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Industrial Upgrading and China’s Electric Vehicle and Wind Turbine Industries
This thesis studies the mechanism of industrial upgrading and examines the cases of China’s two renewable high-tech industries, the electric vehicle industry and the wind turbine industry. The thesis firstly explores the ... -
The Myth of Paradise: A Reappraisal of Commonwealth Caribbean States' Sovereignty and Development Sustainability within the Transnational Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Legal Order
From the global wars on drugs and terror to the ‘Paradise Papers’ scandal, the Commonwealth Caribbean has been discursively stigmatised as a mythical island paradise of ‘rogue’ States. Not infrequently, their exercise of ... -
The Ethics of Labor Migration: From Social Protection To Commodification
Growing scholarship critiques ideas of migration as a development tool, however it remains a key policy instrument for sending states who seek to foster development. These critiques point to the importance of how sending ... -
From skills to work and aspirations: An examination of Barefoot College and Prime Minister’s Skill Development Programmes in India
Skill development has been recognised as being crucial for economic and human development. However, having gained greater mobility in the recent past, there is an overall paucity of research, particularly in the global ...
