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One of the core assumptions of recent American foreign policy is that China's post-1978 policy of "reform and openness" will lead to political liberalization. This book challenges that assumption and the general relationship between economic liberalization and democratization. Moreover, it analyzes the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) liberalization on Chinese labor politics.
Market reforms and increased integration with the global economy have brought about unprecedented economic growth and social change in China during the last quarter of a century. Contagious Capitalism contends that FDI liberalization played several roles in the process of China's reforms. First, it placed competitive pressure on the state sector to produce more efficiently, thus necessitating new labor practices. Second, it allowed difficult and politically sensitive labor reforms to be extended to other parts of the economy. Third, it caused a reformulation of one of the key ideological debates of reforming socialism: the relative importance of public industry. China's growing integration with the global economy through FDI led to a new focus of debate--away from the public vs. private industry dichotomy and toward a nationalist concern for the fate of Chinese industry.
In comparing China with other Eastern European and Asian economies, two important considerations come into play, the book argues: China's pattern of ownership diversification and China's mode of integration into the global economy. This book relates these two factors to the success of economic change without political liberalization and addresses the way FDI liberalization has affected relations between workers and the ruling Communist Party. Its conclusion: reform and openness in this context resulted in a strengthened Chinese state, a weakened civil society (especially labor), and a delay in political liberalization.
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At the beginning of the twenty-first century countries in the Middle East and North Africa are contending with the challenges of economic globalization. In a straightforward and, at times, irreverent analysis of the regions' response to these challenges, the authors demonstrate that there is a direct correlation between economic performance and democratization: the more liberal the polity, the more effective its economy in responding to globalization. This is an original and incisive approach to the political economy of the Middle East that will be an essential purchase for students and policy-makers.
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At the beginning of the twenty-first century countries in the Middle East and North Africa contend with the threats and opportunities of economic globalization, the driving force of change in the contemporary world. As the authors confirm in their straightforward and, at times, irreverent analysis of the regions' response to these challenges, it is globalization which is the key to an understanding of economic reform. Through an investigation of the structures of state and civil society, including financial systems, they also demonstrate that there is a direct correlation between economic performance and democratization. In other words, the more liberal the polity, the more effective is its economy in responding to globalization. With its original, and incisive approach to the politics and economics of the Middle East and North Africa, this will be an essential purchase for students and policy-makers and anyone trying to come to grips with economic globalization generally.
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Tormented Births: Passages to Modernity in Europe and the Middle East (Library of Modern Middle East Studies)
Isam al-Khafaji
Manufacturer: I. B. Tauris
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ASIN: 1860649769
Release Date: 2004-10-21 |
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This is a radically new explanation of the processes of social, political and economic development in the Middle East over the past two centuries. In a broadside attack on the existing literature, al-Khafaji shows that the stress on the cultural distinctiveness of the Middle East vis-agrave;-vis Europe is misguided, and that the experience of colonialism and imperialism has not irrevocably distorted the region's natural development. On the contrary, there are striking similarities in the formation and evolution of power structures, social groups and rural-urban spaces in the Middle East and Europe. Based on the most interdisciplinary of approaches which combines political science, development economics, history, sociology and cultural studies, the book concludes by presenting a novel explanation of the persistence of authoritarian regimes in the region.
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Iran Encountering Globalization: Problems and Prospects
Mohammadi Ali
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ASIN: 0415308275 |
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Examines the current state of Iran, looking at a wide range of areas including the economy, finance, politics, the media, the position of women and migration. The book discusses the uneasy balance between the theocratic conservatism, modernisation and globalization. Overall, the book suggests that forces for change in Iran are building up.
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This digital document is an article from Finance & Development, published by International Monetary Fund on March 1, 2003. The length of the article is 498 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Democratization would help. (Book Reviews).(Globalization and the Politics of Development in the Middle East)(Book Review) (book review)
Author: Susan Creane
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Finance & Development (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2003
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Volume: 40
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Globalization and the Politics of Development in the Middle East. (Book Reviews).(Book Review) (book review): An article from: International Journal on World Peace
Rene Wadlow
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This digital document is an article from International Journal on World Peace, published by Professors World Peace Academy on September 1, 2002. The length of the article is 758 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Globalization and the Politics of Development in the Middle East. (Book Reviews).(Book Review) (book review)
Author: Rene Wadlow
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International Journal on World Peace (Refereed)
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Full Employment and High Growth in Europe: A New Cycle of Reforms to Play a Leading Role in the New World Economy
Mario Baldassarri , and
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ASIN: 1403920702 |
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Mario Baldassarri and Francesco Busato evaluate the impact produced by a new cycle of structural reforms over European Union economies. The structural reforms concern the size and the composition of government expenditure, the good and services markets, and the labour market. The book illustrates how the key challenge for European countries is not to discuss how policies could be implemented (e.g. fiscal policy competition vs fiscal policy coordination), but to implement them.
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Monetary Union, Employment and Growth
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ASIN: 1840643722 |
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There exists a twofold relationship between the factors affecting adoption of a single currency in Europe: employment and growth. On one hand, the operation of the Euro will be hindered if rigidities in labor and product markets persist - hence low employment and slow growth may be a cause of poor performance of the single currency. On the other hand, the functioning of the Euro will affect future patterns of European employment.
Pier Carlo Padoan and his distinguished group of contributing authors go beyond the common European-based debates to consider the impact of the Euro as a global currency on the evolution of European labor, product, and regional markets. This insightful work will be of great interest to professional economists and post-graduate students in economics, international relations, and European studies.
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What drives inflation? The seven articles in this book discuss whether demand "pulls" prices or costs "push" them, and how these theories work.
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Diferenciese Con E-Process
Peter Keen
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How to Start and Run Your Own Service Business
Bursteiner Irving
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The Physician in Transition: MANAGING THE JOB INTERVIEW
DONALD L. DOUBLE
Manufacturer: AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
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ASIN: 0899708498 |
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Good preparation is the key to success. With so many career opportunities available to today's physicians, sharp interviewing skills have become more vital than ever. Managing the Job Interview helps readers:
-Become interview savvy
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-Develop skills to take command of virtually any interview situation
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good, fast start.......2000-10-16
Those 36 pages, is a well written introduction to jobs interview, good tips, ideas, however It is short, not detailed. you can finish it in less than an hour.
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Reservist's Money Guide
P. J. Budahn
Manufacturer: Stackpole Books
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The Legend of Federal Mogul
Jeffrey L. Rodengen , and
Jon Vanzile
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