Third World Industrialization in the 1980s

Third World Industrialization in the 1980s
Author: Raphie Kaplinsky
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2010-11-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136877959

First published in 1984, this work explores the issues surrounding the industrialisation of the Third World at the beginning of the 1980s. The expectation that Newly Industrialising Countries would facilitate industrial growth via an outward-orientated strategy had begun to be the combination of growing recession, growing protectionism and the diffusion of radical microelectronics-related technical change. In addition, the high indebtedness of developing countries made them increasingly dependent on assistance from the IMF and IBRD, whose policies increased the tendency towards de-industrialisation. The papers in this volume explore all of these issues and their implication for LDC industrial strategy in the 1980s.

The Agrarian Question in Socialist Transitions

The Agrarian Question in Socialist Transitions
Author: Ashwani Saith
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2013-10-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 1136284842

First published in 1986. This collection of eight essays begins with a piece that constructs a preliminary argument concerning the position of the peasantry in the twin transitions: the first to industrialisation, and the second, towards socialism. In the poor developing country launching upon both simultaneously, the agrarian question bifurcates into two dichotomous sets of issues.

Monthly Labor Review

Monthly Labor Review
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 108
Release: 1985-02
Genre: Labor laws and legislation
ISBN:

Publishes in-depth articles on labor subjects, current labor statistics, information about current labor contracts, and book reviews.

Globalisation and Interdependence in the International Political Economy

Globalisation and Interdependence in the International Political Economy
Author: R. J. Barry Jones
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2013-11-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1472506057

Globalisation and Interdependence in the International Political Economy addresses central developments within the contemporary international system. The notions of interdependence and globalisation that have accompanied the political discourse of 'a new world disorder' are replete with definitional ambiguities, theoretical difficulties and empirical complexities. Barry Jones offers a critical review and analysis of these concepts, their significance and place within the wider debates of international political economy. He argues that contemporary conditions are complex, with regionalising tendencies cross-cutting those of increasing globalisation, and 'national' impulses surviving even in the face of powerful 'internationalising' forces. Future developments, it is concluded, may also be far more uncertain and turbulent than is widely anticipated. Written by a leading authority, this volume is an effective and compelling introduction to the complex study of international political economy.

International Labour and the Third World

International Labour and the Third World
Author: Rosalind E. Boyd
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2023-08-11
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 100098754X

Originally published in 1987, this book focusses on the debate around the international role of the working class and other dominated classes such as the rural and urban poor. The contributions discuss whether Marx’s original version of the revolutionary role of workers can still be sustained. They examine the response of workers to the globalisation of production, to structural unemployment in the industrialized world and to the changing composition of the workforce in the industrialising periphery. The volume questions the historic starting points in the theorization of international labour.

Indian Industrial Clusters

Indian Industrial Clusters
Author: Keshab Das
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2017-05-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1351928031

This book presents an in-depth analysis of the functional dynamics of Indian industrial clusters which have grown and stayed as hubs of business activity in India, thanks to a large calibrated domestic market for goods. The examples given contribute towards the understanding of theoretical underpinnings of small firm clusters in LDCs and also indicate steps towards effective policy making for SME development in general, and local economic regeneration in LDCs in particular. The industries studied include modern as well as traditional/artisanal sectors which span at least ten Indian states. They provide insights into informality, labour, inter-firm relationship (cooperation and competition), technological and organisational flexibility, and forms of supportive institutional arrangements and nature of linkages with agencies external to the cluster, among other things. This book will be of particular interest to SME practitioners and to students and researchers of economics, business management, regional development, economic geography, industrial sociology and industrial organisation.

The Fragmented World

The Fragmented World
Author: Chris Edwards
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2015-06-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317405978

This comprehensive textbook, first published in 1985, on the world economic, written specifically for non-specialists, compares neo-classical, neo-Ricardian and Marxist theories and policies in international economics. Theories of trade and money, and issues such as international debt crisis, the rise of the newly industrializing countries and the demands for a New International Economic Order, and explained clearly and concisely. A wide range of political economics across the political spectrum are discussed. This accessible book will be of interest to anyone who wants to make sense of the complexities of international economy and the competing theories on trade, money and crisis.

Import Controls And Export-oriented Development

Import Controls And Export-oriented Development
Author: Richard Luedde-neurath
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2019-04-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0429711697

This book aims to consider the role of import controls in an export-oriented development strategy, and is based on a case study of South Korea, widely regarded as one of the classic success - stories in this -respect. According to accepted wisdom, a strategy of export orientation should be predicated upon a liberal import regime. Trade controls should be avoided, as they give rise to a host of negative consequences. The South Korean experience is often held up as an empirical illustration of how liberal import polices constitute an integral part of export-oriented success.