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Hardcover. This study attempts to deal with how China's economic reforms have undermined the "iron rice bowl" system which since the 1950s has provided both "lifetime employment" and "cradle to the grave" welfare for many workers, particularly those in state-owned enterprises. Editor(s): Warner, Malcolm. Series: Studies on the Chinese Economy. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 609.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333753422
- ISBN
- 9780333753422
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardback. This study examines the crucial contribution of Chinese business groups to the rapid growth of South-East Asia. It looks at major Chinese firms and their increasingly important networks in this era of regional interdependence and internationalization of production processes. Series: Studies in the Economies of East and South-East Asia. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FPC; 3JJP; JFFS; KCL; KCZ; KJK; KJV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333753446
- ISBN
- 9780333753446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.63
€ 128.63
Hardback. Contributing to the fields of both development economics and security studies, this volume re-examines the economics of military expenditure, arms production and arms trade in developing nations. Editor(s): Dunne, Paul; Brauer, Jurgen. Num Pages: 445 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; 3JJP; JWXF; KCM; KNDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 793.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 445
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333754405
- ISBN
- 9780333754405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.33
€ 196.33
Hardback. Second revised edition of an examination of the failures of aid to eliminate poverty, particularly in Africa. It purports that aid can often have harmful effects, such as undermining the working of the market economy, thus reducing growth and development. It also contains the author's ideas for a new approach to aid and development. Num Pages: 270 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JKSR; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333759752
- ISBN
- 9780333759752
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
Paperback. Second revised edition of an examination of the failures of aid to eliminate poverty, particularly in Africa. It purports that aid can often have harmful effects, such as undermining the working of the market economy, thus reducing growth and development. It also contains the author's ideas for a new approach to aid and development. Num Pages: 270 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JKSR; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333759769
- ISBN
- 9780333759769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardcover. This text explores the possible creation and impact of electronic markets underpinned by government. How far could electronic trade go? The author outlines a world in which open online marketplaces are routinely used to trade everything, from office space to bicycle rental, between individuals. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCLT; KNP; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333760093
- ISBN
- 9780333760093
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Hardback. This text is an analysis of past and contemporary policy experiences and reform efforts in Korea. The main principle of this book is that Korea's economic future is dependent upon the integration of market-orientated systems, and as such policy recommendations are presented to support this. Series: Studies in the Korean Economy. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPK; KCM; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333760635
- ISBN
- 9780333760635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.32
€ 128.32
Hardcover. Haider A. Khan presents a theory of financial crises in the age of globalization from an evolutionary perspective and suggests policies that may be necessary for averting or managing new financial crises. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; KCBM; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333760765
- ISBN
- 9780333760765
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.40
€ 127.40
Hardback. How can newly industrialized economies achieve cohesive systems of innovation for sustainable growth? The author offers a theory of innovation systems with concrete case studies to illustrate its usefulness. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333760772
- ISBN
- 9780333760772
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.24
€ 127.24
Hardback. Mairi Maclean argues that the new French capitalism of the 21st century is the product of an ideological struggle in which the forces of modernization triumphed over the old guard of French nationalism. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; GTB; JPF; JPH; KCS; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333761489
- ISBN
- 9780333761489
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Hardback. This title summarizes the UNU/WIDER international research project on the formation of world regions, especially as far as the important issues of peace and development are concerned. This last volume in a series of five focuses on comparative research, covering all important regions of the world. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; JFFS; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333765418
- ISBN
- 9780333765418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.39
€ 128.39
hardcover. This text examines ways to improve macroeconomic policy in the context of the various macroeconomic problems of the 1980s and 1990s. It emphasizes the need to find combinations of monetary policy and different forms of taxation and government outlays to achieve high employment and low inflation. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- SKU
- V9780333770726
- ISBN
- 9780333770726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.57
€ 127.57
Hardcover. This book argues that the uniqueness of US regulation derives from its success in promoting four principles of competitive fairness that US players demand from financial markets. An understanding of the evolution of US regulation, including recent reform, is also included. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFS; KCP; LNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 501.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333770863
- ISBN
- 9780333770863
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. A multidisciplinary analysis of the jurisprudence and related law underlying the modern Chinese transition to the "socialist market economy". The authors examine the changing approach in law to the adjustment of social interests in the context of profound economic change. Num Pages: 327 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPR; 3JM; JFC; JP; KCS; LAB; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333770900
- ISBN
- 9780333770900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.81
€ 127.81
Hardcover. How did Europe get to monetary union in 1999? Should the UK enter EMU, and if so, when and how? This is a stocktaking of the process of European monetary integration as of early 1999, at the start of European Monetary Union, and 20 years after the creation of the European Monetary System. Editor(s): Cobham, David; Zis, George. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPSN2; KCBM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 483.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333770917
- ISBN
- 9780333770917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.17
€ 128.17
Hardback. This study analyses the problems and prospects of the Third World through a general economic and political theory the author calls the "global strategic transition" (GST) model. Num Pages: 409 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFFA; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 671.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 409
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333771471
- ISBN
- 9780333771471
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.19
€ 129.19
Hardcover. This volume, which marks the centenary of Shackle's birth, contains the correspondence between G.L.S. Shackle and S.F. Frowen from the time Shackle took up his first post-war academic appointment until his death in 1992. Num Pages: 403 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJP; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 385
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333772089
- ISBN
- 9780333772089
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.13
€ 129.13
The Monetary Transmission Process. Recent Developments and Lessons for...
. Ed(S): Bundesbank, Deutsche; Hermann, Heinz
Hardback. This collection of papers and comments by academics and central bankers examines methodological questions, the roles played by financial sectors and labour markets in implementing monetary policy in Europe, and likely future developments in these areas. Editor(s): Bundesbank, Deutsche; Hermann, Heinz. Num Pages: 330 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; 3JM; JPQB; JPSN2; KCBM; KCF; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333772447
- ISBN
- 9780333772447
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.53
€ 128.53
Hardback. Globalization, it is argued, can yield frustration and disappointment as well as welfare gains for consumers; it may, but does not necessarily, displace local products and via the rapid recent expansion of the mass media, it offers policymakers new opportunities to deal with acute social problems. Num Pages: 151 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 151
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333772669
- ISBN
- 9780333772669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.06
€ 127.06
Hardcover. This book contains a set of essays by international scholars. It addresses the issues of globalization and international competitiveness and includes discussions of market power, competition policy and the effects of foreign trade, globalization and the labour market. Editor(s): Kenyon, Peter. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCB; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave MacMillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333772775
- ISBN
- 9780333772775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.17
€ 128.17
Hardback. The transformation and industrialization of rural China is the underlying theme of this book. It uses case studies of selected regions in south China where rural changes have been particularly dramatic. It looks at how capital and labour are mobilized and reallocated by change. Series: Studies in the Chinese Economy. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCM; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 521.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333772805
- ISBN
- 9780333772805
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.53
€ 194.53
Hardback. This volume analyses one of the most important and difficult macroeconomic questions at the beginning of the 21st century: how to overcome the growing threat to economic progress and political stability posed by negative aspects of globalization. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCB; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333772836
- ISBN
- 9780333772836
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.29
€ 128.29
Paperback. Drawing upon the experiences of a group of women in social science, this study identifies issues facing women in research. As well as contributing to debates about women's role in the academic world, this collection combines the reflections of established researchers with self-assessment exercises. Editor(s): Hatt, Sue; Kent, Julie; Britton, Carolyn (Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of the West of England, Bristol). Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSJ; KCF; VSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333773239
- ISBN
- 9780333773239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.34
€ 71.34
Hardback. This text shows how the transformation of Britain's economic performance is in contrast to Europe's which has suffered from rising unemployment and a lack of exploitation of the IT revolution. It is therefore argued that Europe's failures will undermine the EMU and Britain should keep out of it. Num Pages: 309 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333773376
- ISBN
- 9780333773376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.36
€ 128.36