This book was the first in a major series examining Global Economic Institutions and contrasts regional economic integration in the Asia Pacific Region and in Europe. In the Asia Pacific Region at the time of publication, regionalism was developing by means of 'open regionalism', constructed through the APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Process). This was different from the regionalism wh…
Scales of Justice is the story of the 50-year history of Dubai Courts. Formed in 1958, the courts were somewhat revolutionary on the Trucial Coast, the pinnacle of a legal system built by the late Dubai Ruler in order to underpin the modern city-state he sought to forge.
The focus of this volume is the growing debate on corporate social and environmental responsibility. This debate has taken on a higher profile in recent years as increasing attention has been drawn to the need for a policy response to the phenomenon of globalization. Such a policy response would be one which secures social cohesion and environmental protection. The first section, “Corporat…
A book on high yield, written by bond market professionals, is exactly what issuers have been waiting for. The elaborations on structures and covenant packages are crystal clear and help to navigate through the intricacies of the product. This book provides a valuable overview of the market. In particular, it offers in-depth analysis of the buy-side for Asian high yield and a detailed guide to …
This book focuses on the experiences of foreign economic liberalization in countries that differ in size, resource endowment, level of development, and political conditions. It combines theories of economic liberalization with a wide variety of case studies from market and socialist economies.
The Euroquake in prospect is an economic one. By 1993 Europe will be a bigger market than the US. By 1995 there is a real prospect of a single European currency. By 2000 a unified Germany will have become the economic and industrial engine of a new European Superstate. Daniel Burstein, who analysed the significance, of the new Japanese financial empire, in "Yen!", now turns his attention to Eur…
This paper was delivered by Professor Jagdish Bhagwati, Arthur Lehman Professor of Economics and Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, at a public lecture organized by ISEAS. Professor Bhagwati talks about the threats to free trade that we face today, especially threats to multilateralism in free trade which can take two forms: those that directly attack the notion of multilate…
In this fourth edition the writer have added new material that reflects both the academic changes and the events in the years since the third edition was published. For example, the monetary chapter explores efforts at exchange rate management since the Plaza and Louvre agreements, the trade chapters examine issues being negotiated in the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations, the ch…
People around the world are confused and concerned. Is it a sign of strength or of weakness that the US has suddenly shifted from a politics of consensus to one of coercion on the world stage? Closely argued but clearly written, David Harvey, a leading social theorist of his generation, builds a conceptual framework to expose the underlying forces at work behind these momentous shifts in US pol…
Buku ini berisi: 1. Pendahuluan 2. Konflik Arab-Israel 3. Resolusi PBB No 1701 4. Masa persiapan 5. Penantian panjang yang berakhir 6. Medan tugas 7. Kegiatan di medan tugas 8. Penutup