This collection of papers addresses the issues of regional constitutional change, regional autonomy, regional planning and policy. With the use of experience from Europe and North America, the forms of federalism and networking which are appropriate to regional economic and constitutional autonomy, the evolving ideas associated with regional ......
Robbins (1898-1984) dominated the economics department at the London School of Economics for decades, shaped British and international economic policy during and after World War II, and helped develop economics education and administration. Here are 26 of his academic articles on theory, policy, an
In his final work, one that distills decades of research and thought, a distinguished economic thinker turned social scientist and philosopher confronts three crucial questions facing the world at the end of the century: How and in what form can a harmonious and stable post-cold war world order be created? How can the world maintain the economic ......
The contributors assess the state of the art of the urban economic development field. Commentaries on ea ch chapter assess research methodology, the question posed a nd the evidence given. Chapter authors then give a direct re sponse to the commentaries. '
Assessing state-of-the-art urban economic development, this book addresses such pertinent issues as the importance of `quality of life' in location decisions, and whether industry targetting is a viable economic development strategy. Each chapter is followed by commentaries - one written by an academic addressing research methodology, the other by a practitioner addressing both the question and the evidence. Each chapter's author then responds to the issues raised by the commentators. The result is a productive dialogue between academics, practitioners and citizens concerned with economic development.
Emerging from a program undertaken by the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations and financed by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, eight studies examine the political, economic, and security developments of east Asia and implications for the US. Among the topics are the relevance of the Japanese experie
China and the Contradictions of "Market Socialism"
This study examines the tensions growing within "market socialism", then explores the class forces that produced it and the social dislocation that it is generating. It analyzes the growing tensions between China and the USA and their roots in China's push to lead in the world market.
Institutional Contexts, Policy Issues, and Intergovernmental Relations in Japan and the United States
Explores the effects of global socio-economic forces on the domestic policies and administrative institutions of Japan and the United States. This title explains how these global factors have shifted power and authority downward from the national government to subnational governments.
The various studies in this book constitute a useful resource of the current level of knowledge on the pattern of, and trends in, regional disparities in the European Union. What they tend to show is that there remains enormous diversity in terms of production structures, responsiveness to exogenous stimuli, behaviour of labour markets and growth ......
