Political economy
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Political economy
Paperback. The institution of property is as old as mankind, and property rights are deemed vital to a prosperous economic system. This book explores how property rights arise, and how they bolster economic development. It also examines as well how controversies over valuable property rights are resolved: by agreement, by violence, or by law. Editor(s): Anderson, Terry L.; McChesney, Fred S. Num Pages: 408 pages, 2 tables. 14 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH3; KCP; LNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691099989
- ISBN
- 9780691099989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.20€ 54.95
€ 71.20
€ 54.95
Paperback. Does globalization menace our cities? Are cities able to exercise democratic rule and strategic choice when international competition increasingly limits the importance of place? This book looks at the political responses of ten cities in North America and Western Europe as they grappled with the forces of global restructuring. Num Pages: 552 pages, 15 halftones. 31 line illus. 24 tables. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1KB; JFSG; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691120140
- ISBN
- 9780691120140
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Condition: New
€ 53.40€ 42.00
€ 53.40
€ 42.00
Hardback. Examines how developments in economics and the social sciences lead to greater government intrusion in our private lives. Exploring how behavioral economics contributes to the excessive rise of paternalistic interventions, this title presents a controversial challenge to the prevailing currents in economic and political discourse. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; KCA; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128177
- ISBN
- 9780691128177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.35
€ 68.35
Hardback. The efficiency of financial markets depends on the operation of core infrastructure - exchanges, central counter-parties, and central securities depositories. This book examines how markets are, and should be, run. It evaluates the similarities and differences between exchanges, central counter-parties, and central securities depositories. Num Pages: 472 pages, 25 halftones. 21 tables. BIC Classification: KCP; KCS; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 158 x 39. Weight in Grams: 944.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133539
- ISBN
- 9780691133539
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.07€ 64.27
€ 83.07
€ 64.27
Paperback. Preferential trading arrangements (PTAs) play an increasingly prominent role in the global political economy, two notable examples being the European Union and the North American Free Trade Agreement. This book offers insights into the political economy of PTA formation. Num Pages: 224 pages, 11 line illus. 15 tables. BIC Classification: KCLT; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691135304
- ISBN
- 9780691135304
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. Revises the intellectual history of nineteenth-century Britain by demonstrating that political economists and the writers who often presented themselves as their literary antagonists actually held most of their basic social assumptions in common. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691136301
- ISBN
- 9780691136301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.03
€ 42.99
€ 31.03
Paperback. The right of governments to employ capital controls has always been the official orthodoxy of the International Monetary Fund(IMF). This title explores the inner workings of the IMF to understand how its staff's thinking about capital controls changed so radically. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 line illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: JPSN; KCLF; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691142326
- ISBN
- 9780691142326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.13€ 59.46
€ 77.13
€ 59.46
Hardback. In the wake of the global financial crisis that began in 2007, faith in the rationality of markets has lost ground to a new faith in their irrationality. This title shows how the failure to abandon this assumption hinders our understanding of how markets work, why price swings help allocate capital to worthy companies. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCK; KCP; KFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691145778
- ISBN
- 9780691145778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. In the century after "Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations", the British economy was transformed. This title considers how grand ideas about the connections between individual liberty, free markets, and social and economic justice sometimes attributed to Smith are as much the product of gradual modifications and changes wrought by later writers. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152349
- ISBN
- 9780691152349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.28
€ 40.99
€ 29.28
Paperback. How might happiness research affect government policy in the United States - and beyond? This book examines how governments could use the rapidly growing research data on what makes people happy - in a variety of policy areas to increase well-being and improve the quality of life for all their citizens. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 tables. BIC Classification: JFCD; JPQB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152561
- ISBN
- 9780691152561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.96
€ 23.99
€ 17.96
Hardback. Num Pages: 432 pages, 4 halftones. 79 line illus. BIC Classification: JPQB; KCA; KCP; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 187 x 268 x 30. Weight in Grams: 952.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691168739
- ISBN
- 9780691168739
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.67€ 90.24
€ 118.67
€ 90.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 18 line illus. 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPQB; JPSD; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691174815
- ISBN
- 9780691174815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.32
€ 37.99
€ 27.32
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; KCP; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 256 x 177 x 15. Weight in Grams: 508.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691602356
- ISBN
- 9780691602356
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.82
€ 52.99
€ 37.82
Paperback. Thomas examines global development and security agendas, and how they impact on individual human security in the 1990s. Series: Human Security in the Global Economy. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH; JWK; KCL; KCP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745314211
- ISBN
- 9780745314211
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.56
€ 36.99
€ 28.56
Paperback. A great resource for students of politics and economics, and anyone looking for a grounded critical approach to this broad subject. Editor(s): Saad-Filho, Alfredo; Johnston, Deborah. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 figures. BIC Classification: JPFK; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745322988
- ISBN
- 9780745322988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.62
€ 40.99
€ 31.62
Paperback. Fresh intervention into the historical debate over the transition from feudalism to capitalism. Considers the past and possible future of capitalism. Series: The Future of World Capitalism. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; KCP; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745329598
- ISBN
- 9780745329598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.65
€ 40.99
€ 31.65
Paperback. Forcibly demonstrates how social capital has expanded across the social sciences only by degrading the different disciplines it touches. Series: IIPPE. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 figs. BIC Classification: JHBA; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745329963
- ISBN
- 9780745329963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.40
€ 42.99
€ 33.40
Paperback. Powerful challenge to the current neoliberal economic orthodoxy. Asserts that economic democracy should be the new guiding principle for humanity. Series: The Future of World Capitalism. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: KCA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745330990
- ISBN
- 9780745330990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.58
€ 37.99
€ 29.58
Paperback. Informed critical economist takes Obama to task for presiding over a failing and unequal US economy. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745332185
- ISBN
- 9780745332185
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.56
€ 36.99
€ 28.56
Paperback. Argues that the celebrated Indian IT industry is in fact a substantial obstacle to a broader-based, more egalitarian form of development in India. Series: IIPPE. Num Pages: 184 pages, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1FKA; KCM; KCP; KNTX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 134 x 213 x 9. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745332659
- ISBN
- 9780745332659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.51
€ 37.99
€ 29.51
Hardback. Reveals how the EU's policies on health, climate change, armaments and food safety have been tailored to please a corporate elite. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPSN2; JPWD; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745333335
- ISBN
- 9780745333335
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.87€ 83.78
€ 100.87
€ 83.78
Hardback. Traces the erosion of the commons from the Industrial Revolution to today's neo-liberalism, arguing that a new commons is needed today. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; KCP; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745333717
- ISBN
- 9780745333717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.87€ 83.48
€ 100.87
€ 83.48
Paperback. Challenges mainstream accounts of the 'Greek Crisis' and situates it within a regional context and ultimately a critique of the world economic system. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1QFE; 3JM; KCL; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745333809
- ISBN
- 9780745333809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.89
€ 26.99
€ 18.89
Hardback. Challenges mainstream accounts of the 'Greek Crisis' and situates it within a regional context and ultimately a critique of the world economic system. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1QFE; 3JM; KCL; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745333816
- ISBN
- 9780745333816
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.87€ 83.19
€ 100.87
€ 83.19