Post-liberation Kuwait is changing from an old-fashioned, passive producer economy into an active player in the international trade scene. However, a lack of political, economic, cultural and social awareness has held back Western trade with Kuwait. This text addresses the problem by providing an account of the the political, social, legal and commercial considerations, making available information and advice on how Western business people need to adapt their existing techniques and skills to de...
In this analysis of one of the most spectacular breakthroughs in the Deng era, Jean C. Oi shows how and why Chinese rural-based industry has become the fastest growing economic sector not just in China but in the world. Oi argues that decollectivization and fiscal decentralization provided party officials of the localities - counties, townships, and villages - with the incentives to act as entrepreneurs and to promote rural result, the corporatism practiced by local officials has become effectiv...
Gobernando El Futuro. Escenarios Latinoamericanos Hacia 2020
by Dante Caputo
The world's eighth largest economy has a unique shape and structure. Characterized by strong social networks and a niche capitalism built on successful small and medium-sized enterprises, the Italian economy has a nature distinct from its European neighbours. Vera Zamagni charts Italy's recent economic history from the postwar years of reconstruction through to the present day and the legacy of the financial crisis. Combining illustrative data with qualitative analysis, she provides a clear and...
Capitalism - Crises and Alternatives
by Sandra Ezquerra, Michel Husson, and Claudio Katz
The Job Ladder (WIDER Studies in Development Economics)
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Based on studies of a range of countries in the Global South, this book examines heterogeneity within informal work by applying a common conceptual framework and empirical methodology. The country studies use panel data to study the dynamics of worker transitions between formal and...
Political Economy of Joining the European Union, The: Iceland's Position at the Beginning of the 21st Century
by Magnus Bjarnason
The President and American Capitalism since 1945 (Alan B. Larkin Series on the American Presidency)
Tracing the development of the U.S. presidency since Harry S. Truman took office in 1945, this volume describes the many ways the president's actions have affected the development of capitalism in the post-World War II era. Contributors show how the American "Consumer-in-Chief" has exerted a decisive hand as well as behind-the-scenes influence on the national economy and everyday American life. The essays in this volume highlight the president's impact on various areas including work, gender di...
Regional Inequality in China (Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy)
China’s spectacular growth and poverty reduction has been accompanied by growing inequality which threatens the social compact and thus the political basis for economic growth. Chinese policy makers have realized the importance of the problem and have launched a series of investigations and policy initiatives to address the issues. The regional dimension of inequality—rural/urban and inland/coastal—dominates in a country as large as China, and especially with its particular history. Not surprisi...
Studies in the Economic History of Late Imperial China
Albert Feuerwerker fashioned a distinguished legacy as a scholar of Chinese history. His publications on the nineteenth- and twentieth-century Chinese economy often became the starting point for any further work and staples for graduate training in modern Chinese history. Studies in the Economic History of Late Imperial China gathers seven foundational writings in one place for the first time, and adds one new piece on handicrafts in the sixteenth century to the list. Included is Feuerwerker’s “...
