ilość książek w kategorii: 17004
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The East European Economy in Context: Communism and Transition
ISBN: 9780415086264 / Angielski / Twarda / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since 1989 the former communist countries of Eastern Europe have witnessed a profound and dramatic upheaval. The economic coherence of this region, formerly maintained through the adoption of the Soviet system of government, has fractured. In The East European Economy in Context: Communism and Transition, David Turnock examines the transition from communist to free-market economies, both within and between the states of Eastern Europe. As well as containing an informative survey of the impact of communism, The East European Economy in Context provides
* Political profiles... Since 1989 the former communist countries of Eastern Europe have witnessed a profound and dramatic upheaval. The economic coherence of this region, fo...
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186,06 |
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The Political Economy of Privatization
ISBN: 9780415086301 / Angielski / Twarda / 500 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In The Political Economy of Privatization the authors assess the success of privatization. The work is an international study of the extensive privatization, and the pressure towards privatization, in different parts of the world. The book includes:
* A study of the relationship between ownership and performance; * An assessment of the importance of market structure and regulation; * A discussion of privatization strategies within the public sector; * Individual country case-studies, looking at the experience of different countries engaged in the contrasting... In The Political Economy of Privatization the authors assess the success of privatization. The work is an international study of the extensiv...
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1077,50 |
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Pathways to Industrialization and Regional Development
ISBN: 9780415087520 / Angielski / Twarda / 420 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The world has seen a shift in socio-economic relations, in the patterns and processes of industrialization and regional development. The social regulation of the economic order, flexible production organization and industrial district formation have brought periods, places and pathways to the heart of economic debate.
Pathways to Industrialization and Regional Development provides a platform from which to address a new economic order. All the major schools of thought are represented. Focussing upon the interactions between economic logic and political institutions at both the... The world has seen a shift in socio-economic relations, in the patterns and processes of industrialization and regional development. The social regula...
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1077,50 |
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Russia and the World Economy: Problems of Integration
ISBN: 9780415089258 / Angielski / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Economic failure, including the unprecedented collapse of a major economy in peacetime, played a significant part in the collapse of the communist system in Russia, and the break-up of the Soviet Union itself. Despite its status as a major world power, the Soviet Union had a trade structure which resembled that of a relatively backward Third World country dependent upon exports of fuels, raw materials, precious metals, wood and lumber for 95 per cent of its exports to the industrial West. Its major industrial exports consisted of armaments, frequently delivered on credit to Third World...
Economic failure, including the unprecedented collapse of a major economy in peacetime, played a significant part in the collapse of the communist sys...
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112,60 |
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Revitalizing Socialist Enterprise: A Race Against Time
ISBN: 9780415091220 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The collapse of socialism in Eastern Europe continues to have profound and far-reaching implications. In the former socialist states, immediate concerns are largely economic and, in particular, the move to privatization. However, these implications are not restricted to Europe. They have also had a powerful effect on those countries which continue as one-party states under some form of communist government. In Revitalizing Socialist Enterprise, the authors place privatization in the wider context of restructuring governments, industries, enterprises and management. The book also examines the...
The collapse of socialism in Eastern Europe continues to have profound and far-reaching implications. In the former socialist states, immediate concer...
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734,66 |
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Econometrics and Data Analysis for Developing Countries
ISBN: 9780415093996 / Angielski / Twarda / 514 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Getting accurate data on less developed countries has created great problems for studying these areas. Yet until recently students of development economics have relied on standard econometrics texts, which assume a Western context. Econometrics and Data Analysis for Developing Countries solves this problem. It will be essential reading for all advanced students of development economics.
Getting accurate data on less developed countries has created great problems for studying these areas. Yet until recently students of development econ...
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930,57 |
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Finance Against Poverty: Volume 1
ISBN: 9780415095440 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In two volumes these books review and expand the theory that poverty in the world's poorest regions could be alleviated by providing small loans to micro-entrepreneurs. Volume 1 provides detailed analysis of this theory and offers policy recommendations for practitioners in this field. Volume 2 presents empirical evidence drawn from comparative experiences in seven developing countries. The work assesses the success of this policy and provides some startling conclusions. This is essential reading for all those interested in development, poverty-reduction,...
In two volumes these books review and expand the theory that poverty in the world's poorest regions could be alleviated by providing small loans to mi...
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930,57 |
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Economic Crisis in Africa: Perspectives on Policy Responses
ISBN: 9780415096294 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While the pitiful images of famine victims generally emanate from the very poorest countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, the entire region faces an intense economic crisis. Why is this area in a state of near-permanent crisis and perhaps more importantly, what can be done about it?
In Economic Crisis in Africa the authors use country studies to examine how this situation has come about. The book is divided into four parts: Part I presents an overall perspective of the African Crisis and its management; Part II addresses the problems of the external... While the pitiful images of famine victims generally emanate from the very poorest countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, the entire region faces an intense...
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489,77 |
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Industrializing Malaysia : Policy, Performance, Prospects
ISBN: 9780415096478 / Angielski / Twarda / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Industrializing Malaysia presents a critical analysis of the experience of industrialization in Malaysia, examining the role, impact and efficacy of post-independence industrialization policies. The volume seeks to refocus attention on some major intended, as well as unintended, implications and consequences of policies and performance. A wide range of issues is covered and in addition to general historical commentaries and sectoral studies, there are analyses of direct foreign investment, technology, linkages, free trade zones, industrial estates and rural development. In discussing these...
Industrializing Malaysia presents a critical analysis of the experience of industrialization in Malaysia, examining the role, impact and efficacy of p...
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930,57 |
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Development Policy and Planning: An Introduction to Models and Techniques
ISBN: 9780415098885 / Angielski / Twarda / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Reorientation from economic controls to a market-based approach led to significant changes in the economic policy of developing countries in the 1980s. Yet, with governments continuing to exercise economic management to accelerate growth beyond that achieved by market forces, techniques and models of development planning are still an integral feature of development policy management.
Development Policy and Planning provides a non-technical explanation of the main techniques and models used for economic policy formulation. Each technique is illustrated in application through... Reorientation from economic controls to a market-based approach led to significant changes in the economic policy of developing countries in the 1980s...
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783,64 |
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Development Policy and Planning: An Introduction to Models and Techniques
ISBN: 9780415098892 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Reorientation from economic controls to a market-based approach led to significant changes in the economic policy of developing countries in the 1980s. Yet, with governments continuing to exercise economic management to accelerate growth beyond that achieved by market forces, techniques and models of development planning are still an integral feature of development policy management.
Development Policy and Planning provides a non-technical explanation of the main techniques and models used for economic policy formulation. Each technique is illustrated in application through... Reorientation from economic controls to a market-based approach led to significant changes in the economic policy of developing countries in the 1980s...
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254,64 |
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Stabilization and Structural Adjustment in Poland
ISBN: 9780415100243 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On attaining office in Autumn 1989, the Solidarity-led government in Poland faced two enormous tasks. First was the restoration of stability to an economy prone to hyperinflation; second, was the replacement of a crumbling command system in favour of a market mechanism, in a country whose market institutions had been destroyed under 40 years of communist rule. Stabilization and Structural Adjustment in Poland recounts the events of this period and the course taken by the new government. The authors analyze the issues involved and their significance for the transition process in Poland and...
On attaining office in Autumn 1989, the Solidarity-led government in Poland faced two enormous tasks. First was the restoration of stability to an eco...
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734,66 |
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The State and Industry in South Korea: The Limits of the Authoritarian State
ISBN: 9780415111027 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The economic success of East Asia is often attributed to the relationship between state and business. This text presents a more balanced view of Korea's industrial miracle. It examines the limits of a strong authoritarian state as a vehicle for intervening in the market or for sponsoring liberal reform, focusing on how state-controlled industrial adjustment in Korea has succeeded and failed.
The economic success of East Asia is often attributed to the relationship between state and business. This text presents a more balanced view of Korea...
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244,84 |
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The British Economy in Transition: From the Old to the New?
ISBN: 9780415111157 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The British Economy in Transition: From the Old to the New? examines attempts at economic regeneration in areas that have experienced the decline in 'traditional' industry of recent years. The contributors also look at the impact of techno and managerial modernization strategies in industries that have survived, but have had to adapt rapidly to do so. Coverage includes:
* Coal * Steel closure and economic regeneration * Defence conversion * Modernizing textiles * Modernizing motor vehicles * Trading ports in Merseyside * From manufacturing to sevice... The British Economy in Transition: From the Old to the New? examines attempts at economic regeneration in areas that have experienced the dec...
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303,61 |
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Power of Development
ISBN: 9780415111768 / Angielski / Twarda / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Post-colonial, post-modern and feminist critiques have challenged the ways we theorise and practice development. Development is not just the conclusion of economic logic; its histories reveal a legacy of contested power, illuminating the contemporary battlefields of knowledge.
These essays explore the language of development, its rhetoric and meaning within different political and institutional contexts. The contested ideas behind world development are explained, with illustrative material, sensitive to place and time, chiefly drawn from Asia, Africa and Latin America. This book... Post-colonial, post-modern and feminist critiques have challenged the ways we theorise and practice development. Development is not just the conclusio...
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930,57 |
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Power of Development
ISBN: 9780415111775 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Post-colonial, post-modern and feminist critiques have challenged the ways we theorise and practice development. Development is not just the conclusion of economic logic; its histories reveal a legacy of contested power, illuminating the contemporary battlefields of knowledge.
These essays explore the language of development, its rhetoric and meaning within different political and institutional contexts. The contested ideas behind world development are explained, with illustrative material, sensitive to place and time, chiefly drawn from Asia, Africa and Latin America. This book... Post-colonial, post-modern and feminist critiques have challenged the ways we theorise and practice development. Development is not just the conclusio...
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293,81 |
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Europe's Economic Challenge: Analyses of Industrial Strategy and Agenda for the 1990s
ISBN: 9780415114288 / Angielski / Twarda / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Europe's Economic Challenge considers what sort of industrial economic strategy would prepare Europe for the next century. The authors examine the broad approaches to industrial policy and explore future possibilities for what is needed if these policies are to become reality.
Europe's Economic Challenge considers what sort of industrial economic strategy would prepare Europe for the next century. The authors examin...
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930,57 |
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The Flexible Economy: Causes and Consequences of the Adaptability of National Economics
ISBN: 9780415117753 / Angielski / Twarda / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The growing pace of change and turbulence in the world's economy requires national economies to be adaptable. Inflexibility led to economic crisis in Eastern Europe and Africa, while adaptability characterizd the economic miracle of East Asia. The structural adjustment programmes adopted in many developing countries reflects the extent to which the importance of these issues is now being recognized. This book explicitly addresses the nature of economic adaptability.
The growing pace of change and turbulence in the world's economy requires national economies to be adaptable. Inflexibility led to economic crisis in ...
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176,27 |
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The Flexible Economy: Causes and Consequences of the Adaptability of National Economies
ISBN: 9780415117760 / Angielski / Miękka / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The growing pace of change and turbulence in the world's economy requires national economies to be adaptable. Inflexibility led to economic crisis in Eastern Europe and Africa, while adaptability characterized the economic miracle of East Asia. The structural adjustment programmes adopted in many developing countries reflects the extent to which the importance of these issues is now being reconized. This book explicitly addresses the nature of economic adaptability.
The growing pace of change and turbulence in the world's economy requires national economies to be adaptable. Inflexibility led to economic crisis in ...
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132,18 |
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The New Institutional Economics and Third World Development
ISBN: 9780415118231 / Angielski / Twarda / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The new institutional economics is one of the the most important new bodies of theory to emerge in economics in recent years. The contributors to this volume address its significance for the developing world. The book is a major contribution to an area of debate still in its formative phase.
The book challenges the orthodoxies of development, especially concerning the role of markets. It includes articles from Robert Bates, John Toye and Nobel Laureate Douglass North. The new institutional economics is one of the the most important new bodies of theory to emerge in economics in recent years. The contributors to this...
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832,62 |