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Seeking Virtue in Finance - Contributing to Society in a Conflicted Industry (Hardcover): JC de Swaan Seeking Virtue in Finance - Contributing to Society in a Conflicted Industry (Hardcover)
JC de Swaan
R721 R622 Discovery Miles 6 220 Save R99 (14%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Since the Global Financial Crisis, a surge of interest in the use of finance as a tool to address social and economic problems suggests the potential for a generational shift in how the finance industry operates and is perceived. J. C. de Swaan seeks to channel the forces of well-intentioned finance professionals to improve finance from within and help restore its focus on serving society. Drawing from inspiring individuals in the field, de Swaan proposes a framework for pursuing a viable career in finance while benefiting society and upholding humanistic values. In doing so, he challenges traditional concepts of success in the industry. This will also engage readers outside of finance who are concerned about the industry's impact on society.

Global Economic Crisis - Impacts, Transmission and Recovery (Hardcover): Maurice Obstfeld, Dongchul Cho, Andrew Mason Global Economic Crisis - Impacts, Transmission and Recovery (Hardcover)
Maurice Obstfeld, Dongchul Cho, Andrew Mason
R3,470 Discovery Miles 34 700 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In 2008, the global economy experienced the most severe crash since World War II. A sharp collapse in international trade followed, leaving no country on the globe immune to a sequence of economic shocks. This timely book explores many of the key issues raised in the wake of the global economic crisis and provides an in-depth analysis of crisis transmission to emerging markets. The expert contributors compare the recent crisis with earlier crises, explore international aspects of the crisis from the perspectives of financial markets and trade, and examine macroeconomic policy responses. In so doing, they address important questions including: How did this crisis differ from those suffered previously? How and why did flaws in financial markets contribute to the crisis? How important were global imbalances and global overheating in explaining the global meltdown? Did different pre-crisis fundamentals generate different post-crisis performances? And, how severe were the economic shocks to countries such as Korea and other emerging economies? Academics, students and policymakers in the fields of economics, international economics, finance, money and banking and Asian studies will find this book to be a thought-provoking and stimulating read. Contributors: J. Aizenman, M.D. Bordo, M. Chamon, M.D. Chinn, D. Cho, B. Eichengreen, A. Ghosh, M.M. Hutchison, H.-W. Kim, J.I. Kim, J.S. Landon-Lane, H. Lee, H. Lee, K.-M. Lim, A. Mason, M. Obstfeld, M.-K. Song

The Unequal Pandemic - COVID-19 and Health Inequalities (Paperback): Clare Bambra, Julia Lynch, Katherine E. Smith The Unequal Pandemic - COVID-19 and Health Inequalities (Paperback)
Clare Bambra, Julia Lynch, Katherine E. Smith
R295 Discovery Miles 2 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Rated as a top 10 book about the COVID-19 pandemic by New Statesman: https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2021/07/best-books-about-covid-19-pandemic EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC- ND It has been claimed that we are 'all in it together' and that the COVID-19 virus 'does not discriminate'. This accessible, yet authoritative book dispels this myth of COVID-19 as an 'equal opportunity' disease, by showing how the pandemic is a syndemic of disease and inequality. Drawing on international data and accounts, it argues that the pandemic is unequal in three ways: it has killed unequally, been experienced unequally and will impoverish unequally. These inequalities are a political choice: with governments effectively choosing who lives and who dies, we need to learn from COVID-19 quickly to prevent growing inequality and to reduce health inequalities in the future. COVID-19 is an unequal pandemic.

The Effects of the Eurozone Sovereign Debt Crisis - Differentiated Integration between the Centre and the New Peripheries of... The Effects of the Eurozone Sovereign Debt Crisis - Differentiated Integration between the Centre and the New Peripheries of the EU (Paperback)
Christian Schweiger, Jose Magone
R917 Discovery Miles 9 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The book analyses the emerging centre-periphery divisions within the European Union which result from the unprecedented conditions created by the 2008-09 global financial crisis and the subsequent Eurozone sovereign debt crisis. The multiple layers of policy coordination which emerged in response to the crisis have initiated a process by which the EU is increasingly divided in terms of the level of vertical integration between the Eurozone core group and differentiated peripheries amongst the outsiders. At the same time the sovereign debt crisis has created a periphery of predominantly Southern European countries within the Eurozone that became dependent on external financial support from the other member states. The contributions in this book critically examine various aspects of the emerging internal post-crisis constellation of the EU. The main focus lies on national and supranational governance issues, national dynamics and dynamics in the Eurozone core as well as in the periphery. This book was originally published as a special issue of Perspectives on European Politics and Society.

The Consequences of the International Crisis for European SMEs - Vulnerability and Resilience (Paperback): Bruno Dallago,... The Consequences of the International Crisis for European SMEs - Vulnerability and Resilience (Paperback)
Bruno Dallago, Chiara Guglielmetti
R1,543 Discovery Miles 15 430 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The book explores how, to what extent and with what consequences the international crisis of 2007-2008 and the recession which followed have affected European SMEs (small and medium enterprises) in both the well established market economies of the old member countries and in the post-transformation new member countries, and what can be done at the institutional and political level to uphold them.

Ethnographies of Austerity - Temporality, crisis and affect in southern Europe (Hardcover): Charles Stewart, Daniel Knight Ethnographies of Austerity - Temporality, crisis and affect in southern Europe (Hardcover)
Charles Stewart, Daniel Knight
R3,906 Discovery Miles 39 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Some of the worst effects of the global economic downturn that commenced in 2008 have been felt in Europe, and specifically in the Eurozone's so-called PIIGS (Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece, and Spain) and Cyprus. This edited volume is the first collection to bring together ethnographies of living with austerity inside the Eurozone, and explore how people across Southern Europe have come to understand their experiences of increased social suffering, insecurity, and material poverty. The contributors focus on how crises stimulate temporal thought (temporality), whether tilted in the direction of historicizing, presentifying, futural thought, or some combination of these possibilities. One of the themes linking diverse crisis experiences across national boundaries is how people contemplate their present conditions and potential futures in terms of the past. The studies in this collection thus supply ethnographies that journey to the source of historical production by identifying the ways in which the past may be activated, lived, embodied, and refashioned under contracting economic horizons. In times of crisis modern linear historicism is often overridden (and overwritten) by other historicities showing that in crises not only time, but history itself as an organizing structure and set of expectations, is up for grabs and can be refashioned according to new rules. This book was originally published as a special issue of History and Anthropology.

Institutions and Development After the Financial Crisis (Paperback): Sebastiano Fadda, Pasquale Tridico Institutions and Development After the Financial Crisis (Paperback)
Sebastiano Fadda, Pasquale Tridico
R942 Discovery Miles 9 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The financial crash of 2007-2008 and the subsequent global economic crisis have raised questions about the viability of capitalism and the desirability of alternative types of economic system. In this context, Keynesian and Marxist ideas in particular have become more popular. These two approaches, along with some other heterodox perspectives, agree on the need for institutional analysis and for better institutions and governance in order to promote economic development. This volume poses fundamental institutional, evolutionary and ontological questions relating to the emergence of a new mode of governance after the financial crisis. The book argues that, contrary to the recent austerity policies implemented in the EU in particular, a new level of government involvement is required in order to keep aggregate demand stable, make full employment possible, and create a transparent financial sector, serving the real economy and encouraging productive investments. This book will be of interest to students, researchers and policy makers working in the areas of finance, institutional economics, development economics and international political economy.

Europe Managing the Crisis - The politics of fiscal consolidation (Paperback): Tiina Randma-Liiv, Walter Kickert Europe Managing the Crisis - The politics of fiscal consolidation (Paperback)
Tiina Randma-Liiv, Walter Kickert
R1,765 Discovery Miles 17 650 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Studies of the recent financial crisis have been largely dominated by economists, but the similarities and differences between European countries' response reflect both economic and political perspectives which have resulted in considerable differences in their decisions. Drawing on uniquely comprehensive research data, this book presents an in-depth comparative analysis of how 14 European governments tackled the challenge of fiscal consolidation, and analyses the political decision-making behind these measures. By exploring national responses not just in fiscal terms, but also from a political perspective, it reveals that decision making has been driven by political factors with profound effects on public administration and management. This ground-breaking book fills an important gap in the research literature for scholars of public management, public administration and policy, and will be a benchmark for future work on the global economic crisis.

Jurgen Habermas and the European Economic Crisis - Cosmopolitanism Reconsidered (Hardcover): Gaspare M. Genna, Thomas O... Jurgen Habermas and the European Economic Crisis - Cosmopolitanism Reconsidered (Hardcover)
Gaspare M. Genna, Thomas O Haakenson, Ian W. Wilson
R4,212 Discovery Miles 42 120 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The European Union entered into an economic crisis in late 2009 that was sparked by bank bailouts and led to large, unsustainable, sovereign debt. The crisis was European in scale, but hit some countries in the Eurozone harder than others. Despite the plethora of writings devoted to the economic crisis in Europe, present understandings of how the political decisions would influence the integration project continue to remain vague. What does it actually mean to be European? Is Europe still a collection of peoples that rallied together during good times and then retreat to nationalism when challenges appear? Or has Europe adopted a common identity that would foster solidarity during hard times? This book provides its reader with a fresh perspective on the importance identity has on the functioning of the European Union as exemplified in Jurgen Habermas' seminal text, 'The Crisis of the European Union: A Response'. Rather than exploring the causes of the crisis, the contributors examine the current state of European identity to determine the likelihood of implementing Habermas' suggestions. The contributor's interdisciplinary approach is organized into four parts and examines the following key areas of concern: Habermas' arguments, placing them into their historical context. To which degree do Europeans share the ideals Habermas describes as crucial to his program of reform. Influence of Habermas' cosmopolitanism through religious and literary lenses. Impact of Habermas' notions in the arenas of education, national economies, austerity, and human rights. Jurgen Habermas and the European Economic Crisis will be read by scholars in the fields of Political Theory and Philosophy, European Politics and Cultural Studies.

Economic Policy and the Financial Crisis (Paperback): Lukasz Mamica, Pasquale Tridico Economic Policy and the Financial Crisis (Paperback)
Lukasz Mamica, Pasquale Tridico
R1,543 R1,074 Discovery Miles 10 740 Save R469 (30%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The consequences of the global economic crisis which started in the United States in 2007-08 are still being felt in most of the advanced economies, and the mainstream tools of recovery are not having the required results. It seems that many of the after-effects of the crisis, including the instability of the financial markets, increasing public debts and limited economic growth, require new solutions from both economic policy and theory. Lower aggregate demand during the crisis increased the pressure on firms to be more competitive and at the same time, the crisis in the banking system has had a negative impact on the willingness of financial institutions to give credit to companies for investment. Therefore, the key issue for current economic policy is to find a balance between the stabilisation of public finance and maintaining the momentum of long-term growth. This book offers an evolutionary-developmental analysis, combining elements of neo-Schumpeterian economics, institutional economics and post-Keynesian economics, to show that selection processes within an economy, and the institutional rules shaping those processes, are substantially more important than usually recognised by evolutionary economic theory. Two major challenges for economic theory and policy, in particular, have emerged during the crisis. The first is the rise of unemployment coupled with growing public deficits. The second is the financial instability which threatens the permanence of economic development. This book examines the performance of the advanced economies since the crisis and explores why some of them have been more successful in tackling these challenges than others. It is argued that the reasons for the varied performances of these economies lie in the economic policies which were introduced before and in the aftermath of the crisis and the differences in the regulation of their labour markets. This volume will be of interest to students and academics in the areas of macroeconomics, public economics and public management.

The Global Financial Crisis and the Korean Economy (Paperback): Jang-Sup Shin The Global Financial Crisis and the Korean Economy (Paperback)
Jang-Sup Shin
R1,467 Discovery Miles 14 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The world economy fell into a global financial crisis in 2008/9 and is still jittered by its aftershocks. Like other financial crises happened in the world economy, it came as a surprise. In historical perspective, financial crises should be understood as a natural fact of life in the world economy and a more pertinent question that should be posed would be why people so easily forget and do not learn from the historical experience. This book deals with the question in two ways. First, it investigates the frame of mind that distances people from the reality of life. At the heart of it, it argues that there are wrong perceptions on the working of the world economy, in particular, the international financial market. It summarizes them as 'the five conventional wisdoms' in the international financial market and, by critically examining them, it draws on 'the five financial theorems', which would provide intellectual pillars for a more realistic understanding of the global financial market. Second, the book examines in detail the case of an emerging market economy that fell into a financial crisis twice in the recent decade. South Korea provides us with an interesting case of emerging market financial crises that came as 'surprises': it faced a financial crisis in 1997/98 after it had been acclaimed as one of 'East Asian miracle economies' and it was again befallen to a crisis during the global financial crisis in 2008/2009 after it was widely regarded as a country that had recovered from the crisis with one of the most successful implementations of the IMF-sponsored reforms. The book attempts to provide the readers with a realistic understanding of emerging market financial crises by interpreting the recent global financial crisis and the Korean crises with some general concepts manifested in 'the five financial theorems'. It also tries to draw more general implications for policy management of emerging market economies.

A Global Perspective on the European Economic Crisis (Hardcover): Bruno Dallago, Gert Guri, John McGowan A Global Perspective on the European Economic Crisis (Hardcover)
Bruno Dallago, Gert Guri, John McGowan
R4,220 Discovery Miles 42 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The financial and economic crisis in Europe is not over, and the radically opposing strategies on how to proceed has only increased the complexity of problems in the region, revealing the shortcomings of the EU's architecture. The European Union, perhaps for the first time in its history of more than seventy years, is being perceived as a threat to the financial and monetary stability of the world. A Global Perspective on the European Economic Crisis explores the connection between internal EU actions and institutions and the external factors that influence the ongoing response to the European crisis. With a unique collection of international and interdisciplinary essays, this book considers the complex macroeconomic and challenging political landscape of Europe, looking at how and why the European Union is untenable in its current state. The chapters outline what should be done to make the common currency area more resilient, and explain why external events are particularly problematic for the EU, ultimately offering suggestions for what Europeans should do in order to avoid harmful internal consequences. This volume confronts the causes of the crisis' persistence, its economic and political consequences, and the impact of more recent events and policy decisions. It will be of interest to researchers and policy-makers keen to understand the EU relations and the influence of international organizations in the European economic crisis.

Economic Crisis and Mass Protest - The Pots and Pans Revolution in Iceland (Hardcover, New Ed): Jon Gunnar Bernburg Economic Crisis and Mass Protest - The Pots and Pans Revolution in Iceland (Hardcover, New Ed)
Jon Gunnar Bernburg
R4,349 Discovery Miles 43 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Although the triggering effect of economic crises on revolt is a classic sociological topic, crises have until recently mostly triggered large-scale collective action in developing countries. The antigovernment protests that occurred in several European countries in the aftermath of the global financial crisis brought crises to the forefront of collective action research in democratic societies, as well as provide important opportunities for studying how crises can trigger large-scale collective action. This volume focusses on Iceland's 'Pots and Pans Revolution', a series of large scale antigovernment protests and riots that took place in Iceland in autumn 2008 and January 2009. The Icelandic case offers a rare opportunity to study processes that can trigger political protest in an affluent, democratic society. The protests took place in the aftermath of a national financial collapse triggered by the global financial crisis in early October 2008. While having almost no tradition of mass protest, Iceland was among the first countries to respond to the global crisis with large-scale protest. The level of public mobilization was exceptionally high (about 25 percent participation rate) and the protests did not stop until they had brought down the ruling government of Iceland. Using qualitative and quantitative data, this volume situates the protest in historical-cultural context and applies social movement theory to explore how the economic crisis ended up triggering the protests, thus providing a step toward understanding why the global financial crisis has triggered public unrest in other countries.

Cycles, Growth and the Great Recession (Paperback): Annalisa Cristini, Stephen Fazzari, Edward Greenberg, Riccardo Leoni Cycles, Growth and the Great Recession (Paperback)
Annalisa Cristini, Stephen Fazzari, Edward Greenberg, Riccardo Leoni
R1,623 R1,153 Discovery Miles 11 530 Save R470 (29%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Cycles, Growth and the Great Recession is a collection of papers that assess the nature and role of the business cycle in contemporary economies. These assessments are made in the context of the financial market instability that distinguishes the Great Recession from previous post-war slowdowns. Theorists and applied scholars in the fields of economics and mathematical economics discuss various approaches to understanding cycles and growth, and present mathematical and applied macro models to show how uncertainty shapes cycles by affecting the economic agent choice. Also included is an empirical section that investigates how the Great Recession affected households' housing wealth, labour productivity and migration decisions. This book aims to: Propose a novel understanding of the business cycle by comparing the approaches of various scholars, starting from Hyman Minsky and Piero Ferri. Show that uncertainty is a main feature of the business cycle that affects decision-making and economic behaviour in general. Explain with mathematical models how the behaviour of economic agents can lead to cyclical paths for modern developed economies. Augment theory with empirical analysis of some central issues related to the Great Recession. This book comprises an original view of such widely discussed subjects as business cycles, uncertainty, economic growth and the Great Recession, constructed around theory, models and applications.

Unions and Economic Crisis - Britain, West Germany and Sweden (Hardcover): Peter Gourevitch, Andrew Martin, George Ross,... Unions and Economic Crisis - Britain, West Germany and Sweden (Hardcover)
Peter Gourevitch, Andrew Martin, George Ross, Stephen Bornstein, Andrei Markovits, …
R5,080 Discovery Miles 50 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1984. This book represents a major study of union responses to the economic crisis of the 1970s and 1980s. Abjuring governmental or managerial outlooks, it argues that unions, as representatives of essential producer groups, would be central to the renegotiation of the economic world. The work also stresses the importance of situating union responses to the crisis within the socio-historical evolution of their political economies during the rise and decline of the post-war economic boom. The Social Democratic affiliation of unions in Britain, West Germany and Sweden make them particularly comparable. This title will be of interest to students of politics and economics.

The Gulf Stock Exchange Crash - The Rise and Fall of the Souq Al-Manakh (Hardcover): Fida Darwiche The Gulf Stock Exchange Crash - The Rise and Fall of the Souq Al-Manakh (Hardcover)
Fida Darwiche
R3,471 Discovery Miles 34 710 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The collapse of Souq Al-Manakh in Kuwait in August 1982 was the most spectacular financial crash of recent years. The market had developed as a parallel stock exchange dealing in the shares of Gulf companies not resident in Kuwait. Fuelled by manic speculation, the market grew at a phenomenal rate throughout 1981 and early 1982. Inexperienced investors gambled huge sums on the shares of shell companies promoted largely for share speculation. At the height of the market US$92 billion was outstanding on nearly 30,000 postdated cheques, the usual form of payment used in the market. The financial crisis created by the collapse of the Souq Al-Manakh threatened the stability of Kuwait. The government was forced to intervene and absorb the major part of the loss. This book, first published in 1986, traces the growth of the stock market and analyses its collapse. It also discusses in detail the wider impact of this debacle on the economic life of the Gulf.

Macroeconomics After the Financial Crisis - A Post-Keynesian perspective (Hardcover): Mogens Ove Madsen, Finn Olesen Macroeconomics After the Financial Crisis - A Post-Keynesian perspective (Hardcover)
Mogens Ove Madsen, Finn Olesen
R4,355 Discovery Miles 43 550 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

How should Europe cope with the negative and still unfolding economic consequences of the current economic crisis? And why does Europe seem to be more conservative than the USA in dealing with the crisis? Since the outbreak of the current international economic crisis in 2008, the USA and many of the European countries have been tormented by high levels of unemployment and low levels of inflation, interest rates close to zero and fiscal policies of austerity. As such, the modern economic mainstream has been challenged by these empirical facts. Today, several years after the outbreak of the international economic crisis, supply side effects do not seem to be increasing employment as the modern mainstream claimed they would. Aggregate demand has to play a more important role in macroeconomic analysis than hitherto. That is, there is a need for alternative explanations of how a modern macro economy is expected to function and how the macroeconomic outcome could be manipulated by the right economic policy proposals. As expressed by the contents of the present book, a Post Keynesian understanding proposes such an alternative theoretically, methodologically and in terms of policy measures. This book will present new materials and approaches, especially new evidence and new views on the potential problems of public debt, the European Union and the present crisis, Central Banking, hysteresis in an agent based framework, the foundations of macroeconomics and the problems of uncertainty.

Beyond Covid-19: Multidisciplinary Approaches And Outcomes On Diverse Fields (Hardcover): Sefika Sule Ercetin, Nihan Potas,... Beyond Covid-19: Multidisciplinary Approaches And Outcomes On Diverse Fields (Hardcover)
Sefika Sule Ercetin, Nihan Potas, Suay Nilhan Acikalin
R3,073 Discovery Miles 30 730 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

While humanity continues to grapple with COVID-19 and its ramifications, Beyond COVID-19: Multidisciplinary Approaches and Outcomes on Diverse Fields provides a unique opportunity to foresee the repercussions of the pandemic across a range of fields through the lens of chaos and complexity theory. This book takes COVID-19 as a holistic event, providing an interesting analysis of this chaotic phenomenon with the contributions of multidisciplinary scholars. The expert views within this book come from a wide range of fields, from international relations to education and from sociology to law.Unique in terms of its content and contributions, the chapters within explore the various consequences of COVID-19 with the aim of attracting the attention of researchers, postgraduate students, practitioners, and policymakers.

Animal Spirits - How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism (Paperback, Revised... Animal Spirits - How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism (Paperback, Revised edition)
George A. Akerlof, Robert J Shiller 1
R494 R392 Discovery Miles 3 920 Save R102 (21%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The global financial crisis has made it painfully clear that powerful psychological forces are imperiling the wealth of nations today. From blind faith in ever-rising housing prices to plummeting confidence in capital markets, "animal spirits" are driving financial events worldwide. In this book, acclaimed economists George Akerlof and Robert Shiller challenge the economic wisdom that got us into this mess, and put forward a bold new vision that will transform economics and restore prosperity.

Akerlof and Shiller reassert the necessity of an active government role in economic policymaking by recovering the idea of animal spirits, a term John Maynard Keynes used to describe the gloom and despondence that led to the Great Depression and the changing psychology that accompanied recovery. Like Keynes, Akerlof and Shiller know that managing these animal spirits requires the steady hand of government--simply allowing markets to work won't do it. In rebuilding the case for a more robust, behaviorally informed Keynesianism, they detail the most pervasive effects of animal spirits in contemporary economic life--such as confidence, fear, bad faith, corruption, a concern for fairness, and the stories we tell ourselves about our economic fortunes--and show how Reaganomics, Thatcherism, and the rational expectations revolution failed to account for them.

"Animal Spirits" offers a road map for reversing the financial misfortunes besetting us today. Read it and learn how leaders can channel animal spirits--the powerful forces of human psychology that are afoot in the world economy today. In a new preface, they describe why our economic troubles may linger for some time--unless we are prepared to take further, decisive action.

Political Representation in Times of Bailout - Evidence from Greece and Portugal (Hardcover): Andre Freire, Marco Lisi, Ioannis... Political Representation in Times of Bailout - Evidence from Greece and Portugal (Hardcover)
Andre Freire, Marco Lisi, Ioannis Andreadis, Jose Manuel Viegas
R3,908 Discovery Miles 39 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Since 2008 many European states have experienced significant challenges in adapting to austerity, and political actors within these states have made significant changes in their discourses and practices. This book explores the short-term impact of the sovereign debt crisis on aspects of political representation in Greece and Portugal, two of the countries that have been the most severely affected. It provides the most systematic examination to date of the attitudinal change of voters and elites regarding participation and representation, and of the legitimacy of the political system in two of the bailed-out Eurozone states. By examining the congruence between elites and voters, the shift in the patterns of competition, and the position of both citizens and representatives on the main issues, the studies contribute towards a reassessment of the validity of the responsible party model and of theories about democratic accountability. By relying on original mass and elite surveys conducted both before and after the bailouts, the volume helps us understand how the EU/IMF intervention has affected partisan alignments in Greece and Portugal, as well as the differences and similarities in the way political elites and civil society have adapted to severe austerity. This book was originally published as a special issue of South European Society & Politics.

The MAKING OF A CATASTROPHE - The Disastrous Economic Fallout of the Covid-19 Pandemic in India (Hardcover): Jayati Ghosh The MAKING OF A CATASTROPHE - The Disastrous Economic Fallout of the Covid-19 Pandemic in India (Hardcover)
Jayati Ghosh
R719 Discovery Miles 7 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Anti-Crisis (Paperback): Janet Roitman Anti-Crisis (Paperback)
Janet Roitman
R621 Discovery Miles 6 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Crisis is everywhere: in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and the Congo; in housing markets, money markets, financial systems, state budgets, and sovereign currencies. In "Anti-Crisis," Janet Roitman steps back from the cycle of crisis production to ask not just why we declare so many crises but also what sort of analytical work the concept of crisis enables. What, she asks, are the stakes of "crisis"? Taking responses to the so-called subprime mortgage crisis of 2007-2008 as her case in point, Roitman engages with the work of thinkers ranging from Reinhart Koselleck to Michael Lewis, and from Thomas Hobbes to Robert Shiller. In the process, she questions the bases for claims to crisis and shows how crisis functions as a narrative device, or how the invocation of crisis in contemporary accounts of the financial meltdown enables particular narratives, raising certain questions while foreclosing others.

Austerity and the Third Sector in Greece - Civil Society at the European Frontline (Hardcover, New Ed): Jennifer Clarke,... Austerity and the Third Sector in Greece - Civil Society at the European Frontline (Hardcover, New Ed)
Jennifer Clarke, Asteris Huliaras, Dimitri Sotiropoulos
R3,927 Discovery Miles 39 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Organised civil society in Greece is generally regarded as weak with rankings for associational density, volunteerism and levels of social capital traditionally among the lowest in Europe. Austerity and the Third Sector in Greece explores the context behind the statistics and general perceptions of a society of takers, not givers. Stereotypes of a country living beyond its means have been exacerbated by the Eurozone crisis but, since 2008, there has in fact been a great proliferation of organised civil society initiatives in the country. Has the financial crisis seen a belated awakening of Greek civil society? Offering a broad overview of contemporary civil society in Greece this book explores how various characteristics of the country's socio-political context have affected the development of the third sector and examines the effect of the economic crisis on it. Expert contributors combine macro-level analyses with local case studies to form a fascinating new study on the influences of national and regional context on civil society development. Their findings provide not only for a better understanding of similar movements, but also contribute to wider academic debates on societal responses to economic crises.

Twenty Observations on a World in Turmoil (Paperback): U Beck Twenty Observations on a World in Turmoil (Paperback)
U Beck
R463 R411 Discovery Miles 4 110 Save R52 (11%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Translated by Ciaran Cronin.

The world is a state of turmoil. From the financial crisis to the chaos in the eurozone, from the Arab uprisings to protests in Athens, Barcelona, New York and elsewhere, many of the familiar frameworks are collapsing and we have to find new ways to orient ourselves in a world undergoing rapid change. Of course, it is necessary for political leaders to address local issues and react to people's specific demands, but without a cosmopolitan outlook, such a reaction is likely to be inadequate. Ulrich Beck's "Twenty-one Observations on a World in Turmoil" is a demonstration of cosmopolitan politics in practice. It is more than a mirror: it is a magnifying glass that brings into focus the processes that are transforming our world and highlights the great challenges we face today.'Global domestic politics', the concept introduced and developed by Beck, is much more than a political theory, a philosophical utopia (or dystopia), a governance programme or a mental state: it is the reality of our times. Beck turns the argument that 'global domestic politics' is an unrealistic ideology on its head, arguing that it is the proponents of the national who are the idealists. They view reality through the obsolete lenses of the nation-state and thus cannot see the profound global changes that are transforming our reality. Global domestic politics is therefore a perspective, a political reality and a normative idea. And it is the critical theory of our times since it challenges the most profound truths which we hold dear: the truths of the nation.

East Asia and the Global Crisis (Paperback): Shaun Breslin East Asia and the Global Crisis (Paperback)
Shaun Breslin
R1,514 Discovery Miles 15 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book traces the impact of the global financial crisis on East Asia, and the way that key regional states responded to the crisis. It considers the extent to which the region is decoupling from the global economy (or the West), the impact of crises on the definition of "region", and the effectiveness and functioning of regional institutions and governance mechanisms (including environmental governance). A key focus of the book is the increasing legitimacy of statist alternatives to (neo)liberal development strategies and modes of governance - or perhaps more correctly, the extent to which the legitimacy of "western" norms and practices have been delegitimized by the crisis. This book was originally published as a special issue of Contemporary Politics

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