Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Prologue -- Introduction -- 1 Philosophical Foundations -- The West -- China -- Conclusion -- 2 The West since the Asian Financial Crisis --...

1. China and the World Trade Organization : the challenge for China's large-scale industry / Peter Nolan -- 2. Technical change and firm-level catch-up in developing countries : the case of telecommunications / Peter Nolan And Jin Zhang -- 3. Globalization and industrial concentration : the...

"The second edition of Routledge Handbook of the Belt and Road encompasses the many recent developments across the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) from 2019 to 2021, while retaining the comprehensive introduction to BRI from the first edition. The Handbook is a comprehensive review of the theory...

Since the late 1970s, China has enjoyed one of the most remarkable periods of economic growth ever seen. However, the country faces deep economic, ecological, political and social challenges. It is at the crossroads. In order to attempt to resolve the challenges, which path will China take? Will...

Trade unions have featured prominently in explanations of Britain′s relative industrial decline. Indeed, for at least a century, unions and their members have been accused of damaging productivity, increasing labour costs and destroying jobs. These claims are evaluated to see whether they are...