International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 25 Issue 2/3/4

Publications, research projects and consultancies of Clem Tisdell: A brief review of why, how and what

Provides statistics on trends in the quantity of publications of Clem Tisdell, changing patterns of their joint authorship and variations in their interdisciplinary nature. The…

Socio‐economic aspects of language policies: an Australian perspective

Australian language policy implementations have received a great deal of public exposure since the launching of the National Policy on Languages in 1987. The paper defines the…

Abstraction in economics: incorporating the time dimension

States that the homo economicus abstraction remains dominant in economics, despite a range of criticisms of its use over the years. Many institutionalists, post‐Keynesians…

Social economics: where has it gone?

Reports statistics that show that the number of economics majors in the USA achieved a peak in 1989‐90 but had declined by 11 percent by 1993 and experienced further 8.8 percent…

Internalizing economics: sustainability between matter and meaning

Despite its now widespread use, the concept of sustainability remains ambiguous. Its varying definitions carry the marks of the disciplines defining it. Sustainability as defined…

Environment and sustainable development in the hilly regions of North‐East India: A study in Arunachal Pradesh

The present paper deals with the people and society of a state in India which was known as “the hidden land”. Since Independence, this predominantly tribal society has been in a…

Ecology, economics and ethics: Some key issues relevant to natural resource management in developing countries

Reports that while overconsumption of the world’s natural resources is a problem in developed nations, it is population growth and biological resource depletion that are the bane…

Socio‐economic and political aspects of biodiversity conservation in Nepal

Although a very poor country, Nepal has established an extensive protected area system. Many visitors are attracted by some of these parks, helping to make tourism the top foreign…

New directions in community and farm reforestation

Increased emphasis on environment, increased faith in private sector forests rather than government‐owned plantations, and improved techniques for tree growing have led to changes…

Agrarian change and social transformation among the Mizo (the tribal State in North‐East India)

Reports the upheavals occurring in Mizo society as it moves from being agrarian based to being a monetised, capitalist economy. Claims that a great deal of poverty has been caused…

Chanakya: the pioneer economist of the world

Reviews the content of the scholar Chanakya’s treatise, Arthasastra (economics). Written in the period 321‐296bc, it sets forth a framework for the economic management of India…

Agrochemical use and the environment in Australia: A resource economics perspective

Examines the economic factors that influenced chemical based agriculture in Australia and the adverse environmental effects of agrochemicals. Reports how technological change…

The economics of Aboriginal education

This paper analyses broad patterns in Australian Aboriginal affairs and indigenous education since colonisation. The influence of these patterns on educational initiatives over…

Coming out of their homesteads?: Employment for rural women in shrimp aquaculture in coastal Bangladesh

Bangladesh has experienced a rapid expansion of shrimp farming in the coastal regions in recent years. The increase in both area and production has been influenced by the…

Information economics: research strategies

Reviews past and present research into the role of information as a public good and states that progress in thinking has not kept pace with events that led the New York Times to…

An information economics perspective on innovation

Introduces the information theoretic or economics of information approach, shows how this relates to innovation and illustrates an example of an information economics model of…

Convict labor at the Sumitomo Besshi copper mine in Japan

Convict labor which the Sumitomo family rounded up in order to carry charcoal from the charcoal kiln to the smelting hearth on the steep mountain paths, began in 1881 at the…

Jeremy Bentham and the New South Wales convicts

Bentham’s penal theory persuaded him that convict transportation was inherently inferior to imprisonment as a punishment for serious crime. The transportation of convicts to New…

Privatization in Russia: some micro‐evidence based on housing markets

Examines the importance of the role of economic incentives in privatization using data collected at the micro level from auctions of state‐owned apartments in Moscow. Describes…

Privatization of public enterprises and its problems in Japan

Reports the lead up to the privatization of the three public corporations in Japan and the performance of the resultant privatized enterprises. Examines the problems associated…

Values, co‐operation and lifetime employment

Many types of work in an organization can be characterized by high degrees of discretion on the part of interdependent workers. Thus their productivity increases if effective…

Economic development and institutional factors affecting income distribution: the case of Iran, 1967‐1993

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between economic development and income distribution for Iran. Using time series data for the period 1967‐1993, it is…

Direct foreign investment and inter‐regional economic disparity in China

Discusses the pattern of the regional distribution in the Chinese economy of Direct foreign investment (DFI) in the context of the open‐door policy and the regional difference in…

Eucken’s instability thesis revisited ‐ the case of China

The People’s Republic of China, as a progressively developing economy, is subject to dynamic structural changes, which are potentially de‐stabilizing in nature. Since the end of…

Evaluation of tourism and tourist resources in China: Existing methods and their limitations

The evaluation of both tourism and tourist resources in China remains problematic. On the macro‐level, only the positive contributions of tourism have been evaluated, ignoring the…

Ageing labour force in a labour shortage economy: the case of Singapore

The effects of ageing on incomes, taxes, social protection and labour productivity will be important considerations in Singapore’s future economic policy, while posing strong…

The Life and Times of Soviet Socialism