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Deregulation has been at the top of Japan's economic policy agenda for many years. Now, in the midst of a financial crisis that engulfs all of Asia, pressures on the Japanese government for substantial reform--coming from both inside and outside forces--are stronger than ever.

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Discusses Japan's post-World War II burst of growth and the complex interplay of demographic, cultural, economic, and political forces that shaped the subsequent emergence of large domestic imbalances. Edward J. Lincoln focuses on the changes experienced by Japan's financial institutions and their implications for international economic transactions.

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Deploying an arsenal of methods from a range of social sciences rarely combined, the author mounts a forceful challenge to conventional wisdom. He begins by building a formal, game-theoretic model of lending credibility, which he then subjects to sophisticated quantitative testing on original data from twenty-six countries over the 1990s.

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Leninism provides an in-depth analysis of the economic and political doctrines of Lenin, creator of the Communist Party that came into power in Russia in 1917.

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Lessons for Social Change in the Global Economy: Voices from the Field provides a global perspective on efforts to create social change. Contributors ground their case studies in strong relationships with activists and advocates, while introductory and concluding chapters aid the reader in understanding the common themes that tie these case studies together.

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This work consists of original essays and analyses that focus on aspects of the stabilization and liberalization of Turkey between 1980 and 1987. The essays also explore several prospects that could assist Turkey's transition to an outward-looking, free-market economy.

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This book explores the historical rise of free society in the West, especially its relation to the religious world view that inspired the quest for individual freedom. It further examines the threats to freedom posed by modern ideological movements and related paradigms such as progressivism, postmodernism, and multiculturalism.

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Analyzes the reconstitution of the Russian polity. This book looks at Russia's democratic transition at the local level. It explains why some of the political institutions in the Russian provinces weathered the monumental changes of the early 1990s better than others.

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Chronicles the evolution of economic expertise in Mexico over the course of the twentieth century. This book shows how internationally credentialed experts came to set the agenda for the Mexican economics profession and to dominate Mexican economic policymaking.

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A major focus of the volume as a whole is on economic management and workplace reform in a variety of national settings.

Managing Modern Capitalism is divided into three sections, covering strategies for industrial renewal, workplace democracy in practice and theory, and future perspectives.

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A major focus of the volume as a whole is on economic management and workplace reform in a variety of national settings.

Managing Modern Capitalism is divided into three sections, covering strategies for industrial renewal, workplace democracy in practice and theory, and future perspectives.

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Previously scattered throughout his writings, Marx's wage theory is presented here in its entirety for the first time.

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In this book, Lynn Horton explores how the most dynamic sectors of the global economyfinance and technologyare shaping new forms of elite masculinity. She offers fresh insights into the often overlooked links between economic inequalities and the identity politics of gender and race.

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In this book, Lynn Horton explores how the most dynamic sectors of the global economyfinance and technologyare shaping new forms of elite masculinity. She offers fresh insights into the often overlooked links between economic inequalities and the identity politics of gender and race.

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The privatization revolution, profit or revenue sharing, and employee participation in enterprise decision making are some of the major characteristics of modern capitalism.

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After examining such subjects as the failure of a common currency and the rise of barter economies, pricing in the currency of another country, specie standard monetary regimes with fixed exchange rates, currency boards, and common currency, the book considers the obstacles to the operation and survival of the current fiat monetary system.

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As government officials and political activists are becoming increasingly aware, international nonprofit agencies have an important political dimension: although not self-serving, these private voluntary organizations (PVOs) and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) seek social changes of which many of their financial contributors are unaware. As PV

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For the first time ever, an incisive explanation of what George W. Bush is doing to the economy, by a young Harvard-educated economist and New York Times columnist.