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Privately-held property (land and buildings) and the growth of the propertied middle class presents an anomaly in authoritarian states. This book unravels the puzzle that is the growth of private property in tandem with political support for authoritarian regimes.

Mexico City is the second largest city on the American continent, the most populous Spanish-speaking city in the world and the richest city, in terms of GFP, in Latin America. The authors explore the political structures, demography, economy, social issues and public administration that make this megacity distinctive.

An accessible and authoritative overview of the role of inflation in the modern economy, from its place in monetary policy and in money supply to its effects on everyday business.

How has the Chinese government dealt with unequal development and how and why has Chinese society accepted such high levels of inequality? In exploring these questions, this book considers what the Chinese social model is all about, showing how it goes beyond ideas about capitalism and socialism.

A compelling analysis of political racism in the Brexit campaign and in UK post-Brexit politics.

Examines the nature of European welfare provision and the untruths that surround it. They examine the impact of the austerity measures that followed the Great Recession, and consider its future design to equip European societies to face social change, global competition and external shocks.

Using case studies to understand the different forms of corruption (bribery, political corruption, kleptocracy and corrupt capital) the book builds a picture of the global threat that corruption poses and the responses that have been most effective.

Fully revised and updated introduction to the music industry, including an analysis of the impact of Covid-19 on live performance.

Oonagh McDonald examines the challenges, opportunities and threats that cryptocurrencies pose to cash and to existing fiat currencies and their potential to change how global finance operates.

An introdution to one of the key areas of behavioural economics - social preferences - which explains in clear, untechnical language how experimental research in this area has provided economists with much greater understanding of economic behaviour.

A concise and up to date analysis of Mexico's economic development and the country's political economy suitable for a range of courses in Latin American studies and Development Studies.

An impassioned defence of the role of philanthropy in society.

China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is one of the most talked about and little understood policy initiatives of China. This short book offers a comprehensive, balanced and policy-oriented analysis of the BRI and what it means for western businesses and polities.

An incisive discussion of the development of this class of investor, how they have become legitimate actors in global financial markets, and their role as providers of capital and in economic development at home and abroad.

An economic history of postwar South Africa, with particular focus on the modern post-apartheid period.

A comprehensive analysis of the political, economic and social dynamics that have made New York a megacity today.

The first general economic history of France since 2004 and the first to include the impact of the global financial crisis.

Charts the astonishing economic development of South Korea and explains the country's remarkable transformation to a highly innovative economy based on advanced technologies and infrastructure in spite of a postcolonial legacy of military leaders in suits and the absence of fully developed free markets.

Examines how governmental innovations in urban public policy have shaped Shanghai's development and considers the challenges that Shanghai faces in light of its rapid growth.

An authoritative analysis of Paris's position, both globally and nationally, and the challenges that face its governance.

This book offers a cautionary warning about how Brexit and its fallout may lead to contested constitutional upheaval on the island of Ireland.

Banks have been at the heart of economic activity for centuries, but since the 2008 financial crisis scrutiny of their activities and regulation of their actions has become the focus of fervent academic, policy and political activity. This focus takes for granted the existence and nature of banks. In Regulating Banks, Andrew Whitworth looks one stage deeper to question what a bank really is, and what the implications of that are. He argues that the institutional form of a bank represents the political compromise of a specific time and place - and can therefore change. This has implications for financial stability. Far from creating stability, he argues, the regulatory impulse of policy-makers inevitably leads to greater financial instability.Whitworth examines the postwar period of UK banking to show how regulation influences the nature of banks as much as their behaviour. Regulation, by changing the nature of what is regulated, encourages banks and other actors over time to alter their behaviour, which leads to future boom and bust cycles. These cycles then require further regulation to rein in the disruption their new pattern of behaviour inevitably instigates.Regulating Banks reveals the cyclical nature of banking regulation, the inherent mismatch between political impulses and market reactions, and the price banks, banking and society pay for such instability.

The book considers a range of conceptual debates around labour regimes and global production relating to issues of scale, informality, race, social reproduction, the labour process and migration as well as in relation to methods, theory and research practice.

This analysis of EU social policy-making asks whether the EU's efforts contribute to social cohesion or, on the contrary, undermine it, and whether its action in the social realm should be intensified, or curtailed.

A lively analysis of how mistakes in economic policy-making are increasingly made for political reasons and typically in the run up to a crisis when the constraints on the economy are ignored.

This updated and expanded new edition explains the economic realities of the airline industry and the challenges that the sector now faces after the seismic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

This book argues that the modern-day complexities of the beautiful game - corruption in the international governing body and the sport's symbiotic relationship with gambling - together with its sheer economic size require more attention from government.