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Handbook on the Knowledge Economy
Edited by David Rooney, Greg Hearn, Abraham Ninan
This fascinating Handbook defines how knowledge contributes to social and economic life, and vice versa. It considers the five areas critical to acquiring a comprehensive understanding of the knowledge economy: the nature of the knowledg...eBook:Find out more$71.96
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Ageing Labour Forces
Edited by Philip Taylor
This provocative book considers the changing status of older workers, the evolution of public policy on age and work and the behaviour of employers. It attempts to answer the critical question: in an ageing society, can older workers loo...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Regulatory Governance in Developing Countries
Edited by Martin Minogue, Ledivina Cariño
The past decade has seen a quickening of the pace and extent of privatisation reforms in developing countries. An associated set of post-privatisation policies has seen the introduction of new and changed regulatory institutions. This bo...eBook:Find out more$71.96
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Counter-Terrorism and the Post-Democratic State
Edited by Jenny Hocking, Colleen Lewis
The ‘war on terror’ and ongoing terrorist attacks around the world have generated a growing body of literature on national and international measures to counteract terrorist activity. This detailed study investigates an aspect of contemp...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Private Pensions versus Social Inclusion?
Edited by Traute Meyer, Paul Bridgen, Barbara Riedmüller
This rigorous study sheds light on these issues. It assesses the extent to which six European multi-pillar pension regimes are socially inclusive, by micro-simulating retirement income for hypothetical citizens facing typical post-indust...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Partnerships, Governance and Sustainable Development
Edited by Pieter Glasbergen, Frank Biermann, Arthur P.J. Mol
This significant study discusses the emergence of partnerships for sustainable development as an innovative, and potentially influential, new type of governance. With contributions from leading experts in the field, the ‘partnership para...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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International Handbook of Urban Policy, Volume 1
Edited by H. S. Geyer
This first Handbook in a series of three original reference works looks at globally contentious urban policy issues from a wide variety of different angles and perspectives. Matters related to urban densification, population mobility, ur...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Governance and Nationbuilding
Kate Jenkins, William Plowden
Governance and Nationbuilding describes how aid donors have attempted to improve the performance of government in developing countries and countries in crisis. Kate Jenkins and William Plowden review the widespread lack of success, traci...eBook:Find out more$46.36
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Science and Public Policy
Aynsley Kellow
This book is an examination of a neglected form of scientific corruption – corruption by political attachment to noble causes.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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A Primer for Benefit–Cost Analysis
Richard O. Zerbe Jr, Allen S. Bellas
Straightforward in style and cutting-edge in coverage, this volume will be highly usable both as a text and a reference. Advanced undergraduates and masters students in public policy, public administration, economics and health care admi...eBook:Find out more$57.56
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Population Aging, Intergenerational Transfers and the Macroeconomy
Edited by Robert L. Clark, Naohiro Ogawa, Andrew Mason
Population aging is a global phenomenon that influences not only the industrialized countries of Asia and the West, but also many middle- and low- income countries that have experienced rapid fertility decline and achieved long life expe...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Competing Claims in Work and Family Life
Edited by Tanja van der Lippe, Pascale Peters
Competing claims on time in work and family life have become inherent, unavoidable features of the Western world. As households increasingly juggle competing responsibilities, and as job expectations and parenting standards intensify, ma...