This new edition of the an established introduction to the economics of regional integration among nation states, has been completely revised to reflect the latest developments in the past decade and current policy initiatives. Features of the new edition include:
* revised and updated analysis of customs unions, free trade areas, common markets, fiscal integration and harmonisation, monetary integration and regional policy
* two entirely new chapters dealing with the 'new' economics of market integration and the role of transnational corporations
* analysis of influential...

This collection of essays, part of the Onati International Series in Law and Society, focuses attention on the global impact of legal policies on levels of poverty. They illustrate the distinct dimensions of poverty in a range of different political and cultural settings and also show how poverty is exacerbated by quite discrete local cultural factors in some instances. There is, nonetheless, a universal element which runs through all the contributions. The fate of those who are disadvantaged in society depends crucially on their access to goods through the world of work. Thus gender, ethnic...