In Search of Stability
Title | In Search of Stability PDF eBook |
Author | Charles S. Maier |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780521346986 |
In Search of Stability: Explorations in Historical Political Economy ponders the issue of how Western industrial societies overcame major challenges to political and economic stability in the twentieth century. Successive essays ask: what ideological messages did American influence transmit to Europe after World War I, then again after World War II? Did Nazis and Italian fascists share an economic ideology or impose a unique economic system in the interwar period and during World War II? How do their accomplishments stack up comparatively against those of the liberal democracies? After 1945, what was the relationship between concepts of productivity and class division? How have the major experiences of twentieth-century inflation arisen out of class and interest-group rivalry? Most generally, what has been the representation of interests in capitalist political economies?
A Nation In Waiting
Title | A Nation In Waiting PDF eBook |
Author | Adam Schwarz |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 516 |
Release | 2018-02-12 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0429975112 |
In A Nation in Waiting, Adam Schwarz spans a wide variety of issues of concern in today's Indonesia, providing a detailed view of one of the world's most populous, yet least-understood, nations. He chronicles the major economic and political changes recorded during former President Suharto's thirty-one-year tenure, and the present economic and political crisis. In this fully updated second edition, Schwarz analyzes the impact of Suharto's resignation on the political, economic, and social life of Indonesia.
In Search of Stability
Title | In Search of Stability PDF eBook |
Author | Sashi Sivramkrishna |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 368 |
Release | 2016-09-13 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1351997483 |
In Search of Stability seeks to understand the economics of money through a narrative on the history of the rupee. The period delineated for study is from the time of introduction of the rupee by Sher Shah Suri in 1542 up to 1971, the year which marked the beginning of the end of the Bretton Woods era and a fixed exchange rate regime. The underlying thread that runs through the narrative is the positive economics of money and history of the rupee. This is a book that explains what happened rather than raising normative questions on what ought to have happened or what could have been a more appropriate monetary system for India. The economics of money also draws us into understanding the evolution of monetary instruments through history and their impact on the economy. These instruments cannot be separated from the institutions that develop and are developed by them. A digression into a study of the origins, nature and development of some of the most important monetary institutions in India has therefore been included in this study. While standards of living have risen enormously, money has struggled to maintain its value across place and time, without definitive success. This has brought with it crises and severe hardship to entire societies; a lesson which the history of the Indian rupee unequivocally reveals.
The Pursuit of Stability
Title | The Pursuit of Stability PDF eBook |
Author | Ian W. Archer |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780521522168 |
A holistic approach to interpreting early modern London society.
An Introduction to Stability Theory
Title | An Introduction to Stability Theory PDF eBook |
Author | Anand Pillay |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 164 |
Release | 2013-05-17 |
Genre | Mathematics |
ISBN | 0486150437 |
This introductory treatment covers the basic concepts and machinery of stability theory. Lemmas, corollaries, proofs, and notes assist readers in working through and understanding the material and applications. Full of examples, theorems, propositions, and problems, it is suitable for graduate students in logic and mathematics, professional mathematicians, and computer scientists. Chapter 1 introduces the notions of definable type, heir, and coheir. A discussion of stability and order follows, along with definitions of forking that follow the approach of Lascar and Poizat, plus a consideration of forking and the definability of types. Subsequent chapters examine superstability, dividing and ranks, the relation between types and sets of indiscernibles, and further properties of stable theories. The text concludes with proofs of the theorems of Morley and Baldwin-Lachlan and an extension of dimension theory that incorporates orthogonality of types in addition to regular types.
Cities and Stability
Title | Cities and Stability PDF eBook |
Author | Jeremy L. Wallace |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 265 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0199378983 |
China's management of urbanization is an under-appreciated factor in the regime's longevity. The Chinese Communist Party fears "Latin Americanization" -- the emergence of highly unequal megacities with their attendant slums and social unrest. Such cities threaten the survival of nondemocratic regimes. To combat the threat, many regimes, including China's, favor cities in policymaking. Cities and Stability shows this "urban bias" to be a Faustian Bargain: cities may be stabilized for a time, but the massive in-migration from the countryside that results can generate the conditions for political upheaval. Through its hukou system of internal migration restrictions, China has avoided this dilemma, simultaneously aiding urbanites and keeping farmers in the countryside. The system helped prevent social upheaval even during the Great Recession, when tens of millions of laid-off migrant workers dispersed from coastal cities. Jeremy Wallace's powerful account forces us to rethink the relationship between cities and political stability throughout the developing world.
Handbook of Safeguarding Global Financial Stability
Title | Handbook of Safeguarding Global Financial Stability PDF eBook |
Author | Gerard Caprio |
Publisher | Academic Press |
Pages | 547 |
Release | 2012-11-27 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0123978750 |
Political and social forces exert pressure on our globalized economy in many forms, from formal and informal policies to financial theories and technical models. Our efforts to shape and direct these forces to preserve financial stability reveal much about the ways we perceive the financial economy. The Handbook of Safeguarding Global Financial Stability examines our political economy, particularly the ways in which these forces inhabit our institutions, strategies, and tactics. As economies expand and contract, these forces also determine the ways we supervise and regulate. This high-level examination of the global political economy includes articles about specific countries, crises, and international systems as well as broad articles about major concepts and trends.. Substantial articles by top scholars sets this volume apart from other information sources Diverse international perspectives result in new opportunities for analysis and research Rapidly developing subjects will interest readers well into the future