ZEN - Economic Policy 1

By the early 1980s the average American had a lower standard of living than the average Norwegian or Dane. Standards of living in the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Switzerland, and Austria also riva……続きを見る

Observing the dramatic shift in world politics since the end of the Cold War, Peter J. Katzenstein argues that regions have become critical to contemporary world politics. This view is in stark cont……続きを見る

This book explores the phenomenon of political correctness in academia and explains why and how scholars and administrators impact PC’s prominence in the academic sphere. To do so, it examines the a……続きを見る

A unique historical review that traces health spending from ancient times to the present and forecasts 21st century trends. There are many histories of medicine, yet none that assess the dynamics of……続きを見る

This book comparatively examines the China–South Africa trade relationship over three decades through the prism of four other relationships South Africa has with states that have been China’s most c……続きを見る

Eine Katastrophe mit Ansage: Wer die Welt aufmerksam beobachtete, wusste schon lange, was auf Europa und auf Deutschland zukommt. Das Versagen der Politik: Wer sich jetzt vom Flüchtlingsstrom überra……続きを見る

This book is about money and debt and how too much of one leads to another. The United States has forgotten its legacy of frugality and hard work, espoused by the founding fathers including Thomas J……続きを見る

Natural monopolies are not subject to the market-based principle of competition. Consequently, it is necessary to control companies in such monopoly positions with regard to their pricing. In the fu……続きを見る

War, Power and the Economy contains a comparative history of Great Britain, France and Spain, the three rival empires of the 1700s. It explores how the states prepared for war, what kind of economic……続きを見る

This study of American trade policy addresses two puzzles associated with the use of aggressive bargaining tactics to open foreign markets. First, as the country with greater power and resources, wh……続きを見る

China has emerged as a dominant power in Eurasian affairs that not only exercises significant political and economic power, but increasingly, ideational power too. Since the founding of the People’s……続きを見る

First published in 1998. This book makes an original contribution to our understanding of policy failures at the European and international level. On the basis of a comparative analysis the study sh……続きを見る

The publication of Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America has kindled interest across disciplines to appraise the exceptional nature of U.S. activities. In general, however, all the published ……続きを見る

Das Buch liefert in internationaler wie historischer Perspektive empirische Befunde für die Beantwortung der Frage, ob Ausbildungsreife ein interessenpolitisch genutztes Konstrukt darstellt und ob e……続きを見る

This book argues that it is time to step back and reassess the anti-corruption movement, which despite its many opportunities and great resources has ended up with a track record that is indifferent……続きを見る

The book makes an effort in investigating the present and future developments in the global economy, after the 2008 global financial and economic crisis. The results of the global crisis were devast……続きを見る

College students are now regarded as consumers, not students, and nowhere is the growth and exploitation of the university more obvious than in the realm of college sports, where the evidence is in ……続きを見る

Large-scale privatization did not emerge spontaneously in China in the late 1990s. Rather, the Chinese state led and carefully “planned” ownership transformation with timetables and measurable priva……続きを見る

The historical development of capital has produced a progressive increase in the demand for raw material and has consequently resulted in the concentration of capital in, and the geographical expans……続きを見る