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The Self-Made Myth. And the Truth About How Government Helps Individua...
Miller, Brian Cole; Lapham, Mike
Paperback. Explores the historic roots of the self-made myth and offers profiles of business leaders who, in their own words, identify the kinds of government support and assistance that were crucial to their success. The authors disprove the arguments of individuals like Donald Trump who have tried to perpetuate their own self-made myths of their success. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKS; JPQB; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 85 x 56 x 4. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berrett-Koehler United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609945060
- ISBN
- 9781609945060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.82
€ 18.99
€ 16.82
Hardcover. Against a backdrop of great change in technology and the economics of broadcasting and new media, this timely survey of contemporary attitudes to accountability and the public interest in broadcasting is based on over fifty interviews conducted in four democracies: India, Australia, the UK and the US. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPQB; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230019201
- ISBN
- 9780230019201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.85
€ 63.85
Paperback. Friedman discusses a government system that is no longer controlled by "we, the people." Instead of Lincoln's government "of the people, by the people, and for the people," we now have a government "of the people, by the bureaucrats, for the bureaucrats," including the elected representatives who have become bureaucrats. Num Pages: 18 pages. BIC Classification: JPHV; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 45.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817954420
- ISBN
- 9780817954420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.52
€ 8.52
Paperback. This book argues that Americans' belief in post-racialism, rooted in both ideology and material progress among racial minorities, is wrong because both old and new patterns of racism continue to hinder the acceptance of African Americans as true equals in American society, despite the recent mobility of the black middle class. Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349458493
- ISBN
- 9781349458493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.60
€ 62.60
Hardback. This work deals with the public policy-making process in contemporary Japan. The analytical focus is threefold, encompassing: the policy-making process on the national level; elections and the policy-making process; and the regional policy and decision-making. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JPHF; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333652503
- ISBN
- 9780333652503
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.28
€ 122.28
Paperback. Exploring the effects of military defeat and Nazi occupation on French articulations of gender in wartime France, this text uses such sources as governmental archives and propaganda to explore the ways in which Vichy politicians used gendered images to maintain political and social order. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWQ; JFFK; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Printing
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226673509
- ISBN
- 9780226673509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.51
€ 44.99
€ 34.51
Hardcover. Based on the empirical analysis of the effectiveness of four provincial centres for the diffusion of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), a market mechanism for emission reductions, Miriam Schroder scrutinizes the strengths and weaknesses of hybrid actors' performance on the local Chinese carbon market. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPQB; KCN; KCP; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230301610
- ISBN
- 9780230301610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.25
€ 64.25
Hardcover. EPUB Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPB; JPQB; JPSN2; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298682
- ISBN
- 9780230298682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Hardcover. This book explains why the rigor of environmental and health regulation in the European Union has surpassed that in the United States during the past decade Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPQB; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 218 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230109360
- ISBN
- 9780230109360
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.59
€ 121.59
Hardback. Editor(s): Campling, Jo. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFF; JFSJ; JMS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312220082
- ISBN
- 9780312220082
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.56
€ 122.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 b/w figs. BIC Classification: JPQB; KCP; KCZ; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300222630
- ISBN
- 9780300222630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.40
€ 17.99
€ 14.40
Paperback. Since the early 1980s, structural adjustment programmes (SAPs) have represented the development policy commonly pursued in developing countries. This work addresses SAPs and their implications for Third World states, focusing on the restructuring of international relations in Mauritania. Series: American Childhoods Series. Num Pages: 330 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1HFDA; GTF; JPQB; JPS; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822630517
- ISBN
- 9780822630517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.38
€ 59.38
Hardback. Series: Routledge Revivals. Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: JPQB; KCN; RNH; TQSR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 213.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781138956568
- ISBN
- 9781138956568
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.96€ 52.78
€ 82.96
€ 52.78
Hardcover. Monique Taylor analyses the policy rationale and institutional underpinnings of China's state-led or neomercantilist oil strategy, and its development, set against the wider context of economic transformation as the country transitions from a centrally planned to market economy. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPQB; KCP; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137350541
- ISBN
- 9781137350541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.09
€ 64.09
Paperback. Editor(s): Moran, Jacqueline P.; Davies, Andrew V. Num Pages: 134 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 232 x 2. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 134
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613248560
- ISBN
- 9781613248560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.73€ 48.84
€ 68.73
€ 48.84
The Delegated Welfare State. Medicare, Markets, and the Governance of ...
Morgan, Kimberly J.; Campbell, Andrea Louise
Paperback. In The Delegated Welfare State, the first book in the Oxford Studies in Postwar American Political Development series, Andrea Campbell and Kimberly Morgan use the exampke of Medicare to tackle the federal government's increasing propensity in recent times to outsource governmental functions to the private sector. Series: Studies in Postwar American Political Development. Num Pages: 328 pages, 17 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPQB; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199730353
- ISBN
- 9780199730353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.33
€ 67.33
paperback. Cash Transfers and Basic Social Protection offers a ground-breaking analysis of the discourses that facilitated the rise of cash transfers as instruments of development policy since the 1990s. The author gives a detailed overview of the history of social protection and identifies the factors that made cash transfers legitimate policy. Series: Rethinking International Development Series. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFS; JHB; JPQB; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- SKU
- V9781349505845
- ISBN
- 9781349505845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.94
€ 62.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 133 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPQB; KCC; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
- Number of pages
- 133
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461378945
- ISBN
- 9781461378945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 120.20
€ 120.20
Public Policy and Statistics: Case Studies from RAND
Morton, Sally C.. Ed(S): Rolph, John (Univers...
hardcover. Public policy research requires using statistics to address complex problems in a pragmatic way. This volume describes the analytical techniques and applications that typify how statistical thinking has been applied at the Rand Corporation. This casebook is designed for statistics courses at both the advanced undergraduate and graduate levels. Editor(s): Rolph, John (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA). Series: Statistics for Social and Behavioral Sciences. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPQB; JPRB; PBT; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Springer/Sci-Tech/Trade United States
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387987774
- ISBN
- 9780387987774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.48
€ 68.48
Paperback. Since President Mohammad Khatami's landslide victory in May 1997, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been a study in contradictions. Whilst Khatami condemned his nations's fanatical past, there still remains an opposing faction towards the West. This study analyses Iran's post-revolutionary politics. Series: Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJPN; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629788
- ISBN
- 9780815629788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.33
€ 39.33
Paperback. A topical and accessible introductory guide to the workings of the UK's Westminster Parliament, in both theory and practice. Series: Politics Study Guides. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300. Series: Politics Study Guides. 240 pages. A topical and accessible introductory guide to the workings of the UK's Westminster Parliament, in both theory and practice. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPQ. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight: 294.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748622610
- ISBN
- 9780748622610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.93
€ 25.99
€ 23.93
Editor(s): Cebeci, Munevver. Num Pages: 410 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JPQ; JPS; JPSN2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739147177
- ISBN
- 9780739147177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 184.60
€ 184.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 141 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH1; JPQB; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- RAND United States
- Number of pages
- 141
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780833029157
- ISBN
- 9780833029157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.92
€ 19.92
Hardcover. Editor(s): Murray, Melissa O.; Cole, Willie T. Num Pages: 165 pages. BIC Classification: JFFB; JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 262 x 14. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 165
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781622572946
- ISBN
- 9781622572946
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 231.11€ 156.76
€ 231.11
€ 156.76