Globalization has profound effects on national economies even as distinct national "models" of capitalism remain. International and Comparative Business accessibly tracks the historical and socio-political contexts of the world's major countries on a chapter-by-chapter basis to the present day....

"Consumerism and Capitalism Why did a growing number of people in a self-defined socialist country begin to need and want more and more things? This book provides the first history of consumerism during the initial decades after the Chinese Communist Revolution of 1949. At the time of the...

Der Band bietet eine Bestandsaufnahme von Wirtschaftswachstum und Wirtschaftsplanung der Mitgliedsstaaten des "Rates für gegenseitige Wirtschaftshilfe" sowie Jugoslawiens. Dazu kommt eine Bilanz der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung der RGW-Länder in vergleichender Analyse. Eine Studie über die VR...

Preface / Joseph Caron -- Introduction: International political economy and explanations of China's globalization / David Zweig, Chen Zhimin -- Beyond the disciplinary heartlands: studying China's international political economy / Shaun A. Breslin -- Soft balancing and reciprocal engagement:...