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The Political Economy of Sustainable Development
Timothy Cadman, Lauren Eastwood, Federico Lopez-Casero Michaelis, Tek N. Maraseni, Jamie Pittock, Tapan Sarker
Since the Rio ‘Earth’ Summit of 1992, sustainable development has become the major policy response to tackling global environmental degradation, from climate change to loss of biodiversity and deforestation. Market instruments such as em...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Gender, Education and Employment
Edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Jan Skopek, Moris Triventi, Sandra Buchholz
For much of the twentieth century, women lagged considerably behind men in their educational attainment. However, in recent decades, young women have become an important source of human capital for labor markets in modern societies, as w...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Monopolies and Underdevelopment
Calixto Salomão Filho
This ambitious analysis is centered on the evolution of economic structures in colonized economies, showing the effects of these structures on today’s global reality for all economies, whether they are considered ‘developed’ or ‘underdev...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Sustainable Development in International Law Making and Trade
Elisabeth Bürgi Bonanomi
This timely book provides an accessible insight into how the concept of sustainable development can be made operational through its translation into legal terms. Understood as a multidimensional legal principle, sustainable development f...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Combating Corruption
John Hatchard
Drawing on numerous recent examples of good and bad practice from around the continent, this insightful volume explores the legal issues involved in developing and enhancing good governance and accountability within African states, as we...eBook:Find out more£29.56
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Culture and Economic Action
Edited by Laura E. Grube, Virgil Henry Storr
This edited volume, a collection of both theoretical essays and empirical studies, presents an Austrian economics perspective on the role of culture in economic action. The authors illustrate that culture cannot be separated from economi...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Regional Environmental Law
Edited by Werner Scholtz, Jonathan Verschuuren
The core focus of this timely volume is to ascertain how regional environmental law may contribute to the pursuit of global sustainable development. Leading scholars critically analyze the ways in which states may pool sovereignty to fin...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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China, the European Union and the Developing World
Edited by Jan Wouters, Jean-Christophe Defraigne, Matthieu Burnay
China, the European Union and the Developing World provides a comparative analysis of Chinese and EU influence across five different regions of the developing world: Asia-Pacific; South and Central Asia; the Middle East and North Africa;...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Managing the Middle-Income Transition
Edited by Juhzon Zhuang, Paul Vandenberg, Yiping Huang
The growth model of the People’s Republic of China has been based on high investments, exports, low-cost advantage, and government interventions. This model has successfully transformed the country from a low-income to an upper middle-in...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Labour Markets, Institutions and Inequality
Edited by Janine Berg
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. Labour market institutions, including collective bargaining, the regulation of employment co...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Developing National Systems of Innovation
Edited by Eduardo Albuquerque, Wilson Suzigan, Glenda Kruss, Keun Lee
Interactions between firms and universities are key building blocks of innovation systems. This book focuses on those interactions in developing countries, presenting studies based on fresh empirical material prepared by research teams i...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Property Rights, Land Values and Urban Development
Li Tian
This book presents an analysis of betterment and compensation issues under the Land Use Rights (LURs) System in China since 1988. The topic originates from the observation of widening inequity and increasing uncertainty associated with t...eBook:Find out more£25.00