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2                                                                                                                  Economics

 Economic Growth
 How it works and how it transformed the world
 by Edward A. Hudson

Book summary                                                    Praise
How does economic growth work? Beginning with the his-          The distinguishing features of this book are the depth of its historical
tory of leading countries over the past 2000 years, Eco-        material; its rich detail about individual industries; and the balance
nomic Growth finds which countries have achieved sus-           in assessing different views of growth. Many discussions of growth
tained growth and how they did it. The effects of growth        focus on technological innovation, but make the concept seem mys-
are examined on a human scale. The benefits of growth are       terious. Solow referred to the residuals that capture this innovation
enormous in terms of life, health, education, leisure and       as ‘a measure of our ignorance.’ This book uses concrete examples of
opportunity, while the downsides can be managed by ap-          industries and how they developed, such as the U.S. auto industry, to
propriate policies.                                             help us see the forces behind generalities in other work.
Economic Growth develops a new theory of growth. This           In the end, the author advances a strong conclusion: economic
new theory is based on careful analysis of actual growth;       growth is the greatest thing to happen in 3000 years. Some econo-
it covers the causes and mechanisms as well as the results      mists make statements like this based on ideology. This author earns
of growth. This new theory extends conventional theory          the right to draw such a conclusion with his meticulous and balanced
by operating at the industry level and by placing demand        development of evidence on the causes and consequences of growth.
considerations at the forefront of growth. Demand growth                                 Laurence M. Ball, Department of Economics,
– based on product innovation, marketing, credit and the                                        John Hopkins University and NBER
consumer society – drives the economy forward while sup-
ply growth – based on investment and process innovation         A valuable synthesis of literature on the sources of economic growth
– sustains the growth in spending and incomes. Growth           […]
is not automatic but, in the right conditions, demand and
supply expansion work together to generate sustained                     Diego Comin, Department of Economics, Dartmouth College
growth.
Economic Growth offers a new view of growth, unique in
its combination of historical depth, intellectual clarity and                              Hardback* | 612 pp.
practical relevance. Its original insights will interest aca-                              236mm x 160mm
demic and professional economists, while its comprehen-                                    January 2015
sive treatment and lucid explanations make it an excellent                                 Series: Vernon Series in Economics
guidebook for anyone interested in economic growth.                                        Subject(s): Economic Growth,
                                                                                           Macroeconomics, Economic History
About the author                                                                           ISBN: 978-1-62273-021-6
Ed Hudson (PhD, Harvard), working with Dale Jorgenson                                      URL: http://goo.gl/3r7nJQ
(presently the Samuel W. Morris University Professor of                                    *Also in Paperback ($55) and e-Book
Economics, Harvard University), pioneered computable                                       ($40)
general equilibrium models in the 1970s. He applied these
models to understanding the ‘energy crisis’ and to analyze
energy policies.                                                                                     $80       €70        £55
Economics                                                                                                                          3

Global Responsible Intergenerational Leadership
A conceptual framework and template for intergenerational fairness
by Julia M. Puaschunder, The New School

Book summary                                                        About the author
Today’s grand policy dilemmas, from climate change, to              Julia Margarete Puaschunder studied Philosophy/Psychology,
over-indebtedness, to demographic shifts, have momen-               Business, Public Administration, Social and Economic Scienc-
tous long-term implications. Future generations will be con-        es, Natural Sciences, Law and Economics. After having cap-
strained by our present decisions to an extent that is without      tured social responsibility in corporate and financial markets in
precedent in advanced capitalist democracies. This book is an       Europe and North America with attention to Financial Social
extensively researched and reasoned appeal in favor of inter-       Responsibility and Socially Responsible Investment; She cur-
generational fairness - the ability to provide to future genera-    rently pursues the idea of Eternal Equity — responding to West-
tions an at least as favorable standard of living as that enjoyed   ern world intergenerational equity constraints in the domains
today. Intergenerational equity is an essential consideration       of environmental sustainability, over-indebtedness and demo-
in finding lasting solutions to the multifaceted crises of our      graphic aging with a focus on law and mind sciences.
time. As an implicit contract and transfer between living and
future generations, intergenerational equity avoids discrimi-                                  Hardback | 154 pp.
nating against future generations.                                                             236mm x 160mm
This book fills an important gap. Despite a resurgence of liter-                               May 2017
ature, the economic and social dimensions of intergeneration-                                  Series: Vernon Series in Economics
al equity remain underexplored. Existing literature misses a                                   Subject(s): Political Economy, Eco-
holistic ethical framework of decision-making failures that                                    nomic Inequality, Economics
addresses intergenerational concerns. Whilst evolutionary                                      ISBN: 978-1-62273-178-7
grounded, intergenerational fairness has not been recognized                                   URL: https://goo.gl/c2jS7h
as a natural behavioral law – a human-imbued drive being
bound by human fallibility.
It contributes both theoretical and practical insights and will
be of interest to economists, sociologists, public policy makers
and corporate executives.
                                                                                                        $65        €61       £54

 The Challenge of Credit Supply                                         The Collected Short Works of
 American Problems and Solutions 1650-1950                              Thorstein Veblen (3 Volumes)
 by Michael Anthony Kirsch                                              by Thorstein Veblen
A deep and accessible treatment of the most pivotal financial          This three-volume collection contains Veblen’s publications
and monetary policies throughout American history (1650-               in academic journals and other scholarly press. Veblen made
1950), with a particular emphasis on how and why these pol-            numerous seminal contributions on issues as diverse as the
icies facilitated the supply of adequate credit for economic           social role of science, the economic and social competition be-
development. Its extensive use of primary sources, period              tween entrepreneurs and engineers.
literature, and carefully chosen quotations allows the reader          The collection brings together much work that has been inac-
to participate in the original discussion and issues that faced        cessible in print and provides instructive reading for research-
Americans in each era. This vivid account allows a unique              ers on institutional economics, evolutionary economics as well
grasp of links between essential facts, ideas, and time periods.       as those with an interest on the history of economic thought.
The book’s content will be new and provoking to the academ-            This edition has been professionally typeset from the origi-
ic, policy maker, and economist, but is presented in a manner          nal articles for easier reading and includes a comprehensive
and style ensuring comprehension for a general audience and            index. Printed on quality, hard-bound volumes, it is in an in-
those new to the topics involved.                                      dispensable contemporary edition of Veblen’s timeless ideas.

                           Hardback | 276 pp.                                                     Hardback | 242 pp. | 224pp. |
                           236mm x 160mm                                                          188pp. | 236mm x 160mm
                           March 2016                                                             March 2014
                           Series: Vernon Series in Economic                                      Series: Vernon Classics in Eco-
                           History                                                                nomics
                           Subject(s): History of the Ameri-                                      Subject(s): Economics
                           cas, Finance, Economic History                                         ISBN: 978-1-62273-011-7 (Vol. 1)
                           ISBN: 978-1-62273-056-8                                                ISBN: 978-1-62273-012-4 (Vol. 2)
                           URL: https://goo.gl/tGgPos                                             ISBN: 978-1-62273-013-1 (Vol. 3)
                           Also in Paperback ($48) and                                            URL: http://goo.gl/dRfmKL
                           e-Book ($45)                                                           Also in Paperback ($35)

                                 $65        €55       £50                                               $45       €38        £28
4                                                                                                              Economics

Understanding DSGE models
Theory and Applications
by Celso Jose Costa, São Paulo School of Economics, Brazil

Book summary                                                     About the author
While the theoretical development of DSGE models is not          Celso Costa is Lecturer and Associated Researcher at the Bra-
overly difficult to understand, practical application remains    zilian Macro Center - São Paulo School of Economics (EESP) –
somewhat complex. The literature on this subject has some sig-   FGV recognized as one of the top schools of economics in Latin
nificant obscure points. This book strives to present Dynamic    America. And Adjunct Professor at Universidade Estadual de
Stochastic General Equilibrium models in a detailed manner,      Ponta Grossa - UEPG. Prior to his present roles, he complet-
intended to walk readers through this otherwise daunting pro-    ed a Post-doctorate in Economics at EESP. He holds a PhD in
cess. By showcasing concrete applications, it aims to persuade   Economic Development from Universidade Federal do Paraná
incipient researchers to work with this methodology.             - UFPR, a Masters degree in Economics from Universidade Es-
                                                                 tadual Paulista – UNESP and a Bachelor degree in Geophysics
                                                                 from Universidade de São Paulo – USP.
Praise
[…] an indispensable book for the advanced Econ undergrad-
uate, graduate, and for any researcher […] makes a major                                  Hardback | 280 pp.
contribution to the learning process of this kind of macroeco-                            236mm x 160mm
nomic models.                                                                             June 2016
                                                                                          Series: Vernon Series in Economic
                               Alejandro C. García Cintado,                               Methodology
       Dept. of Economics, Universidad Pablo Olavide, Spain                               Subject(s): Economics, Macroeco-
                                                                                          nomics, Economic Methods
                                                                                          ISBN: 978-1-62273-038-4
This book teaches DSGE models from scratch.                                               URL: https://goo.gl/0FD4P4
                                                                                          Also in Paperback ($58) and e-Book
                                       Bernardo Guimarães,                                ($50)
                São Paulo School of Economics – FGV, Brazil
                                                                                                   $70       €65       £58

Introduction to Dynamic Macroeconomic                                Stock-Flow-Consistent Models and
General Equilibrium Models (Second Edition)                          Institutional Variety
by Jose Luis Torres, University of Malaga, Spain                     by Romar Correa and Amelia Correa

This book offers an introductory step-by-step course to Dy-         Orthodox macroeconomics is founded on microeconomics.
namic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) modelling.              Heterodox economists either reject micro foundations or ex-
Begins with the simplest canonical neoclassical DSGE model          periment with behavioural relationships without paying at-
and then gradually extends it to incorporate advanced fea-          tention to the principles that generate them.
tures. Dynare software code used can be downloaded from the         General equilibrium (anti-general equilibrium) tends to be
book’s homepage.                                                    strong on technique (critique) but weak when it comes to rec-
                                                                    ommending non-trivial policy. Most macroeconomists tend to
                                                                    think in closed-economy terms, the ‘foreign’ being the mirror
An impressive achievement. A book that all beginners to the         of ‘home’. What might be the connections between two insti-
topic should read, use and consult.                                 tutionally varied economies that are thrown together by the
                                                                    dynamics of globalization? This book showcases the useful-
                           Prof. Fabio Canova, EUI, Florence        ness of Stock-Flow-Consistent Models for contemporary mac-
                                                                    roeconomic analysis.

                          Hardback | 282 pp.                                                  Hardback | 150 pp.
                          236mm x 160mm                                                       236mm x 160mm
                          Second Edition                                                      Series: Vernon Series in Economic
                          September 2015                                                      Methodology
                          Series: Vernon Series in Economic                                   May 2017
                          Methodology                                                         Subject(s): Political Economy,
                          Subject(s): Economics, Macroeco-                                    Macroeconomics, Economics
                          nomics, Economic Methods                                            ISBN: 978-1-62273-181-7
                          ISBN: 978-1-62273-030-8                                             URL: https://goo.gl/QSBCG6
                          URL: https://goo.gl/LNZUsw                                          Also in Paperback ($47)
                          Also available as e-Book ($40)

                               $55       €50       £40                                              $55      €52       £45
Economics                                                                                                                       5

 Freedom, Authority and Economics: Essays                          Global Economy in Transition: the
 on Michael Polanyi’s Politics and Economics                       European Union and Beyond
 by R.T. Allen (Ed.)                                               by Linda Winkler, Wilkes University; Harold
                                                                   Codrington, Central Bank of Barbados (Eds.)
This edited volume of original contributions deals with the
economic and political thought of Michael Polanyi. Requiring       This volume covers various issues in global development and
little prior knowledge of Polanyi, this volume further develops    global economic transformation including factors affecting
a somewhat neglected side of Polanyi’s work. In particular it      economies and development in the European Union (EU), the
examines the ‘tacit integration’, of subsidiary details into fo-   Ukraine, select countries in Africa, the Caribbean, the South
cal objects or actions as central to all knowing and action. It    Pacific as well as India and the United States. The global econ-
traces ontological counterparts in the structures of compre-       omy is in transition, from the 1990s’ status quo to the “new
hensive entities and complex actions, and a multi-level uni-       normal” with heavy reliance on the internet, rapid communi-
verse in which lower levels have their boundary conditions.        cations, sophisticated payment systems, diminishing impor-
The essays in this volume, like his works, give them meaning       tance of size and distance and changing notions of the market.
with concrete examples and so avoid merely shuffling a mass        As a whole, in its breadth and cross-national perspective, the
of abstractions. Together the essays show that his work is a       volume represents an important scholarly contribution to in-
rich seam of ideas and inspiration.                                ternational economics.

                           Hardback | 188pp                                                    Hardback | 260pp
                           1st edition | Published on: October                                1st edition | Published on: July
                           2016                                                               2017
                           236mm x 160mm                                                      236mm x 160mm
                           Series: Vernon Series in Economics                                 Series: Vernon Series in Economics
                           Subject(s): Political Economy,                                     Subject(s): International Econom-
                           Political theory, Economics                                        ics, Political Economy, Economics
                           ISBN: 9781622731312                                                ISBN: 9781622732760
                           URL: https://goo.gl/WB0qZD                                         URL: https://goo.gl/1HU1Ki
                           Also in Paperback ($50)

                                $60        €55       £48                                             $75       €73        £68

 Applied Economics for Development:                                Financial Innovation: Theories,
 Empirical Approaches to Selected Social                           Models and Regulation
 and Economic Issues in Transition
 Economies                                                         by G. V. Satya Sekhar
 by Mahmut Zortuk
                                                                   Financial innovation is a regular feature of the global finan-
Transition economies experience transformation of their            cial system. Financial innovation results in greater economic
economic system. Following the disintegration of the Sovi-         efficiency over time. In the process of creating a new financial
et Union, a number of former socialist countries underwent         product, besides basic theory of financial management, a fi-
transitions from central planning to a market economy. More        nancial engineer needs to acquire knowledge of optimization
generally, many rapidly growing economies undergo no less          and financial modeling techniques. This should go hand-in-
profound transformations of their economic systems. Con-           hand with day-to-day financial activities of global financial
trary to common misconception, the transition process can-         system. The book deals with the process of creating innova-
not be simply reduced to eliminating state intervention and        tive financial securities in terms of technical aspects and de-
liberalizing the economy.                                          rivative pricing that offers new pay-offs to investors as part of
This book presents a selection of pressing economic and social     financial innovation, with some select empirical studies con-
issues in transition economies.                                    ducted using financial innovation theories, and with myths of
                                                                   performance evaluation models.

                           Hardback | 276pp                                                   Hardback | 156pp
                           1st edition | Published on: August                                 1st edition | Published on: Jan
                           2017                                                               2018
                           236mm x 160mm                                                      236mm x 160mm
                           56 b&w illus.                                                      Series: Vernon Series in Business
                           Series: Vernon Series in Economic                                  and Finance
                           Development                                                        Subject(s): Finance, Economics
                           Subject(s): Statistics, Economic                                   ISBN: 9781622733170
                           Methods, Economics                                                 URL: https://goo.gl/em8pav
                           ISBN: 9781622731497
                           URL: https://goo.gl/ASpZQG

                                $85        €77       £60                                             $55       €47        £42
6                                                                                                                Economics

Agricultural Sector Issues in the                                   Imperative of Economic Growth in the
European Periphery                                                  Eurozone: Competitiveness, Capital Flows
Productivity, Export and Development Challenges                     and Structural Reforms
by Anastasios Karasavvoglou, Persefoni                              by Antonin Rusek, Susquehanna University; Lubor
Polychronidou (Eds.)                                                Lacina, Mendel University, Czech Republic (Eds.)

                                                                    European economic recovery appears to be taking hold. So is
Over the course of the past two decades peripheral European
                                                                    the European crisis over? The acute phase of the crisis passed,
economies in the Balkans and in Eastern Europe have experi-
                                                                    however a number of medium and long term issues remain.
enced significant structural changes and have adapted to the
                                                                    The policies of “internal devaluations” are working, albeit
global economic environment. Agriculture and the process-
                                                                    slowly, to restore competitiveness in the countries most af-
ing, using and trading of agricultural products play an import-
                                                                    fected by the crisis. However, growth remains at best sluggish.
ant role in their economies. This volume covers several issues
                                                                    The medium and long term outlook remains highly uncertain,
facing the contemporary agricultural sector in these countries.
                                                                    fomenting social tensions and endangering political stability.
It will be of interest to researchers studying economic devel-
                                                                    In this context, the basic idea which connects all contributions
opment, agricultural economists, businesses active in the pri-
                                                                    in this volume is the analysis of the problems which affected
mary sector and students of applied economic analysis.
                                                                    the Eurozone in the past decade and the challenges and dilem-
                                                                    mas the Eurozone will face in the coming years.
                           Hardback | 132pp                                                    Hardback | 268pp
                           1st edition | May 2017                                              1st edition | Published on: Novem-
                           236mm x 160mm                                                       ber 2017
                           20 B&W figures                                                      236mm x 160mm
                           Series: Vernon Series in Economics                                  16 b&w illus.
                           Subject(s): Agricultural Eco-                                       Series: Vernon Series in Economics
                           nomics, Economic Development,                                       Subject(s): Economic stabilization,
                           Economics                                                           Economic Growth, Economics
                           ISBN: 9781622732722                                                 ISBN: 9781622732630
                           URL: https://goo.gl/BMDSeg                                          URL: https://goo.gl/e9sKwr

                                 $40       €38        £35                                            $62       €58        £51

Financial reforms, stabilization and                                Market Abuse Regulation in South
development in 21st-century Turkey                                  Africa, the United States of America
by Haluk Haksal, University of Geneva, Switzerland                  and the United Kingdom
                                                                    by Howard Chitimira
The central argument of this book is that while central bank
independence can contribute to stabilization, inflation-target-
                                                                    This book provides a concise comparison of the regulation
ing monetary policy is quite powerless in promoting econom-
                                                                    and enforcement of the anti-market abuse laws (insider trad-
ic development. The basic message is simple: Policy makers
                                                                    ing and market manipulation) in South Africa, the United
should not strive to achieve price stability at any cost, as sta-
                                                                    States of America (USA) and United Kingdom (UK). This is
bility in product markets does not necessarily translate into
                                                                    primarily done to examine and expose the current strengths
economic development. This is the first book-length study
                                                                    and weaknesses of market abuse laws in relation to certain
examining the financial reforms Turkey undertook in its path
                                                                    aspects of the corporate, securities and financial markets en-
towards EU accession. It will be of interest to economists and
                                                                    vironments in South Africa, the USA and the UK. the book can
other experts in financial history, (de)regulation, institution-
                                                                    aid regulatory authorities, financial market participants, aca-
al economics and economic development, as well as a broad
                                                                    demics, students and other interested readers to understand
range of scholars interested in the dramatic transformation of
                                                                    market abuse offences and possible measures that could be
Turkey’s economy and society in the 21st century.
                                                                    employed to combat such offences.
                           Hardback | 486pp                                                    Hardback | 236pp
                           1st edition | December 2016                                         1st edition | April 2018
                           236mm x 160mm                                                       236mm x 160mm
                           54 B&W illustr.                                                     2 B&W illustr.
                           Series: Vernon Series in Economic                                   Series: Vernon Series in Law
                           Development                                                         Subject(s): Capital markets & secu-
                           Subject(s): Economic Develop-                                       rities law & regulation
                           ment, Finance, Economics                                            ISBN: 9781622732609
                           ISBN: 9781622731688                                                 URL: https://goo.gl/Y3Mwkw
                           URL: https://goo.gl/vZTyoA
                           Also in Paperback ($50)

                                 $60        €55       £48                                            $56        €53       £46
Economics                                                                                                                            7

Networks of International Trade and                                     The Knowledge Plexus
Investment                                                              A Systemic View on the Economic Geography of
                                                                        Technological Knowledge
by Sara Gorgoni, University of Greenwich, UK et al. (eds.)
                                                                        by George Chorafakis, University of Barcelona, Spain

The globalisation of industries in recent decades has led to a fun-     This book is a collection of 5 essays on the economic geogra-
damental change in the way in which production is structured.           phy of technological knowledge.
The integration of global trade has brought a disintegration of         Combining spatial econometrics with social network analysis,
production. Understanding the inter-dependencies between                this book examines European knowledge networks, and their
entities involved in fragmented production is essential. Tradi-         effects as sources of relational cognitive capital and economies
tional methods and statistical approaches are insufficient to ad-       of complexity. It derives important policy implications for the
dress this challenge. This edited book makes a case for network         cohesion and dynamic efficiency of the European research
analysis to be used alongside existing techniques. in answering         and innovation system.
burning questions in the areas of international business and
economics, such as whether trade has become more global or              […] a very interesting, innovative and thought provoking
regional, and to what extent emerging economies challenge the           book.
role of traditional producers in specific industries. It will provide            Prof. Bernard Fingleton, University of Cambridge
an accessible explanation of the applications of network analysis.
                             Hardback                                                              Hardback | 391 pp.
                             236mm x 160mm                                                         236mm x 160mm 26 | B&W illus.
                             March 2018                                                            December 2013
                             Series: Vernon Series in Economics                                    Series: Economics of Technological
                             Subject(s): Social Network Analy-                                     Change
                             sis, Economic Geography, Eco-                                         Subject(s): Social Network
                             nomics                                                                Analysis, Economics of
                             ISBN: 978-1-62273-065-0                                               Technological Change …
                             URL: https://goo.gl/lfIwFb                                            ISBN: 978-1-622-73-006-3
                                                                                                   URL: https://goo.gl/kVcStr
                                                                                                   Also in Paperback ($45)

                                                                                                         $60        €55        £45

Boom and Bust:                                                          Technological Innovation Index
Ecuador’s Financial Rollercoaster                                       A novel innovation indicator and its implications for
The interplay between finance, politics and social                      technology evaluation
conditions in 20th Century Ecuador                                      by Frederick Pachys
by Pablo Izurieta
                                                                        Not all innovations are equal. Though recent economic litera-
Throughout the history of Ecuador, the ambivalent evolution
                                                                        ture on the evaluation of technological change acknowledges
of major political and social events such as the stability of
                                                                        this reality, actual evaluation methods suffer from numerous
serving presidents, coups and even war, has coincided with
                                                                        limitations. Technological Innovation Index uses patent cita-
changes in the financial environment. This product of care-
                                                                        tion analysis to highlight the enormous variation in the char-
ful historical study combines evidence from prior studies with
                                                                        acteristics, importance and evolution of technology over time
original research, including data from the Central Bank of Ec-
                                                                        and outlines a set of sophisticated tools for its analysis. Prom-
uador, unpublished diplomatic papers and documents from
                                                                        inent among them is “Patent Importance Technology Factor”
the personal archives of relevant historical figures.
                                                                        (PITF). The methods proposed have important implications
The book would appeal to anyone with an interest in Ecua-
                                                                        for the measurement of technological change and would be of
dor’s recent history as well as specialists and scholars of Latin
                                                                        interest to a wide range of patent specialists, including econ-
American economic and political history.
                                                                        omists, technology evaluators, finance and law professionals.

                             Hardback | 202 pp.                                                    Hardback | 154 pp.
                             236mm x 160mm | 23 b&w illlus.                                        236mm x 160mm
                             December 2015                                                         December 2013
                             Series: Economic History                                              Series: Economics of Technological
                             Subject(s): Finance, Economic                                         Change
                             History, History                                                      Subject(s): Patents, Economics of
                             ISBN: 978-1-62273-470-2                                               Technological Change, Innovation
                             URL: https://goo.gl/1ZfjUe                                            ISBN: 978-1-62273-008-7
                             Also in Paperback ($40) and                                           URL: https://goo.gl/T0nS9K
                             E-Book ($40)

                                   $50        €45        £38                                              $45       €40        £34
8                                                                                                        Economics

 Supply Chain Optimization                    Value-based Marketing
                                              Strategy                                  Marketing & Economics
 under Uncertainty
                                                                                        by Sultan Kermally
 by Barry Cole                                by Santiago Lopez

Hardback | 382 pp. | 01/2015                 Hardback | 294 pp. | 236mm x 160mm        Hardback | 228 pp. | 236mm x 160mm
236mm x 160mm | 29b&W illustr.               12/2014 | Series: Business and Finance    07/2016 | Series: Business and Finance
Series: Business and Finance                 Subject(s): Marketing, Business           Subject(s): Social Sciences, Economics,
Subject(s): Business and Management          Economics                                 Marketing | ISBN: 978-1-62273-104-6
ISBN: 978-1-62273-016-2                      ISBN: 978-1-62273-020-9                   $40 / €30 / £28
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Intergenerational                             Financial Management                      Risk, Uncertainty and Profit
Responsibility in the 21st                    (Revised Edition)
Century                                       by John Smeur, Windesheim                 by Frank Knight
by Julia Puaschunder (ed.), The New School    University College, Netherlands

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 The National System of                       A Plan of the English                     Women in Industry
 Political Economy                            Commerce                                  by Edith Abbott
 by Friedrich List                            by Daniel Defoe

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Sociology                                                                                                                           9

 Generational Interdependencies
 The Social Implications for Welfare
 by Beverley A. Searle, University of Dundee (Ed.)

 Book summary                                                       Praise
 The issue of generational transfers is growing in importance.      [Generational interdependencies] has produced a number
 Populations are ageing, placing an increasing burden on pro-       of findings that will have a considerable impact on how we
 vision of pensions, health care and other welfare services. In     look at the connection between intergenerational relations,
 many nations the imbalance between a growing, older genera-        inequality transmission and the future sustainability of the
 tion, supported by a shrinking younger generation, has fuelled     European welfare systems.
 debates about intergenerational justice. The key argument
 being that political and institutional developments over the                                                   Marco Albertini,
 last century have been to the advantage of older generations                         Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali
 at the expense of current younger and future generations. But                Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Italy
 this only addresses half of the story, neglecting the flows of
 resources, through private, family channels. One key response
 to the growing fiscal problem of ageing societies has been to
                                                                                              Hardback | 218pp
 focus responsibility on self-funding and familial support. The
                                                                                              1st edition | Published on: January
 growth of asset values, particularly housing, which are con-
                                                                                              2018
 centrated among the elderly, underpin such strategies. But
                                                                                              236mm x 160mm
 this exposes new risks as potentially extractable resources are
                                                                                              8 b&w illus.
 determined by wider fluctuations in the economy, and hous-
                                                                                              Series: Vernon Series in Sociology
 ing markets in particular. Clearly, these cohort effects, and
                                                                                              Subject(s): Economic Inequality,
 responses to them, play out differently in different national
                                                                                              Contemporary Social Issues, Social
 developmental settings, depending on long-run patterns of
                                                                                              Sciences
 economic, social and demographic change. This collection ad-
                                                                                              ISBN: 9781622731862
 dress these issues and provides original insights across differ-
                                                                                              URL: https://goo.gl/4XaHEc
 ent international contexts.
                                                                                                       $60        €56       £49

Neither Capital, Nor Class                                              Taboo Issues in Social Science
A Critical Analysis Of Pierre Bourdieu’s Theoretical                    Questioning Conventional Wisdom
Framework                                                               by Anthony Walsh, Boise State University
by Jacek Tittenbrun, University of Poznan, Poland

 This book offers an in-depth examination of Pierre Bourdieu’s         This book is an expedition into a number of controversial is-
 theoretical framework. The book is not just a collection of           sues in the social sciences with the intention of challenging
 more or less critical remarks but constitutes a coherent whole,       the conventional wisdom on those issues. While most social
 underpinned by an original analytical framework. This con-            science research is interesting and important, a fair amount of
 ceptual apparatus makes it possible to present some alterna-          social science research is thinly disguised advocacy research
 tive solutions to the theoretical problems under consideration.       in which conclusions too often precede inquiries.

 This is the most complete and systematic critical analysis of         His writing is crisp and his argumentation scholarly. Profes-
 Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of social structure. Tittenbrun’s dis-       sor Walsh has done the social sciences a service by writing
 cussion of the types of capital and of reproduction, in partic-       this book, and you should do yourself a service by reading
 ular, are the best I have seen.                                       this book.
                   Carlos H. Waisman, University of California                         Dr. Kevin M. Beaver, Florida State University

                            Hardback | 366pp                                                     Hardback | 310pp
                            1st edition | Published on: June                                     1st edition | June 2017
                            2017                                                                 236mm x 168mm
                            236mm x 160mm                                                        Series: Critical Perspectives on
                            Series: Vernon Series in Sociology                                   Social Science
                            Subject(s): Social Sciences, Politi-                                 Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociol-
                            cal Philosophy, Sociology                                            ogy
                            ISBN: 9781622732074                                                  ISBN: 9781622732067
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10                                                                                                                         Sociology

Care and Well-being in Old Age
Investigating older people’s involvement with an ethic of care
by Marian Barnes, Beatrice Gahagan, Lizzie Ward; University of Brighton, UK

Book summary                                                          Abouth the authors
This book seeks to understand what well-being means to older          Marian Barnes is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at the
people, and to influence the practice of those who work with          University of Brighton. Now retired, her research has focussed
older people. Drawing from a broad body of work, this volume          on care, ageing and mental health.
challenges normative assumptions of ‘successful’ ageing, par-         Beatrice Gahagan is Health and Wellbeing Development
ticularly as seen through neo-liberal policy constructions of         Manager at Age UK Brighton and Hove Now retired, her re-
‘active ageing’. Applying insights of feminist ethics of care, it     search has focussed on care, ageing and mental health.
develops a relational ontology that challenges neo-liberal as-        Lizzie Ward is a senior research fellow in the School of
sumptions of autonomous individualism. Central to the devel-          Applied Social Science at the University of Brighton. Lizzie is a
opment of an ethical perspective built around the significance        qualitative researcher and her research interests include: age
of care in all our lives is the understanding that humans are         and ageing, care ethics, participatory research and experiential
relational beings. Our survival as infants is dependent on the        knowledge, gender and feminist methodologies.
care we receive from others. And for all of us, in particular in                                 Hardback
older age, there are times when illness, emotional or physical                                   236mm x 160mm
frailty mean that we need the care of others to enable us to deal                                February 2018
with everyday life. The book documents original, UK research                                     Subject(s): Sociology, Social Sciences
council-funded research, among academic researchers and an                                       ISBN: 978-1-62273-071-1
NGO collaborator with a shared commitment to the value of                                        URL: https://goo.gl/zoVdi8
working with older people. Theoretically, it draws from and
contributes to literature on critical gerontology which seeks
to understand how experiences of ageing are shaped by social,
economic, cultural and political contexts. The book also re-
flects on the applications of its insights to social care practice.
It aspires to bridge the gap between the personal and the pro-
fessional.

Designing Technology, Work,                                               Network Society
Organizations and Vice Versa                                              How Social Relations rebuild Space(s)
                                                                          by R. Iannone, E. Ferreri, M.C. Marchetti,
by A. Bruni, L. Parolin, C. Schubert (eds.)
                                                                          L. Mariottini, M. Cipri

The book focuses on the close study of practices and processes           This book critically evaluates claims that modern society may
that inextricably link work and organisation to the use of ar-           be read and understood as a network. Accepting that this per-
tefacts and technological systems (and vice versa), exploring            spective holds some potential, the question becomes how to
in detail the sociomaterial articulations and disarticulations of        best capitalize on it. This means to respond not only to the
daily work and design; the doing of objects and technologies             “actual needs”, but also to highlight the “opportunities” and
in everyday organizational life; the reconstruction of organi-           the “utilities” The strength of this volume and the difference
zational processes through technological and design practices;           with respect to other attempts at explaining the Network Soci-
the relation between learning, innovations and technologies.             ety lies in the multidimensional and interrelated perspectives
The book is addressed to graduate students, PhDs, scholars               it offers emerging from converging multidisciplinary perspec-
and researchers interested in the fields of Organization Stud-           tives (sociological, anthropological and linguistic), and from
ies, Science and Technology Studies, Sociology and Design,               applications that the Network Society provides, namely, inter-
as well as to professionals and practitioners interested in new          national, institutional, public and mediated ones communica-
methodological approaches.                                               tion technology).

                            Hardback | 284 pp.                                                      Hardback | 230 pp.
                            236mm x 160mm                                                           236mm x 160mm
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                            Science and Technology Studies,                                         Subject(s): Social Network Analy-
                            Sociology                                                               sis, Sociology
                            ISBN: 978-1-62273-028-5                                                 ISBN: 978-1-62273-040-7
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Sociology                                                                                                                        11

 The American Untouchables:                                           Broken Branches
 America & the Racial Contract                                        A philosophical introduction to the social reproductions of
 A historical perspective on race-based politics                      oppression from an intersectional feminist perspective

 by Andre Smith, Harris Stowe State University                        by Latashia Nicole Harris, University of Portland

 Ambitious in scope, this book argues that African Americans          Broken Branches places a critical lens on the infrastructure,
 in the United States have always been, and will continue to          institutions, social processes and practices that govern our
 be, unwilling participants at the bottom of a caste system           society. The text examines the ways that neoliberalism influ-
 that is self-perpetuated by the institutions of politics and eco-    ences society and our lives across generations. The practice of
 nomics. The book covers much historical ground, from the             colonialism is deconstructed, showing how this practice has
 founding of this country to the Obama presidency, and the            been renamed, but holds steadfast to its original intention of
 underlying finding is that race matters – and will always            cultivating institutionalized oppression that feeds social per-
 matter in the lives of all Americans.                                ception. The author exposes the ways that social perceptions,
                                                                      juxtaposed semantics, commonly accepted definitions, prac-
                                        Prof. Brady Baybeck,          tices, rhetoric and propaganda create products of maintained
      Department of Political Science, Wayne State University         systemic injustice when resistance is absent and desensitiza-
                                                                      tion is prevalent.

                             Hardback | 196pp                                                   Hardback | 192pp
                             1st edition | May 2017                                             1st edition | Published on: March
                             236mm x 160mm                                                      2017
                             28 b&w illus.                                                      236mm x 160mm
                             Series: Critical Perspectives on                                   Series: Critical Perspectives on
                             Social Science                                                     Social Science
                             Subject(s): Race and Identity,                                     Subject(s): Feminism, Race and
                             Political history, Political science                               Identity, Social Sciences
                             ISBN: 9781622731473                                                ISBN: 9781622730643
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 On the Principles of Social Gravity                                  Confessions & Declarations
 How Human Systems Work, From the Family                              of Multicolored Men
 to the United Nations                                                by Frederick Douglass Alcorn, University of Puget Sound
 by Tobore Tobore
                                                                      This book is a culturally situated study of the experiences and
 This book proposes a radical new way of thinking about social        perspective garnered from of a group of post-secondary Black
 systems. It explains that all social systems –institutions cre-      African American, bi-multi-racial male students aged 19-37.
 ated of and for human beings e.g. healthcare system, family,         The undergirding interest was to see if there was an aware-
 military etc., – are held together or governed by nine princi-       ness of the group’s manly inclinations, tendencies and pre-
 ples or rules. Using these principles, it examined the problems      dispositions and understand how such awareness projects
 facing the US healthcare system, criminal justice system, so-        and influences their quest and discipline for learning and to
 cial security, student debt crisis, tax policies, immigration, the   academically achieve. The sociological construct of “habitus”,
 political system, and the United Nations. Then, provided nov-        as conveyor of dispositions, inclinations, and tendencies,
 el and unique solutions to them. It expands on the meaning of        provides an analytical framework. The prose can be best de-
 social entropy and explains how it affects all social systems. It    scribed as an ethnographical narrative, synthesizing a wealth
 is a book that is likely to spark national and even global dis-      of original observations with insights from scholarly and pop-
 cussions about many of the institutions we have created.             ular literature and media.

                             Hardback | 220pp                                                   Hardback | 284 pp.
                             1st edition | Published on: October                                236mm x 160mm
                             2017                                                               11/2014 | Series: Business and
                             236mm x 160mm                                                      Finance
                             9 b&w illus.                                                       Subject(s): Urban Economics;
                             Series: Critical Perspectives on                                   Behavioral Economics
                             Social Science                                                     ISBN: 978-1-62273-018-6
                             Subject(s): Social Sciences                                        URL: http://goo.gl/vkDntW
                             ISBN: 9781622732869                                                Also in Paperback ($35) and
                             URL: https://goo.gl/xH6BC2                                         E-book ($28)
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12                                                                                                                    Sociology

Migration and the Crisis of the Modern                              The Solitary Voice of Dissent
Nation State?                                                       Using Foucault and Giddens to Understand
by Frank Jacob, Adam Luedtke; Queensborough Community               an Existential Moment
College (Eds.)                                                      by Martin Kay
The anthology explores the interrelationship between migra-
tion and a supposedly existent crisis of the modern nation          This book urges respect for solitary dissent rather than cen-
state. Authors argue that from a historical and current per-        sure. It equips a wide audience to understand what previously
spective, migration is not endangering the nation state, but        seemed unimaginable, much less comprehensible. It shows
rather changing the idea of a nation itself by redefining it. In    the reader how to reach beyond those first conclusions and
historical as well as current case studies, the authors deter-      into the heart of the matter.
mine the political dangers of right wing demagogues, while          The book uses four case studies (two in Ireland, one in UK,
emphasizing the chances, immigration is offering the prog-          all on the record, and one authoritative biography of a well-
ress of the nation state. The authors for the volume come from      known Italian personality), to demonstrate an approach to
different fields, namely history and political sciences, and are    analyzing solitary dissent. The methods used are academic
consequently able to offer the reader a broad insight into the      but, in the way they are presented, certainly intelligible to the
historical roots and the current consequences nationalism           lay-reader.
had or has on the perception and global policies.
                           Hardback | 284pp                                                    Hardback | 128 pp.
                           1st edition | Published on: January                                 236mm x 160mm
                           2018                                                                04/2016
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                           Series: Vernon Series in Politics                                   Subject(s): Sociology, Contempo-
                           Subject(s): Contemporary Social                                     rary Social Issues, Communication
                           Issues, Contemporary Social Is-                                     ISBN: 978-1-62273-472-6
                           sues, Political Science                                             URL: https://goo.gl/ZyIJeH
                           ISBN: 9781622732920                                                 Also in Paperback ($19) and
                           URL: https://goo.gl/qmHHLp                                          E-book ($15)
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Sociology of Love                                                   Generational Poverty
The Agapic Dimension of Societal Life                               An Economic Look at the Culture of the Poor
by Gennaro Iorio, University of Salerno, Italy                      by Adam D. Vass Gal, Belmont University

This short book deals with a sociological concept: love-agape.      Are the impoverished victims of circumstance or are they con-
It is an attempt to demonstrate that love-agape resists, indeed     tributing to their situations through their own actions and
insists, as a fact that cannot be reduced or concealed. Its sim-    principles? This perplexing question does not have a simple
ple goal is to introduce agape into the vocabulary of sociolog-     answer. “Generational Poverty: An Economic Look at the Cul-
ical analysis by demonstrating its potential to demarcate and       ture of the Poor” examines both sides of the coin.
to interpret social phenomena. Love-agape is presented as a
critical concept.                                                   An engrossing read.
                                                                                      Jeff Deist, President of the Mises Institute
The book by Iorio deserves to be read, because it flies in the
                                                                       An invaluable glimpse into the tragedy of the underclass.
face of the weak thought emerging in social sciences, and
                                                                        Vass Gal, an economist, ably describes a problem whose
proposes a new direction for the contemporary debate […]
                                                                                     causes and solutions transcend economics.
                    Silvia Cataldi, University of Cagliari, Italy        Tom Woods, Author and Host of the Tom Woods Show

                           Hardback | 134 pp.                                                  Hardback | 146 pp.
                           236mm x 160mm                                                       236mm x 160mm
                           06/2014 | Series: Sociology                                         11/2014 | Series: Business and
                           Subject(s): Sociology                                               Finance
                           ISBN: 978-1-62273-014-8                                             Subject(s): Urban Economics;
                           URL: https://goo.gl/O3BsX8                                          Behavioral Economics
                           Also in Paperback ($20) and                                         ISBN: 978-1-62273-018-6
                           E-book ($15)                                                        URL: http://goo.gl/vkDntW
                                                                                               Also in Paperback ($28) and
                                                                                               E-book ($20)

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Politics                                                                                                                              13

 Politics and Web 2.0
 The Participation Gap
 by Gisela Gonçalves, J. Paulo Serra; Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal (eds.)

 Book summary                                                         Abouth the authors
 A point of departure for this book is the paradox between the        Gisela Gonçalves is Professor and Head of the Department
 seemingly limitless promise modern web technologies hold             of Communication and Arts of the University of Beira Interior
 for enhanced political communication and their limited actu-         (UBI, Covilhã, Portugal). She develops her research activity at
 al contribution. Empirical evidence indicates that neither cit-      LabCom.IFP – a Communication, Philosophy and Humanities
 izens nor political parties are taking full advantage of online      research centre. Paulo Serra is Professor at the Department
 platforms to advance political participation.                        of Communication Sciences of University of Beira Interior
 It questions whether Web 2.0 could help enhance citizens’            (UBI), Portugal, and researcher in the unit Labcom.IFP. He is
 political participation. It offers a critical examination of the     currently the Chairman of Sopcom (Portuguese Association of
 current state of the art from diverse perspectives, highlights       Communication Sciences).
 persisting gaps in our knowledge and identifies a promising
 stream of further research. The ambition is to stimulate de-
                                                                                                 Hardback | 184 pp.
 bate around the party-citizen “participation mismatch” and
                                                                                                 236mm x 160mm
 the role and place of modern web technologies in this setting.
                                                                                                 June 2016
 Each of the included chapters provide valuable explorations of
                                                                                                 Series: Vernon Series in Politics
 the ways in which political parties motivate, make use of and
                                                                                                 Subject(s): Journalism, Political
 are shaped by citizen participation in the Web 2.0 era. Diverse
                                                                                                 science, Communication
 perspectives are employed, drawing examples from several
                                                                                                 ISBN: 978-1-62273-099-5
 European political systems and offering analytical insights
                                                                                                 URL: https://goo.gl/zmzAOg
 at both the individual/micro level and at broader, macro or
                                                                                                 Also in Paperback ($45) and E-book
 inter-societal systems level. Taken together, they offer a bal-
                                                                                                 ($48)
 anced and thought-provoking account of the political partici-
 pation gap, its causes and consequences for political commu-
 nication and democratic politics, as well as pointing the way to
 new forms of contemporary political participation.
                                                                                                           $55       €45        £40

Making Strangers                                                          The Origins of Liberty: An Essay
Outsiders, Aliens and Foreigners                                          in Platonic Ontology
by Abbes Maazaoui, Lincoln University of Pennsylvania (Ed.)               by Alexander Zistakis

We are not born foreigners; we are made. The purpose of the              Unlike the vast majority of existing literature on Plato, the
book is to assert, as denoted by the title, this fundamental             main claim of this book is that Liberty constitutes the cen-
premise, that is, the making of strangers is the result of a delib-      tral notion and preoccupation of his thought, and that indeed
erate and purposeful act that has social, political, and linguis-        his theory of ideas is a theory of liberty. Plato’s thought is at
tic implications. The ultimate expression of this phenomenon             once the thought of liberty and a theory of liberation. What is
is the compulsive labeling of people along artificial categories         more, this thought of liberty tends to be all-encompassing in
such as race, gender, religion, birthplace, or nationality. A cor-       the sense that it makes repeated efforts to find both the ideal
ollary purpose of the book is to help shed light worldwide on            liberty and the conditions and possibility of its existence in
one of the most pressing issues facing the world today: the              the so-called real (material and phenomenal) world. Hence
place of “the other” amid fear-mongering and unabashedly                 the emphasis on ontology as the very grounds of his political
contemptuous acts and rhetoric toward immigrants, refugees               philosophy and anthropology, as well as on the structural uni-
and all those excluded within because of race, gender, nation-           ty of all three.
al origin, religion and ethnicity.

                            Hardback                                                                Hardback
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                            Series: Vernon Series in Sociology                                      Series: Vernon Series in Philosophy
                            Subject(s): Sociology, Political                                        Subject(s): Philosophy, Metaphys-
                            theory                                                                  ics & Ontology; Social & political
                            ISBN: 978-1-62273-324-8                                                 philosophy
                            URL: https://goo.gl/DYqhui                                              ISBN: 978-1-62273-289-0
                                                                                                    URL: https://goo.gl/e6b9eW
14                                                                                                                              Politics

Towards A New Social Order?
Real Democracy, Sustainability & Peace
by Patrick Holz

Book summary                                                          About the author
This contribution argues that a long-established social or-           Patrick Holz, Ph.D., is an independent researcher who holds
der has been in place since the first stratified societies in the     degrees in economics (B.A. Hons./M.A.) from the University
Near Middle East which unavoidably comes with substantial             of Cambridge as well as a doctorate in economics and political
economic, political and environmental repercussions. Part I           sciences (Dr. rer.pol.) from the University of Witten-Herdecke.
of the book dissects the various facets of this order, which is       His research interests have focused on all aspects of organiza-
termed the social dominance paradigm, while in Part II a fun-         tional format; specifically the differing consequences of either
damentally different order, the peace paradigm, is introduced.        (principal-subordinate) hierarchic organization or decentral-
The latter rests on real democracy (in the Athenian sense),           ized control and coordination in various social, economic and
sustainability and peace.                                             political systems over the course of more than five millennia of
                                                                      human history.
Praise
Patrick Holz provides a detailed and devastating account of                                      Hardback | 302pp
the origins and ills of the current socio-economic order as a                                    1st edition | January 2018
reflection of what he calls the Social Dominance Paradigm.                                       236mm x 160mm
[...]                                                                                            2 b&w illustrations
A well-researched and thoroughly argued book that is as                                          Series: Vernon Series in Sociology
thought-provoking as it is optimistic about the possibilities                                    Subject(s): Political Science, Politi-
for a better world.                                                                              cal theory, Sociology
              Professor Jochen Runde, Judge Business School                                      ISBN: 9781622733675
                                      University of Cambridge                                    URL: https://goo.gl/Y2d7XC
This book is a stealth weapon for peace designed for use
within the academy.
          Dr. Carissa Honeywell, Sheffield Hallam University                                                $64        €54        £47

Eugen Ehrlich                                                             The Great Illusion
Bibliographical Index                                                     A Study of the Relation of Military Power
by Sergiy Nezhurbida, Maria Diachuk, Manfred                              to National Advantage
Rehbinder; Slávka Tomaščíková (Ed.)                                       by Norman Angell

The Bibliographic Index EUGEN EHRLICH is a guide                          International trade and the development of intertwined global
through available materials containing information about the              markets makes inter-state war less profitable and probable.
life, scientific, educational, legislative and social activities of       This is Norman Angell’s simple hypothesis, vigorously de-
the Austrian lawyer and university professor in the period of             fended in The Great Illusion and at the root of an enduring
1896-1918. This includes the foreword of the compilers, an in-            controversy, from the time of its initial publication - on the eve
troductory article, a selected basic chronology with the dates            of the First World War - to this day. Well documented, logi-
of the life and work of him, and the four main structural parts:          cally argued and persuasive, The Great Illusion is a passionate
“List of works by Eugen Ehrlich”, “Eugen Ehrlich as editor”,              defense of peace, attacking widely held assumptions about the
“Literature about Eugen Ehrlich’s life and activity” and “Ap-             gains from war.
pendices”. It also contains photographs of Eugen Ehrlich and
photographs of materials linked to his life and activities.                                                        an epoch-making book
                                                                                                                           Boston Herald

                            Hardback |352pp                                                           Hardback | 223pp
                            1st edition | Published on: Febru-                                        1st edition | Published on: Decem-
                            ary 2018                                                                  ber 2013
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                            Series: Vernon Series in Law                                              Subject(s): Political history, Politi-
                            Subject(s): Law, Sociology                                                cal Economy, Political theory
                            ISBN: 9781622733774                                                       ISBN: 9781622730094
                            URL: https://goo.gl/5ap8Yd                                                URL: https://goo.gl/zKPvvA
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Politics                                                                                                                      15

 Political Philosophy in the East an                              The Bottom Line: Unfortunate Side
 West: In Search of Truth                                         Effects of Capitalist Culture
 by Jaan Islam                                                    by Arthur McGovern, Nichols College

 This book gives an original critique of western political phi-   This monograph explores the role of culture in modern societ-
 losophy and is the first book to engage in a reconstruction of   ies and the side effects that result when that role is distorted.
 Islamic political philosophy.                                    The basic premise is that many of the dominant cultural char-
                                                                  acteristics of modern life, like the ideologies and values asso-
 Jaan S. Islam identifies, confronts, and overcomes the rea-      ciated with materialism and consumer capitalism, are cultural
 sons for our 21st-century crisis of certainty.                   phenomena with influences that are in many ways problemat-
                                                                  ic and in some ways downright detrimental to our sustained
                  E. T. Dailey, University of Amsterdam Press
                                                                  societal well-being.
 It is no exaggeration to say that this is the first book in      Of particular concern is the encroachment of economic inter-
 modern times that reads like poetry while offering logic of      ests into areas of human society that traditionally have been
 an engineering design.                                           free from profit motives, or at least only minimally influenced
                                                                  by them; areas such as scientific research, the justice system,
             Prof. M. Enamul Hossain, Statoil Research Chair,     and even family relationships.
                      Memorial University, St. John’s, Canada
                          Hardback |240pp                                                    Hardback | 212pp
                          236mm x 160mm | 16 B&W Ilust.                                      1st edition | February 2017
                          Series: Vernon Series in Politics                                  236mm x 160mm
                          Subject(s): Political Philosophy,                                  Series: Critical Perspectives on
                          Political theory                                                   Social Science
                          ISBN: 978-1-62273-307-1                                            Subject(s): Social Sciences, Politi-
                          URL: https://goo.gl/suc977                                         cal Philosophy, Sociology
                                                                                             ISBN: 9781622731596
                                                                                             URL: https://goo.gl/GzRaiV
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 The Gavel and Sickle                                             Fixed or Flexible Exchange Rates?
 The Supreme Court, Cultural Marxism,                             History and Perspectives
 and the Assault on Christianity                                  by Marin Muzhani, CDI College, Canada
 by Anthony Walsh, Boise State University
                                                                  This book compares and contrasts flexible versus fixed ex-
                                                                  change rate regimes. Beginning with their theoretical justifi-
 This book addresses the benefits of Christianity for all, the
                                                                  cations, it showcases their observed advantages and disadvan-
 degradation of our culture since the 1950s, the pernicious
                                                                  tages as they played out in the currency crises of the 1990s and
 effects that cultural Marxism has had on Western cultures,
                                                                  early 2000s across Asia, Europe and Latin America. An anal-
 and the loss of religious freedom as the Founders envisioned
                                                                  ysis of the drivers and implications of these crises singles out
 it due to a number of Supreme Court rulings. The ultimate
                                                                  fast-paced liberalization and globalization as having played
 purpose of cultural Marxism is to destroy Western civilization
                                                                  central roles. Moreover it sheds light on some of the factors
 from within. This goal is clearly and unambiguously stated in
                                                                  contributing to the 2008 financial crisis and the key monetary
 their books and articles. The author argues that the Court has
                                                                  events in its aftermath. An accessible, yet rigorous discussion,
 purged Christianity from the public square, and in doing so it
                                                                  supported by extensive evidence, helps readers reach their
 has unwittingly helped the cultural Marxist agenda by spiritu-
                                                                  own conclusions regarding the respective merits of alternative
 ally disarming America.
                                                                  exchange rate systems.
                           Hardback | 258pp                                                  Hardback |386pp
                           1st edition | January 2018                                        March 2018
                           236mm x 160mm                                                     236mm x 160mm
                           Series: Critical Perspectives on                                  Series: Vernon Series in Economics
                           Social Science                                                    Subject(s): Political Economy,
                           Subject(s): Sociology, History,                                   Macroeconomics
                           Political science                                                 ISBN: 9781622731770
                           ISBN: 9781622733002                                               URL: https://goo.gl/y7x4qc
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