The Political Economy Of Economic Adjustment

Author : Joan M. Nelson,John Waterbury
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1412823854

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Fragile Coalitions by Joan M. Nelson,John Waterbury Pdf

"Economic reform by Third World governments is usually portrayed as the product of outside pressure, especially from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank. This welcome collection provides an important counter-perspective by putting domestic politics at center stage. Miles Kahler demonstrates that international institutions only rarely play an important role."--Orbis' "Joan Nelson and her collaborators have performed a valuable service for those concerned about the politics of reform by bringing together a series of informed and insightful essays that address clearly and concisely the difficult political dilemmas of economic adjustment."--Merilee S. Grindle,Economic Development and Cultural Change

Author : Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:56257991

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Political Economy of Economic Adjustment by Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada Pdf

Author : M. J. Trebilcock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Canada
ISBN : WISC:89102276144

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The Political Economy of Economic Adjustment by M. J. Trebilcock Pdf

Research report, comparison of industrial policy approaches to specific industry restructuring and adjustment assistance in Australia, France, Germany, Federal Republic, Japan, UK and USA, reviewing implications for Canada - examines employment policies, training policies, trade policies, regional development, role of trade unions and employers organizations, concentrating on the textile industry shipbuilding, coal mining, motor vehicle industry, etc. References, statistical tables.

Author : Stephan Haggard,Robert R. Kaufman
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780691188034

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The Politics of Economic Adjustment by Stephan Haggard,Robert R. Kaufman Pdf

In the 1980s some developing countries adopted orthodox market-oriented policies in response to international economic crises, others experimented with alternative programs, and still others failed to develop coherent adjustment strategies of any sort. Building on the case studies in Economic Crisis and Policy Choice, these essays offer comparative analysis of these divergent experiences with macroeconomic stabilization and structural adjustment. Barbara Stallings and Miles Kahler explore the external pressures on governments. Peter Evans and John Waterbury examine the role of the state in the adjustment process, Evans through the lens of earlier historical experience with economic restructuring, Waterbury by focusing on the politics of privatization. Joan Nelson analyzes the politics of income distribution in the adjustment process, and Haggard and Kaufman investigate the political correlates of inflation and stabilization. A final essay assesses the prospects for combining market-oriented reforms with political democratization.

Author : Michael J. Trebilcock,Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:720005026

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The Political Economy of Economic Adjustment by Michael J. Trebilcock,Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada Pdf

Author : Lewis W. Snider
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429722417

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Growth, Debt, And Politics by Lewis W. Snider Pdf

This book addresses the question of how political capacity of the government of a developing country affects its ability to implement structural adjustments in its economy in response to external pressures. It builds on the inductive foundation of comparative case studies and speculative insights.

Author : Hakim Ben Hammouda
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351771603

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The Political Economy of Post-adjustment by Hakim Ben Hammouda Pdf

This title was first published in 2003. Hammouda's text focuses on modernization experiences in the South which, in the 80s had reached their limits, with the adoption of structural adjustment programmes in most countries. Yet, such Washington Consensus inspired programmes met difficulties in initiating new growth dynamics in these countries and in improving their international insertion. Hence, a new era termed post-adjustment by the author has been ushered in, one which is characterized by a decline of structural adjustment programmes and through dynamic and plural research, is striving to introduce new theoretical practices and development strategies. This book is a contribution to such debate.

Author : Michael C. Webb
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781501745348

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The Political Economy of Policy Coordination by Michael C. Webb Pdf

Michael C. Webb explores a central question about postwar economic history: how has the growth of international markets affected the coordination of economic policy among nations? His analysis overturns the popular assumption that policy coordination has eroded as American hegemony has receded. Instead, he argues that the growing mobility of capital forced governments to abandon the strategies they had used in the 1950s and 60s to insulate monetary and fiscal policies from international influences, and to move toward more direct coordination of central economic strategies. Webb shows that since 1945 there has been a crucial shift in the pattern of international collaboration. He focuses on three types of adjustment policy: trade and capital controls, balance-of-payment lending and intervention in foreign-exchange markets, and monetary and fiscal policies. Noting that the first two types are no longer effective, he demonstrates that governments now rely more on monetary and fiscal policy coordination to regulate the global economy. As the expansion of international finance created greater turbulence in the global economy in the 1980s, the liberal system of international trade threatened to collapse. Webb examines in particular how the United States, Japan, and Germany took unprecedented steps to coordinate monetary and fiscal policies in the late 1980s and early 1990s, although domestic political obstacles—not any decline in U.S. power—limited the impact of this policy coordination. He concludes by assessing the effectiveness of these attempts to reconcile the goal of a stronger liberal system of economic exchange with the desire to maintain national autonomy.

Author : Michele Chang,Federico Steinberg,Francisco Torres
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429762499

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The Political Economy of Adjustment Throughout and Beyond the Eurozone Crisis by Michele Chang,Federico Steinberg,Francisco Torres Pdf

This volume focuses on the aftermath of the euro crisis and whether the reforms have brought about lasting changes to the economic and political structures of the crisis countries or if the changes were short-term and easily abandoned post-bailout and post-recovery. Starting with an analysis of the state of euro area governance at the onset of the crisis and the ensuing reforms, the book considers structural conditions as well as those specific to the domestic political economy of most of the countries affected by the crisis, including Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, and Italy. It presents up-to-date and incisive analysis of the aftermath of the crisis and suggests how we can situate it within our understanding of different national growth models in Europe. This book will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners interested in the Euro Crisis, Economic and Monetary Union, European Union and European politics and more broadly to Comparative Politics, Political Economy, International Relations, Economics, Finance, Business and Industry.

Author : Hans-Jürgen Wagener
Publisher : Springer-Verlag
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783642524042

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The Political Economy of Transformation by Hans-Jürgen Wagener Pdf

This book analyzes the political-economic implications of system transformation as experienced now in Central and Eastern Europe and in China. The whole societal organization being in motion and economic activitybeing in a deep recession, political leaders will find it extremely difficult to secure consensus and support for redesigning institutions, and stabilizing and restructuring activity. The ensuing process is certainly not one of optimal control, but has rather evolutionary characteristics leading constantly to paradoxes and dilemmas. The first part of the book discusses different paradigms within which the complex process of transformation could fruitfully be analyzed. Democratic theory, bargaining theory, efficiency theory, institutionalism - all contribute to the understanding of the complex phenomena. Keytopics of the second part are among others: policy aspects of privatization, adjustment of fiscal system and policy, industrialrestructuring, the different case of China. The book illustrates that the first euphoria of planning the transition to markets was rather naive, analytically and politically. Transformation is not only an economic puzzle, not even in the first place. It is very much of a sociopolitical problem andhas to be treated as such. The book can be used as a reader or as background literature in corresponding course.

Author : Stephan Haggard,Steven Benjamin Webb
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780195209877

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Voting for Reform by Stephan Haggard,Steven Benjamin Webb Pdf

Evolution af the enemy.

Author : Tony Heron
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136293269

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The Global Political Economy of Trade Protectionism and Liberalization by Tony Heron Pdf

Given the widely-accepted premise that free trade is the best means of maximising overall societal welfare, why has it proven so difficult to achieve in certain industries? This book tackles arguably the most perennial and deep-rooted of all questions in political economy, and questions the incumbent orthodox liberal theories of collective action. Using a historical institutionalist framework to explore and explain the political economy of trade protectionism and liberalization, this book is based on detailed case studies of the textiles and clothing sector in the EU, United States, China, Caribbean Basin and sub-Saharan Africa. From this, the book expands to discuss the origins of trade protectionism and examine the wider political effects of liberalization, offering an explanation of why a successful conclusion to the WTO ‘Doha’ round has proven to be so elusive. The book argues that the regulation of global trade - and the economic consequences that this has for both developed and developing countries - has been the result of the particular way in which trade preferences are mediated through political institutions. The Global Political Economy of Trade Protectionism and Liberalization will be of interest to those studying and researching international and comparative political economy, developing area studies, economics, law and geography.

Author : Stefanie Walter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107292444

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Financial Crises and the Politics of Macroeconomic Adjustments by Stefanie Walter Pdf

When are policy makers willing to make costly adjustments to their macroeconomic policies to mitigate balance-of-payments problems? Which types of adjustment strategies do they choose? Under what circumstances do they delay reform, and when are such delays likely to result in financial crises? To answer these questions, this book examines how macroeconomic policy adjustments affect individual voters in financially open economies and argues that the anticipation of these distributional effects influences policy makers' decisions about the timing and the type of reform. Empirically, the book combines analyses of cross-national survey data of voters' and firms' policy evaluations with comparative case studies of national policy responses to the Asian financial crisis of 1997/8 and the recent global financial crisis in Eastern Europe. The book shows that variation in policy makers' willingness to implement reform can be traced back to differences in the vulnerability profiles of their countries' electorates.

Author : Tony Heron
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136293252

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The Global Political Economy of Trade Protectionism and Liberalization by Tony Heron Pdf

Given the widely-accepted premise that free trade is the best means of maximising overall societal welfare, why has it proven so difficult to achieve in certain industries? This book tackles arguably the most perennial and deep-rooted of all questions in political economy, and questions the incumbent orthodox liberal theories of collective action. Using a historical institutionalist framework to explore and explain the political economy of trade protectionism and liberalization, this book is based on detailed case studies of the textiles and clothing sector in the EU, United States, China, Caribbean Basin and sub-Saharan Africa. From this, the book expands to discuss the origins of trade protectionism and examine the wider political effects of liberalization, offering an explanation of why a successful conclusion to the WTO ‘Doha’ round has proven to be so elusive. The book argues that the regulation of global trade - and the economic consequences that this has for both developed and developing countries - has been the result of the particular way in which trade preferences are mediated through political institutions. The Global Political Economy of Trade Protectionism and Liberalization will be of interest to those studying and researching international and comparative political economy, developing area studies, economics, law and geography.

Author : John Williamson
Publisher : Peterson Institute for International Economics
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Economic policy
ISBN : UCSD:31822016843765

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The Political Economy of Policy Reform by John Williamson Pdf

Policymakers around the world have increasingly agreed that macroeconomic discipline, microeconomic liberalization, and outward orientation are prerequisites for economic success. But what are the political conditions that make economic transformation possible? At a conference held at the Institute for International Economics, leaders of economic reform recounted their efforts to bring about change and discussed the impact of the political climate on the success of their efforts. In this book, these leaders explore the political conditions conducive to the success of policy reforms. Did economic crisis strengthen the hands of the reformers? Was the rapidity with which reforms were instituted crucial? Did the reformers have a "honeymoon" period in which to transform the economy? The authors answer these and other questions, as well as providing first-hand accounts of the politically charged atmosphere surrounding reform efforts in their countries.