Politics and Public Policy

These two volumes collect some of the principal articles that have contributed to the renewal and development of radical political economy during the past generation. Radical Political Economy draws upon Marxian, institutional and Keyne...

This major reference work is a comprehensive critical guide to the large and growing literature on the economics of defence, disarmament and peace. It covers the cost of defence spending and its effects on growth, investment, unemploymen...

This widely acclaimed book presents for the first time a detailed comparative survey of government research expenditure in 6 leading scientific nations over the period 1975–87. It provides disaggregated international statistics showing ...

A concise introduction to the study of foreign policy, this textbook provides an essential guide to a major area of international politics which has become increasingly complex and sophisticated.

This book presents in one volume Professor Wiseman’s seminal work on the theory of costs and the economist’s treatment of the role of government. The major themes concern the subjectivity of costs and the unknowability of the future. Fro...