Political economy Books

Book SynopsisClassical liberalism is one of the most important of modern political and social philosophies, crucial in bringing the modern world into existence. This book is an introduction to this way of thinking. It is highly suitable for students of the social sciences.

Read more less

Book SynopsisRethinking fiscal and monetary policy in an economic environment of high debt and low interest rates.Policy makers in advanced economies find themselves in an unusual fiscal environment: debt ratios are historically high, and—once the fight against inflation is won—real interest rates will likely be very low again.  This combination calls for a rethinking of the role of fiscal and monetary policy—and this is just what Olivier Blanchard proposes in Fiscal Policy under Low Interest Rates.There is a wide set of opinions about the direction that fiscal policy should take. Some, pointing to the high debt levels, make debt reduction an absolute priority. Others, pointing to the low interest rates, are less worried; they suggest that there is still fiscal space, and, if justified, further increases in debt should not be ruled out. Blanchard argues that low interest rates decrease not only the fiscal costs of debt but also the welfare costs

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis book is a concept we use to explain the invasive and pervasive role of sport in global society and in each country around the world. From the origins of modern sports to today, sports have become more and more commercial, global, and universally understood as important parts of economies, cultures, and political debates. The 2018 thawing of relations on the Korean Peninsula, and between North Korea and the USA, can be attributed in part to the inclusive practices of the Winter Olympics; yet the Russian doping scandal and the ramifications from that suggest that a new Cold War in sport has emerged which is played out in social media as well as in diplomatic circles. Beyond the elite levels, however, sport is key to social identification and cultural capital building, and for social integration. Regardless of how we view sport, it is clear that it is a powerful social technology with the ability to transform society and influence political and economic debates. The Table of ContentsIntroduction - The twenty-first-century SportsWorld: global markets and global impact 1. Contested epistemology: theory and method of international sport studies 2. Revisiting Gustave Le Bon’s crowd theory in light of present-day critique 3. The new sporting Cold War: implications of the Russian doping allegations for international relations and sport 4. Origin, diffusion and development of polo: an East to West cultural flow 5. Political economy and judo: the globalization of a traditional Japanese sport 6. Leveraging participation in Olympic sports: a call for experiential qualitative case study research 7. Boosting ice hockey in China: political economy, mega-events and community 8. An analysis of Glasgow’s decision to bid for the 2014 Commonwealth Games 9. Platform politics: sport events and the affordances of digital and social media 10. NBC’s televised media portrayal of female athletes in the 2016 Rio Summer Olympic Games: a critical feminist view 11. A destination development by building a brand image and sport event tourism: a case of Sport City USA 12. Sport for development with ‘at risk’ girls in St. Lucia

Read more less

Book SynopsisConcerns over affordability and accountability have tended to direct focus away from the central aims of liberal learning, such as preparing minds for free inquiry and inculcating the habits of mind, practical skills, and values necessary for effective participation in civil society. The contributors to this volume seek to understand better what it is that can be done on a day-to-day basis within institutions of liberal learning that shape the habits and practices of civil society.The central argument of this volume is that institutions of liberal learning are critical to a developing and flourishing civil society. It is within these civil society incubators that the habits of open discourse are practiced and honed; that a collaborative (often contentious) commitment to truth seeking serves as the rules that govern our work together; that the rules of personal and widespread social cooperation are established, practiced, and refined. Many have made this argument as it relates to community based learning, and we explore that theme here as well. But acquiring and practicing the habits of civil society recur within and throughout the college contextâin the classrooms, in college governance structures, in professional associations, in collaborative research, in the residence halls, and on the playing field. To put it another way, when they are at their best, institutions of liberal learning are contexts in which students learn how to live in a free society and learn the art of self-governance.Table of ContentsPart I: Cultivating the Habits of Self-Governance in the Classroom 1. Knowledge and Community in the Undergraduate Classroom 2. On "Strongly Fortified Minds": Self-restraint and cooperation in the discussion tradition 3. Teaching the Art of Speaking Across Ideological Paradigms Part II: Place, Community and Context: Cultivating the habits of self-governance beyond the traditional classroom 4. More than Community-Based Learning: Practicing the liberal arts 5. Developing the Art of Self-Governance: Teaching the role of place in associative life Part III: The Generative Power of Social Abrasion and Social Spaces 6. The Essential Role of Abrasion in Developing Healthy Institutions of Liberal Learning 7. Communities of Liberal Learning and Social Spaces Part IV: Self-Governing Norms and Practices Across the Academy 8. Polycentricity and the Principles of Effective Co-Governance: What the Bloomington School can teach us 9. Meaningful Change Comes from the Shop Floor: Generating, growing and governing in liberal education 10. Academic Freedom as a Basis for Self-Governance

Read more less

Book SynopsisThe marginalization of women in economics has a history as long as the discipline itself. Throughout the history of economics, women contributed substantial novel ideas, methods of inquiry, and analytical insights, with much of this discounted, ignored, or shifted into alternative disciplines and writing outlets.This handbook presents new and much-needed analytical research of womenâs contributions in the history of economic thought, focusing primarily on the period from the 1770s into the beginning of the 21st century. Chapters address the institutional, sociological and historical factors that have influenced women economistsâ thinking, and explore womenâs contributions to economic analysis, method, policies and debates. Coverage is international, moving beyond Europe and the US into the Arab world, China, India, Japan, Latin America, Russia and the Soviet Union, and sub-Saharan Africa. This new global perspective adds depth as well as scope to our understanding of wTrade Review"Every library needs a copy of this Handbook, and it should also find its way into the collections of historians of economics. This book will extend the boundaries of what is sometimes a very narrow field, both by including people who have been excluded, and by asking us to think again about some of the ways we define the field of economics and organize our knowledge of its past. We owe to Kirsten Madden and Bob Dimand, co-editors, as well as all the authors in this collection, a large vote of gratitude." Evelyn L. Forget, EH.Net "Each contributor organizes her own reasoning on the relation between women, history, and economic thought differently, according to different criteria, and it is extremely fascinating, constructive, and promising to see the many ways in which a topic that has still to be fully codified can be approached and categorized."Manuela Mosca, History of Political EconomyTable of ContentsIntroduction Part I Beginning Prior to 1850 Chapter 1 Indian Women’s Agency through Indian Women’s Literature Sheetal Bharat Chapter 2 English Women’s Economic Thought in the 1790s: Domestic Economy, Married Women’s Economic Dependence, and Access to Professions Joanna Rostek Chapter 3 British Women on the British Empire Janet Seiz Chapter 4 Harriet Taylor Mill, Mary Paley Marshall and Beatrice Potter Webb: Women Economists and Economists’ Wives Virginie Gouverneur Chapter 5 Japanese Women’s Economics, 1818-2005 Aiko Ikeo Part II Beginning in the Late 19th Century Chapter 6 Contextualizing women’s economic thought in late Imperial Russia and in the early years of Revolution: 1870-1920 Anna Klimina Chapter 7 Is Equal Pay Worth It? Beatrice Potter Webb's, Millicent Garrett Fawcett's and Eleanor Rathbone’s changing arguments Cléo Chassonnery- Zaïgouche Chapter 8 The Economic Thought of the Women’s Co-Operative Guild Kirsten Madden and Joe Persky Chapter 9 Anecdotes of Discrimination: Barriers to Women’s Participation in Economic Thought During the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries Kirsten Madden Chapter 10 The Point is to Change It: Three Lives of Applied Marxism Zoe Sherman Part III Beginning in the early 20th Century Chapter 11 Women Economists in the Academy: Struggles and Strategies, 1900-1940 Mary Ann Dzuback Chapter 12 Daughters of Commons: Wisconsin Women and Institutionalism Marianne Johnson Chapter 13 Women Economists of Promise? Six Hart, Schaffner and Marx Prize Winners in the Early Twentieth Century Kirsten Madden Chapter 14 Early Women Economists at Columbia University: Contributions in the Struggle for Labor Protection in the Lochner Era Clara Elisabetta Mattei Chapter 15 Chinese Economic Development and Chinese Women Economists: A Study of Overseas Doctoral Dissertations Yue Xiao Part IV Spanning the Mid-20th Century Chapter 16 Austrian School Women Economists Giandomenica Becchio Chapter 17 Placing women’s economics within Soviet economic discourse: 1920s - 1991 Anna Klimina Chapter 18 Ursula Hicks' and Vera Lutz’s contributions to development finance Lucy Brillant Chapter 19 The Two Faces of Economic Forecasting in Italy: Vera Cao Pinna and Almerina Ipsevich Marcella Corsi and Giulia Zacchia Part V Beginning mid-20th, Extending into the 21st Century Chapter 20 The First 100 Years of Female Economists in Sub-Saharan Africa Lola Fowler and Robert W. Dimand Chapter 21 Women Economists of the Arab Homeland Talia Yousef and Robert W. Dimand Chapter 22 The Invisible Ones: Women at CEPAL (1948-2017) Rebeca Gómez Betancourt and Camila Orozco Espinel Chapter 23 Women’s employment in the Informal Sector in Developing Countries: Contributions of Lourdes Beneria and Martha (Marty) Chen Farida Chowdhury Khan Chapter 24 Women’s neoclassical models of marriage, 1972-2015 Shoshana Grossbard

Read more less

Book SynopsisThe Right Place explains why firms succeed in one country and fail in another, irrespective of their inner drivers, and suggests potential initiatives that governments can take to help the private sector create jobs and, consequently, make their countries more prosperous. The competitiveness race is not unlike a cycling race. If you want to ride fast, you need three things: a good bike, to be in good shape, and a smooth and fast road. In a collaborative model, you might say the business is the bicycle, the business leader is the cyclist, and the road is the government and the external environment. The responsibility of a government is to design and build the best possible road. It turns out that when the road is good, good cyclists suddenly appear and want to race on it. In this book, competition and macroeconomics expert, Arturo Bris, provides the analysis of country competitive performance based on 30 years advising countries on this topic. The typical mistakes that countries make are revealed and the pillars necessary in building a competitive economy: economic performance as a necessary condition for prosperity; government efficiency, so the public sector can create the conditions for a productive economy; business efficiency, so companies can create jobs; and infrastructure, both tangible and intangible, so businesses and individuals can operate efficiently. With contemporary case studies throughout, the book provides an illuminating read for politicians, business leaders and students of macroeconomics.Trade Review"Enormously ambitious, wide-ranging and filled with insights. A marvellous and impressive book that makes you re-think how and why businesses thrive (and fail)."Peter Frankopan, Professor of Global History at Oxford University, author of The Silk Roads"There is no silver bullet for competitiveness. Many books promise quick fixes, but the wisdom in this new book by Arturo Bris is taking an ecosystem approach. This is the holistic roadmap emerging markets need to catch the next waves of productivity and globalization."Dr. Parag Khanna, managing partner of FutureMap and author of Connectography"This book by Arturo Bris, brings together the insights of the IMD World Competitiveness Centre over thirty years, as well as his personal travel and research in the last six years in Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Latin America, to understand why corporations achieve success and perform the way they do. Bris covers a broad terrain, highlighting not just corporate strategies but largersocietal inputs such as education and government strategies which are crucial to competitiveness. A useful comparative blueprint for corporations and countries who wish to achieve the same success as the best in the world."Chan Heng Chee, Ambassador-at Large and Chair of the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, Singapore University of Technology and Design."Arturo Bris is the superstar of country competitiveness. Over the years we have enjoyed his annual reports and rankings on the competetiveness of nations around the globe. In this seminal book he shows us why it matters for business. A warm recommendation to anyone interested in decion-making beyond the state and survival strategies of companies."Alexander Stubb, Professor and Director at the European University Institute, Former Prime Minister of Finland"Enormously ambitious, wide-ranging and filled with insights. A marvellous and impressive book that makes you re-think how and why businesses thrive (and fail)."Peter Frankopan, Professor of Global History at Oxford University, author of The Silk Roads"There is no silver bullet for competitiveness. Many books promise quick fixes, but the wisdom in this new book by Arturo Bris is taking an ecosystem approach. This is the holistic roadmap emerging markets need to catch the next waves of productivity and globalization."Dr. Parag Khanna, managing partner of FutureMap and author of Connectography"This book by Arturo Bris, brings together the insights of the IMD World Competitiveness Centre over thirty years, as well as his personal travel and research in the last six years in Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Latin America, to understand why corporations achieve success and perform the way they do. Bris covers a broad terrain, highlighting not just corporate strategies but largersocietal inputs such as education and government strategies which are crucial to competitiveness. A useful comparative blueprint for corporations and countries who wish to achieve the same success as the best in the world."Chan Heng Chee, Ambassador-at Large and Chair of the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, Singapore University of Technology and Design."Arturo Bris is the superstar of country competitiveness. Over the years we have enjoyed his annual reports and rankings on the competitiveness of nations around the globe. In this seminal book he shows us why it matters for business. A warm recommendation to anyone interested in decision-making beyond the state and survival strategies of companies."Alexander Stubb, Professor and Director at the European University Institute, Former Prime Minister of FinlandTable of ContentsINTRODUCTION 1. THE TAYBEH BREWING COMPANY 2. FULL MOON BREWWORKS 3. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 4. THE EIGHT CHARACTERISTICS OF SUCCESS 5. THE VALUE OF COLLABORATION 6. THE IMPORTANCE OF GLOBAL FACTORS7. DEFINING A NEW MEASURE OF SUCCESS 8. WHAT IT TAKES TO BE COMPETITIVE9. BUSINESS CONSULTANTS 10. EDUCATION 11. INFRASTRUCTURE 12. THE PRIVATE SECTOR CREATES JOBS 13. THE RULE OF LAW 14. GOVERNMENT-INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS 15. NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, BUT ALSO SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES 16. BRANDING A NATION 17. TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, EDUCATION, GENDER POLICIES, AND SUSTAINABILITY 18. THIS BOOK IS FOR BOTH BUSINESS AND POLITICAL STAKEHOLDERS PART 1. THE DRIVERS OF BUSINESS COMPETITIVENESS 19. INTRODUCTION 20. FOOTBALL: COACHES AND THE PERFORMANCE OF TEAMS 21. THE DRIVERS OF PERFORMANCE 22. THE IMPACT OF LEADERS ON PERFORMANCE 23. WHAT DRIVES PERFORMANCE BEYOND LEADERS? 24. GLOBAL EFFECTS 25. NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS AND BUSINESS SUCCESS 26. HOW THE NATIONAL CONTEXT MATTERS: TAIWAN AND GIANT BICYCLES 27. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT: THE CASE OF RUSSIA PART 2. UNDERSTANDING COMPETITIVENESS 28. INTRODUCTION29. WHAT IS COMPETITIVENESS 30. LOOKING BACK TO HISTORY 31. SETTING THE COMPETITIVENESS PATH 32. HAPPINESS: AND THE SEARCH OF THE MODERN-DAY SHANGRI-LA 33. CONCLUSION: WE MANAGE WHAT WE CAN MEASURE PART 3. WHAT IT TAKES TO HAVE A NATIONAL STRATEGY 34. INTRODUCTION 35. A GOOD STRATEGY36. THE IMPORTANCE OF NATIONAL CONSENSUS 37. POLITICAL LEADERSHIP 38. A LONG-TERM VIEW 39. THE IMPORTANCE OF EXECUTION: DELIVERY UNITS 40. AVOID CONSULTANTS!!! PART 4. THE PATH TO COMPETITIVENESS 41. INTRODUCTION 42. EDUCATION 43. OPENNESS/TALENT ATTRACTION 44. INFRASTRUCTURE 45. RULE OF LAW 46. CORRUPTION 47. FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND STOCK MARKETS 48. IT IS THE PRIVATE SECTOR THAT CREATES JOBS 49. PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS 50. NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, BUT ALSO SMES 51. BRANDING THE COUNTRY 52. CONCLUSION PART 5. BEING COMPETITIVE IN THE 21ST CENTURY 53. INTRODUCTION 54. THE ROLE OF UNIVERSITIES IN INNOVATION ECOSYSTEMS 55. COMPETITIVENESS THROUGH TECHNOLOGY 56. GENDER BALANCE AND GROWTH 57. SUSTAINABILITY: PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST 58. PUBLIC POLICY TO RESOLVE MARKET FAILURES 59. EDUCATION FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY 60. COMPETITIVENESS AND INCOME INEQUALITY 61. HOW CAN DEMOCRACIES EXCEL CONCLUSION

Read more less

Book SynopsisCapitalist agriculture relies heavily on the pollination work of bees, but this system harms bees in innumerable ways. Indeed, human agriculture is one of the main culprits for the declining populations of wild bees and the declining health of honeybees. This book presents a political ecology of pollination that critically examines how managed honey bees and wild bees are harmed by capitalist agriculture.The book focuses on the three most urgent problems: the standardization and simplification of landscapes through monocultures; the use of pesticides including neonicotinoids, other insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides; and the embeddedness of commercial, migratory beekeeping in the capitalist agriculture system which, among other things, has the potential to spread pests and pathogens across continents. At the heart of this crisis is the power and influence that a small group of agrochemical corporations have over national and international agricultural policy. The book a

Read more less

Book SynopsisThe best-selling author of Naked Statistics takes us on a romp through the colourful world of monetary policy and history.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis comprehensive study traces the transnationalization of activist networks, analyzing their changing compositions and characters and examining the roles played by the World Social Forum in this process. Comparing four of the largest global networks targeting the 'neoliberal triumvirate' of the World Bank, the IMF and the World Trade Organization: the Jubilee anti-debt campaigners Via Campesina peasant farmers Our World Is Not For Sale and the anarchistic Peoplesâ Global Action. Written by a scholar-activist, the book highlights that despite their diversity, these collective actors follow a similar globalizing path and that networks in which solidarity is based on a shared identity perceived as threatened by neoliberal change are gaining strength. Social forums are depicted as a fertile ground to strengthen networks and a common ground for cooperative action among them, but also a battleTable of Contents1. The Globalization of Neoliberalism and of Activism: An Introduction 2. Global Activism: Methodology and Scholarly Review 3. Toward Jubilee 2000 and Beyond 4. Our World Is Not for Sale 5. Via Campesina 6. Zapatista-Inspired Peoples’ Global Action 7. Concluding Reflections on Present and Future Scholarship and Activism

Read more less

Book SynopsisThe aim of this book is to review central concepts in the study of environmental politics and to open up new questions, problems, and research agendas in the field. The volume does so by drawing on a wide range of approaches from critical theory to poststructuralism, and spanning disciplines including international relations, geography, sociology, history, philosophy, anthropology, and political science. The 28 chapters cover a range of global and local studies, illustrations and cases. These range from the Cochabamba conference in Bolivia to climate camps in the UK; UN summits in Rio de Janeiro and Johannesburg to climate migrants from Pacific islands; forests in Indonesia to Dutch energy governance reform; indigenous communities in Namibia to oil extraction in the Niger Delta; survivalist militias in the USA to Maasai tribesmen in Kenya. Rather than following a regional or issue-based (e.g. water, forests, pollution, etc) structure, the volume is organised in terms oTrade Review'Critical Environmental Politics asks the deeply disturbing questions and heads directly into the difficult possible answers. None of its contributors argue that a little more fine-tuning will avert socio-ecological catastrophe. Both new and established critical theorists join forces in a truly necessary "wake up" call. Read it.' Richard B. Norgaard, University of California, Berkeley, USA."All eras are defined by keywords that both reflect dominant norms and serve to reproduce them. Yet these keywords are polysemic and have the potential to be redefined, so altering habits of thought and action in the world at large. This excellent book offers a rich set of genealogies of those concepts that have come to describe human-environment relationships in the early 21st century. It’s an essential guide for anyone trying to make sense of those relationships and how they might be made less destructive for people and non-humans. Read it to find out whose tactics and strategies have succeeded since the first Earth Day, and what potential for insurgency currently exists." Professor Noel Castree, University of Manchester, UK."Who should read this book? Anybody who is increasingly growing weary of the hype that surrounds sustainability and the green economy. How refreshing the essays in the book are! What a penetrating analysis of the key-concepts of the environmental politics! The critical school of social thought at its best, debunking but constructive, and full of imagination. Last not least, the book is well-written and neatly structured, a superb primer of environmental citizenship." Professor Wolfgang Sachs, editor of The Development Dictionary, Wuppertal Institut, Germany."An impressive set of contributors take us on a critical tour through the vast territory of environmental politics. Visiting along the way numerous essential ideas, thinkers, issues, and cases, this collection firmly and thoroughly establishes the proper place of critique in all its varieties at the heart of environmental affairs." Professor John Dryzek, Australian National University, Australia.Table of Contents1. Introduction – Carl Death 2.Biodiversity – Bram Büscher 3. Biopolitics – Kevin Grove 4. Citizenship – Emma Hinton 5. Climate change – Chukwumerije Okereke and Mark Charlesworth 6. Commodification – Matthew Paterson 7. Conservation – James Igoe 8. Consumption – Andrew Brooks and Raymond Bryant 9. Eco-centrism – Katie McShane10. Feminism – Erika Cudworth 11. Governance – Susan Baker 12. Governmentality – Eva Lövbrand and Johannes Stripple 13. Hybridity – Alan Rudy and Damian White 14. Justice – Patrick Bond 15. Limits – Gabriela Kütting 16. Localism – Karen Litfin 17. Movements –Stephan Price, Clare Saunders and Cristiana Olcese18. Posthumanism – Steve Hobden 19. Resource violence – Michael Watts and Nancy Peluso 20. Risk – Luigi Pellizzoni 21. Sacrifice – Paul Wapner 22. Science – Tim Forsyth 23. Security – Simon Dalby24. States – Thom Kuehls 25. Summits – Carl Death 26. Sustainability – Mark Whitehead 27. Technology – Timothy W. Luke 28.Vulnerability – Chris Methmann and Angela Oels

Read more less

Book SynopsisDesigned for courses covering the economics of the arts and arts management, this textbook introduces the economic tools and theories needed for collecting and analysing data in preparation for successful careers in the cultural or public sectors. The extensive use of real-world data makes the book an invaluable resource.Trade Review'In The Economics of Art and Culture, three distinguished cultural economists provide clear and detailed analyses of markets for both the fine and performing arts. Fully up to date, this new edition will be invaluable for anyone who wants to understand the economic basis of the arts, and how the arts are changing in response to new technologies.' David Galenson, University of Chicago'A lucid, basic introduction to the standard economics of the arts and an excellent primer for anyone interested in this special and increasingly important field of economics.' Arjo Klamer, Erasmus University'The new edition presents an interesting and well-researched update on the original. It provides a good mix of economic theory, as applied to cultural economics, while also incorporating the impact of newer developments in digital technologies on the supply and demand side, in the post-Covid world. The book provides a theoretically rigorous, up-to-date, and interesting starting point for students of cultural economics. While the use of seminal authors is maintained, the book incorporates the analysis of recent data sets and published articles to extend and update our understanding of the economics of arts and culture in the modern era. The examples used have also been broadened: while the focus is still on the US, data from Australia and European countries are also discussed. Highly recommended.' Jen Snowball, Rhodes University'A great textbook, made even better with the new coauthor. Ideal for any course in cultural economics, it will be appreciated by students as well as scholars looking for an updated treatment of theoretical and empirical issues in a field that is becoming ever more important within economics.' Federico Etro, University of Florence'It is the missing work we were waiting for. Innovative, stimulating, and scientific all at the same time, the text clarifies the complexity of the current art and culture market. A global, fluid, extraordinary work, aimed at an audience of experts but also at art and culture enthusiasts.' Alessandro Minello, Ca' Foscari University Venice'Certain books have the ability to clarify how a person thinks about something, even if they have long thought that their perspective was the right one. Heilbrun and Gray, now with Borowiecki, provide an update to this seminal book on how to think about arts and culture through the lens of economics. In this new edition of the book, the authors emphasize the consistency with which economic models can allow arts administrators, artists, students, and scholars to measure a field that is notoriously thought of as operating outside of logic, using contemporary examples such as the Covid-19 pandemic's effect on the cultural sector and the onslaught of the digitization of culture. The authors provide insights into the dynamics and organization of arts and culture by applying rationality to a field that is often defined by being irrational.' Joanna Woronkowicz, Indiana University'The new edition of a classic I had been waiting for, for years! It was definitively worth waiting! I strongly recommend the book to anybody teaching economics of arts and culture or just interested in the field! The book should also appeal to practitioners wishing to understand the economics of arts and culture. Its broad international coverage renders it useful in many settings.' Kim Oosterlinck, Université libre de Bruxelles'Karol Borowiecki is one of the most creative and rigorous cultural economists currently working in the field. This edition is an excellent update of a classic text and will serve students interested in the economics of art and culture for many years to come!' Kathryn Graddy, Brandeis University'The Economics of Art and Culture spans from classical cultural economics, such as the productivity lag, to contemporary issues such as streaming and dynamic pricing. It is well written in a non-technical style. I highly recommend it as a valuable asset for students and teachers, as well as art administrators and policy makers.' Trine Bille, Copenhagen Business School'Finally! This much anticipated update to Heilbrun and Gray's classic text is concise and well organized like its predecessor, but adds an international perspective. The authors' discussions of the importance of the arts to local economies - and to society more broadly - are particularly welcome innovations.' Julia F. Lowell, University of California, Santa Barbara'Since its original publication in 1993, the Heilbrun and Gray textbook The Economics of Art and Culture has become a mainstay in the literature of cultural economics. This third edition has been thoroughly revised and updated by Karol Borowiecki, a leading researcher and teacher in the field. The book will have wide appeal to academics, students, and cultural policy makers, as well as to a general audience interested to learn more about this increasingly important area of economic theory and analysis.' David Throsby, Macquarie University'One of the most accessible and insightful books on the economics of art and culture. This new edition covers a wide range of topics in concise and informative chapters. It serves as an indispensable guide to anyone seeking a better understanding of the complex yet fascinating relationship between art and economics.' Filip Vermeylen, Erasmus University'This book explains in a very clear way the application of economic principles and methods to 'high arts.' The authors provide an up-to-date analysis, rich in data and illustrative and expressive examples, with an accessible style. The book is recommended to students, arts professionals, policy makers, and others interested in the past and future trends of the arts within the economy.' Ilde Rizzo, University CataniaTable of ContentsContents; Part I. The Arts Sector in the Economy: Size, Growth, and Significance: 1. An Overview of the Arts Sector; 2. Growth of the Arts Sector; 3. Audiences for the Arts; Part II. The Microeconomics of Demand and Supply: 4. Consumer Demand: An Introduction; 5. Elasticities of Arts Demand and Their Policy Implications; 6. Production and Cost in the Performing Arts; 7. Firms and Markets in the Performing Arts; 8. Productivity Lag and the Financial Problem of the Arts; 9. Economics of Arts Management and Strategy; Part III. The Fine Arts and Museums: 10. The Market in Works of Art; 11. The Economics of Art Museums; Part IV. Public Policy and Support for the Arts: 12. Theory and Practice of Government Support for the Arts; 13. Private Support for the Arts; Part V. Art, Economy, and Society: 14. The Arts as a Profession: Education, Training, and Employment; 15. The Role of the Arts in a Local Economy; 16. The Mass Media, Digital Access, and the Cultivation of Taste; 17. Innovation, Diversity, and the Future of Art and Culture; Bibliography; Index.

Read more less

Book Synopsis''This book will challenge you to rethink some of your assumptions about democracy, capitalism, and globalization.'' - Adam Grant Huge corporations are acting like nations, global wealth is going to billionaires and ordinary people are suffering. It''s set to be a rocky decade - but we can fix it. As the market consolidates under fewer and larger companies, it''s increasingly in the interest of private companies to behave like nations. And when the government is bogged down in bureaucratic negotiations and culture wars, people begin to look to nimble, powerful companies to solve society''s problems - and to be our moral standard-bearers. It shouldn''t be like this. New York Times bestselling author Alec Ross weaves interviews with the world''s most influential thinkers with fascinating stories of corporate activism and malfeasance, government failure and renewal, and innovative economic and political models being implemented around the wTrade ReviewIn The Raging 2020s, Alec Ross... argues that our social contract is broken, that the roles of business, labor, government and foreign countries need to be rethought... An immensely (and unusually) readable account... Like watching a master jewel thief at work, except that this is not the movies, where the transfer is often from rich to poor. Quite the opposite. * New York Times *Government has ceded authority to corporations, which naturally act in their own interest rather than for the common good... A provocative, well-made case. * Kirkus *Alec Ross fearlessly confronts one of the fundamental concerns of our time: fixing the broken social contract between people, business, and government. His book will challenge you to rethink some of your assumptions about democracy, capitalism, and globalization. -- Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of THINK AGAIN and host of the TED podcast WorkLifeAlec Ross is a keen analyst and brilliant storyteller. The Raging 2020s introduces us to the people whose lives are blighted by unconscionable policies and concentrations of power, helping us understand and indeed share the rage that fuels many 21st century political movements. Best of all, Ross is willing to speak truth to power in recommending a set of bold but realistic solutions. -- Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO, New America, and Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor Emerita of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton UniversityA gripping, illuminating chronicle that provides a wonderful birds-eye view from the heights of government and international business, that solidifies Ross's position among the most visionary of global thinkers on the future of technology and its implications, and that also is an amazingly enjoyable, page-turning read! -- General David Petraeus, former Director of the CIA and former Commander of the Surge in Iraq, US Central Command, and Coalition Forces in Afghanistan

Read more less

Book SynopsisSetting wages isn’t an exact science, but we like to think that our workplace performance provides an objective basis for pay. You’re Paid What You’re Worth offers a bold theory to the contrary, arguing that pay is decided in contests over interests and ideals—that social conflicts, not economic metrics, determine who gets how much.Trade ReviewThis is the book to throw at your human resources director—not literally, of course—when any attempt is being made to bamboozle you about how decisions on pay have been made. It is all here: the economics, psychology, sociology and (crucially) mythology that underpin wages and how they are set. It is a closely argued, thoroughly researched treatise on how we got here and how pay could be both fairer and more effective as a reward. -- Stefan Stern * Financial World *Rosenfeld makes an important contribution to the literature on the determinants of workers’ pay in the United States—and, in doing so, also contributes to debates over the causes of rising pay inequality over the last 50 years in the United States. -- Joe LaBriola * American Journal of Sociology *Suitable for all audiences. Undergraduates will appreciate the clarity of prose, absence of jargon, and liberal use of examples. More advanced scholars of work…[will] appreciate Rosenfeld’s extraordinary ability to bring together multiple threads from the literature into a coherent, sweeping argument about the sources of pay inequality and inequity in contemporary labor markets. -- Kim Weeden * Social Forces *A stimulating reading for social scientists. -- Antonio Abatemarco * Journal of Economics *Rosenfeld outlines many of the injustices that underpin the American economy…Offers a series of sensible reforms that would help tweak the balance in favor of employees. -- Andrew Leigh * Inside Story *Rosenfeld debunks contemporary myths about work and wages in this illuminating account. * Publishers Weekly *You’re Paid What You’re Worth is a lively and rigorous study that will change debates over labor markets. Rosenfeld’s original research serves as a very important rejoinder to old ideas in economics and to conventional wisdom in the mass public. -- Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Columbia UniversityRosenfeld’s book provides a rich sociological theory of the labor market, showing why and how wages are largely set by norms, organizational practices, and institutions. -- Suresh Naidu, Columbia UniversityA flat-out revelation of a book by one of the nation’s top scholars of the labor market, You’re Paid What You’re Worth is required reading for anyone who cares about the future of work in America. With concise prose informed by history and cutting-edge research, Rosenfeld dispels one myth after another about how the modern economy works and champions thoughtful solutions for how American prosperity can once more lead to broad social uplift. -- Matthew Desmond, author of Poverty, by AmericaThe growth in earnings inequality requires us to understand what determines pay in the economy. Jake Rosenfeld’s book provides nuanced and bold insight into the question of ‘who gets what and why?’ He challenges widely held assumptions and approaches in this area by probing the impact of fairness norms, organizational inertia and mimicry, and most importantly power in determining pay. In so doing, he provides novel and provocative perspectives on policies to address this pressing problem. -- David Weil, Dean, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis UniversityJake Rosenfeld pulls back the curtain on the multifaceted cultural, institutional, and market forces at play in wage-setting. This timely book illuminates the power dynamics and often arbitrary forces that have contributed to the egregious inequality in the US labor market—and then lays out a clear blueprint for progressive change. -- Thea Lee, President of the Economic Policy Institute

Read more less

Book SynopsisAn introductory and critical guide to how the economy works, and what this means for us.Trade Review'Stanford is that rare breed: the teacher who changed your life. He has written a book - both pragmatic and idealistic - with the power to change the world' -- Naomi Klein, author of This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate and No Logo.'Jim Stanford explains what's worth trusting in economics and what's not in an accessible way. Read this book' -- Steve Keen, Professor and Head, School of Economics, Politics & History, Kingston University, London, U.K.'Helps us understand what the newspapers never explain: how these economic crises are a product of the inequalities and incapacity for social foresight that is capitalism's everyday economics' -- Hilary Wainwright, editor of Red Pepper'Quite simply the best critical introduction to economics you can find' -- Frank Stilwell, Professor Emeritus of Political Economy, University of Sydney, Australia'Clear, compelling, lively and anger-provoking, all at once' -- Robert Pollin, Distinguished Professor of Economics and Co-Director of the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI), University of Massachusetts-Amherst, U.S.A.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Why Study Economics? Part I: Preliminaries 1. The Economy and Economics 2. Capitalism 3. Economic History 4. The Politics of Economics Part II: The Basics of Capitalism: Work, Tools and Profit 5. Work, Production and Value 6. Working with Tools 7. Companies, Owners and Profit 8. Working for a Living 9. Reproduction (for Economists!) 10. Closing the Little Circle Part III: Capitalism as a System 11. Competition 12. Business Investment 13. Employment and Unemployment 14. Inequality and Its Consequences 15. Divide and Conquer 16. Capitalism and the Environment Part IV: The Complexity of Capitalism 17. Money and Banking 18. Inflation, Central Banks and Monetary Policy 19. Paper Chase: Stock Markets, Financialization and Pensions 20. The Conflicting Personalities of Government 21. Spending and Taxing 22. Globalization 23. Development (and Otherwise) 24. Closing the Big Circle 25. The Ups and Downs of Capitalism 26. Meltdown and Aftermath Part V: Challenging Capitalism 27. Evaluating Capitalism 28. Improving Capitalism 29. Replacing Capitalism? Conclusion: A Baker's Dozen: Key Things to Remember Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisThese are the stories of the workers who undermine capitalism at its weakest point.Trade Review'This phenomenal collection is a must-read for anyone interested in the dire state of the contemporary global economy. It offers an unprecedented analysis of supply chain capitalism through case studies from around the world that are beautifully written and carefully researched' -- Deborah Cowen, University of Toronto'Takes us straight into these crucial nodes of labor struggle. Choke points in global supply chains are revealed as spaces of hazard and calculation, violence and negotiation, victory and loss, passion and organisation' -- Brett Neilson, Research Professor, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: Forging Workers’ Resistance Across the Global Supply Chain - Jake Alimahomed-Wilson and Immanuel Ness PART I - Building Labor Power and Solidarity Across the World’s Choke Points 1. Labor and Social Movements’ Strategic Usage of the Global Commodity Chain Structure - Elizabeth A. Sowers, Paul S. Ciccantell, and David A. Smith 2. Across the Chain: Labor and Conflicts in the European Maritime Logistics Sector - Andrea Bottalico 3. Durban Dockers, Labor Internationalism, and Pan-Africanism - Peter Cole PART II - Disruptions: Logistics Workers Resisting Exploitation 4. Worker Militancy and Strikes in China’s Docks - Bai Ruixue and Au Loong Yu 5. “Work Hard, Make History”: Oppression and Resistance in Inland Southern California’s Warehouse and Distribution Industry - Ellen Reese and Jason Struna 6. Stop Treating Us Like Dogs! Workers Organizing Resistance at Amazon in Poland - Amazon workers and supporters 7. Decolonizing Logistics: Palestinian Truckers on the Occupied Supply Chain - Jake Alimahomed-Wilson and Spencer Louis Potiker PART III - Neoliberalism and the Global Transformation of Ports 8. Decoding the Transition in the Ports of Mumbai - Johnson Abhishek Minz 9. Back to Piraeus: Precarity for All! - Dimitris Parsanoglou and Carolin Philipp 10. Contested Logistics? Neoliberal Modernization and Resistance in the Port City of Valparaíso - Jorge Budrovich Sáez and Hernán Cuevas Valenzuela 11. Logistics Workers’ Struggles in Turkey: Neoliberalism and Counterstrategies - Çağatay Edgücan Şahin and Pekin Bengisu Tepe PART IV - New Organizing Strategies for the Global Supply Chain 12. “The Drivers Who Move This Country Can Also Stop It”: The Struggle of Tanker Drivers in Indonesia - Abu Mufakhir, Alfian Al’ayubby Pelu, and Fahmi Panimbang 13. Lessons Learned from Eight Years of Experimental Organizing in Southern California’s Logistics Sector - Sheheryar Kaoosji 14. Struggles and Grassroots Organizing in an Extended European Choke Point - Carlotta Benvegnù and Niccolò Cuppini 15. Beyond the Waterfront: Maintaining and Expanding Worker Power in the Maritime Supply Chain - Peter Olney Contributor Biographies Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisThe global policies of the United States over the years encouraged the widespread belief that we live in a new era of imperialism. But is this belief true, and what does 'imperialism' mean? Exploring these questions, this book intervenes in one of the main political and intellectual debates of the day.Trade Review"Highly recommended - should be read by anyone looking for a sophisticated Marxist analysis of imperialism." International Affairs "One of the most outstanding works in Alex Callinicos's impressive list of publications ... packed with food for thought." International Socialism "These is a considerable disagreement as to what empire really means. Alex Callinicos' new book, is a crucial intervention into these arguments ... Imperialism and Global Political Economy is an invaluable guide as well as a unique and persuasive argument by itself." Socialist Worker "As Alex Calinicos argues in this important and impressive study, it is not enough to have a generalised understanding of "empire" and "imperialism". Its strengths are, firstly, that it is historically open, in allowing for the exploration of different types of imperialism. Secondly, it is non-reductionist, since it involves a concrete analysis of the relative influence of each of these dimensions in each specific situation. Thirdly, and very importantly, it places competition at the heart of our understanding of imperialism. This book is both a valuable contribution to our understanding of modern imperialism and a powerful weapon in the struggle to end it." Socialist Review "While Donald Rumsfeld famously declared that the US does not do empire, Callinicos does it very well. He draws on his immense breadth of theoretical and historical knowledge to put 'empire' and 'imperialism' in their place in the development of liberal, mainstream, radical, and Marxist thought and to situate the practices of empire and imperialism in the long durée of historical struggles and conflicts around capital accumulation on a world scale. This accessible book provides an important introduction to a complex field and explores the significance of contemporary as well as classical forms of imperialism. It is an important addition to the revival of interest in the critique of empire." Bob Jessop, Lancaster University "This is a welcome intervention in the contemporary debates on imperialism. No one is better qualified for this task than Alex Callinicos. His compelling historical narrative, clear theoretical exposition and politically engaged adjudication make this essential reading not only for students of Marxism or International Relations, but also for anyone who wonders why, at the start of the twenty-first century, the Lenin-Bukharin thesis has not, will not, and should not go away." Justin Rosenberg, University of SussexTable of ContentsList of Tables vii Preface and Acknowledgements ix Introduction: Empire of Theory, Theories of Empire 1 0.1 Marxism and imperialism 3 0.2 The need for theory 6 0.3 Imperialism and global political economy today 14 Part I: Theory 23 1 The Classical Legacy 25 1.1 Continuing Marx’s Capital 25 1.2 Luxemburg’s fertile diversion 36 1.3 The Lenin-Bukharin synthesis 41 1.4 Organized capitalism and economic crises 53 1.5 Spectres of ultra-imperialism 62 2 Capitalism and the State System 67 2.1 Rethinking the theory of imperialism 67 2.2 Conceptualizing the state system 73 2.3 Interests and ideologies 93 Part II: History 101 3 Capitalism and La Longue Durée 103 3.1 What is capitalism? 103 3.2 Markets and empires 115 3.3 The sinews of capitalist power 123 4 Ages of Imperialism 137 4.1 Periodizing imperialism 137 4.2 Classical imperialism (1870–1945) 144 4.3 Superpower imperialism (1945–1991) 165 5 Imperialism and Global Political Economy Today 188 5.1 The specificity of American imperialism 188 5.2 Global capitalism at the Pillars of Hercules? 197 Notes and References 228 Index 281

Read more less

Book SynopsisTrade Review“Since 2004, Ruth Lister’s book has been the definitive text on poverty. This new edition is destined to replace the first as a must-have volume for anyone interested in social policy, and to become the go-to source whenever poverty is discussed.”Robert Walker, Beijing Normal University and University of Oxford “Ruth Lister offers a rare combination of great professional expertise and moral authority and an abiding commitment to ways of tackling poverty effectively. The result is a highly readable and unusually insightful book about shaping a decent and compassionate society.”Philip Alston, former UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights“For anyone who has an interest in understanding and tackling poverty be they a community worker, social worker, youth worker, think tank policy wonk, academics, local councillor or MP, this is an essential, comprehensive and rewarding read. I highly recommend that, along with putting regular shifts in at your local food bank, you find the time to purchase a copy and read it.”vulnerability360.org.uk“This book shows that even while political, media and popular discourses and attitudes can be deeply dehumanising, they can also heal and empower.”ATD Fourth World UK“Lister's book offers vital insight into how poverty is actually experienced. [… She] discusses redistribution of resources to address the material aspects of poverty, and recognition and respect to address the non‐material aspects of poverty so powerfully described in this important book.”Child Poverty Action Group“The first edition of Poverty has been a, if not the, key text on poverty since 2004; this new edition is likely to replace the first on the bookshelves of scholars, policy makers and practitioners concerned about poverty.”Sociology“There can be no doubting Lister’s expertise in or commitment to her area of study. … for anyone seeking a comprehensive overview of the state of poverty studies at the start of the 2020s it is both an essential and engaging read. It will undoubtedly be lifted off the shelf as a first point of reference on many future occasions.”Journal of Social Security LawTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. Defining Poverty Chapter 2. Measuring poverty Chapter 3. Inequality, social divisions and the differential experience of poverty Chapter 4. Discourses of poverty: from Othering to respect Chapter 5. Poverty and agency: from getting by to getting organized Chapter 6: Poverty, human rights and citizenship Conclusion: From concept to politics

Read more less

Book SynopsisWe have long been told that corporations rule the world, their interests seemingly taking precedence over states and their citizens.Trade Review"Few would deny that global corporations are immensely influential. They dominate markets and have profound influence over technology, prosperity and the environment. John Mikler's brilliant study of how they share political power with government provides a cogent and perceptive analysis. It is a landmark in one of the most crucial yet under-emphasised debates in contemporary social science. Corporations structure our present and define our futures, to understand their power requires Mikler's masterful, wide-ranging and richly illustrated exposition."—Stephen Wilks, Emeritus Professor, University of Exeter "This book provides a timely and highly needed addition to the literature on corporations as political actors in today's global political economy. Mikler's strategy to reterritorialize corporations and specifically corporate power in geopolitical terms allows fascinating perspectives on actors typically considered in terms of transnational characteristics."—Doris Fuchs, University of Muenster "This readable book is a worthy addition to the literature."—Society of Professional Economists "More than a theoretical call to action, this book also offers practical entry points to the study of corporate power—including global corporate agency, questions of state power, national institutional varieties, and corporate-level private authority. Broad, sophisticated, and highly accessible ... it will surely be a valuable introduction for students and scholars of international studies that want to work on broadening our understanding of global corporate power."—International StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Tables and Figures Abbreviations 1. Introduction: The Global Corporate Takeover 2. Theorizing Global Corporations' Power 3. Geographical Concentration 4. National Institutional Embeddedness 5. Private Authority and the Potential for Private Governance 6. Conclusion: Three Implications References Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisFinancial control and macroeconomic stability, McKinnon argues, are more critical to a successful transition than is any crash program to privatize state-owned industrial assets and the banking system.Trade ReviewArgues that balancing the budget, installing a valid tax system, and reforming banking should come before liberalization. Foreign Affairs Invaluable for those wishing to pursue in more detail specific aspects of financial liberalization. Finance and DevelopmentTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Order of Economic Chapter 1. LiberalizationChapter 2. Financial Repression and the Productivity of Capital: Empirical Findings on Interest Rates and Exchange RatesChapter 3. High Real Interest Rates: Japan and Taiwan Versus ChileChapter 4. Instruments of Financial RepressionChapter 5. Inflation Tax, Monetary Control, and Reserve Requirements on Commercial BanksChapter 6. Macroeconomic Control During Disinflation: Chile Versus South KoreaChapter 7. Macroeconomic Instability and Moral Hazard in BankingChapter 8. Protectionism in Foreign Trade: Quotas Versus TariffsChapter 9. Exchange-Rate Policy in Repressed and Open Economies Chapter 10. The International Capital Market and Economic Liberalization: The Overborrowing SyndromeChapter 11. Stabilizing the Ruble: Financial Control During the Transition From a Centrally Planned to a Market EconomyChapter 12. Foreign Trade, Protection, and Negative Value-Added in a Liberalizing Socialist EconomyChapter 13. Financial Growth and Macroeconomic Stability in China, 1978–1992: Implications for Russia and Eastern EuropeChapter 14. Gradual Versus Rapid Liberalization in Socialist Foreign Trade: Concluding Notes on Alternative ModelsReferences Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisIn the early twenty-first century, the citizens of many Latin American countries, such as Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Venezuela, elected left-wing governments, explicitly rejecting and attempting to reverse the policies of neoliberal structural economic adjustment that had prevailed in the region during the 1990s. However, in other countries such as Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru continuity and even extension of the neoliberal agenda have been the norm.What were the consequences of rejecting the neoliberal consensus in Latin America? Why did some countries stay on the neoliberal course? Contributors to Latin America Since the Left Turn address these questions and more as they frame the tensions and contradictions that currently characterize Latin American societies and politics. Divided into three sections, the book begins with an examination of the political economy, from models of development, to taxation and spending patterns, to regionalization of trTrade Review"Latin America Since the Left Turn is an excellent collection of essays. It provides a unique contribution to the understanding of post-neoliberalism and brings together a wide array of research approaches, epistemologies, and perspectives." * Maria Victoria Murillo, Columbia University *"A very interesting and well-timed book, Latin America Since the Left Turn features an impressive roster of accomplished Latin Americanists and corrects many widespread perceptions about the political and economic changes that have occurred over the last fifteen years." * Ernesto Calvo, University of Maryland-College Park *

Read more less

Book SynopsisExamines diaries, letters, and the practical writings of the classical economists to show how Adam Smith and the other classical economists appear to have deliberately obscured the nature of the control of labour and how policies attacking the economic independence of the rural peasantry were essentially conceived to foster primitive accumulation.Trade Review“After reading Michael Perelman's excellent book we see our world in different colors. The origin of market capitalism is the product of strategies pursued to take away from people the conditions for developing alternative ways to live and produce. We also discover that classical political economy has been so instrumental in guiding these strategies. The book leaves us to wonder how the same mechanisms are reproduced today. This critical question pervades the book.”—Massimo De Angelis, University of East London“This study is to be admired for its comprehensiveness, scope, and the amount of unearthing and excavation Perelman provides. The indictment of political economists who addressed themselves to the matter of primitive accumulation is masterful.”—H. T. Wilson, York UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: Dark Designs 1. The Enduring Importance of Primitive Accumulation 2. The Theory of Primitive Accumulation 3. Primitive Accumulation and the Game Laws 4. The Social Division of Labor and Household Production 5. Elaborating the Model of Primitive Accumulation 6. The Dawn of Political Economy 7. Sir James Steuart’s Secret History of Primitive Accumulation 8. Adam Smith’s Charming Obfuscation of Class 9. The Revisionist History of Professor Adam Smith 10. Adam Smith and the Ideological Role of the Colonies 11. Benjamin Franklin and the Smithian Ideology of Slavery and Wage Labor 12. The Classics as Cossacks: Classical Political Economy versus the Working Class 13. The Counterattack 14. Notes on Development Conclusion References Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisVerónica Gago provides a new theory of neoliberalism by examining how Latin American neoliberalism is propelled not just from above by international finance, corporations, and government, but by the activities of migrant workers, vendors, sweatshop workers, and other marginalized groups in and around the La Salada market in Buenos Aires.Trade Review“Verónica Gago’s Neoliberalism from Below represents an important milestone in this biopolitical turn in the study of neoliberalism. . . . In fact, Neoliberalism from Below has already in Latin America become a kind of field manual for the type of militant research of which Gago is herself an important purveyor.” -- Nicolas Allen * A Contracorriente *"A tour de force through more than a century of economic and political thought . . . It should be on the reading list of any scholar working with themes of informality, neoliberalism, or developmentalism." -- Calla Hummel * Latin American Politics and Society *"Brings a much-needed perspective from the Global South to theoretical debates concerning neoliberalism. . . . Neoliberalism from Below masterfully achieves the task it set out to do--namely to characterize neoliberalism . . . A necessary addition to the literature." -- Andrew Davis * Journal of Cultural Economy *"Gago presents her audience with a provocative argument that examines the contradictions of neoliberal capitalism, particularly how it uses, but is also used by, precarious labor. . . . A significant contribution that sits with neoliberalism’s paradoxical manifestations. It is critical reading for those interested in theorizing the shifting dynamics of late capitalism." -- Steven Schmidt * Journal of Latin American Geography *"A fascinating and original account of the production of neoliberalism from the perspective of popular economic practices in Argentina. . . . This skillful translation into English by Liz Mason-Deese . . . is a major theoretical contribution that sheds light on other rationalities which are permeating neoliberalism in Latin America." -- Mara Duer * Journal of Latin American Studies *"An enthralling read. . . . Such is the richness of the work that attempting to review it was a daunting, and at times seemingly thankless, task – should one focus on its contributions to (Southern) urban geography? Attempt to unpack the discussion of governmentality and populism? Or trace its refreshingly nuanced take on ‘slave labour’? . . . Gago is a voice that must be listened to. . . . Alongside the other books in Duke’s Radical Américas series, Gago has made an invaluable contribution that reiterates once more that Latin American thinking is among the most exciting in the world." -- Nick Clare * Dialogues in Human Geography *"Anthropologists of work will find the book significant for its discussion of migrants, blurring the classical definitions of work, as they mix wage labor with entrepreneurial projects or self-employment in ways that problematize the division between formal and informal work. . . . [Gago] effectively considers the ways in which configurations of work are generative for how urban space develops—a contribution that will extend beyond the book’s focus on Argentina." -- Schuyler Therese Marquez * Anthropology of Work Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction. Neoliberalism from Below: A Perspective from Latin America 1 1. Between the Proletarian Microeconomy and the Transnational Network: La Salada 29 2. Between La Salada and the Workshop: Communitarian Wealth in Dispute 78 3. Between Servitude and the New Popular Entrepreneurship: The Clandestine Textile Workshop 108 4. Between the Workshop and the Villa: A Discussion about Neoliberalism 153 5. Between Postnational Citizenship and the Ghetto: The Motley City 178 6. Between Populism and the Politics of the Governed: Governmentality and Autonomy 218 Conclusion. Neoliberal Reason 234 Notes 237 References 257 Index 271

Read more less

Book SynopsisThe blueprint for an inspiring regenerative economy that avoids collapse and works for people and the planet. Humanity is in a race with catastrophe. Is the future one of global warming, 65 million migrants fleeing failed states, soaring inequality, and grid-locked politics? Or one of empowered entrepreneurs and innovators working towards social change, leveling the playing field, and building a world that works for everyone? While the specter of collapse looms large, A Finer Future demonstrates that humanity has a chance - just - to thread the needle of sustainability and build a regenerative economy through a powerful combination of enlightened entrepreneurialism, regenerative economy, technology, and innovative policy.The authors - world leaders in business, economics, and sustainability - gather the environmental economics evidence, outline the principles of a regenerative economy, and detail a policy roadmap to achieving it, including: Transforming finance and corporations Reimagining energy, agriculture, ecosystems, and the nature of how we work Enhancing human well-being Delivering a world that respects ecosystems and human community. Charting the course to a regenerative economy is the most important work facing humanity and A Finer Future provides the essential blueprint for business leaders, entrepreneurs, environmentalists, politicians, policymakers, and others working to create a world that works for people and the planet.AWARDS SILVER 2020 Eric Zencey Prize SILVER 2018 Nautilus Book Awards: Ecology & Environment BRONZE 2018 Foreword INDIES: Business & Economics Table of ContentsForeword by Kate Raworth Acknowledgements Prologue: The Parable of the CaterpillarIntroduction: Welcome to the Anthropocene Section 1: It'll Do Til the Mess Arrives 1. Imagine 2. The Story That Got Us In Trouble 3. Tell Me A Better Story: Regenerative Economics Section 2: Buying Time to Fix the Mess 4. Everyone Wins: The Circular Economy 5. Building A Better World 6. Going Places: Efficiency in Vehicles Section 3: Transformation: The Plot Thickens 7. Moving Money from Harm to Healing 8. Corporate Transformation 9. Growing a Finer Future 10. Triumph of the Sun: The Mother of All Disruptions Section 4: Systemic Change: Policies to Get Us Out of the Mess 11. Level the Playing Field 12. Meet Basic Needs for All 13. Confront the Myth of Growth 14. A Values Shift 15. Reinventing Governance 16. Bringing It HomeSection 5: A Finer Future Is Possible Notes Index About the Authors About New Society Publishers

Read more less

Book Synopsis

Read more less

Book SynopsisArchive-based historical analysis of UK military aerospace collaboration. Discusses globalisation of the UK military aerospace industry and features lessons and future options.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Military Aerospace Collaboration 1960–1990 ; 2. The Emergence of European Transnational Defence Companies 1980–2010; 3. Observations from Fifty Years of European Military Aerospace Collaboration; Select Bibliography.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis Element presents newly-collected cross-national data on reelection rates of lower house national legislators from almost 100 democracies around the world. It suggests that clientelism evolves with economic development, assuming new forms in highly developed democracies but never entirely disappearing.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Dimensions of clientelism; 3. Interpretations of clientelism in existing literature; 4. Is clientelism effective? New empirical evidence; 5. An interest group interpretation of the prevalence of clientelism; 6. Rethinking clientelism and development; Appendix A – data definitions; Appendix B – data sources; References.

Read more less

Book SynopsisPower is a multi-dimensional notion, involving politico-institutional, social, economic and cultural elements, leading to a multi-dimensional set of inequalities. Analysis of these elements is a prerequisite for devising policies aiming to reducing social inequalities through a strategy of reformsTrade Review'Finally! - A book on the economy that makes power the centrepiece of the analysis, recognizing its multiple faces, its relationship to accumulation and distribution, its uses and abuses in policy making and in the quotidian functioning of economies at all levels. This will change how you look at the economy - so it is essential reading for everyone, especially economics teachers and students.' Jayati Ghosh, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi'Economist, historian and political scientist, Alessandro Roncaglia here presents a panorama of power. To paint it, he reaches deep into the history of philosophy and economic thought and of Italian politics and social movements, and presents, in the end, a clear critique of neoliberalism and coherent criteria for progressive reforms.' James K. Galbraith, Professor of Government and Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair in Government/Business Relations, The University of Texas at AustinTable of Contents1. Introduction; Part I. The Colours of Power: 2. Interpretations and fields of application: the multiple faces of power; 3. The origin of inequalities: the division of labour; 4. Modern capitalist property and finance; 5. The networks; 6. The state; 7. Culture and power; 8. The spatial dimension of power; Part II. Ethical Assessments and Policy Perspectives: 9. The ethics of power between the common good and equality; 10. The strategy of structural reforms; 11. Materials for a reasonable utopia; References; Index.

Read more less

Book SynopsisWhy is it hard to solve the climate crisis, and what can we do? This book answers these questions, which are of interest to the public, academics, and businesspeople. Using stories from the front lines of the energy transition, we show how to unlock the climate impasse.Trade Review'Uncertain Futures builds around the seldom acknowledged reality that the clean energy transition involves place-based economic disruption of breathtaking scale and pace, generating legitimate worker and community concerns. The political headwinds generated by inattention to these concerns are stiff, especially given the low credibility of governments to manage major transitions for the benefit of all. Uncertain Futures, laying out the issues clearly and providing direction for breaking the climate action logjam, is a must-read for all those at the forefront of advancing social equity while addressing the climate challenge.' Ernest J. Moniz, 13th US Secretary of Energy; Director, MIT-Harvard Roosevelt Project'Overcoming the political impasse on climate requires rethinking the way we do politics. Alexander Gazmararian and Dustin Tingley show us how: we need a climate politics from the ground up, one that listens to those whose lives will be upended by the transition to a green economy and offers a credible path to new jobs and strong communities. This pathbreaking book offers our best hope for overcoming the climate impasse.' Michael J. Sandel, author of Democracy's Discontent: A New Edition for Our Perilous Times'This compelling, well-documented, and stunningly insightful account of community-based opposition to green policies in the US begins and ends with respect for and consultation with the affected communities. Gazmararian and Tingley document widespread perceptions of governments' inability to make credible commitments, aggravating citizen uncertainties about the future. The authors go beyond diagnosis with detailed prescriptions designed to increase government transparency and trustworthiness - and make a green future possible.' Margaret Levi, Professor of Political Science, Stanford UniversityTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Problems and solutions; 3. Asking people, communities and companies; 4. Opportunity knocks?; 5. Making government policy credible; 6. Bargaining for the future; 7. Making workforce programs work; 8. Green jobs under the spotlight; 9. Conclusion.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis Element investigates the process of executive aggrandizement to identify factors associated with democratic resilience. We focus on five democracies that showed resilience in the face of incumbent-led autocratization. To understand how these cases survived, we pair them with similar cases where incumbents successfully dismantled democracy from within. Through structured focused comparisons, our inductive exercise provides insights into how the process of executive aggrandizement unfolds. The case narratives reveal similar patterns, with incumbents often targeting the media, civil society, and judiciary and using shared tactics to weaken democratic institutions. Where democracies survived, anti-democratic incumbents made critical errors, including major policy blunders and miscalculations, which ultimately cost them their positions and allowed democracy to rebound. Where democracy broke down, incumbents were largely able to avoid or mitigate such errors, often through ethnopopulist appeals.

Read more less

Book SynopsisDelving into the daily leadership dynamics of Chinese state-owned enterprises, Wendy Leutert reveals leader tactics and subordinate responses and how they shape economic reform outcomes. Grounded in extensive fieldwork, this book underscores the increasing global significance of leadership in in Chinese state-owned enterprises.

Read more less

Book SynopsisAuthoritarian Survival and Leadership Succession in North Korea and Beyond examines how dictators manage elites to facilitate succession. Theoretically, it argues that personalistic incumbents facilitate the construction of a power base of elites from outside of their inner circle to help the successor govern once he comes to power. Then, once in office, successors consolidate power by initially relying on this power base to govern while marginalizing elites from their predecessor''s inner circle before later targeting members of their own power base to further consolidate power. The Element presents evidence for these arguments from North Korea''s two leadership transitions, leveraging original qualitative and quantitative evidence from inside North Korea. Comparative vignettes of succession in party-based China, Egypt''s military regime, and monarchical Saudi Arabia demonstrate the theory''s broader applicability. The Element contributes to research on comparative authoritarianism by highlighting how dictators use the non-institutional tool of elite management to facilitate succession.

Read more less

a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis book compares the different expressions of, and outcomes from, banking nationalism in two European countries to draw wider conclusions about the consequences for Banking Union in Europe and to show how national governments deal (or fail to deal) with international commitments. It reveals how and why one case Spain managed to tackle failing banks within EU Banking Union regulations even before they became written in EU law, while the other Italy had more persistent problems. The book argues that Spain demonstrates a successful case of liberal economic nationalism, typified by aggressive, early state intervention to restructure Spanish banks, and help from the European Stability Mechanism even in the face of local political opposition. Italy, meanwhile, suffered from the weaker, delayed intervention which forced it to confront European institutions with demands for special treatment as a means of externalizing its own internal weakness. This book will be of key Table of Contents1. Economic Nationalism and Banking Union 2. Banking Union 3. Economic nationalism and EU state aid rules 4. Interests, Institutions and Implementing EU Law 5. Banking Nationalism in Spain 6. Banking Nationalism in Italy 7. Conclusions

Read more less

Book SynopsisTakahashi reconstructs the key blocks of one of the founders of the institutional school, John R. Commonsâ theories of the evolution of capitalism and of institutional change by taking the concept of transaction as a central point of departure.Commonsâ theories continue to influence modern economics, and in this book, Takahashi scrutinizes his construction of transaction and its features and offers a reinterpretation of Commonsâ institutional economics and transaction economics. He then explores how Commonsâ analysis of going concerns (e.g., firms) has broader and deeper applications that extend to monetary policy, labor policy, and the business cycle. Takahashi examines how Commonsâ and Veblenâs dynamic theories share cumulative causation. He closes by positing that Commonsâ transaction economics seeks âœreasonable capitalismâ through a virtuous cycle of reasonable value and generation of good business ethics.This book will be attractive to researchers of institutiona

Read more less

Book SynopsisExploring geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific Region, a major hub of global, economic, commercial, military, diplomatic, and cultural activities in the 21st century, this textbook provides students with an introduction to the existing debates, frameworks, and issues surrounding the Indo-Pacific.The second edition has been revised, updated, and expanded to explain the major build-up of deterrence hubs during 20222023 in the Indo-Pacific Region (IPR). The hubs have a clear focus on North Asia (Japan and South Korea), the Taiwan Strait and Taiwan and the South China Sea (the Philippines, Vietnam, and Australia), and India and the Indian Ocean littoral areas (the Persian Gulf and the Bay of Bengal). This edition takes into account the effects of the UkraineRussia and IsraelHamas/Iran proxies' conflicts on the build-up of RussiaChinaNorth KoreaIran ties and the naval projections by China and Russia in North Pacific, off the Alaska coast, and in relation to Myanmar and Bangladesh and t

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis interdisciplinary book analyses the regional economic integration and its institutionalisation that has been pursued in East Asia since the late 1990s and its far-reaching impact for the entire region and beyond.It presents the specificity and evolution of East Asiaâs economic integration as well as its outcomes in the form of an impressive number of FTAs concluded by East Asian countries. The book also addresses the regionâs institutionalised regionalism of the 21st century, embodied by the recent establishment of two mega-regional institutions for trade and investment facilitation â Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), analysing their economic potential and impact on East Asian economies as well as on regions, including Europe. Additionally, the book offers a comprehensive analysis of integration theories, providing political and economic theories of integration and related

Read more less

Book SynopsisCarbon pricing is one of the key policy instruments available to help countries reach the goals of the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).This book explores the challenges and opportunities facing emerging economies in the implementation of carbon pricing with a particular focus on the case of TÃrkiye. After introducing the principles and practicalities of carbon pricing mechanisms, the book explores the economic feasibility of TÃrkiye achieving Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and net zero emissions targets. It is argued that its national circumstances hinder TÃrkiyeâs use of carbon crediting mechanisms, auctions for carbon certificate units and building bilateral and multilateral cooperation with other countries, leaving the voluntary carbon market as the only option. The book explores the implications of this and also highlights the need for improvements and reform in TÃrkiyeâs climate laws, public institutions and international relations to better support carbon pricing. The book also recommends aligning carbon pricing with ongoing energy market reforms, including the replacement of fossil fuel subsidies with more targeted support.This book will be of significant interest to readers of energy economics, environmental economics, emerging economies and climate change more broadly.

Read more less

Book Synopsis

Read more less

Book SynopsisAt the end of the twentieth century, academics and policymakers welcomed a trend toward fiscal and political decentralization as part of a potential solution for slow economic growth and poor performance by insulated, unaccountable governments. For the last two decades, researchers have been trying to answer a series of vexing questions about the political economy of multi-layered governance. Much of the best recent research on decentralization has come from close collaborations between university researchers and international aid institutions. As the volume and quality of this collaborative research have increased in recent decades, the time has come to review the lessons from this literature and apply them to debates about future programming. In this volume, the contributors place this research in the broader history of engagement between aid institutions and academics, particularly in the area of decentralized governance, and outline the challenges and opportunities to link evidenceTable of Contents1. Introduction Jonathan A. Rodden and Erik Wibbels; 2. The social underpinnings of decentralized governance: networks, technology and the future of social accountability Erik Wibbels; 3. Leadership selection rules and decentralized governance Guy Grossman; 4. Traditional leaders, service delivery and electoral accountability Kate Baldwin and Pia Raffler; 5. Decentralized rule and revenue Jonathan Rodden; 6. The proliferation of decentralized governing units Jan H. Pierskalla; 7. Decentralization and business performance Edmund Malesky; 8. Decentralization and urban governance in the developing world: experiences to-date and avenues for future research Christopher Carter and Alison E. Post; 9. Decentralization in post-conflict settings: assessing community-driven development in the wake of violence Fotini Christia; 10. Clientelism in decentralized states Gianmarco León and Leonard Wantchekon; 11. Decentralization and ethnic diversity Thad Dunning; 12. From decentralization research to policy and programs: a practical postscript Derick W. Brinkerhoff, Anna Wetterberg and Gary A. Bland; Index.

Read more less

Book SynopsisFor the educated reader without formal training in economics, this volume analyses several central principles of economics and how they relate to enduring questions such as poverty, inequality, and sustainability. Discusses common economic mistakes, how we can avoid them, and how doing so can enable public and private prosperity.Trade Review'Otteson, a philosopher, has written for non-economists the best short introduction to economics, and to a wider political economy. It is lucid, generous, open-handed yet thorough, and solidly based scientifically. Come to think of it, most economists should read it, too. They might stop using 'philosophical' as a term of contempt, and get back to an Adam-Smithian depth of understanding.' Deirdre McCloskey, University of Illinois, Chicago'The word 'Deadly' in Otteson's title is no exaggeration. The great frustrations and famines of recent decades have been failures of state management, rather than contradictions of capitalism. Otteson's contribution is to explain why these catastrophes are the result of good intentions, moral misunderstandings, and confusions about what markets can do. As society moves toward reopening the economy and restoring prosperity, this book is essential reading for what might be done, what can't be done, and the things that lie in between.' Michael C. Munger, Duke University'James Otteson is not just a scholar of markets, he is their Mozart. In this compelling tour, Otteson lays out economic principles the way Mozart laid out a sonata. Otteson orders and presents key principles in a fashion any American can understand and appreciate.' Amity Shlaes, author of Great SocietyJames R. Otteson's Seven Deadly Economic Sins is a fine effort to introduce readers to the basic principles of market economics. The hamartiological framing - the 'sins' are bad assumptions about how markets work - is part of the author's effort to make the subject more engaging than a typical treatise on economics. It works. Mr. Otteson, a professor of business ethics at Notre Dame, writes with an apt combination of casual wit and rigorous logic." Barton Swain, The Wall Street JournalTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Wealth Is Positive-Sum; 2. Good Is Not Good Enough; 3. There Is No Great Mind; 4. Progress Is Not Inevitable; 5. Economics and/or Morality; 6. Equality of What?; 7. Markets Are Not Perfect; Conclusion. The World and I.

Read more less

Book SynopsisFacing global climate crisis, Karl Marx''s ecological critique of capitalism more clearly demonstrates its importance than ever. This book explains why Marx''s ecology had to be marginalized and even suppressed by Marxists after his death throughout the twentieth century. Marx''s ecological critique of capitalism, however, revives in the Anthropocene against dominant productivism and monism. Investigating new materials published in the complete works of Marx and Engels (Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe), Saito offers a wholly novel idea of Marx''s alternative to capitalism that should be adequately characterized as degrowth communism. This provocative interpretation of the late Marx sheds new lights on the recent debates on the relationship between society and nature and invites readers to envision a post-capitalist society without repeating the failure of the actually existing socialism of the twentieth century.Trade Review'Marx in the Anthropocene is a deeply restorative project, both analytically and politically. Through a detailed examination of Marx's notebooks on the natural sciences, Kohei Saito reminds us why Marx insisted that the relationship between nature and capitalism was fundamentally unsustainable. The book restores to us a forgotten Marx, one who is eager to learn from precapitalist societies, one who is beginning to see destruction in development. Taking his lead from this longneglected Marx, Saito then builds a powerful argument for degrowth communism, a theoretical approach that aims to reorganize the very notion of abundance to fit the common weal, rather than fit an abstract notion of luxury communism. Marx in the Anthropocene reminds us, again, why anticapitalism is the nutrient that must be urgently added to nature'' Tithi Bhattacharya, author of Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto'A masterpiece. This is the book we have been waiting for. Saito draws on Marx to deliver a thrilling synthesis of degrowth and ecosocialism. Herein lies the secret to post-capitalist transition. A must-read for every socialist and every environmentalist -it will change both forever' Jason Hickel, author of Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World'After his brilliant essay on Marx's ecology, Kohei Saito shows in his new pathbreaking book how different Marxist thinkers tried to deal with the environmental, challenges, from an anti-capitalist perspective. As in his previous essay, Saito is able to grasp Marxism as thought in movement, and not as a closed system. His courageous appeal for a 'degrowth communism' is a decisive contribution for an ecological Marxism of our times, a communism for the Anthropocene' Michael Löwy, author of Ecosocialism: A Radical Alternative to Capitalist Catastrophe'the way Saito mobilises Marxist theory to make a plea for 'the abundance of wealth in degrowth communism' … is as precise as it is gripping' Timothée Parrique, The Conversation'In this refreshing and highly significant work, Kohei Saito draws on only recently published writings from Marx's later notebooks on science and nature which reveal a less Promethean Marx … essential reading for all serious Marxists.' John Green, Morning StarTable of ContentsDedication; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. Marx's Ecological Critique of Capitalism and its Oblivion: 1. Marx's theory of metabolism in the age of global ecological crisis; 2. The intellectual relationship of Marx and Engels revisited from an ecological perspective; 3. Lukács's theory of metabolism as the foundation of ecosocialist realism; Part II. A Critique of Productive Forces in the Anthropocene; 4. Monism and the non-identity of nature; 5. The revival of utopian socialism and the productive forces of capital; Part III. Towards Degrowth Communism: 6. Marx as a degrowth communist; 7. The abundance of wealth in degrowth communism; Conclusion; References; Index.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis book presents a self-contained and accessible economic analysis of American politics. Chapters address voters, political parties, the media, Congress, the Presidency, and the Supreme Court. Maurer explains how the Framers' design usually encourages moderation – but can also veer into the kind of dangerously divisive politics we know today.Trade Review'Stephen Maurer addresses the challenge of current American political polarization by assuming the Framers of the US Constitution made accurate diagnoses of the problem but prescriptions that need updating in the light of modern social science. This approach yields insights that will intrigue students of political institutions everywhere.' Paul Seabright, Toulouse School of Economics, author of The Company of Strangers: A Natural History of Economic Life'Whither American democracy in this age of polarization? How has the institutional design of the 1780s played through the history since? How have we been theorizing about that design, and how should we be? For one thing, James Madison meet Anthony Downs. But that is not all. Steeped in theory, history, vast scholarship, and alert to current vexations, this book is an invigorating read.' David R. Mayhew, Sterling Professor of Political Science Emeritus, Yale UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Updating the framers; 2. The people: from individuals to communities; 3. Selling policy: political narratives & ideologies; 4. The public forum: mass media and the web; 5. Mass democracy: political parties and elections; 6. The 'extended republic': communities, states & regions; 7. Making law: the congress; 8. Implementing law: the executive; 9. Interpreting law: the courts; 10. Democracy evolving: the future of American politics.

Read more less

Book SynopsisReleased in 1984, Steven E. Rhoads'' classic was considered by many to be among the best introductions to the economic way of thinking and its applications. This anniversary edition has been updated to account for political and economic developments - from the greater interest in redistributing income and the ascendancy of behaviorism to the Trump presidency. Rhoads explores opportunity cost, marginalism, and economic incentives and explains why mainstream economists - even those well to the left - still value free markets. He critiques economics for its unbalanced emphasis on narrow self-interest as controlling motive and route to happiness, highlighting philosophers and positive psychologists'' findings that happiness is far more dependent on friends and family than on income or wealth. This thought-provoking tour of the economist''s mind is a must read for our times,providing a clear, lively, non-technical insight into how economists think and why they shouldn''t be ignored.Trade Review'This is a 35th anniversary version of a classic. Rhoads, an emeritus professor of politics at the University of Virginia, has built upon the best explanation I know of how orthodox economists think about choice, markets, externalities and other concepts. The new edition will be valuable to non-economists and economists alike: the former will learn how economists think; and the latter will learn some of the limits to how they think.' Martin Wolf, A Financial Times Book of the Year'Rhoads puts the discipline's core concepts in wonderfully accessible form.' Barton Swaim, A Wall Street Journal Book of the Year'… one of the top 10 big picture economics books of the last 50 years.' David R. Henderson, RegulationTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Useful Concepts: 1. Opportunity Cost; 2. Marginalism; 3. Economic Incentives; Part II. Government and Markets, Efficiency and Equity: 4. Government and the Economy; 5. Economists and Equity; 6. Externalities and the Government Agenda; Part III. The Limits of Economics: 7. The Economist's Consumer and Individual Well-Being; 8. Representatives, Deliberation, and Political Leadership; 9. Conclusion.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis Element aims to place just transition in the dynamics of the world political economy over the last several decades and to offer an overview of the varieties of just transitions based on an analytical scheme that focuses on their breadth, depth and ambition.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Just transition as a response to Neoliberalism in the USA: 1970s to 2001; 2. The globalization of just transition: 2001-present; 3. The breadth of just transitions; 4. The depth of just transitions; 5. The ambition of just transitions: a double take; Conclusions; References.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis book addresses export restrictions in the global supply chain. Linking key areas of WTO law, public international law, investment law and competition law, it exposes the insufficient regulation on export restrictions while unpacking the forces that drive a country to legislate export restrictions in the name of national security.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. WTO rules on export restrictions; 3. Governing export restrictions: national security and international political economy; 4. Export restrictions in the global supply chain: investment and competition; 5. Conclusion: reconfiguring global supply chain in the post-COVID-19 era; Bibliography.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis Element assesses the effectiveness of vertical accountability through elections and how interinstitutional accountability operates in checks-and-balances systems, along with the growing role of the courts. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.Table of Contents1. Introduction: an interactionist view of accountability; 2. The crucial role of competitive elections in democratic accountability; 3. Deparliamentarization, horizontal accountability and judicialization; 4. Governance transformations and the policy role of the bureaucracy; 5. Managing accountability in monitory democracy; 6. Perceptions matter: overloads and felt accountability; 7. Conclusion: core messages; 8. Reference.

Read more less

Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface vi Acknowledgments viii Introduction 1 1 Political versus Apolitical Ecologies 8 2 A Tree with Deep Roots 22 3 The Critical Tools 45 4 Political Ecology Emerges 82 5 Challenges in Ecology 99 6 Challenges in Social Construction 118 7 Challenges in Explanation 137 8 Degradation and Marginalization 149 9 Conservation and Control 168 10 Environmental Conflict 190 11 Environmental Subjects and Identities 206 12 Political Objects and Actors 223 13 Political Ecologies of the Future? 236 Bibliography 245 Index 280

Read more less

Book SynopsisIntroduction A Tale of Two Nations Revenge of the Geeks The Lost Virtue Fear Itself Lion Rampant ConclusionTrade Review'An intelligent, evidence-based programme for economic revival This book deserves to be taken seriously by all with an interest in politics, whatever their beliefs.' - Simon Heffer, New Statesman 'a touchstone for the ambitious new right of the Tory party' - Liam McLaughlin, Huffington PostTable of ContentsIntroduction A Tale of Two Nations Revenge of the Geeks The Lost Virtue Fear Itself Lion Rampant Conclusion

Read more less