... the embeddedness of governing elites (that is, thepolitical leadership andthe economic technocracy) in state institutions, andthe way technocrats andpolitical leaders relate to each other ... discussion ofthe institutional configuration of state power in Thailand andthe Philippines, a discussion that will occupy the rest of this dissertation. Thailand’s Bureaucratic Polity andthe ... Thailand’s history has been rife with coups and counter-coups, with different factions ofthe military competing against each other for political power andthe spoils of office. Nevertheless,...
... both the coordinated and the liberal models. The first will be exemplified by the Nordic countries, in particular Finland and to some extent Sweden; the second by the US andthe UK, andthe ... systems (the dynamics of firms and economic sectors) with politicaleconomy (research on the social andpolitical regulation of economic relations) and thereby contributing to the analysis of state ... draft only 2 The PoliticalEconomyofthe ‘New Biology’: Biotechnology andthe Competition State Abstract The central hypothesis of this paper is that the bio -economy is critically...
... change for the time being. Now the strategy isessentially a return to the ‘policy of a calm hand’ (Politik der ruhigen Hand) of the summer of 2001, in the hope of some sort of spin-off from global ... the doctors andthe health insurancefunds. Thus, the KBV collects the bills on behalf ofthe doctors and negotiates collec-tive contracts with the funds. Because ofthe KBV system, the funds ... German economy – of a sizeable number of ‘working poor’.9These problems are compounded dramatically by the slow growthofthe German economy. 10Slow growth contributes to a crisis of public...
... empirical data and examples to illustrate the inequities of the trading system, the persistence of unequal exchange, the mythssurrounding the benevolence of aid, phantom aid andthe degree of capital ... economic andpolitical orthodoxy of the advocates of globalisation.Also available The End of Development: Modernity, Post-Modernity and DevelopmentTrevor Parfitt The PoliticalEconomyof TurkeyZülküf ... book examines the empiricalbases for these narratives ofthepoliticaleconomyof developmentwith reference to Africa primarily and focuses on the economies inwhich the poorest, or the ‘Bottom...
... introduces the reader to the contours ofthepoliticaleconomyof development andthe institutionalregime within which ‘creditor states’13compete and co-operate in the extension of markets. The term ... debt, andthe higher costs of living following the ‘Volcker Shock’12adjustment. Then, the negotiated settlement ofthe debt crisis, between the creditor banks, the creditor governments andthe ... the Northern states, borrowingmoney from them rarely helps the poor, it just deepens the debt cycle and turns the private sector ofthe developing country into a playground for the rich of the...
... critically obscures how the divide between the global haves and have-nots is maintained; the technical slights of hand are the implementing policy machine of the politicaleconomyof development. It ... concentrated in the IFIs and large banks. They exist at the ‘commanding heights’ (Arrighi 1994: xii),in the boardroom ofthe global economy, and their relatively smallnumber explains in part both the herd ... model-ling undertaken, while the accuracy of risk assessment also relates to the demands ofthe purchaser ofthe insurance contract. The argumentcan be made that these demands are excessive in relation...
... senior official in the CDC in1993, referring to the case of Kenya, noted that the CDC would takeinvestment decisions:by understanding the human nature of these people, how theyare moving andthe ... of equity, andthe institutionalisation of riskwhich underwrites it, forms the skeleton ofthepoliticaleconomy of development in the poorest and most indebted countries. It secures and returns ... greater prof-itability of merchant capital through ‘opening’ markets and the promotion of ‘free’ trade (and the associated reduction ofthe ability of governments to tax moving goods), the role of...
... will, among others, be of a public choice nature and include the importance of the particular financial institution to the local economyand its potential systemic impacton the rest ofthe financial ... 80% and 100%; and in terms of number of banks between 36% and 100%. In terms of assets of nonbank financial institutions, the coverage of our sample is between 47% and 90%.Almost 42% of these ... the subject of intense debate, with proponents of a sudden shift of views of (foreign) investors as the main cause on one side and proponents of weak fundamentals as the major cause on the other...
... dismissal, and legal term of office ofthe governor ofthe central bank; the institutionallocation ofthe final authority for monetary policy andthe procedures for the resolution of conflicts ... conflicts between the government andthe bank; the importance of price stability in comparison to other objectives; and the stringency and universality of limitations on the ability ofthe govern-ment ... Visiting Scholar at the DeutscheBundesbank, the Bank of Japan, the Banque de France, the Bank of England, andthe Federal Reserve System.Professor De Haan is Jean Monnet Professor of EuropeanEconomic...
... interact with the main macroeco-nomic variables, such as the level of GDP per worker, the openness of the economy, the level of debt andthe share of agriculture, and with other socio- economic ... developing coun-tries and their political regimes with the objective of explaining their development and growth. The analysis of tax systems and in particu-lar the tax composition of these countries ... share of elderley people, the female labour force participation, and also the urbanization process, the density ofthe population andthe size ofthe shadow economy. Plotting a measure of the...
... overused, then the problem becomes exacerbated andthe credibility ofthe discipline, andthe authenticity ofthe histories being written, is threatened.12Such an outlook reflects much ofthe historiography ... considerations were at the heart ofthe formation of a semi-professional rugby league in the north of England in 1895.54 Given the class dimensions ofthe game in the Australian context (described ... written, there is enough evidence to compile a snapshot of these codes in the early part ofthe twentieth century.In the case of rugby (later rugby union), it is clear that the ante-cedents of the...
... the theories ofthepoliticaleconomyofthe environment.Naturally, given the breadth of our labels, many disagreements existamong those in each category. We have tried to show the range of ... let the market guide them.Institutionalists The ideas of institutionalists are grounded in the fields ofpolitical science and international relations. They share many ofthe broad assumptions and ... better understand-ing of your own assumptions and arguments. Moreover, if you thendecide to reject the arguments of others, you will do so with a genuineunderstanding ofthe complexity and historical...