Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy
About the Book Series
In an increasingly interdependent world, many of the most important issues are driven by economic forces. This series applies newly developed economic techniques to some of the most pressing contemporary problems. The aim of the series is to demonstrate the relevance of modern economic theory to the modern world economy, and to provide key reading for researchers and policy-makers.
Economic Development Parables: From Siam to Thailand
1st Edition
By Winai Wongsurawat
January 30, 2025
Wongsurawat looks at the history of Thailand since the mid-nineteenth century and uses events to elucidate basic economic models and concepts. He selects defining moments in Thailand’s history to convey key economic ideas worthy of classroom discussion.Written without excessive jargon, the chapters...
The New Industrial Geography: Regions, Regulation and Institutions
1st Edition
Edited
By Trevor Barnes, Meric Gertler
January 30, 2025
Drawing on the theoretical resources of institutional economics, The New Industrial Geography opens new perspectives in economic geography. In its focus on historical and geographical context, institutional embeddedness, and tacit rules and formal regulations, institutional economics is shown to ...
Foreign Direct Investments in Emerging Asia: An Evaluation of Pandemic and Policy Shocks
1st Edition
Edited
By Paul CHEUNG, Ammu GEORGE, Xuyao ZHANG
November 28, 2024
Foreign direct investments (FDI) play an integral role in the growth story of Emerging Asian economies. As an essential source of foreign capital, FDI bolsters the path to economic recovery from recessions, including the one caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This book is a collection of essays ...
The Evolution of China’s Political Economy
1st Edition
By Rich Marino
November 28, 2024
For years, China’s rapid economic transformation was hailed as a successful project that lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. However, in recent times, the Chinese narrative has taken a more negative turn in the eyes of the West. Much of this has to do with the US perception about ...
The Open Society and its Enemies in East Asia: The Relevance of the Popperian Framework
1st Edition
Edited
By Gregory G. C. Moore
October 14, 2024
The ideas contained in Karl Popper’s The Open Society and Its Enemies—one of the most important tracts in political philosophy in the twentieth century—are relevant to anyone seeking to understand the recent history of the East Asian economies. Even though Popper wrote his tract to provide an ...
Linkage Power Europe: The EU’s Trade Negotiations with China (1975-2019)
1st Edition
By Zhang Xiaotong
October 09, 2024
This book looks at the history of the EU’s trade negotiations with China from 1975 to 2019 from a distinctive perspective – the EU as a linkage power. The author explains how the EU through linkage strategies speaks with one voice, overcomes its weakness in military capabilities and translates its ...
Free Trade and the US–China Trade War: A Network Perspective
1st Edition
By Yoon Heo
May 27, 2024
This book provides an analysis of the global trading system and its implications. The author uses network theory to examine the sustainability of the free trade system and its future. The book attempts to find out what the future of free trade could be and how the global trading system would unfold...
Asian Trade and Investment in Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By Prana Krishna Biswas, Robert Dygas
January 29, 2024
This book provides deep insight into the flow of foreign direct investment from Asia to Europe. It assesses the topic of trade and investment from the reverse direction, considering Asian countries as the capital investors in the EU countries. Each chapter analyses either the international ...
Critical Perspectives on Economics of Education
1st Edition
Edited
By Silvia Mendolia, Martin O'Brien, Alfredo R. Paloyo, Oleg Yerokhin
January 29, 2024
This book brings together leading scholars in the field to provide insights on economics of education. The book begins with an overview of education and human capacity development and looks at the production of education through individuals’ learning, education financing, and the role of ...
Economic and Political Democracy in Complex Times: History, Analysis and Policy
1st Edition
By Andrés Solimano
January 29, 2024
The concept of economic democracy is traditionally identified with workplace democracy and participation at the enterprise level. This is a very important dimension, but the concept of new economic democracy also recognizes that, in a world of increasing complexity, the principles of democratic ...
State-Owned Enterprises in the Global Economy
1st Edition
By Maciej Bałtowski, Grzegorz Kwiatkowski
January 29, 2024
State-owned enterprises (SOEs) combine economic activities resulting from their position on the market with non-economic functions determined by the state owner. In many of the world’s major economies, SOEs play an important role, and in some, such as China, India, Russia and Brazil, they are ...
The Future of Economic Development in the Gulf Cooperation Council States: Evidence-Based Policy Analysis
1st Edition
By Weshah Razzak
January 29, 2024
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries own 30 percent of the world’s proven oil reserves and largely depend on oil for their income. Yet the GCC faces serious challenges. The global demand for oil is expected to continue declining, and the average long-run oil price could become lower than ...