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Hardcover. The New Energy Crisis comes from the recent intrusion of climate change issues into energy economics and geopolitics. Global warming reveals that the current evolution of the world energy consumption is on an unsustainable path. This book explores economic and geopolitical tensions and reinforces ways to overcome the crisis. Editor(s): Chevalier, Jean-Marie. Num Pages: 310 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPSL; KCL; RGCP; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230577398
- ISBN
- 9780230577398
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.33
€ 128.33
Hardcover. This book provides an in-depth analysis of neo-liberal and progressive economic reforms and policies implemented in Chile since the Pinochet dictatorship. The core thesis of the book is that there is not just 'one Chilean economic model', but that several have been in force since the coup of 1973. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 3JJP; KCLF; KCLT; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230577381
- ISBN
- 9780230577381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.27
€ 128.27
Hardcover. Every year, financial services organizations make billions of dollars worth of decisions using automated systems. For example, who to give a credit card to and the premium someone should pay for their home insurance. This book explains how the forecasting models, that lie at the heart of these systems, are developed and deployed. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCJ; KFFL; KFFN; KNST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476. A Practical Guide to Forecasting Consumer Behaviour. 296 pages, 31 black & white tables, 32 figures. Every year, financial services organizations make billions of dollars worth of decisions using automated systems. For example, who to give a credit card to and the premium someone should pay for their home insurance. This book explains how the forecasting models, that lie at the heart of these systems, are developed and deployed. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: KCJ; KFFL; KFFN; KNST. Dimension: 219 x 145 x 23. Weight: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230577046
- ISBN
- 9780230577046
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.60
€ 128.60
Hardcover. This book explores the determinants of forced migration and its political implications from an economic perspective. It describes the distribution of burdens from forced migration across countries, and analyzes the strategic interaction of national refugee policies to control refugee flows. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 378. 224 pages, 16 figures, 32 black & white tables. This book explores the determinants of forced migration and its political implications from an economic perspective. It describes the distribution of burdens from forced migration across countries, and analyzes the strategic interaction of national refugee policies to control refugee flows. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFFN; KCP. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 18. Weight: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576889
- ISBN
- 9780230576889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Hardcover. This book analyzes key international monetary issues from a macro-foundations perspective. It proposes novel frameworks to interpret macroeconomic and financial linkages for globally integrated economies, examining global imbalances, exchange rates, interest rates, international capital flows, inflation, foreign and public debt. Num Pages: 213 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCBM; KCLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576858
- ISBN
- 9780230576858
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.76
€ 66.76
Financing Social Policy: Mobilizing Resources for Social Development (...
Hujo, Katja, McClanahan, Shea
Hardcover. Moving beyond the 'post-Washington consensus', this book shifts the focus of development policy debates away from expenditures and austerity and towards revenues and resources. The book explores the potential and the developmental impact of different categories of resources for financing social policy in a development context. Series: Social Policy in a Development Context Series. Num Pages: 399 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JKS; KCM; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 402
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576643
- ISBN
- 9780230576643
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.74
€ 129.74
Hardcover. The forces that are shaping the future of employment are examined in this new book. The author presents a cohesive argument for a fundamental change in attitudes to work, both from policymakers and employers if we are to create a healthier society capable of meeting the expectations and concerns of a developing economy. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576384
- ISBN
- 9780230576384
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.86
€ 78.86
Hardcover. This book provides an introduction to the relationship between economics and ethics, explaining why ethics enters economics, how ethics affects individual economic behaviour and the interactions of individuals, and how ethics is important in evaluating the performance of economies and of economic policies. Num Pages: 293 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230575950
- ISBN
- 9780230575950
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.90
€ 127.90
Hardcover. The book provides new insight into the role of organised business interests. It supports the concept of political economy and demonstrates how it transcends the limitations of CPE or IPE, to form a coherent whole. The book maps the conflict, convergence and influence of organized business interests in the context of regional integration. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; KCL; KJK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573291
- ISBN
- 9780230573291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
Hardcover. Capital has dominated the imagination of Western society from the Industrial Revolution. Means and Ends offers the first comprehensive interpretation of the rise, evolution and crisis of this concept from the sixteenth century to the modern day. Based on a wealth of primary sources it offers an exciting study of intellectual and cultural history. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBT; KCZ; KFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230572577
- ISBN
- 9780230572577
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.57
€ 138.57
Hardcover. More and more policy issues involve issues that are explicitly values-based, yet public policy analysis tends to skirt around the question of values. Public Policy Values overcomes this reluctance by showing how public policies enable values-choices to be made, often without seeming to do so. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; JPA; JPP; JPRB; KCP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230554009
- ISBN
- 9780230554009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.88
€ 66.88
Food Insecurity, Vulnerability and Human Rights Failure (Studies in De...
Guha-Khasnobis, Basudeb, Acharya, Shabd S., D...
Hardcover. This volume discusses the significance of human rights approaches to food and the way it relates to gender considerations, addressing links between hunger and the HIV/AIDS pandemic, agricultural productivity and the environment. Series: Studies in Development Economics and Policy. Num Pages: 393 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCLT1; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 651.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230553576
- ISBN
- 9780230553576
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.05
€ 129.05
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230551329
- ISBN
- 9780230551329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
Hardcover. This book examines humanitarian interventions in the post-Cold War era in the context of the development of global capitalism. It argues that it is often our duty to use force to uphold human rights, but that attempts to promote and protect these rights can unintentionally contribute to the perpetuation of poverty and poverty-related problems. Series: Global Ethics. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPVH; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 521.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230550728
- ISBN
- 9780230550728
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Hardcover. Using two milestones in the Dutch and German political economies - Wassenaar and Alliance for Jobs respectively - this book argues that Antonio Gramsci's 'common sense' provides us with the conceptual apparatus necessary for analysing the integral role played by culture and consensus in the trajectories of national capitalisms in Europe. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230549326
- ISBN
- 9780230549326
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.90
€ 66.90
The UK Banking System and its Regulatory and Supervisory Framework (Pa...
Gola, Carlo, Roselli, Alessandro
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230542822
- ISBN
- 9780230542822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Hardcover. This book explores the operating mechanisms of the Russian economy in a comparative perspective, and offers fascinating insights into how a socio-economic infrastructure has been created which continues to exert an influence on modern-day Russia and limits its development. Series: Studies in Economic Transition. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230542785
- ISBN
- 9780230542785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.30
€ 127.30
Hardcover. This book examines fiscal policy coordination in EMU and the required adjustments to national fiscal policies by EMU member states. The book shows that, in the process of Europeanization, national interests have had a major impact on the formation of fiscal policy coordination. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; KCBM; KCL; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230542754
- ISBN
- 9780230542754
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.19
€ 128.19
Hardcover. This book analyzes and compares the operational mechanisms of the Chinese economy between the pre- and post-reform periods and through both national and provincial dimensions. A multiregional comparison of the Chinese economy is conducted in terms of natural and human resources, institutional evolution, and economic and social performances. Num Pages: 361 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCB; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2nd Rev
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230542747
- ISBN
- 9780230542747
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.60
€ 128.60
Paperback. This book demonstrates that there is sufficient evidence on the Nigerian economy and society to inform many policy issues, and reveals the current problems and policy options that a democratic Nigeria will need to debate and resolve. It presents an agenda of reform as unfinished business. Editor(s): Collier, Paul; Soludo, Chukwuma C.; Pattillo, Catherine. Num Pages: 459 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; KCB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 459
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230542730
- ISBN
- 9780230542730
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.56
€ 68.56