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Informed by world-systems analysis, this book examines the shifting
patterns of accommodation and resistance to the offshore world,
with a particular focus on Mauritius as a critical but
underappreciated offshore node mediating foreign investment into
India and Africa. Drawing on a large pool of financial data and
elite interviews, the authors present the first detailed
comparative study of the Mauritius–India and Mauritius–Africa
offshore relationships. These relationships serve as indicative
test cases of the contemporary global tax reform agenda and its
promise to rein in offshore finance. Whereas India’s economic
power and multilateral track record have enabled it to actively
shape this agenda and implement it in a robust manner, most African
countries have found themselves either unable to meet its stringent
criteria or unwilling to do so out of fear that it might discourage
investment. Its impact on offshore financial centers has likewise
been limited. A few of the least sophisticated ones appear to have
fallen by the wayside, but the rest have either remained largely
unaffected, or, like Mauritius, succeeded in consolidating their
operations and surviving the current round of regulatory headwinds.
The findings suggest that the contemporary global tax reform agenda
has thus far not only failed to make good on its promise but also
actually reinforced numerous existing power hierarchies. The Uneven
Offshore World is written in an accessible style and aimed at
readers without specialized knowledge of tax issues.
Informed by world-systems analysis, this book examines the shifting
patterns of accommodation and resistance to the offshore world,
with a particular focus on Mauritius as a critical but
underappreciated offshore node mediating foreign investment into
India and Africa. Drawing on a large pool of financial data and
elite interviews, the authors present the first detailed
comparative study of the Mauritius-India and Mauritius-Africa
offshore relationships. These relationships serve as indicative
test cases of the contemporary global tax reform agenda and its
promise to rein in offshore finance. Whereas India's economic power
and multilateral track record have enabled it to actively shape
this agenda and implement it in a robust manner, most African
countries have found themselves either unable to meet its stringent
criteria or unwilling to do so out of fear that it might discourage
investment. Its impact on offshore financial centers has likewise
been limited. A few of the least sophisticated ones appear to have
fallen by the wayside, but the rest have either remained largely
unaffected, or, like Mauritius, succeeded in consolidating their
operations and surviving the current round of regulatory headwinds.
The findings suggest that the contemporary global tax reform agenda
has thus far not only failed to make good on its promise but also
actually reinforced numerous existing power hierarchies. The Uneven
Offshore World is written in an accessible style and aimed at
readers without specialized knowledge of tax issues.
In a world of continuing financial volatility, this book critically
evaluates the oft-cited claim that US firms and the US government
attempt to open emerging markets in economic distress and acquire
valuable industrial and financial assets. Focusing particularly on
Korea and Thailand, the author examines the degree of market
opening, the roles US actors played in this process and the level
of foreign firm activity in the years after the Asian crisis.
Justin Robertson finds surprisingly little coherence between the
strategies of US firms and US policy-makers. At the same time, the
book downplays European investments, concluding instead that the
decade since the Asian crisis has reaffirmed strengths of US
capital, particularly in some of the most important sectors of the
global economy. Investment banking, private equity and
subcontracting are significant new features of US-Asia economic
relations. Providing a sophisticated understanding of US interests
in Asia, especially in terms of the politics of finance capital,
and including a wealth of empirical data on the US and Asian
political economies, this book will be invaluable for students and
scholars of international political economy and Asian economics and
politics.
This volume explores the foreign policy environment facing
developing nations and their particular foreign policy-making
structures and processes. By defining foreign policy broadly to
incorporate the activities of a range of state actors and non-state
actors, the book broadens the range of analytical frameworks for
studying foreign policy-making in developing nations. Thus, the
actions of small groups of elites, international institutions and
transnational networks are seen to be part of foreign
policy-making, as well as the traditional operations of foreign
ministries.
The volume is comprised of an extensive introduction, four thematic
chapters, six country studies and a conclusion that ties together
common themes. These serve as a useful contribution to the analysis
of foreign policy-making in developing nations, a neglected area in
the comparative study of foreign policy.
In a world of continuing financial volatility, this book
critically evaluates the oft-cited claim that US firms and the US
government attempt to open emerging markets in economic distress
and acquire valuable industrial and financial assets.
Focusing particularly on Korea and Thailand, the author examines
the degree of market opening, the roles US actors played in this
process and the level of foreign firm activity in the years after
the Asian crisis. Justin Robertson finds surprisingly little
coherence between the strategies of US firms and US policy-makers.
At the same time, the book downplays European investments,
concluding instead that the decade since the Asian crisis has
reaffirmed strengths of US capital, particularly in some of the
most important sectors of the global economy. Investment banking,
private equity and subcontracting are significant new features of
US-Asia economic relations.
Providing a sophisticated understanding of US interests in Asia,
especially in terms of the politics of finance capital, and
including a wealth of empirical data on the US and Asian political
economies, this book will be invaluable for students and scholars
of international political economy and Asian economics and
politics.
This volume explores the foreign policy environment facing
developing nations and their particular foreign policy-making
structures and processes. By defining foreign policy broadly to
incorporate the activities of a range of state actors and non-state
actors, the book broadens the range of analytical frameworks for
studying foreign policy-making in developing nations. Thus, the
actions of small groups of elites, international institutions and
transnational networks are seen to be part of foreign
policy-making, as well as the traditional operations of foreign
ministries.
The volume is comprised of an extensive introduction, four thematic
chapters, six country studies and a conclusion that ties together
common themes. These serve as a useful contribution to the analysis
of foreign policy-making in developing nations, a neglected area in
the comparative study of foreign policy.
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The Tangle (Paperback)
Justin Robertson
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'A writer of fierce and vivid imagination. The Tangle, like
Holdstock's classic Mythago Wood and Catlin's The Voorh, taps the
deep resonances of the wild wood in the English soul, revering even
the stones as living minds, possessed of souls and ancient
memories. Visceral stuff from this promising new star of dark
fantasy' Michael Moorcock Justin Robertson's debut novel is a
trans- dimensional trip into the mysterious knot of nature; a
journey into the 'brilliant darkness' where the timeless divine
spirit of the 'Tangle' weaves its spell and all mankind's hubris is
rendered insignificant by the radically non-human force of phantom
ecology. Salvation, revelation and a terrible reckoning dwell in
the ancient roots ... A time travelling account of what occurs when
unknowable frontiers are breached and humanity finds itself, once
again, lost in the woods, THE TANGLE invites us into a grotesque
world of eco-horror, echoing with the spirit of writers such as
Saki, Ballard, M R James, Ursula Le Guin, Brian Catling and Thomas
Ligotti.
Four witches get familiar with their new home on Mount Olympus
while the Goddess of magic, Hecate, sends them on a dangerous quest
to find the sun god, Apollo, before everything freezes over.
Over a long period of time...Four warrior kings were chosen by the
Gods of Olympus. Their quest was to enter the realm of the
Underworld, destroy it, and seal off the only way out. Panic
settles in when the Titans escape, the Gods lose their God-hood,
and a threat comes from Asgard. Then it becomes an all out battle
between the Norse Gods and the Olympian Gods! Zeus vs Odin! Loki vs
Hades! Zeus vs Thor! Poseidon vs Loki! Who will destroy all and
rule both Asgard and Olympus!? Find out when you read this action
packed adventure! This book is the final chapter of all my previous
books. It is where all the characters come together in one story.
Two astronomers, James and Kate discover a new planet, which turns
out to be an atmosphere of a whole new universe; Olympus. Created
by the Gods of Olympus, it contains four planets and a sun, which
is actually Apollo. The Skratches are people that live on Mechta,
one of the planets in Olympus. Find out more about the Skratches
when you take a wild ride on this epic journey around this
universe. Learn about new animals that James and Kate discover, and
some weird monsters that live on the planets.
A teenager, his family, and friends fight horrifying beings and
travel across the U.S. to get to safety. But the teenager's sister
is held captive in a strange dark world. The boy must find a
certain tool made by Hades in order to enter the world and save his
sister.
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