By defining political economy and war in the broadest sense, this unique Handbook brings together a wide range of interdisciplinary scholars from economics, political science, sociology, and policy studies to address a multitude of important topics. These include an analysis of why wars begin,...

Media, Development, and Institutional Change investigates mass media's profound ability to affect institutional change and economic development. The authors use the tools of economics to illuminate the media's role in enabling and inhibiting political-economic reforms that promote development

This Handbook looks through the lens of the latest generation of scholars at the main propositions believed by so-called "Austrians". Each contributing author addresses key tenets of the school of thought, and outlines its ongoing contribution to economics and to the social sciences

The Elgar Companion to Austrian Economics is a major new reference work which highlights the common ground between all the branches of the school while demonstrating the breadth and diversity within it

This research review covers the main theories and justifications for and against state intervention as they have developed over two centuries. It also incorporates an institutional approach to the role of the state in enforcing "the rules of the game" of the economy as well as examining specific...

Recommended readings (Machine generated): 1. David Conn (1978), 'Economic Theory and Comparative Economic Systems: A Partial Literature Survey', Journal of Comparative Economics, 2(4), December, 355-81 2. Avner Ben-Ner, John Michael Montias and Egon Neuberger (1993), 'Basic Issues in...