A History of Canadian Economic Thought investigates the relationship between the evolution of economic theory in Canada and the particular geographical and political context of that theory. Theories and policies are analyzed by testing them against both the conditions to which they were applied and against competing theories. Canadian economics reflects a number of significant issues in Canadian history. Neill argues that there were distinctive economic movements in 19th-century Ontario and in early 20th-century Quebec, but that these have been displaced by an emerging North American...

This outstanding book deals with the Soviet model as a distinctive pattern of modernity. Its historical background and its institutional structure are thoroughly examined as are its implications for understanding Modernity. The book challenges many of the simple assumptions and judgements made about the Soviet road. It is essential reading for students of Political Science, Sociology and Soviet History

Why do the conventions that enable society to cohere survive, even when it is not in everyone's interests to obey them? The book is about how the rules and institutions which are the basis of co-operation in society can be systematically explained. The social sciences which have concerned themselves with this question have frequently come up with opposite explanations, neither of which seem adequate. Economics, with its emphasis on individual choice seems unable to account for individuals following rules when it is not in their interest to do so. Sociology, which can explain such...

This study of the development of economic thought in Latin America traces the development of economic ideas during five centuries and across the whole continent. It addresses a wide range of approaches to economic issues including: the scholastic tradition in Latin American economies; the quantity theory of money; cameralism; human capital theory.

A History of Portuguese Economic Thought offers the first account in English of the development of economic thought in Portugal. The authors adopt a comparative approach to analyse how economic doctrine, theories and policies have been disseminated and assimilated by Portuguese economists in different periods. They assess the influence on Portuguese economic thought of major economists such as Adam Smith, Keynes and Hayek.