International Economics Books

New and Published Books

1. China and East Asian Regionalism

   Economic and Security Cooperation and Institution-Building

   Edited by Suisheng Zhao

   To convey the image of a responsible power willing to contribute to regional stability and cooperation, China has shifted from a single-minded preference for bilateralism to an active participation in East Asian regionalism in the recent decades. This development has inspired discussions over...

   Published February 8th 2012 by Routledge
2. Discipline in the Global Economy?

   International Finance and the End of Liberalism

   By Jakob Vestergaard

   Series: New Political Economy

   In Discipline in the Global Economy, Jakob Vestergaard investigates the currently prevailing regulation of international finance, launched in response to the financial crises of the 1990’s. At the core of this approach is a set of standards of ‘best practice’, ranging from banking supervision to...

   Published February 2nd 2012 by Routledge
3. The Role of 'Informal' Economies in the Post-Soviet World

   The End of Transition?

   By Peter Rodgers, John Round, Colin C. Williams

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy

   This book challenges the accepted notion that the transition from the command economy to market based systems is complete across the post-Soviet space. While it is noted that different political economies have developed in such states, such as Russia’s ‘managed democracy’, events such as Ukraine...

   Published January 31st 2012 by Routledge
4. Globalization, Labour Markets and Inequality in India

   By Dipak Mazumdar, Sandip Sarkar

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

   India started on a program of reforms, both in its external and internal aspects, sometime in the mid-eighties and going on into the nineties. While the increased exposure to world markets (‘globalization’) and relaxation of domestic controls has undoubtedly given a spurt to the GDP growth rate,...

   Published January 30th 2012 by Routledge
5. The Soviet Middle East (Routledge Revivals)

   A Model for Development?

   By Alec Nove, J. A. Newth

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1967, The Soviet Middle East provides an analysis of the economic and political status of the national republics of Central Asia and Transcaucasia, which were, at the time of the book’s initial publication, a part of the Soviet Union. The authors analyse their economic...

   Published January 29th 2012 by Routledge
6. Business Regulation and Non-State Actors

   Whose Standards? Whose Development?

   Edited by Peter Utting, Darryl Reed, Ananya Reed

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

   This volume assesses the achievements and limitations of a new set of non-state or multistakeholder institutions that are concerned with improving the social and environmental record of business, and holding corporations to account. It does so from a perspective that aims to address two limitations...

   Published January 23rd 2012 by Routledge
7. Globalization and Self-Determination

   Is the Nation-State Under Siege?

   By David R. Cameron, Gustav Ranis, Annalisa Zinn

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy

   Is the nation state under siege? A common answer is that globalization poses two fundamental threats to state sovereignty. The first concerns the unleashing of centrifugal and centripetal forces - such as increasing market integration and the activities of institutions like the IMF, World Bank, and...

   Published January 22nd 2012 by Routledge
8. Macroeconomics and Markets in India

   Good Luck or Good Policy?

   Edited by Ashima Goyal

   India was one of the better performers after the global financial crisis, and has done well despite opening out in a period of great international volatility. This book asks if this was due to luck or to good management. How much did macroeconomic policy contribute and did it do as much as it could...

   Published January 19th 2012 by Routledge
9. Banking Regulation and the Financial Crisis

   By Jin Cao

   Series: Routledge International Studies in Money and Banking

   This book is a review on the economic theories of systemic risks in the financial market and the topics in constructing the macroprudential framework for banking regulation in the future. It explains the reasons why the traditional microprudential regulatory framework missed its target in...

   Published January 15th 2012 by Routledge
10. Environmental Scenario in India

    Successes and Predicaments

    Edited by Sacchidananda Mukherjee, Debashis Chakraborty

    India has moved along an impressive growth path over the last decade, marked with falling share of agriculture, stagnating manufacturing, expanding services segment, growing trade orientation, enhanced FDI inflows etc. The consequent growth implications are obvious as far as the numbers like GDP...

    Published January 15th 2012 by Routledge