Political Science : Economic Policy

Analyses political decentralization and fiscal federalism in Canada, Germany and Spain. This book analyses three key issues required for a well designed financing system, namely: tax assignment, equalization grants, and the role of regional government in the administration of taxes. It is intended for academics and researchers of economics. more...

Price: $135.00

This book, as the title suggests, explains how General equilibrium, the dominant conceptual framework in mainstream economics, describes a perfectly impossible world. more...

Price: $170.00

Engages the hotly debated question of how globalization affects the prospects of developing countries focusing on foreign direct investment (FDI). The author argues that these changing dynamics will make it difficult for Costa Rica and other latecomers to follow in Ireland's footsteps and derive sustained development benefits from high tech FDI. more...

Price: $65.00

A book describing the political economy of urban change which explores the future of the city and the implications of social disorder and injustice. more...

Price: $59.95

After several decades of implementation of regional policies, France seems to be reaping the benefits of its efforts to promote a more balanced distribution of population and activities throughout the country.  Western and southern regions are catching up, several large cities are now developing more rapidly than the capital region and many rural areas are showing signs of vitality. Nevertheless, this new balance remains fragile, with many regions lagging in terms of competitiveness, reflected by their inability to put to full use their manpower, entrepreneurial capacities and potential for firm co-operation. The main goal of the government's regional policies is now to strengthen economic performance in regions. While continuing to support the development of transport and communication infrastructures -- notably to increase the access to broadband -- the priority is on innovation and engaging new markets. This strategy, underpinned by the poles of competitiveness programme launched in 2004, should pay off provided that the government avoids building complex assistance systems and a multitude of support measures. Co-ordination between the different levels of government has also been improved via State/Region planning contracts. And inter-communal co-operation policy has led to the regrouping of a vast majority of French municipalities. Furthermore, the new thrust in decentralisation has given more importance to local and regional government initiatives. However, regional policy management could benefit from more transparency and efficiency if more rigorous and action-oriented evaluation procedures were built into regional policies and programmes. The territorial review of France is integrated into a wider programme of national territorial reviews undertaken by the OECD Territorial Development Policy Committee. The overall aim of the territorial reviews series is to provide practical policy advice to national governments. Recent national territorial reviews have more...

Price: $50.00