European Economics
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Bear Traps on Russia's Road to Modernization
Bear Traps examines Russia’s longer term economic growth prospects. It argues that Russia’s growth challenges are conventionally misdiagnosed and examines the reasons why: a spatial misallocation that imposes excess costs on production and investment; distortions to human capital; an excessively...
Published May 8th 2013 by Routledge
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Europe in Crisis
Bolt from the Blue?
This book analyzes the European Great Recession of 2008-12, its economic and social causes, its historical roots, and the policies adopted by the European Union to find a way out of it. It contains explicit debates with several economists and analysts on some of the most controversial questions...
Published September 25th 2012 by Routledge
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Europe and the Mediterranean Economy
Series: Routledge Studies in the European Economy
With the creation of the Mediterranean partnership and the recent move towards the creation of the Union for the Mediterranean in 2008, a new emphasis is placed on the Mediterranean in the study of European Integration. This book brings together a collection of experts to address this important...
Published June 13th 2012 by Routledge
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Gender and the European Labour Market
Series: Routledge Studies in the European Economy
The book presents state of the art research on women’s current position in European labour markets. It combines analysis of the latest trends in employment, occupational segregation, working time, unpaid work, social provisions (especially care provisions) and the impact of the financial crisis,...
Published February 24th 2013 by Routledge
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The Political Economy of the European Social Model
Series: Routledge Studies in the European Economy
This book seeks to analyse the development of the European Union (EU), which was founded upon the principle of the free movement of capital, goods, services and people in 1957. Its central thesis is that, from a practical and theoretical point of view, such a basis is fundamentally at odds with the...
Published May 27th 2012 by Routledge
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The Consequences of the International Crisis for European SMEs
Vulnerability and Resilience
Series: Routledge Studies in the European Economy
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...
Published October 25th 2012 by Routledge
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The Political Economy of South-East Europe
From Post-War to Post-Crisis
Series: Routledge Studies in the European Economy
Recent developments in the global economy, such as the Greek budget crisis, have lead to new focus on the role of Europe, and in particular on the countries in Europe’s south-eastern region. This new volume from a global set of contributors explores south-east Europe’s present and future direction,...
To Be Published June 30th 2013 by Routledge
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Russia’s Changing Economic and Political Regimes
The Putin Years and Afterwards
Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy
The book reveals the interconnection between social, cultural and political protest movements and social and economic changes in a post-communist country like Russia still dominated by bureaucratic rulers and "oligarchs" controlling all basic industries and mining activities. Those interests are...
To Be Published July 17th 2013 by Routledge
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Russian Multinationals
From Regional Supremacy to Global Lead
Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series
Russian multinationals are playing an increasingly important role in the world economy, particularly in some key sectors such as oil, gas and metallurgy. At the same time, Russian multinationals differ in many respects from multinationals from other countries in that they often receive special...
Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge