Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy
About the Book Series
In an increasingly interdependent world, many of the most important issues are driven by economic forces. This series applies newly developed economic techniques to some of the most pressing contemporary problems. The aim of the series is to demonstrate the relevance of modern economic theory to the modern world economy, and to provide key reading for researchers and policy-makers.
Working Time and Workers' Preferences in Industrialized Countries: Finding the Balance
1st Edition
By Jon C. Messenger
June 22, 2009
The gradual reduction in weekly working hours in the first half of the last century, which culminated in the widespread adoption of the 'standard' working week by the 1960s, was grounded in a concern for health and safety and for the preservation of time outside of paid labour. Over the last few ...
Russia Moves into the Global Economy
1st Edition
By John M. Letiche
February 18, 2009
John M. Letiche is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley...
Immigrant Enterprise in Europe and the USA
1st Edition
By Prodromos Ioannou Panayiotopoulos (aka Mike Pany)
February 10, 2009
Immigrant-owned enterprises are a highly visible phenomenon, but frequently and increasingly so after 9/11, immigration has been cast in pessimistic and apocalyptic terms which became associated with rising xenophobia and restrictive legislation, such as the Patriot Act in the United States. This ...
Globalization and the Nation State: The Impact of the IMF and the World Bank
1st Edition
By Stephen Kosack, Gustav Ranis, James Raymond Vreeland
January 26, 2007
This book brings together an international team of contributors to assess the political economy of the IMF and World Bank programmes. The cutting-edge techniques of the new political economy are thus brought to bear on international issues for the first time. The book includes contributions from ...
Solving the Riddle of Globalization and Development
1st Edition
Edited
By Manuel Agosin, David Bloom, George Chapelier, Jagdish Saigal
November 28, 2006
In the past two decades many developing countries have embraced the challenge of globalization by rushing to dismantle trade barriers and to promote increasingly liberal market-oriented policies. However, a broader response to globalization is both necessary and possible if countries are ...
Inflation and Unemployment: Contributions to a New Macroeconomic Approach
1st Edition
By Mauro Baranzini, Alvaro Cencini
July 22, 2005
This work challenges traditional monetary theory by focusing on the role of banks and provides a new insight into the role played by bank money and capital accumulation. An international team of contributors reappraise analyses of the inflation and unemployment developed by Marshall, Keynes and ...
Regionalisation of Globalised Innovation: Locations for advanced industrial development and disparities in participation
1st Edition
Edited
By Ulrich Hilpert
December 18, 2003
While processes of innovation are increasingly realised globally, they can also take a highly regionalised expression. In this book, the global networks that link regions are set against the local aspects of innovation. With contributions from international experts, this book examines local '...
Tax Systems and Tax Reforms in Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By Luigi Bernardi, Paola Profeta
November 19, 2003
The last decade has seen important changes taking place in the tax regimes of many European countries. A comprehensive picture of what is happening in European fiscal systems has not been easy to find - until now. This impressive book featuring contributions from leading scholars, will be of great ...
Global Economic Institutions
1st Edition
By Willem Molle
October 16, 2003
This book critically examines global economic institutions. It presents an accessible fluid history of globalization and explains how global public goods should be defined and how global economic institutions work. It also looks at the effect that major organizations - including the WTO, IMF and ...
International Health Care Reform: A Legal, Economic and Political Analysis
1st Edition
By Colleen Flood
August 19, 2003
This book analyses the wave of competition-oriented reform by comparing "internal market reform" (proposed in publicly-funded health care systems) with "managed competition reform" (proposed in systems with a mixture of public/private financing) and the role of "managed care" in each of these ...
Before and Beyond EMU: Historical Lessons and Future Prospects
1st Edition
Edited
By Patrick M. Crowley
September 20, 2002
The launch of the Euro has already had profound effects on both European economies and societies - but it is also of huge importance for the international community as a whole. This timely book, from a collection of key names in European Integration Studies, is an authoritative piece of work that ...
Managing Fiscal Decentralization
1st Edition
Edited
By Ehtisham Ahmad, Vito Tanzi
September 13, 2002
The growth of interest in fiscal decentralization has meant that there has been something of a rush to enshrine this in policy - The World Bank has reported that about seventy countries see this as a major part of their development strategy. This book critically examines the case for ...