Book Series

New Political Economy

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Discipline in the Global Economy?

International Finance and the End of Liberalism

By Jakob Vestergaard

In Discipline in the Global Economy, Jakob Vestergaard investigates the currently prevailing regulation of international finance, launched in response to the financial crises of the…

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2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-99031-8 (Routledge)

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Labor, Industry, and Regulation during the Progressive Era

By Daniel E. Saros

The Progressive Era was among the most volatile times for the economy and labor in American History. Daniel E. Saros explores the institutional and economic…

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2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-99679-2 (Routledge)

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The Political Economy of European Union Competition Policy

A Case Study of the Telecommunications Industry

By Tuna Baskoy

In the European Union (EU), competition policy occupies a central place amongst other EU public policies and is the first truly supranational public policy regulating…

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2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-96525-5 (Routledge)

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Rethinking Municipal Privatization

By Oliver D. Cooke

This book examines one of the most high-profile municipal privatizations—the privatization of New York City’s Central Park. The fiscal crisis of the 1970s established the…

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2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-96209-4 (Routledge)

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New Deal Banking Reforms and Keynesian Welfare State Capitalism

By Ellen Russell

Russell provides a groundbreaking critique of the orthodox position on the nature of New Deal reforms as well as an innovative analysis of the unraveling…

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2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-95661-1 (Routledge)

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Prison Labor in the United States

An Economic Analysis

By Asatar Bair

This book is the only comprehensive analysis of contemporary prison labor in the United States. In it, the author makes the provocative claim that prison…

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2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-96154-7 (Routledge)

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Everyday Economic Practices

The 'Hidden Transcripts' of Egyptian Voices

By Savinna Chowdhury

This book brings to the forefront the significance of local everyday economic practices to development policymaking. Chowdhury's objective in unearthing these diverse activities is two-fold.…

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2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-95552-2 (Routledge)

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The African-Asian Divide

Analyzing Institutions and Accumulation in Kenya

By Paul Vandenberg

Why have Africans not gained a more dominant position in urban manufacturing in Kenya? This question is explored through an analysis of the institutions, both…

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2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-97983-2 (Routledge)

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Market Sense

Toward a New Economics of Markets and Society

By Philip Kozel

This book concentrates upon the historic associations of the marketplace in the work of Aristotle, Adam Smith, Karl Marx and demonstrates what markets were imagined…

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2005 | Hardback: 978-0-415-97799-9 (Routledge)

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Miracle for Whom?

Chilean Workers Under Free Trade

By Janine Berg

Miracle for Whom? offers a fresh and insightful perspective to the debate on rising income inequality in Chile, and on the broader question of how…

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2005 | Hardback: 978-0-415-97633-6 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

Unions and Class Transformation: The Case of the Broadway Musicians
By Catherine P. Mulder
To be published March 10th 2009