Governance in a global economy

political authority in transition

This volume presents 17 papers, each of which explores how global economic integration produces changes in governance. The book concludes that a new and intricate fabric of governance has been created, but one that fails to serve the purpose of beleaguered govenments.

Gangs of America

the rise of corporate power and the disabling of democracy

Through a series of fascinating stories populated by colorful personalities, Gangs of America details the rise of corporate power in America. Driven to answer the central question of how corporations got more rights than people, Ted Nace delves deep into the origins of this institution ...

Structural impediments to growth in Japan

As the much-lauded "miracle" of Japan's stunning economic growth has ground down into a seemingly unshakeable economic stagnation, analysts have focused their attention on the underlying systems that present obstacles to continued success. In this, the first book-length academic treatment of this important issue ...

Reliable partners

how democracies have made a separate peace

Democracies often go to war but almost never against each other. Indeed, "the democratic peace" has become a catchphrase among scholars and even US presidents. But why do democracies avoid fighting each other? "Reliable Partners" offers a systematic and definitive explanation. Examining decades of research ...

Economis as ideology

Keynes, Laski, Hayek, and the creation of contemporary politics

Economics as Ideology: Keynes, Laski, Hayek and the Creation of Contemporary Politics explores the lives and thought of three powerful theorists who shaped the foundations of the center, left, and right of the political spectrum in the 20th century. Noted scholar Kenneth R. Hoover examines ...

Going public

the role of labor-management relations in delivering quality government services

The public sector currently employs around 40 per cent of all union members in the United States. Pressures for cost-effective and quality government services have placed new demands on the labour-management relationship. A fluctuating set of expectations about the appropriate responsibilities of government and a ...

Administracion institucional autonómica

Consideración especial de la Comunidad de Madrid

The political economy of a plural world

critical reflections on power, morals and civilization

Economía Política de la Estabilidad Cambiaria

Una perspectiva desde la Teoría de los Bienes Públicos Globales.

Future of the capitalist state

In this important new book, Bob Jessop offers a radical new interpretation of capitalist states and their likely future development. He focuses on the changing forms, functions, scales and effectiveness of economic and social policy that have emerged since the 1950s in advanced western capitalist ...

Fairness versus welfare

By what criteria should public policy be evaluated? Fairness and justice? Or the welfare of individuals? Debate over this fundamental question has spanned the ages. Fairness versus Welfare poses a bold challenge to contemporary moral philosophy by showing that most moral principles conflict more sharply ...

Political economy

the contest of economic ideas

Political Economy looks at the competing currents of political economic thought. INDICE ECONOMIC PROCESSES AND PROBLEMS: The current context . ECONOMIC SYSTEMS: What's so Special about Capitalism . BACK TO BASICS: Classical Political Economy . THE CRITQUE OF CAPITALISM: Marxist Economics . THE IDEOLOGY OF THE MARKET: Neoclassical ...

Tratado de economía política

Dice Jean Baptiste Say en las primeras líneas del "Discurso preliminar" a este libro: "Una creencia no hace verdaderos progresos más que cuando se ha llegado a determinar bien el campo en el que pueden desplegarse sus investigaciones y el objeto que deben proponerse; de ...

Ensayos sobre algunas cuestiones disputadas en economía política

Aunque fue un autor prolífico, a John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) le habrían bastado las pocas páginas de este libro para inscribir su nombre en el podio de los economistas ilustres. Los cinco Ensayos sobre algunas cuestiones disputadas en economía política, publicados en 1844, fueron escritos ...