Foreign exploitation of economic crises in the developing world has been a central claim of neoliberal critics. This important and recurring international theme is the subject of closer scrutiny in this new collection, where contributors offer competing interpretations of the interaction between international and domestic forces after crises.

This volume explores the foreign policy environment facing developing nations and their particular foreign policy-making structures and processes. By defining foreign policy broadly to incorporate the activities of a range of state actors and non-state actors, the book broadens the range of analytical frameworks for studying foreign policy-making in developing nations. Thus, the actions of small groups of elites, international institutions and transnational networks are seen to be part of foreign policy-making, as well as the traditional operations of foreign ministries.
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A teenager, his family, and friends fight horrifying beings and travel across the U.S. to get to safety. But the teenager's sister is held captive in a strange dark world. The boy must find a certain tool made by Hades in order to enter the world and save his sister.

Two astronomers, James and Kate discover a new planet, which turns out to be an atmosphere of a whole new universe; Olympus. Created by the Gods of Olympus, it contains four planets and a sun, which is actually Apollo. The Skratches are people that live on Mechta, one of the planets in Olympus. Find out more about the Skratches when you take a wild ride on this epic journey around this universe. Learn about new animals that James and Kate discover, and some weird monsters that live on the planets.

Localizing Global Finance illustrates that private equity has become a more significant component of China's economy based on a pattern of new domestic elites importing and implementing a largely Western financial model.