1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910159459203321

Autore

Radetzki Marian

Titolo

A handbook of primary commodities in the global economy / / Marian Radetzki and Linda Wårell [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2017

ISBN

1-108-24041-0

1-108-24071-2

1-108-24077-1

1-107-57028-X

1-316-41694-1

1-108-24083-6

1-108-24089-5

1-108-24113-1

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 305 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

338/.02

Soggetti

Primary commodities

Primary commodities - Prices

Commercial policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Feb 2017).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The historical framework -- The geography of commodity production and trade -- Comparative advantage and the trade policy distortions -- The fossil fuels -- Price formation and price trends in commodities -- Commodity booms -- The commodity exchanges, commodity investments and speculation -- Sustainability and the threats of resource depletion -- Fears of and measures to assure supply security -- Producer cartels in international commodity markets -- Public ownership in primary commodity production -- The monoeconomies: issues raised by heavy dependence on commodity production and exports.

Sommario/riassunto

The 2010s have been a dramatic period for most primary commodity markets. Producers suffered heavily as prices fell in response to new supply facilities going into production, juxtaposed against



disappointing demand evolution from China in particular, marking the end of the most powerful and enduring commodity boom since the Second World War. This book is a guide to the primary commodity universe, an increasingly crucial part of the world economy. In this updated edition, Marian Radetzki and Linda Wårell introduce and explain pertinent issues surrounding international commodity markets, including the importance of fossil markets among commodities, price formation, price trends, the shift in primary commodity consumption towards Asia, the increasing reliance on commodity exchanges, new relaxed attitude towards depletion, cartel action, and the revival of nationalism and state ownership. This is an accessible read for graduates, academic researchers, and professionals in the mineral and energy sectors.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910832998303321

Autore

Magyar Bálint

Titolo

A Concise Field Guide to Post-Communist Regimes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Brighton : , : Academic Studies Press, , 2023

©2023

ISBN

979-88-87194-28-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 pages)

Collana

Ukrainian-Language Open Access Series

Altri autori (Persone)

MadlovicsBálint

Soggetti

History / Europe / Eastern

History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Ukrainian

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

The unanticipated and unsolicited Russian aggression against Ukraine in February 2022 highlighted the urgency of updating general assumptions about post-communist countries. The war has revealed the inadequacy of the terms and concepts employed for western democracies for describing, understanding, and predicting the developments in the "hybrid" regimes of Eastern Europe and the former



USSR. Magyar and Madlovics strongly argue for a vocabulary and grammar tailored to the specifics of the countries of the former communist bloc. In this concise companion to the 800-page The Anatomy of Post-Communist Regimes (CEU Press, 2020), they develop a conceptual framework in 120 propositions with (1) a typology of post-communist regimes and (2) a detailed presentation of ideal-type actors and the political, economic, and social phenomena in these regimes. Each of the 120 propositions contains a statement and a succinct discussion supported by illustrative tables, figures, and QR-codes that connect the interested reader to the more detailed analysis in the Anatomy. In a condensed form, the holistic approach of the Anatomy is retained by treating political, market, and communal spheres as parts of a single, coherent whole. An analysis of twelve countries illustrates the concrete application of the method.