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The Battle for Asia
This book is a history of the Asian region from 1945 to the present day which delineates the various ideological battles over Asia's development.
Culture and Social Theory
Aaron Wildavsky, along with Mary Douglas, identified what they called grid-group theory. Wildavsky began calling this "cultural theory," and applied it to an astounding array of subjects. The essays in this volume exemplify the theory's potential contributions to three seemingly disparate, but related, areas: the social construction of meaning, normative/analytic political philosophy, and a theory of rational choices. This book is the first in a series of Aaron Wildavsky's collected writings being published posthumously by Transaction. Wildavsky selected, sequenced, and grouped all but three of the essays included in Culture and Social Theory prior to his death. Some are presented here for t...
The Right Kind of Revolution
A critical history of modernization theory in American foreign policy.
Economics and National Security
This is an examination of the interaction between economics and national security, which explores why the area of security studies has long been neglected by economists, even though defence and wartime expenditures regularly consume large portions of government income. The contributors demonstrate that the history of the relationship between economics and national security is far richer than previously thought.
Engendering Economics
Between 1950 and 1975, the percentage of women receiving economic doctorates in the US sunk to an all time low. This book consists of a series of interviews with the pioneering few who did attain this status during that period.
United States Foreign Policy and Economic Reform in Three Giants
Three of the largest and strategically most important nations in the world -the Soviet Union, China, and India - are currently in the throes of historic change. The reforms in the giants are transforming global economic and geopolitical relations. The United States must reexamine central tenets of its foreign policy if it is to seize the opportunities presented by these changes.This pathbreaking volume in the Overseas Development Council's series analyzes economic reform in the giants and its implications for U.S. foreign policy. Each of the giants is opening up its economy to foreign trade and investment. What consequences will this have for international trade? Each giant is attempting to ...
The Development of Economics in Western Europe Since 1945
The volume goes beyond the conventional history of economics in its emphasis on the historical and institutional context, economic policy, and the development of economics as a profession.
Railways and the Formation of the Italian State in the Nineteenth Century
An account of the role of railways in Italian political and economic life during the process of unification.
From Crisis to Convertibility
From Crisis To Convertibility Provides A Carefully Documented History, Based On Original Sources And References, Of The Evolution Of Exchange Rate Policy Together With An Analysis Of The Background In Which Key Decisions Have Been Taken. This Rare Analysis Emphasises The Need For Some Structural Changes In The Indian Financial System, For Fiscal And Financial Discipline At All Levels And For Greater Attention To The Real And Fundamental Problems Involved In Increasing Our Exports. An Attempt Has Also Been Made To Assess Future Prospects.
