ilość książek w kategorii: 2506
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Financial Competition, Risk and Accountability: British and German Experiences
ISBN: 9780333735909 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Recent decades have seen a sharp increase in financial competition, intensified by globalisation. Excessive risk-taking leading to inevitable business failures at times reached worrying proportions. A contributing factor arose from the complexities of the derivative and other new markets. This volume attempts to analyse and explain financial market developments at the turn of the millennium with the emphasis on the need for greater responsibility and a more ethical approach to financial decision-making.
Recent decades have seen a sharp increase in financial competition, intensified by globalisation. Excessive risk-taking leading to inevitable business...
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402,53 |
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Why Cooperate?: The Incentive to Supply Global Public Goods
ISBN: 9780199211890 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Climate change, nuclear proliferation, and the threat of a global pandemic have the potential to impact each of our lives. Preventing these threats poses a serious global challenge, but ignoring them could have disastrous consequences. How do we engineer institutions to change incentives so that these global public goods are provided?
Scott Barrett provides a thought provoking and accessible introduction to the issues surrounding the provision of global public goods. Using a variety of examples to illustrate past successes and failures, he shows how international cooperation,... Climate change, nuclear proliferation, and the threat of a global pandemic have the potential to impact each of our lives. Preventing these threats po...
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402,09 |
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The Europeanization of British Politics
ISBN: 9780230204898 / Angielski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a unique book-length accounts of the domestic impact of EU membership. Drawing on expert contributions, this volume provides a state of the art account of how membership has affected the institutions of central, devolved and local governance, the activities of organized interests, and major areas of public policy.
This is a unique book-length accounts of the domestic impact of EU membership. Drawing on expert contributions, this volume provides a state of the ar...
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402,53 |
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Tobacco, Arms and Politics – Greece and Germany from World Crisis to World War, 1929–1941
ISBN: 9788772894508 / Angielski / Miękka / 342 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Analyzes the politico-economic effects of Germany's policy towards Greece leading up to occupation in 1941. By looking in particular at the trade in tobacco and arms, this book maintains that German policy towards Greece played an important role in the est
Analyzes the politico-economic effects of Germany's policy towards Greece leading up to occupation in 1941. By looking in particular at the trade in t...
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184,03 |
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The Political Economy of Government Auditing: Financial Governance and the Rule of Law in Latin America and Beyond
ISBN: 9780415477734 / Angielski / Twarda / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Political Economy of Government Auditing addresses the elusive quest for greater transparency and accountability in the management of public finances in emerging economies; and, more specifically, it examines the contribution of autonomous audit agencies (AAAs) to the fight against corruption and waste. Whilst the role of audit agencies in curbing corruption is increasingly acknowledged, there exists little comparative work on their institutional effectiveness. Addressing the performance of AAAs in emerging economies, Carlos Santiso pursues a political economy perspective that... The Political Economy of Government Auditing addresses the elusive quest for greater transparency and accountability in the management of ... |
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752,97 |
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Regional Trade Integration and Conflict Resolution
ISBN: 9780415477598 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume examines the issues of regional and bilateral trade and peace building under different and varying contexts, with detailed case studies focusing on South America; the southern African region; South Asia and; South East Asia.
This volume examines the issues of regional and bilateral trade and peace building under different and varying contexts, with detailed case studies fo...
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145,69 |
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Sustainable Consumption, Ecology and Fair Trade
ISBN: 9780415479752 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Discusses the debates concerning sustainable consumption and the environment. This book examines a range of relevant case studies including: household energy consumption, sustainable welfare, Fair Trade, Oxfam Worldshops, cotton farming and consumer organizations.
Discusses the debates concerning sustainable consumption and the environment. This book examines a range of relevant case studies including: household...
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145,69 |
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International Trade and Global Civil Society
ISBN: 9780415479868 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study challenges the dominant tendency of civil society to negate international trade as such. The authors argue that it is necessary to frame differentiated trade rules based on levels of economic development, and also to shift from subsidies to shore up uncompetitive livelihoods to productivity-enhancing investments.
This study challenges the dominant tendency of civil society to negate international trade as such. The authors argue that it is necessary to frame di...
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704,38 |
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Asia's New Multilateralism: Cooperation, Competition, and the Search for Community
ISBN: 9780231144421 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Traditionally, stability in Asia has relied on America's bilateral alliances with Japan, Australia, and the Republic of Korea. Yet in recent years, emergent and more active multilateral forums--such as the Six-Party Talks on North Korea and the East Asia Summit--have taken precedence, engendering both cooperation and competition while reflecting the local concerns of the region. Some are concerned that this process is moving toward less-inclusive, bloc-based "talking shops" and that the future direction and success of these arrangements, along with their implications for global and...
Traditionally, stability in Asia has relied on America's bilateral alliances with Japan, Australia, and the Republic of Korea. Yet in recent years, em...
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511,35 |
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Asia's New Multilateralism: Cooperation, Competition, and the Search for Community
ISBN: 9780231144438 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Traditionally, stability in Asia has relied on America's bilateral alliances with Japan, Australia, and the Republic of Korea. Yet in recent years, emergent and more active multilateral forums--such as the Six-Party Talks on North Korea and the East Asia Summit--have taken precedence, engendering both cooperation and competition while reflecting the local concerns of the region. Some are concerned that this process is moving toward less-inclusive, bloc-based "talking shops" and that the future direction and success of these arrangements, along with their implications for global and...
Traditionally, stability in Asia has relied on America's bilateral alliances with Japan, Australia, and the Republic of Korea. Yet in recent years, em...
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163,63 |
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India Nepal Relations: Historical, Cultural and Political Perspective
ISBN: 9789380177458 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. India-Nepal relationship is wrought by the centuries old social-cultural, historical and geographic connections. India has over the years, consistently responded with a sense of urgency to the needs of the people and Government of Nepal in ensuring the success of the peace process and institutionalization of multi-party democracy through the framing of a new Constitution. It was India who first welcomes the restoration of democracy in Nepal. The book discusses various aspects of India Nepal Relationship as it exists and its future course.
India-Nepal relationship is wrought by the centuries old social-cultural, historical and geographic connections. India has over the years, consistentl...
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255,42 |
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Industries and Globalization: The Political Causality of Difference
ISBN: 9780230201682 / Angielski / Twarda / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Through analyzing recent change within six industries this book develops a resolutely interdisciplinary approach to studying globalization. By combining questions and methodologies from institutionalist economics and political science, it proposes a generalizable model for studying the politics of industry. It then tests a causal hypothesis.
Through analyzing recent change within six industries this book develops a resolutely interdisciplinary approach to studying globalization. By combini...
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201,24 |
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Advancing Governance in the South: What Roles for International Financial Institutions in Developing States?
ISBN: 9780230220119 / Angielski / Twarda / 213 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drawing on the Latin American political economy, this book brings to the fore empirical questions on different patterns of involvement of IFIs in pursuing politically-sensitive reforms, the capacity of local actors to influence outcomes, the context in which they interact, the type of policy ideas conveyed, and the policy process that are advanced.
Drawing on the Latin American political economy, this book brings to the fore empirical questions on different patterns of involvement of IFIs in purs...
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201,24 |
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Offshore Finance and Small States: Sovereignty, Size and Money
ISBN: 9780230522206 / Angielski / Twarda / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One path towards development taken by a number of small jurisdictions is the establishment of an offshore financial centre. This text analyses the actual economic contribution for several small Caribbean economies and the impact to continued operation arising from an international initiative for the exchange of taxpayer information.
One path towards development taken by a number of small jurisdictions is the establishment of an offshore financial centre. This text analyses the act...
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201,24 |
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International Trade Regulation in China: Law and Policy
ISBN: 9781841133935 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book presents a comprehensive survey of Chinese legal and regulatory systems governing international trade following China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in November 2001 and the coming into force of the revised PRC Foreign Trade Law in July 2004. It provides a systematic and in-depth analysis on the text of applicable Chinese laws and rules, with a particular focus on their practical application. It also critically explores whether international trade regulation in China complies with the WTO Agreement both in the text and in spirit and identifies areas where...
This book presents a comprehensive survey of Chinese legal and regulatory systems governing international trade following China's accession to the Wor...
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920,43 |
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The Efta Court: Ten Years on
ISBN: 9781841135694 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On the occasion of its tenth anniversary, the EFTA (European Free Trade Agreement) Court held a conference at which speakers were asked to reflect on the case law of the Court and its role in the European Economic Area (EEA). In the course of its work, the Court has acted as a driving force of integration under the EEA Agreement, by establishing general principles, such as state liability, and giving landmark judgments in several areas of European law. The essays in this volume, by leading experts and high-ranking representatives of national and European courts, cover areas such as the...
On the occasion of its tenth anniversary, the EFTA (European Free Trade Agreement) Court held a conference at which speakers were asked to reflect on ...
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485,78 |
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The Political Economy of International Tax Governance
ISBN: 9780230507685 / Angielski / Twarda / 249 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Covering the period from the 1920s, when international tax policy was solely about avoiding double taxation, to the present era of international tax competition, Rixen investigates the fate of 'the power to tax' in an era of globalization, illustrating that tax sovereignty is both shaped and constrained by an international tax regime.
Covering the period from the 1920s, when international tax policy was solely about avoiding double taxation, to the present era of international tax c...
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201,24 |
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Trade Preference Erosion: Measurement and Policy Response
ISBN: 9780821377079 / Angielski / Miękka / 466 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The multilateral trade system rests on the principle of nondiscrimination. Unilateral trade preferences granted by developed countries can help beneficiary countries but can create tensions between 'preferred' developing countries typically beneficiaries from pre-existing colonial regimes and other developing countries. There is also concern about the potential erosion of these preferences through trade liberalization in the importing countries, an issue that has been important in the current negotiations under the Doha Development Agenda of the World Trade Organization. 'Trade Preference...
The multilateral trade system rests on the principle of nondiscrimination. Unilateral trade preferences granted by developed countries can help benefi...
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184,60 |
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Brazil as an Economic Superpower?: Understanding Brazil's Changing Role in the Global Economy
ISBN: 9780815702962 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Brazil, the confluence of strong global demand for the country's major products, global successes for its major corporations, and steady results from its economic policies is building confidence and even reviving dreams of grandeza --the greatness that has proven elusive in the past. Even as the current economic crisis tempers expectations of the future, the trends identified in this book suggest that Brazil will continue its path toward becoming a leading economic power in the future. Once seen as an economic backwater, Brazil now occupies key niches in energy, agriculture, service... In Brazil, the confluence of strong global demand for the country's major products, global successes for its major corporations, and steady results... |
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121,44 |
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A Bridge Too Far?: Commonalities and Differences between China and the United States
ISBN: 9780739128879 / Angielski / Twarda / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bringing Chinese scholars and political advisors and practitioners together with scholars who study China and the United States from a Western political scientific perspective, this book uncovers genuine areas of overlap between the politics of the two nations. Important topics covered include China's democratic prospects and the rise of local village elections, the role of interest groups, Chinese political and legal reforms and developments regarding intellectual property rights and environmental regulation, Western and Chinese political philosophy, and Sino-American foreign policy...
Bringing Chinese scholars and political advisors and practitioners together with scholars who study China and the United States from a Western politic...
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476,07 |