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.
The Economic Development of South Korea: From Poverty to a Modern Industrial State
1st Edition
By Seung-hun Chun
December 18, 2020
How did a country with a dearth of natural resources, a sprawling population congested in a limited arable land transform itself to a modern industrial state within a generation? How could these have been achieved given the lingering geopolitical threats to its very survival as a state, as ...
Brazil’s Economy: An Institutional and Sectoral Approach
1st Edition
Edited
By Werner Baer, Jerry Dávila, André de Melo Modenesi, Maria da Graça Derengowski Fonseca, Jaques Kerstenetzky
September 30, 2020
The past century has witnessed profound transitions in Brazil’s economy: from a surge of industrialization connected to export economy, to state projects of importsubstitution industrialization, followed by a process of neoliberal global market integration. How have Brazilian entrepreneurs and ...
Capitalism and the World Economy: The Light and Shadow of Globalization
1st Edition
Edited
By Toshiaki Hirai
September 30, 2020
Globalization is a phenomenon which has attracted much attention in the past, but there are still many questions that remain unanswered.This book categorizes globalization into three types: Financial Globalization, the collapse of the Cold War order and the ensuing convergence toward the ...
Corruption, Economic Growth and Globalization
1st Edition
Edited
By Aurora A.C. Teixeira, Carlos Pimenta, António Maia, José António Moreira
September 30, 2020
Corruption is increasingly placed on top of the agenda of national governments and supra national institutions, such as the OECD, UN or the World Bank. A necessary condition for promoting sustainable economic growth is the pre-existence of a stable political system which is able to control ...
Crises in Europe in the Transatlantic Context: Economic and Political Appraisals
1st Edition
Edited
By Bruno Dallago, John McGowan
September 30, 2020
The adoption and management of the common currency has led the Eurozone to a critical point. This book analyzes in an interdisciplinary way the fundamental causes of distress, making sure to relate economic issues to the social and political aspects of the problem. The book explores the reasons why...
Cultural Differences and Economic Globalization: Effects on trade, foreign direct investment, and migration
1st Edition
By Roger White
September 30, 2020
Economic globalization is the process of increased integration among nations, characterized and fostered by three elements of international trade- goods and services, international capital flows, and international migration. In recent decades, international economic integration has increased both ...
Decentralization and Infrastructure in the Global Economy: From Gaps to Solutions
1st Edition
Edited
By Jonas Frank, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
September 30, 2020
The subnational dimension of infrastructure has emerged as one of the greatest challenges in contemporary public finance policy and management. Ensuring the efficient provision of infrastructure represents a challenge for all countries irrespective of their level of centralization or ...
Economic Integration in Asia: Key Prospects and Challenges with the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
1st Edition
Edited
By Deeparghya Mukherjee
September 30, 2020
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) aims to achieve greater integration between the ASEAN region and its six free trade agreement (FTA) partners (India, China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Korea). The RCEP is the only agreement to include three economies which are among the ...
Global Economic Crisis and Local Economic Development: International cases and policy responses
1st Edition
Edited
By Jason Begley, Dan Coffey, Tom Donnelly, Carole Thornley
September 30, 2020
This book offers a collaborative investigation of the policies and practices which have redeveloped local and national economies in the aftermath of the global economic crisis which erupted in 2008. It explores 'localised' models of economic development, including problems of diversity and balance...
International Trade, Competitive Advantage and Developing Economies: Changing Trade Patterns since the Emergence of the WTO
1st Edition
By Caf Dowlah
September 30, 2020
Available research suggests that less developed countries have significant competitive advantage over developed countries in three major areas of international trade: agriculture, textiles and clothing (T&C), and cross-border labor mobility. Incidentally, these are also the trade sectors which ...
Liberalism and Chinese Economic Development: Perspectives from Europe and Asia
1st Edition
Edited
By Gilles Campagnolo
September 30, 2020
Liberalism and Chinese Economic Development brings international contributors together in order to consider economic, political, social and legislative aspects of China’s modernization. This volume explores how liberalism is received and perceived, and whether it is adapted or adopted upon the ...
The Dynamics of Growth in Emerging Economies: The Case of Turkey
1st Edition
Edited
By Arzu Akkoyunlu Wigley, Selim Çağatay
September 30, 2020
How can Turkey increase its medium- and long-term growth potential? Despite episodes of fast growth, this has become a vital question for the Turkish economy, in order to avoid being stuck in a middle-income trap. There has been an increase in the number of studies presenting growth in Turkey and ...