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Economics
Drunk on Capitalism. An Interdisciplinary Reflection on Market Economy...
. Ed(S): Vanderbeeken, Robrecht; Le Roy, Fred...
Hardback. Presents an interdisciplinary collection of analyses that discuss the impact of market economy on our culture in the post-Berlin Wall era. This book focuses on the commercialisation of science and education. It elaborates on the multiple and diverse relation between art and capital. Editor(s): Vanderbeeken, Robrecht; Le Roy, Frederik; Stalpaert, Christel; Aerts, Diederik. Series: Einstein Meets Magritte: An Interdisciplinary Reflection on Science, Nature, Art, Human Action and Society. Num Pages: 180 pages, 3 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: ABQ; JNKG; KCS; PDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 473.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400720817
- ISBN
- 9789400720817
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.93
€ 121.93
Hardback. This book explains how the growth of production is connected with achievements in technological consumption of labour and energy. The theory allows one to analyse the past and present of the social production system and to build scripts for future progress. Series: New Economic Windows. Num Pages: 212 pages, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; KCA; KCG; PHH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400720954
- ISBN
- 9789400720954
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.03
€ 122.03
Cars and Carbon: Automobiles and European Climate Policy in a Global C...
Theodoros I. . Ed(S): Zachariadis
hardcover. Cars and Carbon offers critical reflections on how automobile-related climate policies have evolved in Europe and around the world. The chapters describe the most effective policies; outline their economic and social implications; and present success stories while critically reviewing those less successful. Editor(s): Zachariadis, Theodoros I. Num Pages: 422 pages, 41 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; KCN; KNDR; RNPG; TH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 422
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400721227
- ISBN
- 9789400721227
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.36
€ 187.36
Research Design and Proposal Writing in Spatial Science
Gatrell, Jay D.; Bierly, Gregory D. (Indiana ...
Hardback. This book emphasizes research as a learning process and provides the encouragement and skills needed for success in proposal writing. It blends concrete examples of geographic research and case studies to familiarize readers with the research process. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCP; RGC; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400722804
- ISBN
- 9789400722804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.03
€ 185.03
Hardcover. This volume explores issues in the philosophy of science relating to biology and economics. It interrogates the concepts of mechanism and causality in these disciplines and draws careful juxtapositions between philosophical apparatus and scientific practice. Editor(s): Chao, Hsiang-Ke; Millstein, Roberta L.; Chen, Szu-Ting. Series: History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences. Num Pages: 266 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; PDA; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400724532
- ISBN
- 9789400724532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.89
€ 185.89
hardcover. This book identifies the nexus between international law and domestic space technology export controls. It examines the impact of EU regulatory divergence on international commercial communication satellite markets and offers proposals for US export control. Series: Space Regulations Library. Num Pages: 236 pages, 9 black & white tables, 2 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCL; LBDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 561.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400725669
- ISBN
- 9789400725669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.48
€ 122.48
The United Nations and the Regions: Third World Report on Regional Int...
. Ed(S): de Lombaerde, Philippe; Baert, Franc...
Hardback. Touching on issues such as regional representation at the UN and coordinated voting in the General Assembly, this report assesses the developing implications of supra-national regional organizations for global governance in general and the UN in particular. Editor(s): De Lombaerde, Philippe; Baert, Francis; Felicio, Tania. Series: United Nations University Series on Regionalism. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPSN1; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400727502
- ISBN
- 9789400727502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.76
€ 122.76
Hardback. Yangtze finless porpoises are the only fresh-water porpoises in the world, their habitat confined to the Yangtze River system, including Poyang Lake. This is the only publication to assess their threatened economic value using the contingent valuation method. Num Pages: 252 pages, 64 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCN; RNKH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 543.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400727649
- ISBN
- 9789400727649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.51
€ 122.51
Hardback. This book examines the history behind the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of population policies from 1950 to today. Examines more developed, less developed, and the least developed countries at present as well as assessing their future prospects. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD; JPA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 242 x 25. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400728363
- ISBN
- 9789400728363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.46
€ 123.46
Hardback. This book details the TERM (The Enormous Regional Model) approach to regional modeling. It focuses on applications to water policy and includes details of additional theory and database requirements of dynamic TERM-H2O. Editor(s): Wittwer, Glyn. Series: Global Issues in Water Policy. Num Pages: 204 pages, 11 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KCH; KCN; KCP; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 473.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400728752
- ISBN
- 9789400728752
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.93
€ 121.93
Hardback. The ongoing financial crisis has engendered growing calls for stronger ethical norms in business and society. This book combines theology, economy and philosophy to examine the idea that functional free markets require sound cultural and ethical foundations. Editor(s): Schlag, Martin; Mercado, Juan Andres. Series: Ethical Economy. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: GT; HPQ; HRA; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400729896
- ISBN
- 9789400729896
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.31
€ 123.31
Paperback. This book series gathers review articles that analyze current agricultural issues and propose alternative solutions. It will help scientists, decision-makers, professors, farmers and politicians build a safe agriculture, energy and food system for the future. Series: Sustainable Agriculture Reviews. Num Pages: 524 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCM; PSAF; RNU; TVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 795.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 524
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400730557
- ISBN
- 9789400730557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 354.78
€ 354.78
Paperback. Al Kahn was one of the most influential researchers on child welfare in the 20th century. This book, a tribute to him, describes the history of the last fifty years of child welfare as well as its current status and future promise. Editor(s): Kamerman, Sheila B.; Phipps, Shelley; Ben-Arieh, Asher. Series: Children's Well-Being: Indicators and Research. Num Pages: 437 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; JKSN; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 437
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400730700
- ISBN
- 9789400730700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 186.50
€ 186.50
The Quality of Life in Confucian Asia. From Physical Welfare to Subjec...
. Ed(S): Shin, Doh Chull; Inoguchi, Takashi
Paperback. In recent decades, East Asian nations have expanded their economies more successfully than any other region in the world. This book covers the impact that has had on its citizens, probing the dynamics and sources of citizen well-being within building nations. Editor(s): Shin, Doh Chull; Inoguchi, Takashi. Series: Social Indicators Research Series. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400731530
- ISBN
- 9789400731530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.80
€ 121.80
Paperback. This book presents the contributions from a workshop entitled "Electricity security in the cyber age: Managing the increasing dependence of the electricity infrastructure on ICT," which was organized in the Netherlands in May 2009. Editor(s): Lukszo, Zofia; Deconinck, Geert; Weijnen, Margot P. C. Series: Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCP; KNBL; TGPR; TH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 283.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400731561
- ISBN
- 9789400731561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.80
€ 121.80
Paperback. In 2007, Melbourne University hosted a workshop to discuss many ethical questions that International NGOs face. This book is borne of that workshop. It fully considers current challenges and dilemmas INGOs confront and offers new ideas for meeting them. Editor(s): Horton, Keith; Roche, Chris. Series: Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; J; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 397.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400731950
- ISBN
- 9789400731950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.55
€ 121.55
Paperback. This book offers papers delivered at the World Congress of the International Society of Business, Economics and Ethics (ISBEE) held in Cape Town in 2008. The project drew together scholars in five regions in the first attempt at such a global perspective. Editor(s): Moore, Geoff. Series: The International Society of Business, Economics, and Ethics Book Series. Num Pages: 229 pages, 15 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; KCL; KCM; KCP; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400732186
- ISBN
- 9789400732186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.80
€ 121.80
Paperback. This book makes the case that the Mediterranean states share a unique set of commonalities. In doing so, it offers a close comparative analysis of policies towards children, families and gender in these nations-Italy, Spain, Greece, Turkey and Israel. Editor(s): Ajzenstadt, Mimi; Gal, John. Series: Children's Well-Being: Indicators and Research. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JMG; KCP; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400732803
- ISBN
- 9789400732803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.80
€ 121.80
Paperback. Transforming Water Management in South Africa analyses and documents these experiences for the benefit of water managers and policy makers in the country, the developing world and the international community at large. Editor(s): Schreiner, Barbara; Hassan, Rashid M. Series: Global Issues in Water Policy. Num Pages: 306 pages, 17 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KCM; KCN; LNKJ; RNF; RNU; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400734050
- ISBN
- 9789400734050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 185.07
€ 185.07
Paperback. This summary of the findings of the INFRADEM project to estimate the effects of demographic change on infrastructure demand focuses on Hamburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in Germany. Its multidisciplinary studies employed a broad range of methods. Editor(s): Kronenberg, Tobias; Kuckshinrichs, Wilhelm. Series: Environment & Policy. Num Pages: 250 pages, 31 black & white tables, 7 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JHBD; KCN; RGCM; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 421.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400735217
- ISBN
- 9789400735217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.33
€ 122.33