Budgetary & Economic Policy Books

New and Published Books

1. China and East Asian Regionalism

   Economic and Security Cooperation and Institution-Building

   Edited by Suisheng Zhao

   To convey the image of a responsible power willing to contribute to regional stability and cooperation, China has shifted from a single-minded preference for bilateralism to an active participation in East Asian regionalism in the recent decades. This development has inspired discussions over...

   Published February 8th 2012 by Routledge
2. Politics of Segmentation

   Party Competition and Social Protection in Europe

   By Georg Picot

   Series: Routledge/EUI Studies in the Political Economy of the Welfare State

   When political parties make policy decisions they are influenced by the competition they face from other parties. This book examines how party competition and party systems affect reforms of social protection. Featuring a historical comparison of Italy and Germany post-1945, the book shows how a...

   Published January 15th 2012 by Routledge
3. The Official History of North Sea Oil and Gas

   Vol. I: The Growing Dominance of the State

   By Alex Kemp

   Series: Government Official History Series

   Written by the leading expert in UK petroleum economics, this study provides a new, unique, in-depth analysis of the development of British policies towards the North Sea oil and gas industry from the early 1960s to the early 1980s. Drawing on full access to the UK Government’s relevant...

   Published September 13th 2011 by Routledge
4. The Official History of North Sea Oil and Gas

   Vol. II: Moderating the State’s Role

   By Alex Kemp

   Series: Government Official History Series

   Written by the leading expert in the history of UK energy, this study provides new, in-depth analysis of the development of UK petroleum policies towards the North Sea oil and gas industry from the early 1960s to the early 1980s. Following on from volume I (The Growing Dominance of the State) to...

   Published September 13th 2011 by Routledge
5. The Political Economy of Europe's Incomplete Single Market

   Edited by David Howarth, Tal Sadeh

   Series: Journal of European Public Policy Special Issues as Books

   Progress in European market integration over the past two decades has come at the expense of growing flexibility, or differentiation, in the laws that govern the Single Market (SM) as well as the way that these laws are implemented. This volume examines how the completion of the SM has been held...

   Published July 7th 2011 by Routledge
6. The Israeli Central Bank

   Political Economy, Global Logics and Local Actors

   By Daniel Maman, Zeev Rosenhek

   Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Economies

   This book examines the local and global political and institutional processes that have led to the strengthening of the Israeli central bank within the context of the now predominant neoliberal regime. Using Israel as a case study to identify broader patterns around the world, the authors examine...

   Published February 23rd 2011 by Routledge
7. Buying National Security

   How America Plans and Pays for Its Global Role and Safety at Home

   By Gordon Adams, Cindy Williams

   The tools of American statecraft—defense, diplomacy, foreign and security assistance, homeland security and intelligence—are rarely examined together. Adams and Williams fill this gap by examining how these tools work, how they are planned for, and how they are budgeted. Seeing policy through the...

   Published December 15th 2009 by Routledge