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Innovation, Economic Progress and the Quality of Life
Edited by Gerry Sweeney
Innovation, science and technology and the wealth gained from them make continuous media copy and yet there is a manifest imbalance in society, a paradox of more prosperity but growing exclusion. This book marks the 25th anniversary of t... -
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Civil Service Systems in Western Europe
Edited by Hans A.G.M. Bekke, Frits M. van der Meer
Civil Service Systems in Western Europe presents a comprehensive overview of the important issues in modern bureaucracies and provides a comparative analysis of the civil service systems of nine Western European nations. In each chapter ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
Edited by Malcolm Cross
The Sociology of Race and Ethnicity is a comprehensive collection of the most significant articles to appear in the last thirty years. It presents the major ideas and approaches in this branch of sociology and covers the main themes in ... -
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The Mongolian Economy
Edited by Frederick Nixson, Bat Suvd, Puntsagdash Luvsandorj, Bernard Walters
In 1990 Mongolia, the second oldest communist state in the world, initiated a fundamental transformation of its economy and moved rapidly to a multi-party democracy. Unlike any other Asian economy it adopted the shock-therapy approach t... -
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Social Discourse and Environmental Policy
Edited by Helen Addams, John Proops
As governments and the wider public become increasingly concerned about environmental problems, the necessity for competent environmental policies is growing. The contributors to this highly original book attempt to demonstrate how the u...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Income Maintenance Policy
Edited by Michael Hill
This authoritative collection, which includes a new introduction surveying the fields, contains key contributions from the comparative literature on the politics of income maintenance policy. In recent years theoretical work has been do... -
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Competition Policy, Domestic and International
F. M. Scherer
For three decades F.M. Scherer has been writing on questions of competition policy from multiple perspectives as a professional economist, consultant in numerous antitrust and international trade proceedings, and (for two years) chief ec... -
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Environmental Economics and Public Policy
Robert N. Stavins
Robert N. Stavins has emerged as one of the most influential voices in environmental economics over the last decade and a half. These 23 essays on environmental economics and policy, written by Professor Stavins and his co-authors over ... -
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Understanding Dennis Robertson
Gordon Fletcher
In this fascinating study Gordon Fletcher explores the relationship between the life and work of one of Britain’s most distinguished economists, Sir Dennis Holme Robertson (1890–1963). Drawing on a wealth of previously unpublished mater... -
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Combating Urban Inequalities
Edmundo Werna
This book analyses the relationship between urban management and the unequal pattern of provision of urban services in developing countries. It starts from the premise that socio-economic inequalities constitute a significant developmen... -
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Global Emissions Trading
Edited by Suzi Kerr
Global Emissions Trading has grown out of direct work with Annex I delegates and representatives of the business community. Thus, it reflects and responds to their concerns and their assessment of the political and practical feasibility... -
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Food Security in Asia
Edited by Wen S. Chern, Colin A. Carter, Shun-Yi Shei
Food security can be defined as the perceived availability of a high-quality, domestically-produced staple food supply which will maintain the existing standard of living. This book provides a forum for a panel of distinguished authors ...