Globalization and the Poor in Asia: Can Shared Growth Be Sustained?
ISBN: 9781349300075 / Angielski / Miękka / 319 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Asia is widely regarded as having benefited most from the dynamic growth effect of the recent wave of globalization. By examining mechanisms at work in the globalization-poverty nexus through specific case studies reflecting different settings, the book seeks to find ways to rediscover and resume a pattern of shared growth in Asia
Asia is widely regarded as having benefited most from the dynamic growth effect of the recent wave of globalization. By examining mechanisms at work i...
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389,98 zł |
Varieties of Capitalism in Post-Communist Countries
ISBN: 9781349545421 / Angielski / Miękka / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book sets the experiences of former communist countries as they head towards capitalism against the 'varieties of capitalism' paradigm, and provides a framework for comparing transformation processes, demonstrating how differing heritages of communist and pre-communist pasts are leading to different kinds of capitalist economies.
This book sets the experiences of former communist countries as they head towards capitalism against the 'varieties of capitalism' paradigm, and provi...
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389,98 zł |
World Economy Towards Global Disequilibrium: American-Asian Indifference and European Fears
ISBN: 9781349356324 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The rise of China and India has completely changed the world economy, moving it towards disequilibrium. Several alternative economic policies are tested to seek a way towards high growth in any continent associated with long-run real and financial equilibrium. The authors argue for a new exchange rate system and a new world governance.
The rise of China and India has completely changed the world economy, moving it towards disequilibrium. Several alternative economic policies are test...
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389,98 zł |
Latin America: A New Developmental Welfare State in the Making?
ISBN: 9781349283484 / Angielski / Miękka / 433 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The 21st century Latin American developmental welfare state model is based on a new public-private alliance, where state-led developmental social policy relies for its implementation mainly on proactive, emerging regional entrepreneurs and a growing middle class. This volume illustrates where innovative development strategy may be in the making.
The 21st century Latin American developmental welfare state model is based on a new public-private alliance, where state-led developmental social poli...
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389,98 zł |
Revisiting Regional Growth Dynamics in India in the Post Economic Reforms Period
ISBN: 9781349454266 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The post 2000 period for India has been quite eventful for Indian economy. The Book examines the implications of growth for inequality and some of the major drivers of growth like infrastructure, health and credit. The book discusses the key challenges as well the game changer initiatives that will shape India's growth in the medium term.
The post 2000 period for India has been quite eventful for Indian economy. The Book examines the implications of growth for inequality and some of the...
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194,97 zł |
Regulating Banks in Central and Eastern Europe: Through Crisis and Boom
ISBN: 9781349448715 / Angielski / Miękka / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How do bank supervisors strike a balance between market self-regulation and pro-active regulatory intervention? This book investigates the choice of banking supervision approach in four European Union member states from Central and Eastern Europe Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, and Slovenia after their transition to democracy and market economy."
How do bank supervisors strike a balance between market self-regulation and pro-active regulatory intervention? This book investigates the choice of b...
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194,97 zł |
Capital and the Debt Trap: Learning from Cooperatives in the Global Crisis
ISBN: 9781349321995 / Angielski / Miękka / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The financial crisis is destroying wealth but is also a remarkable opportunity to uncover the ways by which debt can be used to regulate the economic system. This book uses four case studies of cooperatives to give an in-depth analysis on how they have braved the crisis and continued to generate wealth.
The financial crisis is destroying wealth but is also a remarkable opportunity to uncover the ways by which debt can be used to regulate the economic ...
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77,96 zł |
Report on the State of the European Union: Is Europe Sustainable?
ISBN: 9781349497195 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume is the fourth instalment of the 'Report on the state of the European Union' series. Its shows that if the EU does not want to be ruled by crisis any longer, it must invest in sustainability, political, economic, social and environmental. Europe must turn this elusive and ever-threatening 'crisis' into a chosen and meaningful transition.
This volume is the fourth instalment of the 'Report on the state of the European Union' series. Its shows that if the EU does not want to be ruled by ...
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194,97 zł |
High Technology, Productivity and Networks: A Systemic Approach to SME Development
ISBN: 9781349363315 / Angielski / Miękka / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Progress in telecommunications and infrastructure, coupled with liberalization in international organizations, has introduced a number of new competitors to existing SMEs. This book analyzes strategic aspects of SME development that may help to promote growth: high-tech development, productivity increase, and strengthening of linkages.
Progress in telecommunications and infrastructure, coupled with liberalization in international organizations, has introduced a number of new competit...
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389,98 zł |
African American Men and the Labor Market During the Great Recession
ISBN: 9781137563101 / Angielski / Twarda / 95 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book analyzes the status and position of African American men in the U.S. labor market prior to, during, and after the Great Recession. Using a model of occupational crowding, the book outlines how the representation of African American men in major occupational categories almost universally declined during the recent recession even as white non-Hispanic men were able to maintain their occupational representation in the face of staggering job losses. Using US Census Bureau data, this book illustrates how African American men sought to insulate their group from devastating job losses by...
This book analyzes the status and position of African American men in the U.S. labor market prior to, during, and after the Great Recession. Using a m...
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253,48 zł |
National Identity and Economic Interest: Taiwan's Competing Options and Their Implications for Regional Stability
ISBN: 9781349297115 / Angielski / Miękka / 307 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A critical look at the effect of a growing Chinese economy on national identity in Taiwan
A critical look at the effect of a growing Chinese economy on national identity in Taiwan
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194,97 zł |
Indigenous Peoples, Poverty and Human Development in Latin America
ISBN: 9781349547777 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Indigenous people constitute a large portion of Latin America's population and suffer from widespread poverty. This book provides the first rigorous assessment of changes in socio-economic conditions among the region's indigenous people, tracking progress in these indicators during the first international decade of indigenous peoples (1994-2004). Set within the context of existing literature and political changes over the course of the decade, this volume provides a rigorous statistical analysis of indigenous populations in Bolivia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico and Peru, examining their poverty...
Indigenous people constitute a large portion of Latin America's population and suffer from widespread poverty. This book provides the first rigorous a...
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389,98 zł |
Transition and Beyond
ISBN: 9781349361250 / Angielski / Miękka / 307 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book presents an evaluation of the transition in central eastern Europe, and focuses on the socialist legacy, the transition from planned to market economy, and the future of the post-transition phase.
This book presents an evaluation of the transition in central eastern Europe, and focuses on the socialist legacy, the transition from planned to mark...
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389,98 zł |
Integrated Productivity in Urban Africa: Introducing the Neo-Mercantile Planning Theory
ISBN: 9783319418292 / Angielski / Twarda / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book introduces readers to neo-mercantile planning theory in the context of spatial regional integration in Africa. It proposes a new approach that rethinks neo-liberalism as the meta-theory of planning in Africa, and pioneers an original school of thought that presents a general theory of planning for Africa in the twenty-first century. Research to substantiate the new theory was conducted over the period November 2010 to May 2015 and is presented here in four sections with more than 500 references. The book offers comprehensive coverage, from the theoretical foundations and... This book introduces readers to neo-mercantile planning theory in the context of spatial regional integration in Africa. It proposes a new approach... |
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Policies and Practices in Italian Welfare Housing: Turin, Up to the Current Neo-Liberal Approach and Social Innovation Practices
ISBN: 9783319418896 / Angielski / Miękka / 74 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book offers a European perspective on urban planning and spatial design by outlining housing policies in Southern Europe and their evolution. Through a unique case study on the city of Turin it explores social innovation and the relationship between the urban regeneration process and housing practices. The case study is a useful example in the debate about changing welfare arrangements in Europe and the emerging rhetoric of social innovation in housing. The book encourages debate about the tools needed to address housing needs, exploring current practices. Chapters look at the spatial... This book offers a European perspective on urban planning and spatial design by outlining housing policies in Southern Europe and their evolution. ... |
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Measuring Wellbeing: A History of Italian Living Standards
ISBN: 9780199944590 / Angielski / Twarda / 672 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 150 years Italy transformed itself from a poor and backward country into one where living standards are among the highest in the world. In Measuring Wellbeing, Giovanni Vecchi provides an innovative analysis of this change by drawing on family accounts that provide engaging insights into life and are the "micro" data that create the foundations for the "macro" picture of variations and fluctuations in the development of Italy. Vecchi provides a nuanced account of the changes. He emphasizes that the concept of wellbeing is multidimensional and must include non-monetary aspects...
In 150 years Italy transformed itself from a poor and backward country into one where living standards are among the highest in the world. In Meas...
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Constructing China's Capitalism: Shanghai and the Nexus of Urban-Rural Industries
ISBN: 9781349343744 / Angielski / Miękka / 267 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By investigating the nexus of relationships between urban and rural factories in the Shanghai region of China, this book shines light on an overlooked part of China's massive industrial growth since the 1980s.
By investigating the nexus of relationships between urban and rural factories in the Shanghai region of China, this book shines light on an overlooked...
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Housing Market Dynamics in Africa
ISBN: 9781349951208 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. But beyond providing a snapshot of the present conditions of the African housing market, the book offers recommendations and actionable measures for policy makers and other stakeholders on how best to provide affordable housing and alleviate Africa's housing deficit.
But beyond providing a snapshot of the present conditions of the African housing market, the book offers recommendations and actionable measures for p...
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109,21 zł |
The Economics of Centralism and Local Autonomy: Fiscal Decentralization in the Czech and Slovak Republics
ISBN: 9781349288779 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A comparative analysis of the process of public sector transition from central planning to market democracy. It is the story of the difficulties and complexities of moving to a system of greater autonomy for the subnational governments of the Czech and Slovak Republics, including the future of fiscal policies after the global recession.
A comparative analysis of the process of public sector transition from central planning to market democracy. It is the story of the difficulties and c...
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389,98 zł |
Entrepreneurial Urbanism in India: The Politics of Spatial Restructuring and Local Contestation
ISBN: 9789811022357 / Angielski / Twarda / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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