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A political economy of Lebanon, 1948-2002
BRILL 2004; US$ 175.00This work assesses Lebanon's development experience during 1948-2002, a case study of laissez-faire performance over more than 50 years. The text analyzes the strong monetary crisis of the mid-1980s and the reconstruction policy that produced weak growth and high government indebtedness. more...
The Turkish Economy
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 49.95Including contributions from noted international scholars, this collection of papers provides a strong theoretical and empirical underpinning for the discussion of major public policy issues facing Turkey today. Matters addressed include: determinants of growth and productivity education and human capital accumulation income inequality corporate... more...
Federalism, Fiscal Authority, and Centralization in Latin America
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 79.00In most countries around the world the collection of taxes is centralized in the hands of the national governments. This book studies the process of fiscal centralization in the Latin American federations and the reasons underlying the variation in the roles that state governments and governors have played in them. more...
Untangling the US Deficit
Edward Elgar Publishing 2007; US$ 40.00From a situation of near zero in 1990, the US current account deficit has expanded to a record level of almost $900 billion in 2006. Is the deficit a product of American profligacy or a 'glut of savings' in the rest of the world? This book gauges the origins and sources of the deficit, its sustainability and the urgency of corrective action. more...
Discontented Miracle
World Scientific Publishing Company 2007; US$ 98.00China has been enjoying stellar economic growth for more than a quarter of a century. Yet the rapid growth amid market-oriented reforms has not been an unalloyed blessing. The China Miracle has been accompanied by soaring income inequality and rising social tensions, over-taxing Chinas resource base and contributing to an environmental... more...
Local Governance in Developing Countries
World Bank Publications 2006; US$ 24.99This book provides a new institutional economics perspective on alternative models of local governance, offering a comprehensive view of local government organization and finance in the developing world. The experiences of ten developing/transition economies are reviewed to draw lessons of general interest in strengthening responsive, responsible,... more...
Economy, Democracy and the State
SAGE India 2009; US$ 39.95This book offers a comprehensive picture of how economic forces have emerged as being of central importance in India and the kind of economic growth that the Indian polity has been able to achieve within the framework of democratic politics. It avers that the modern state is inextricably linked to economic growth and democratic politics. Economy, Democracy... more...
Political Economy in a Globalized World
World Scientific Publishing Company 2009; US$ 62.00The recent global financial crisis illustrates how fragile economic globalization is and how vulnerable all global citizens are to economic events outside their own country. Indeed, global economics is more important for national economic growth than domestic policies. Globalization and change interact and shape the economic environment for citizens... more...
Globalisation and Labour Struggle in Asia
I.B.Tauris 2007; US$ 84.00Korean development has not occurred in a vacuum, but is a specific series of events that provide insight into the way that international struggles for hegemony affect local environments. Ongoing struggle between workers and the state in the former 'hermit kingdom' show that despite appeals to nationalism and human nature seen in training and... more...
Governing for the Long Term
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 21.00This book asks how elected politicians choose between providing policy benefits in the present and investing in the future. more...









