indebtedness but also to the competitive dynamics of status and distinction . . . [The book] emphasises the complex logics of her informants as they seek to navigate the frustrations of contemporary South Africa . . . Scholarship on the post-apartheid state, and intersection with private capital and its discourses, will benefit considerably from engagement with James's ethnography—as will economic anthropologists working in other parts of the world."—Kevin Donovan, Allegra Laboratory
£89.10
Stanford University Press Greening of Capitalism
Book SynopsisTrade Review"With China setting tough efficiency standards, actively pursuing export markets in wind and solar, and the possibility of setting a target for ending the rise in its annual consumption of coal before the end of 2020, Mathews sheds a bright light on what is set to become the story of the coming century: the green race. Using colourful, credible and compelling evidence on the evolution of capitalism 'with Chinese characteristics', he tells a convincing tale of how China is determined to win that race, and overcome the forces of fossil fuel lock-in. In doing so, he reveals that the primary aim is not to save the planet, but to provide over a billion people with prosperity based on living and working in clean, efficient cities, in which high-technology industries, services, and innovation are the drivers of growth." -- Dimitri Zenghelis * London School of Economics *"This book addresses the timely issue of sustainable capitalism in the developing world. Mathew argues that China and India will be the leaders of a green economy while the US faces insurmountable barriers that prevent a transition from the fossil-fuel-driven economy to one based on renewable energy and resource efficiency . . . As a whole, the book is well written with a cogent argument [...] . . . Recommended." -- E. Pang * CHOICE *"John Mathews' indispensable contribution sets the record straight about China's startling development of green energy, while making the case for the possibility—and the necessity—of a greening capitalism. The outcome of the race between clashing green and black trajectories is critical not only for China and Asia, but for the fate of the earth." -- Mark Selden * Cornell University *"This book dwarfs all others I have read. It has an impressive finish: a blend of neo-Schumpeterian, neo-Gerschenkronian, and neo-Olsonian perspectives which provide a holistic and potent approach for addressing the next great transformation." -- Rajah Rasiah * University of Malaya *Table of ContentsContents and Abstracts1Introduction chapter abstractThe setting for the book – how industrial capitalism has been a boon for the world, raising productivity and incomes, but now threatening our industrial civilization with collapse. The principal challenge, it is argued, is to rethink the workings of capitalism to bring it into alignment with its ecological setting. Questions then immediately present themselves: where will the new shoots of a green economy come from? Which countries are likely to lead the transition, and why? Is it already too late for changes that will work? The chapter then summarizes the argument to be developed. 2The First "Great Transformation" chapter abstractThe second chapter opens with a discussion of the first "Great Transformation" and the process of industrialization itself, which has proven to be such a powerful transformative influence. The creation of industrial capitalism was achieved first in Britain in the 18th century, it ushered in an industrial revolution, which then spread through the West, creating wealth as it did so, and is now spreading worldwide, principally to China, India and Brazil. This Great Transformation (Polanyi 1944) was achieved through far-reaching changes to the economic availability of labor, energy, of natural materials and finance. These are the markets whose functioning will have to change in an eco-aware capitalism – and they are markets that are already changing in China as it accomplishes a Great Convergemce with the West. But the industrial model being used cannot scale. 3Why Business as Usual Cannot Continue chapter abstractThe third chapter evaluates the evidence as to why "business as usual" cannot be allowed to continue. It is the vast scale of the changes to the natural world unleashed by industrial capitalism that is the core issue for sustainability. The workings of markets, finance and securitization have allowed an economic system to flourish that is completely divorced from its ecological moorings. The mode of operation now is through "overshoot and collapse" in one market after another – peaking of oil and other fossil fuels being the most obvious symptoms. Global warming and its dire consequences constitute the end result. The issue is to re-establish the system's moorings by reframing capitalism as a system embedded in an ecological matrix. This calls for a new eco-logic of capitalism, focused on the three fundamental sectors of energy, resources (commodities) and finance. 4From Fossil Fuels to Renewable Energy chapter abstractPart II is the substantive core of the book, devoted to the three fundamental sectors of capitalism where changes are going to be needed, and where changes are already under way. Chapter Four discusses the transition from production systems based on fossil fuels to systems based on renewable energies. The generation of power through harvesting renewable energy supplies constitutes a completely different energy foundation from one based on exploiting fossil fuels drilled or mined from the earth. In place of international conflict being fuelled by geographical accidents where oil is found in some countries but not others, all countries will have the option of building the technologies and industries needed to harvest renewable power. China has emerged as world leader in this historic transition, creating markets, building industries, and investing in clean technologies. Renewables then emerge as the default option for the energy system of a global green capitalism. 5From the Linear to the Circular Economy chapter abstractChapter Five discusses the complementary shift that is under way from the linear economy, with its wasteful resource practices, to a Circular Economy where everything is recycled. The prevailing model is based on a linear process starting at one end capturing natural materials and, at the other, dumping the wastes again in the sink called "nature". But we know that the biosphere works according to great cycles or recirculation of materials, where wastes from one process become nutrients for another. The capitalist version of this involves eco-linkages, where one firm's waste products become another's inputs, and entrepreneurial activity is focused on discovering and implementing such eco-initiatives. The Chinese call this a "Circular Economy" and it is already embodied in the country's current12th Five Year Plan. The circular economy provides a template for the green economy – and the default option for the resource system of a global green capitalism. 6From Generic to Eco-Finance chapter abstractChapter Six discusses the complementary changes in finance needed to drive through these changes in the energy and materials markets. Apart from the toxic effects of many financial derivatives, introduced without regulation and wreaking destruction, the banking and finance sector has also developed sophisticated instruments for creating credit and channeling finance to companies looking to invest in new processes. Green economy projects are looking increasingly attractive and are to be serviced by targeted finance (green banks, climate bonds). As they become adopted by institutional investors such as pension funds, these green credit instruments promise to aggregate projects and lower the cost of finance, thus making green economy projects even more attractive. Eco-finance will then emerge as the default option, offering a more stable as well as sustainable foundation for a green capitalism. 7The Transition to a Green Economy chapter abstractPart III draws the threads together to discuss the emergence of this new model of "green development", or green growth capitalism. Chapter Seven is concerned with the process of transition itself, emphasizing the barriers and difficulties encountered by any change on the scale of the new greening trajectory. The greening of markets for energy, commodities and capital can be expected to propagate to encompass the entire economy, through multiple inter-firm connections and driven by competitive forces. Green products will call for new value chains that will propagate via intermediate suppliers and aggregators back to ultimate commodity suppliers, where the greening of commodity markets will exert their effects downstream. The barriers that stand in the way of this emergent system are formidable, from the protection of vested interests and continuation of subsidies to fossil fuels, to the clash of sectional interests. Ultimately it is strong states that drive fundamental change. 8From Green Economy to Green Economics chapter abstractChapter Eight is concerned with the character of the green economy itself – how it could be conceptualized, represented, studied and analyzed. The argument is developed that the best recipe for dealing with climate change, and with all other features of an industrial capitalism that threatens to grow out of control, is to ensure that the markets in which capitalist firms operate are regenerative, and work in alignment with ecological limits. The emergence of a green economy will be systemic, its parts interacting with each other, and it will call for a new Green Economics that is less concerned with linear growth resource throughput (as measured by GDP) and more concerned with the ecological limits to economic activity. The chapter engages with ideas of the steady-state economy and resilience, painting a picture of a green economy as a biomimetic system, modeled on the successful cycles created by life on Earth. 9The Greening of Capitalism chapter abstractFinally chapter Nine brings together all the elements of the green that is emerging in the 21st century, where the firm itself can grow but the system as a whole remains within its ecological limits. There will be growth and innovation in this system, but not the extensive growth that has characterized industrial capitalism to date. It is likely to emerge first in China because that is where the problems are worst and where the state is powerful enough to drive through the changes needed, backed by a commitment to sustainable enterprise as a way of legitimizing the regime. This next industrial capitalism is one that will not cost the earth. But will it appear in time, and will vested interests allow it to propagate?
£66.60
Stanford University Press Making Money
Book SynopsisThirty years of research. Over 800 interviews. One untold story. Today, Taiwan is part of the increasingly borderless East Asian economy. But, in the 1950s, it was just beginning to industrialize. Making Money is the tale of the manufacturing demand generated in the West and the Taiwanese businesspeople who stepped up to fill it.Trade Review"Hamilton and Kao are the only scholars who could tell such a comprehensive and in-depth story about Taiwan's export-oriented manufacturing sector from its 1960s origins to the present. They situate this seemingly small story in the context of Chinese business and culture, East Asian development, and the global political economy—illustrating why it is a big deal. A masterful contribution."—Ho-Fung Hung, Johns Hopkins University, author of The China Boom"This book shows a lifetime of engagement with the fascinating story of Taiwan's remarkable growth. Hamilton and Kao explore the symbiotic relationship between changes in U.S. retail and manufacturing developments in Asia. But the real story is in their vivid interviews with entrepreneurs, the real makers of the Taiwanese miracle."—Stephan Haggard, University of California, San Diego, author of Pathways from the Periphery"With Taiwan's role in the global economy mainly confined to contract manufacturing and component production—rather than selling brand-name products—the island's importance has gone nearly undetected. Even more invisible has been the role of Taiwan-based companies in China's "manufacturing miracle." This in-depth and authoritative study elevates Taiwan to its rightful position and, in doing so, reveals much about how the global economy actually works. Required reading!"—Timothy J. Sturgeon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology"Making Money strikes a rare balance between big ideas and rich case studies, brimming with detail. Hamilton and Kao skillfully argue for a new understanding of the East Asian miracle against the backdrop of the move toward a network-based, demand-responsive global economy. Taiwan sits at the epicenter of this shift. As this book shows, its contract manufacturing prowess provided the micro foundations for China's rise—and Taiwanese production networks are among the factors that will shape the Asian future."—Gary Gereffi, Duke University"For all those watching China's growth, this book deserves careful reading. We've seen it before—in Japan, South Korea, and in Taiwan, the country that Hamilton and Kao analyze. How is it that such a small country has played an outsized role in globalization over the past half-century? What role does Taiwan play in China's growth? The authors provide answers that will interest economists, political scientists, and sociologists alike."—Robert C. Feenstra, University of California, Davis"This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the tremendous changes in post–World War II capitalism, the way that American consumers and Asian producers have become inextricably linked. The authors make a compelling case that this transformation leads back to rationalization—on a global scale—in the name of the firm and its profits."—Yun-han Chu, Academia Sinica and President, Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation"One crucial element of Taiwan's economic success, which began in the 1960s—and equally of its economic slowdown, which started in the 1990s—was the agility of its small and medium-sized "contract manufacturers," firms that produce consumer products for U.S. brands such as Apple and Timberland but have no brand names of their own. By studying the Taiwanese entrepreneurs who built these firms, Hamilton and Kao shed light on the relationship between globalization and the Asian economic miracle."—Andrew J. Nathan, Foreign Affairs"Making Money: How Taiwanese Industrialists Embraced the Global Economy is the one truly crucial must-read book for anyone who wants to understand globalization, contemporary capitalism, or how the East Asian economy works today....Hamilton and Kao have put a lifetime of experience into this book, and it shows."—Salvatore Babones, Asian Review of Books"[Hamilton and Kao] have written a highly accessible and readable narrative that covers a half-century of economic history central to understanding Taiwan, businesses and entrepreneurs, and global capitalism. The breadth and depth of their study, covering almost all sectors of Taiwan's consumer exports over a course of 30 years, is nearly unprecedented. In sum, this study constitutes an incredibly in-depth, significant, and consequential contribution to scholarship on the Taiwanese economy, and should be necessary reading for readers seeking to understand modern Taiwan."—James Lin, International Journal of Taiwan StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction: Making Money 1. The Sprouts of Capitalism: Bamboo in Springtime 2. America's Retail Revolution: The Hidden Dragon 3. Demand-Led Industrialization: Big Buyers in Taiwan 4. An Economic Way of Life: The Round Table 5. Big Business, Small Firms: Meat and Soup 6. The Search for a New Asian Economy: The Tipping Point 7. High Technology Industries in Taiwan: Turning on a Dime 8. Consolidation in China: A New Age of Mass Production 9. Consolidation in China: Computers and Smartphones 10. Greater Taiwan, Circa 2016: The End of an Era? Epilogue: The Future of Demand-Led Capitalism
£98.60
Stanford University Press Money from Nothing
Book SynopsisTrade Review"James' book is a powerful voice that contributes to the increasingly voluble conversation on consumption in a world that has moved beyond Marxist tenets of production, to the generation of income from loaning and borrowing cash based on speculation. How these new economies will affect the future of young nations such as South Africa remains to be discovered. Works such as Money for Nothing promise to shed light on this journey."—Isabel Scarborough, Allegra Laboratory"Partly perhaps because of its history, Africa (southern Africa in particular) has been a fertile region for work by social anthropologists on economic tops. This book is an especially good exemplar . . .The [book] is a highly readable account of the formal and informal institutions of credit and indebtedness - as well as the networks of obligation, reciprocity, and rejection - enlivened throughout by vignettes and analysis derived from her ethnographic fieldwork . . . Highly Recommended."—J.H. Cobbe, CHOICE"[A] new book by Deborah James [...] puts South Africa's debt industry under a microscope . . . James is an an anthropologist at the London School of Economics, so her book, Money From Nothing — Indebtedness and Aspirations in South Africa, present a more nuanced perspective than we're accustomed to getting from bank-employed economists or trade unionists."—Ann Crotty, The Times"Credit, and its flip side, debt, emerges as a fundamental lens to understand the workings of both social mobility and economic disenfranchisement, precariously inter-twined in the New South Africa. James makes complex theory accessible, combining it with page-turning ethnography—utterly captivating!"—Dinah Rajak, Senior Lecturer in Anthropology, University of Sussex and author of In Good Company: An Anatomy of Corporate Social Responsibility (Stanford University Press 2011)"South Africa, the most unequal society in the world, has recently launched a consumer credit boom. Property rights have been strengthened, but debtors lack the legal protection that is normal elsewhere. Deborah James's much needed ethnography reveals what it feels like to be on the receiving end of this boom for the banks."—Keith Hart, London School of Economics"Money from Nothing offers the most comprehensive, multi-angled study that we have of new initiatives in credit and debt in a poor population. It will be a key source for all who concern themselves with the debt nexus, as lived."—Jane I. Guyer, Johns Hopkins University"James' investigation of the 'credit-debt' revolution in South Africa offers readers a rich account of the new lending economy. At stake, she shows, is not merely the making of a new black middle class, but the remaking of the meaning of class itself in an era of 'neoliberal redistribution.' This path-breaking analysis is an example of economic anthropology at its very best."—Jean Comaroff, Harvard University"In closing, Money from Nothing is an outstanding ethnography which accounts for the relationship between micro and macro political-economy with implications for the everyday social life of money...James's meticulous ethnography and fine scholarship leaves readers with a sense of understanding of the South African economic context amidst the chaos of the dualities that exist in post-apartheid South Africa. I strongly recommend this scholarly work to those engaging in discourse on post-apartheid South Africa, political-economy and cultural-economy."—Hemali Joshi, Anthropology Southern Africa"James is attentive not only to the class dynamics of post-apartheid indebtedness but also to the competitive dynamics of status and distinction . . . [The book] emphasises the complex logics of her informants as they seek to navigate the frustrations of contemporary South Africa . . . Scholarship on the post-apartheid state, and intersection with private capital and its discourses, will benefit considerably from engagement with James's ethnography—as will economic anthropologists working in other parts of the world."—Kevin Donovan, Allegra Laboratory
£21.59
Louisiana State University Press Industrial Development and Manufacturing in the
Book SynopsisEngages a wide variety of sources - including United States census data, which many historians have underutilized when gauging economic growth in the prewar South - to show how industrial development in the region has been systematically minimized by scholars.
£35.06
University of Pennsylvania Press Metropolitan Denver
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is book is a classic geography, presented topically, that addresses the physical environment and human geography of Denver, Colorado, from its founding to the present…[It] contains a wealth of knowledge about city planning processes and how these relate to Denver…[and] is valuable for its careful survey of the growth and planning of an important city of the US Mountain West and for what policy makers in and outside the academy might learn from it." * Historical Geography *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction. From "Queen City of the Plains" to the "Mile High City" Chapter 1. Physical Landscape and Natural Surroundings Chapter 2. Historical Development Chapter 3. Demographics and Culture Chapter 4. Image and Place Making Chapter 5. Political Landscapes Chapter 6. Sustainable Futures Conclusion. The Next Frontier Notes Index Acknowledgments
£40.50
MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida The Historical Archaeology of Shadow and Intimate
Book SynopsisEmphasizing the important social relationships that form between people who participate in small-scale economic transactions, contributors to this volume explore often-overlooked networks of intimate and shadow economies - terms used to describe trade that takes place outside formal market systems.
£67.15
Rutgers University Press New Jerseys Postsuburban Economy Pinpoints
Book SynopsisFrom its colonial origins to the present day, New Jersey's economy has continuously and successfully confronted the challenges and uncertainties of technological and demographic change. Based on James W. Hughes and Joseph J. Seneca's Rutgers Regional Report series, this volume presents the issues confronting the state and brings to the forefront ideas for meeting these challenges.Trade Review"A view of New Jersey’s past, present and future economy by two of the states most respected scholars. Should be a must read for anybody hoping to shape future economic policy." -- Thomas H. Kean * governor of New Jersey, 1982-1990 *Featured in the January 2016 issue [http://njmonthly.com/articles/jersey-living/booming-burbs/] * New Jersey Monthly *"If you are interested in New Jersey's economy, its history, its recent and present condition, and knowledgeable projections as to where it's going, Jim Hughes and Joe Seneca should be your go-to guys. Their clear and easy-to-read writing style makes economics almost enjoyable." -- James J. Florio * governor of New Jersey, 1990-1994 *"A view of New Jersey’s past, present and future economy by two of the states most respected scholars. Should be a must read for anybody hoping to shape future economic policy." -- Thomas H. Kean * governor of New Jersey, 1982-1990 *Featured in the January 2016 issue [http://njmonthly.com/articles/jersey-living/booming-burbs/] * New Jersey Monthly *"If you are interested in New Jersey's economy, its history, its recent and present condition, and knowledgeable projections as to where it's going, Jim Hughes and Joe Seneca should be your go-to guys. Their clear and easy-to-read writing style makes economics almost enjoyable." -- James J. Florio * governor of New Jersey, 1990-1994 *Table of ContentsTABLE OF CONTENTS List of Figures List of Tables Preface 1—Introduction and Overview 2—The Structure of the New Jersey Economy and the Business Cycle 3—The Broad Historical Evolution 4—Transportation and the Economy 5—The Wealth Belt 6—Demography, the Economy, and Housing 7—New Millennium, New Dynamics Notes
£17.09
Rutgers University Press Our Caribbean Kin Race and Nation in the
Book SynopsisWhat has determined whether Antillean solidarity movements fail or succeed? In this comprehensive new study, Alai Reyes-Santos argues that the crucial factor has been the extent to which Dominicans, Haitians, and Puerto Ricans imagine each other as kin. Our Caribbean Kin considers three key moments in the region's history: the nineteenth century; the 1930s; and the past thirty years.Trade Review"With breadth, depth, originality, and intellectual acumen, Reyes-Santos builds on her conceptualization of transcolonial and transnational kinship through a number of social and cultural examples to arrive at a more diversified approach in literary and cultural studies." -- Myrna García-Calderón * Syracuse University *"Alaí Reyes-Santos's elegant work unites vernacular and elite voices to discuss nationalist thought in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. Her insights help us claim our intellectual traditions in contemporary struggles for justice." -- April J. Mayes * author of The Mulatto Republic: Class, Race, and Dominican National Identity *Featured on the weekly book list (http://bit.ly/1K5Phrs) * Chronicle of Higher Education *Table of ContentsContentsPreface Introduction: Our Caribbean Kin 1 The Emancipated Sons: Nineteenth-Century Transcolonial Kinship2 Narratives in the Antilles3 Wife, Food, and a Bed of His Own: Marriage, Family, and Nationalist Kinship in the 1930s4 Like Family: (Un)recognized Siblings and the Haitian-Dominican Family5 Family Secrets: Brotherhood, Passing, and the Dominican–Puerto Rican Family Coda: On Kinship and SolidarityNotesBibliographyIndex
£29.70
John Wiley & Sons Involuntary Resettlement Sourcebook
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£23.70
MP-WBK World Bank Group Publ Africas Silk Road
Book SynopsisFinds that China and India's South-South commerce with Africa is about far more than natural resources, opening the way for Africa to become a processor of commodities and a competitive supplier of goods and services to these countries - a major departure from its long established relations with the North.
£19.90
John Wiley & Sons Africas Future Africas Challenge Early Childhood
Book SynopsisEarly childhood intervention programs are one of the most effective ways to build human capital and break the cycle of poverty. Yet the amount spent on early childhood care and education varies considerably. Countries have to identify cost effective and adaptable interventions that meet the needs of their communities.
£19.90
MP-WBK World Bank Group Publ Enhancing Chinas Competitiveness through Lifelong
Book SynopsisDiscusses the issues involved in building a lifelong learning system in China, including: a coherent policy framework, a sound incentive and institutional framework, a sound regulatory environment, a coordinated governance process, a reliable management information system, a link with the global system, and the optimal use of limited resources.
£12.30
MP-WBK World Bank Group Publ Awakening Africas Sleeping Giant Prospects for
Book SynopsisStronger agricultural growth is needed to reduce poverty in Africa, yet the region continues to fall behind. This title summarizes the findings of the study on Competitive Commercial Agriculture for Africa, a collaborative effort led by the World Bank and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.
£24.65
John Wiley & Sons Innocent Bystanders Developing Countries and the War on Drugs
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£40.46
