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Comparative Science and Technology Policy
Edited by Sheila Jasanoff
Science and technology policy is widely recognized as a critically important sphere of state activity. This book presents an authoritative overview of comparative research on science and technology policy in order to illuminate the choi... -
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The Economic Foundations of Property Rights
Edited by Svetozar Pejovich
Property rights formalize the relationship between individuals and goods. They form the cornerstone of the pricing, supply and efficient allocation of scarce resources between individuals. The Economic Foundations of Property Rights is a... -
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Law and Economics
Edited by Richard A. Posner, Francesco Parisi
This collection presents an authoritative selection of the most important articles in law and economics literature, written by distinguished scholars such as Ronald Coase, Robert Cooter, Henry Manne, Steven Shavell and Oliver Williamson.... -
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EQUIPPING SCIENCE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
Edited by John Irvine, Ben Martin, Dorothy Griffiths, Roel Gathier
This major book presents not only a unique vision of the likely requirements for investment in research equipment during the coming decade but also valuable information on needs and priorities in a broad spectrum of disciplines ranging f... -
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Financing Decentralized Expenditures
Edited by Ehtisham Ahmad
Financing Decentralized Expenditures presents new original research papers on the structure of intergovernmental fiscal relations in virtually all types of countries and the design and implementation of transfer mechanisms between differ... -
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European Integration and Local Government
Edited by M. J.F. Goldsmith, Kurt K. Klausen
European Integration and Local Government is an original comparative review of the impact of the European Union on local and regional governments throughout Europe. -
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The Social Challenge of Job Creation
Edited by Jordi Gual
The Social Challenge of Job Creation brings together a distinguished group of economists and sociologists to provide a broad, accessible and multidisciplinary assessment of job creation in Europe. -
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Economic Integration and Public Policy in the European Union
Edited by Christos C. Paraskevopoulos, Ricardo Grinspun, Theodore Georgakopoulos
This collection of essays is a state-of-the-art analysis of key issues confronting the European Union. Identifying European economic integration as one of the defining features of modern international economics, the authors examine many... -
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Housing, Welfare and the State in Europe
Mark Kleinman
Housing, Welfare and the State in Europe identifies a divergence in housing policy between, on the one hand, the majority of relatively affluent households and, on the other, an impoverished minority. The legal, financial and economic c... -
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Budgeting and the Management of Public Spending
Edited by Donald J. Savoie
This authoritative new volume contains a selection of the most important articles and papers spanning over 20 years on budgeting and managing public spending. It is divided into five succinct parts, covering the main areas of the field ... -
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Public Policy
Wayne Parsons
Public Policy provides a lively, clear and highly accessible introduction to the theory and practice of public policy. Interdisciplinary and comparative in scope, this text covers agenda setting, and problem definition, policy making, im... -
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Bureaucracy in the Modern State
Edited by Jon Pierre
Public administration is under increasing pressure to become more efficient, better geared to the demands and opinions of citizens, more open to contacts with transnational bureaucracies, and more responsive to the ideas of elected polic...eBook:Find out more$40.00