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A Legal Theory of Economic Power
Calixto Salomão Filho
In this provocative book Calixto Salomão Filho builds a strong case for why economic power cannot be considered a mere market phenomenon. Taking the forgotten realities and effects of these power structures into account, this comprehensi...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Security and Development
Edited by George Mavrotas
This important book tackles some of the main security challenges facing the international development community today. Containing contributions by leading experts, including some who have been at the centre of the international policy de...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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What Makes Poor Countries Poor?
Michael J. Trebilcock, Mariana Mota Prado
This important book focuses on the idea that institutions matter for development, asking what lessons we have learned from past reform efforts, and what role lawyers can play in this field.eBook:Find out more$44.76
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Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index 2012
Zoltán J. Ács, László Szerb
The Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index both captures the context features of entrepreneurship and fills a gap in the measurement of development. Building on recent advances in entrepreneurship and economic development, the aut...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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International Handbook of Urban Policy, Volume 3
Edited by H. S. Geyer
This important Handbook reveals that most urban growth takes place in the less developed world and much of it represents over-urbanization – that is, urbanization in which most migrants cannot effectively compete for employment, cannot f...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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The International Handbook of Gender and Poverty
Edited by Sylvia Chant
In the interests of contextualising (and nuancing) the multiple interrelations between gender and poverty, Sylvia Chant has gathered writings on diverse aspects of the subject from a range of disciplinary and professional perspectives, a...eBook:Find out more$71.16
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Copyright and the Public Interest in China
Guan H. Tang
Guan Hong Tang expertly highlights how the multidimensional concept of public interest has influenced the development and limitations of Chinese copyright. Since 1990 China has awarded copyright – individual rights – but also provides f...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Choice Experiments in Developing Countries
Edited by Jeff Bennett, Ekin Birol
Choice Experiments in Developing Countries is an invaluable one-stop presentation of the best-practice case studies implementing the choice experiment method in developing countries. It highlights the theoretical and practical issues tha... -
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Industrial Clusters, Upgrading and Innovation in East Asia
Edited by Akifumi Kuchiki, Masatsugu Tsuji
This lucid and informative book analyzes the problem of clusters in transition through studies of agglomerations at different stages of development in various East Asian countries.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Families, Care-giving and Paid Work
Edited by Nicole Busby, Grace James
This unique selection of chapters brings together researchers from a variety of academic disciplines to explore aspects of law’s engagement with working families. It connects academic debate with policy proposals through an integrated se...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Economies of Argentina and Brazil
Edited by Werner Baer, David Fleischer
This book compares the successes and failures of the development and growth processes of Argentina and Brazil. It provides important insights into the different performances of these economies through a series of comparative essays writt...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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An Economic History of Modern China
Joseph C.H. Chai
As a country’s current development is path dependent, the rise of China and its strategic implications can only be understood in a historical context. Hence, the key to understanding contemporary China is the understanding of its past. S...eBook:Find out more$40.00
