Bringing together an international group of experts, this volume analyzes conglomerates & economic groups in developing countries & transition economies. Using 16 in-depth case studies it provides a comparative framework for the study of contemporary process of privatization, economic &...

In this book 12 regional chapters, encompassing all of the major regions of the world, provide a global dialogue on globalization. The authors provide new perspectives on how we should think about globalization, its impacts and forms of resistance and response

This book brings together authors from eleven countries to analyze and reflect on what globalization means to them. Does it mean the same in Russia as it does in the U.S.? The same in China as in South Africa? This book provides a global dialogue on globalization and brings much-needed new...

Freedom to plan : on Kapp's institutional outlook / Michele Cangiani -- Political democracy and social costs : reading K.W. Kapp's "Political economy" today / Regine Heidenreich -- Social costs, social rights and the limits of free market capitalism : a re-reading of Kapp / Maurizio Franzini --...