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11. Interdisciplinary Economics

    Kenneth E. Boulding’s Engagement in the Sciences

    Edited by Wilfred Dolfsma, Stefan Kesting

    Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

    Kenneth Boulding was a prolific writer across so many different fields that not only is he often much referred to and cited, he is considered a core member of many of these fields. Boulding is the quintessential interdisciplinary scholar. He died in 1993, but he has left a legacy in economics,...

    Published May 8th 2013 by Routledge
12. The New Urban Economics

    And Alternatives

    By H.W. Richardson

    This book was first published in 1977. ...

    Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge
13. Pension Systems and Old-Age Income Support in East and Southeast Asia

    Overview and Reform Directions

    Edited by Donghyun Park

    Old age income support will be one of the biggest social and economic challenges facing Asia in the twenty-first century. The growing spotlight on old age income support is largely due to exceptionally rapid population aging which is fundamentally reshaping Asia’s demographic profile. A young...

    Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge
14. Uncertainty in Economic Theory

    Edited by Itzhak Gilboa

    Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy

    This volume brings together important papers, coupled with new introductions, in the massively influential area of uncertainty in economic theory. Seminal papers are available together for the first time in book format, with new introductions and under the steely editorship of Itzhak Gilboa - this...

    Published May 2nd 2013 by Routledge
15. Justice Reinvestment

    Can the Criminal Justice System Deliver More for Less?

    By Chris Fox, Kevin Albertson, Kevin Wong

    Series: Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice

    Rising prison numbers on both sides of the Atlantic are cause for concern. Justice Reinvestment is a major movement in criminal justice reform in the US that is also attracting lots of interest in the UK. Justice Reinvestment is an approach to addressing the penal crisis that uses the best...

    Published May 1st 2013 by Routledge
16. Russia after 2012

    From Putin to Medvedev to Putin – Continuity, Change, or Revolution?

    Edited by J.L. Black, Michael Johns

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

    This book provides an overview of the state of Russia after the 2012 presidential election. It considers a wide range of both domestic and international issues, examining both the run up to and the consequences of the election. It covers political, economic, and social topics. It assesses the...

    Published April 22nd 2013 by Routledge
17. Cultural Political Economy of Small Cities

    Edited by Anne Lorentzen, Bas van Heur

    Series: Regions and Cities

    The volume highlights ongoing changes in the political economy of small cities in relation to the field of culture and leisure. Culture and leisure are focal points both to local entrepreneurship and to planning by city governments, which means that these developments are subject to market dynamics...

    Published April 16th 2013 by Routledge
18. Financing Regional Growth and the Inter-American Development Bank

    The Case of Argentina

    By Ernesto Vivares

    Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

    The crisis of the current global financial order is challenging us to critically reflect on how this order has been driven, and the development outcomes produced by its central political and economic actors. There is a great deal of academic knowledge about the role of the international financial...

    Published April 15th 2013 by Routledge
19. Economic Policies of the New Thinking in Economics

    Edited by Philip Arestis, Malcolm Sawyer

    The financial crisis and the ‘great recession’ have generated the need for new thinking in economics and for new economic policies to secure sustainable and equitable economic development. The new thinking in economics is an interdisciplinary approach to economic problems that acknowledges and...

    Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
20. The Political Economy of State-Business Relations in Europe

    Interest Mediation, Capitalism and EU Policy Making

    By Rainer Eising

    Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies

    The delegation of policy-competencies to the European Union has changed the context in which national actors form their interests and represent them. Shaping European markets and societies, EU regulation has important effects in the member states. This book analyses how business interest...

    Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge