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The Eclipse of Keynesianism: The Political Economy of the Chicago Counter-Revolution
ISBN: 9780312235758 / Angielski / Twarda / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the process by which Keynesianism, with its sympathetic view of the role of government in the economy and society, lost influence among economists and policy makers and was replaced by more negative views about government intervention and more positive views about the role of the market as a social organizer.
This book examines the process by which Keynesianism, with its sympathetic view of the role of government in the economy and society, lost influence a...
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Corporation Nation: How Corporations Are Taking Over Our Lives -- And What We Can Do about It
ISBN: 9780312254612 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Foreword by Ralph Nader. In Corporation Nation Derber addresses the unchecked power of today's corporations to shape the way we work, earn, buy, sell, and think--the very way we live. Huge, far-reaching mergers are now commonplace, downsizing is rampant, and our lines of communication, news and entertainment media, jobs, and savings are increasingly controlled by a handful of global--and unaccountable--conglomerates. We are, in effect, losing our financial and emotional security, depending more than ever on the whim of these corporations. But it doesn't have to be this way, as this... Foreword by Ralph Nader. In Corporation Nation Derber addresses the unchecked power of today's corporations to shape the way we work, earn, ... |
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Global Change: A Japanese Perspective
ISBN: 9780333719206 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines global change from a dialectical perspective. Looking at global change in terms of unipolarisation in international security, globalisation in the world economy, and democratisation in global governance, the volume provides a refreshingly Japanese angle on addressing complex interplays between the social forces underlying these themes. The book is indispensable reading for undergraduate and graduate students or IR theory, international security, international political economy, and global governance, as well as American and Japanese foreign policy.
This book examines global change from a dialectical perspective. Looking at global change in terms of unipolarisation in international security, globa...
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Understanding World Order and Structural Change: Poverty, Conflict and the Global Arena
ISBN: 9780333773857 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Hans Abrahamsson assesses the contemporary world order and structural change, within an historical framework. He analyses the interaction of Pax American and the Bretton Woods system in the postwar period, and its impact, specifically on the development of Southern Africa. The author also proposed an analytical model and a methodological framework for the study of the international political economy and its global and local implications. Finally, he addresses the circumstances behind the current opportunity for global change, and the social forces and political action required in order to...
Hans Abrahamsson assesses the contemporary world order and structural change, within an historical framework. He analyses the interaction of Pax Ameri...
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The Political Economy of Sport
ISBN: 9780333773864 / Angielski / Twarda / 219 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sport studies has become one of the largest and fastest growing international industries. This collection of essays from a range of international contributors analyzes all aspects of the political economy of this industry, including media sports production, urban growth politics and capital accumulation and the economic effects of Olympism.
Sport studies has become one of the largest and fastest growing international industries. This collection of essays from a range of international cont...
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203,61 |
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Globalization, Regionalization and Cross-Border Regions
ISBN: 9780333919293 / Angielski / Twarda / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Cross-border regions are newly emerging social spaces stretching across national borders. Globalization makes national borders more permeable and leads to a rearrangement of economic and political interactions. This is particularly pronounced within supra-regional blocs featuring specific internal border regimes. The ensuing opportunities are increasingly seized to create border-spanning discourses and institutions. This is illustrated in the book by a range of experts analyzing cross-border regions in Europe, America, East Asia and Africa.
Cross-border regions are newly emerging social spaces stretching across national borders. Globalization makes national borders more permeable and lead...
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407,25 |
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The Soldier and the State in South America: Essays in Civil-Military Relations
ISBN: 9780333930939 / Angielski / Twarda / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After a long era of military rule, the South American nations have been working on the construction of a new democratic order. This book provides a long-term historical assessment of the main features of civil-military relations in this region, from independence in the early nineteenth century to the current process of democratic consolidation, with special attention to the cases of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Peru.
After a long era of military rule, the South American nations have been working on the construction of a new democratic order. This book provides a lo...
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407,25 |
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Globalization and Insecurity: Political, Economic and Physical Challenges
ISBN: 9780333963548 / Angielski / Twarda / 245 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although the word globalization is still not received English, many books now celebrate the global integration of trade, finance, culture and telecommunication. This is a book with a difference: nine renowned experts examine the threats to security - physical, political and economic - of specific aspects of globalization and then explore the social responses to these threats. Between them, the contributors cover politics, the environment, conflict, finance, manufacturing, armaments, labour, development and social security. These thought provoking and disturbing essays are essential to a...
Although the word globalization is still not received English, many books now celebrate the global integration of trade, finance, culture and telecomm...
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Labour Politics in Small Open Democracies: Australia, Chile, Ireland, New Zealand and Uruguay
ISBN: 9780333981962 / Angielski / Twarda / 251 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Paul G. Buchanan and Kate Nicholls explore the political and economic fortunes of organised labour in five small open democracies between 1975 and 2000. Of particular interest is the role of labour market institutions, organisational histories, and trade union ideologies in shaping outcomes under conditions of economic liberalisation. The book includes a theoretical and methodological introduction, followed by individual discussions of Australia and Chile, and New Zealand and Uruguay, grouped a cross-regional pairs, and Ireland as an extra-regional and atypical case.
Paul G. Buchanan and Kate Nicholls explore the political and economic fortunes of organised labour in five small open democracies between 1975 and 200...
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A Social Theory of the Wto: Trading Cultures
ISBN: 9780333998403 / Angielski / Twarda / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Traditional theories suggest that developing countries lack influence in the trade regime. In this text, Jane Ford uses a social theory or constructivist approach to show that developing countries played a critical role in strengthening multilateralism in the World Trade Organization.
Traditional theories suggest that developing countries lack influence in the trade regime. In this text, Jane Ford uses a social theory or constructiv...
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One Market Under God: Extreme Capitalism, Market Populism, and the End of Economic Democracy
ISBN: 9780385495042 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In a book that has been raising hackles far and wide, the social critic Thomas Frank skewers one of the most sacred cows of the go-go '90s: the idea that the new free-market economy is good for everyone.
Frank's target is "market populism"--the widely held belief that markets are a more democratic form of organization than democratically elected governments. Refuting the idea that billionaire CEOs are looking out for the interests of the little guy, he argues that "the great euphoria of the late nineties was never as much about the return of good times as it was the giddy triumph of one... In a book that has been raising hackles far and wide, the social critic Thomas Frank skewers one of the most sacred cows of the go-go '90s: the idea t...
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Italian Institutional Reforms: A Public Choice Perspective
ISBN: 9780387721408 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Few established European democracies have undergone as much change as Italy in recent years, and here is a book that explores precisely what has been achieved from a public choice perspective. The book pays particular attention to, among others, the introduction of the EURO, the reform of voting from proportional to majoritarian rule, and the switch from a highly centralized government to a federal organization. "Few established European democracies have undergone as much change as Italy in recent years, and here is a book that explores precisely what has be... |
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Sam Smith's Great American Political Repair Manual
ISBN: 9780393316278 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In chapters such as "How to figure out why you need this book a diagnostic test for political deficit disorder," "How to stay alive a poker player's guide to the environment," "How to find things out despite the media and other obstacles," and "How to get along with other Americans living next to 250 million people who aren't quite like you," Smith conjoins hilarity and wisdom, education and provocation, giving us what we need to fix America and have a good time while we're at it.
In chapters such as "How to figure out why you need this book a diagnostic test for political deficit disorder," "How to stay alive a poker player's g...
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Contemporary Egypt: Through Egyptian Eyes: Essays in Honour of P.J. Vatikiotis
ISBN: 9780415061032 / Angielski / Twarda / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The essays in this volume provide insight into the social forces, the political conflicts and the personalities that have shaped contemporary Egypt, and Egypt's current economic, political and diplomatic dilemmas. The press has been extraordinarily influential in shaping Egyptian political debate, and two essays here are devoted to an examination of its activities, and the efforts of those in power to control it, in different periods in Egypt's modern history. The careers of individuals politically active during the period of the Monarchy can offer considerable insight into contemporary...
The essays in this volume provide insight into the social forces, the political conflicts and the personalities that have shaped contemporary Egypt, a...
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The Emergence of Ecological Modernisation: Integrating the Environment and the Economy?
ISBN: 9780415141734 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Emergence of Ecological Modernisation offers a wealth of empirical research material from an international perspective, bringing together previously scattered sources for the first time. It addresses a series of theoretical issues that are of key contemporary relevance, such as the relationship between ecological modernisation and sustainable development; strategies for promoting ecological modernisation, and the extent to which it is possible to 'green' contemporary capitalism.
The Emergence of Ecological Modernisation offers a wealth of empirical research material from an international perspective, bringing together...
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Part-Time Prospects: An International Comparison
ISBN: 9780415156691 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The growth in part-time employment has been one of the most striking features in industrialized economies over the past forty years. Part-Time Prospects presents for the first time a systematically comparative analysis of the common and divergent patterns in the use of part-time work in Europe, America and the Pacific Rim. It brings together sociologists and economists in this wide-ranging and comprehensive survey. It tackles such areas as gender issues, ethnic questions and the differences between certain national economies including low pay, pensions and labour standards.
The growth in part-time employment has been one of the most striking features in industrialized economies over the past forty years. Part-Time Pro...
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Part-Time Prospects: An International Comparison
ISBN: 9780415156707 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The growth in part-time employment has been one of the most striking features in industrialized economies over the past forty years. Part-Time Prospects presents for the first time a systematically comparative analysis of the common and divergent patterns in the use of part-time work in Europe, America and the Pacific Rim. It brings together sociologists and economists in this wide-ranging and comprehensive survey. It tackles such areas as gender issues, ethnic questions and the differences between certain national economies including low pay, pensions and labour standards.
The growth in part-time employment has been one of the most striking features in industrialized economies over the past forty years. Part-Time Pro...
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Theorizing Transition : The Political Economy of Post-Communist Transformations
ISBN: 9780415162661 / Angielski / Twarda / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How do we understand the dramatic changes that are transforming the societies of eastern and central Europe and those peripheral countries witnessing a shift to the market? This text examines this and other questions through a variety of studies of the complex political, economic and social transformations occurring in eastern Europe and Central Europe. Contributions from geographers, economists, sociologists, feminists, planners and scholars of international studies unravel the complexity of change in post-communism by examining: theoretical perspectives on transition, industrial and...
How do we understand the dramatic changes that are transforming the societies of eastern and central Europe and those peripheral countries witnessing ...
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Theorizing Transition: The Political Economy of Post-Communist Transformations
ISBN: 9780415162678 / Angielski / Miękka / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Theorizing Transition provides a comprehensive examination of the development of the economic, political, social and cultural transformations in post-Communist Europe and offers an important critique of transition theory and policy. The authors create the basis of a theoretical understanding of transition in terms of a political economy of capitalist development. The diversity of forms and complexities of transition are examined through a wide range of examples from post-Soviet countries and comparative studies from countries such as Vietnam and China. Theorizing Transition...
Theorizing Transition provides a comprehensive examination of the development of the economic, political, social and cultural transformations...
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Regions in Europe: The Paradox of Power
ISBN: 9780415164825 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Regions in Europe explores the state of regional politics in an increasingly integrated Europe. It argues that the predicted rise of increased political power at the regional level has failed to materialise and is fraught with paradox. In doing so this study locates regions in relation to European integration, globalisation, the nation state, local government, and comparative and national perspectives.
Using case studies of the main players in Europe including: * Germany * France * UK * Italy * Spain * the Netherlands * Belgium. the... Regions in Europe explores the state of regional politics in an increasingly integrated Europe. It argues that the predicted rise of increase...
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