Improving Irrigation in Asia is based on a longitudinal study over two decades on innovative intervention for sustained performance of irrigation systems. The work identifies key factors that can help explain the performance of interventions, and explicates lessons for resource management and...

Since the 1980s, there has been a global wave of transfer of state assets to private hands. China is a relatively late participant of this worldwide trend, yet, in the last decade it has emerged as one of the largest privatizing countries. Shu-Yun Ma argues that China’s privatization is not...

The large business corporation has become a governing institution in national and global politics. This trail-blazing book offers a critical account of its political dominance and lack of democratic legitimacy. Thanks to successful wealth generation and ideological victories the large business...

Economic Development and Political Reform addresses critical trends in the Middle Eastern political economy in the 1980s and 1990s and builds upon the cross-regional political science literature concerning political and economic reforms in the developing world. The book argues that external...

The existing economic growth literature has provided substantial coverage of the impact of various aspects of institutions on economic growth. This timely study goes beyond a general statement on the critical role they play, and addresses why and how institutions – specifically political...

This major work provides an assessment of Adolf Lowe’s work and explores areas for future research in relation to his important contribution to economics, in particular his belief that economics is inseparable from social inquiry.

This important and timely two-volume collection presents the key issues and processes that surround recent large-scale financial crises – in Asia, Latin America, and elsewhere – and identifies procedures that will help to avoid and manage crises. The articles are drawn from leading journals...

Acclaimed articles which explore eight fundamental concepts in international political economy – including power/hegemony, interdependence, regimes, mercantilism, economic statecraft, development/dependency, and imperialism – are reprinted in this important two volume set. Scholarly debates...

Starting with a selection of classical articles on international institutions, this book traces the evolution of regime analysis over the last two decades as a new perspective on international governance. In the process it provides a full account of the major schools of thought that have arisen...