China's Hong Kong

Tim Summers

At a time of heightened tensions in Hong Kong, this book offers a balanced and clear-headed appraisal of the politics of this global city. The constitutional settlement under which Hong Kong [...]

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The Gig Economy

Alex De Ruyter, Martyn Brown

The “gig economy” is a relatively recent term coined to describe a range of working arrangements that have previously been denoted as precarious, flexible and contingent. These may include casual workers, [...]

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The Indian Economy

Matthew McCartney

The Indian economy has undergone marked changes over recent decades encompassing episodes of rapid growth and stagnation. It is a complex economic story that stretches back to the seismic events of [...]

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Karl Polanyi's Political and Economic Thought

Gareth Dale, Christopher Holmes, Maria Markantonatou

The work of Karl Polanyi has become a central reference point for scholars in a variety of traditions and disciplines within the social sciences, including international relations, international political [...]

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The Political Economy of Housing Financialization

Gregory W. Fuller

The US subprime mortgage crisis, by nearly causing the collapse of the global financial system during the 2007–08 financial crisis, clearly revealed that household debt management is critical to the [...]

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Populocracy

Catherine Fieschi

Populism has become a significant feature of mature democracies in the twenty-first century and the rise of populist parties is proving a powerful and disruptive force. Catherine Fieschi offers a comparative [...]

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