Over the postwar period, the scope of industrial policy has expanded markedly. Governments in virtually
all advanced industrial countries have extended the visible hand of the state in assisting specific industries or individual companies. Although greater government involvement in some ...
Moving beyond abstract economic models and superficial descriptions of the market, Beyond the Developmental State
analyses the economic, political and ideological interests which underpin current socio-economic processes. Through this approach, the contributors show the close interrelation between states and ...
It is a wide-spread belief that the cultural background inhered in a society affects the
requirements of economic development. This relationship requires theoretical and empirical justification. The present book provides this together with an analysis of the development of cultural ...
To avoid uncontrolled climate change, greenhouse gas emissions will have to be brought under control
by major emitters outside the affluent West. The authors investigate the political obstacles in BRIC countries and what their governments could do to strengthen climate ...
This volume deals with the competitive structure of football. It examines the relationship between sporting
success and economic variables, the structure of European competitions, financial problems in football, their origins and options for reform, racial discrimination in English football, and ...
In an era of increasing interdependence among nations, the foreign policies of poor countries are
becoming a subject of critical interest to scholars and the public alike. Neil R. Richardson adopts a political economy perspective to examine the foreign policy ...
In the 1990s, development policy advocated by international financial institutions was influenced by Washington Consensus
thinking. This strategy, based largely on liberalization, privatization, and price-flexibility, downplayed, if not disregarded, the role of government in steering the processes of technological ...
This volume in essence continues my recent contributions towards building up a better understanding of
the wide range of obstacles besetting the transitions away from administrative planning in the former communist regimes in the eastern part of Europe. It is ...