Private and public enterprise in Europe

energy, telecommunications and transport, 1830-1990

This is the first comparative history of the economic organisation of energy, telecommunications and transport in Europe in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It examines the role that private and public enterprise have played in the construction and operation of the railways, electricity, gas and ...

The politics of policies

economic and social progress in Latin America: 2006 Report

Table of Contents: Ch. 1 Overview Ch. 2 Understanding the politics of policies : a methodological approach Ch. 3 Political parties, legislatures, and presidents Ch. 4 Cabinets, the bureaucracy, subnational governments, and the judiciary Ch. 5 Actors from civil society Ch. 6 Political institutions, the workings ...

The economy of Esteem

an essay on civil and political society

However much people want esteem, it is an untradable commodity - there is no way that you can buy the good opinion of another or sell to others your good opinion of them. And yet esteem is allocated in society according to systematic determinants: people's ...

Economía política, participación e interdependencia

la cuestión social

Texto para la asignatura de Economía Política de la Facultad de Sociología de la Universidad de La Laguna. Su autor nos dice: Esta misión que se me encomendo no resultaba fácil. La dificultad aparente radicaba en la necesidad de explicar para esta asignatura los conceptos ...

A course in public economics

A Course in Public Economics explores the central questions of whether or not markets work, and if not, what is to be done about it. The first part of the textbook, designed for upper-level undergraduates and first- year graduate students, begins with an extended discussion ...

Beyond structural adjustment

the institutional context of african developmThe institutional context of African development

As the World Bank famously put it back in 1989, "underlying the litany of Africa's development problems is a crisis of governance". This is a collection of authoritative essays bringing together prominent Africanists in political science and public administration to look at the role ...

Siglo XXI

¿un nuevo paradigma de la política?: I Simposium de Filosofía Política Alberto Saoner

The economics of adjustment and growth

This book provides a systematic and coherent framework for understanding the interactions between the micro and macro dimensions of economic adjustment policies; that is, it explores short-run macroeconomic management and structural adjustment policies aimed at promoting economic growth. It emphasizes the importance of structural microeconomic ...

Shaping the New Europe

economic policy challenges of European Union enlargement

This volume brings together contributions on the major economic policy issues which have opened up as a result of the process of European Union enlargement. The issues analysed range from modelling and analysing the costs and benefits of enlargement, to challenges for macroeconomic policy both ...

Economía, política e idiomas

intercambio lingüístico y sus efectos sobre la eficiencia y la distribución

The economy of Esteem

an essay on civil and political society

The text contends that people care about others' opinions of them and that the actions they take to raise the esteem they enjoy produce social patterns. They also point out that the actions taken to raise esteem affect individual economic behaviour.

La economía argentina y sus crisis (1976-2001)

visiones institucionalistas y regulacionistas

Applied economics

thinking beyond stage one

The application of economics to major contemporary real world problems--housing, medical care, discrimination, the economic development of nations--is the theme of this new book that tackles these and other issues head on in plain language, as distinguished from the usual jargon of economists. It examines ...

Lawlessness and economics

alternative modes of governance

How can property rights be protected and contracts be enforced in countries where the rule of law is ineffective or absent? How can firms from advanced market economies do business in such circumstances? In Lawlessness and Economics, Avinash Dixit examines the theory of private institutions ...

Applied economics

Applied Economics communicates the vitality and relevance of the subject to students, bringing economics to life. Containing up-to-date information on economic issues and events, the book helps students apply economic principles to the 'real world' and gives them an insight into the difficulties of formulating ...

Self-policing in politics

The Political Economy of Reputational Controls on Politicians

Contrary to what news reports might suggest, the majority of politicians behave ethically and are never subject to investigations. Is this because of the elaborate system of rules Congress has constructed to regulate the conduct of its members as well as the fear of electoral ...

Le gouvernement des riches

Depuis plusieurs mois, le gouvernement Raffarin, reconduit aujourd'hui malgré la cinglante défaite de sa majorité aux élections régionales, s#est engagé dans un projet de « réforme » de l#État social. Ce projet apparaît bien davantage comme une opération planifiée de démantèlement des droits sociaux ...

Economia civile

efficienza, equità, felicità pubblica

Molti paradossi del mondo globale - disuguaglianze territoriali e individuali, crescita senza occupazione, aumento del reddito pro capite ma non della qualità della vita - hanno più a che fare con situazioni di scarsità sociale che materiale. Eppure le due visioni dominanti del rapporto tra sfera economica ...

New frontiers in economics

Leading economists analyze the new directions that subdisciplines of economics have taken in the face of modern economic challenges. These essays represent invention and discovery in the areas of information, macroeconomics and public policies, international trade and development, finance, business, contracts, law, gaming, and government ...

Unidad económica y descentralización política

(libre circulación de mercancías y control judicial de EEUU y en la Unión Europea)

Esta obra analiza en profundidad la muchas veces contradictoria interpretación doctrinal y jurisprudencial de los preceptos constitucionales que en dos regímenes políticos compuestos, como son el de los Estados Unidos y el de la Unión Europea, garantizan la libre circulación de mercancías entre sus subdivisiones ...