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The Political Economy of Iraq
Frank R. Gunter
This groundbreaking volume offers a comprehensive look at the current state of Iraq’s political economy in the aftermath of the US-led overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003. Frank R. Gunter describes the unique difficulties facing the mode...eBook:Find out more$43.96
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Adult Learning in Modern Societies
Edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Elina Kilpi-Jakonen, Daniela Vono de Vilhena, Sandra Buchholz
As industrial societies increasingly evolve into knowledge-based economies, the importance of education as a lifelong process is greater than ever. This comprehensive book provides a state-of-the-art analysis of adult learning across the...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Changing Role of Law in Japan
Edited by Dimitri Vanoverbeke, Jeroen Maesschalck, David Nelken, Stephan Parmentier
The Changing Role of Law in Japan offers a comparative perspective on the changing role of law in East Asia, discussing issues such as society, cultural values, access to the legal system and judicial reform. This innovative book places ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Choosing a Future
Edited by Anna Grear, Conor Gearty
The issue is no longer whether climate change is happening; it is rather what we should now be doing about it. Drawing together key thinkers and policy experts, this unique volume – also a Special Issue of the Journal of Human Rights and...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Environmental Justice and Federalism
Dennis C. Cory, Tauhidur Rahman, Satheesh Aradhyula, Melissa Anne Burns, Miles H. Kiger
The authors discuss two case studies in their investigation of the complex interactions between environmental justice and government. These analyses offer a comprehensive view of both the siting and regulation of polluting activities, as...eBook:Find out more$39.16
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The Successes and Failures of Whistleblower Laws
Robert G. Vaughn
Drawing on literature from several disciplines, this enlightening book examines the history of whistleblower laws throughout the world and provides an analytical structure for the most common debates about the nature of such laws and the...eBook:Find out more$43.96
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The New Regulatory Space
Frank Vibert
This groundbreaking book analyses changing patterns of governance in modern democratic societies. Frank Vibert discusses how far we should be concerned about such changes and what we should be concerned about. Crucially, Vibert clarifies...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Entrepreneurial Action, Public Policy, and Economic Outcomes
Edited by Robert F. Salvino Jr., Michael T. Tasto, Gregory M. Randolph
Examining the economics of entrepreneurship from the perspectives of productive versus unproductive entrepreneurial behavior and the role of institutions in economic outcomes, the authors in this book seek to advance the research on inst...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Societal Entrepreneurship
Edited by Karin Berglund, Bengt Johannisson, Birgitta Schwartz
Stating the importance of both the local and the broader societal context, the book reports close-up studies from a variety of social ventures. Generic themes include positioning societal entrepreneurship against other images of collecti...eBook:Find out more$43.96
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Innovation and Inequality
Edited by Susan Cozzens, Dhanaraj Thakur
Inequality is one of the main features of globalization. Do emerging technologies, as they spread around the world, contribute to more inequality or less? This unique interdisciplinary text examines the relationships between emerging tec...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Economic Futures of the West
Jan Winiecki
Jan Winiecki explores the various problems that the West must deal with in order to remain an efficient competitor in the world economy. These, he argues, are primarily consequences of the ever-expanding welfare state; consequences that ...eBook:Find out more$39.16
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Economists and the State
Timothy P. Roth
Adam Smith is widely regarded as the ‘founder of modern economics’. The author shows, however, that Smith’s procedurally based, consequence-detached political economy, an approach shared by America’s Founders, finds no expression in the ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
