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MP-WBK World Bank Group Publ Off the Books
Book SynopsisFiscal risks associated with infrastructure are both more frequent and larger than previously assumed. Off the Books quantifies the magnitude and prevalence of these risks in electricity and transport and identifies their root causes across a range of low- and middle-income countries.
£33.26
John Wiley & Sons The Economics of Electric Vehicles for Passenger Transportation
Book SynopsisSheds light on the economics of electric mobility transition by addressing three questions: why is electric mobility for passenger transportation relevant to the developing world; when does it make sense to proactively pursue the transition; and how can policymakers accelerate adoption of electric passenger vehicles.
£36.86
MP-UNN United Nations Public Global Governance and Rules for the Post2015 Er
Book SynopsisProvides a unique assessment of global rules and governance; a reflection of how global rules have been shaping development experiences and outcomes; an identification of the shortcomings of current global governance mechanisms; and innovative suggestions for reforming and improving them.
£32.26
APress The Handbook of Financial Modeling
Book SynopsisFinancial modeling is a crucial concept for business leaders to understand and execute effectively, but few have the tools necessary to do so. While many professionals are familiar with financial statements and accounting reports, not many are truly proficient at building an accurate and practical financial model from the ground up. The Handbook of Financial Modeling provides these skills and so much more. Now in its second edition, The Handbook of Financial Modeling takes into account the new tech released since its successful initial release. Author Jack Avon uses his expertise to analyze the changes and improvements in industry-wide financial modeling through the past five years, in addition to instilling core concepts for readers of all experience levels. Approaching your company''s financial issues with a modeler''s perspective will transform and improve the rest of your business career''s trajectory.Table of ContentsChapter 1: The Role of Financial Modelers today Sub1: Examples of Real day modelling roles Sub2: Where financial modelers have been used Sub3: The modelling roles for the future (New) Chapter 2: Types of Financial Models (New) Sub1: Quantitive models Sub2: Stochastic models Sub3: Time-based models Sub4: Scenario models Sub5: Valuation models Sub6: Other Models Chapter 3: Review of Best Practices for Modeling Sub1: Accepted rules Sub2: Avoid these Sub:3 Reason behind Best practices (New) Chapter 4: The Modeling Lifecyle explained (New) Sub1: The Seven Modeling components explained. Chapter 5: Planning and designing models Sub1: Methods of Planning Sub2: Completing the Plan Sub3: How to know which model type Sub4: Methods of designing all models Sub5: Completing the design Chapter 6: Its all about the model outputs (New) Sub1: Explore the types of outputs Sub2: Creating Dashboards with Excel Chapter 7: Model Build Sub1: Building the Outputs Sub2: Developing the Inputs and Scenarios Sub3: Connecting the Outputs with the Inputs Sub4: Building Error Checks Sub5: User interaction with the model Chapter 8: Financial Modeling and Accountancy (New) Sub1: Are Financial modelers Accountants? Sub2: Accounting concepts for every modeler Sub3: Where Models and Accounting concepts crossChapter 9: The Implications and Rules of Accounting for Modelers Sub1: Implications of IFRS for Modeling (New) Sub2: Accounting Professional Ethics for Modelers (new) Chapter 10: Calculation methods for modelersChapter 11: Modeling Scenarios Explored (New)Chapter 12: The Importance of DocumentationChapter 13: Model Stress Testing (New)Chapter 14: Model Auditing & Review (New)Chapter 15: The Role of VBA in Financial Models Chapter 16: Financial modelling, where next (New)Appendix A: Modelling Glossary and terminologiesAppendix B: Ready-Made Functions Appendix C: References
£49.49
University of Toronto Press Our Battle for the Human Spirit
Book SynopsisOur Battle for the Human Spirit is a comprehensive probe into what is happening to human life in the beginning of the 21st century. It explores how culture, experience, and symbolization have been replaced by scientific, discipline-based, approaches.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Introducing Our New Spiritual Masters 1. The Cult of the Fact: What Discipline-Based Science Will Never Know 2. The Cult of Efficiency: What Technical Means Cannot Accomplish 3. The Cult of Growth: The Anti-Economy 4. The Cult of Disembodied Communal Life: The Anti-Society 5. The Cult of Disembodied Personal Life: Epidemics of Anxiety and Depression Epilogue Notes
£60.35
University of Toronto Press Selling Out or Buying In
Book SynopsisSelling Out or Buying In? is the first work to illuminate the process by which consumers' access to goods and services was liberalized and deregulated in Canada in the second half of the twentieth century.Trade Review"Dawson is optimistic about our own agency to break out of the prison house of consumerism..." -- Dr. Matthew J. Bellamy * BC Studies, online *"This well-researched engaging monograph uncovers the complex debates over store-hour restrictions that shaped the retail landscape of Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia, in the post-Second World War period." -- Vicki Howard, University of Essex * Histoire Sociale/Social History, vol 52 no 105, May '19 *"Thick descriptions of the kind presented by Dawson are valuable, and, when written engagingly, as this study is, they make for a pleasant read." -- David Monod, Wilfrid Laurier University * University of Toronto Quarterly: Letters in Canada 2018 *Table of ContentsIntroduction Santa's Lament Chapter 1 Conflict: Restricting & Liberalizing Store Hours Chapter 2 Community: Tourism, Leisure, and the Quest for Civic Prosperity Chapter 3 Leverage: The Rhetoric and Reality of Chain Store Dominance Chapter 4 Morality: Women, Families & Consumer Convenience Chapter 5 Regulation: Evasion and Enforcement Chapter 6 Ideology: The Cold War and the Public Sphere Chapter 7 Religion: Sunday Shopping's Multiple Battlegrounds Conclusion Bibliography
£45.90
University of Toronto Press The Austerity State
Book SynopsisThe Austerity State provides a critical examination of the accepted discourse around austerity measures and explores the reasons behind its continued prevalence in the world.Trade Review"The Austerity State’s analyses of the causes and thinking behind the austerity policies of North American and European governments in our time make a very useful contribution to scholarship. The accounts here of the actual practices and social impacts of austerity policies are also so timely and up to date − and so much of the previous literature is broadly and deeply canvassed − that this book can be expected to immediately find its way onto the reading lists of a broad range of university courses." -- Leo Panitch, Senior Scholar, Emeritus Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science and Canada Chair in Comparative Political Economy, York University"The Austerity State addresses major themes that are crucial for political economy in our century." -- Paul Kellogg, Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies, Athabasca UniversityTable of ContentsChapter 1 Bryan Evans (Ryerson University) and Stephen McBride (McMaster University) "The Austerity State: An Introduction" Chapter 2 Gary Teeple (Simon Fraser University) "Austerity: State Indebtedness as Class Struggle" Chapter 3 John Peters (Laurentian University) "Post Democracy and the Politics of Inequality: Explaining Policy Responses to the Financial Crisis and the Great Recession" Chapter 4 Marjorie Cohen (Simon Fraser University) "Austerity's Role in Economic Crises: The Relationship Between Social Reproduction and Economic Performance" Chapter 5 Stephen McBride and Sorin Mitrea (McMaster University) "Internalizing Neoliberalism and Austerity" Chapter 6 Simon Lee (University of Hull) "Expansionary Fiscal Consolidation and 'The Smarter State': An Evaluation of The Politics of Austerity in The United Kingdom since May 2010" Chapter 7 Brendan K. O'Rourke and John Hogan (Dublin Institute of Technology) "Frugal Comfort from Ireland: Marginal Tales from an Austere Isle" Chapter 8 Stephen McBride (McMaster University) "The New Constitutionalism and Austerity" Chapter 9 Dieter Plehwe (Berlin Social Science Research Centre) "Fighting the Financial Crisis or Consolidating Austerity? The Eurobond Battle Reconsidered" Chapter 10 Bryan Evans (Ryerson University) "Constructing Economic Policy Advice in an Age of Austerity" Chapter 11 Richard Woodward (University of Hull) "Tax Havens in an Austere World: The Clash of New Ideas and Existing Interests" Chapter 12 Heather Whiteside (University of Waterloo) "Profiting Off Austerity: Private Finance for Public Infrastructure" Chapter 13 Stephen Wilks (University of Exeter) "Austerity and Outsourcing in Britain's New Corporate State" Chapter 14 Meaghan Joy and John Shields (Ryerson University) "Austerity and the Non-Profit Sector: The Case of Social Impact Bonds" Chapter 15 Stephen McBride (McMaster University) and Bryan Evans (Ryerson University) "Conclusion"
£60.35
University of Toronto Press Austerity
Book SynopsisBryan M. Evans, Stephen McBride, and their contributors delve further into the more practical, ground-level side of the austerity equation in Austerity: The Lived Experience.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Austerity as Lived Experience: An Introduction Bryan Evans and Stephen McBride PART ONE: THEORY AND IDEOLOGY Introduction: Manufacturing the Common Sense of Austerity Bryan Evans and McBride Chapter 2 Articulating Austerity and Authoritarianism: Re-imagining Moral Economies? John Clarke Chapter 3 Speaking Austerity: Policy Rhetoric and Design Beyond Fiscal Consolidation Sorin Mitrea Chapter 4 No Deal Capitalism: Austerity and the Unmaking of the North American Middle Class Eric Pineault Chapter 5 Framing the Economic Case for Austerity: The "Expansionary Fiscal Contraction Hypothesis" Ellen Russell PART TWO: IMPACT AND CONSEQUENCES Introduction: Austerity on the Ground Evans and McBride Chapter 6 Care and Control in Long Term Care Work Donna Baines Chapter 7 'Negotiate Your Way Back to Zero': Teacher Bargaining and Austerity in Ontario, Canada Brendan A. Sweeny and Robert S. Hickey Chapter 8 Austerity and the Low Wage Economy: Living and Other Wages Bryan Evans, Stephen McBride, and Jacob Muirhead Chapter 9 Immigration in an Age of Austerity: Morality, the Welfare State and the Shaping of the Ideal Migrant Susan Barrass and John Shields Chapter 10 Pension reforms in the context of the global financial crisis: A reincarnation of pension privatization through austerity Yanqiu Rachel Zhou and Shih-Jiun Shi PART THREE: CLASS, RESISTANCE, ALTERNATIVES Introduction: The Old Strategies Don't Work. So What's Possible? Bryan Evans and Stephen McBride Chapter 11 From Austerity to Structural Reform: The Erosion of the European Social Model(s) Christophe Hermann Chapter 12 Austerity of Imagination: Quebec's Struggles in Translating Resistance into Alternatives Peter Graefe and Hubert Rioux Chapter 13 Social Democracy and Social Pacts: Austerity Alliances and their Consequences Bryan Evans Chapter 14 Austerity and Political Crisis: The Radical Left, the Far Right and Europe's New Authoritarian Order Neil Burron Chapter 15 Conclusion
£60.35
University of Toronto Press Federalism in Action
Book SynopsisFederalism in Action assesses how Canada's public employment service is performing after responsibility was transferred from the federal government to provinces, territories, and Aboriginal organizations between 1995 and 2015.Table of ContentsList of abbreviations List of figures and tables Foreword Preface 1. Introduction 2. Historical Developments and Devolution Parameters 3. Using the Federalism and Activation Literature 4. The Far West: Alberta and British Columbia 5. The Midwest: Saskatchewan and Manitoba 6. The Middle: Quebec and Ontario 7. The East: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador 8. Aboriginal Employment Programs 9. The Federal Role Post-Devolution 10. Comparing with Australia, the United States, and the European Union 11. Conclusion References List of appendices
£59.50
University of Toronto Press Strands of Modernization
Book SynopsisThe late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries saw extraordinary transfer and diffusion of industry- and transportation-related technology, and business methods. While most scholarship on nineteenth-century technology transfer beyond Europe and North America has focused on the West-to-East movement of artifacts, skills, and knowledge, Strands of Modernization considers the transfer of technology and business methods within East Asia in the period between approximately 1850 and 1920. Highlighting currents moving in multiple directions, contributors expand upon conventional notions of what qualifies as a technology or a business practice, looking more broadly at skills, systems of technology, tacit knowledge, and the ideologies and other belief systems with which they interact. The core ambition driving Strands of Modernization is to illuminate processes of adaption, versus adoption, that occur when technology and business practices cross sociocultural boundariTable of ContentsIntroduction: Capacious Connections with and within East Asia David G. Wittner and David B. Sicilia 1. Multinationals and Western Technology Transfer to East Asia, 1870-1914 David B. Sicilia 2. Print Capitalism and Material Culture: Technology Transfer in Early Twentieth-Century China Tze-Ki Hon 3. The Essence of Being Modern: Indigenous Knowledge and Technology Transfer in Meiji Japan David G. Wittner 4. The Evolution of the Exposition Form and its Transfer from the West to Japan Jeffer Daykin 5. What the Eastern Wind Brings: Rickshaw, Mobility and Modernity in Asia M. William Steele 6. Zhang Jian and the Transfer of Western Business Methods through Japan into China Yu Chen 7. Shibusawa Eiichi and the Transfer of Western Banking to Japan Kimura Masato 8. Korea’s Hansung Bank and the Daiichi Bank: The Path from the West through Japan Kim Myungsoo Bibliography Contributors
£36.90
University of Toronto Press Profits and Power
Book SynopsisOil fuels the global economy and remains a staple of our energy system. Yet, its production and use continue to draw negative criticism, and an increasing number of people want to reduce or eliminate its use altogether.Profits and Power sheds light on how the oil system works, its key players, and the political and geopolitical issues related to its use. Starting in the second half of the nineteenth century, the book traces the fascinating history of how oil production and its sale became the world’s most profitable business. Tracing distinct eras in oil’s past, Profits and Power shows how periods defined by shifts in price often dictated who controlled production, and who enjoyed the often enormous riches oil production generated. David A. Detomasi weaves together politics, geopolitics, and economics to provide a complete picture of how the system really works, and what direction it will take in the future.As the world becomes increasingly Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. A Primer on the Oil Industry 3. The Legacy of Oil: 1858–2000 4. The Oil Market, 2000–2014: Rising Prices and the Perils of Profit 5. The Politics, Geopolitics, and Global Governance of Oil: 2000–2014 6. The Politics and Markets of a Price Fall: 2014–2019 7. 2020 and Beyond: Oil in the Post-Pandemic World Conclusion Notes Index
£20.69
University of Toronto Press The Growth of Minds and Culture
Book SynopsisIn The Growth of Minds and Cultures Vanderburg shows how the culture of a society underlies its science, technology, economy, social structure, political institutions, morality, religion, and art.Trade Review"The book is meticulously researched, using extensively the work of Piaget, Kuhn, Toynbee, and Jung among others, as well as the ideas related to open systems theory." -- Dirk Leemans Canadian Book Review Annual "...the very ambition of this book commends it to the attention of anyone interested in the complex relation between modern science and technology, on the one hand, and the traditional notions of culture, society, and history, on the other." -- Hayden White ISIS: A Journal of the History of Science SocietyTable of ContentsForeword Preface Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Our Senses and the World Chapter 3 The Structure of Experience Chapter 4 The Development of Mind Chapter 5 Language Chapter 6 Individual Diversity Chapter 7 Cultural Unity Chapter 8 Culture and History Envoi Notes Index
£30.60
University of Toronto Press Our Battle for the Human Spirit
Book SynopsisOur Battle for the Human Spirit is a comprehensive probe into what is happening to human life in the beginning of the 21st century. It explores how culture, experience, and symbolization have been replaced by scientific, discipline-based, approaches.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Introducing Our New Spiritual Masters 1. The Cult of the Fact: What Discipline-Based Science Will Never Know 2. The Cult of Efficiency: What Technical Means Cannot Accomplish 3. The Cult of Growth: The Anti-Economy 4. The Cult of Disembodied Communal Life: The Anti-Society 5. The Cult of Disembodied Personal Life: Epidemics of Anxiety and Depression Epilogue Notes
£29.70
University of Toronto Press Selling Out or Buying In
Book SynopsisUntil the late 1950s residents of Vancouver and Victoria negotiated a shopping landscape that would be unrecognizable to today’s consumers: most stores were closed for at least half the day on Wednesdays, prevented from opening during the evenings, and were banned from operating on Sundays. Since that decade, however, British Columbians, and Canadians generally, have made significant strides in gaining greater and easier access to consumer goods. Selling Out or Buying In? is the first work to illuminate the process by which consumers’ access to goods and services was liberalized and deregulated in Canada in the second half of the twentieth century. Michael Dawson’s engagingly written and detailed exploration of the debates amongst everyday citizens and politicians regarding the pros and cons of expanding shopping opportunities, challenges the assumption of inevitability surrounding Canada’s emergence as a consumer society. The expansion of sTrade Review"Dawson is optimistic about our own agency to break out of the prison house of consumerism..." -- Dr. Matthew J. Bellamy * BC Studies, online *"This well-researched engaging monograph uncovers the complex debates over store-hour restrictions that shaped the retail landscape of Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia, in the post-Second World War period." -- Vicki Howard, University of Essex * Histoire Sociale/Social History, vol 52 no 105, May '19 *"Thick descriptions of the kind presented by Dawson are valuable, and, when written engagingly, as this study is, they make for a pleasant read." -- David Monod, Wilfrid Laurier University * University of Toronto Quarterly: Letters in Canada 2018 *Table of ContentsIntroduction Santa's Lament Chapter 1 Conflict: Restricting & Liberalizing Store Hours Chapter 2 Community: Tourism, Leisure, and the Quest for Civic Prosperity Chapter 3 Leverage: The Rhetoric and Reality of Chain Store Dominance Chapter 4 Morality: Women, Families & Consumer Convenience Chapter 5 Regulation: Evasion and Enforcement Chapter 6 Ideology: The Cold War and the Public Sphere Chapter 7 Religion: Sunday Shopping's Multiple Battlegrounds Conclusion Bibliography
£22.49
University of Toronto Press The Austerity State
Book SynopsisThe fall-out from the economic and financial crisis of 2008 had profound implications for countries across the world, leading different states to determine the best approach to mitigating its effects. In The Austerity State, a group of established and emerging scholars tackles the question of why states continue to rely on policies that, on many levels, have failed. After 2008, austerity policies were implemented in various countries, a fact the contributors link to the persistence of neoliberalism and its accepted wisdoms about crisis management. In the immediate aftermath of the 2008 collapse, governments and central banks appeared to adopt a Keynesian approach to salvaging the global economy. This perception is mistaken, the authors argue. The austerian analysis of the crisis is ahistorical and shifts the blame from the under-regulated private sector to public, or sovereign, debt for which public authorities are responsible. The Austerity State provideTrade Review"The Austerity State’s analyses of the causes and thinking behind the austerity policies of North American and European governments in our time make a very useful contribution to scholarship. The accounts here of the actual practices and social impacts of austerity policies are also so timely and up to date − and so much of the previous literature is broadly and deeply canvassed − that this book can be expected to immediately find its way onto the reading lists of a broad range of university courses." -- Leo Panitch, Senior Scholar, Emeritus Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science and Canada Chair in Comparative Political Economy, York University"The Austerity State addresses major themes that are crucial for political economy in our century." -- Paul Kellogg, Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies, Athabasca UniversityTable of ContentsChapter 1 Bryan Evans (Ryerson University) and Stephen McBride (McMaster University) "The Austerity State: An Introduction" Chapter 2 Gary Teeple (Simon Fraser University) "Austerity: State Indebtedness as Class Struggle" Chapter 3 John Peters (Laurentian University) "Post Democracy and the Politics of Inequality: Explaining Policy Responses to the Financial Crisis and the Great Recession" Chapter 4 Marjorie Cohen (Simon Fraser University) "Austerity's Role in Economic Crises: The Relationship Between Social Reproduction and Economic Performance" Chapter 5 Stephen McBride and Sorin Mitrea (McMaster University) "Internalizing Neoliberalism and Austerity" Chapter 6 Simon Lee (University of Hull) "Expansionary Fiscal Consolidation and 'The Smarter State': An Evaluation of The Politics of Austerity in The United Kingdom since May 2010" Chapter 7 Brendan K. O'Rourke and John Hogan (Dublin Institute of Technology) "Frugal Comfort from Ireland: Marginal Tales from an Austere Isle" Chapter 8 Stephen McBride (McMaster University) "The New Constitutionalism and Austerity" Chapter 9 Dieter Plehwe (Berlin Social Science Research Centre) "Fighting the Financial Crisis or Consolidating Austerity? The Eurobond Battle Reconsidered" Chapter 10 Bryan Evans (Ryerson University) "Constructing Economic Policy Advice in an Age of Austerity" Chapter 11 Richard Woodward (University of Hull) "Tax Havens in an Austere World: The Clash of New Ideas and Existing Interests" Chapter 12 Heather Whiteside (University of Waterloo) "Profiting Off Austerity: Private Finance for Public Infrastructure" Chapter 13 Stephen Wilks (University of Exeter) "Austerity and Outsourcing in Britain's New Corporate State" Chapter 14 Meaghan Joy and John Shields (Ryerson University) "Austerity and the Non-Profit Sector: The Case of Social Impact Bonds" Chapter 15 Stephen McBride (McMaster University) and Bryan Evans (Ryerson University) "Conclusion"
£28.80
University of Toronto Press Austerity
Book SynopsisBryan M. Evans, Stephen McBride, and their contributors delve further into the more practical, ground-level side of the austerity equation in Austerity: The Lived Experience. Economically, austerity policies cannot be seen to work in the way elite interests claim that they do. Rather than soften the blow of the economic and financial crisis of 2008 for ordinary citizens, policies of austerity slow growth and lead to increased inequality. While political consent for such policies may have been achieved, it was reached amidst significant levels of disaffection and strong opposition to the extremes of austerity. The authors build their analysis in three sections, looking alternatively at theoretical and ideological dimensions of the lived experience of austerity; how austerity plays out in various public sector occupations and policy domains; and the class dimensions of austerity. The result is a ground-breaking contribution to the study of austerity politics and policiesTable of ContentsChapter 1 Austerity as Lived Experience: An Introduction Bryan Evans and Stephen McBride PART ONE: THEORY AND IDEOLOGY Introduction: Manufacturing the Common Sense of Austerity Bryan Evans and McBride Chapter 2 Articulating Austerity and Authoritarianism: Re-imagining Moral Economies? John Clarke Chapter 3 Speaking Austerity: Policy Rhetoric and Design Beyond Fiscal Consolidation Sorin Mitrea Chapter 4 No Deal Capitalism: Austerity and the Unmaking of the North American Middle Class Eric Pineault Chapter 5 Framing the Economic Case for Austerity: The "Expansionary Fiscal Contraction Hypothesis" Ellen Russell PART TWO: IMPACT AND CONSEQUENCES Introduction: Austerity on the Ground Evans and McBride Chapter 6 Care and Control in Long Term Care Work Donna Baines Chapter 7 'Negotiate Your Way Back to Zero': Teacher Bargaining and Austerity in Ontario, Canada Brendan A. Sweeny and Robert S. Hickey Chapter 8 Austerity and the Low Wage Economy: Living and Other Wages Bryan Evans, Stephen McBride, and Jacob Muirhead Chapter 9 Immigration in an Age of Austerity: Morality, the Welfare State and the Shaping of the Ideal Migrant Susan Barrass and John Shields Chapter 10 Pension reforms in the context of the global financial crisis: A reincarnation of pension privatization through austerity Yanqiu Rachel Zhou and Shih-Jiun Shi PART THREE: CLASS, RESISTANCE, ALTERNATIVES Introduction: The Old Strategies Don't Work. So What's Possible? Bryan Evans and Stephen McBride Chapter 11 From Austerity to Structural Reform: The Erosion of the European Social Model(s) Christophe Hermann Chapter 12 Austerity of Imagination: Quebec's Struggles in Translating Resistance into Alternatives Peter Graefe and Hubert Rioux Chapter 13 Social Democracy and Social Pacts: Austerity Alliances and their Consequences Bryan Evans Chapter 14 Austerity and Political Crisis: The Radical Left, the Far Right and Europe's New Authoritarian Order Neil Burron Chapter 15 Conclusion
£28.80
University of Toronto Press Ethical Capitalism Shibusawa Eiichi and Business
Book SynopsisEthical Capitalism is a volume of essays that tackles the thought, work, and legacy of Shibusawa Eiichi.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Introduction 1 Tensions between the Open Market Model and the Closed “Zaibatsu” Model Shimada Masakazu 2 Harmonization between Morality and Economy Tanaka Kazuhiro 3 Public-Private Connections and Boundaries: From Shibusawa Eichii’s Experience to a Global Historical Perspective Patrick Fridenson 4 Capitalism by the “Visible Hand”: The Joint-Stock Company System, Business Leaders (Zaikaijin), and Shibusawa Eiichi Miyamoto Matao 5 “Obtaining Wealth through Fair Means”: Putting Shibusawa Eiichi’s Views on Business Morality in Context Janet Hunter 6 Shibusawa Eiichi’s View of Business Morality in Global Society Kimura Masato 7 Gapponshugi in Global Perspective: Debating the Responsibility of Capitalism Geoffrey Jones 8 The Crisis of Capitalism and the Gapponshugi of Shibusawa Eiichi Kikkawa Takeo Bibliography
£23.39
University of Toronto Press The Thoughtful Leader
Book SynopsisLeadership is a quality that is difficult to define. Some believe that it is innate, the gift of a selected few. Others believe that it is a skill that can be learned but don’t agree on what, exactly, should be taught.In The Thoughtful Leader, Jim Fisher provides an invigorating, inclusive and positive framework for teaching current and aspiring leaders in all walks of life. The author has incorporated various apparently opposing leadership ideas into an integrated model. In order to successfully meet the challenges of a fast changing world, leaders can no longer choose between managing, directing or engaging. The thoughtful leader is someone who simultaneously, consistently and coherently manages, directs and engages their followers. The framework provides a way for anyone who is motivated to lead, has the courage to act and is willing to think about their actions to become more effective. Thoughtful leaders can maintain integrity in their actions and activitiTrade Review‘Fisher’s style is easy to read and has a flair for making complex concepts accessible to the reader. The book is versatile and appropriate for audiences in a number of contexts, from those leading organizations or departments to students of leadership in higher education settings.’ -- Sarah Elaine Eaton * Journal of Educational Thought – vol 50:01:2017 *Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Leadership Models 3. The Integrative Model 4. The Hard Work of Managing 5. Leaders Provide Direction 6. Create Energy through Engagement 7. The Dynamics of Leadership 8. Leadership 360 9. Know Yourself; Understand Others 10. Final Thoughts References Acknowledgments About the Author
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University of Toronto Press Fintech Explained
Book SynopsisExamining innovative business models, Fintech Explained illuminates how financial technology companies are transforming the customer experience in financial services.Table of ContentsSection One: Fintech Toolbox 1. Foundations of Fintech 2. Fintech Economics, Strategies, and Business Models 3. Funding of Early-Stage Fintech Companies 4. The Valuation of Fintech Companies Section Two: Fintech Products and Services 5. Bitcoin, Blockchain, and Cryptocurrencies 6. Ethereum and Decentralized Finance 7. Alternative Finance, Online Lending, and Crowdfunding 8. Digital Banking and the Response of Incumbents 9. Robo-advisors and Digital Wealth Management 10. Payments and Insurtech 11. Techfins and Bigtechs in Financial Index
£52.70
University of Toronto Press Economic Growth in Canada
Book SynopsisThis timely study fills some serious gaps in the historical record of economic development in Canada and compares it with that in the United States pointing out the parallels in development that have resulted from similarities in tastes and technologies and the high degree of monility between two economies. In addition, it clarifies certain mistaken notions about the Canadian economy by evaluating the sources of past growth and anticipating the potential open to the country. This edition includes a chapter which examines Canadian experience over the past decade and compares it with that of the United States. This work will be valuable to economists, policy makers and the informed layman. There is a minimal amount of complex mathematics and the bulk of the statistical material is relegated to the apendices.
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University of Toronto Press The Chaining of Prometheus
Book SynopsisThe development of a national science policy for Canada – and the priorities to be set within any such policy – have been topics of a mounting debate within government and the scientific community. The questions involved are of concern in every country today: Can governments now afford to support laissez-faire 'pure' research to any extent? Or rather, should available resources be allocated to mission-oriented studies determined by government-established national goals?Professor Hayes assesses the limitations and prospects for success of attempts to impose a pattern of planning on Canadian science and critically examines the reports of the Glassco Commission, the examiners for the OECD, the Lamontagne Committee, and the Science Council, as well as of several university-sponsored groups. The power of the Treasury Board and other parts of the control system also receive attention. Most reports on Canadian science policy have been productions of federal agen
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University of Toronto Press Select Documents in Canadian Economic History
Book SynopsisThis second volume of economic documents resumes the story of the development of Canada as told by contemporary sources. Newspaper accounts of economic forces and factors, contemporary writings by statesmen and business men, poems depicting current situations, official documents—all have been included. The volume divides the period into two eras, 1783-1850 and 1850-85. The basis of classification of entries is by topics and geographic sections. It is hoped that the material which follows will amplify and illustrate the blend of materialistic and non-materialistic factors which has determined the nature of Canadian history and will allow students in Canadian universities to study with some degree of fullness the development of the economic institutions of their native land.
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University of Toronto Press Essays in Political Economy
Book SynopsisThis volume of essays in Political Science is a tribute to the character and work of Professor Edward Johns Urwick who in June, 1937, retired under the age limit from the chair of Political Economy in the University of Toronto. It is the first volume of a series in Political Economy to be published by the Maurice Cody Foundation and the University of Toronto Press. It includes articles written by colleagues of Professor Urwick in the Department of Political Economy on subjects in which they had special interest, and articles which are summaries of work done by holders of the Maurice Cody Fellowship since its establishment in 1928. By a happy coincidence, this volume is issued fifty years after the chair in Political Economy was founded.
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University of Toronto Press John Rae Political Economist An Account of His
Book SynopsisVolume I contains a biographical study of John Rae, a brilliant economist and scholar who lived in Canada for a period in the early part of the nineteenth century, an analysis of Rae's contributions to economics, and a collection of his articles and essays on a variety of topics. These miscellaneous writings, many of which originally appeared in contemporary newspapers and magazines, reveal the broad range of his intellectual interests as well as his polemic and literary skill. Volume II is a reprint of Rae's book Statement of New Principles on the Subject of Political Economy which was originally published in Boston in 1834. As a result of the reissue of this book, which has been scarce for some years, modern students of economics will be better able to appreciate Rae's fundamental contribution to the development of economic thought, particularly the theory of capital.Much of Rae's analysis of economic development and behaviour was based on a first-hand knowledge of
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University of Toronto Press John Rae Political Economist An Account of His
Book SynopsisVolume I contains a biographical study of John Rae, a brilliant economist and scholar who lived in Canada for a period in the early part of the nineteenth century, an analysis of Rae's contributions to economics, and a collection of his articles and essays on a variety of topics. These miscellaneous writings, many of which originally appeared in contemporary newspapers and magazines, reveal the broad range of his intellectual interests as well as his polemic and literary skill. Volume II is a reprint of Rae's book Statement of New Principles on the Subject of Political Economy which was originally published in Boston in 1834. As a result of the reissue of this book, which has been scarce for some years, modern students of economics will be better able to appreciate Rae's fundamental contribution to the development of economic thought, particularly the theory of capital.Much of Rae's analysis of economic development and behaviour was based on a first-hand knowledge of the Cana
£33.30
MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Faulkner and Money
Book SynopsisBrings together a distinguished group of scholars to explore the economic contexts of William Faulkner’s life and work, to follow the proverbial money toward new insights into the Nobel Laureate and new questions about his art.
£26.96
Cornell University Press The Currency of Confidence
Book SynopsisThe IMF is a purposive actor in world politics, primarily driven by a set of homogenous economic ideas, Stephen C. Nelson suggests, and its professional staff emerged from an insular set of American-trained economists. The IMF treats countries differently depending on whether that staff trusts the country''s top officials; that trust in turn depends on the educational credentials of the policy team that Fund officials face across the negotiating table. Intellectual differences thus lead to lasting economic effects for the citizens of countries seeking IMF support.Based on deep archival research in IMF archives and personnel files, Nelson argues that the IMF has been the Johnny Appleseed of neoliberalism: neoliberal policymakers sprout and take root in countries that have spent recent decades living under the Fund's conditional lending arrangements. Nelson supports his argument through quantitative measures and illustrates the dynamics of relations between the Fund and client countriTrade ReviewAn excellent book that introduces important evidence about the politics of International Monetary Fund (IMF) lending.... The book builds a convincing case by combining careful quantitative analysis that establishes the general pattern with thorough qualitative work on Argentina that illustrates his proposed mechanism. * Review of International Organizations *Table of Contents1. Understanding the IMF and Its Borrowers2. How Shared Economic Beliefs Shape Loan Size, Conditionality, and Enforcement Decisions3. Playing Favorites: Quantitative Evidence Linking Shared Economic Beliefs to Variation in IMF Treatment4. Argentina and the IMF in Turbulent Times, 1976–19845. From One Crisis to the Next: IMF-Argentine Relations, 1985–20026. Staying Alive: IMF Lending Programs and the Political Survival of Economic Policymakers7. Implications, Extensions, and Speculations: The IMF and Its Borrowers, in and out of Hard Times
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Stanford University Press 10% Less Democracy: Why You Should Trust Elites a
Book SynopsisDuring the 2016 presidential election, both Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders argued that elites were hurting the economy. But, drawing together evidence and theory from across economics, political science, and even finance, Garett Jones says otherwise. In 10% Less Democracy, he makes the case that the richest, most democratic nations would be better off if they slightly reduced accountability to the voting public, turning up the dial on elite influence. To do this, Jones builds on three foundational lines of evidence in areas where he has personal experience. First, as a former staffer in the U.S. Senate, he saw how senators voted differently as elections grew closer. Second, as a macroeconomist, Jones knows the merits of "independent" central banks, which sit apart from the political process and are controlled by powerful insiders. The consensus of the field is that this detached, technocratic approach has worked far better than more political and democratic banking systems. Third, his previous research on the effects of cognitive skills on political, social, and economic systems revealed many ways in which well-informed voters improve government. Discerning repeated patterns, Jones draws out practical suggestions for fine-tuning, focusing on the length of political terms, the independence of government agencies, the weight that voting systems give to the more-educated, and the value of listening more closely to a group of farsighted stakeholders with real skin in the game—a nation's sovereign bondholders. Accessible to political news junkies while firmly rooted and rigorous, 10% Less Democracy will fuel the national conversation about what optimal government looks like.Trade Review"10% Less Democracy is a joy to read. If you liked Freakonomics or Predictably Irrational, you'll love this book. It deserves to be read widely, widely discussed—and acted upon. A tour de force combining the best economic insight with real-world, practical applications. Every chapter demonstrates ways in which reducing democratic control over certain decisions reliably results in better outcomes for all. We should jettison our religious attachment to democracy and see it for what it is: a tool good only in moderation." -- Jason Brennan, author of Cracks in the Ivory Tower"How can we rescue democracy from the slough of despond into which it has fallen? In this lucidly written book, Garett Jones makes the case for a surprising answer: the best way to improve democracy is to have a bit less of it. It's only by handing power to technical experts, lengthening congressional terms, staggering elections, and reducing direct democracy that we can save the invaluable core of democracy from self-destruction." -- Adrian Wooldridge * co-author of Capitalism in America: An Economic History *"Invocation of 'democracy' is one of the most ill-defined canards of modern discourse. In this revisionist work, rooted in common sense, Jones shows that effective representative government does not in fact rest on pure democracy, but does rely on well-functioning elites. Definitely recommended." -- Tyler Cowen * Holbert L. Harris Chair of Economics at George Mazon University, Author of Big Business: A Love Letter to an American Anti-Hero *"The belief in democracy is strong in most rich, democratic countries, even sacred. Why in the world would anyone propose ten percent less of it? The key is sharpening our thinking on what 'democracy' means. Once we allow a sharper definiteion, decision-making by the vote of all, we demystify 'democracy' and more sensibly assess its pluses and minuses. Jones' argument is persuasive and rests on global data." -- Charlotta Stern, Professor of Sociology, Stockholm University * Deputy Director of the Ratio Institute *"If a genie told me that James Madison had been reincarnated as another person and had written an update to the Federalist Papers, I'd say, 'It's Garett Jones and 10% Less Democracy, right?'" -- Tim Groseclose, Professor of Economics * George Mason University *"Mr Jones musters plenty of convincing evidence that fewer elections and more distance between voters and decisions make for better governance." -- The Economist"In his cheeky new book, 10% Less Democracy, the economist Garett Jones makes a counter-zeitgeist case for more 'epistocracy,' or rule by the knowledgeable. Recent weeks have rather made the case for him and altered that zeitgeist." -- Janan Ganesh * Financial Times *"Overall, the book embodies a courageous attempt to grapple with the weaknesses of democratic decision-making... Jones provides copious sparks to reflect on democratic practice by setting out the proposals, pondering their viability and defending their soundness. Stylistically, his reasoning proceeds orderly and fluidly, accompanying the reader with data and examples which contributes in making his thesis clear." -- Paolo Bodini * Ethical Theory and Moral Practice *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Source of My Idea 1. The Big Benefits of a Small Dose of Democracy 2. Braver Politician 3. Central Bank "Independence" 4. The 2% Solution 5. This Chapter Does Not Apply to Your Country 6. Bondholders as a Separate and Coequal Branch of Government 7. Jonathan Rauch, Prophet of Political Realism 8. The Hard Case of the European Union 9. Singapore: Flourishing with 50% Less Democracy 10. Conclusion: Buying the Right Dose of Democracy
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Stanford University Press Globalization Under and After Socialism: The
Book SynopsisThe post-communist states of Central and Eastern Europe have gone from being among the world's most closed, autarkic economies to being some of the most export-oriented and globally integrated. While previous accounts have attributed this shift to post-1989 market reform policies, Besnik Pula sees the root causes differently. Reaching deeper into the region's history and comparatively examining its long-run industrial development, he locates critical junctures that forced the hands of Central and Eastern European elites and made them look at options beyond the domestic economy and the socialist bloc. In the 1970s, Central and Eastern European socialist leaders intensified engagements with the capitalist West in order to expand access to markets, technology, and capital. This shift began to challenge the Stalinist developmental model in favor of exports and transnational integration. A new reliance on exports launched the integration of Eastern European industry into value chains that cut across the East-West political divide. After 1989, these chains proved to be critical gateways to foreign direct investment and circuits of global capitalism. This book enriches our understanding of a regional shift that began well before the fall of the wall, while also explaining the distinct international roles that Central and Eastern European states have assumed in the globalized twenty-first century.Trade Review"Besnik Pula takes another brick off the massive wall of myths surrounding Central and Eastern Europe by kicking off the pedestal the widely shared view that this region's experience with central planning was autarchic and that industrialization was a pure liability for their turn to capitalism. Instead, Pula's superbly well-researched book shows how the socialist states' rich and complex trade, technological, and institutional interactions with the capitalist West's value and supply chains paved the way for their emergence after 1989 as some of the world's most transnationally integrated economies. This is empirically nuanced, theoretically astute, and context sensitive social science at its best." -- Cornel Ban, City * University of London *"This book offers an excellent, well-researched, and highly original analysis. Pula's sophisticated and persuasive argument provides a valuable corrective to studies that overlook or overemphasize the role of socialist legacies in shaping economic reform in Central and Eastern Europe." -- Rudra Sil * University of Pennsylvania *"Abundant with quantitative macroeconomic comparative-historical data, nuanced with numerous qualitative interviews, and addressing some tough issues with answers based on an intimate knowledge of the region and its history, and above all challenging long-held faulty assumptions of the nature and dynamics of socialist states, this book deserves the careful attention of those who are interested in the study of globalization and the evolution of transnational capital in Central and Eastern Europe."––Berch Berberoglu, Social Forces"Pula offers an original interpretation of economic development both under and after socialism that deserves to be widely read." -- Erik Jones * Survival *"[This book is] well-written and shows the author's deep knowledge of this subject....Regional scientists, especially those studying integration of the post-socialist countries in Eastern Europe, should find the book of value." -- Tuyen Pham * The Review of Regional Studies *"[What] Pula endeavored to accomplish is enormous and an enormously difficult task. Ultimately, I suggest we appreciate it as an invitation to a more agency- and practice-centered economic history, one that starts to give Eastern Europe its due in shaping global economic outcomes." -- Zsuzsa Gille * Contemporary Sociology *Table of ContentsContents and AbstractsIntroduction chapter abstractThis is an introductory chapter to the book. It highlights the book's key arguments and its organization. 1Globalization Under and After Socialism: A Comparative and Historical Perspective chapter abstractThe literature on globalization has often ignored Europe's periphery and has particularly remained silent on how the structural changes in the world economy beginning in the 1970s affected the ex-socialist world. In the late twentieth century, among the few critical theories that broke from Cold War understandings of socialist political economies was world-systems theory. While making a number of counterintuitive and provocative claims, world-systems theory and its offshoots (including the "dual dependency" perspective) failed to account for the transformations from socialism to postsocialism and took little heed of the institutional realities and contradictions of Soviet socialism by relying on system-functionalist explanations of change. This chapter proposes a framework for an historical-institutionalist account of globalization that considers both structural changes in the capitalist world economy and political and economic reform in the socialist world that prefigured Central and Eastern Europe's path of transformation after 1989. 2The Limits of Autarchy in the Periphery: Trade, Planning, and East European Industrialization, 1946-1969 chapter abstractThis chapter provides an historical overview of Central and Eastern Europe's integration into the Soviet economic sphere and its effects on patterns of industrialization and trade. It is organized in four parts. First, the chapter discusses the international context of the early Cold War, economic reconstruction and trade policies, and the formation of Comecon. The chapter then turns to the post-Stalin period, when Soviet leaders begin to increasingly see Comecon's role as a tool of regional economic integration. It examines the benefits of intra-bloc trade by comparing the region with other state socialist and developing states to demonstrate how membership in Comecon aided in facilitating rapid industrialization. Finally, it discusses the challenges Soviet and Central and East European leaders saw in expanding trade with the West. 3Upgrading Socialism: Technology, Debt, and East European Reform, 1968-1985 chapter abstractThis chapter presents a structural account of East Europe's industrial transformation during the era of reform socialism. "Reform socialism" refers to institutional reforms socialist states began introducing beginning around 1968, when economic problems like technological backwardness, low productivity and poor product quality became apparent to Communist leaderships across the region. While reforms were carried out unevenly, they are significant in that they coincide with a number of important developments in the world economy. The chapter argues that the 1970s was a crucially transformative decade for socialist economies, and especially for states on the forefront of economic reform. What proved most critical in determining the future industrial fate of socialist countries was the decentralization of trade authority away from central ministries to enterprises and Foreign Trade Organizations. The decentralization of trade authority gave enterprises direct exposure to the competitive pressures—and thus the dominant actors—of the world market. 4Socialist Proto-Globalization and Patterns of Uneven Transnational Integration after 1989 chapter abstractThis chapter looks at the rise of foreign direct investment (FDI), both as a new policy orientation, and as a process of capital flows with institutionally transformative consequences in postsocialist economies. While the previous chapters focused largely on political elites and macro-institutional change during the late socialist era, this chapter shifts attention to the impact of organizational processes at the firm level during the immediate postsocialist period in driving the transition towards globally integrated postsocialist industries. The chapter systematically examines patterns of institutional change from joint ventures to foreign direct investment across the region, and demonstrates the capacities of economies with the most diffuse experience with socialist proto-globalization in making the most rapid gains from globalization after economic liberalization post-1989. 5Transnational Integration and Specialization in the 2000s: Diverging International Market Roles chapter abstractThis chapter completes the account of trajectories of globalization by examining patterns of structural transformation and how these cumulatively led individual Central and Eastern European economies towards new international roles in world market integration during the 2000s. Over time, legacy factors matter increasingly less while the politics of adjustment came to matter much more. The chapter uses comparative data to trace patterns of structural transformation leading states to adopt one of the three distinct roles in international market integration: assembly platform, intermediate producer, and combined. The chapter defines the international market integration of small, developing states in a globalized economy as the structural position the nation's industry assumes within global production networks. The concept incorporates both the aggregate role a nation's industry holds in global value chains and the associated (national) political economy or institutional framework within which the organization of industrial activity takes place. 6Critical Junctures and the Politics of Institutional Adjustment: Explaining Divergence chapter abstractThis chapter demonstrates how political factors determined the path of postsocialist development and international market specialization in the 2000s. International market roles of individual economies built upon the cumulative advantages in transnational production Central and Eastern European economies gained during their socialist experience, but it was the political challenge of turning cumulative advantage into a sustained comparative institutional advantage that brought important gains in the capital, technological and skill base of the economy that concerned the politics of reform in the 1990s and 2000s. It was here that the interplay between industrial restructuring and reform of other institutions of the political economy came to matter. The chapter examines these policy patterns to show the divergent specialization of Hungary and Slovakia into an assembly platform, Czech Republic and Slovenia into an intermediate producer, and Bulgaria, Poland, and Romania into combined roles. Conclusion chapter abstractThe book's concluding chapter reexamines patterns of postsocialist development in light of historical opportunities and constraints and patterns of domestic political forces. It recaps the book's key claim on the importance of organizational capacities these economies built during the reform period of the 1970s in opening the path for the region's integration into the capitalist world economy after 1989. The chapter summarizes comparative paths of transformation by highlighting temporal sequences and intervening causal mechanisms during critical junctures in determining institutional developments in the region.
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Stanford University Press The Business Reinvention of Japan: How to Make
Book SynopsisAfter two decades of reinvention, Japanese companies are re-emerging as major players in the new digital economy. They have responded to the rise of China and new global competition by moving upstream into critical deep-tech inputs and advanced materials and components. This new "aggregate niche strategy" has made Japan the technology anchor for many global supply chains. Although the end products do not carry a "Japan Inside" label, Japan plays a pivotal role in our everyday lives across many critical industries. This book is an in-depth exploration of current Japanese business strategies that make Japan the world's third-largest economy and an economic leader in Asia. To accomplish their reinvention, Japan's largest companies are building new processes of breakthrough innovation. Central to this book is how they are addressing the necessary changes in organizational design, internal management processes, employment, and corporate governance. Because Japan values social stability and economic equality, this reinvention is happening slowly and methodically, and has gone largely unnoticed by Western observers. Yet, Japan's more balanced model of "caring capitalism" is both competitive and transformative, and more socially responsible than the unbridled growth approach of the United States.Trade Review"Ulrike Schaede's new book combines an invaluable primer on Japanese business culture with a striking analysis of Japan's little understood strategy for producing enduring economic strength based on manufacturing excellence and constant, managed change. I came away with renewed admiration for the country's political and corporate leadership, and Japan's ability to forge a successful economic future despite the many daunting challenges one often hears about."—Ambassador Ira Shapiro, former U.S. Trade Negotiator with Japan, former Chairman of the National Association of Japan-America Societies"This authoritative and sophisticated account of how Japanese companies have quietly reformulated how they compete in the global economy is a timely reminder why we need to pay attention to Japan. Japanese companies and their technologies remain, and will continue to remain, critically relevant in our fast-changing world."—Alberto Moel, VEO Robotics"For more than a generation, the outside world has been ready to write off Japan's economy as yesterday's story, in contrast to the tomorrows being created elsewhere, especially in China. Ulrike Schaede clearly and convincingly lays out how out-of-touch that judgment is—and how much more impressive the creativity, flexibility, and re-invention of the Japanese business system look when examined up close. The crispness and concision of the book make it a pleasure to read, and its originality will make it useful for anyone who wants to understand the next stage in global business."—James Fallows, The Atlantic"Schaede truly understands Japanese business strategy and culture. With deep insights and keen analysis, she offers an update on how Japanese companies are evolving to compete in the new global economy. And, she shows how they carefully harmonize social stability with economic success."—Kyota Omori, Chairman, Mitsubishi Research Institute"A gem! Schaede links corporate culture to incentives and outcomes, and shows how Japanese firms have kept the tight corporate culture that makes things right, but add elements of the loose culture that makes the right things. She gives concrete examples of Japanese firms that got it right and how they did it."—Robert Alan Feldman, Tokyo University of Science"Schaede's book offers an up-to-date, intriguing, rich, and easy to read account of changes in Japanese business over the last 20 years. As such, it deserves a wide readership and it will definitely enter my reading list for students."—Harald Conrad, The Journal of Japanese Studies"Japan's economy and its evolving business systems matter, and this insightful evaluation explains how and why. A definite read."—Hugh T. Patrick, Chairman, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School"Schaede's book not only advances our view of the possibilities for Japanese business reinventions on a variety of technology frontiers, but also the broader nature of linkages that underpin the prospects for prosperity and security in Asia and beyond."—Saadia M. Pekkanen, Pacific Affairs
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Stanford University Press The Engaged Scholar: Expanding the Impact of
Book SynopsisSociety and democracy are ever threatened by the fall of fact. Rigorous analysis of facts, the hard boundary between truth and opinion, and fidelity to reputable sources of factual information are all in alarming decline. A 2018 report published by the RAND Corporation labeled this problem "truth decay" and Andrew J. Hoffman lays the challenge of fixing it at the door of the academy. But, as he points out, academia is prevented from carrying this out due to its own existential crisis—a crisis of relevance. Scholarship rarely moves very far beyond the walls of the academy and is certainly not accessing the primarily civic spaces it needs to reach in order to mitigate truth corruption. In this brief but compelling book, Hoffman draws upon existing literature and personal experience to bring attention to the problem of academic insularity—where it comes from and where, if left to grow unchecked, it will go—and argues for the emergence of a more publicly and politically engaged scholar. This book is a call to make that path toward public engagement more acceptable and legitimate for those who do it; to enlarge the tent to be inclusive of multiple ways that one enacts the role of academic scholar in today's world.Trade Review"This book is a critical message for every university that measures its success by the real-world impact of the work on its campus. These chapters offer a road map for public engagement that resonate at a time when so much is on the line for science-informed decision-making. Hoffman underscores most crucially how the role of engaged scholar needs to be integral for academic careers, for the relevance of the academy and the needs of society." -- Philip J. Hanlon, President * Dartmouth College *"Hoffman understands the Academy and cares deeply about academia and its role in society. In this book he advances the mindset for increasing engagement and having an impact, and offers alternative ways that academics can clarify their purpose, engage with society and measure their impact." -- Nancy Baron, Director of Science Outreach * COMPASS Science Communication *"Hoffman, in his new blueprint for an academic world that makes a difference, delivers an architectural template for the academy that is long overdue. To help us find ways to better translate and make our insights matter, Hoffman outlines the logic and philosophy to move from sequestered scholarship to social understanding. This is a critical design map for a critical moment in academic and human history." -- Michael Crow, President * Arizona State University *"Scholars possess a powerful antidote to the poisonous spread of misinformation: Themselves. Hoffman presents an urgent and compelling call for scholars to leverage tools the public understands—from social media to journalism—to explain how their research impacts society. The Engaged Scholar should be required reading for anyone in academia today." -- Beth Daley, editor and general manager * The Conversation US *"Overall, this book combines polemic and practicality in a refreshingly direct way. It is an excellent summary of a particular paradigm of public engagement as a duty to communicate and create impact in the wider world." -- Paul Manners * Public Understanding of Science Blog *"Every graduate student might be wise to read this book, because it describes the current academic model and makes recommendations regarding the future of academia. The engaged scholar is a person who sees an obligation to share knowledge to all, to provide service to the community, and to make a world a better place." -- Steve Johnson * AKMI News *Table of ContentsContents and Abstracts1The Engaged Scholar chapter abstractThe academy is facing a crisis of relevance. While we produce vast amounts of research, much of it has impact beyond the ivory tower to impact public and political discourse. This comes at a time when the quality of that discourse is reaching new lows. This disconnect is dangerous for both society and the academy. Toward finding a solution, the Academy has much to offer. Scientifically derived facts and analysis are our stock and trade, and we have an ability to inform the general public and our politicians about the nature of our problems and potential remedies. We need a more scientifically literate public and more publicly engaged scholars. It is time to reexamine the norms and rules of academia and bring academic research to the public that needs it. 2Limitations of the Academic Reward System chapter abstractThe existing reward structure of the academic research enterprise is leading academic scholars away from public engagement. Its primary focus is on academic journals, and more specifically those that are ranked as "A-journals." This narrow type of outlet focuses on one type of audience – other academic scholars in our narrow disciplines – and one type of language – opaque and obtrusive jargon. This has the consequences that our research reaches a limited audience, is biased towards less-creative and diverse research, timelines that guarantee its irrelevance for public debates, and questionable impact. This system is maintained by a type of inertia that is embedded in our reward systems and our culture. Therefore, that culture must be changed. 3The Rules of Engagement chapter abstractThis chapter presents some alternative "rules of engagement"; models and skills for stepping outside these existing structures and creating impact within real-world debates. To begin, engagement asks us to think of our classroom as extending beyond its physical form on our campus, to include the broader society of which we are a part. Six guidelines from the growing literature on science communication are presented: 1. Find your voice, 2. Tell stories, 3. Avoid the "knowledge deficit model," 4. Know your audience, 5. Rely on solid research, and 6. Change your publication strategy. This chapter concludes with an overview of the political nature of public engagement and the new terrain that this involves. 4Scholarly Uses of Social Media chapter abstractThis chapter discusses the great disruptor of the present context – social media – and the extent to which engaged scholars can embrace this evolving medium in the quest for relevance within today's public and political discourse, developing an entirely new vocabulary, including citation search tools, search engine optimization, DOI numbers, ORCID numbers, and many more. 5Engagement and the Arc of Your Career chapter abstractThis final chapter challenges the engaged scholar to consider a career in its long arc with all its attendant stages and consider the signs that the world of academia is changing, albeit slowly, with conversations over practical impact being engaged in by faculty, deans, presidents, journal editors, journal reviewers, donors, and students. For example, we can see innovations taking place in the training of faculty and doctoral students, the hiring or professional communications staffs, the development of new performance metrics and rules for tenure and promotion, change within the top journals, and changes in accreditation. And in the end, this change will be driven most by a younger generation of scholars who seek to engage in real-world debates through their role as a professor.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Combatting Modern Slavery: Why Labour Governance
Book SynopsisOver the last decade, the world’s largest corporations – from The Coca Cola Company to Amazon, Apple to Unilever – have taken up the cause of combatting modern slavery. Yet, by most measures, across many sectors and regions, severe labour exploitation continues to soar. Corporate social responsibility is not working. Why? In this landmark book, Genevieve LeBaron lifts the lid on a labour governance regime that is severely flawed and limited. She takes a close-up look at the millions of corporate dollars spent on anti-slavery networks, NGO partnerships, lobbying for new transparency legislation, and investment in social auditing and ethical certification schemes, to show how such efforts serve to bolster corporate growth and legitimacy as well as government reputations, whilst failing to protect the world’s most vulnerable workers. To eradicate modern slavery and human trafficking in global supply chains a new approach is needed; one that confronts corporate power and profits, dismantles exploitative business models, and regulates the booming private industry of accounting firms, social auditors, and consultants that has emerged to ‘monitor’ and ‘enforce’ labour standards. Only worker-driven initiatives that uphold fundamental rights can protect workers in the contemporary global economy and make forced labour a thing of the past.Trade Review“‘LeBaron's book gives renewed focus to what business actors, civil society, and government need to do to in order to combat modern slavery. It is a highly recommended read for all those involved in the challenges of eradicating slavery.”Urmila Bhoola, Former UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery“Combating Modern Slavery is a bold, deeply-empirical, even heroic work of moral social science by a brilliant and intrepid scholar. With original field work and a deep dive into the nature of supply chains, global labor governance regimes, audit methods practiced by actual companies, and the worst elements of labor exploitation among the most endangered people, this book is a sobering but moving explanation of the politics and the economics of the modern slavery crisis... In a world struck numb by a pandemic, this book warns us of what millions of the most vulnerable of laborers already face every day.”David W. Blight, Director, Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery and Abolition, Yale University, and author of the Pulitzer prize-winning Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom“We don’t need another hero, argues Genevieve LeBaron. Companies have long promised to sell ethically made products, but they have covered up and misdiagnosed forced labor. Combatting Modern Slavery lays out a readable critique and promising way forward.”Tim Bartley, Washington University in St Louis“A scorching critique of corporate-led efforts to address forced labor and trafficking that shines a spotlight on more promising, worker-driven initiatives for addressing exploitation in the global economy.”Janie Chuang, American University“An important and original analysis of ‘modern slavery’ and forced labour that does not shy away from asking difficult questions.”Samantha Currie, University of Liverpool “A lucid and provocative critique of the contemporary global labor governance regime.”American Journal of SociologyTable of Contents1 Who Does Labor Governance Work For? 2 Labor Exploitation in Global Supply Chains 3 Corporate Power and the State 4 The Recruitment Industry 5 The Enforcement Industry 6 Protecting 21st Century Workers
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Is Inequality in America Irreversible?
Book SynopsisWe are living in a time of extreme inequality: America’s three richest people now own as much wealth as the bottom half of the population. Although most accept that this is grotesque, many politicians accept it as irreversible. In this book, leading US researcher and activist Chuck Collins succinctly diagnoses the drivers of rampant inequality, arguing that such disparities have their roots in 40 years of the powerful rigging the system in their favor. He proposes a far-reaching policy agenda, analyzes the barriers to progress, and shows how transformative local campaigns can become a national movement for change. This book is a powerful analysis of how the plutocracy sold us a toxic lie, and what we can do to reverse inequality.Table of Contents Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Why Does Inequality Matter? (And Why is It Happening?) Chapter 2: What are the barriers to change? Chapter 3: Changing the Rules: Raising Floors, Opening Doors Chapter 4: Reducing the Concentration of Wealth Chapter 5: Campaigns to Change the Future Conclusion Notes
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Why Can't You Afford a Home?
Book SynopsisThroughout the Western world, a whole generation is being priced out of the housing market. For millions of people, particularly millennials, the basic goal of acquiring decent, affordable accommodation is a distant dream. Leading economist Josh Ryan-Collins argues that to understand this crisis, we must examine a crucial paradox at the heart of modern capitalism. The interaction of private home ownership and a lightly regulated commercial banking system leads to a feedback cycle. Unlimited credit and money flows into an inherently finite supply of property, which causes rising house prices, declining home ownership, rising inequality and debt, stagnant growth and financial instability. Radical reforms are needed to break the cycle. This engaging and topical book will be essential reading for anyone who wants to understand why they can’t find an affordable home, and what we can do about it.Trade Review"In this excellent book, Josh Ryan-Collins shows that unaffordable housing is not part of nature, and how a number of countries have broken what the author aptly calls the housing-financial cycle, by de-linking land pricing from mortgage-debt pyramiding."—Michael Hudson, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College "Why can't you afford to buy a home? It's not because of too many smashed avocadoes, or too little land, but too much bank lending. Josh Ryan-Collins clearly explains how bank lending for speculation has made housing inaccessible, and how to tame the beast of finance."—Steve Keen, University of Kingston, author of Debunking Economics "This book is the best short introduction I've seen to a burgeoning literature on housing and financialisation"—Inside Housing "Why Can't You Afford a Home? is a short, readable and valuable book.... It makes a convincing set of arguments that explain much of our current housing crisis."—Irish TimesTable of Contents Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Land, Home-Ownership and the Problem of Economic Rent Chapter 3 The Housing-Finance Feedback Cycle and the Deregulation of Finance Chapter 4 How and Why Economic Policy Went Astray Chapter 5 Breaking the Housing-Finance Feedback Cycle Chapter 6 Conclusion Bibliography
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Polity Press Work Pay and Sustainability
Book SynopsisDaphne Greenwood presents the first comprehensive introduction to pluralist labor economics. She expands the economics toolbox with theories taken from institutionalist, feminist, social, ecological, and stratification economists. Pluralists, sheexplains, focus on how formal and informal institutions affect the distribution of productivity dividendsand how this has evolved over time. Pluralists are concerned with job quality as well as financial compensation. They acknowledge the modern-day abundance created by technology, but advocate for institutional changes to direct it in equitable and sustainable ways. Building on the work of many heterodox economists, Greenwood introduces wage and employment models that are embedded in the economy, environment, and society. Beginning with evidence on work and pay in the US today, she explains why tools for analyzing commodity exchange are not sufficient for analyzing labor relationships. She brings bargaining power to the fore, analyses dynamic monopsony, and looks at the role of wealth as well as income in framing opportunities. Throughout the book, Greenwood addresses threats to sustainability and equity from unpaid social costs; institutional changes such as financialization and fissured workplaces; as well as race-ethnicity and gender. Among the possibilities explored for improving work and pay are sectoral bargaining, job guarantees, worker-owned cooperatives, and universal basic income. The first undergraduate-friendly book on its topic,Work, Pay and Sustainabilityis an important resource for students and scholars alike.
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Polity Press Work Pay and Sustainability
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd How the World Became Rich: The Historical Origins
Book SynopsisMost humans are significantly richer than their ancestors. Humanity gained nearly all of its wealth in the last two centuries. How did this come to pass? How did the world become rich? Mark Koyama and Jared Rubin dive into the many theories of why modern economic growth happened when and where it did. They discuss recently advanced theories rooted in geography, politics, culture, demography, and colonialism. Pieces of each of these theories help explain key events on the path to modern riches. Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in 18th-century Britain? Why did some European countries, the US, and Japan catch up in the 19th century? Why did it take until the late 20th and 21st centuries for other countries? Why have some still not caught up? Koyama and Rubin show that the past can provide a guide for how countries can escape poverty. There are certain prerequisites that all successful economies seem to have. But there is also no panacea. A society’s past and its institutions and culture play a key role in shaping how it may – or may not – develop.Trade Review"A vivid and crystal-clear summary of the very large body of research compiled in the past two decades on the most important question in economic history. Well informed, solidly anchored in historical facts and economic analysis, this book is a must for economics students."—Joel Mokyr, Northwestern University "In our current moment, when many are worried about the future of growth for the environment and the planet, this thought-provoking book by two leading scholars tells the story of how and why economic growth took off, and how it hugely raised living standards, but also increased inequality and misery on the way. This is a must-read for anybody worried about the future of growth and poverty on our planet."—Daron Acemoglu, MIT "[T]imely, consolidated, and refreshingly succinct.... It is likely to be a seminal text for years to come."—The Economic History ReviewTable of ContentsPreface 1 Why, When, and How Did the World Become Rich? 2 Did Some Societies Win the Geography Lottery? 3 Is it all Just Institutions? 4 Did Culture Make Some Rich and Others Poor? 5 Fewer Babies? 6 Was it Just a Matter of Colonization and Exploitation? 7 Why Did Northwestern Europe Become Rich First? 8 Britain’s Industrial Revolution 9 The Rise of the Modern Economy 10 Industrialization and the World it Created 11 The World is Rich Bibliography
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Democracy at Work: Contract, Status and
Book SynopsisIn the countries of the global North, workplace democracy may be thought of as a thing of the past. Increasingly, working relations are regulated primarily by contract; workforces are fissured and fragmented. What are the consequences of this? How should we respond? Ruth Dukes and Wolfgang Streeck argue that the time is ripe to restate the principles of industrial democracy and citizenship for the post-industrial era. Considering developments within political economy, employment relations and labour law since the postwar decades, they trace the rise of globalization and the ‘dualization’ of labour markets – the emergence of a core and periphery of workers – and the progressive insulation of working relations from democratic governance. What these developments amount to, they argue, is an urgent need for political intervention to tame the new world of ‘gigging’ and other forms of highly precarious work. This, according to the authors, will require far-reaching institution-building designed to fill legal concepts such as ‘employment’ with political substance. This eloquent call for a reimagining and renewal of the institutional and material conditions of freedom of association and the reinvention of industrial democracy will be crucial reading for anyone interested in work in the twenty-first century.Trade Review"Advanced economies are faced with changing forms of work that depart more and more from the employment contract model. We have empirical evidence on all sorts of aspects and problems related to them but still lack the conceptual tools that can guide the analysis and enable a clearer public debate. This book by Dukes and Streeck is a timely rescue that lucidly updates the frameworks of labour law and of social theory to today's challenges around work."Guglielmo Meardi, Scuola Normale Superiore, Florence"Democracy at Work provides a compelling analysis of the past and future of employment relations and of the attempts to regulate them, building on classic thinkers of the past to analyse the consequences of digitalization, liberalization and globalization. Professors Dukes and Streeck have produced a work of outstanding depth and scope that will be essential reading for anyone interested in labour law, employment and the future of work."Alexandre Afonso, Leiden University Table of ContentsPreface 1. Introduction 2. Justice, Productivity and Power at Work 3. The Rise and Fall of Industrial Citizenship 4. Liberalization as Emancipation? 5. Post-Industrial Justice? References
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Institutional Economics
Book SynopsisInstitutions are the controlling force at the center of any economy. They organize and control all economic activity from markets to producers, consumers to governments, and more. Institutions determine how fundamental economic questions such as, what, how, and for whom, are answered. Thus, scientific analysis of economic activity requires a deep and systematic understanding of institutions. This much-needed text provides students with a comprehensive introduction to the increasingly influential field of Institutional economics. Across its ten chapters, it unpacks the history, theory, applications, policies, and methods of Institutional economics, carefully blending theoretical, conceptual and empirical elements that together illuminate the complexity of the modern economy. Topics covered include production, consumption, class and distribution, development, value theory, and specific institutions including the corporation, property, labor, and government. Each chapter concludes with selected questions or issues posed as a basis for class discussion and further research. Written in a lively and accessible style for students new to the topic, this book is set to become the go-to resource for classes on institutional economics across the world.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Trade Weapon: How Weaponizing Trade Threatens
Book SynopsisPrompted by geostrategic rivalry and the war in Ukraine, COVID-19 and the climate transition, trade policy is increasingly being weaponized. This trend towards protectionist capture and retaliation is self-sabotaging and bad for growth. But there is another way. In this hard-hitting book, Ken Heydon offers alternatives to the trade weapon: the need for diplomatic carrots to accompany the sanctions stick; for resilience in supply chains rather than self-sufficiency through ill-advised reshoring and friend-shoring; for multilateral WTO remedies to rule breaking rather than unilateral penalties in the name of national sovereignty; and for direct action on environment and public health goals rather than the blunt tool of trade restriction. But, to restrain the damaging subordination of trade policy to other ends, governments must address the discontents of trade and do better at helping losers, adjusting to technological change and making the case for open markets. At stake are three decades of income gains from globalization and the ability to deal effectively with the climate transition and the next pandemic.Trade Review"Will we reclaim the benefits of liberal trade or surrender to the tidal pull of nationalism? In this timely book, Ken Heydon rejects the false premise of economic rivalry and presents in stark detail the mounting costs of deploying the trade weapon."Marc Froese, Burman University"The Trade Weapon forcefully argues against the increasing use of trade policy as a tool of first choice. This accessible and topical book will be important reading for policy makers, businesses and anyone interested in the future of trade."Peter A.G. van Bergeijk, Erasmus University "Left unanswered, trade warriors will impoverish the world, promote inequality and end climate cooperation. Heydon’s powerful and authoritative response challenges these destructive forces embraced by the United States, China and Europe."Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Peterson Institute for International Economics"Trade's vital contribution to global growth and development is at serious risk from the weaponization of trade policy. This well-crafted and thorough book presents a compelling case for liberal internationalism which deserves to be heard and acted upon."Patrick Messerlin, Sciences Po, Paris"a brave and necessary book"Martin Wolf, Financial TimesTable of ContentsList of AbbreviationsList of Tables, Figure and BoxesAcknowledgementsPrefaceIntroduction: Free Trade: Winners and Losers1. Sanctioning Aggression2. Arming the Global Value Chain3. Trade Self-Defence4. Battling for the Greater Good5. Arms Control: Restraining the Use of the Trade WeaponReferencesNotes
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Bristol University Press Capitalism Reloaded
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Bristol University Press Education for Sustainable Development in an
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Bristol University Press Land Capital and Extractive Frontiers
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Bristol University Press Work and Industrial Relations Policy in Australia
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Broadview Press Ltd Surviving Globalization in Three Latin American
Book SynopsisGlobalization has reached even the most remote areas of Latin America, pushing traditional peoples and habitats to the brink of extinction and offering a stark choice: adapt or perish. Local communities are scrambling to adjust to new market and social realities while trying to hold on to those cultural values that they regard as non-negotiable. This book tells the important story of three Latin American communities experiencing globalization at the point of contact between tradition and modernity: Brazil's rubber tappers, Bolivia's Guaran Indians, and Nicaragua's women cooperativists. Through exclusive, in-depth interviews, Heyck describes globalization and development in the words of people who are experiencing these forces at the grassroots level. The result is a multifaceted understanding of local and global connections and of the human, cultural, and religious dimensions of globalization.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Part One: Brazil Introduction Interviews: Julio Barbosa Raimundo Mendes de Barros Marina Silva Francisco das Chagas Manoel Estebio Cavalcante da Cunha Dom Moacyr Grechi Conclusion Part Two: Bolivia Introduction Interviews: Pascuala Arebayo, Rosario Mendoza, Gregoria Catuire, and Santos Arebayo Paulina Munoz Jorge Gallardo (Machirope) Feliciano Tarraga Facundo Galean Valerio Munoz Angela Tague Susana de Chavez Maura McCarthy, PBVM Conclusion Part Three: Nicaragua Introduction Interviews: Maria del Rosario Flores Neira Juanita Medina de Matus Olfania Medina Juanita Solorzano Gaitan, Bertha Rosa Rojas, Lorena Solorzano, Zoila Maria Rojas, Lorena Solorzano, Zoila Maria Rojas Calero, and William Vivas Soto Gloria Siesar Gonzalez Nubia Boniche Calero Guilhermina Barrera Moncada and Edmundo Gonzalez Mutute Conclusion Bibliography Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Empowerment: The Politics of Alternative
Book SynopsisTwo-thirds of the population of the world are poor, and their number is growing in the first as well as in the third world, despite billions of dollars of aid. The economic development policies of the last two decades, and the theory which gave rise to them, have been discredited. The rich are disillusioned, apprehensive or uninterested, while the poor are embittered and without hope, the victims and agents of ignorance, instability and environmental degradation. The need for radical rethinking is urgent: this book makes an important contribution towards that end. John Friedmann argues that poverty should be seen not merely in material terms, but as social, political and psychological powerlessness. He presents the case for an alternative development committed to empowering the poor in their own communities, and to mobilizing them for political participation on a wider scale. In contrast to centralized development policies devised and implemented at the national and international level, alternative development restores the initiative to those in need, on the grounds that unless people have an active role in directing their own destinies long-term progress will not be achieved. The author takes the household as the strategic starting-point - stressing its moral, political and economic potential - as a source of continuity and as a location for production. From this basis he propounds a politics of emancipation that would enable the disempowered poor to assert their rights. Empowerment provides a morally-informed theoretical framework for a development policy that meets the needs of its recipients rather than of its makers.Trade Review"This book is probably the most important contribution to the field of alternative development in the last ten years or so." Ignacy Sachs, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris "As an introduction into 'Alternative' development discourse, Friedman's work is definitely a valuable and timely addition." Community Development Journal "Friedmann's treatment of the subject of development here is highly innovative and should prove of interest to a broad range of planners, geographers, and others concerned with advancing an interdisciplinary perspective of development." Antipode "Interesting for any practitioner concerned with problems in the developing world, problems of local economy, and planning issues in the community." Journal Systems Practice "A worthy attempt to provide an alternative model to mainstream approaches to development. It is written in an accessible style, well punctuated with apt and interesting practical examples of alternative organisation." Capital and Class "Friedmann's work is a significant addition to the literature. It should be invaluable as a textbook for courses on development across disciplines." Development and ChangeTable of Contents1. Alternative Development: Its Origins and Moral Justification. 2. Trajectory: From Exclusion to Empowerment. 3. Rethinking the Economy: The Whole-Economy Model. 4. Rethinking Poverty: The (Dis)Empowerment Model. 5. Political Claims I: Inclusive Democracy and Appropriate Economic Growth. 6. Political Claims II: Gender Equality and Intergenerational Equity. 7. Practice: From Social to Political Power. Epilogue: Some Questions for Rich Countries. Bibliography. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Popular Development: Rethinking the Theory and
Book SynopsisThis book provides a critical evaluation of development approaches, both mainstream and alternative. It considers how theories have been translated into policies, and the practical effects of these policies in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. It seeks to isolate those ideas and methods that have worked in practice and continue to show promise in meeting development requirements. The book opens with an analysis of Keynesian and neoliberal development approaches. The author describes the mixed results of their application in Latin America, Africa, and Asia's newly industrializing countries. He also examines the evolution of postwar development in all major regions, tying together economic, social, political and environmental factors. John Brohman then looks at alternative development theories and practices. He considers both their positive and negative aspects, and focuses on three critical areas: democratic participation and empowerment, women and gender, and environment and sustainability. He concludes by examining whether popular development - a strategy which rejects formal models - can succeed in providing an approach that will meet the needs and interests of people in diverse political, cultural and social conditions. This book is important and timely. It integrates theoretical analysis with practical experience in a wide range of development contexts. Its argument is trenchant, its analysis clear, and its recommendations urgent. It is fully referenced, contains a guide to further reading, and has a comprehensive index.Trade Review"... this ranks with the best books on alternative development... adds to the critical analysis of alternative development and renews it through the notion of popular development. It is one of the most effective, topical and critical books about development theory, which makes it eminently useful as a textbook." Jan Nederveen Pieterse, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. Abbreviations. Introduction. Part I: Mainstream Theories and Practices: . 1. The Postwar Tradition in Theory. 2. Strategies of Growth and Industrialization. 3. The Asian Newly Industrialized Countries. 4. The South (1): Neoliberal Policy and Strategy. 5. The South (2): The Neglect of Politics and People. Part II: Alternative Theories and Practices:. 6. Refocusing on Needs. 7. New Concepts of Planning. 8. Participation and Power. 9. Women and Gender. 10. Environment and Sustainability. 11. Popular Development. Further Reading. References. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Popular Development: Rethinking the Theory and
Book SynopsisThis book provides a critical evaluation of development approaches, both mainstream and alternative. It considers how theories have been translated into policies, and the practical effects of these policies in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. It seeks to isolate those ideas and methods that have worked in practice and continue to show promise in meeting development requirements. The book opens with an analysis of Keynesian and neoliberal development approaches. The author describes the mixed results of their application in Latin America, Africa, and Asia's newly industrializing countries. He also examines the evolution of postwar development in all major regions, tying together economic, social, political and environmental factors. John Brohman then looks at alternative development theories and practices. He considers both their positive and negative aspects, and focuses on three critical areas: democratic participation and empowerment, women and gender, and environment and sustainability. He concludes by examining whether popular development - a strategy which rejects formal models - can succeed in providing an approach that will meet the needs and interests of people in diverse political, cultural and social conditions. This book is important and timely. It integrates theoretical analysis with practical experience in a wide range of development contexts. Its argument is trenchant, its analysis clear, and its recommendations urgent. It is fully referenced, contains a guide to further reading, and has a comprehensive index.Trade Review"... this ranks with the best books on alternative development... adds to the critical analysis of alternative development and renews it through the notion of popular development. It is one of the most effective, topical and critical books about development theory, which makes it eminently useful as a textbook." Jan Nederveen Pieterse, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. Abbreviations. Introduction. Part I: Mainstream Theories and Practices: . 1. The Postwar Tradition in Theory. 2. Strategies of Growth and Industrialization. 3. The Asian Newly Industrialized Countries. 4. The South (1): Neoliberal Policy and Strategy. 5. The South (2): The Neglect of Politics and People. Part II: Alternative Theories and Practices:. 6. Refocusing on Needs. 7. New Concepts of Planning. 8. Participation and Power. 9. Women and Gender. 10. Environment and Sustainability. 11. Popular Development. Further Reading. References. Index.
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