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Paperback. Diamonds are a multi-billion dollar business involving some of the world s largest mining companies, a million and a half artisanal diggers, more than a million cutters and polishers and a huge retail jewellery sector. Series: Polity Resources Series. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: KNAT; RBGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745672311
- ISBN
- 9780745672311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.60
€ 19.60
Hardcover. We need a world trade organization. We just don't need the one that we have. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JPSN; KCLT1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 203 x 23. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745672458
- ISBN
- 9780745672458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.45
€ 66.45
Paperback. We need a world trade organization. We just don't need the one that we have. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JPSN; KCLT1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 201 x 18. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745672465
- ISBN
- 9780745672465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.39
€ 23.39
Paperback. This new book by two leading economists is a far-reaching analysis of the role and organization of the financial system in the aftermath of the economic crisis. The authors argue that the financial markets, as currently organized, hinder genuine market transactions and therefore harm the economy, along with any chance of sustained recovery. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: KCA; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745672564
- ISBN
- 9780745672564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.39
€ 23.39
Hardcover. The West has long defined the pursuit of happiness in economic terms but now, in the wake of the 2007-8 financial crisis, it is time to think again about what constitutes our happiness. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: KCA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 221 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745680125
- ISBN
- 9780745680125
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.06
€ 19.06
Hardcover. Whether we are out on the streets or between the sheets, cotton is our constant companion. But behind this ubiquitous fibre prized for its softness lies a darker story of exploitation and hardship. Series: Resources. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; KNDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745681979
- ISBN
- 9780745681979
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.45
€ 66.45
Hardcover. If you look carefully at how things are actually made in China - from shirts to toys, apple juice to oil rigs - you see a reality that contradicts every widely-held notion about the world's so-called economic powerhouse. From the inside looking out, China is not a manufacturing juggernaut. It's a Lilliputian. Nor is it a killer of American jobs. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCLT; KCP; KND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 31. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745684017
- ISBN
- 9780745684017
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.60
€ 19.60
Hardcover. At a recent meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, it was reported that a ghost was haunting the deliberations of the assembled global elite D that of the renowned social scientist and economic historian, Karl Polanyi. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: KCA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745684437
- ISBN
- 9780745684437
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.77
€ 72.77
Hardcover. Twenty-five years after the end of the Cold War, a new Cold War is being waged in our societies. During the Cold War a theoretical model of man was developed by economists and the military, an egotistical being interested only in his own benefit and in duping his opponents to achieve his ends: a modern homo oeconomicus. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: KCA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745686868
- ISBN
- 9780745686868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.43
€ 17.99
€ 15.43
Hardcover.
Today Europe finds itself in a crisis that casts a dark shadow over an entire generation. The seriousness of the crisis stems from one core political contradiction at the heart of the European project: namely, that what urgently needs to be done is also extremely unpopular and therefore virtually impossible to do democratically. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPSN2; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 176 x 17. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745687513
- ISBN
- 9780745687513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.30
€ 24.30
Hardcover. Recent years have seen an enormous increase in protests across the world in which citizens have challenged what they see as a deterioration of democratic institutions and the very civil, political and social rights that form the basis of democratic life. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JPWF; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745688589
- ISBN
- 9780745688589
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.77
€ 72.77
Hardcover. "For more than a century, the United States has been the world s most powerful state. Now some analysts predict that China will soon take its place. Series: Global Futures. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 135 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745690063
- ISBN
- 9780745690063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.27
€ 52.99
€ 41.27
Hardcover. As we struggle with the legacy of the crisis and with the prospect of accelerating environmental degradation, it is time to ask not what we can do for capitalism but what capitalism can do for us, as citizens of a democratic society. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: KCP; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745692067
- ISBN
- 9780745692067
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.79
€ 53.79
Hardcover. * A robust and unflinching account of the ongoing take-over of politics by global corporations * Lifts the lid on the world of lobbying, trade negotiations and treaties, in particular the controversial TTIP and its likely ramifications for national sovereignty in Europe and in the US. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JPWD; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 147 x 53. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745697819
- ISBN
- 9780745697819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.32
€ 60.32
Hardcover. After the most serious economic crash since the 1930s and the slowest recovery on record, austerity rules. Spending on the welfare state did not cause the crisis, but deep cuts in welfare budgets has become the default policy response. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: JKSB; JPQB; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 130. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745698731
- ISBN
- 9780745698731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.83
€ 53.83
Hardback. Contains papers which consider the basic role of market discipline, how it may be applied to banking and more broadly to large financial institutions of various types. Editor(s): Kaufman, George G. Series: Research in Financial Services: Private & Public Policy. Num Pages: 454 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 239 x 30. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 454
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762310807
- ISBN
- 9780762310807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.14
€ 159.14
Hardback. Explores the dynamics of time in organizational change, proposing the use of the concept of "flow time." This book examines the issue of excessive change in organizations, which are defined as the simultaneous pursuit of multiple unrelated changes. Editor(s): Pasmore, William A.; Woodman, Richard W. Series: Research in Organizational Change & Development. Num Pages: 229 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JMH; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 32. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762311675
- ISBN
- 9780762311675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.56
€ 129.56
Hardback. Focusing on "The Marketing Process in Organizational Competence", this volume reflects the fundamental market orientation in competence theory's foundational concepts and theoretical development. It includes papers which explore key aspects of the common conceptual foundations of competence and marketing theories. Editor(s): Sanchez, Ron; Freiling, Jorg. Series: Research in Competence-based Management. Num Pages: 282 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KJM; KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 490. Series: Research in Competence-based Management. 282 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Sanchez, Ron; Freiling, Jorg. Focusing on "The Marketing Process in Organizational Competence", this volume reflects the fundamental market orientation in competence theory's foundational concepts and theoretical development. It includes papers which explore key aspects of the common conceptual foundations of competence and marketing theories. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: KJM; KJS. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 15. Weight: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762312092
- ISBN
- 9780762312092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.56
€ 129.56
Hardback. Features articles encompassing various areas of accounting that incorporate theory from and contribute knowledge and understanding to the fields of applied psychology, sociology, management science, and economics. This eighth volume promotes research that integrates accounting issues with organizational behavior, and cognitive psychology. Editor(s): Arnold, Vicky. Series: Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 488. Series: Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research. 216 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Arnold, Vicky. Features articles encompassing various areas of accounting that incorporate theory from and contribute knowledge and understanding to the fields of applied psychology, sociology, management science, and economics. This eighth volume promotes research that integrates accounting issues with organizational behavior, and cognitive psychology. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: KFC. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 24. Weight: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762312184
- ISBN
- 9780762312184
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.56
€ 129.56
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762312191
- ISBN
- 9780762312191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.56
€ 129.56
Hardback. Features insights of a host of scientific studies pertaining to hospitality, leisure, and tourism, while providing a forum to stimulate discussions on contemporary issues and trends essential to theory advancement, as well as professional practices from a global perspective. This work focuses on divulging the innovative methods of inquiry. Editor(s): Chen, Joseph S. Series: Advances in Hospitality and Leisure. Num Pages: 308 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KNSG; KNSH; KNSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 609.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762312849
- ISBN
- 9780762312849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.25
€ 129.25
Hardback. Public administration scholars and practitioners are increasingly concerned with the need to broaden the field's scope beyond particularistic accounts of administration in given countries. This title brings together seminal readings in comparative, development public administration and contemporary public management scholarship. Editor(s): Otenyo, Eric E.; Lind, Nancy S.; Jones, Lawrence R. Series: Research in Public Policy Analysis and Management. Num Pages: 1018 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 239 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1238.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762313594
- ISBN
- 9780762313594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.45
€ 196.45
Hardback. High-quality research and case studies that focus on the professional responsibilities of accountants and how they deal with the ethical issues they face. This series features articles on a broad range of important and timely topics, including professionalism, social responsibility, ethical judgment, and accountability. Editor(s): Jeffrey, Cynthia. Series: Research on Professional Responsibility & Ethics in Accounting. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762313938
- ISBN
- 9780762313938
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.76
€ 114.76
Hardback. Covers various aspects of the employer-employee relationship. This book answers labor market questions that include: Why has part-time work increased so dramatically in the 15 European Union countries? What changes in retirement behavior will be expected as countries change pension laws? And, why do firms often use fixed-term employment contracts? Editor(s): Tatsiramos, Konstantinos. Series: Research in Labor Economics. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 40. Weight in Grams: 832.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762313976
- ISBN
- 9780762313976
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.36
€ 164.36