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Format: 1 online resource (489 pages)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 9780415596107 , 9780203836798

Series Statement: Routledge Library Editions: Development Series

Content: First published in 1988, this reissue presents a comprehensive overview of contemporary developments and research into the geography of the Third World, at a time when economies and societies there were changing at a much more rapid rate than their counterparts in the developing world. It covers the topic both systematically and by region, showing how the unique background of each region affects developments there

Note: Intro -- THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE THIRD WORLD Progress and Prospect -- Copyright -- The Geography of the Third World: PROGRESS AND PROSPECT -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Tables -- Figures -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I: SYSTEMATIC ISSUES -- Chapter 1. The Third World in Global Context -- Chapter 2. Agrarian Structure -- Chapter 3. Urban Economy and Employment -- Chapter 4. Housing -- Chapter 5. Welfare, Culture and Environment -- Chapter 6. Regional Development -- Chapter 7. Power, Politics and Society -- PART II: REGIONAL STUDIES -- Chapter 8. Contemporary Issues in Latin America -- Chapter 9. Contemporary Issues in Tropical Africa -- Chapter 10. Contemporary Issues in the Middle East -- Chapter 11. Contemporary Issues in South Asia -- Chapter 12. Contemporary Issues in East Asia -- Chapter 13. Contemporary Issues in Island Micro-states -- Notes on Contributors -- Index

Additional Edition: Print version Pacione, Michael The Geography of the Third World Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2011 ISBN 9780415596107

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Format: 1 online resource (401 pages)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 9780415658089 , 9781135124496

Series Statement: Routledge Library Editions: International Business Series

Content: This volume charts the ways in which multinational corporations contributed to the restructuring of the world economy, paying particular attention to the spatial consequences of, and responses to, their operations at a number of scales. The book takes as its theme the differential spatial outcomes of the restructuring of different types of multinational corporation

Note: Front Cover -- Multinationals and the Restructuring of the World Economy -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: New Theories of Multinational Corporations -- 2 Labour Dynamics and Plant Centrality in Multinational Corporations -- 3 Multinationals, Business Organisations and the Development of the Fiji Economy -- 4 The International Expansion of an Enterprise of the Semi-periphery: South African Breweries Limited -- 5 Spatial Aspects of Third World Multinational Corporations' Direct Investment in Indonesia -- 6 The Internationalisation of Producer Services and the Integration of the Pacific Basin Property Market -- 7 The Internationalisation of Japanese Commercial Banking -- 8 The Global Investments of a British International Development Agency -- 9 Fruits of Independence? Philippine Capitalists and the Banana Export Industry -- 10 The Role of Foreign Manufacturing in Britain's Great Recession -- 11 Economic Crisis and Corporate Restructuring: Multinational Corporations and The Paper, Printing and Packaging Sector in Bristol -- 12 One Perspective on the Enterprise Perspective -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index

Additional Edition: Print version Taylor, Michael Multinationals and the Restructuring of the World Economy (RLE International Business) Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2012 ISBN 9780415658089

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Format: 1 online resource (283 pages)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 9780415313834 , 9781136518973

Content: This comparative study of industrial relations provides an analysis of a wide range of phenomena, with a view to uncovering the origins of national diversity

Note: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Preface and acknowledgments -- Part 1: The comparative approach -- 1. Introduction -- Definitions -- The scope of comparative analysis -- Principles of comparative analysis -- The investigation -- 2. Comparative frameworks -- The central theoretical approach -- Strategy, strategic choice and social action -- Strategic choices of the 'actors' and the overall framework for analysis -- Environmental conditions -- Subjective meanings and policies -- Cultural values and civilization -- Ideologies -- Economic policies -- Public and legal policies -- Structural conditions -- Social -- Economic -- Political -- Technological -- Legal -- Demographic -- Intervening conditions -- Organizational structures and processes -- The institutional framework of industrial relations -- Industrial relations processes -- Historical or temporal forces and movements -- A temporal explanatory framework -- Forces for divergence and convergence in industrial relations -- Late development -- Summary and developments -- Part 2: The 'actors' in the industrial relations system -- 3. Managers and employers' associations -- A theory of managerial strategies and 'styles' in industrial relations -- Managerial strategies and 'styles' -- The patterning of choices: general categories of social action, culture and ideology -- The general categories of social action -- Culture -- Ideologies -- Structural constraints -- Environmental conditions -- Organizational and industrial relations structures - the locus of strategic decision making -- Temporal diversity -- Employers' associations -- A theory of employers' associations -- Variations in the incidence and impact of employers' associations , Explanations -- Strategy and political economy -- The power of the 'actors' in the industrial relations system -- Supplementary influences -- Material 'infrastructure' -- Culture and ideology -- The structure of industrial relations institutions -- The timing and pace of industrialism -- Conclusions -- 4. Labour and trade unions -- Theories of labour strategy and trade unionism -- Strategies of labour: choices and constraints -- Social 'action' and labour strategy -- Choices, culture and ideology -- The constraints of environment -- Labour market segmentation -- Power and strategies of employers, management and the state -- Labour strategy and the formation of trade unions -- Trade unionism under collective bargaining -- Trade union density -- Trade union structure -- Trade union government -- Disjunctive-type trade unions with political, religious or nationalist objectives -- Culture and ideology -- Stage of industrialism -- The role of the state -- Trade unionism under socialism -- Ideology, strategic choice and compromise -- Decentralization: economy and polity -- Culture, autonomy and 'Solidarity' -- 5. Governments, political parties and the role of the state -- A theory of the state -- Definitions -- Strategies of members of the state -- Western industrial societies -- Pluralism -- Corporatism -- 'Societal' corporatism -- 'State' corporatism -- Political parties, labour and the state -- Socialist countries of the Second World -- Developing countries -- Summary -- Part 3: Key themes in comparative industrial relations -- 6. Industrial conflict -- A theory of industrial conflict -- Conflict strategies -- Strategies and industrial conflict: outcomes -- Patterns of industrial conflict: meanings and constraints -- Meanings, culture and ideology -- Constraints -- Economic conditions -- Organizational strategies of management , Industrial relations institutions -- The power of the 'actors' -- Conclusions -- 7. Industrial democracy -- A theory of industrial democracy -- Strategic choices, rationalities and preferences -- Strategies and diverse institutional forms -- Meanings: culture and ideology -- Public policy and legal enactment -- Constraints: structures and institutionalization -- The 'power' of the 'actors' -- Conclusions -- 8. The distribution of economic rewards -- A theory of the distribution of economic rewards -- Strategies, choices and constraints -- Culture -- Ideology -- Economic conditions -- Political conditions -- Organizational variables: the role of the multinational corporations -- The distribution of power -- Trade Unions -- The state: incomes policies -- Summary -- Part 4: Conclusions -- 9. Conclusions -- Cultural values -- Ideologies -- Politico-economic structure -- The institutional framework of industrial relations -- The power of the 'actors' -- Temporal forces and movements -- Bibliography -- Author index -- Subject index

Additional Edition: Print version Poole, Michael Industrial Relations Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2003 ISBN 9780415313834

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Format: 1 online resource (115 pages)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 9780415682381 , 9781136625756

Series Statement: Routledge Revivals Series

Content: First published in 1986, Insurance for Unemployment proposes a radical approach to the reform of unemployment and social insurance

Note: Cover -- Insurance for Unemployment -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- CHAPTER 1 The Political Economy of Unemployment Insurance -- CHAPTER 2 Unemployment Insurance in Nineteenth-Century Britain -- CHAPTER 3 The Theory of Unemployment Insurance Pricing -- CHAPTER 4 Competitive Pricing of Unemployment Insurance in Britain -- CHAPTER 5 Contemporary Unemployment Insurance Policies -- CHAPTER 6 Policy Analysis -- References -- Index

Additional Edition: Print version Beenstock, Michael Insurance for Unemployment Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2011 ISBN 9780415682381

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Format: 1 online resource (657 pages)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 9780415527965 , 9781136301612

Series Statement: Routledge Library Editions: Banking and Finance Series

Content: This book is concerned with developments in three main areas of monetary history: domestic commercial banking; monetary policy; and the UK's international financial position. For ease of analysis the 160 years under study are arranged into three clear chronological divisons. Part 1 covers the years 1826-1913, a period in which the UK emerged as the world's leading economic power. Part 2 covers 1914 to 1939 - the years which marked a break in the traditional monetary arrangements of the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Part 3 covers 1939-1986 when the dominance of state influence within the domestic money markets was re-established by the Second World War and the acceptance by the authorities of the obligation to 'manage' the economy which meant that successive postwar governments took direct responsibility for the conduct of monetary and credit policy

Note: Intro -- MONEY AND BANKING IN THE UK A History -- Copyright -- MONEY AND BANKING IN THE UK: A History -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- List of tables -- List of figure -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- PART I: 1826-1913 -- Chapter One Banking In The Early Nineteenth Century -- Early banking history -- Economic crisis and the legislation of 1826 -- Structure of the banking system -- Summary -- Notes -- Chapter Two Growth Of The Banking Sector, 1826-1913 -- The importance and definition of money -- Components of the stock of money -- Financial institutions -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter Three The Commercial Banks: Institutional Change, 1826-1913 -- Main trends -- The corporate structure -- Bank branching -- Bank amalgamations -- The stability of banks and economic fluctuations -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter Four The Business Of Commercial Banking, 1826-1913 -- Bank liabilities -- Bank assets -- Banking advice and financial services -- The commercial banks and economic development -- Notes -- Chapter Five The Monetary Sector And The International Economy -- The importance of international factors -- Britain's adoption of the gold standard in the early nineteenth century -- International exchange rates -- Stable exchange rates and the foreign exchange market -- Adjustment mechanisms -- Assessment of traditional adjustment mechanism under the international gold standard, 1870-1913 -- The role of sterling -- The Bank of England and the monetary interpretation of balance of payments -- Notes -- Chapter Six The Bank Of England And Monetary Policy, 1826-1913 -- Why did the Bank of England become a central bank? -- Legislation -- The Bank and the gold standard -- Techniques of monetary control -- Lender of last resort -- The Bank and the money markets -- Private v public interests -- Notes -- PART II: 1914-1939 , Chapter Seven Deposit Banking And Other Financial Institutions, 1914-1939 -- Deposit bank expansion -- Affiliations and amalgamations -- Competition in banking -- Private sector liquidity and non-bank financial intermediaries -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter Eight The Business Of Commercial Banking, 1914-1939 -- Clearing banks' balance sheets -- Clearing bank liabilities -- Clearing bank assets -- Industrial and commercial finance -- Customer services -- Summary -- Notes -- Chapter Nine Monetary Policy, 1914-1939 -- The 1914 banking crisis -- Impact of World War I -- Return to gold, 1925 -- The 1931 crisis and devaluation -- Monetary policy in the 1930s -- Conclusion -- Notes -- PART III: 1939-1986 -- Chapter Ten War And Post-War Adjustments, 1939-51 -- Total war, 1939-45 -- The years of recovery, 1945-51 -- Notes -- Chapter Eleven Non-Clearing Banks And Other Financial Intermediaries Since World War II -- Banks and other financial intermediaries -- Relative growth of financial institutions -- The London money market -- The discount market -- Parallel money markets and institutions -- Sterling money markets -- Eurocurrency markets -- Summary on developments in parallel markets -- Bank stability and prudential supervision -- Non-bank financial intermediaries -- Developments in retail banking -- Notes -- Chapter Twelve The Clearing Banks, 1939-1986 -- Amalgamations and institutional change -- Growth of the clearing banks since World War II -- Reasons for clearers' relative decline -- The clearing banks' balance sheets -- Liabilities -- Assets -- Banks and industry -- Summary -- Notes -- Chapter Thirteen Monetary Policy In The 1950s And 1960s -- Constraints on the operation of monetary policy -- The 1950s - revival of monetary policy -- Policy in the 1950s and 1960s -- Policy appraisal -- Notes -- Chapter Fourteen Monetary Policy In The 1970s And 1980s , Prudential controls -- Greater market freedom -- Techniques of monetary control -- Reasons for the increased importance Reasons for the increased importance -- Validity of the 'new' monetary policy -- Practical monetarism -- Notes -- Chapter Fifteen The United Kingdom And International Financial Arrangements Since 1951 -- General background -- The 1950s: the sterling area and sterling balances -- The 1960s: exchange instability -- 1970s and 1980s: floating exchange rates -- Notes -- Chapter Sixteen Retrospective -- Commercial banking sector -- Monetary policy -- United Kingdom and the international financial system -- Notes -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index Of Names

Additional Edition: Print version Collins, Michael Money and Banking in the UK (RLE: Banking and Finance) Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2012 ISBN 9780415527965

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Format: 1 online resource (257 pages)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 9780195040333 , 9780195364927

Content: This book delineates the "inner circle" of top executives who play a leading role in the international corporate network by promoting a political environment favorable to all business

Note: Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables -- CHAPTER 1. Organizing Business -- The United States and the United Kingdom -- Images of Business Unity -- Principles of Social Organization -- Classwide Corporate Leadership -- Sources of Information -- CHAPTER 2. The Economic and Social Foundation: Corporate Ownership, Concentration, and Interlocking Directorship -- The Separation of Ownership and Control -- Economic Foundation: The Concentration of Corporate Resources -- Social Foundation: The Interlocking Directorate -- The Interlocking Directorate and Business Scan -- Outside Directorships and Upward Promotions -- The Origins of Invitations to Join a Corporate Board -- The Interlocking Directorate as a Communication Network -- Networks and Classwide Social Organization -- CHAPTER 3. Inner Circle Organization -- The Power Elite -- The Fundamentals of Inner-Circle Action -- The Power of Multiple Corporate Connections -- The Social Cohesion of the Inner Circle -- The Upper Class and the Inner Circle -- Inner-Circle Leadership of the Major Business Associations -- Inner-Circle Organization -- CHAPTER 4. The Leading Edge of Business Political Activity -- Advisory Service to the National Government -- Governance of Nonprofit Organizations -- Political Parties and Candidates -- Contact with the Media -- The Informal Screening of Business Contact with the Government -- The Inner Circle Favors Its Own -- Transcorporate Experience and Business-Association Leadership are Prerequisites -- The Route to the Inner Circle -- How to Identify a Member of the Inner Circle -- The View from the Inner Circle -- The Leading Edge -- CHAPTER 5. Classwide Politics and Corporate Decision-Making -- Noncorporate Criteria in Corporate Decision-Making -- Corporate Philanthropy -- Which Companies Give? -- Soliciting Corporate Contributions -- Issue Advertising , Political Contributions and Political Action Committees -- Pressuring the Corporation -- The Dual Logic of Corporate and Classwide Decision Criteria -- CHAPTER 6. The Challenge of Profits, Labor, and Government -- Declining Company Profits -- The Challenge to British Labor -- The Challenge of Regulation in the United States -- The Mobilization of Business -- CHAPTER 7. Family, Managerial, and Institutional Capitalism -- Three Stages of Development in the United States -- Two and One-Half Stages of Development in the United Kingdom -- Institutional Capitalism and Classwide Politics -- Appendix: British and American Corporations Studied -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

Additional Edition: Print version Useem, Michael The Inner Circle Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated,c1986 ISBN 9780195040333

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Format: 1 online resource (304 pages)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 9780813147895

Note: Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 The Chairmaking Business -- 2 The Masterpiece and the New Design -- 3 Man of Constant Sorrow -- 4 The Unique and the Antique -- 5 Security, Seclusion, and Self-Esteem -- 6 It Takes Half a Fool to Make Chairs -- 7 The Beauty Part and the Lasting Part -- Bibliographical Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

Additional Edition: Print version Jones, Michael Owen Craftsman of the Cumberlands Lexington : University Press of Kentucky,c1989 ISBN 9780813116723

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