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The Homeowner Ideology

Economic (F)Utility of Real Property Rights in Four African Cities

By Singumbe Muyeba
Subjects: Political Science, Political Economy, Economics, Development, Public Policy
Series: African Perspectives

Confronts neoclassical economic conventions on homeownership in sub-Saharan African cities

The Repoliticization of the Welfare State

By Ian P McManus
Subjects: Political Science, Political Economy, Economics, International Economics

How the Great Recession changed welfare

The Dangerous Class

The Concept of the Lumpenproletariat

By Clyde Barrow
Subjects: Political Science, Political Theory, Political Economy, Economics, Economic Theory, Class Studies

The lumpenstate dystopia of the Trump/Brexit era

China’s Allocation of Fixed Capital Investment, 1952–1957

By Chu-yuan Cheng
Subjects: Economics, International Economics, Political Science, Political Economy, Asian Studies, China
Series: Michigan Monographs in Chinese Studies

Investing in the Homeland

Migration, Social Ties, and Foreign Firms

By Benjamin A.T. Graham
Subjects: Political Science, Political Economy, Economics, Development, European Studies, Asian Studies, Diaspora Studies
Series: Michigan Studies in International Political Economy

Diaspora-affiliated firms that invest in the homeland are more successful than other foreign firms, but are equally socially irresponsible.

Decentralization and Popular Democracy

Governance from Below in Bolivia

By Jean-Paul Faguet
Subjects: Political Science, Political Economy, Economics, System -- Development, Latin American Studies

Faguet identifies the factors that determine the outcomes of national decentralization on the local level

Politics and Foreign Direct Investment

By Nathan Jensen, Glen Biglaiser, Quan Li, Edmund Malesky, Pablo Pinto, Santiago Pinto, and Joseph Staats
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, Political Economy, Economics, International Economics
Series: Michigan Studies in International Political Economy

What makes a country attractive to multinational corporations?

Tax Politics in Eastern Europe

Globalization, Regional Integration, and the Democratic Compromise

By Hilary Appel
Subjects: Political Science, Political Economy, Economics, European Studies, Eastern European Studies

Fundamental shifts in Eastern European tax policy

Taking Trade to the Streets

The Lost History of Public Efforts to Shape Globalization

By Susan Ariel Aaronson
Subjects: Economics, Labor, Health, and Educational Economics, History, American History, Political Science, Political Economy

Traces the history of civil society involvement in the international trade debate

State Institutions, Private Incentives, Global Capital

By Andrew Carl Sobel
Subjects: Political Science, Political Economy, International Relations, Economics, International Economics, Comparative Politics
Series: Michigan Studies in International Political Economy

Considers why some countries are more successful than others in attracting international investment

Slaves to Fashion

Poverty and Abuse in the New Sweatshops

By Robert Ross
Subjects: American Studies, Sociology, Economics, Labor, Health, and Educational Economics, Anthropology, Political Science, Political Economy, Class Studies

A provocative and accessible history and study of the sweatshop and a major contribution to the debate over its rebirth

The Liberal Illusion

Does Trade Promote Peace?

By Katherine Barbieri
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, Political Economy, Political Methodology, Economics, International Economics

A powerful refutation of the assumption that international trade automatically promotes world peace

A Unified Theory of Collective Action and Social Change

By Luis Medina
Subjects: Political Science, Political Methodology, Political Behavior and Public Opinion, Political Economy, Economics, Sociology
Series: Analytical Perspectives on Politics

An intriguing examination of one of the most important unresolved problems in social choice theory: how do we best understand people's decision to pay the cost of a public good?

Changing Paths

International Development and the New Politics of Inclusion

2nd Edition

Edited by Peter P. Houtzager & Michael Peter Moore
Subjects: Economics, System -- Development, Political Science, Political Economy, International Relations, Comparative Politics

Explores how the world's disadvantaged may be enabled to claim a greater share of material wealth

A Civil Economy

Transforming the Marketplace in the Twenty-First Century

By Severyn T. Bruyn
Subjects: Economics, System -- Development, Political Science, Political Economy, Sociology
Series: Evolving Values for a Capitalist World

An accessible overview of the concept of the civil economy and how it works

Monetary Divergence

Domestic Policy Autonomy in the Post-Bretton Woods Era

By David Bearce
Subjects: Political Science, Political Economy, Economics, International Economics
Series: Michigan Studies in International Political Economy

Trading Blocs

States, Firms, and Regions in the World Economy

By Kerry A. Chase
Subjects: Political Science, Political Economy, Economics, International Economics
Series: Michigan Studies in International Political Economy

An examination of the domestic politics involved in the creation of trading blocs

In Defense of Monopoly

How Market Power Fosters Creative Production

By Richard B. McKenzie & Dwight R. Lee
Subjects: Economics, Economic Theory, Political Science, Political Economy, Law, Business

A provocative defense of market dominance

Positive Changes in Political Science

The Legacy of Richard D. McKelvey's Most Influential Writings

By John H Aldrich, James E. Alt, and Skip Lupia
Subjects: Political Science, Political Methodology, Political Economy, Economics
Series: Analytical Perspectives on Politics

Richard McKelvey's classic papers, accompanied by original essays by leading names in the field

Changing Paths

International Development and the New Politics of Inclusion

Edited by Peter P. Houtzager & Michael Peter Moore
Subjects: Economics, System -- Development, Political Science, Political Economy, International Relations, Comparative Politics

Explores how the world's disadvantaged may be enabled to claim a greater share of material wealth

Putting Faith in Partnerships

Welfare-to-Work in Four Cities

By Stephen V. Monsma
Subjects: Economics, Labor, Health, and Educational Economics, Political Science, American Politics, Political Economy
Series: Contemporary Political and Social Issues

The first major work to examine welfare-to-work programs and their implications for public policy

Trade Threats, Trade Wars

Bargaining, Retaliation, and American Coercive Diplomacy

By Ka Zeng
Subjects: Economics, International Economics, Political Science, Political Economy, International Relations
Series: Studies in International Economics

A multidisciplinary approach that offers practical policy prescriptions

Social Science Knowledge and Economic Development

An Institutional Design Perspective

By Vernon W. Ruttan
Subjects: Economics, System -- Development, Political Science, Political Economy, Anthropology, Sociology
Series: Economics, Cognition, and Society

Synthesizes various strands of social science research and thought, including evolution of thought about development in anthropology, sociology, political science, and growth economics

The Role of the Judge in International Trade Regulation

Experience and Lessons for the WTO

Edited by Thomas Cottier, Petros Constantinos Mavroidis, and Patrick Blatter
Subjects: Law, Political Science, Political Economy, Economics, International Economics
Series: Studies in International Economics

Reluctant Partners

A History of Multilateral Trade Cooperation, 1850-2000

By Andrew Gardner Brown
Subjects: Economics, International Economics, Political Science, Political Economy, History
Series: Studies in International Economics

Examines how and why nations have succeeded in forming cooperative trade arrangements

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