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Taylor & Francis Political Economy of the Tokyo Olympics
Book SynopsisThis book is an analysis of both contemporary Tokyo and the contemporary Olympic Games, emphasizing the role of late-stage capitalism and political economy in shaping both.The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games were mired in scandal from the beginning of the bidding process all the way through to the end of the games. This was further exacerbated by the emergency postponement to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, with many public opinion polls supporting further postponement or cancelation in 2021. The contributors to this volume look at the Tokyo 2020 Games in the context of other modern games and the struggle to use the games as an economic stimulus. They reveal the reality of the Olympic development in Tokyo based on evidence and concrete policy analysis.This is a valuable resource for scholars both of contemporary Japan and of the Olympics and other mega-events.Trade ReviewDid we really witness the Olympics? Tokyo under the pandemic seems to have quickly forgotten the bizarre experience of mega-events with no spectators. This book is a critical challenge that explores the undisclosed secrets of a megacity still chasing global illusions in the age of digitalization and post-globalization. Yet Tokyo is by no means an exception to the world. The genealogy of mega events continues with London, Paris, and Los Angeles. Readers of this book will learn both the multi-layered urban meaning of mega-events and the new possibilities of cross-disciplinary urban research from the "thick description" of the city.Takashi MachimuraProfessor of Tokyo Keizai University, Professor emeritus of Hitotsubashi University, Former trustee of IJURR FoundationThis is a first-rate collection of chapters that critically, analytically, and empirically refutes the view that the Olympic Games are merely a massive sporting event. The focus of most of the chapters is on the way in which ‘Tokyo 2020’ (the Tokyo Summer and Paralympic Games) – unprecedentedly postponed for one year due to the COVID 19 pandemic – was used by various stakeholders to attempt to create an economic stimulus, give urban planning a boost, and sow the seeds for greater capital development in Japan. Primarily the work of Japanese urban geographers, with a more theoretical contribution by Hyun Bang Shin (LSE) on mega-events as spectacles, the other chapters deal with topics such as the rescaling of former global cities, the wastefulness of the construction of elite sports facilities for short periods of time, and the increasing securitization of public space. This book is a great addition to the stock of works that critically reflect on the hosting of the Olympics.John HorneFormerly Professor in the Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Tokyo, JapanTable of ContentsIntroduction Miyo Aramata1. Inter-City Competition and Rescaling of Global Cities: London, Tokyo, and Paris Miyo Aramata2. The Political Economy of Mega-events as Spectacles in the Global East Hyun Bang Shin3. The 1964 and 2020 (2021) Tokyo Olympics: Memorandum on Aspects of Urban (Re)Development Naoki Oshiro4. Mega Events and Urban Socio-Economy: Urban Development through Tokyo 2020 and Osaka 2025 Ryo Koizumi5. National Projects and their Local Consequences: Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games and the "Symbiotic Society Host Town" Atsushi Naruse6. Bobsleigh Tracks, Materiality and Affect: A Note on the Olympic Legacy Susumu Yamaguchi7. Securitization at the Tokyo 2020 Games: The Transformation of Public Space before and after the COVID-19 Pandemic Kazuaki SugiyamaConclusion Miyo Aramata
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Sustainable Marketing and the Circular Economy in
Book SynopsisSustainable Marketing and the Circular Economy in Poland outlines the specific challenges around formulating an organisation''s marketing strategy in line with the circular economy (CE) framework.This book helps to solve the problem of ineffective pro-environmental programmes and marketing tools, which are currently used by enterprises to make their activities more sustainable. The authors identify key concepts and strategies of sustainable marketing to highlight the trends and development directions of marketing activities of modern enterprises. Focussing on Poland as a central case study, the book is illustrated with examples of organisations that are implementing sustainable marketing activities that are compatible with the CE model. It also presents the results of studies which examined the pro-environmental marketing efforts of small- and medium-sized enterprises, non-governmental organisations and other actors in Poland. To conclude, the authors put forward recom
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Cambridge University Press Time and Poverty in Western Welfare States
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Cambridge University Press Welfare State Futures
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Cambridge University Press Economic Theories in China 1979 1988
Book SynopsisThis book systematically explores the substance and logic of the evolution of economic theories prevalent in China from 1979 to 1988. This is the first study in English of the reform decade in China and the first to comment on the significance of theoretical and institutional changes.Trade Review'… this is by far the best single introduction to the thinking of Chinese economists in the reform decade.' The Economic JournalTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Introduction and overview; 2. The market under socialism; 3. Socialism: ownership, state enterprise and planning; 4. Strategies of economic development; 5. Prices and wages; 6. Summaries and conclusions; Notes; Bibliography.
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Cambridge University Press Storage and Commodity Markets
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Cambridge University Press Macroeconomic Stabilization in Transition Economies
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Cambridge University Press Underground Economies Tax Evasion Tax Evasion and Information Distortion
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Cambridge University Press Financial Sector Transformation
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Cambridge University Press Hungary
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Cambridge University Press Changing Japanese Capitalism
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Cambridge University Press Capitalism and Social Democracy
Book SynopsisThis is a study of the choices faced by socialist movements as they developed within capitalist societies. Professor Przeworski examines the three principal choices confronted by socialism: whether to work through elections; whether to rely exclusively on the working class; and whether to try to reform or abolish capitalism. He brings to his analysis a number of abstract models of political and economic structure, and illustrates the issues in the context of historical events, tracing the development of socialist strategies since the mid-nineteenth century. Several of the conclusions are novel and provocative. Professor Przeworski argues that economic issues cannot justify a socialist programme, and that the workers had good reasons to struggle for the improvement of capitalism. Therefore, the project of a socialist transformation, and the fight for economic advancement, were separate historical phenomena.
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Cambridge University Press Restructuring the Soviet Economic Bureaucracy
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Cambridge University Press Economic Theories in China 19791988
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Cambridge University Press Managerial Dilemmas
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Cambridge University Press Open Economies
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Cambridge University Press Hungary An Economy in Transition
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Cambridge University Press Social Structures of Accumulation
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Cambridge University Press Business Organization and the Myth of the Market Economy
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Cambridge University Press Social Structure of Accumulation The Political Economy of Growth and Crisis
Book SynopsisThe social structure of accumulation (SSA) approach seeks to explain the long-term fortunes of capitalist economies in terms of the effect of political and economic institutions on growth rates. This book offers an ideal introduction to this powerful tool for understanding capitalist growth, analysing the social and economic differences between countries and the reasons for the successes and failures of institutional reform. The contributors cover a wide range of topics, including the theoretical basis of the SSA approach, the postwar financial system, Marxian and Keynesian theories of economic crisis, labour-management relations, race and gender issues, and the history of institutional innovation. Combining newly written essays with classic articles of the SSA school, the book examines the international economy and the economies of Japan, South Africa, and Puerto Rico, as well as the United States.Trade Review"...a valuable resource for graduate students and advanced undergraduates who can use it as a quick introduction to this perspective....[S]ociologists should see this book as an invitation to participate with SSA scholars in an ongoing multidisciplinary conversation that seeks to understand our current situation within a broader political economic framework." Fred Block, Contemporary Sociology"For those interested in learning about the SSA approach, this book is a must read. It simultaneously covers the area in a comprehensive fashion and sheds much new light on the topic. For those of us whose research was shaped by that of David Gordon, Social Structures of Accumulation represents more than just a useful book." Robert Drago, Review of Social EconomyTable of ContentsIntroduction David M. Kotz, Terrence McDonough and Michael Reich; Part I. The Theory of Social Structures of Accumulation: 1. Long swings and stages of capitalism David M. Gordon, Richard Edwards and Michael Reich; 2. How social structures of accumulation decline and are built Michael Reich; 3. Interpreting the social structure of accumulation approach David M. Kotz; 4. Social structures of accumulation, contingent history, and stages of capitalism Terrence McDonough; 5. The regulation theory and the social structure of accumulation approach David M. Kotz; Part II. History, Institutions, and Macroeconomic Analysis: 6. The construction of social structures of accumulation in US history Terrence McDonough; 7. The financial system and the social structure of accumulation Martin H. Wolfson; 8. Alternative social structure of accumulation approaches to the analysis of capitalist booms and busts Thomas E. Weisskopf; 9. The politics of the American industrial policy debate Jim Schoch; Part III. Class, Race and Gender: 10. Shopfloor relations in the postwar capital-labor accord David Fairris; 11. Towards a broader vision: race, gender and labor market segmentation in the social structure of accumulation framework Randy Aldelda and Chris Tilly; Part IV. The International Dimension: 12. Accumulation and crisis in a small and open economy: the postwar social structure of accumulation in Puerto Rico Edwin Melendez; 13. Apartheid and capitalism: social structure of accumulation or contradiction? Nicoli Nattrass; 14. The social structure of accumulation approach and the regulation approach: a US-Japan comparison Tsuyoshi Tsuru; 15. The global economy: new edifice or crumbling foundations? David M. Gordon; Afterword: new international institutions and renewed world economic expansion David M. Kotz, Terrence McDonough and Michael Reich.
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Cambridge University Press SelfOwnership Freedom and Equality
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Cambridge University Press SelfOwnership Freedom and Equality Author G A Cohen published on December 1995
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Cambridge University Press The American Economy
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Cambridge University Press Capitalism and Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe
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Cambridge University Press Contemporary Capitalism
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Cambridge University Press Japans Capitalism
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Cambridge University Press Macroeconomic Stabilization in Transition Economies
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Cambridge University Press Enterprise and Social Benefits After Communism
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Cambridge University Press The American Economy
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Cambridge University Press Corporate Capital
Book SynopsisThis book looks at the role of the modern corporation in advanced capitalist countries. In particular it considers corporate control and shareownership and the impact of these on consumers' choice, the mobilization of financial capital, the saving function, and the question of the potentially inherent tendency towards stagnation and crisis.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; 1. The socialization of corporate ownership; 2. Corporate control, corporate ownership; 3. Shareownership and 'social' choice; 4. The saving function; 5. Capital accumulation and the realization of profits; Notes; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Continuity and Change in Contemporary Capitalism
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Cambridge University Press Continuity and Change in Contemporary Capitalism
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Cambridge University Press Financial Sector Transformation
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Cambridge University Press Capitalism RussianStyle
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Cambridge University Press Contemporary Capitalism
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Cambridge University Press The Vanishing Rouble
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Cambridge University Press The Vanishing Rouble Barter Networks and NonMonetary Transactions in PostSoviet Societies
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Cambridge University Press Capitalism and Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe
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Cambridge University Press Markets in Historical Contexts
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Cambridge University Press Changing Japanese Capitalism
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Cambridge University Press The Economic Vote How Political and Economic Institutions Condition Election Results Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions
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Cambridge University Press Central Banking in the Twentieth Century
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Cambridge University Press Economic Principles of Commodity Taxation
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Handbook of Privatization
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Cambridge University Press StateOwned Enterprises as Institutional Actors in
Book SynopsisThis Element qualifies the common understanding of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) as mere instruments of the state and instead conceive of them as economic actors in their own right. Specifically, SOE top management teams have leeway to diverge from goals that the state they are owned by pursues. Through ''institutional work'' they can even actively shape the institutional framework in which they are embedded. However, the extent of SOE top management teams'' leeway for agency is determined by macro- (country), meso- (State?SOE governance system), and industry-level factors. These factors, in turn, vary from country to country and over time. In other words, SOE agency is ''embedded agency.'' Combining institutional work and historical institutionalism analytic lenses, this Element presents a multilevel model to understand embedded agency of top management teams of SOEs in contemporary capitalism. The model adds an important element to our understanding of the ''new state capitalism.''
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Cambridge University Press Aberrant Capitalism
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Cambridge University Press Global Chinas Shadow Exchange
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