Political economy
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Political economy
Paperback. Governments and institutions, perhaps even more than markets, determine who gets what in our society. This title offers a systematic explanation of what we mean by fairness in distributing public resources and burdens, and applies the theory to actual cases. Num Pages: 253 pages, 23 figures, 31 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; KCP; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691044644
- ISBN
- 9780691044644
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Condition: New
€ 77.44€ 58.98
€ 77.44
€ 58.98
Paperback. Over the decades, there has been a widespread movement from authoritarian to democratic rule among developing countries, often occurring against a backdrop of severe economic crises and the adoption of market-oriented reforms. This title explores this relationship, addressing a variety of questions. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 line illustration, 33 tables. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; JPHV; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 599.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691027753
- ISBN
- 9780691027753
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Condition: New
€ 59.57€ 46.42
€ 59.57
€ 46.42
Paperback. Students of comparative politics have long faced a vexing dilemma: how can social scientists draw, applicable principles of political order from specific historical examples? This work offers a methodological response to this important question. It bridges the gap between the game-theoretic and empirically driven approaches in political economy. Num Pages: 264 pages, 40 line illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: JPA; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691001296
- ISBN
- 9780691001296
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Condition: New
€ 69.10€ 53.91
€ 69.10
€ 53.91
Hardback. Stephen Bell and Andrew Hindmoor compare banking systems in the U.S. and UK to those of Canada and Australia and explain why the system imploded in the former but not the latter. Canadian and Australian banks were able to make profits through traditional lending practices, unlike their competition-driven, risk-taking U.S. and UK counterparts. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JPB; KCP; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 166 x 35. Weight in Grams: 704.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674743885
- ISBN
- 9780674743885
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Condition: New
€ 54.74€ 50.31
€ 54.74
€ 50.31
Hardback. Focusing on a quantitative assessment of Brazil's economic performance 1976-2009, Aldo Musacchio and Sergio Lazzarini analyze the rise of new species of state capitalism in which governments interact with private investors either as majority or minority shareholders in publicly-traded corporations or as financial backers of purely private firms. Num Pages: 340 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: JPQB; KCM; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 234 x 31. Weight in Grams: 662.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674729681
- ISBN
- 9780674729681
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Condition: New
€ 72.61€ 66.08
€ 72.61
€ 66.08
Hardcover. Tamara T. Chin explores the politics of representation during the Han dynasty at a pivotal moment when China was asserting imperialist power on the Eurasian continent and expanding its local and long-distance ("Silk Road") markets. Chin explains why rival political groups introduced new literary forms with which to represent these expanded markets. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 382 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSB; HBJF; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 646.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674417199
- ISBN
- 9780674417199
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.97
€ 54.99
€ 45.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 584 pages. BIC Classification: KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 153 x 35. Weight in Grams: 824.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674364165
- ISBN
- 9780674364165
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.88
€ 32.99
€ 27.88
Hardback. Income Inequality in Korea explores the relationship between economic growth and social developments over the last three decades. Analyzing equalizing trends in the 1980s to early 1990s and reversals since the 1997--1998 financial crisis, the authors examine the growing gap between rich and poor in Korea and offer solutions for reducing inequality. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, 36 line illustrations, 30 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674073197
- ISBN
- 9780674073197
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.89
€ 45.99
€ 37.89
Paperback. What do children need to grow and develop? And how can their needs be met when parents work? Emphasizing the importance of parental choice, quality of care, and work opportunities, this book guides readers through the maze of social science research evidence to offer answers to these questions. Series: The Family & Public Policy. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 tables. BIC Classification: JHBD; JPQB; KCP; VFXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674046405
- ISBN
- 9780674046405
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.98
€ 36.99
€ 30.98
Hardback. Keynesian economics, which proposed that the government could use monetary and fiscal policy to help the economy avoid the extremes of recession and inflation, held sway for thirty years after World War II. This title puts Keynesian economics in a fresh perspective in order to assess this era in economic policy making. Editor(s): Bateman, Bradley W.; Hirai, Toshiaki; Marcuzzo, Maria Cristina. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: KCB; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674035386
- ISBN
- 9780674035386
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Condition: New
€ 72.61€ 65.37
€ 72.61
€ 65.37
Hardback. What did it mean to run a large, commercialized agrarian polity according to the best Confucian principles? This book is intended as a contribution to both intellectual and political history. It offers a detailed view of members of an ostensibly Confucian government pursuing divergent agendas around the question of "state or merchant?" Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 550 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JF; JP; KCP; KCZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 44. Weight in Grams: 888.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674022621
- ISBN
- 9780674022621
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Condition: New
€ 54.74€ 50.15
€ 54.74
€ 50.15
Paperback. The challenge for policy makers, Raymond Vernon argues in this text, is to bridge the quite different regimes of the multinational enterprise and the nation-state. Both have a major role to play, and yet must make basic changes in their practices and policies to accommodate each other. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2, 29 tables. BIC Classification: JPQ; KCP; KJK; KJVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674004245
- ISBN
- 9780674004245
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.30
€ 46.99
€ 39.30
Paperback. This volume brings together contributions to the new research on endogenous growth, with an emphasis on the role of government, open economy aspects and empirical issues. Editor(s): Andersen, Torben M.; Moene, Karl Ove. Series: Scandinavian Journal of Economics. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631189756
- ISBN
- 9780631189756
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Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Hardback. Prodded by economists in the 1970s, corporate directors began adding stock options and bonuses to the already-generous salaries of CEOs with hopes of boosting their companies' fortunes. Guided by largely unproven assumptions, this trend continues today. This book explores the consequences of this development. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JHB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 233 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520281011
- ISBN
- 9780520281011
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.40
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€ 29.40
Paperback. Provides an account of the common social, economic, and labor problems modern governments confront and their contrasting styles of conflict resolution. This work specifies similarities and differences in the structure and interplay of government, political parties, the mass media, industry, labor, professions, churches and voluntary associations. Num Pages: 922 pages, 18 line illustrations, 89 tables. BIC Classification: JPHV; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 180 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1606.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 922
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520232792
- ISBN
- 9780520232792
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Condition: New
€ 58.38€ 46.02
€ 58.38
€ 46.02
Paperback. Explores the ways in which political actors deal with the contradictory pressures and asks the question: when will leaders support reforms that increase state capacity and that establish a more meritocratic and technically competent bureaucracy? Series: California Series on Social Choice & Political Economy. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; JPA; JPQ; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 59.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520207622
- ISBN
- 9780520207622
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.52
€ 36.99
€ 26.52
Paperback. The first text to fully integrate economic principles with political analysis, State Power and World Markets provides a contemporary and comprehensive overview of the international political economy. Num Pages: 400 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: KCL; KCP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 383
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393974195
- ISBN
- 9780393974195
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 37.85
€ 42.99
€ 37.85
Paperback. Introduces Arrow's Impossibility Theorem and founded the field of social choice theory in economics and political science. Series: Cowles Foundation Monograph Series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: KCA; KCK; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 178.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300179316
- ISBN
- 9780300179316
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.80
€ 33.99
€ 24.80
Paperback. A collection of essays addressing the problem of how to achieve a stable political order in a unified Korea. Editor(s): Eberstadt, Nicholas; Ellings, Richard J. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- n
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295981291
- ISBN
- 9780295981291
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.39
€ 30.99
€ 27.39
Paperback. Central to the question of how to promote economic growth in Latin America is the role different types of regimes play in determining economic performance. This text challenges conventional wisdom regarding the expected advantages of military rule for economic growth. Series: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, charts. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPHL; KCM; KCP; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268038755
- ISBN
- 9780268038755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.81
€ 37.99
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Hardcover. Central to the question of how to promote economic growth in Latin America is the role different types of regimes play in determining economic performance. This text challenges conventional wisdom regarding the expected advantages of military rule for economic growth. Series: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, charts. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPHL; KCM; KCP; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268038748
- ISBN
- 9780268038748
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Condition: New
€ 107.08
€ 107.08
Hardback. Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; KCBM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231152525
- ISBN
- 9780231152525
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Condition: New
€ 81.01€ 62.20
€ 81.01
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Paperback. Editor(s): Wright, Robert E. Series: Columbia / SSRC Book (Privatization of Risk). Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCP; KFFK; KJV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231150552
- ISBN
- 9780231150552
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.13
€ 19.99
€ 16.13
Hardback. Outlines the trajectory of China's financial markets since the advent of reform and anticipates their uncertain future. This book offers an overview of the history of financial-sector development, regulation, and performance and focuses on the banking sector, discussing the progress, challenges, and prospects of sector reform. Editor(s): Calomiris, Charles W. Num Pages: 432 pages, 47 figures and 44 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JMC; KCLF; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141925
- ISBN
- 9780231141925
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Condition: New
€ 73.86€ 56.82
€ 73.86
€ 56.82