.png){kind=logo}
Economics
Results 22873 - 22896 of 26651
Economics
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
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
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
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
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
€ 196.29
€ 196.29
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
€ 128.60
€ 128.60
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
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Hardback. In this collection authors from eight different countries, representing a wide variety of academic disciplines and theoretical perspectives, investigate the differing phases of capitalist development. They offer diverse and powerful analyses of the postwar boom, economic crises and globalization within this context. Num Pages: 365 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCL; KCP; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 365
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333753163
- ISBN
- 9780333753163
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.81
€ 128.81
Hardback. Is there a link between the collapse of the Soviet Union, the radical reforms in China and Vietnam, and the current crisis in East Asia? The author of this book argues that the common factor in each is the crisis of state controlled economies, besieged by the developing forces of globalization. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JPQB; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333752869
- ISBN
- 9780333752869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.85
€ 127.85
Hardback. This volume traces the course of Greece from a postwar developmental state to its current participation in the Euro zone. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 287 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVG; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333752777
- ISBN
- 9780333752777
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.36
€ 67.36
The Treasury and Social Policy. The Contest for Control of Welfare Str...
Deakin, Nicholas; Parry, Richard
Hardback. What is the power of the Treasury in controlling the policies and development of the welfare state? Drawing on in-depth interviews with officials of the Treasury and the spending departments, this book traces the developing role of the Treasury in setting social policy, especially under Gordon Brown's chancellorship. Series: Transforming Government. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JKS; JPH; JPQB; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333752456
- ISBN
- 9780333752456
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardback. What factors determine the success of economic transition, development and growth? Examining the contrast between East German shock therapy and Hungary's gradualism, this work generates a set of conditions for economic development which imply some degree of state intervention and strategy. Series: Studies in Economic Transition. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 1DVH; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333751435
- ISBN
- 9780333751435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.33
€ 128.33
Hardcover. This text analyzes the emergence, evolution and theory of property rights and establishes the limits for privatization of state owned enterprises in the transitional economies of eastern Europe. This book contributes to the understanding of the emerging economic order of central and eastern Europe. Series: Studies in Economic Transition. Num Pages: 330 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; KCL; KJF; KJVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333751428
- ISBN
- 9780333751428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.33
€ 128.33
Hardback. This study asks whether transplanting banks can solve the problems involved in creating a well functioning market economy from outside, looking especially at the virtual complete takeover of East German banks by their Western counterparts after unification. Series: Studies in Economic Transition. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCL; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333751350
- ISBN
- 9780333751350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.33
€ 128.33
Hardcover. This text provides an overview and some economic analysis of China's economic reform experiences, particularly those since the late 1980s. It covers many institutional details of key aspects of the Chinese economy, including fiscal and monetary management, and financial sector development. Series: Studies in the Chinese Economy. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPR; KCB; KCM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333751343
- ISBN
- 9780333751343
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.52
€ 127.52
Hardback. This is a demonstration that poverty remains a universal phenomenon. The study focuses on 24 countries including industrialised economies, planned economies, developing market economies, mixed economies and the least developed economies, examining the causes of poverty and of development. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFA; KCB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333750612
- ISBN
- 9780333750612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.40
€ 127.40
Hardcover. This work challenges the notion that the Marxian approach is no longer relevant to the problems of contemporary society in the post Soviet world. The first part of the book deals with the distinctive method of Marx's political economy, with an emphasis on its origins. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPFC; JPFF; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333749609
- ISBN
- 9780333749609
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.66
€ 127.66
Hardback. Since the beginning of the 1990s, Japan's economy has been in decline. This change is investigated through a variety of standpoints, using an in-depth knowledge of the Japanese ethos, national history, educational background, as well as the sociology of the Japanese economy and business world. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPR; GTB; KCL; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 533.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333748947
- ISBN
- 9780333748947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.85
€ 127.85
Hardcover. This work is concerned with an imaginary world as Joseph A. Schumpter was in "Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy". It explicitly assumes that both "politicians" and "entrepreneurs" are active in making innovations in the political and business worlds respectively. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; KCL; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333748930
- ISBN
- 9780333748930
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.37
€ 66.37
Hardback. The contributors to this collection give an "internal" perspective to the complicated processes of post-communist transformation which contains elements of democratization, marketization, nation building and the creation of a new international environment in the framework of globalization. Editor(s): Kostecki, Wojciech; Zukrowska, Katarzyna; Goralczyk, Bogdan J. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DV; JFFS; JPFC; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 561.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333748763
- ISBN
- 9780333748763
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.45
€ 128.45
Paperback. This collection of essays examines how a gendered approach to political economy can help the understanding of the inherently gendered structures that characterize our society, and provide the foundation for a truly interdisciplinary social science. Editor(s): Cook, Joanne; Roberts, Jennifer; Waylen, Georgina. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333748725
- ISBN
- 9780333748725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.28
€ 66.28
Hardcover. Once torn by ideological conflicts and the dominance of command economies, Southern Africa is now moving towards economic liberalism and openness. This book offers a critical insight into the ensuing debate on regionalism and the process of regionalization in Southern Africa. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFM; JPH; KCP; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333748442
- ISBN
- 9780333748442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.01
€ 66.01
Hardcover. Some equate the civil liberty with liberal democracy, while others think it simply a guise for a market economy. Who benefits from globalization and can civil society prosper in an era of globalization? Through case studies and theoretical inquiries, this volume aims to provide answers. Editor(s): Schechter, Michael G. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH; JPH; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333748251
- ISBN
- 9780333748251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Hardback. Since the end of the Cold War, capitalism has become the dominant form of economic and political organization across the globe. This book aims to explain why some countries have developed very different forms of capitalism and what happens when they interact. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCL; KCP; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333747742
- ISBN
- 9780333747742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.82
€ 127.82
Hardcover. The author develops within a rigorous framework, innovative and unconventional macroeconomic policy perspectives that can be deduced from the New Growth Theory in the presence of market imperfections, adopting the standard structures of fiscal, monetary and trade policy for the book. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 433.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333747056
- ISBN
- 9780333747056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.52
€ 127.52
Hardback. This book analyses EU regional policy and its co-ordination with other European and national public policies, namely investment grants, research and development policy and transport policy. The analysis identifies shortcomings within EU regional policy as well as co-ordination, problems with other public policies. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPQB; JPSN2; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333746714
- ISBN
- 9780333746714
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.58
€ 127.58