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Paperback. This is a global study of government subsidies to attract investment. The book shows how corporations use site selection as rent extraction, with developing countries investing more than developed ones. It demonstrates that incentive use is rarely a good policy, especially for countries without adequate education and infrastructure. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB; JPP; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349310418
- ISBN
- 9781349310418
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€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. The book seeks to understand China's evolving political and economic role in Africa and assesses what impacts Chinese aid, trade and investment have on the politics of specific African countries, and the extent to which it excites geopolitical competition. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 348 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPS; JPSD; KCM; KCP; RND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349310494
- ISBN
- 9781349310494
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€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Paperback. Investigates the World Bank's promotion of market-led development in the underdeveloped world and the impact that this promotion has upon citizenship. This book looks at this subject using case studies drawn from Southeast Asia, one of the world's most diverse regions. Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPA; KCL; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 425.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349310951
- ISBN
- 9781349310951
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Globalization has pushed China and India to the centre of the stage but what has been the impact on workers in these countries? This book demonstrates the complexity of the processes and responses at play. There are signs that both states are shifting their role in a 'counter movement from above'. But will this be enough to quell the social unrest? Editor(s): Bowles, P. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349311835
- ISBN
- 9781349311835
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book focuses on the construction of the economic policies of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and its institutions. It reviews the faltering economic performance of the EMU countries before and after the onset of the financial crisis. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCB; KCC; KCP; KFF; KFFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349312573
- ISBN
- 9781349312573
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Condition: New
€ 66.06
€ 66.06
Paperback. Drawing on prominent contributions by economists to the debate on international monetary reform, thisbook provides an historical perspective on the plans, schemes and ideas on the international financial system." Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; KCL; KCP; KCZ; KFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349312658
- ISBN
- 9781349312658
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Africa and International Relations in the 21st Century
. Ed(S): Shaw, T.; Cornelissen, Scarlett; Che...
Paperback. Editor(s): Shaw, T.; Cornelissen, Scarlett; Cheru, Fantu. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; JFFS; JPA; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 396.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349313846
- ISBN
- 9781349313846
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€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Paperback. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPA; JPP; JPS; KCP; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 251.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349313860
- ISBN
- 9781349313860
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. The current global financial and economic crisis has called for the revival of Keynesian theory. This sixth volume in the International Papers in Political Economy (IPPE) series focuses on twenty first century Keynesian economics in terms of both theory and application. Editor(s): Arestis, P.; Sawyer, Malcolm. Series: International Papers in Political Economy. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCB; KCP; KCZ; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349314195
- ISBN
- 9781349314195
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Condition: New
€ 127.01
€ 127.01
Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance
Sacconi, Lorenzo; Blair, Margaret; Freeman, R...
Paperback. "Corporate social responsibility is seen in this book as multi-stakeholder approach to corporate governance. This volume outlines neo-institutional and stakeholder theories of the firm, new rational choice and social contract normative models, self regulatory and soft law models, and the advances from behavioral economics"-- Editor(s): Vercelli, Alessandro. Series: International Economic Association Series. Num Pages: 482 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCB; KCC; KCK; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 482
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349314621
- ISBN
- 9781349314621
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€ 130.76
€ 130.76
Paperback. With the effects of the latest financial crisis still unfolding, thisis atimely guide to the politics of international financial reform comparing the policies that the international community requested the IMF to follow in the aftermath of the Mexican, Asian, and subprime crisis." Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS; KCB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349314706
- ISBN
- 9781349314706
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€ 65.86
€ 65.86
paperback. This book covers social inequalities in Chinese cities and provides comparative perspectives on inequality and social polarization, neoliberalization and the poor, the change of property rights, rural to urban migration and migrants' enclaves, deprivation and residential segregation, state social security and reemployment training programs." Editor(s): Wu, F.; Webster, C. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 329 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JPA; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 329
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2010
- SKU
- V9781349315123
- ISBN
- 9781349315123
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
International Conflict Over Water Resources in Himalayan Asia
Wirsing, Robert G.; Jasparro, Christopher; St...
Paperback. The authors explore the fresh water crisis of Himalayan Asia. While the region hosts some of the world's mightiest rivers, it is also home to rapidly modernizing, increasingly affluent, and demographically multiplying societies, ensuring the rapid depletion of water resources and of disputes over ownership of transboundary waters. Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JP; KCP; RGL; RND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349315222
- ISBN
- 9781349315222
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€ 66.40
€ 66.40
Paperback. A joint research project based at Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO). Editor(s): Kawakami, M. Series: IDE-JETRO series. Num Pages: 249 pages, 25 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCL; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349315703
- ISBN
- 9781349315703
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€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Paperback. This book analyses the development path of transition economies in European Countries and former Soviet Republicsthat haveexperienced the transformation from planned economies to market economies since the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989. It examines economic growth, institutional change and human development performance." Series: Studies in Economic Transition. Num Pages: 317 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCB; KCL; KCM; KCP; KCZ; KFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 317
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349316557
- ISBN
- 9781349316557
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€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Paperback. This book examines the origin, nature, the portfolio, organizational structure and operation of theseven largest SWFs from the perspective of the holding countries. Uniquely it tackles the issues from the perspectives of those non-OECD countries whose access to funds creates the most concern." Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB; JPS; KCP; KFFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349316816
- ISBN
- 9781349316816
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
paperback. Thisbook addresses multiple aspects of the conflict between Georgia and Russia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia in August 2008, including the use of force, human rights, transnational litigation and international law 'rhetoric'. The particulars of the conflict are explored alongside their wider implications for international order." Editor(s): Green, J.; Waters, C. Series: Euro-Asian Studies. Num Pages: 179 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; KCP; LBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 256.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2010
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349316915
- ISBN
- 9781349316915
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. The bookdescribes the birth and growth of financial institutions and stock exchanges in Scandinavia and Finland from 1656 to 2010, including their banking crises and the history of banking regulation. It argues that quantitative regulations cannot, in the long run, produce the desired results and bear the seeds of future financial crises." Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; KCB; KCL; KCP; KCZ; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349317295
- ISBN
- 9781349317295
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Condition: New
€ 127.34
€ 127.34
Innovations in Financing Public Services: Country Case Studies
. Ed(S): Valkama, Pekka; Anttiroiko, Ari-Veik...
paperback. This bookexplores new forms of private, mutual municipal, public-private and 'reverse' state funding of public investments, co-payments and shared contributions, vouchers, and pooled public risk-financing. It includes case studies taken from the Nordic countries, UK, Spain, Slovenia, Slovakia, Turkey and South Korea." Editor(s): Valkama, Pekka; Anttiroiko, Ari-Veikko. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPP; KCP; KFFD; KFFH; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2010
- SKU
- V9781349317356
- ISBN
- 9781349317356
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Condition: New
€ 66.54
€ 66.54
Paperback. The practice of city branding is being adopted by increasing numbers of city authorities around the world and it is having a direct impact on public and private sector practice. The author captures this emerging phenomenon in a way that blends a solid theoretical and conceptual underpinning together with relevant real life cases. Num Pages: 269 pages, 263 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCP; KJC; KJS; KNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 419.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349317585
- ISBN
- 9781349317585
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Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73