This book deals with the historical relationship between international trade liberalisation – one of the backbones of globalisation – and the development of

This volume is the first of its kind to discuss social welfare issues using case studies from a broad range of Southern European countries, both large and small

The Role of Trade in Ending Poverty looks at the complex relationships between economic growth, poverty reduction and trade, and examines the challenges that po

A major history of economic regimes and economic performance throughout the twentieth century. Ivan T. Berend looks at the historic development of the twentieth

It is a commonplace that the United States lagged behind the countries of Western Europe in developing modern social policies. But, as Theda Skocpol shows in th