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Renewable Energy Law in the EU
Edited by Marjan Peeters, Thomas Schomerus
This timely book examines the role played by regional authorities in the EU in the transition towards renewable energy. Drawing on both academia and practice, the expert contributors explore some of the key legal questions that have emer...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Advanced Introduction to International Humanitarian Law
Robert Kolb
This innovative book provides a thought-provoking introduction to international humanitarian law (IHL). Robert Kolb explores the field through questions – which are at times challenging and controversial – in order to get to the very ess...eBook:Find out more$27.40
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Public Administration in the Context of Global Governance
Edited by Soonhee Kim, Shena Ashley, Henry W. Lambright
This collection explores the frontiers of knowledge at the intersection of public administration and international relations scholarship. The culturally, generationally and academically diverse team of editors stake a meaningful claim in...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Constitutional Sunsets and Experimental Legislation
Sofia Ranchordás
This innovative book explores the nature and function of ‘sunset clauses’ and experimental legislation, or temporary legislation that expires after a determined period of time, allowing legislators to test out new rules and regulations w...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Corruption, Grabbing and Development
Edited by Tina Søreide, Aled Williams
All societies develop their own norms about what is fair behaviour and what is not. Violations of these norms, including acts of corruption, can collectively be described as forms of ‘grabbing’. This unique volume addresses how grabbing ...eBook:Find out more$39.16
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Civilization and War
Brett Bowden
Civilization and war were born around the same time in roughly the same place – they have effectively grown up together. This challenges the belief that the more civilized we become, the less likely the resort to war to resolve differenc...eBook:Find out more$29.56
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International Handbook on Migration and Economic Development
Edited by Robert E.B. Lucas
This Handbook summarizes the state of thinking and presents new evidence on various links between international migration and economic development, with particular reference to lower-income countries. The connections between trade, aid a...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Handbook on the Economics of Reciprocity and Social Enterprise
Edited by Luigino Bruni, Stefano Zamagni
The recent era of economic turbulence has generated a growing enthusiasm for an increase in new and original economic insights based around the concepts of reciprocity and social enterprise. This stimulating and thought-provoking Handboo...eBook:Find out more$63.16
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Quality of Government and Corruption from a European Perspective
Nicholas Charron, Victor Lapuente, Bo Rothstein
In this book the authors tackle the concept of ‘quality of government’ (QoG) both conceptually and empirically and apply their focus to EU countries and regions. In a pioneering empirical effort, they map out regional QoG for the first t...eBook:Find out more$39.16
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National Economic Impact Analysis of Terrorist Attacks and Natural Disasters
Edited by Harry W. Richardson, Jiyoung Park, James E. Moore II, Qisheng Pan
This book develops a national economic impact model to estimate the effects of simulated terrorist attacks and natural disasters on individual US States and economic sectors. The model, called NIEMO (The National Interstate Economic Mod...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Political Economy of Status
Theodore Koutsobinas
In this timely book Theodore Koutsobinas explores the system of status markets and their social effects including inequality. He explains how media fascination with superstars and luxury consumption goods amplify positional concerns for ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Governance of Socio-Technical Systems
Edited by Susana Borrás, Jakob Edler
Examining the ‘who’ (agents), ‘how’ (policy instruments) and ‘why’ (societal legitimacy) of the governance process, this book presents a conceptual framework about the governance of change in socio-technical systems. Bridging the gap bet...eBook:Find out more$40.00