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The International Political Economy of Coffee: From Juan Valdez to Yank's Diner

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Report copyright infringementby Richard L. Lucier (Author)The most severe frost of the twentieth century ravaged Brazilian coffee-growing areas in 1975--leading to a worldwide increase in coffee prices of more than 400 percent. This unique volume traces the political and economic effects of the frost from U.S. consumers to the world coffee market. By concentrating on a single commodity example, concepts of dependence and interdependence are exemplified and integrated--facilitating student und...

The State, Bureaucracy, and Revolution in Modern Iran: Agrarian Reforms and Regime Politics

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Report copyright infringementby Ali Farazmand (Author)Farazmand, a former bureaucrat in the Pahlavi state administration, argues that the latter functioned more to maintain the state and to control society than to provide its population with services and with help for development. In the long run, such a self-serving thrust proved destructive and was one reason for the state's final collapse in the 1979 revolution. Choice Covering the period from 1950 through 1988 this book examines the role ...

The U.S. Economy in Crisis: Adjusting to the New Realities

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Report copyright infringementby Pearl M. Kamer (Author)This timely and important book takes a serious view of our current economic situation. The author's conclusions differ from the conventional wisdom, which suggests that the manufacturing sector is regaining much of its dominance as a result of the declining dollar, that exports will take over as a major source of economic growth, that a recession is unlikely, and that a depression is no longer possible. Indeed, she outlines many similarit...

U.S. National Economic Policy, 1917-1985

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Report copyright infringementby Anthony S. Campagna (Author)Rewarding is Campagna's broad-sweep analysis of US macroeconomic policy under the several political regimes since WW I, evaluating whether these policies were justified, ' successful, ' and rational.' Impressive historical scholarship brings alive the views and personalities of the times and provides immense detail concerning economic settings and problems of each period. Choice This book examines the various economic problems of ...

Yankee Red: Nonorthodox Marxism in Liberal America

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Report copyright infringementby Robert a. Gorman (Author)Yankee Red describes a new Marxism. This is not the frozen formula Marxism; the philosophy of the orthodox, disciplined organizations that have failed in America. This book describes an institutionally unfocused Marxism enlivened by the real life experiences of liberal American workers, civil rights activists, feminists, self-governing neighborhood and civic associations and others on the fringes of democracy's socialist mainstream. Rob...

Hidden Unemployment: Discouraged Workers and Public Policy

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Report copyright infringementby Terry F. Buss (Author), F. Stevens Redburn (Author)This timely and important work addresses the controversy surrounding discouragement among the unemployed. Using an unprecedented set of national and local studies, and drawing on disparate research in nearly every social science discipline, the authors produce an original, highly detailed portrait of discouraged workers. From their analysis they offer recommendations on what can be done to promote employment an...

Changing Fortunes: Industrial Sectors and Workers' Earnings

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Report copyright infringementby Leann Tigges (Author)The author demonstrates that the resources (income and wealth) available to most categories of employees has declined over the past 20 years relative to the total income and wealth in our society. Arguing that the decline of the heavy industry sector of the economy has eroded the power of organized labor, which was most concentrated in precisely these industries, Tigges suggests that the declining power of the unions has resulted in a lesse...

The Social and Political Implications of the 1984 Jesse Jackson Presidential Campaign

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Report copyright infringementby Rodney Green (Author), Lorenzo Morris (Editor)Part of the Praeger Series in Political Economy, this volume assembles prominent political scientists, sociologists, economists, historians, anthropologists, theologians, and journalists to examine the intricacies of the ground-breaking 1984 campaign for president by Jesse Jackson. As no other studies have done, this book explores the social and cultural context of the evolving political process in which the campaig...

Capital-Labor Relations in the U.S. Textile Industry

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Report copyright infringementby Barry E. Truchil (Author)While there are many analyses of capital-labor relations in oligopoly industries, such as auto and steel, very little work has been written on competitive-sector industries, such as textiles. Truchil has written the only systematic case study in book form on the textile industry covering the post-World War II era. This book reveals the profound transformations the textile industry has undergone.Author BiographyBARRY E. TRUCHIL is Associ...

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Report copyright infringementby Kathleen M. H. Wallman (Author), Bart S. Fisher (Editor), Kathleen M. Harte (Editor)This unique compendium examines the mechanics of barter and countertrade, and offers those interested in such transactions a practical guide to what is taking place and how they can become involved. The book studies the barter situation from beginning to end, discussing first why barter has become an attractive alternative to traditional currency transactions. Next the book pres...

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Report copyright infringementby David St Clair (Author)Author Biography. Clair /f David /i J. Number of Pages: 206 Dimensions: 0.5 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN Publication Date: July 16, 1986

The Left Aademy: Marxist Scholarship on American Campuses, Volume Three

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Report copyright infringementby Bertell Ollman (Editor), Edward Vernoff (Editor), Bertell Ollman (Other)With today's conservative mood on university and college campuses, academics and students will find The Left Academy a useful reference to the current state of Marxist thought. This book explores Marxism in the social sciences and applied sociology fields such as social work and health. The Left Academy features essays that analyze the state of Marxism in various academic disciplines by a w...

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Report copyright infringementby Helen Kitchen (Author) Number of Pages: 112 Dimensions: 0.36 x 8.6 x 5.62 IN Publication Date: May 15, 1983

Steel Crisis: The Economics and Politics of a Declining Industry

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Report copyright infringementby William Scheuerman (Author)This book analyzes the causes underlying the decline of the United States steel industry and the impact of that decline on our institutions of procedural democracy. It locates steel's economic demise in the logic of an economy organized for profit maximization and demonstrates how the industry's economic policies helped open the U.S. market to foreign imports while simultaneously forcing steel officials to turn to the government for a...

International Technology Transfer: Concepts, Measures, and Comparisons

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Report copyright infringementby Nathan Rosenberg (Author)For many years it was assumed that technology transfer would prove an unqualified answer for the problems of the developing nations, vastly simplifying and accelerating their rate of economic development. The papers in this volume question these assumptions demonstrating how technology transfer can be very costly and that success is contingent upon a variety of factors including, the direction of indigienous technology and the political...

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Report copyright infringementby A. Heertje (Author), Arnold Heertje (Editor) Number of Pages: 226 Dimensions: 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: October 15, 1981

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Report copyright infringementby Paul M. Johnson (Author), William R. Thompson (Author), James Kuhlman (Author)This volume examines the political impact of regular economic cycles, or fluctuations, of both short and long duration. Also examined are the political impacts influencing the economic fluctuations.Author Biographyhnson /f Paul /i M. mpson /f William /i R. Number of Pages: 364 Dimensions: 0.94 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: March 15, 1985

European Economic Governance and Policies, Volume I: Commentary on Key Historical and Institutional Documents

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Report copyright infringementby Kenneth Dyson (Author), Lucia Quaglia (Author)The creation of the single European currency and of the European Central Bank in the context of a wider economic and political union has been one of the most important projects of institution-building and policy development in post-1945 Europe. The first volume of European Economic Governance and Policies seeks both to place this project in its longer-term historical context and to complement the many secondary text...

Designing Europe 'Comparative Lessons from the Federal Experience'

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Report copyright infringementby David McKay (Author)In this captivating work, David McKay examines the policy dynamics of the European Union following the adoption of a single currency in 1999. It studies in detail the experience of existing federations, identifying specifically those arrangements that hold lessons for the emerging European policy. It will prove helpful for anyone curious about the economic future of Europe. Number of Pages: 180 Dimensions: 0.44 x 9....

Women in the Labour Market in Changing Economies: Demographic Issues

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Report copyright infringementby John Langone (Author), Brigida Garcia (Editor), Antonella Pinnelli (Editor)Increased female participation in the labour market is a very significant feature of recent economic development. This volume analyzes how demographic conditions have favored or slowed the increase and what the demographic effects of the increase will be.Author BiographyBrígida García is Professor at the Centre for Demographic and Urban Studies of El Colegio de México, México City. She h...

War, Hunger, and Displacement: The Origins of Humanitarian Emergencies Volume 1: Analysis

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Report copyright infringementby E. Wayne Nafziger (Editor), Raimo Vayrynen (Editor), Frances Stewart (Editor)Since the end of the cold war, the number of civil wars in developing countries has escalated to the point where they are the most significant source of human suffering in the world today. Although there are many political analyses of these emergencies, this two-volume work is the first comprehensive study of the economic, social, and political roots of humanitarian emergencies, identi...

Who Needs Migrant Workers?: Labour Shortages, Immigration, and Public Policy

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Report copyright infringementby Martin Ruhs (Author), Bridget Anderson (Author)Are migrant workers needed to "do the jobs that locals will not do" or are they simply a more exploitable labor force? Do they have a better "work ethic" or are they less able to complain? Is migrant labor the solution to "skills shortages" or actually part of the problem? This book provides a comprehensive framework for analyzing the demand for migrant workers in high-income countries. It demonstrates how a wide r...

Short-Term Capital Flows and Economic Crises

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Report copyright infringementby World Institute for Development Economic (Author), Stephany Griffith-Jones (Editor)The currency crises that engulfed East Asian economies in 1997 and Mexico in 1994--and their high development costs--raise a serious concern about the net benefits for developing countries of large flows of potentially reversible short-term international capital. Written by senior policy-makers and academics, the contributions to this volume examine in depth the macroeconomic and...

The Global and the Local: Understanding the Dialectics of Business Systems

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Report copyright infringementby Arndt Sorge (Author)The rhetoric of internationalization and globalization often suggests an inexorable move away from domestic cultural and institutional differences. Yet the development of internationalization within individual nations has been shaped by those very domestic institutions and cultures, as 'best practice' or other kinds of international learning have been translated into established practice and knowledge.In this important study, Arndt Sorge pre...

Sharing the Wealth: Demographic Change and Economic Transfers Between Generations

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Report copyright infringementby Georges Tapinos (Editor), Andrew Mason (Editor)This book is a collection of papers by leading scholars whose research concerns economic transfers between generations. The issues addressed have great relevance to demographic issues, particularly the determination of fertility, to economic issues, including equity and growth, and to public policy, especially social security reform.Author BiographyAndrew Mason is Professor of Economics at the University of Hawaii ...

Decentralizing Development: The Political Economy of Institutional Change in Columbia and Chile

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Report copyright infringementby Alan Angell (Author), Pamela Lowden (Author), Rosemary Thorp (Author)Does decentralization work in practice? Does it strengthen local level democracy and economic development? This book examines these questions by analyzing the experience of seven medium sized cities in Colombia and Chile. The authors draw on extensive fieldwork involving numerous interviews with actors at all levels and from all sectors. The result is a unique test, at the local level in Latin...

After the Euro: Shaping Institutions for Governance in the Wake of European Monetary Union

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Report copyright infringementby Colin Crouch (Editor)A group of leading European scholars examines the likely impact of European Monetary Union on the political institutions of the region. This book moves the debate about the Euro forward beyond the economic and sovereignty questions that have so far dominated discussion. Number of Pages: 304 Dimensions: 0.75 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: May 25, 2000

Transatlantic Divide: Comparing American and European Society

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Report copyright infringementby Alberto Martinelli (Editor)The book describes, interprets, and analyzes the key features of European society and American society and major social trends in the United States and in the European Union in the last 50 years. The United States of America and the European Union are the two strongest economic powers in the contemporary world, roughly equivalent in terms of GNP, market size and scientific potential, but asymmetrical in terms of political influence an...

Competitiveness and Cohesion in Eu Policies

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Report copyright infringementby Ronald Hall (Editor), Alasdair Smith (Editor), Loukas Tsoukalis (Editor)This volume examines the tension between competitiveness/liberalization and the reduction of regional inequalities within the European Union on the verge of territorial expansion. Areas covered include the Single Market, external trade policy, enterprise policies, research and technological development, the Common Agricultural Policy, transport policy, telecommunications policy, social and ...

Welfare Regimes and the Experience of Unemployment in Europe

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Report copyright infringementby Duncan Gallie (Editor), Serge Auteur Paugam (Editor)Over the last twenty years, most countries have experienced periods of high unemployment. While this always leads to increased poverty and personal distress, the severity of the effects has varied substantially from country to country. This book looks closely at some of the key factors behind these differences. It provides for the first time clear evidence about the way in which the nature of the welfare arran...

The Left Divided: The Development and Transformation of Advanced Welfare States

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Report copyright infringementby Sara E. Watson (Author)Why do some countries construct strong systems of social protection, while others leave workers exposed to market forces? In the past three decades, scholars have developed an extensive literature theorizing how hegemonic social democratic parties working in tandem with a closely-allied trade union movement constructed models of welfare capitalism. Indeed, among the most robust findings of the comparative political economy literature is t...

Risks, Costs, and Lives Saved: Getting Better Results from Regulation

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Report copyright infringementby Robert W. Hahn (Editor)The authors -economists and scientists- seek in various ways to make regulation more sensible and effective. Number of Pages: 288 Dimensions: 1.05 x 9.29 x 6.34 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: June 27, 1996