Böcker i Alternative Voices in Contemporary Economics-serien

Social theory can usefully be conceived in terms of four key paradigms: functionalist, interpretive, radical humanist and radical structuralist. Relating finance to these four paradigms, this book provides an understanding of the multifaceted nature of finance.

In this text, the author advances a framework that measures sustainable development by addressing the following concerns: identification, aggregation, sustainability and ecological distribution.

Challenges the common beliefs that the European welfare states are already in or are heading towards crisis and that the process of globalisation necessarily puts paid to any hopes of eventual worldwide welfare. This book aims to provide an interdisciplinary analysis of the practical and theoretical challenges.

Explores the political, sociological, economic, and philosophical issues of the basic income guarantee. Tracing the history of the idea from its origins, it examines the philosophical debate over the issue. This book is designed to foster a climate of ideas amongst those specifically interested in the income support policies.

Provides an analysis of the economic relationship between Britain and the EU and discusses the future direction in which this relationship might develop. This work examines the historic and contemporary costs and benefits of EU membership and assesses whether this has been a burden or a benefit for the British economy.

Bringing together work by international scholars, this title provides an analysis of the trajectory of Korea's political economy from a distinctly Marxist perspective. It aims to differentiate the Marxian approach to the political economy of Korean development from the left Keynesian, social democratic approach that dominates the literature.