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This book examines how and why internationalisation of markets affect economic institutions. Its arguments relate to major debates in comparative politics, international relations, globalisation, political economy, and regulation. It is also relevant for business studies and law....

This book proposes a comparative analysis of modern capitalism. It identifies five different types of modern economies: the market-based economies, Asian capitalism, the Continental European model, the social democratic economies, and the Mediterranean model. It presents their main institutional characteristics and relates the different models...

Definitive, concise, and very interesting... From William Shakespeare to Winston Churchill, the Very Interesting People series provides authoritative bite-sized biographies of Britain's most fascinating historical figures - people whose influence and importance have stood the test of time. Each book in the series is based upon the biographical...

Why do empires rise and why do they fall? To answer this question, Timothy Parsons casts his gaze across seven historical moments - from ancient Rome to Muslim Spain, from Britain's "e;new"e; imperialism in Kenya, to the Third Reich. From these very different examples, he draws out common features about empires' evolutions, their...