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The Political Economy of Inter-Regional Fiscal Flows
Edited by Núria Bosch, Marta Espasa , Albert Solé Ollé
Struggles over what a region receives, or should receive, from the budget of the central government are common to many countries. Discussions often focus on the measures of ‘net fiscal flows’ or ‘fiscal balances’ provided by the governme...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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State and Local Fiscal Policy
Edited by Sally Wallace
In this broad and illuminating work, experts on public finance discuss innovations in state and local tax policy that have been implemented or considered over the course of the last three decades. The authors provide original work that a...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Governance and Complexity in Water Management
Edited by Hans Bressers, Kris Lulofs
The premise of this book is that careful reconsideration of strategies to achieve water management ambitions, together with more in-depth knowledge on the theories and practices of boundary spanning, could bring solutions for contemporar...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Corporate Governance and Ethics
Alejo José G. Sison
Corporate Governance and Ethics is an illuminating and practical reading of Aristotle’s Politics for today’s corporate directors. With a deft synthesis of ethics, economics and politics, Alejo Sison elevates the discussion of corporate g...eBook:Find out more£29.56
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Transnational Multi-Stakeholder Standardization
Kristina Tamm Hallström, Magnus Boström
This enriching book provides a novel analysis of the organizational processes behind the establishment, maintenance, and challenges of non-state authority. In doing so, it compares three transnational, multi-stakeholder standard-setting ... -
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Distributive Justice and the New Medicine
George P. Smith II
The author begins by examining various economic constructs as aids for achieving a fair and equitable delivery of health care services. He then assesses their level of practical application and evaluates the costs and benefits to society...eBook:Find out more£24.76
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Public Governance in Asia and the Limits of Electoral Democracy
Edited by Brian Bridges, Lok Sang Ho
This book documents the search for a workable model of democracy in Asia. It begins with two conceptual chapters that explore the role of electoral democracy as a governance mechanism in the light of other governance mechanisms, then rev...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Community and the Law
Takao Tanase, Luke Nottage, Leon Wolff
This important book translates seven landmark essays by one of Japan’s most respected and influential legal thinkers. While Takao Tanase concedes that law might not matter as much in Japan as it does in the United States, in a provocativ...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Obesity, Business and Public Policy
Edited by Zoltán J. Ács, Alan Lyles
The effects of obesity have become practically ubiquitous in the US. This book aims to provide an alternative framework through which to explore the important and controversial obesity debate that has spilled over from the medical commun...eBook:Find out more£35.16
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Law, Informal Rules and Economic Performance
Svetozar Pejovich, Enrico Colombatto
Capitalism has outperformed all other systems and maintained a positive growth rate since it began. Svetozar Pejovich makes the case within this book that a major reason for the success of capitalism lies in the efficiency-friendly incen...eBook:Find out more£24.76
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Unfunding Terror
Jimmy Gurulé
The book begins with a discussion of how shutting down the pipelines of funding is as important as dismantling the terrorist cells themselves. Next, the book covers the various means and methods used by terrorist groups to raise money, a...eBook:Find out more£42.36
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Dissent and the Failure of Leadership
Edited by Stephen P. Banks
A timely discussion of dissent as a critical factor that differentiates leadership failures and successes. This book explores the vital but largely unrecognized connections between leadership and dissent. From interdisciplinary perspec...eBook:Find out more£29.56