The theory of the “enabling condition” explains how favorable political conditions can facilitate economic upgrade. Through a case study comparison involving five single party, authoritarian regimes, it concludes that China’s unfavorable political situation augurs ill for its ambitions to build a highly productive economy.

This book evaluates the performances of existing and future transport systems, based on the level of automation, operating speed, and greening effect.

Why the neglected third volume of Capital holds the key to Marx's theory of value

This book explores the subjects of child sex abuse, flaws in the justice system, cultural support for vigilantism, prison violence, and the socio-legal philosophy of punishment.

Drawing on life-course, gender, and welfare regime theories, and relying on primary longitudinal qualitative data and primary longitudinal quantitative data, this book critically examines the generalizability of traditional age norms involving the transition to retirement, within a persistently uncertain and precarious setting.

A chronicle of US imperialism's century-long interaction with Iran's successive regimes and people