Routledge Studies in Contemporary Political Economy

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1. Creative Industries and Developing Countries

   Voice, Choice and Economic Growth

   Edited by Diana Barrowclough, Zeljka Kozul-Wright

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Political Economy

   Pushing the frontiers of the new development paradigm, this book guides debates, clarifies new themes and illustrates how the cultural resources of the developing world can become a new way of integrating into the global economy - helping to raise the voices of developing countries, widening the...

   Published November 15th 2011 by Routledge
2. Political Economy of the Environment

   An Interdisciplinary Approach

   By Simon Dietz, Jonathan Michie, Christine Oughton

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Political Economy

   This book is the culmination of several years work by a group of academics, policy-makers and other professionals looking to understand how alternative economic thinking – and indeed thinking from quite different social-scientific disciplines – could enhance the mainstream economic approach to...

   Published February 1st 2011 by Routledge
3. Bilateral Trade Agreements in the Asia-Pacific

   Origins, Evolution, and Implications

   Edited by Vinod Aggarwal, Shujiro Urata

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Political Economy

   The Asia-Pacific region has witnessed a rapid rise in bilateral preferential trade agreements at the beginning of the twenty-first century. This trend could have potentially dramatic effects on the trading patterns of countries in the transpacific region and beyond. Some argue that these accords...

   Published December 14th 2005 by Routledge
4. Political Economy of the Information Society

   By Nicholas Garnham

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Political Economy

   Published August 6th 2004 by Routledge
5. Hollywood Economics

   How Extreme Uncertainty Shapes the Film Industry

   By Arthur De Vany

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Political Economy

   Just how risky is the movie industry? Is screenwriter William Goldman's claim that "nobody knows anything" really true? Can a star and a big opening change a movie's risks and return? Do studio executives really earn their huge paychecks? These and many other questions are answered in Hollywood...

   Published September 24th 2003 by Routledge
6. New Economy, New Myth

   By Jean Gadrey

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Political Economy

   The 'new economy' has been criticised greatly of late, and after the speculation and hype that surrounded the internet bubble, this is hardly surprising. This book, first published in French and updated here, however treats the 'new economy' as a discourse - one that is often misleading. In order...

   Published November 27th 2002 by Routledge
7. Systems of Production

   Markets, Organisations and Performance

   By Brendan Burchell, Simon Deakin, Jonathan Michie, Jill Rubery

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Political Economy

   In recent years we have seen the predictions of our forebears that leisure time would increase as the years pass utterly confounded. It is a fact of life that in major cities across the world, transport systems are full to bursting with people on their way to and from work. As people have come to...

   Published November 20th 2002 by Routledge
8. Placing the Social Economy

   By Ash Amin, Angus Cameron, Ray Hudson

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Political Economy

   In recent years there has been a great deal of discussion about the social economy and the term 'the third way' has attained a level of household recognition, especially in America and Britain. Academics and commentators have debated the usefulness of the social economy as a restraint on capitalist...

   Published May 1st 2002 by Routledge
9. A New Guide to Post-Keynesian Economics

   By Richard P. F. Holt, Steven Pressman

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Political Economy

   Eichner's classic A Guide to Post-Keynesian Economics (1978) is still seen as the definitive staging post for those wishing to familiarise themselves with the Post-Keynesian School. This book brings the story up-to-date.Of all the subgroups within heterodox economics, Post-Keynesianism has provided...

   Published August 15th 2001 by Routledge
10. Social Capital Versus Social Theory

    By Ben Fine

    Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Political Economy

    The idea of Social Capital is an attempt to incorporate social considerations into mainstream economic thinking. Its proponents feel that social factors are properly quantifiable. So, they use the compex algebra and statistics beloved of mainstream economic theory and measure 'units' of health care...

    Published October 18th 2000 by Routledge