This edited work critically analyses developments in European Political Economy and their effects on the continental European economies. Leading political economists from Europe and the United States consider how the influential 'Varieties of Capitalism' approach can help us und…
Economic analysis of the emergence of capitalist production relations and the impact of capitalism on economic development in Africa South of Sahara - examines the economic implications of trade with developed countries during colonialism, particularly for land tenure, and the e…
"European monetary integration has posed tremendous challenges to governments since it removed the tool of currency depreciation previously used for dealing with economic imbalances. As a consequence, governments of member states of the Eurozone have turned to wage setting in or…
"Following Tapscott's introduction, each chapter of Blueprint is authored by a member of the Alliance, all senior strategists and CEOs from today's most influential businesses--companies such as General Motors, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, MCI, and Nortel. Each covers a core area of th…
Demystifying buzzwords, laying bare the truths behind oft-quoted numbers and answering the questions you were always too embarrassed to ask, the breezy Naked Economics gives readers the tools they need to engage with pleasure and confidence in the deeply relevant, not-so-dismal …
Wheelan cuts a large swath though contemporary microeconomic and macroeconomic issues, controversies, and fallacies. Topics include environmental problems, health care and insurance, risk and safety, education and productivity, the Federal Reserve System and monetary policy, fin…
Provides insight into the changes that are affecting politics, business and society itself. Business managers need to be aware of these changes in order to benefit from the opportunities that the future has to offer.
This work presents a comparison of the links between women's social rights and democratic citizenship in three different citizenship models - republican citizenship in France, liberal citizenship in Britain, and social citizenship in Denmark.
Australia once had extremely high levels of trade union participation, yet since the 1970s the number of union members has been falling dramatically. This book gives the clearest picture yet of why people do or do not belong to unions and, in a sophisticated way, examines the re…
The Economic Geography of the Tourist Industry explores how tourism is defined and examines whether or not tourism can be conceptualized as an industry. Detailed analyses of key sectors of the travel and tourism industry, such as tour operators, airlines and the hotel industry, …
Examines the role of trade unions and trade union leaders played in the British State's management of industrial conflict during the years 1910-1921.
Increasingly topical is the question of which development strategies work best for newly industrialised countries. This book offers an up-to-date assessment of development theories leading to clear policy prescriptions.
For more than a century the creation of national parks and protected areas was a major threat to the survival of indigenous peoples. Parks based on wilderness ideals outlawed traditional ways of life and forced from their homelands peoples who had shaped and preserved local ecos…
Focuses on rurla-to-urban migration of young women serving as domestic workers for urban families in China from fall 1998 up to spring 2000.
Privatizing Russia
by Shleifer,^, Andrei, Boycko, Maxim, Vishny, Robert W., (Robert Ward)
Privatizing Russia offers an inside look at one of the most remarkable reforms in recent history. Having started on the back burner of Russian politics in the fall of 1991, mass privatization was completed on July 1, 1994, with two thirds of Russian industry privately owned, a r…