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Hardcover. Development Corruption in South Africa examines governance matters with a focus on corruption. This rich empirical body on governance variables and governance performance is a welcome addition to South African government literature. Num Pages: 228 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JPZ; KCL; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137386953
- ISBN
- 9781137386953
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€ 128.60
€ 128.60
Hardcover. In Economic Inequality and Policy Control in the United States, Stelzner explores the causes of the astronomical increase in wage income inequality over the last three and a half decades. Num Pages: 108 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPF; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 286.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137389640
- ISBN
- 9781137389640
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€ 66.18
€ 66.18
Hardcover. The study presents archival evidence to show how President Kaunda raised political and economic exclusivity in Zambia in the early years of Zambia's independence, and how this retarded capital investment. Despite formal reforms and a new government, this institutional mechanism still dominates and constrains Zambia's political economy today. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 black & white tables, 11 figures. BIC Classification: 1HFMZ; KCG; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137390974
- ISBN
- 9781137390974
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€ 140.06
€ 140.06
Hardcover. This study discusses and analyses the broad issues that have underpinned the current European economic crisis. It examines the experiences of three countries - Greece, Ireland, and Portugal - which reveal an economic system which lacks the adjustment mechanisms that countries with sovereign currencies take for granted. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; KCL; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137396013
- ISBN
- 9781137396013
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€ 66.78
€ 66.78
hardcover. In spite of efforts to liberalise the market and introduce incentives to local and foreign investors, investment performance in Syria remained poor, dragging down with it economic and employment growth. The author employs a political economic framework to investigate the failure of investment in Syria prior to the 'Arab Spring'. Series: Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBS; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 381.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137397713
- ISBN
- 9781137397713
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Rethinking Productive Development systematically analyzes policies in key areas such as innovation, new firms, firm networks, financing, human capital, and internationalization. Editor(s): Fernandez-Arias, Eduardo; Stein, Ernesto; Crespi, Gustavo. Num Pages: 461 pages, 97 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCD; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 895.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 461
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137405593
- ISBN
- 9781137405593
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Condition: New
€ 131.10
€ 131.10
Hardcover. This study examines the collective progression of Islamic politics between points of dissent and positions of power. It brings about a more a serious understanding of Islamic politics by critically tracing the pathways by which Islamic politics has been transformed in the Middle East and Asia. Editor(s): Teik, Khoo Boo; Nakanishi, Yoshihiro; Hadiz, Vedi. Series: Ide-Jetro Series. Num Pages: 298 pages, 3 figures, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1F; 1FB; 1HB; JPFR; JPH; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 222 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137408792
- ISBN
- 9781137408792
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€ 128.68
€ 128.68
Hardcover. Will austerity never end? This timely and insightful book argues that austerity seeks to set the terms of political and economic life for the foreseeable future, extending techniques of exclusion to ever-greater sections of the population. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137411112
- ISBN
- 9781137411112
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Condition: New
€ 67.21
€ 67.21
Income Contingent Loans: Theory, Practice and Prospects
Higgins, Timothy. Ed(S): Chapman, Bruce; Stig...
hardcover. This study explores the prospect of the application of the basic principles of ICL into many other potential areas of social and economic policy. Using case studies it evaluates previously implemented ICL schemes where interest rate subsidies are usually the norm, and questions the merits of this approach. Editor(s): Chapman, Bruce; Stiglitz, Joseph E. Series: International Economic Association. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCL; KCM; KCP; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 583.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137413185
- ISBN
- 9781137413185
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Condition: New
€ 129.59
€ 129.59
Paperback. This study explores the prospect of the application of the basic principles of ICL into many other potential areas of social and economic policy. Using case studies it evaluates previously implemented ICL schemes where interest rate subsidies are usually the norm, and questions the merits of this approach. Editor(s): Chapman, B.; Stiglitz, Joseph E. Series: International Economic Association Series. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCL; KCM; KCP; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 438.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137413192
- ISBN
- 9781137413192
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Condition: New
€ 128.91
€ 128.91
Hardcover. This book builds on the idea that peer-to-peer infrastructures are gradually becoming the general conditions of work, economy, and society. Using a four-scenario approach, the authors seek to simplify possible outcomes and to explore relevant trajectories of the current techno-economic paradigm within and beyond capitalism. Num Pages: 107 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCP; KJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 266.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137415066
- ISBN
- 9781137415066
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Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardcover. As national leaders struggle to revive their economies, the people of Europe face a stark reality, which has created an opportunity for local leaders and citizen movers and shakers to rise to the occasion to spur revitalization from the bottom up. The author offers a six-point plan to prosperity. Series: Palgrave Advances in Regional and Urban Economics. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; KCM; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137427045
- ISBN
- 9781137427045
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€ 68.15
€ 68.15
Hardcover. James Buchanan (1919-2013), economist and philosopher, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1986 for his original theory of political democracy as market exchange. Buchanan believed economics should be concerned with liberty, individualism and equity. Series: Great Thinkers in Economics. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137427175
- ISBN
- 9781137427175
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Condition: New
€ 151.19
€ 151.19
Hardcover. 'Financial statecraft' goes beyond sanctions against rogue states. The aims of financial statecraft may be defensive or offensive, its targets bilateral or systemic, and its instruments financial or monetary. Regions and countries profiled include Argentina, Venezuela, Brazil, India, Southeast Asia, China, and Japan. Editor(s): Armijo, Leslie Elliott; Katada, Saori. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137429377
- ISBN
- 9781137429377
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€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Social Justice in the Globalization of Production: Labor, Gender, and ...
Islam, Md Saidul, Hossain, Md Ismail
Hardcover. Md Saidul Islam and Md Ismail Hossain investigate how neoliberal globalization generates unique conditions, contradictions, and confrontations in labor, gender and environmental relations; and how a broader global social justice can mitigate the tensions and improve the conditions. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 black & white tables, 10 figures, 1 charts. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS; KCF; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 2. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137434005
- ISBN
- 9781137434005
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Condition: New
€ 117.36
€ 117.36
Hardback. Research on the role of states and markets in the hydrocarbon sector is highly topical in contemporary International Political Economy. This edited collection will approach this subject from a broader perspective, investigating the very essence of the interaction between the state and the market and how this varies on a regional basis. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCP; KNBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137434067
- ISBN
- 9781137434067
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€ 129.12
€ 129.12
The British Growth Crisis. The Search for a New Model.
. Ed(S): Green, Jeremy; Hay, Colin; Taylor-Go...
hardcover. Britain remains mired in the most severe and prolonged economic crisis that it has faced since the 1930s. What would it take to find a new, more stable and more sustainable growth model for Britain in the years ahead? This important volume written by a number of influential commentators seeks to provide some answers. Editor(s): Green, Jeremy; Hay, Colin; Taylor-Gooby, Peter. Series: Building a Sustainable Political Economy: Speri Research & Policy. Num Pages: 335 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137441515
- ISBN
- 9781137441515
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Condition: New
€ 68.08
€ 68.08
Hardcover. Even if constrained in their international choices, recipient countries of global health programmes hold the capacity to autonomously define and pursue their own strategies, policies, and ultimately attain political goals. This is comparatively demonstrated through the analysis of PEPFAR's implementation in Botswana, Ethiopia and South Africa. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCM; KCP; KCQ; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137442963
- ISBN
- 9781137442963
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Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardcover. Shelton investigates the conditionality regime directed at 'transforming societies' inside EU candidate states. He offers a new understanding of conditionality that incorporates the social and subjective dimensions of the 'European project', locating the ambitions and limits of conditionality in the ideas of political economy. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCM; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137443168
- ISBN
- 9781137443168
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Condition: New
€ 67.29
€ 67.29
Hardback. Wayne Hope highlights the incessant conflicts between real-time and clock time, presentism and temporality, coevalness and allochronism within global capitalism. He argues that these pervade global media, finance, political economies, workplaces and everyday life, and were central to the 2008 financial crisis. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JMC; GTC; JPA; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137443458
- ISBN
- 9781137443458
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Condition: New
€ 67.51
€ 67.51