Politics & International Relations: International Political Economy

By James Brassett

Market life is increasingly conducted in the shadow of global events like 9/11, the Sub-Prime crisis and Brexit. Within International political economy (IPE) two broad positions can be discerned: either the event is ‘just an event’, a superficial spectacle in an otherwise straightforward story of…

Hardback – 2018-06-04
Routledge
RIPE Series in Global Political Economy

By Dennis C. Canterbury

The large-scale extraction of natural resources for sale in capitalist markets is not a new phenomenon, but in recent years global demand for resources has increased, leading to greater attention to the role of resource extraction in the development of the exporting countries. The term…

Hardback – 2018-05-31
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Routledge Critical Development Studies

By Inés Durán Matute

Tracing key trends of the global-regional-local interface of power, Inés Durán Matute through the case of the indigenous community of Mezcala (Mexico) demonstrates how global political economic processes shape the lives, spaces, projects and identities of the most remote communities. Throughout the…

Hardback – 2018-05-21
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Routledge Studies in Latin American Politics

Edited by Poomintr Sooksripaisarnkit, Sai Ramani Garimella

The concept of the One Belt One Road initiative (OBOR) was raised by the President of the People’s Republic of China in October 2013. The OBOR comprises the ‘Silk Road Economic Belt’ and the ‘21st Century Maritime Silk Road’, encompassing over 60 countries from Asia to Europe via Southeast Asia,…

Hardback – 2018-05-16
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Routledge Research in International Law

Edited by Omar E. Hawthorne, Stephen Magu

Corruption scandals receive significant press coverage and scrutiny from practitioners of global governance, and bilateral and multilateral donors. Across the globe, the annual publication of TI’s CPI and World Bank’s Worldwide Governance Indicators elicits spirited denials and accusations of…

Hardback – 2018-05-10
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Routledge Corruption and Anti-Corruption Studies

By Jae Sundaram

Patents, including pharmaceutical patents, enjoy extended protection for twenty years under the TRIPs Agreement. The Agreement has resulted in creating a two-tier system of the World Trade Organisation Member States, and its implementation has seen the price of pharmaceutical products skyrocket,…

Hardback – 2018-05-03
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Routledge Research in Intellectual Property

By Morten Fibieger Byskov

This book develops a philosophical framework for selecting goals for development purposes. This inclusive and democratic framework integrates a variety of resources including philosophical theory, empirical analysis, stakeholder deliberations, local knowledge, and advice from development experts.…

Hardback – 2018-05-02
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Routledge Research in Applied Ethics

Edited by Liz Campbell, Nicholas Lord

This edited collection analyses, from multiple disciplinary perspectives, the issue of corruption in commercial enterprise across different sectors and jurisdictions. Corruption is commonly recognised as a major ‘social bad’, and is seriously harmful to society, in terms of the functioning and…

Hardback – 2018-04-20
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By Christopher Holmes

The rise of populism across Europe and the US – first in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis and then in the shape of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and the Brexit vote in 2016 – are indicative of a seismic shift in the terrain of economic ideas in public discourse. Settled liberal…

Hardback – 2018-04-16
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RIPE Series in Global Political Economy

Edited by Robert Taylor, Jacques Jaussaud

Much has been written about China’s economy, as well as its business management system. China's Global Political Economy, however, is designed to bring together these two perspectives, serving to enhance our understanding of China’s growing global role. Examining changes in the management…

Hardback – 2018-04-12
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Routledge Studies on Comparative Asian Politics

By Shawn Donnelly

This book examines the politics of Banking Union and EMU reform in the EU, and draws lessons for what it means for international politics, both in Europe, and for international relations more broadly. It demonstrates that most of the reforms in Europe to break free of the Eurozone and banking…

Hardback – 2018-04-10
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Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies

By Ifeanyi Ezeonu

Building on original research into the petroleum industry and on the theory of crimes of globalization, this book introduces the concept of Market Criminology: the criminology of preventable market-generated harms and the criminogenic effects of market rationality in variegated forms of capitalism.…

Hardback – 2018-04-05
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Crimes of the Powerful