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International Handbook on Civil Service Systems
Edited by Andrew Massey
While there is no universally accepted definition of civil servant and civil service, this authoritative and informative Handbook compares and contrasts various approaches to organising the structure and activities of different civil ser...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Biotechnology and Innovation Systems
Edited by Bo Göransson, Carl Magnus Pålsson
This book explores how policies targeting public research institutions, such as universities, contribute to the appropriation of biotechnology through national innovation systems.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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International Handbook of Urban Policy, Volume 3
Edited by H. S. Geyer
This important Handbook reveals that most urban growth takes place in the less developed world and much of it represents over-urbanization – that is, urbanization in which most migrants cannot effectively compete for employment, cannot f...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Migration and Culture
Edited by Robin Cohen, Gunvor Jónsson
Migration and Culture marks a first in providing a comprehensive collection of published articles linking migration and culture. Prior approaches to migration have often stressed statistical and economic factors. The theoretically challe... -
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Complexity, Institutions and Public Policy
Graham Room
Graham Room argues that conventional approaches to the conceptualisation and measurement of social and economic change are unsatisfactory. As a result, researchers are ill-equipped to offer policy advice. This book offers a new analytica...eBook:Find out more$55.16
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![The Elgar Guide to Tax Systems]()
The Elgar Guide to Tax Systems
Edited by Emilio Albi, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
Tax systems have changed considerably in the past three decades. These fundamental changes have been the result of economic globalization, new political stances, and also of developments in public finance thought. The chapters in this vo...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Governing Disasters
Edited by Alberto Alemanno
This is the first volume that addresses the complexities of the volcanic ash cloud that overshadowed Europe in April 2011, but has subsequently struck again in Australia, Chile and Europe. It does so from a multidisciplinary perspective,...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Immigration and the Financial Crisis
Edited by John Higley, John Nieuwenhuysen, Stine Neerup
Structural needs for immigrant labour in health care, restaurant, tourism, agricultural and other economic sectors, together with harsher economic circumstances in most sending countries, almost certainly ensure the continuation of large...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Cultural Diversity, European Identity and the Legitimacy of the EU
Edited by Dieter Fuchs, Hans-Dieter Klingemann
As a consequence of various rounds of EU enlargements, the degree of cultural diversity in Europe has intensified – a phenomenon which is increasingly perceived as problematic by many EU citizens. This fascinating book not only empirical...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![The Welfare State and Life Transitions]()
The Welfare State and Life Transitions
Edited by Dominique Anxo, Gerhard Bosch, Jill Rubery
This timely book reveals that new life courses are found to require more, and not less welfare support, but only Sweden has developed an active life course approach and only three more could be considered supportive, in at least some lif...eBook:Find out more$44.76
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Scientists and the Regulation of Risk
David Demortain
Risks are increasingly regulated by international standards, and scientists play a key role in standardisation. This fascinating book exposes the action of ‘invisible colleges’ of scientists – loose groups of prominent scientific experts...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Academic Entrepreneurship and Community Engagement
Edited by Bruce Kingma
This poignant study presents a collection of research on entrepreneurship and community engagement. The context of this book is Syracuse University’s award winning model of Scholarship in Action with its emphasis on sustainable campus–co...eBook:Find out more$40.00
