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Handbook on the Economics of Conflict
Edited by Derek L. Braddon, Keith Hartley
The Handbook on the Economics of Conflict conveys how economics can contribute to the understanding of conflict in its various dimensions embracing world wars, regional conflicts, terrorism and the role of peacekeeping in conflict preven...eBook:Find out more$67.96
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Managing Food Safety and Hygiene
Bridget M. Hutter
Food safety and hygiene is of critical importance to us all, yet, as periodic food crises in various countries each year show we are all dependent on others in business and public regulation to ensure that the food we consume in the reta...eBook:Find out more$43.16
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Cartels, Competition and Public Procurement
Stefan E. Weishaar
Stefan Weishaar explores the ways in which economic theory can be used to mitigate the adverse effects of bid rigging cartels. The study sheds light on one of the vital issues for achieving cost-effective public procurement – which is it...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Capitalism on Trial
Edited by Jeannette Wicks-Lim, Robert Pollin
This volume presents a collection of essays honoring Professor Thomas E. Weisskopf, one of the most prominent contributors to the field of radical economics. Beginning his academic career at Harvard before moving to the University of Mic...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Policy Alienation and the Power of Professionals
Lars Tummers
This eloquent book by Lars Tummers develops a framework to understand these important issues with policy implementation, using the innovative concept of ‘policy alienation’. Policies in healthcare, social security, and education are anal...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Participation and Interaction in Foresight
Edited by Kristian Borch, Sandra Dingli, Michael Søgaard Jørgensen
This illuminating book combines theory and practice to analyse the experiences and impacts of foresight activities in various European countries. It includes case studies with a focus on different societal issues including national devel...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Middle Class China
Edited by Minglu Chen, David S.G. Goodman
A general expectation has developed that China’s middle class will generate not only social but also political change. This expectation often overlooks the reality that there is no single Chinese middle class with a common identity or wi...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Political Power of the Business Corporation
Stephen Wilks
The large business corporation has become a governing institution in national and global politics. This trail-blazing book offers a critical account of its political dominance and lack of democratic legitimacy. Thanks to successful weal...eBook:Find out more$43.16
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Combating Money Laundering and Terrorism Finance: Past and Current Challenges
Edited by Navin Beekarry
This important book addresses the broader legal, policy and regulatory issues confronting the international community in its search for effective methodologies to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. New threats must always b... -
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Handbook on Globalization and Higher Education
Edited by Roger King, Simon Marginson, Rajani Naidoo
Higher education has entered centre-stage in the context of the knowledge economy and has been deployed in the search for economic competitiveness and social development. Against this backdrop, this highly illuminating Handbook explores ...eBook:Find out more$67.96
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Representative Bureaucracy in Action
Edited by B. Guy Peters, Patrick von Maravić, Eckhard Schröter
Taking a comparative and analytical perspective, the authoritatively, yet accessibly written, country chapters show how salient the politics of representativeness have become in increasingly diverse societies. At the same time, they illu...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Before and Beyond the Global Economic Crisis
Edited by Mats Benner
This timely and far-reaching book addresses the long-term impact of the recent global economic crisis. New light is shed on the crisis and its historical roots, and resolutions for a more robust, resilient future socio-economic model are...eBook:Find out more$40.00
