"After a decade of successive market revolutions around the world, beginning with the collapse of the Berlin Wall and continuing in countries as diverse as Argentina and New Zealand, the effectiveness of the market economy as a route to prosperity and growth is not in question, …
"This book is a wide-ranging account of the relationship between the development of a 'free market society' in Europe and North America and the fears and anxieties provoked by crime. It offers an evaluation of the theoretical schools in social theory and in criminology which con…
Red Capitalism in South China is the best account to date of change in the Pearl River Delta. It examines a phenomenon that is important not only because of the speed, extent, and magnitude of the changes taking place but also because the delta's patterns of growth and developme…
Red Capitalism in South China is the best account to date of change in the Pearl River Delta. It examines a phenomenon that is important not only because of the speed, extent, and magnitude of the changes taking place but also because the delta's patterns of growth and developme…
Gendering welfare states
by Sainsbury, Diane,, politicoloog
fromSage modern politics series
Bundel waarin het begrip gender onderdeel is van een analyse van de verzorgingsstaat. Hiertoe komt een aantal wetenschappers aan het woord zowel vanuit feministische hoek als vanuit het reguliere onderzoek: Jet Bussemakers en Kees van Kersbergen over: Sekse en verzorgingsstaten;…
Since 1991, Robert Barro has been a lively contributor to the "Wall Street Journal" and other popular financial media. "Getting It Right" brings together, updates, and expands upon these writings that showcases Barro's agility in applying economic understanding to a wide array o…
The Market Revolution offers a sweeping, comprehensive overview of the Jacksonian period in a synthesis of political, social, economic, and cultural history. This book examines the tensions between democracy and capitalism that arose during this period after the war of 1812 and …
The Market Revolution offers a sweeping, comprehensive overview of the Jacksonian period in a synthesis of political, social, economic, and cultural history. This book examines the tensions between democracy and capitalism that arose during this period after the war of 1812 and …
The central theme of this study of American life in the early 19th century is the establishment of capitalism. The author argues that, following the Industrial Revolution, two distinct societies were created in the USA: rich and poor, proprietors and labourers, city dwellers and…