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Political economy
Hardcover. This book assesses the performance of the first Lula government (2002-06) from different perspectives including economics, politics, history and social policy. While the focus is on Brazil, it also refers to the experiences of similar countries both for comparative purposes and for evidence of the success or otherwise of this 'new' era for Brazil. Editor(s): Arestis, Philip; Saad-Filho, Alfredo. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; KCB; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 453.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230542778
- ISBN
- 9780230542778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardcover. Economic development is a necessary but not sufficient condition for welfare development. This book examines complex relations between democracy and social policy and the conditions under which democratic regimes can deliver adequate social protection to citizens as well as how social policy aids democratic consolidation. Editor(s): Bangura, Yusuf. Series: Social Policy in a Development Context Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFA; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230546950
- ISBN
- 9780230546950
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.17
€ 128.17
Hardcover. This third volume of the series of International Papers in Political Economy (IPPE) examines the political economy of a number of Latin American countries in the aftermath of the introduction of liberalization policies in this part of the world, concentrating on recent economic performance. Editor(s): Arestis, Philip; Sawyer, Malcolm. Series: International Papers in Political Economy. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; KCL; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230547032
- ISBN
- 9780230547032
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.69
€ 127.69
Hardcover. Although both China and Vietnam are making a decisive transition to the market economy, they have also insisted on the official ideology of socialism. This book studies fundamental issues concerning the relationship between market, property rights, and the ideology of socialism. Editor(s): Kornai, Janos; Qian, Yingyi. Series: International Economic Association. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCP; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230553545
- ISBN
- 9780230553545
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Hardcover. The book provides critical perspectives that reach beyond the technical approaches of international financial institutions and proponents of the liberal peace formula. It investigates political economies characterized by the legacies of disruption to production and exchange, by population displacement, poverty, and by 'criminality'. Editor(s): Pugh, Michael C.; Cooper, Neil; Turner, Mandy. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 433 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 803.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573352
- ISBN
- 9780230573352
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.07
€ 130.07
Hardcover. This is the first of two volumes that examine the changing nature of state-business relations. This book assesses the potential and limits of CSR in developing countries, by focusing on aspects that are often ignored in the CSR literature: historical experience, theoretical perspectives, and institutional and political dimensions of change. Editor(s): Utting, Peter; Marques, Jose Carlos. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCP; KJR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576445
- ISBN
- 9780230576445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.48
€ 128.48
Hardcover. Despite abundant scepticism about their economic benefits, Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) have proliferated at a rapid pace. Policy diffusion models explain how different sets of preferential trade agreements are interconnected and establish under what conditions FTAs can work for or against the emergence of coherent regional blocs. Editor(s): Solis, Mireya; Stallings, Barbara; Katada, Saori. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JFFS; JPS; KCLT; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 515.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230577787
- ISBN
- 9780230577787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.37
€ 67.37
Hardcover. Standards are replacing tariffs as the main trade barriers facing African agro-food exports. This book examines the challenges and opportunities that new public and private standards present to African countries -- focusing on food safety, environmental and climate change, and social and labour standards. Editor(s): Gibbon, Peter; Ponte, Stefano; Lazaro, Evelyne. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKS; JPB; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579514
- ISBN
- 9780230579514
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. This edited volume seeks to provide a critical and technical look at international political economic indices (PEIs). It examines measurement issues, relates PEIs to economic theory, and suggests better measures than those currently used. Editor(s): Banaian, King; Roberts, Bryan. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600836
- ISBN
- 9780230600836
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Hardcover. This book seeks to provide the most comprehensive and sustained engagement and critique of neo-Gramscian analyses available in the literature. In examining neo-Gramscian analyses in IR/IPE, the book engages with two fundamental concerns in international relations: (i) The question of historicity and (ii) The analysis of radical transformation. Editor(s): Ayers, Alison J. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230605824
- ISBN
- 9780230605824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333587034
- ISBN
- 9780333587034
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.09
€ 196.09
Hardcover. Considers the principal sources of agreement and disagreement among policy-makers and analysts concerning the current economic problems of sub-Saharan Africa. The contributors address the key policy issues in agriculture, trade, social issues, privatization and political economy. Editor(s): Cornia, Giovanni Andrea; Helleiner, G.K. Num Pages: 448 pages, tables, figures, references, index. BIC Classification: GTF; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333613627
- ISBN
- 9780333613627
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.67
€ 67.67
Hardcover. In the 1980s a large number of Latin American countries reverted from military dictatorships to civilian democracies. This book analyzes the special problems that governments face in the formulation and implementation of economic policy after the restoration of democracy. Editor(s): Morales, Juan Antonio; McMahon, Gary. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; JPHV; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 337.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333642719
- ISBN
- 9780333642719
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.96
€ 127.96
Hardcover. This text is a guide to Africa's economic development and prospects. This second volume applies the theoretical framework and issues of economic liberalization and regional integration to detailed country case studies. Editor(s): Oyejide, Ademola; Gunning, Jan Willem; Ndulu, Benno. Num Pages: 678 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; KCLT; KCM; KCP; RGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 132 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1122.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 680
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333661055
- ISBN
- 9780333661055
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.75
€ 197.75
Hardcover. This volume attempts to analyze and explain financial market developments at the turn of the millennium with the emphasis on the need for greater responsibility and a more ethical approach to financial decision making. Editor(s): Frowen, Stephen F.; McHugh, Francis P. Series: Anglo-German Foundation. Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; KCL; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 641.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333735909
- ISBN
- 9780333735909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.65
€ 128.65
Paperback. This timely book points the way towards a new positive regulatory framework for international investment following the failure of the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI). Editor(s): Picciotto, Sol; Mayne, Ruth. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCLF; KCM; KCP; LBBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333776780
- ISBN
- 9780333776780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 193.57
€ 193.57
Hardcover. In the 1990s the ownership and control of information generated in the UK science was transformed by a combination of regulatory changes designed to promote "the creation of wealth". This text provides a set of perspectives on the different regulatory mechanisms set out to achieve this. Editor(s): Lawton Smith, Helen. Series: Studies in Regulation. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPQB; KCP; PDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 555.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333790458
- ISBN
- 9780333790458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.37
€ 67.37
Hardcover. Focusing upon the rich interplay between ongoing institutional and technological changes, the dynamics of national industrial systems, and the modifications in policy instruments of the common market and the single currency, this text addresses key issues for growth and convergence. Editor(s): Fabel, Oliver; Farina, Francesco; Punzo, Lionello F. Num Pages: 265 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPSN2; KCL; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Macmillan Pub Co
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333794616
- ISBN
- 9780333794616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Hardcover. "Microregionalism and World Order" illustrates the complex relationship amongst the political, economic and social dimensions of microregionalism and contributes to the theoretical debate on regionalism. Editor(s): Breslin, Shaun; Hook, Glenn D. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; JPA; JPS; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333962916
- ISBN
- 9780333962916
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.27
€ 128.27
Hardcover. This text examines the threats to security - physical, political and economic - of specific aspects of globalization and then explores the social responses to these threats. The contributors cover politics, the environment, conflict, finance, manufacturing, armaments, labour, and other factors. Editor(s): Harriss-White, Barbara. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFFS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333963548
- ISBN
- 9780333963548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92