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Ronen Palan

    The Offshore World
    Tax Havens
    The Imagined Economies of Globalization
    Global Political Economy . Contemporary Theories
    • What are the cutting edge debates in global political economy? This book presents an invaluable overview of all the major contemporary debates and approaches at the forefront of European and North American global political economy. The book covers the following * the six central concepts of global political state, firm, capital, power, labour and globalisation* theories at the frorefront of rational choice, neo-institutionalism, neo-Marxism, constructivism and postmodernity* recent developments in theoretical approaches such as game theory, modern rational and public choice theory, development theory, historical sociology* how global political economy is best understood in terms of three traditions of political Marxism, rationalism and hermeneutics/institutionalismNo other book provides such succinct summaries, by international experts in the field, of such topical and wide-ranging issues. This book represents an essential textbook, ideal for students and lecturers in International Political Economy and International Relations.

      Global Political Economy . Contemporary Theories
    • This book critically introduces the main contemporary debates on globalization and demonstrates how conventional versions or narratives of globalization have served to shape policy responses at both state and corporate levels.

      The Imagined Economies of Globalization
    • This book provide an up-to-date evaluation of the role and function of tax havens in the global financial system-their history, inner workings, impact, extent, and enforcement. They make clear that tax havens have a major impact on the global economy.

      Tax Havens
    • The Offshore World

      • 240 pages
      • 9 hours of reading
      3.7(17)Add rating

      The atlas of contemporary capitalism is curious indeed. A desperately poor and civil-war-wracked nation, Liberia, is the world's shipping superpower; the Cayman Islands the fifth-largest financial center in the world; land-locked Zurich a venerable...

      The Offshore World