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Private Rental Housing
Edited by Tony Crook, Peter A. Kemp
A new focus on private renting has been brought into sharp relief by the global financial crisis, with its profound impact on mortgage finance, housing markets and government budgets. Written by specially commissioned international expe...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Extraordinary Cities
Peter J. Taylor
In this innovative, ambitious and wide-ranging book, Peter Taylor demonstrates that cities are the epicenters of human advancement. In exploring cities as sites through which economies flourish, by harnessing the creative potential of my...eBook:Find out more$54.36
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Maritime Transport Security
Edited by Khalid Bichou, Joseph S. Szyliowicz, Luca Zamparini
Maritime Transport Security offers a multidisciplinary framework and a comparative analysis of maritime transport security policies and practices in several key countries.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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International Courts and Tribunals
Edited by William A. Schabas
Beginning about a century ago, but with a dramatic acceleration of the process in the final decades of the 1900s, international courts and tribunals have taken a prominent place in the enforcement of international law, the maintenance of... -
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Developments in Social Impact Assessment
Edited by Frank Vanclay
Along with environmental impact assessment, social impact assessment (SIA) has its origins in the 1970s and has developed from being a tool to meet regulatory requirements, to a discipline that seeks to contribute proactively to better p... -
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The WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
Justin Malbon, Charles Lawson, Mark Davison
This Commentary on the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) provides a detailed textual analysis of TRIPS – a pivotal international agreement on intellectual property rights. TRIPS sets minimum ...eBook:Find out more$324.80
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The Politics of Accounting Regulation
Sebastian Botzem
The global financial crisis underlines the relevance of accounting standards as much more than instrumental rules for corporate reporting. This important book details the accounting standards that embody societal and professional values ...eBook:Find out more$39.16
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Environmental Governance in Europe
Rüdiger K.W. Wurzel, Anthony R. Zito, Andrew J. Jordan
European governance has witnessed dramatic changes in recent decades. By assessing the use of ‘new’ environmental policy instruments in European Union countries including the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands and Austria, this tim...eBook:Find out more$43.96
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The Politics of Climate Change Negotiations
Christian Downie
The Politics of Climate Change Negotiations describes the successes and failures of long international negotiations and most importantly, examines the lessons they hold for the future.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Poor Leadership and Bad Governance
Edited by Ludger Helms
Focusing on the presidents and prime ministers of the G8 – the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Russia and Japan – it explores the complex relationship between weak and ineffective leadership, undemocrat...eBook:Find out more$39.16
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Good Government
Edited by Sören Holmberg, Bo Rothstein
In all societies, the quality of government institutions is of the utmost importance for the well-being of its citizens. Problems like high infant mortality, lack of access to safe water, unhappiness and poverty are not primarily caused ...eBook:Find out more$54.36
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Japan’s Great Stagnation
W. R. Garside
This timely book presents a critical examination of the developmental premises of Japan’s high-growth success and its subsequent drift into recession, stagnation and piecemeal reform. The country, which within a few decades of wartime de...eBook:Find out more$39.16
