... the
embeddedness of governing elites (that is, thepolitical leadership andthe economic
technocracy) in state institutions, andthe way technocrats andpolitical leaders relate to
each other ... discussion ofthe institutional configuration of state
power in Thailand andthe Philippines, a discussion that will occupy the rest of this
dissertation.
Thailand’s Bureaucratic Polity andthe ... Thailand’s history has been rife with coups and counter-
coups, with different factions ofthe military competing against each other for political
power andthe spoils of office. Nevertheless,...
... both the coordinated and
the liberal models. The first will be exemplified by the Nordic countries, in particular
Finland and to some extent Sweden; the second by the US andthe UK, andthe ... systems (the dynamics of firms and economic sectors)
with politicaleconomy (research on the social andpolitical regulation of
economic relations) and thereby contributing to the analysis of state ... draft only
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The PoliticalEconomyofthe ‘New Biology’:
Biotechnology andthe Competition State
Abstract
The central hypothesis of this paper is that the bio -economy is critically...
... change for the time being. Now the strategy is
essentially a return to the ‘policy of a calm hand’ (Politik der ruhigen Hand) of the
summer of 2001, in the hope of some sort of spin-off from global ... the doctors andthe health insurance
funds. Thus, the KBV collects the bills on behalf ofthe doctors and negotiates collec-
tive contracts with the funds. Because ofthe KBV system, the funds ... German economy – of a sizeable number of ‘working poor’.
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These problems are compounded dramatically by the slow growthofthe German
economy.
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Slow growth contributes to a crisis of public...
... empirical data and examples to illustrate the inequities of the
trading system, the persistence of unequal exchange, the myths
surrounding the benevolence of aid, phantom aid andthe degree of
capital ... economic andpolitical orthodoxy of the
advocates of globalisation.
Also available
The End of Development: Modernity, Post-Modernity and Development
Trevor Parfitt
The PoliticalEconomyof Turkey
Zülküf ... book examines the empirical
bases for these narratives ofthepoliticaleconomyof development
with reference to Africa primarily and focuses on the economies in
which the poorest, or the ‘Bottom...
... introduces the reader to the
contours ofthepoliticaleconomyof development andthe institutional
regime within which ‘creditor states’
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compete and co-operate in the
extension of markets. The term ... debt, andthe higher costs of living following the ‘Volcker Shock’
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adjustment. Then, the negotiated settlement ofthe debt crisis, between
the creditor banks, the creditor governments andthe ... the Northern states, borrowing
money from them rarely helps the poor, it just deepens the debt cycle and
turns the private sector ofthe developing country into a playground for
the rich of the...
... critically obscures how the
divide between the global haves and have-nots is maintained; the
technical slights of hand are the implementing policy machine of the
politicaleconomyof development. It ... concentrated in the IFIs and
large banks. They exist at the ‘commanding heights’ (Arrighi 1994: xii),
in the boardroom ofthe global economy, and their relatively small
number explains in part both the herd ... model-
ling undertaken, while the accuracy of risk assessment also relates to
the demands ofthe purchaser ofthe insurance contract. The argument
can be made that these demands are excessive in relation...
... senior official in the CDC in
1993, referring to the case of Kenya, noted that the CDC would take
investment decisions:
by understanding the human nature of these people, how they
are moving andthe ... of equity, andthe institutionalisation of risk
which underwrites it, forms the skeleton ofthepoliticaleconomy of
development in the poorest and most indebted countries. It secures
and returns ... greater prof-
itability of merchant capital through ‘opening’ markets and the
promotion of ‘free’ trade (and the associated reduction ofthe ability
of governments to tax moving goods), the role of...
... arguably, the Corporation became the sole acceptable represen-
tative ofthe British state, with promotion of local citizens and the
presence ofthe Regional Controller and office which ‘took the edge ... interests:
those ofthe British state which sponsored it andthe particular interests
of the people it would employ overseas given the structural position of
the colonies in the world economyand sterling ... losses
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as the
immediate needs ofthe British Empire andthe general shortage of
dollars in the sterling area caused the Colonial Office to press the
Corporation into large-scale food production and...
... will, among others, be of a public choice nature and include the importance of
the particular financial institution to the local economyand its potential systemic impact
on the rest ofthe financial ... 80% and
100%; and in terms of number of banks between 36% and 100%. In terms of assets of
nonbank financial institutions, the coverage of our sample is between 47% and 90%.
Almost 42% of these ... the subject of intense debate, with proponents of
a sudden shift of views of (foreign) investors as the main cause on one side and
proponents of weak fundamentals as the major cause on the other...
... dismissal, and
legal term of office ofthe governor ofthe central bank; the institutional
location ofthe final authority for monetary policy andthe procedures for
the resolution of conflicts ... conflicts between the government andthe bank; the
importance of price stability in comparison to other objectives; and the
stringency and universality of limitations on the ability ofthe govern-
ment ... Visiting Scholar at the Deutsche
Bundesbank, the Bank of Japan, the Banque de France,
the Bank of England, andthe Federal Reserve System.
Professor De Haan is Jean Monnet Professor of European
Economic...
... interact with the main macroeco-
nomic variables, such as the level of GDP per worker, the openness
of the economy, the level of debt andthe share of agriculture, and
with other socio- economic ... developing coun-
tries and their political regimes with the objective of explaining their
development and growth. The analysis of tax systems and in particu-
lar the tax composition of these countries ...
share of elderley people, the female labour force participation, and
also the urbanization process, the density ofthe population andthe
size ofthe shadow economy.
Plotting a measure of the...
... overused, then the problem
becomes exacerbated andthe credibility ofthe discipline, andthe
authenticity ofthe histories being written, is threatened.
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Such an outlook reflects much ofthe historiography ... considerations
were at the heart ofthe formation of a semi-professional rugby league
in the north of England in 1895.
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Given the class dimensions ofthe
game in the Australian context (described ... written, there is enough evidence to compile a
snapshot of these codes in the early part ofthe twentieth century.
In the case of rugby (later rugby union), it is clear that the ante-
cedents of the...