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  • Rich Country Interests and Third World Development

    Edited by Robert Cassen, Richard Jolly, John W. Sewell, Robert Wood ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1982, Rich Country Interests and Third World Development adds breadth and specificity to the exploration of the interests in Third World development of eleven “rich” countries—the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, the United Kingdom, the Federal Republic of Germany, The Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and France.The authors analyze a spectrum of Northern economic, ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Making a Difference in Education

    What the evidence says

    by Robert Cassen, Sandra McNally, Anna Vignoles ...
    What is working in education in the UK - and what isn't? This book offers a highly readable guide to what the latest research says about improving young people's outcomes in pre-school, primary and secondary education. Never has this issue been more topical as the UK attempts to compete in the global economy against countries with increasingly educated and skilled work-forces. The book discusses ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

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  • The Populist Temptation

    Economic Grievance and Political Reaction in the Modern Era

    by Barry Eichengreen ...
    Populism of the right and left has spread like wildfire throughout the world. The impulse reached its apogee in the United States with the election of Trump, but it was a force in Europe ever since the Great Recession sent the European economy into a prolonged tailspin. In the simplest terms, populism is a political ideology that vilifies economic and political elites and instead lionizes 'the ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

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  • Reclaiming the State

    A Progressive Vision of Sovereignty for a Post-Neoliberal World

    by William Mitchell, Thomas Fazi ...
    The crisis of the neoliberal order has resuscitated a political idea widely believed to be consigned to the dustbin of history. Brexit, the election of Donald Trump, and the neo-nationalist, anti-globalisation and anti-establishment backlash engulfing the West all involve a yearning for a relic of the past: national sovereignty.In response to these challenging times, economist William Mitchell and ... Read more

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  • The Political System of the European Union

    by Simon Hix, Bjørn Høyland ...
    Series series The European Union Series
    Starting from the observation that the European Union now possesses many of the attributes of modern political systems, Hix and Høyland take an innovative approach to analysing, researching and teaching the EU. Using the general theories of political science to understand how the EU works, this text covers each of the main processes in the EU political system - executive, legislative and judicial ... Read more

    $38.09 USD

  • Unholy Trinity

    The IMF, World Bank and WTO

    by Richard Peet ...
    Who really runs the global economy? Who benefits most from it?The answer is a triad of 'governance institutions' - The IMF, the World Bank and the WTO. Globalization massively increased the power of these institutions and they drastically affected the livelihoods of peoples across the world. Yet they operate undemocratically and aggressively promote a particular kind of neoliberal capitalism. ... Read more

    $28.39 USD

  • Africa and the North

    Between Globalization and Marginalization

    Edited by Ulf Engel, Gorm Rye Olsen ...
    Series series New International Relations
    An important new discussion of Africa's place in the international system.This volume discusses Africa's place in the international system, examining the way in which the Westphalian system, in light of the impact of globalization and transnational networks, continues to play a major role in the structuring of Africa's international relations.The book provides a solid empirical analysis of key ... Read more

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  • The Road to Global Prosperity

    by Michael Mandelbaum ...
    In That Used to Be Us, the blockbuster Michael Mandelbaum wrote with Thomas L. Friedman, the authors analyzed the challenges America faces, including globalization, and described a path to recovering America’s greatness.In his widely and well reviewed The Road to Global Prosperity, Mandelbaum, one of America’s leading authorities on international affairs, looks at whether our optimism about the ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Conflict and Change in EU Budgetary Politics

    by Johannes Lindner ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in European Politics
    Why did the European Union experience a stark variation in the levels of conflict between the late 1970s, when budgetary disputes dominated European politics, and the 1990s, when political actors were able to settle upon budgetary agreements without major conflicts?This book responds to this key question with a two-step argument: Its first part shows that decision-making rules can be regarded as a ... Read more

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  • The New Economic Diplomacy

    Decision-Making and Negotiation in International Economic Relations

    Edited by Nicholas Bayne, Stephen Woolcock ...
    Series series Global Governance
    The New Economic Diplomacy explains how states conduct their external economic relations in the 21st century: how they make decisions domestically, how they negotiate internationally and how these processes interact. Although the previous edition, published in 2011, was able to reflect the impact of the financial crisis and the immediate reaction to it, a lot has happened since then, and the ... Read more

    $56.99 USD

  • Understanding Namibia

    The Trials of Independence

    by Henning Melber ...
    Since independence in 1990, Namibia has witnessed only one generation with no memory of colonialism - the 'born frees', who voted in the 2009 elections. The anti-colonial liberation movement, SWAPO, dominates the political scene, effectively making Namibia a de facto one-party state dominated by the first 'struggle generation'. While those in power declare their support for a free, fair, and just ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

  • The Economic History of The Netherlands 1914-1995

    A Small Open Economy in the 'Long' Twentieth Century

    by Jan L. van Zanden ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Economic History of Europe
    Jan L. van Zanden in The Economic History of the Netherlands 1914-1995 answers these questions. In the first four chapters the long development of the economy is analysed in detail. Central to this part of the book are the rise (and decline) of managerial enterprise; the growth (and fall) of trade unions; and the expansion (and crisis) of the welfare state. The particular Dutch features of these ... Read more

    $70.99 USD