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Provides comparative perspectives on international strategies in monetary policy. The contributors work both in academic settings and for central banks, and their papers discuss issues from the usefulness of money as indicator of future spending to historical developments in the Bank of Israel.

Part of a series offering international reviews of comparative public policy, this book provides comparative perspectives on family law and gender bias. It discusses the concept of the natural family and the American family; gender and racial sterotype; and patriarchy in China.

The 10th volume of International Review of Comparative Public Policy, focuses on the Labor Markets in Transition.

The financial crises are not confined to a financial market or a financial institution, or a country or a region. The financial crises moved from one market to another, across geographical locations, as well as across segments of financial systems. This volume is devoted to exploring various aspects of this issue.

This volume focuses on Pacific Rim cities and analyzes successful policies and programmes in urban development, explaining why they have worked. It identify themes of change that are taking place in the context of globalization, economic restructuring, and social change.

This volume is devoted to post-communist Central Europe and is divided into three parts. The first part covers some general issues of social theory and politics, ranging from the chances for social-liberalism under post-communism to the birth of neo-socialism in the region.

This review of comparative public policy examines the foundations of public policy in Islam. It looks at issues such as: Islam and human rights; women, sexuality and social policy in Islamic cultures; Muslim family law; and Muslim commercial law.