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21. The Coal Question (Routledge Revivals)

    Political Economy and Industrial Change from the Nineteenth Century to the Present Day

    By Ben Fine

    Series: Routledge Revivals

    The coal industry has always occupied a symbolic place in British economic and political life, inspiring debates and arousing passions throughout the last two centuries. This account of the economics of coal, first published in 1990, is unique in its comprehensive three-part approach. First, Ben...

    Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
22. The Future of the Soviet Economic Planning System (Routledge Revivals)

    By David A. Dyker

    On its publication in 1985, this book offered a fresh analysis of the problems faced by the Soviet economy by focussing on the key issues in the economic planning system. David Dyker considers the available options for reform during the 1980s and the most likely developments. Discussing the...

    Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
23. India in the Contemporary World

    Edited by Manish Thapa, Jakub Zajączkowski, Jivanta Schottli

    Published March 30th 2013 by Routledge India
24. The Geographical Transformation of China

    Edited by Michael Dunford, Liu Weidong

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy

    This book presents an account and interpretation of the transformation of the geography of China in the years since the start of China’s policy of reform and opening up as seen through the eyes of Chinese geographers. Each chapter illustrates the ways in which the particular...

    Published March 29th 2013 by Routledge
25. Keynes and his Contemporaries

    Tradition and Enterprise in the Cambridge School of Economics

    By Atsushi Komine

    Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

    Published March 29th 2013 by Routledge
26. The World of Agricultural Economics

    An Introduction

    By Carin Martiin

    Series: Routledge Textbooks in Environmental and Agricultural Economics

    This textbook takes a truly international approach towards agricultural economics, uniting many different perspectives on the subject and providing insight into agriculture in general, and into how practical farming works in particular. The book is laced throughout with real world examples and...

    Published March 28th 2013 by Routledge
27. The Political Economy of the Conflict Trade

    Contextualising Illicit Miners and Informal Traders

    By Morten Boas

    Series: Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics

    The economies of conflict play a crucial part in motivating and sustaining the illicit extraction and trade of diamonds, coltan, gold and other natural resources from conflict zones in Sub-Saharan Africa. This book focuses on the political economy of life and death for ordinary people in extreme...

    Published March 27th 2013 by Routledge
28. Industrialization of China and India

    Their Impacts on the World Economy

    Edited by Nobuharu Yokokawa, Jayati Ghosh, Bob Rowthorn

    This book provides new perspectives on recent Asian dynamism which go beyond the mainstream views, by attempting to situate the recent economic expansion within a broader analysis of capitalist accumulation and the various processes that it generates both within and across economies. The...

    Published March 27th 2013 by Routledge
29. Consumer Behavior Analysis

    (A) Rational Approach to Consumer Choice

    Edited by Donald A. Hantula, Victoria K. Wells

    Consumption is the primary economic activity in our post-industrial society. We are consumers, not producers. Consumer behavior analysis is leading heterodox marketing scholarship and innovative applied behavioral work, with much to offer both constituencies. This volume shows how consumer behavior...

    Published March 27th 2013 by Routledge
30. Climate Change Negotiations

    A Guide to Resolving Disputes and Facilitating Multilateral Cooperation

    Edited by Gunnar Sjöstedt, Ariel Macaspac Penetrante

    As the Kyoto Protocol limps along without the participation of the US and Australia, on-going climate negotiations are plagued by competing national and business interests that are creating stumbling blocks to success. Climate Change Negotiations: A Guide to Resolving Disputes and Facilitating...

    Published March 26th 2013 by Routledge