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... regimes the level of redistributive spending should be minimal. The third tenet ofthe formal voting theory emphasizes the importance ofthe form ofthe voting game’. On the contrary, there ... 46 3.20b Social security and democracy: FREEDOM1 46 4.1a The evolution of tax revenue (percentage of GDP) in Asia 1990–2004 52 ThePoliticalEconomyof Taxation 32 Thepoliticaleconomyof ... See list of abbrevations in Appendix at the end of chapter. Figure 3.4 Tax revenue and debt 2 Thepoliticaleconomyof taxationon the scal decisions, the design of tax systems and the implementa-tion...
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... capture the societal debates about environment and politicaleconomy rather than just the academic debates over the theories ofthepoliticaleconomyofthe environment.Naturally, given the breadth ... 884.5 Theeconomy as a circular flow system 894 .6 The environmental Kuznets curve 924.7 The vicious cycle of poverty and environmental degradation 96 4.8 Theeconomy as a subsystem ofthe ecosystem ... extension of historical, political, andsocioeconomic processes that started long ago. It is reasonable, however,to point to the 1 960 s as the beginning ofthe rapid intensification of the process of...
... 1 963 ). The relationship of technocrats to the specific bureaucracies in which they work influences the leverage that they have with thepolitical leadership. 16 indigenous elites, and the ... factions ofthe military competing against each other for political power and the spoils of office. Nevertheless, under a bureaucratic polity, where the governing elites are embedded in political ... to the Graduate Faculty in Political Science in partial fulfillment ofthe requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, The City University of New York 2010 xi CHAPTER...
... individual has ofthe likely behavior of others. Strategies are designed based on the individual’s perceptions ofthe likelybenefits or costs that they will receive in light of their own and others’ ... responsible for the planning and implementation ofthe project,by having, for example, the organization and staff for the task. The project ownerfinances part, often a large part, ofthe costs ofthe project” ... nowincludes of cials ofthe agencies themselves.What’s wrong with development aid? Almost every part or process ofthe aid systemhas been criticized, from the geopolitical agenda of donors to the distributive...
... capture the societal debates about environment and politicaleconomy rather than just the academic debates over the theories ofthepoliticaleconomyofthe environment.Naturally, given the breadth ... 884.5 Theeconomy as a circular flow system 894 .6 The environmental Kuznets curve 924.7 The vicious cycle of poverty and environmental degradation 96 4.8 Theeconomy as a subsystem ofthe ecosystem ... communication. The World Wide Web had just 50 pagesin 1993; by the end ofthe decade there were 50 million. 6 The number of Internet users went from 25 million in 1995 to 400 million by the end of 2000. The...
... readers to put the developmentindustry into the context ofthe global politicaleconomyof develop-ment, or at least that is the book’s aim. In other words, despite all the recent talk of poverty ... examples to illustrate the inequities of the trading system, the persistence of unequal exchange, the mythssurrounding the benevolence of aid, phantom aid and the degree of capital flight and ... canvass but below the canopythere remain only discrete stalks descending into the soil below.Metaphorically, these stalks are the nation states, emerging from the THEPOLITICALECONOMYOF DEVELOPMENT[5]Bracking_02_cha01.qxd...
... introduces the reader to the contours ofthepoliticaleconomyof development and the institutionalregime within which ‘creditor states’13compete and co-operate in the extension of markets. The term ... for profitable (mis)adventure which arise directly from the THEPOLITICALECONOMYOF DEVELOPMENT[13]Bracking_02_cha01.qxd 12/02/2009 10: 56 Page 13 [17]2 Money in thepolitical economy of developmentVarious ... and the higher costs of living following the ‘Volcker Shock’12adjustment. Then, the negotiated settlement ofthe debt crisis, between the creditor banks, the creditor governments and the international...
... 2009; and chapter 11). From the perspec-tive ofthepolitical economist, it is to the construction of markets thatwe should now turn in the next chapter to see how these antimonies of power ... CouncilResolution 167 4 of April 20 06, which endorses the 2005 World Summitstatement ofthe same.2. In some countries, such as Nigeria, these claims ran into billions of pounds.MONEY IN THEPOLITICALECONOMY ... critically obscures how the divide between the global haves and have-nots is maintained; the technical slights of hand are the implementing policy machine of the politicaleconomyof development. It...
... ‘free’ trade (and the associated reduction ofthe ability of governments to tax moving goods), the role of assuring profitabil-ity in the circuit of finance capital, particularly at the international level, ... into the clubs. The global Keynesian multiplierWe can model this system of risk management and institutionalunderwriting ofthepoliticaleconomyof development by the richcreditor states ofthe ... Monetary Fund (IMF) most oftenstay in the country ofthe creditor and actually generate a flow of fundsfrom the IMF to the treasury ofthe core state. For example, the UKquota at the IMF changes as...
... promotion of local citizens and the presence ofthe Regional Controller and office which ‘took the edge off the expatriate image’ (Rendell 19 76: 281) important to continued goodrelations. These ... interests:those ofthe British state which sponsored it and the particular interests of the people it would employ overseas given the structural position of the colonies in the world economy and ... occupies the centre ofthepoliticaleconomyof develop-ment (but which is actually a many-to-many system or set of similarbilateral multipliers), this chapter uses a case study ofthe Britishstate,...