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Globalization and Inequality
Rapley argues provocatively that the seeds of political tensions that began in the third world--and are now being manifested around the globe--can be found in neoliberal prescriptions for economic reform.
Costa Rica by Bus
Costa Rica by Bus is the only Costa Rica tourism guide that gives complete, detailed, up-to-date information about this nation's extensive, inexpensive, public bus system, a system that will take you almost anywhere in this beautiful country border to border and coast to coast at minimal cost. The eBook is densely linked to help you navigate within the document and externally when you are online, enabling you to visit CR Tourism websites. The guide gives you information on schedules, fares, international bus connections, domestic air schedules, and most importantly where to find your bus. It also includes an English-Spanish Traveler's Glossary.
Is There Such a Thing as Populism?
Is There Such a Thing as Populism? calls into question our common understanding of populism. Taken on their own, commonplace references to the people, leaders, or elites are more like dog whistles or false positives of populism than part of a serious attempt to address the phenomenon. Scholars asked themselves, “What is populism?” without realizing that this assumed there was such a thing and that we just needed to figure out what it meant. That was a mistake. Benjamin Arditi proposes that we put this certainty on hold and start from a different premise, asking, “Is there such a thing as populism?” This doesn’t rule out its existence or take it for granted. Structured as a set of p...
Business Politics and the State in Twentieth-Century Latin America
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Private Wealth and Public Revenue
This book identifies sources of power that help business and economic elites influence policy decisions.
The World Trade Organization
The editors have succeeded in bringing together an excellent mix of leading scholars and practitioners. No book on the WTO has had this wide a scope before or covered the legal framework, economic and political issues, current and would-be countries and a outlook to the future like these three volumes do. 3000 pages, 80 chapters in 3 volumes cover a very interdiscplinary field that touches upon law, economics and politics.
Defusing Democracy
DIVA substantive focus on transitions to democracy combined with an analytical approach rooted in the political economy of institutions /div
Jobs for the Boys
Patronage systems in the public service are universally reviled as undemocratic and corrupt. Yet patronage was the prevailing method of staffing government for centuries, and in some countries it still is. In Jobs for the Boys, Merilee Grindle considers why patronage has been so ubiquitous in history and explores the political processes through which it is replaced by merit-based civil service systems. Such reforms are consistently resisted, she finds, because patronage systems, though capricious, offer political executives flexibility to achieve a wide variety of objectives. Grindle looks at the histories of public sector reform in six developed countries and compares them with contemporary...
Does North America Exist?
This detailed, meticulously researched, and up-to-date treatment of North America's transborder governance allows the reader to see to what extent the United States' dominance in the continent has been enhanced or mitigated by trilateral connections with its two continental partners.
Decentralization and Recentralization in the Developing World
"Examines decentralization and recentralization in the developing world, focusing on a comparison of Brazil and South Africa in the 1990s. Argues that decentralization follows declines in executive power, while subsequent recentralization is contingent upon presidents gaining exceptional governing opportunities, especially by resolving economic crises"--Provided by publisher.
