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The Euro and Economic Stability
Edited by Ewald Nowotny, Peter Mooslechner, Doris Ritzberger-Grünwald
The Euro and Economic Stability assesses the euro area’s merits as a shelter and the merits of euro assets as a safe haven and reviews the case for rapid euro adoption from a post-crisis view. Policymakers and economists provide releva...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Judicial Review in EU Law
Alexander H. Türk
Judicial review constitutes an important aspect of any legal system operating under the rule of law. This book provides a comprehensive account of judicial review in EU law by assessing the vast and complex case-law of the European Court...eBook:Find out more$66.36
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Creating Wealth from Knowledge
Edited by John Bessant, Tim Venables
This book illustrates that, although innovation has always mattered in economic development, simply increasing expenditure in creating knowledge may not be the answer: we need to look at the whole system through which such knowledge tran...eBook:Find out more$66.36
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Gene Cartels
Luigi Palombi
Starting with the 13th century, this book explores how patents have been used as an economic protectionist tool, developing and evolving to the point where thousands of patents have been ultimately granted not over inventions, but over i...eBook:Find out more$75.96
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Entrepreneurship and Regional Development
Edited by Charlie Karlsson, Börje Johansson, Roger R. Stough
Perhaps the most exceptional aspect of the current era of globalisation is that entrepreneurship has become the engine for local processes of economic, social and cultural development throughout the world. This important new book brings ... -
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Economics and Ecosystems
Lars Hein
Economics and Ecosystems demonstrates how the concepts of economic efficiency, sustainability and equity can be applied in ecosystem management. The book presents an overview of these three concepts, a framework for their analysis and mo...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Human Rights and Social Policy
Edited by Ann Nevile
This fascinating study evaluates whether the recent focus on human rights, citizenship and values makes a difference to service delivery on the ground. In doing so, it bridges the social policy and human rights literature. -
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The Political Economy of Hurricane Katrina and Community Rebound
Edited by Emily Chamlee-Wright, Virgil Henry Storr
In 2005 Hurricane Katrina posed an unprecedented set of challenges to formal and informal systems of disaster response and recovery. Informed by the Virginia School of Political Economy, the contributors to this study critically examine ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Microsoft on Trial
Edited by Luca Rubini
This fascinating and highly relevant book facilitates discussion on the difficult technical, legal and economic issues with respect to innovation, competition and welfare raised, through the span of more than a decade, by the US and EC M...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Globalization and Precarious Forms of Production and Employment
Edited by Carole Thornley, Steve Jefferys, Beatrice Appay
This important and cross-disciplinary book explores globalization alongside precarious forms of production and employment, and how these factors have impacted on workers and trade unions.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Financial and Economic Crises
Edited by Benton E. Gup
The 2007 financial and economic crisis that began in the United States and quickly spread around the world differed from earlier crises in a number of significant ways. This book examines the causes of these events in the US, and their i...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Retiree Health Plans in the Public Sector
Robert L. Clark, Melinda Sandler Morrill
While retiree health plans are a dying benefit in the private sector, all US states and many local governments extend health insurance coverage to their retired employees. This book is the first to thoroughly examine public sector health...eBook:Find out more$40.00