An ethnography analyzing Indias class of transnational information technology professionals and their influential ideas about what it means to be Indian.

An historical and theoretical account of the transition from protectionism to alternative policies in the Australian manufacturing industry.

Finally, the book clarifies a central question in political economy: How can national economic policy be conducted in both a democratic and a competent fashion?

Finally, the authors outline the reforms necessary to create monetary, financial and banking systems free of the episodic inflation, devaluation, debt crises, and exchange rate volatility that have plagued the twentieth century.

The City of London and Social Democracy evaluates the changing relationship between the United Kingdom financial sector - the 'City of London' - and the post-war social democratic State.

Examines the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the birth of the Russian state, focusing on Yeltsin's disastrous policies, which brought on an economic collapse almost twice as severe as America's Great Depression.

The book begins with a simple question: why do rich capitalist democracies respond so differently to the common pressures they face in the early twenty-first century?

This book seeks to explain long-term economic development and institutional change in terms of the cognitive features of human learning and communication processes.

An analytical framework for explaining the ways in which institutions and institutional change affect the performance of economies is developed in this analysis of economic structures.

The editors provide an overall concluding chapter. The Handbook combines scholarly rigour, engaging writing and high policy relevance. It will be invaluable to advanced students, researchers and reflective public sector practitioners.