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Hardcover. In different but complementary ways, the chapters in this collection provide a deeper understanding of socio-cultural processes in various parts of the African continent. They do so in the context of contemporary mediated processes of globalization, and emphasize the agency of Africans. Editor(s): Sahle, Eunice N. Series: Contemporary African Political Economy. Num Pages: 300 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1H; JFC; JFFS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137552211
- ISBN
- 9781137552211
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€ 139.96
€ 139.96
Hardback. This volume brings together a prominent group of Christian economists and theologians to provide an interdisciplinary look at how we might use the tools of economic and theological reasoning to cultivate more just and moral economies for the 21st century. Editor(s): Doherty, Sean; Carnegie. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM1; HRAM2; HRCX; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 510.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137552235
- ISBN
- 9781137552235
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€ 139.98
€ 139.98
Hardback. The author shows how sustainable development may be organized, valued and distributed by introducing situational contracting as an interactive and contextual mode of governance. Situational contracting provides a road map for where we want to go, serving the prevailing ideology in implementing the trade between efficiency and fairness. Num Pages: 91 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPSN; KCM; KCP; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 272.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 91
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137552747
- ISBN
- 9781137552747
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€ 61.41
€ 61.41
Hardback. Wadan Narsey explores how Great Britain sustained financial supremacy in the international economy in the latter part of the nineteenth century, while also maintaining its commitment to keeping the pound sterling fully convertible to a fixed amount of gold. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance. Num Pages: 356 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; HBJD1; HBTQ; KCZ; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 600.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137553171
- ISBN
- 9781137553171
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€ 150.95
€ 150.95
Hardcover. Islahi explores the state of Arab Muslim economic thinking in the 19th century. Investigating the works of nine distinguished Arab writers from various fields, Islahi concludes that the intellectual, economic and Islamic awakening seen in the 19th century paved the way for the development of Islamic economics in the 20th century. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought Series. Num Pages: 165 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JH; JFSR2; KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137553201
- ISBN
- 9781137553201
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Condition: New
€ 118.51
€ 118.51
Hardback. Addressing the financing of government budgets with non-debt-creating flows through risk-sharing capital market instruments, this book compares it with conventional finance to show the ability of Islamic capital market instruments to create an impetus for economic stability and growth, reduction of sovereign debt and better government financing. Series: Palgrave Studies in Islamic Banking, Finance, and Economics. Num Pages: 198 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 6 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFM; KCLF; KFFD; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137553416
- ISBN
- 9781137553416
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Condition: New
€ 149.47
€ 149.47
Hardback. Num Pages: 116 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCM; RGCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 116
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137553478
- ISBN
- 9781137553478
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€ 66.93
€ 66.93
The Inexorable Evolution of Financialisation. Financial Crises in Emer...
Michailidou, Domna M.; Kratzmann, Gregory
Hardback. This book explores the consequences of the inexorable evolution of financialisation through examining the origins of financial crises in three very different emerging economies in the 1990s - Mexico, Brazil and Korea. It is demonstrated that countries suffered from crisis as an unavoidable outcome of their finansialisation. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCB; KCL; KCM; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 405.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137553638
- ISBN
- 9781137553638
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€ 149.65
€ 149.65
Hardback. Mainstream economics ignores power, meaning it can provide only partial explanations of inequality and poverty. Ozanne proposes a new approach for including power in standard microeconomic theory which, if adopted in economics teaching, could radically change the way young economists are taught to think about economic problems. Num Pages: 109 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNU; KCC; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 291.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 109
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137553720
- ISBN
- 9781137553720
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Condition: New
€ 61.53
€ 61.53
Hardcover. This book seeks to shed light on why some countries have achieved more than others in bringing prosperity to their people - more specifically, it is about the relative failure of Pakistan (and South Asia more generally) compared to East and South-East Asia. The absence of a pro-poor implicit social contract in Pakistan has been the principal cause. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FKP; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137554468
- ISBN
- 9781137554468
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Condition: New
€ 119.02
€ 119.02
Hardback. It was part of common wisdom that in the early stages of development inequality would rise, but it would, eventually, decline. As time passed and growth persisted inequality has, however, continued to grow, casting doubt on the received wisdom. Editor(s): Stiglitz, Joseph E.; Basu, Kaushik. Series: International Economic Association. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 596.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137554529
- ISBN
- 9781137554529
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Condition: New
€ 119.92
€ 119.92
Hardback. It was part of common wisdom that in the early stages of development inequality would rise, but it would, eventually, decline. As time passed and growth persisted, inequality has, however, continued to grow, casting doubt on the received wisdom. Editor(s): Stiglitz, Joseph E.; Basu, Kaushik. Series: International Economic Association. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137554574
- ISBN
- 9781137554574
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Condition: New
€ 120.13
€ 120.13
hardcover. Series: Politics and Development of Contemporary China. Num Pages: 215 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSJ1; JFSL3; JHBL; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137554642
- ISBN
- 9781137554642
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.51
€ 108.51
The ILO from Geneva to the Pacific Rim. West Meets East.
. Ed(S): Lichtenstein, Nelson; Jensen, Jill M...
Hardback. This volume of original essays considers how the International Labour Organization has helped generate a set of ideas and practices, past and present, transnational and within a single nation, aimed at advancing social and economic reform in the Pacific Rim. Editor(s): Lichtenstein, Nelson; Jensen, Jill M. Series: International Labour Organization (ILO) Century Series. Num Pages: 318 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTK; JPSN; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 550.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137554734
- ISBN
- 9781137554734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.04
€ 63.04
Development Strategies and Inter-Group Violence: Insights on Conflict-...
Ascher, William, Mirovitskaya, Natalia
Hardcover. Although many scholars and practitioners recognize that development and conflict are intertwined, there is much less understanding of the mechanisms behind these linkages. This book takes a new approach by critically examining how various development strategies provoke or help prevent intrastate violence, based on cases from all developing regions. Series: Pathways for Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue. Num Pages: 335 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPWS; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 27. Weight in Grams: 564.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137555113
- ISBN
- 9781137555113
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.07
€ 63.07
Hardback. The book would provide an important analysis of the labour market, including the problems of youth labour markets, unemployment, long-term unemployment, and the costs of unemployment. It provides alternative explanations of unemployment. It discusses the role of unemployment benefits, minimum wages, and aggregate demand on unemployment. Editor(s): Junankar, P. N. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 138 x 29. Weight in Grams: 738.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137555182
- ISBN
- 9781137555182
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.08
€ 121.08
Hardback. Poverty, famines, wars, and ethnic conflicts lead to large movements of refugees. The papers in this book provide an analysis of the economics of immigration. Junankar discusses why people migrate, the likely destinations for migrants, and their employment in the destination countries; and how immigration has helped the development of Australia. Editor(s): Junankar, P. N. Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFFN; KCF; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 585.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137555243
- ISBN
- 9781137555243
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.82
€ 119.82
Hardcover. Childhood disadvantage encourages the development of antisocial, 'employment-resistant' personality characteristics which harm life outcomes in adulthood. A welfare state therefore risks harming society by increasing the number of citizens who develop employment-resistant personality characteristics due to disadvantage during childhood. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSB; JMH; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137555274
- ISBN
- 9781137555274
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.99
€ 118.99
Hardback. Advanced Cultural Districts explores the organisational design issues within the cultural heritage sector, with particular focus on the advanced forms of cultural districts for local socio-economic development. Num Pages: 131 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCM; KCU; KJC; KJM; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 319.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 131
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137555342
- ISBN
- 9781137555342
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.69
€ 61.69
Hardcover. This volume examines the numerous changes occurring in European legislation for the prevention and management of banking crises. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Num Pages: 240 pages, 26 figures. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JMC; KCX; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137555649
- ISBN
- 9781137555649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.51
€ 139.51