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Public Choice Analyses of American Economic History : Volume 1

Hall, Joshua (ed.); Witcher, Marcus (ed.) - 2018

This book - the first of two volumes- looks at episodes in American economic history from a public choice perspective. Each chapter discusses citizens, special interests, and government officials responding to economic incentives in both markets and politics. In doing so, the book provides fresh...

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The Poverty of Slavery : How Unfree Labor Pollutes the Economy

Wright, Robert E. - 2017

This ground-breaking book adds an economic angle to a traditionally moral argument, demonstrating that slavery has … history of slavery around the world, from prehistory through the US Antebellum South to the present day, Wright illustrates … individuals from participating in the economy. Historians, economists, policymakers, and anti-slavery activists need no longer …

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The Liberation of the Serfs : The Economics of Unfree Labor

Backhaus, Jürgen G. - 2012

-- 4.Some Short Thoughts on “The Economics of Slavery”Thomas Straubhaar -- 5.Emancipation of the peasantry in Lower … that Ely Whitney had invented the Cotton Gin in 1793 and already then made slavery in cotton production literally … superfluous. While there have been several books on the economics of American slavery, few studies have examined this issue in an …

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Management Studies in South Africa : Exploring the Trajectory in the Apartheid Era and Beyond

Ruggunan, Shaun; Sooryamoorthy, R. - 2019

This book examines the trajectory of management studies in South Africa during the apartheid and post-apartheid periods. The unique political journey of South Africa provides a distinctive context in which to explore the progression of management studies within a developing state. The authors...

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Measuring Multidimensional Poverty and Deprivation : Incidence and Determinants in Developed Countries

White, Roger (ed.) - 2017

This edited collection provides a comprehensive examination of multidimensional poverty for a wide variety of economies and societies, with a general focus on multidimensional poverty in developed countries, where poverty is often overlooked. Arguing that income- and consumption-based poverty...

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Poverty and Exclusion of Minorities in China and India

Bhalla, A.S.; Luo, Dan - 2017 - 2nd ed. 2017

This book, a second edition, includes new data from the 2011 Census of India, the 2010 Census of India and NSS reports on consumer expenditure (2011-12), health and education (2014) to examine the latest understanding of poverty in China and India, and how that connects with minorities. Poverty...

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Wage inequality in Africa

Johnson-Lans, Shirley (ed.) - 2017

This Palgrave Pivot features original research studies of wage inequality in African countries including South Africa, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda. The contributors examine gender and racial wage differentials, as well as the effects of urbanization and globalization on inequality in wages and...

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Poverty and Exclusion of Minorities in China and India

Bhalla, A. S.; Luo, Dan - 2013

Muslim minorities in China and India form only a small fraction of their respective populations, yet as they principally live in troubled border states, they are of key strategic importance in the war on terror. In this global context, this book explores whether economics is more important than...

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Contemporary Capitalism and Civil Society : The Japanese Experience

Yamada, Toshio - 2018

This book is devoted to analyzing contemporary capitalism both in Japan and in the world economy by using the theoretical framework of the French régulation theory and by revisiting the theory of civil society in postwar Japan. The Japanese theory of civil society proposed unique thinking about...

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Democratizing Public Management : Towards Practice-Based Theory

Strumińska-Kutra, Marta - 2018

This book argues that contemporary society in general, and public administration specifically, can benefit from more reflexive learning processes through democracy and public involvement. It identifies the most central social practices, dilemmas, and challenges for public management as well as...

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