Recent progress towards economic and monetary union in Western Europe has highlighted the importance of regional policies, while events in Eastern Europe have focused attention on the role of finance in development and may lead to a substantial diversion of international capital…
A selection of Jacques Dreze's work over the last decade on the topics of lasting unemployment, stagflation and unused capacity.
Provides the evolution of central banking in the major economies, tracing the development of both the monetery and finanical stability concerns of central banks. Explores the major policy dilemmas now facing central bankers.
The swift developments within the financial markets over the years conflict with traditional property law structures and have caused a great degree of legal uncertainty. This book evaluates the requirement for specificity as a criterion for property rights in securities evidence…
Breaking male dominance in old democracies
Has male dominance in political life been broken? Will gender balance in elected assemblies soon be reached? Around 100 years after women's suffrage was gained, and in spite of much effort, most countries have not achieved this goal. This book analyses the longitudinal developme…
Drawing from the policy networks approach, this book examines the way the Single Financial Market initiative has affected sectoral policy-making in Britain and France, and assesses the significance of domestic and European strategies for the process of European political integra…
In Trust, a sweeping assessment of the emerging global economic order "after History," Fukuyama examines a wide range of national cultures in order to divine the hidden principles that make a good and prosperous society, and his findings strongly challenge the orthodoxies of bot…
In Trust, a sweeping assessment of the emerging global economic order "after History," Fukuyama examines a wide range of national cultures in order to divine the hidden principles that make a good and prosperous society, and his findings strongly challenge the orthodoxies of bot…
Provides a comparative treatment and examination of how new approaches in governance and planning are reshaping mega-city regions around the world. The contributors highlight how European mega-city regions are evolving and strategic intervention redefined to enable the integrati…
European Integration and the Communist Dilemma assesses the response of communist parties to European integration using three contrasting and comparatively significant case studies from Greece, Cyprus and Italy. These parties, in common with other radical parties in Europe, face…
Beginning with a history of transit and its role in urban development, the book proceeds to define relevant terms and concepts, and then present detailed coverage of all urban transit modes and the most efficient system designs for each. Including coverage of such integral subje…
This internationally focused handbook provides valuable insight into the trends and developments of tax administrations. The book provides a complete, systematic overview of modern tax administration. The book includes chapters on taxation; core business of a tax administration;…
"In Power and Prosperity, which he completed just before his death last year, Olson takes on the broadest questions of his career: Why do some economies perform spectacularly, providing incredible wealth and prosperity, while others fail miserably? How do different forms of gove…