Forthcoming International Economics Books

Forthcoming Books

1. The Capability Approach

   Development Practice and Public Policy in the Asia-Pacific Region

   Edited by Francesca Panzironi, Katharine Gelber

   Series: Routledge Advances in Social Economics

   This book provides a unique laboratory of ‘capabilities in practice’ in the Asia-Pacific region. It explores the application of the capability approach in development practice and public policy from a multidisciplinary perspective by bringing together scholars and practitioners from a wide range of...

   To Be Published May 28th 2012 by Routledge
2. The Global Economic Crisis in Latin America

   Impacts and Responses

   Edited by Michael Cohen

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy

   When the 2008 housing market bubble burst in the United States, a financial crisis rippled from the epi-center in the United States across borders into economies both near and far, causing persistent social and economic detriment in many countries. The Global Economic Crisis in Latin America:...

   To Be Published May 30th 2012 by Routledge
3. The London and New York Stock Exchanges 1850-1914 (Routledge Revivals)

   By Ranald Michie

   First published in 1987, this is a reissue of the first book to offer a detailed comparison of two of the foremost stock exchanges in world before 1914. It is not only an exercise in comparative economic history but it also relates these institutions to wider world...

   To Be Published May 31st 2012 by Routledge
4. Financial Cooperatives and Local Development

   Edited by Silvio Goglio, Yiorgos Alexopoulos

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

   This book examines the opportunities opened up for financial cooperatives by the recent financial crisis, and explores the role of these institutions in promoting and sustaining local development. The global financial crisis has not only shown the limits of the mainstream theory of markets and...

   To Be Published June 3rd 2012 by Routledge
5. Intellectual Property, Community Rights and Human Rights

   The Biological and Genetic Resources of Developing Countries

   By Marcelin Tonye Mahop

   Series: Routledge Research in Intellectual Property

   This book considers the issue of biodiversity in developing countries in relation to intellectual-property rights, community rights and human rights. Drawing together a number of case studies of developing countries rich in biological and genetic resources including India, South Africa and Brazil,...

   To Be Published June 4th 2012 by Routledge
6. International Commercial Arbitration and the Arbitrator’s Contract

   By Emilia Onyema

   This book examines the formation, nature and effect of the arbitrators’ contract, addressing topics such as the appointment, challenge, removal and duties and rights of arbitrators, disputing parties and arbitration institutions. The arguments made in the book are based on a semi-autonomous theory...

   To Be Published June 5th 2012 by Routledge
7. The Global Political Economy of Trade Protectionism and Liberalization

   Trade Reform and Economic Adjustment in Textiles and Clothing

   By Tony Heron

   Series: Routledge/RIPE Studies in Global Political Economy

   Given the widely-accepted premise that free trade is the best means of maximising overall societal welfare, why has it proven so difficult to achieve in certain industries? This book tackles arguably the most perennial and deep-rooted of all questions in political economy, and questions the...

   To Be Published June 11th 2012 by Routledge
8. Public Policy beyond the Financial Crisis

   An International Comparative Study

   By Philip Haynes

   Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management

   The economic crisis of 2008-2009 and beyond has provided the greatest challenge to public policy in the developed world since the Second World War, as the use of public monies to support banks and declining tax revenues have resulted in rising government borrowing and national debt. This book...

   To Be Published June 13th 2012 by Routledge
9. A History of Australian Economic Thought (Routledge Revivals)

   By Peter Groenewegen, Bruce McFarlane

   First published in 1990, this book presents an original and comprehensive overview of Australian economic thought. The authors stress, by way of introduction, the many important innovative contributions Australian economists have made to thought worldwide. As the argument develops, the work of...

   To Be Published June 14th 2012 by Routledge
10. Venture Capital (Routledge Revivals)

    International Comparions

    By Milford B Green

    First published in 1990, this is the first text to offer a goegraphicand regional study of venture capitalism. Although the importance of this type of capitalism in creating and nurturing small firms has long been recognized, it does not have a uniform global character. Drawing on previously unused...

    To Be Published June 14th 2012 by Routledge