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  • Implications of the Euro

    A Critical Perspective from the Left

    To date, critical analysis of the EMU project has largely been advanced from the centre-right spectrum of British politics. Comparable questions from the centre-left have failed to find a coherent voice. Although, the European fault-line cannot be characterized as a neat Left-Right issue there are noticeable divisions in opinion across British business, the trade union movement and within the ... Read more

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  • Forging Transnational Belonging through Informal Trade

    Thriving Markets in Times of Crisis

    Series series Southeast European Studies
    Analyzing informal trading practices and smuggling through the case study of Novi Pazar, this book explores how societies cope when governments no longer assume the responsibility for providing welfare to their citizens.How do economic transnational practices shape one’s sense of belonging in times of crisis/precarity? Specifically, how does the collapse of the Ottoman Empire – and the subsequent ... Read more

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  • Smart Fiscal Consolidation

    A Strategy for Achieving Sustainable Public Finances and Growth

    Series series Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies Research Papers
    Due to high government debt levels and the dangers of self-defeating austerity in Europe, smart fiscal consolidation measures are needed that foster economic growth. A thorough review of the relevant literature provides many useful insights. To regain credibility, a clearly communicated broad reform program (including structural reforms) is required. Targeting mainly public expenditures, rather ... Read more

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  • Economic Transformation in Poland and Ukraine

    National and Regional Perspectives

    Series series Routledge Studies in the European Economy
    When Poland and Ukraine introduced their political, social and economic system reforms at the beginning of the 1990s, both economies were at a similar level of economic development (GDP $9,500 per capita). However, in 2018, Ukrainian GDP per capita had remained at the same levels since 1991, while in Poland, it had increased significantly, to more than $27,000 per capita.This book assesses the ... Read more

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  • Politics, Hierarchy, and Public Health

    Voting Patterns in the 2016 US Presidential Election

    Series series Routledge International Studies in Health Economics
    Steep socioeconomic hierarchy in post-industrial Western society threatens public health because of the physiological consequences of material and psychosocial insecurities and deprivations. Following on from their previous books, the authors continue their exploration of the geography of early mortality from age-related chronic conditions, of risk behaviors and their health outcomes, and of ... Read more

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  • Tax Systems and Tax Reforms in New EU Member States

    Series series Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy
    Building on the work carried out in the 2004 Routledge book, Tax Systems and Tax Reforms in Europe, an international team of contributors now turn their attention to the new EU member states. The book compares conditions in the new and potential EU Member states to those in the long-standing EU countries. Topics covered include:* A Comparative View of Taxation in the EU and in New Members* Tax ... Read more

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  • Understanding Globalization, Global Gaps, and Power Shifts in the 21st Century

    CCG Global Dialogues

    Edited by Huiyao Wang, Lu Miao ...
    This book aims to help readers make sense of our changing world by sharing the views of global thought leaders on some of the most important issues of our time, from US-China relations and global governance to climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic.The ten dialogues in this book were part of the “China and the World” series of online discussions hosted by the Center for China and Globalization ... Read more

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  • The G20

    Evolution, Interrelationships, Documentation

    Series series Global Finance
    This revised and updated edition presents detailed analysis of the history and current state of the G20, and the challenges it faces.The emergence of the G20 was the result of calls for full inclusion of major developing and other systemically important countries and to reflect new global economic and political realities. The growth of Chinese power, growing significance of other major developing ... Read more

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  • Brazil—Japan Cooperation: From Complementarity to Shared Value

    This is an open access book. Relations between Brazil and Japan progressed dynamically in the 1960s and 1970s, centering on the substantial complementarity between Japan’s needing primary goods to sustain high economic growth and Brazil’s seeking non-hegemonic investment to invigorate its resource potential. Now that this complementarity has lost significance, the two countries are restructuring ... Read more

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  • Synchronized Factories

    Latin America and the Caribbean in the Era of Global Value Chains

    Edited by Juan S. Blyde ...
    The objective of this report is to examine the extent to which countries in Latin America and the Caribbean participate in global value chains and what are the drivers of such participation. Production processes have been increasingly fragmented worldwide. For example, the production of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner involves 43 suppliers located in 135 locations around the globe. There are many ... Read more

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  • The Mechanics of Modernity in Europe and East Asia

    Institutional Origins of Social Change and Stagnation

    by Erik Ringmar ...
    Series series Routledge Explorations in Economic History
    Why, from the eighteenth century onwards, did some countries embark on a path of sustained economic growth, while others stagnated? This text looks at the kind of institutions that are required in order for change to take place, and Ringmar concludes that for sustained development to be possible, change must be institutionalized. Taking a global view, Ringmar investigates the implications of his ... Read more

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  • Sovereign Debt Sustainability

    Multilateral Debt Treatment and the Credit Rating Impasse

    by Daniel Cash ...
    Series series Routledge International Studies in Money and Banking
    In 2020, the G20 proposed a solution for the debt-related issues affecting the world’s poorest countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, their initiatives have failed to meet their objectives. The author argues that the reason for this failure is the inability to bring sovereign countries to the table to re-negotiate their debt agreements with private creditors as they fear credit rating ... Read more

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  • Foundation of the Wisdom within Socio-Economic Roles for Southern Informal and Western Ethnic Homes

    by Arnaud Segla ...
    Series series Analysis
    INTRODUCTIONSocio-economic role wisdom, formerly known as "economic empowerment", is the empowerment of life partners through the distribution of productive roles in a household. It aims to limit the effects of poverty, precariousness, profanity, etc. as a burden weighing on the resource person(s), whether in the household or the community.Context of the project.“A simple kickstart could lead to ... Read more

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  • Constitutions of Value

    Law, Governance, and Political Ecology

    Gathering an interdisciplinary range of cutting-edge scholars, this book addresses legal constitutions of value.Global value production and transnational value practices that rely on exploitation and extraction have left us with toxic commons and a damaged planet. Against this situation, the book examines law’s fundamental role in institutions of value production and valuation. Utilizing ... Read more

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  • Between the Two Oceans of Indo-Pacific

    Strengthening the Myanmar–Thailand Southern Corridor

    The idea of connectivity is an integral part of regionalism in international trade and integration. The focus in this book is particularly on the so-called southern East - West Economic Corridor which consists of the connections between the southern part of Myanmar and the western part of the central region of Thailand. Between the Two Oceans of Indo-Pacific covers a diverse range of topics in the ... Read more

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  • Why Traditional Bookstores Won’t Carry Your Book on Their Shelves … and Why That’s Okay

    by Kim Staflund ...
    Series Book 3 - Free Gifts for Indie Authors
    Many of today’s indie authors are content with self-publishing ebooks alone on Kobo and Amazon’s Kindle. Others who wish to offer a paperback version for your readers may be satisfied with simply converting those ebooks into print-on-demand (POD) paperbacks for sale through Amazon.But many indie authors dream of seeing your books on the shelves of the traditional “bricks and mortar” bookstores, ... Read more

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  • Global Financial Stability Report, October 2008

    Series Book Global Financial Stability Report - Global Financial Stability Report
    The Global Financial Stability Report identifies potential fault lines in the global financial system that could lead to crisis, while providing comprehensive coverage of mature and emerging financial markets. The GFSR focuses on current conditions in global financial markets, highlighting issues that could pose risks to financial market stability and market access by emerging market borrowers. ... Read more

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  • Leap into Modernity – Political Economy of Growth on the Periphery, 1943–1980

    Series Book 16 - Studies in History, Memory and Politics
    This book describes struggles of different countries and their development after World War II. It presents a panorama of different ideologies of accelerated development, which dominated the world just before the war and in the next 40 years. The author explains why in the 1970s global and local elites began to turn away from the state, exchanging statism for the belief in the «invisible hand of ... Read more

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  • The European Digital Economy

    Drivers of Digital Transition and Economic Recovery

    Series series Routledge Open Business and Economics
    The “digital economy” is a conceptual umbrella referring to markets, organizations and their networks that are based on digital technologies, communication, data processing and e-commerce. It is multidimensional and its dynamic structure must be analysed from various dimensions, such as economic – changes in the nature of resources, production factors and economic processes; technological – ... Read more

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  • Digital Transformation and Public Services

    Societal Impacts in Sweden and Beyond

    Series series Routledge Studies in the European Economy
    Through a series of studies, the overarching aim of this book is to investigate if and how the digitalization/digital transformation process affects various welfare services provided by the public sector, and the ensuing implications thereof. Ultimately, this book seeks to understand if it is conceivable for digital advancement to result in the creation of private/non-governmental alternatives to ... Read more

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  • Africa's Lions

    Growth Traps and Opportunities for Six African Economies

    Edited by Haroon Bhorat, Finn Tarp ...
    Examining the economic forces that will shape Africa's future.Africa’s Lions examines the economic growth experiences of six fast growing and/or economically dominant African countries. Expert African researchers offer unique perspectives into the challenges and issues in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, and South Africa.Despite a growing body of research on African economies, very ... Read more

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  • Foreign Aid and Its Unintended Consequences

    by Dirk-Jan Koch ...
    Foreign aid and international development frequently bring with it a range of unintended consequences, both negative and positive. This book delves into these consequences, providing a fresh and comprehensive guide to understanding and addressing them.The book starts by laying out a theoretical framework based on complexity thinking, before going on to explore the ten most prevalent kinds of ... Read more

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