Bücher der Reihe Routledge Studies in Contemporary Political Economy

Provides an analysis of bilateralism in the Asia-Pacific region, tracing its growth as an international economic phenomenon. This book is useful to policymakers, scholars, and students of Asian Studies, politics, economics and management.

Traces the origins of social capital through the work of Becker, Bourdiey and Coleman and reviews the literature across the social sciences. This book is topical and uniquely critical of social capital.

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 Economics".

Examining the problems besetting the world economy in the era of globalization, this text outlines possible solutions. The contributors challenge the fatalistic belief that the new globalized economy resists any change of course.

Analyzing hotly debated topics and current, newsworthy discussions, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of bilateralism in the Asia-Pacific region, tracing its growth as an emerging international economic phenomenon.

An impressive array of expert contributors come together to provide a study of issues, such as labour market regulation and wages, that have arisen from the fact that people have come to accept longer working hours as a way of life.

The main representatives of the Post-Keynesianism from both sides of the Atlantic are represented here, including Paul Davidson, Geoff Harcourt and Sheila Dow.

This book looks at the internet bubble and the furore that surrounded it.

This book goes beyond the orthodoxies of economics and offers fresh insights into issues such as theories of growth, the historic relations between state and market and the significance of globalization for modern society.