Paul Bowles Published Works

Books Authored | Books Edited | Chapters in Books

Journal Articles | Journal Special Issues

Non-Refereed Papers | Working Papers

Refereed Reports | Non-Refereed Reports | Consultancy Reports

Books Authored:

Resource Communities in a Globalizing Region: Development, Agency, and Contestation in Northern British Columbia, edited by Paul Bowles, Gary N. Wilson, 2016

The Answer Is Still No: Voices of Pipeline Resistance, Paul Bowles, Henry Veltmeyer, 2014

Paul Bowles, Capitalism, Seminar Studies in History Series, London: Pearson, 2012.

 

Paul Bowles, National Currencies and Globalisation: Endangered Specie?, Routledge/RIPE Studies in Global Political Economy, London: Routledge, 2008. Paperback edition published March 2011.

 

Paul Bowles, Capitalism, Short Histories of Big Ideas Series, London: Pearson, 2007. Italian translation, Il Capitalismo, Bologna: Il Mulino Press, 2009.

 

Paul Bowles and Gordon White, The Political Economy of China’s Financial Reforms:  Finance in Late Development, Transitions: Asia and the Pacific Series, Boulder, Co.: Westview Press, 1993.

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Books Edited:

Paul Bowles and John Harriss (eds.), Globalization and Labour in China and India; Impacts and Responses, International Political Economy Series, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

 

Paul Bowles, Ray Broomhill, Teresina Gutierrez-Haces and Stephen McBride, (eds.), International Trade and Neoliberal Globalism: Towards Re-peripheralisation in Australia, Canada and Mexico?, Routledge Studies in Governance and Change in the Global Era, London: Routledge, 2008.

 

Paul Bowles, Henry Veltmeyer, Scarlett Cornelissen, Noela Invernizzi and Kwong-leung Tang, (eds.), National Perspectives on Globalization, International Political Economy Series, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

 

Paul Bowles, Henry Veltmeyer, Scarlett Cornelissen, Noela Invernizzi and Kwong-leung Tang, (eds.), Regional Perspectives on Globalization, International Political Economy Series, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

 

Paul Bowles and Lawrence T. Woods, Japan After the Economic Miracle: In Search of New Directions, Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Press, 2000.

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Recent Chapters in Books:

Paul Bowles and Baotai Wang, “Disillusioned with the Dollar but Unconvinced by the Euro: China and Global Currency Competition in the Wake of the Global Financial Crisis”, in Hubner, K., (ed.), Europe, Canada and the Comphensive Economic Partnership Agreement, New York: Routledge, 2011, pp. 306-319.

Paul Bowles, “Three Questions on China’s Rise”, in Clark, S., and Hoque, S., (eds.), Debating A Post-American World: What Lies Ahead?, London: Routledge, 2011, pp. 94-98.

Paul Bowles, “China’s Re-emergence: A Critical Development Perspective”, in H. Veltmeyer (ed.), The Critical Development Studies Handbook: Tools for Change, London: Pluto Press, 2011, pp. 238-242.

Paul Bowles, “Changing Regional Dynamics: Alternatives to Neoliberal Globalization?” in H. Veltmeyer (ed.), The Critical Development Studies Handbook: Tools for Change, London: Pluto Press, 2011, pp. 245-248.

Paul Bowles and Fiona MacPhail, ”The Opportunities and Limits of Corporate Support for Voluntary Activity in Canada: Evidence from Voluntary Organizations”, in K. Ravi Raman and Ronnie Lipschutz (eds.), Corporate Social Responsibility: Discourses, Practices, Perspectives, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010, pp. 42-59.

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Recent Journal Articles:

Paul Bowles, “’Globalizing’ Northern British Columbia: What’s in a Word?”, Globalizations, 10, 2, 2013.

Paul Bowles, “Re-balancing China’s Growth: Some Unsettled Questions”, Canadian Journal of Development Studies, 33, 1, 2012, pp. 1-13.

Paul Bowles, “Beijing’s Polanyian Gamble”, Estudios Críticos del Desarrollo, 1, 1, 2011, pp. 125-50.

Paul Bowles, D. Ajit, K. Dempsey and T. Shaw, “Urban Aboriginal Use of Fringe Financial Institutions:  Survey Evidence from Prince George, British Columbia”, Journal of Socio-Economics, 40, 2011, pp. 895-902.

Paul Bowles, “Globalization’s Problematic for Labour: Three Paradigms”, Global Labour Journal, 1, 1, 2010, pp. 12-31.

Xiaoyuan Dong, Paul Bowles, and Hongqin Chang, “Managing Liberalization and Globalization in Rural China: Trends in Rural Labour Allocation, Income and Inequality”, Global Labour Journal, 1, 1, 2010, pp. 32-54.

Fiona MacPhail and Paul Bowles, “Corporate Social Responsibility as Support for Employee Volunteers: Impacts, Gender Puzzles and Policy Implications in Canada”, Journal of Business Ethics, 84, 2009, pp. 405-416.

Paul Bowles and Baotai Wang, “The Rocky Road Ahead: China, the U.S. and the Future of the Dollar”, Review of International Political Economy, 15, 3, August 2008, pp. 333-351.

Fiona MacPhail and Paul Bowles, “From Casual Work to Economic Security: The Case of British Columbia”, Social Indicators Research, 88, 1, August 2008, pp. 97-114.

Fiona MacPhail and Paul Bowles, “Temporary Employment and Neoliberal Government Policy: Evidence from British Columbia”, International Review of Applied Economics, 22, 5, September 2008, pp. 545-563.

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Journal Special Issues

Paul Bowles and John Harriss, Guest Editors of “Globalization(s) and Labour in China and India: Impacts and Responses”, Global Labour Journal, Special Issue, 1, 1, 2010.

Fiona MacPhail and Paul Bowles, Guest Editors of “Pathways from Casual Work to Economic Security: Canadian and International Perspectives”,Social Indicators Research, Special Issue, 88, 1, August 2008.

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Non-Refereed Papers:

Paul Bowles, “20 Questions for 2020: BC’s Research Universities in a Changing Context”, CUFA BC Discussion Paper, January 2009.

Paul Bowles and Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid, “The Political Economy of Mexico’s Dollarization Debate”, Serie estudios y perspectives, No. 58, October 2006, Mexico: CEPAL.

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Working Papers

Paul Bowles, Baotai Wang and Hu Guoliang, “A Firm level Piece in China’s Exchange Rate Determination Puzzle”, February 2013.

Paul Bowles and Fiona MacPhail, “Shifting Markets, Shifting Standards? The Impacts of the BC Forest Products Industry’s China Shift”, December 2012.

Paul Bowles and Baotai Wang, “Renminbi Internationalization: A Journey to Where?”, March 2012.

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Refereed Reports:

Fiona MacPhail and Paul Bowles, Improving the Economic Security of Casual Workers in British Columbia, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, August 2008.

Fiona MacPhail and Paul Bowles, Employer-supported Volunteer Activity: How Do Women Employees and Women’s Organisations Fare? / Activité bénévole appuyée par l’employeur : la situation des femmes et des organismes de femmes, Policy Research Series, Ottawa: Status of Women Canada, February 2007.

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Non-Refereed Reports

Paul Bowles, Keely Dempsey and Trevor Shaw, Fringe Financial Institutions, The Unbanked, and the Precariously Banked: Survey Results from Prince George, B.C., Report prepared for the Aboriginal Business Development Centre, September 2010.

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Consultancy Reports

I also undertake consultancy work in selected areas of economic and social analysis. Recent consultancy reports include:

“Financial Exclusion of Off-Reserve Aboriginal Entrepneurs” ppared for Policy and Research Directorate / Direction de Politique et Recherche, Aboriginal Economic Development Sector / Secteur du Développement des Autochtones, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada/ Affaires autochtones et Développement du Nord Canada, March 2012.

“Evaluation of Rent Banks in British Columbia” ppared for Vancouver Foundation and Vancity Community Foundation. April 2011.

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