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Hardcover. Risk Governance Editor(s): Fra.Paleo, Urbano. Num Pages: 515 pages, 36 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, 12 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; RB; RNF; RNR; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 174 x 24. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401793278
- ISBN
- 9789401793278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.77
€ 183.77
Paperback. In this accessible guide to assessing risk in child protection, Martin C. Calder outlines the relevant policy, introduces debates about what risk means, identifies the key challenges for practice, summarises the evidence base for effective assessment and provides a helpful framework for frontline workers. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JKSB1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849054799
- ISBN
- 9781849054799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 37.93
€ 37.99
€ 37.93
Hardback. The Risk in Crime is an investigation of how risk has been dealt with in crime theories and the usefulness of this concept in connecting crime perspectives together; the ways in which risk is embedded in the evolution of crime; and how we might use the concept of risk to prevent crime and victimization. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442200531
- ISBN
- 9781442200531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.49
€ 147.49
Hardcover. Editor(s): Jordao, Benigno; Sousa, Emilio. Num Pages: 378 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 262 x 185 x 27. Weight in Grams: 916.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608760114
- ISBN
- 9781608760114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 277.34€ 184.68
€ 277.34
€ 184.68
Hardcover. This comprehensive and accessible guide to risk assessment, management and governance approaches the topic from two angles, explaining new insights and enabling a synthesis of the engineering, statistical and social science perspectives on risk management. Series: Risk, Governance and Society. Num Pages: 278 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JH; JPA; KJMV6; RNF; TBN; TGPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642139253
- ISBN
- 9783642139253
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.10
€ 192.10
Hardcover. An integrated risk management framework for Islamic banks. It shows students and professionals how to identify, measure and mitigate risk in Shari'ah-compliant banks. It provides a risk coding system that facilitates risk management and reporting systems. Series: Edinburgh Guides to Islamic Finance. Num Pages: 230 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR2; KFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 230
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748670079
- ISBN
- 9780748670079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.37€ 101.00
€ 106.37
€ 101.00
Paperback. An integrated risk management framework for Islamic banks. It shows students and professionals how to identify, measure and mitigate risk in Shari'ah-compliant banks. It provides a risk coding system that facilitates risk management and reporting systems. Series: Edinburgh Guides to Islamic Finance. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFSR2; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 148 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290. Series: Edinburgh Guides to Islamic Finance. 230 pages, illustrations. An integrated risk management framework for Islamic banks. It shows students and professionals how to identify, measure and mitigate risk in Shari'ah-compliant banks. It provides a risk coding system that facilitates risk management and reporting systems. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: JFSR2; KFFK. Dimension: 148 x 216 x 13. Weight: 290.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 230
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748670086
- ISBN
- 9780748670086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.67
€ 38.99
€ 34.67
Hardback. Anthropologists interested in forager societies have emphasized risk management strategies as a major force shaping hunting and gathering routines and structuring institutions of food sharing and territorial behaviour. This book presents an analysis of complex pastoral and farming peoples and in populations with substantial known histories. Series: Studies in Human Ecology and Adaptation. Num Pages: 442 pages, 40 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFS; JHM; PSAF; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 835.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387275819
- ISBN
- 9780387275819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.68
€ 127.68
Paperback. Series: Studies in Human Ecology and Adaptation. Num Pages: 442 pages, 40 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFS; JHM; PSAF; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441939029
- ISBN
- 9781441939029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 172.17
€ 172.17
Hardback. Editor(s): Raczkowski, Konrad. Num Pages: 448 pages, 37 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPP; KJMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319308760
- ISBN
- 9783319308760
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.53
€ 120.53
Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Education. Num Pages: 91 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JNAM; JNF; JNK; JNMT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 6. Weight in Grams: 185.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 91
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319519838
- ISBN
- 9783319519838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.98
€ 70.98
Hardback. Editor(s): Spencer, Theodore. Num Pages: 94 pages. BIC Classification: JMRP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 232 x 14. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634846233
- ISBN
- 9781634846233
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.20€ 131.59
€ 178.20
€ 131.59
Paperback. Aims to familiarize students of public policy with the precautionary principle, which plays a vital role in the European Union's approach toward regulating risks. This book is suitable for both academics and practitioners. It shows how the precautionary principle is put into practice and to what extent precautionary measures become modified. Series: SpringerBriefs in Political Science. Num Pages: 102 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JPA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 6. Weight in Grams: 175.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 102
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461419839
- ISBN
- 9781461419839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Paperback. This book demonstrates how the Thalidomide catastrophe of the 1960s and the BSE crisis of the 1990s led to regulatory regimes for pharmaceuticals and foodstuffs in Europe. However, the developmental paths of these regimes differ and so does the efficiency and legitimacy of regulatory policy-making." Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCP; KN; TCB; TCBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349359363
- ISBN
- 9781349359363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardcover. This book demonstrates how the Thalidomide catastrophe of the 1960s and the BSE crisis of the 1990s led to regulatory regimes for pharmaceuticals and foodstuffs in Europe. However, the developmental paths of these regimes differ -- and so does the efficiency and legitimacy of regulatory policy-making. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPQB; KNDF; KNDP; LNTM2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230537651
- ISBN
- 9780230537651
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.46
€ 62.46
Paperback. Globalization and technology have altered public fears and changed expectations of how government should make people safer. This book analyzes how Europeans and Americans perceive and regulate risk. The authors show how public fears about risk are filtered through political systems to pressure governments to insure against risk. Num Pages: 223 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPP; JPS; KCL; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349382873
- ISBN
- 9781349382873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Risk Regulation in the United States and European Union
Luedtke, Adam; Svedin, Lina M.; Hall, Thad E.
Hardback. Globalization and technology have altered public fears and changed expectations of how government should make people safer. This book analyzes how Europeans and Americans perceive and regulate risk. The authors show how public fears about risk are filtered through political systems to pressure governments to insure against risk. Num Pages: 223 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JKS; JPH; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230620490
- ISBN
- 9780230620490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.26
€ 62.26
Paperback. When regions like Canada, the US and the EU have disagreed over the legitimacy of risk perceptions they have placed science at the centre of international trade conflict. By looking across cases disputed and informally resolved, David Hornsby offers to deepen understanding of factors involved in risk based trade conflict. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB; JPS; KCL; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349441747
- ISBN
- 9781349441747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.64
€ 61.64
Hardcover. When regions like Canada, the US and the EU have disagreed over the legitimacy of risk perceptions they have placed science at the centre of international trade conflict. By looking across cases disputed and informally resolved, David Hornsby offers to deepen understanding of factors involved in risk based trade conflict. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPB; JPS; KCLT; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137034168
- ISBN
- 9781137034168
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.82
€ 62.82
Paperback. A range of distinguished anthropologists and sociologists re-examine the concept of risk in contemporary societies. Editor(s): Caplan, Pat. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 figures / 2 photos. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745314631
- ISBN
- 9780745314631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 35.92
€ 46.99
€ 35.92