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  • Public Finance and Post-Communist Party Development

    by Janis Ikstens ...
    This key volume explores how party and campaign finance in post-communist countries have influenced the development of the party system. Based on an analysis of nine case studies, the work examines how the implementation of public finance affects the pattern of party competition and the role of money in elections. One of the lessons from the post-communist experience is that, no matter how well ... Read more

    $52.99 CAD

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  • The End of the Free Market

    Who Wins the War Between States and Corporations?

    by Ian Bremmer ...
    Understanding the rise of state capitalism and its threat to global free marketsThe End of the Free Market details the growing phenomenon of state capitalism, a system in which governments drive local economies through ownership of market-dominant companies and large pools of excess capital, using them for political gain. This trend threatens America's competitive edge and the conduct of free ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Dragon's Gift:The Real Story of China in Africa

    The Real Story of China in Africa

    by Deborah Brautigam ...
    Is China a rogue donor, as some media pundits suggest? Or is China helping the developing world pave a pathway out of poverty, as the Chinese claim? In the last few years, China's aid program has leapt out of the shadows. Media reports about huge aid packages, support for pariah regimes, regiments of Chinese labor, and the ruthless exploitation of workers and natural resources in some of the ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • The European Union Explained

    Institutions, Actors, Global Impact

    by Andreas Staab ...
    "An informative, well-paced, and clearly articulated narrative of the European Union's development" (Jennifer Yoder, Colby College).This brief and accessible introduction to the European Union is ideal for anyone who needs a concise overview of the structure, history, and policies of the EU. This updated edition includes a new chapter on the sovereign debt crisis in the Eurozone. Andreas Staab ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • By All Means Necessary

    How China's Resource Quest is Changing the World

    by Michael Levi, Elizabeth Economy ...
    In the past thirty years, China has transformed from an impoverished country where peasants comprised the largest portion of the populace to an economic power with an expanding middle class and more megacities than anywhere else on earth. This remarkable transformation has required, and will continue to demand, massive quantities of resources. Like every other major power in modern history, China ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • State Capitalism

    How the Return of Statism is Transforming the World

    by Joshua Kurlantzick ...
    The end of the Cold War ushered in an age of American triumphalism best characterized by the "Washington Consensus:" the idea that free markets, democratic institutions, limitations on government involvement in the economy, and the rule of law were the foundations of prosperity and stability. The last fifteen years, starting with the Asian financial crisis, have seen the gradual erosion of that ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

  • Rural Transition in Azerbaijan

    by Zvi Lerman, David Sedik ...
    Series series Rural Economies in Transition
    In 1995–96 the President of Azerbaijan, Heydar Alieyev, launched a program of agrarian reforms that caused a sweeping and irreversible shift from Soviet-style collective agriculture to individual farming in his country. These reforms led to an impressive recovery and substantial productivity improvements in agriculture. The agrarian transition in Azerbaijan contrasts with that in Russia, Ukraine, ... Read more

    $136.99 CAD

  • East Asian Development

    Foundations and Strategies

    by Dwight H. Perkins ...
    Series Book 13 - The Edwin O. Reischauer lectures
    In the early 1960s fewer than five percent of Japanese owned automobiles, China's per capita income was among the lowest in Asia, and living standards in rural South Korea put it among the world's poorest countries. Today, these are three of the most powerful economies on earth. Dwight Perkinsdraws on extensive experience in the region to explain how Asia sustained such rapid economic growth in ... Read more

    $49.69 CAD

  • Russia's Response to Sanctions

    How Western Economic Statecraft is Reshaping Political Economy in Russia

    by Richard Connolly ...
    In the first in-depth analysis of the effects of sanctions on the Russian political economy, Richard Connolly details the Western sanctions targeting the energy, defense and financial sectors, and the Russian response. He explores how the Western sanctions have caused Russian officials to formulate rapid policy responses to enable the country to adapt to the new circumstances. The sanctions and ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Tax Politics in Eastern Europe

    Globalization, Regional Integration, and the Democratic Compromise

    by Hilary Appel ...
    “This is the first book to systematically examine the variation in policies of Eastern European countries. There is a theoretical contribution to understandings of variation in tax policies, but just as impressive is the in-depth empirical analysis and in particular the data from interviews with key players in the process.”—Yoshiko Herrera, University of Wisconsin-MadisonPost-Communist tax reform, ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • The Economic Integration of Europe

    by Richard Pomfret ...
    The clearest and most up-to-date account of the achievements—and setbacks—of the European Union since 1945.Europe has been transformed since the Second World War. No longer a checkerboard of entirely sovereign states, the continent has become the largest single-market area in the world, with most of its members ceding certain economic and political powers to the central government of the European ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

  • Conflict Among Nations

    Trade Policies in the 1990s

    Edited by Thomas R. Howell ...
    This book presents a study of the trade objectives and strategies of Japan, Germany, South Korea, Taiwan, Brazil and the European Community, and of the implications of the policies for both the US and the international trading system of the 1990s. ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD