Books in the Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy series

How does post-crisis Indonesia build domestic manufacturing capability to transform itself into a dynamic industrial economy in an age of globalization while enabling workers to pursue their material well-being under conditions of freedom, dignity, equal opportunity and security? This book contains an analysis of pre- and post-crisis environments.

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is one of our main instruments of globalization, and the controversy which is whipped up by this organization is arguably mainly caused by the mystery which surrounds it. This book explains and analyses the changes that have occurred in the international trading system.

Examining global economic institutions, this book presents history of globalization and explains how global public goods should be defined and how global economic institutions work. It also looks at the effect that major organizations - including the WTO, IMF and UNEP - have on areas such as finance, the environment and transport.

Exploring the socio-economic causes of, and institutional conditions that contribute to, episodic crises in financial systems, this book will be of interest to those studying and researching international economics and political economy.

Using a theory of economic and political gravitation, backed up with both quantitative analysis and qualitative description, Mosk explores trade and migration examining market forces and political resistance to diversity.

The diffusion of information and communication technologies is rapidly changing the structure of advanced economies, and fear of mass technological unemployment has emerged. This book addresses this controversy.

Building on the work carried out in the 2004 Routledge book, Tax Systems and Tax Reforms in Europe, an international team of contributors now turn their attention to the new EU member states.

In this volume, world-renowned contributors deal with the institutional characteristics of poverty resulting from the time pattern of aid, the nature of financial systems and the political economy of budgetary decisions.

Filling the gap in the available literature, this work uses international case studies to explore street vending and informal economies which continue to be, especially in developing countries, a vital economic driver.

Analyzes the rivers dictated by a number of treaty observations. Examining several hypotheses, this book devises general conclusions about the manner in which states resolve their water disputes. It focusses on negotiated agreements, and their embodied side-payment and cost-sharing regimes, that justifies the use of independent variables.

Bringing together contributions from experts in trade policy, this work discusses and evaluates economic integration in the Western Hemisphere, the alternative trade strategies being pursued in this area and Latin American relationships with United States and Canada. It is of interest to those engaged with international trade and economic policy.

First Published in 2013. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First Published in 2013. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The ideas contained in Karl Popper¿s The Open Society and Its Enemies¿one of the most important tracts in political philosophy in the twentieth century¿are relevant to anyone seeking to understand the recent history of the East Asian economies. Even though Popper wrote his tract to provide an explanation for both the rise and objectionable nature of totalitarian regimes in Europe in the twentieth century, many of the arguments that he advanced in this European context also explain the social, political and economic relationships that are seen in modern South Eastern Asian economies.

This book aims to look beyond the media rhetoric and provide a systematic analysis of women¿s everyday experiences of, and responses to gender discrimination in the Indian banking sector. The book shows that in the final analysis, gender inequality is the outcome of several cross-cutting factors, including local discourses on femininity, organisational structures, gendered organisational practices and institutional factors such as government laws.

This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of the changes and development of the civil international aircraft/aviation industry. It offers a fully up-to-date account of the international developments and structure in the aircraft and aviation industries from a number of perspectives, which include economic, geographical, political and technological points of view.

The subnational dimension of infrastructure has emerged as one of the greatest challenges in contemporary public finance policy and management. Ensuring the efficient provision of infrastructure represents a challenge for all countries irrespective of their level of centralization or decentralization. This book proposes an innovative approach for the strengthening of decentralized public investment and infrastructure management.

This book examines policies for the development of sustainable, low-carbon economies; the current status and remaining related issues of Japan, China, South Korea, Taiwan, and other East Asian countries. The book also considers how the policies in the countries of this increasingly environmentally and economically interdependent region compare with those of the rest of the world. The book also evaluates the effect that each policy has on the legislating country and on other countries. In addition to quantitative effects, it also considers in detail the qualitative effects of such policies to discern trends in areas such as sustainable energy utilization, elimination or reduction of greenhouse gases, and the promotion of green growth.