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Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine? Is it culture, the weather, geography, or perhaps ignorance of the right policies? Simply, no. None of these factors is either definitive or destiny. In this book the authors show that it is man-made political and economic institutions that underlie economic success (or lack of it). Based on fifteen years of original research, they marshall...
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"This is the first book to offer an assessment of India's strategic and political power since it became a declared nuclear weapons state in 1998 and fought its 1999 war with Pakistan. Stephen Cohen makes the case that India has become, with China and Japan, one of the three most important states in Asia."--Jacket.
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"Kremlin Capitalism describes Russia's massive economic transformation. It provides a wealth of data and analyses not previously available. The authors articulate the political and economic goals of Russian privatization, examine the current ownership of the largest enterprises in Russia, and chart the challenges of corporate governance and restructuring in Russia's new private corporations." "Kremlin Capitalism is based on the only continuous study...
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USA. Case study of the impact of the du pont company on the state of delaware as an example of the social role and political power of a large private enterprise in the community in which it operates - discusses working conditions, management attitudes, trade union activities, the du pont family role in local government decision making and taxation evasion, the local level electoral system, public interest representation, etc. References, maps and...
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Comprises ten papers which explore the changing role and function of central labour councils (CLCs). Examines the opportunities and constraints faced by the labour movement in attempting to revitalize these bodies and presents case studies which illustrate different aspects of CLC activity at the local level.
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Monographic account of trends and forecasts for the 1980s concerning the foreign policy and political system of Saudi Arabia - examines political problems in the Middle East and world-wide, (incl. Role of Islam, role of USA and role of USSR), Saudi economic resources, armed forces and political power, and petroleum industrial policy, discusses internal problems involving economic and social development, political participation, minority groups, etc.,...
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Piven and Cloward demonstrate that under the banner of "globalization," a mobilized American business class is driving down wages and benefits, breaking unions, weakening civil rights, and slashing programs that protect the disadvantaged - all at a time when income and wealth inequality has reached historic extremes. They argue that business elites' claim that ordinary people must make due with less because of the imperatives of the global markets...
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Charles A. Reich's new book breaks the prolonged silence of progressive voices in the face of increasing social breakdown. Carrying forward the analysis in his best-selling classic, The Greening of America, he calls for a fundamental change of direction before our country is torn apart by internal conflict. The past twenty-five years have demonstrated that uncontrolled economic power destroys the organic basis of human society, causing insecurity,...
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Examines traditional theories of monopoly capitalism and world systems analysis and puts forward the concept of global capitalism as a new stage in capitalist development during the past 20 years. Presents case studies which illustrate the impact of global capitalism on the structure of the world system and on three areas of the USA from the 1930s to 1984.
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Explores the social and economic impact of political problems and the economic crisis during the late 1990s. Investigates political developments in east Timor and Indonesia and examines relations between Indonesia and Australia. Analyses the effects of the crises on poverty, the environment and livelihoods, civil society and legal institutions and Islam and politics.
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"David S. Landes tells the long, fascinating story of wealth and power throughout the world: the creation of wealth, the paths of winners and losers, the rise and fall of nations. He studies history as a process, attempting to understand how the world's cultures lead to - or retard - economic and military success and material achievement." "Countries of the West, Landes asserts, prospered early through the interplay of a vital, open society focused...
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