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Hardcover. Tingjin Lin explores the conflict between self-interest and the provision of equality of opportunity facing educators in China. Provincial leaders prove reluctant to equalize education when doing so means sacrificing their future promotion. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JNK; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137009159
- ISBN
- 9781137009159
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Paperback. This book argues that the right-wing revolution in the US has created deepening inequality and will lead to economic catastrophe. The author makes the case that over the past three decades the rich have confiscated wealth and income from the poor and middle class to a far greater extent than many realize. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCLF; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137009371
- ISBN
- 9781137009371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.67
€ 47.67
Hardcover. This book examines the extraordinary events that led to China's transformation from a closed agrarian economy to an invincible manufacturing powerhouse of the global economy. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; KCM; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137019363
- ISBN
- 9781137019363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.31
€ 128.31
Hardcover. This book calls for a radical reappraisal of economic policy in the UK. It argues that a much lower exchange rate is needed to re-establish sufficient manufacturing capacity to enable Britain to pay its way in the world. Mills makes the case for the removal of balance of payments constraints to achieve growth and avoid endless austerity. Num Pages: 268 pages, 18 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; KCG; KCP; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137022967
- ISBN
- 9781137022967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.03
€ 67.03
Hardcover. Dispelling the myth of decline, Stuart Brown argues that the US continues to enjoy the economic, political, cultural and military underpinnings befitting a pre-eminent global power. He provides an analytical tour through the major domestic and foreign policy issues that will impact the United States' future position and role in the global system. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 331 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPRB; JPSD; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137023155
- ISBN
- 9781137023155
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.53
€ 67.53
Hardcover. This volume provides an interdisciplinary analysis on the political role of corporations in society by using the analytical device of corporate citizenship. It questions what ideas on corporate citizenship may say about the ongoing publicization of the corporation and the implications of these developments for the public domain and welfare state. Editor(s): Morth, Ulrika. Series: Palgrave Studies in Citizenship Transitions. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS; JPVH1; KCP; KJG; KJR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137026811
- ISBN
- 9781137026811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Written by a group of international experts, this book focuses on three interdependent themes: (a) origins and consequences of the current debt crisis; (b) the systemic nature of the crisis; (c) national and international policy efforts to avoid a global collapse and bring about lasting reforms in the Euro zone and in the financial system. Editor(s): Hieronymi, Otto; Stephanou, Constantine A. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Num Pages: 280 pages, 11 diagrames, 10 figures. BIC Classification: KCP; KCX; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137030566
- ISBN
- 9781137030566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.13
€ 127.13
Hardcover. A personal memoir from Christopher Dow, an influential British economist and a key player in the banking establishments of the post-war era. Contains insights and revelations into the issues and protagonists shaping British economic policy in the late 20th Century. Editor(s): Taylor, Christopher; Hacche, Graham. Series: Palgrave Studies in Economic History. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; BM; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137032300
- ISBN
- 9781137032300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.68
€ 126.68
Hardcover. When regions like Canada, the US and the EU have disagreed over the legitimacy of risk perceptions they have placed science at the centre of international trade conflict. By looking across cases disputed and informally resolved, David Hornsby offers to deepen understanding of factors involved in risk based trade conflict. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPB; JPS; KCLT; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137034168
- ISBN
- 9781137034168
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardcover. Depicting NAFTA to be but a stepping stone rather than final product of regional economic integrative efforts, a chapter-specific 15-year assessment conveys the upsides and downsides of North America's Camelot moment. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KB; KCLT1; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137034779
- ISBN
- 9781137034779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.76
€ 66.76
Hardcover. This book explains some of the ways in which deteriorated socioeconomic conditions (inequality in particular) and institutional limitations (corruption, electoral exclusion, and a weak rule of law, among others) affect political stability in extremely unequal developing countries, like Mexico, where democracy is not yet fully consolidated. Num Pages: 235 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFFA; JPH; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137263025
- ISBN
- 9781137263025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Hardcover. Michael Breen examines how the economic exposure of the IMF's large shareholders affects its lending and conditionality. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; KCLF; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137263803
- ISBN
- 9781137263803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Hardcover. The term financialization is a term that has become popular to describe developments within the global economy, and particularly within developed industrialized economies, over the past thirty years. The book is divided into four sections, which together give a comprehensive treatment of the economics and political economy of financialization. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCP; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137265814
- ISBN
- 9781137265814
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Hardcover. Malaysia's 40-year strategy of 'poverty eradication' has met with a great deal of success, yet has caused controversy for its links to ethnically-oriented social restructuring. This book is a critical evaluation of changing policy regimes affecting Malaysia's development, record of industrialization, and efficacy in adapting social policies. Series: Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMM; KCB; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137267009
- ISBN
- 9781137267009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
Hardcover. Helen Hawthorne investigates how norms impact on negotiations in international organisations. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPSN; KCLT; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137269768
- ISBN
- 9781137269768
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
Hardcover. A critical analysis of Australia's neoliberal state and role in the American imperial project in Asia. In exposing the causal mechanisms for violence and prospects for more wars it argues for emancipatory alternatives to the existing dominant and anti-democratic neoliberal governmentality. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; 1MBF; JPS; JPW; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137272775
- ISBN
- 9781137272775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Greece, Financialization and the EU: The Political Economy of Debt and...
Fouskas, Vassilis K., Dimoulas, Constantine
Hardcover. The debt crisis in Greece has sparked lively debates about the origins of the crisis and policy measures to be adopted in order to fix it. The authors offer the first original and comprehensive narrative on Greece. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1QFE; JPRB; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137273444
- ISBN
- 9781137273444
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.47
€ 105.47
Hardcover. Liam Clegg provides an innovative reading of where power lies in the institutions' concessional lending operations, drawing its focus on shareholders and stakeholders from staffs' own understandings of their operational environments. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPSN; KCLF; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137274540
- ISBN
- 9781137274540
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.88
€ 127.88
The Political Economy of Television Sports Rights: Between Culture and...
Iosifidis, Petros, Smith, Paul, Evens, Tom
Hardcover. Sport on television is big business, but it is about more than just commerce. Using a range of national case studies from Europe and beyond, this book analyses the political, economic, social and regulatory issues raised in relation to the buying and selling of television sports rights. Series: Palgrave Global Media Policy and Business. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCP; KNSP; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137275646
- ISBN
- 9781137275646
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardcover. This timely book makes a forceful argument that the analyses from behavioral economists are incomplete, the policies advocated by libertarian paternalists are misguided and unethical, and both actually reinforce the cognitive biases and dysfunctions that motivate 'nudges' in the first place. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCK; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137287755
- ISBN
- 9781137287755
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.28
€ 127.28