The rise of the sharing economy is disrupting industries and challenging institutions. This volume brings together research from a wide variety of disciplines, providing a coherent and comprehensive overview of this major global phenomenon.
Political Economy of Financial Systems
Why did identical financial systems lead to contrasting outcomes in South Korea and India? This book argues that the efficiency of finance depends not just on its structure, but on the wider political-economic context and its relations with the market.
Spanning 45 years, these essays chart the author’s evolving thought on Taiwan’s modern history. They investigate political reform by intellectuals since the 1970s and the creation of a national human rights commission, including the handling of transitional justice.
Post-Colonial Distances
This anthology compares popular music in Canada and Australia. Both post-colonial nations create commercial music in the shadow of the US and UK industries, and both have seen tremendous growth in the popular music of their indigenous and immigrant groups.
Why have global financial crises become so complicated? This book identifies the root causes, the products that exacerbate financial contagion, and gives recommendations for measures which could limit the magnitude and severity of future crises.
Power and Communication
This book explores the relationship between power and the media in Western societies. The media exercise symbolic force, but are also subject to political and economic influence. This relationship is paradoxically as strict as it is opaque.
Principles of Sustainability Economics
Is economic development reachable on an exhausted planet? Greener technologies may help, but we are far off track due to inappropriate institutions and adverse incentives. This book explains why, using core economic principles to identify the Gordian knots of sustainability.
Problems, Promises, and Paradoxes of Aid
This interdisciplinary collection investigates the role of aid in African development. Scholars examine where aid has failed and offer new perspectives on how it can be made more effective, addressing critical questions of ownership, need, and performance.
Analyze credit risk from all angles: the lender-borrower relationship, market pricing, and financial stability. This book offers sophisticated models and expert analysis to navigate the challenges of today’s global financial network.
Computer use creates health risks, from muscular tension and poor diet to mental stress and Zoom fatigue. This book offers practical measures for employees and employers, with recommendations on diet, physical activity, and healthier online meetings.
Public Debts and National Sovereignty from the 12th to the 21st Century
Following a series of crises, the world economy is burdened by high debt and the dramatic costs of fighting climate change. What can we learn from history? Global solidarity is necessary to share the costs, and large multinationals and the wealthy must take on a fair share.
Public Finance in India
This book examines the management of India’s public revenue, expenditure, and debt. It analyzes fiscal performance and the impact of public finance policies on economic growth, income distribution, and stability, offering vital insights for policymakers, economists, and students.
Public Interests in International Investment Law
Pitting environmental protection in host states against states’ obligations to promote foreign investments under the existing international investment treaty and dispute settlement practices, Ren interprets investment treaty provisions by introducing environmental reflection.
Public Service Media in the Digital Age
Public service media are in dramatic transformation. This book provides analysis of the key issues from an international perspective, bringing together leading researchers to explore the future of broadcasting and the new participatory roles of audiences.
Public Space in Informal Settlements
This book views Bogotá’s informal settlements as an opportunity to understand the city. It explores public spaces born from self-help, which are public in ownership but communal in use, and vital to the barrios’ social dynamics. An insider’s perspective.
Publishers, Profits and Poverty
In 19th-century Bohemian Fleet Street, radical publishers campaigned for political reform while a market for sensational literature boomed. This book charts the lives of around 100 of these figures, highlighting new information about the forgotten pioneers of popular literature.
Exploring the culture, practice and business of book production, distribution, publication and reception, this anthology demonstrates that publishing needs to be understood as a social and cultural practice, and not just as a business.
Quantifying the Sustainability of Public Debt
High public debt can be hazardous, culminating in a crisis that permeates all sectors of the economy. This book provides a practical and straightforward framework for public debt sustainability analysis, underpinned by a real-world application of the model.
This book applies trusted statistical and analytical tools to aviation. It is for analysts, managers, and students who must extract actionable insights from large volumes of data. Readers are taught how to implement techniques using Microsoft Excel and Eviews software.
What is rational choice? Can a society make rational decisions? This book is a primer in rational and social choice theory for students and teachers. An up-to-date textbook full of examples and exercises, it combines formal results with the latest research.
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