Spyros Vliamos is Dean of the Business School of Neapolis University Pafos, Cyprus and Professor Emeritus of Political Economy at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, specializing in Institutional Economics and Entrepreneurship. Michel S. Zouboulakis is Professor of in History & Methodology of Economics and Department Head of Economics at the University of Thessaly, Greece.

• Part I Institutional Roots of Development.- 1. 1688 and All That: Property Rights, the Glorious Revolution and the Rise of British Capitalism.- 2. The Contemporary State and Interests: A Framework of Analysis.- 3. NGO in the Modern State.- 4. Freedom and Friendship: Some Thoughts on the Renewal of Our Democracy.- 5. The Institutional Impact on Economic Development in Iran.- Part II Theoretical Insights of Institutions.- 6. Critical Realism in the Analysis of National Innovation Systems.- 7. From Commons Dilemmas to Social Solutions: A Common Pool Resource Experiment in Greece.- 8. Public Goods, Club Goods and Specialization in Evolving Collaborative Entities.- Part III International Organizations and Development.- 9. The International Financial System and the Role of Central Banks in the Great 2007–9 Recession and the ‘Monetary Peace’.- 10. Institutions and International Political Economy: Realist Readings of International Regimes.- 11. EU–Russia Antagonism in South-Eastern Europe: The Energy Factor.- 12. Declining Activity of the European Commission in Legislative Initiatives: Is the Commission Losing Its Influence?.- 13. Amendments to Legal Regulations in the Field of the Enterprises Restructuring Procedures in Poland.