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Public Private Partnerships
Sara Valaguzza, Eduardo Parisi
This insightful book critically examines the phenomenon of public private partnerships through a global, theoretical, lens. It considers the reasons for merging private entities and public administration, as well as the processes and con...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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A Research Agenda for New Institutional Economics
Edited by Claude Ménard, Mary M. Shirley
Consisting of 30 concise chapters written by top scholars, this Research Agenda probes the knowledge frontiers of issues long at the forefront of New Institutional Economics (NIE), including government, contracts and property rights. It ...eBook:Find out more£27.16
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The Relational Nordic Welfare State
Edited by Sakari Hänninen, Kirsi-Marja Lehtelä, Paula Saikkonen
The success of the Nordic welfare state is well known, but the key drivers of its remarkable expansion are not. This book explores the relationships between citizens that constitute the normative groundwork of Nordic societies, arguing t...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Critical Policy Discourse Analysis
Edited by Nicolina Montesano Montessori, Michael Farrelly, Jane Mulderrig
This book provides a series of contemporary and international policy case studies analysed through discursive methodological approaches in the traditions of critical discourse analysis, social semiotics and discourse theory. This is the ...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Rational Choice Sociology
Michael Hechter
Rational Choice Sociology shows that despite the scepticism of many sociologists, rational choice theory indeed can account for a variety of non-market outcomes, including those concerning social norms, family dynamics, crime, rebellion,...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Geofinance between Political and Financial Geographies
Edited by Silvia Grandi, Christian Sellar, Juvaria Jafri
This edited collection explores the boundaries between political and financial geographies, focusing on the linkages between the changing strategies, policies and institutions of the state. It also investigates banks and other financial ...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Social Capital, Social Support and Stratification
Edited by Ronald S. Burt, Yanjie Bian, Lijun Song, Nan Lin
This insightful book explores the spread of ''social'' network imagery in three areas of sociology – social capital, social support, and China – using as its protagonist a man active in all three: Nan Lin. Social Capital, Social Support ...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Handbook of Democratic Innovation and Governance
Edited by Stephen Elstub, Oliver Escobar
Democratic innovations are proliferating in politics, governance, policy, and public administration. These new processes of public participation are reimagining the relationship between citizens and institutions. This Handbook advances u...eBook:Find out more£48.00
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Transnational Business Governance Interactions
Edited by Stepan Wood, Rebecca Schmidt, Errol Meidinger, Burkard Eberlein, Kenneth W. Abbott
From agriculture to sport and from climate change to indigenous rights, transnational regulatory regimes and actors are multiplying and interacting with poorly understood effects. This interdisciplinary book investigates whether, how and...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Research Handbook on Global Climate Constitutionalism
Edited by Jordi Jaria-Manzano, Susana Borrás
Climate change is causing traditional political and legal concepts to be revisited. The emergence of a global polity through physical, economic and social interaction demands global responses which should be founded upon new principles a...eBook:Find out more£48.00
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Handbook of Terrorism and Counter Terrorism Post 9/11
Edited by David Martin Jones, Paul Schulte, Carl Ungerer, M L.R. Smith
Almost two decades after the events of 9/11, this Handbook offers a comprehensive insight into the evolution and development of terrorism and insurgency since then. Gathering contributions from a broad range of perspectives, it both iden...eBook:Find out more£48.00
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Global Challenges, Governance, and Complexity
Edited by Victor Galaz
There is an increased interest in integrating insights from the complexity sciences to studies of governance and policy. While the issue has been debated, and the term of ‘complexity’ has multiple and sometimes contested interpretations,...eBook:Find out more£25.00