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The Protection of Traditional Knowledge on Genetic Resources
Frantzeska Papadopoulou
Traditional knowledge protection methods are becoming increasingly out-dated in the face of modern challenges. Focusing on the protection of traditional knowledge and related genetic resources, this book is the first of its kind to amalg...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Innovation, Economic Development and Policy
Jan Fagerberg
This authoritative and enlightening book focuses on fundamental questions such as what is innovation, who is it relevant for, what are the effects, and what is the role of (innovation) policy in supporting innovation-diffusion? The first...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Handbook of Behavioral and Cognitive Geography
Edited by Daniel R. Montello
This comprehensive Handbook summarizes existing work and presents new concepts and empirical results from leading scholars in the multidisciplinary field of behavioral and cognitive geography, the study of the human mind, and activity in...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Fiscal Decentralization and Local Finance in Developing Countries
Roy Bahl, Richard M. Bird
This book draws on experiences in developing countries to bridge the gap between the conventional textbook treatment of fiscal decentralization and the actual practice of subnational government finance. The extensive literature about the...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Court Mediation Reform
Shahla F. Ali
As judiciaries advance, exploring how court mediation programs can provide opportunities for party-directed reconciliation whilst ensuring access to formal legal channels requires careful investigation. Court Mediation Reform explores co...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Electricity Network Regulation in the EU
Edited by Leonardo Meeus, Jean-Michel Glachant
The UK model of incentive regulation of power grids was at one time the most advanced, and elements of it were adopted throughout the EU. This model worked well, particularly in the context of limited investment and innovation, a single ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Social Enterprise Zoo
Edited by Dennis R. Young, Elizabeth A.M. Searing, Cassady V. Brewer
The Social Enterprise Zoo employs the metaphor of the zoo to gain a more comprehensive understanding of social enterprise – especially the diversity of its forms; the various ways it is organized in different socio-political environments...eBook:Find out more$43.96
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A Research Agenda for Cities
Edited by John R. Short
This book provides a critical assessment of key areas of urban scholarship. In twelve stimulating chapters, expert contributors examine a range of important pressing topics from sustainability and gentrification to feminist interventions...eBook:Find out more$43.96
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Handbook of Research on Gender and Leadership
Edited by Susan R. Madsen
Although some progress has been made in recent decades in getting women into top positions in government, business and education, there are on-going, persisting challenges with efforts to improve the opportunities for women in leadership...eBook:Find out more$63.16
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Handbook on Participatory Governance
Edited by Hubert Heinelt
This Handbook concentrates on democracy beyond the traditional governmental structures to explore the full scope of participatory governance. It argues that it is a political task to turn the shift from government to governance into part...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Climate Change and the UN Security Council
Edited by Shirley V. Scott, Charlotte Ku
In this forward-looking book, the authors consider how the United Nations Security Council could assist in addressing the global security challenges brought about by climate change. Contributing authors contemplate how the UNSC could pre...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Public Utilities, Second Edition
David E. McNabb
A thoroughly updated introduction to the current issues and challenges facing managers and administrators in the investor and publicly owned utility industry, this engaging volume addresses management concerns in five sectors of the util...eBook:Find out more$58.36