0703, 2013

FREE Access to a Wiley Special Collection of Articles on China and the World Economy: Investment and Trade

By Victoria Bird|March 7, 2013|China and Inner Asia, Economics, Financial and Management Studies, Unknown|0 comments

Wiley Publishers have created a special collection of articles, edited by Professor Shujie Yao, featuring 16 papers that “…have been carefully selected from a broad range of economic journals. All the papers have large numbers of downloads and citations, but they share a common focus of interest: China and the World Economy from an Investment and Trade Perspective.”  Professor Shujie Yao has provided a full introduction here, which is also available in Chinese. Simply click on

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0503, 2013

Development Studies – January and February 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|March 5, 2013|Development Studies|0 comments

Every nation for itself : winners and losers in a G-Zero world / Ian Bremmer. Crisis, capital flows and FDI in emerging Asia / Ramkishen S. Rajan with Sasidaran Gopalan, Rabin Hattari. From iron rice bowl to informalization: markets, workers, and the state in a changing China / [edited by] Sarosh Kuruvilla, Ching Kwan Lee, and Mary E. Gallagher.[Available as an e-book via ebrary] Modalities of change : the interface

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0103, 2013

Politics and International Relations – February 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|March 1, 2013|Politics and International Relations|0 comments

The political future of Hong Kong : democracy within Communist China / Kit Poon.  Democracy after democratization : the Korean experience / Jang-Jip Choi.  Regionalism and rebellion in Yemen : a troubled national union / Stephen W. Day.  Superstition as ideology in Iranian politics : from Majlesi to Ahmadinejad / Ali Rahnema.  The politics of nationalism in modern Iran / by Ali M. Ansari.  In the shadow of violence :

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0502, 2013

Economics – December 2012 & January 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|February 5, 2013|Economics|0 comments

The Philippines in ASEAN : reflections from the listening room / M. C. Abad Jr. From miracle to maturity : the growth of the Korean economy / Barry Eichengreen, Dwight H. Perkins, and Kwanho Shin. The growth of international business / edited by Mark Casson. International trade : selected readings / ed. by Jagdish Bhagwati. Invested interests : capital, culture, and the World Bank / Bret Benjamin. The global grapevine

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0409, 2012

Development Studies – August 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|September 4, 2012|Development Studies|0 comments

E-Books Borderlines and Borderlands: Political oddities at at the edge of the nation state/ edited by Alexander C. Diener and Joshua City out of chaos : urban self-organization and sustainability / Riccardo M. Pulselli & Enzo Tiezzi Coming climate crisis? consider the past, beware the big fix / Claire L. Parkinson Environmental sociology / John Hannigan Ethics for disaster/ Naomi Zack The Politics of Indigeneity: Dialogues and Reflections on Indigenous

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2906, 2012

Economics – June 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|June 29, 2012|Economics|0 comments

The international political economy of transition : neoliberal hegemony and Easter Central Europe’s transformation / Stuart Shields. Land tenure, gender and globalisation : research and analysis from Africa, Asia and Latin America / edited by Dzodzi Tsikata & Pamela Golah. Employment, growth and development : a post-Keynesian approach / edited by Claude Gnos and Louis-Philippe Rochon. Basic econometrics / Damodar N. Gujarati, Dawn C. Porter. The role of governance in

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2906, 2012

Financial and Management Studies – June 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|June 29, 2012|Financial and Management Studies|0 comments

Inequality and instability : a study of the world economy just before the Great Crisis / James K. Galbraith. Options, futures, and other derivatives 8th edition / John C. Hull. Transnational corporations and international production : concepts, theories and effects / Grazia Ietto-Gillies. Global corporate power / edited by Christopher May. Latin America and global capitalism : a critical globalization perspective / William I. Robinson. The gods that failed :

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3004, 2012

Development Studies – April 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|April 30, 2012|Development Studies|0 comments

Combating malnutrition in Ethiopia : an evidence-based approach for sustained results / Andrew Sunil Rajkumar, Christopher Gaukler, and Jessica Tilahun. Exporting services : a developing country perspective / Arti Grover Goswami, Aaditya Mattoo, and Sebastián Sáez, editors. Healthy partnerships :how governments can engage the private sector to improve health in Africa Extreme heritage management : the practices and policies of densely populated islands / edited by Godfrey Baldacchino. Understanding economic

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3004, 2012

Middle East and Central Asia – April 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|April 30, 2012|Middle East, Central Asia and Islamica|0 comments

Journals Arabica  – Volume 1(1954) onwards. Books International migration and development in the Arab region : challenges and opportunities / Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). Sources for the history of Sasanian and post-Sasanian Iran / edendum curavit Rika Gyselen. Islam, the state, and political authority : medieval issues and modern concerns / edited by Asma Afsaruddin. Angels in Islam : Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyuṭī’s al-Hạbāʼik fī akhbār al-malāʼik /

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