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The impact of natural disasters on systemic political and social inequities in the U.S
"The Impact of Natural Disasters on Systemic Political and Social Inequities in the U.S. examines how natural disasters impact social inequality in the United States. The contributors study social and political mechanisms in disaster response and relief that enable natural disasters to worsen inequalities in America"--
The economics of monetary unions: past experiences and the Eurozone
In: Routledge studies in the European economy 54
In this book, a historical analysis of the precedents of the euro is examined within the context of the current issues affecting the Eurozone and the long-term effects of the institutional changes implemented since 2010. The book begins by placing the Eurozone challenges in the historical context of previous monetary unions, drawing on the experience of the gold standard. It then specifically focuses on the problems arising from the running of permanent trade imbalances within the Eurozone. The authors explore the advantages and disadvantages of being a member of the Eurozone and attempt to measure the optimality of a currency area by the calculation of an index on internal macroeconomic asymmetries. They address the proposals recently made in favour of a fiscal union in the Euro zone; including the economic and political feasibility of fiscal transfers in the Eurozone. The final two papers discuss whether the monetary union is in fact more than just that, and whether it will lead inevitably to some form of political union if it is to survive. With chapters by leading experts from both Europe and the UK, this book will appeal to students in Economics, Finance, Politics, EU integration and European studies; as well as academics and professional economists doing research in EU integration, the Euro zone, monetary history and monetary and banking unions in Europe, the UK and elsewhere
Comparative capitalism and the transitional periphery: firm centred perspectives
In: New horizons in international business
The resource curse without natural resources: expectations of resource booms and their impact
In: African affairs: the journal of the Royal African Society, Band 116, Heft 463, S. 233-260
ISSN: 0001-9909
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The Oxford handbook of sovereign wealth funds
In: Oxford handbooks
Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) represent both an increasingly important - and potentially dominant - category of alternative investor, and a novel form for governments to project their interests both home and abroad. As such, they represent both economic actors and embody power vested in the financial and diplomatic resources they can leverage. Although at times they have acted in concert with other alternative investors, their intergenerational savings function should, in theory at least, promote more long-termist thinking. However, they may be impelled in towards greater short termism, in response to popular pressures, demands from predatory elites and/or unforeseen external shocks. Of all the categories of alternative investment, SWFs perhaps embody the most contradictory pressures, making for diverse and complex outcomes. The aim of this volume is to consolidate the present state of the art, and advance the field through new applied, conceptual and theoretical insights. The volume is ordered into chapters that explore thematic issues and country studies, incorporating novel insights in on the most recent developments in the SWF ecosystem. This handbook is organized into four sections and 23 chapters. The four sections are: Governance of SWFs, Political and Legal Aspects of SWFs, Investment Choices and Structures of SWFs, Country and Regional Analyses of SWFs
Pressures towards and against formalization: Regulation and informal employment in Mozambique
In: International labour review, Band 154, Heft 3, S. 373-392
ISSN: 0020-7780
Human resource management and the institutional perspective
In: Routledge global human resource management series
"Combining the literature on comparative capitalism with that on comparative HRM, Human Resource Management and the Institutional Perspective explores the overlapping and distinct elements in work and employment relations both within and across country lines. The authors focus on intra-firm relations, internal diversity within varieties of capitalism, and the uneven and experimental nature of systemic change, all the while employing an impressive level of theoretical rigor and empirical evidence. For those interested in contemporary developments in institutional theory, the relationship between regulation and practice, and innovation and continuity in HRM, this book is a valuable resource. In a single volume, this text unites soundly based, theoretically strong and empirically new chapters that bring advances in institutional theory to bear on the subject of international and comparative Human Resource Management"--
Capitalist diversity and diversity within capitalism
In: Routledge frontiers of political economy 151
"The economic crisis that began in 2008 has underscored the impact not only of embedded and assumed ways of managing the economy, but also that present circumstances are the product of a long period of experimentation and bounded diversity; it is understanding the nature of both that forms a central concern of this collection. This book redefines, develops and extends the emerging literature on internal diversity within varieties of capitalism, and the extent to which such internal systemic diversity goes beyond mere diffuseness to represent the coexistence of different logics of action within both liberal market and more cooperative varieties of capitalism. The collection is based on new, fresh material, from leading scholars in the field. The contributors come from a variety of perspectives within the broad socio-economic literature on institutions, and yet they all focus on the limitations of current institutional fixes, and the protracted and durable nature of the current crisis, which, the editors suggest, reflect profound changes in input costs and the utilization of technology. What characterizes this common ground is an inherent pragmatism, combined with an increasing sophistication in the usage of analytical concepts; illustrating the progression since the early work on comparative capitalism in the late 1990s and early 2000s. This book should be an invaluable resource for students and researchers of economic theory and philosophy as well as political economics and socio-economics. "--
Selective informality: The self-limiting growth choices of small businesses in South Africa
In: International labour review, Band 152, Heft 3-4
ISSN: 0020-7780
Vergleichende Kapitalismusforschung und Diversität innerhalb von Kapitalismen: das Beispiel Arbeit und Beschäftigung
In: Vergleichende Kapitalismusforschung: Stand, Perspektiven, Kritik, S. 119-132
Die Vergleichende Kapitalismusforschung (VKF) und insbesondere der "Spielarten des Kapitalismus"-Ansatz (VoC) haben den großen Wert, dass sie die Dauerhaftigkeit verschiedener Alternativmodelle zum Marktliberalismus herausstellen. Der Beitrag betrachtet die vergleichende Kapitalismusforschung und Diversität innerhalb von Kapitalismen am Beispiel von Arbeit und Beschäftigung. Zunächst geht der Beitrag auf regionale Unterschiede in den Arbeits- und Beschäftigungsbeziehungen ein. Im Anschluss daran werden die sektoralen Unterschiede in den Blick genommen. Der dritte Abschnitt widmet sich der differenzierten Rolle von Staat und Industrie. Nach Überlegungen zum Wandel durch supranationale und transnationale Akteure wird auch der Wandel durch gesellschaftliche Auseinandersetzungen betrachtet. Vor dem Fazit thematisiert der Beitrag noch den Wandel durch exogene Faktoren und geht dabei auf Umweltkrisen und Energietransition ein. (ICA2)