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Pension Policy in an Integrating Europe
Edited by Onorato Castellino, Elsa Fornero
This book focuses on pension policies in Europe and interestingly includes comparisons both within the EU and between EU countries and the US. The authors show how different countries are confronted with similar problems and that compari... -
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Return Migration in the Asia Pacific
Edited by Robyn Iredale, Fei Guo, Santi Rozario
Globalisation and social transformation theorists have paid significantly less attention to the movement of people than they have to the movement of capital. This book redresses the balance and provides timely insights into recent deve...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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![The Innovation Policy of the European Union]()
The Innovation Policy of the European Union
Susana Borrás
Adopting a strong interdisciplinary approach, the author skilfully examines the politics and economics of the new innovation policy of the EU, addressing such diverse topics as research and knowledge production, the changing regime of in...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Beyond Rules in Society and Business
Verner C. Petersen
This provocative book challenges traditional tenets about behavioral regulation in society as well as in business. Verner Petersen asserts that attempts to solve ethical problems by creating explicit guidelines, codes and rules discourag... -
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Political Economy and Public Finance
Edited by Stanley L. Winer, Hirofumi Shibata
There is a long-standing difference amongst public economists between those who think that collective choice must be formally acknowledged, and those who derive their policy recommendations from a social planning framework in which polit...eBook:Find out more£32.76
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Public Policy in Knowledge-Based Economies
David Rooney, Greg Hearn, Thomas Mandeville, Richard Joseph
The purpose of this book is to illustrate how these social and cultural conditions are identified and analysed through new conceptual frameworks. Such frameworks are necessary to penetrate the surface features of knowledge-based economie... -
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Economic Welfare, International Business and Global Institutional Change
Edited by Ram Mudambi, Pietro Maria Navarra, Giuseppe Sobbrio
The distinguished authors in this volume address the fundamental causes for such heterogeneous international experiences, placing particular emphasis on the role of institutions. They demonstrate how the study of economic development is... -
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Competition and Regulation in Utility Markets
Edited by Colin Robinson
This volume is the latest in an annual series, published in association with the Institute of Economic Affairs and the London Business School, which provides an up-to-date review of the state of utility regulation in Britain, with some r... -
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Migration in the Asia Pacific
Edited by Robyn Iredale, Charles Hawksley, Stephen Castles
This book examines the overall trends and labour patterns of migrants, their relationship with the state, and the impacts they have on the societies in which they work and sometimes settle. The book adopts a multidisciplinary perspective...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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![Handbook on Development Policy and Management]()
Handbook on Development Policy and Management
Edited by Colin Kirkpatrick, Ron Clarke, Charles Polidano
This important Handbook on international development policy and management covers a broad spectrum of contemporary topics across all the major areas of interest. With over 40 chapters, the book comprehensively explores the many themes an...eBook:Find out more£44.76
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Incentives to Improve Education
Robert McMeekin
Incentives to Improve Education identifies three categories of incentives: rewards, (financial rewards for teachers), competition (educational choice, often in the form of payment for education by voucher) and threats (introduction of ex... -
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Global Climate Change
Edited by James M. Griffin
This volume is written for policymakers and informed citizenry who want to understand at a general level the complexities of global climate change without becoming enmeshed in technical minutia. The introduction emphasizes the core fact ...eBook:Find out more£25.00
