Regionalism in East Asia: Why Has It Flourished Since 2000 and How Far Will It Go?
ISBN: 9789814304320 / Angielski / Twarda / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Examines an important economic development in East Asia during the first decade of the 21st century. This book places this political development in the changing nature of the national economies, especially their increasing integration into regional and global value chains with the fragmentation of production processes.
Examines an important economic development in East Asia during the first decade of the 21st century. This book places this political development in th...
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330,68 zł |
People's Republic of China Today, The: Internal and External Challenges
ISBN: 9789814313506 / Angielski / Twarda / 472 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Based on papers originally presented at an international conference held at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania to mark the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China (PRC), this book provides an assessment of the PRC's political, economic, social, ethnic, energy, security, military, diplomatic and other developments and challenges.
Based on papers originally presented at an international conference held at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania to mark the 60th anniversary of the Pe...
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763,09 zł |
Burma or Myanmar? the Struggle for National Identity
ISBN: 9789814313643 / Angielski / Twarda / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Burma is one of the largest and most richly endowed states in Southeast Asia. Yet it remains both economically and politically underdeveloped. Why is this so? This book argues that much of the reason has to do with an ongoing struggle for national identity. It is suitable for students and professionals interested in development studies.
Burma is one of the largest and most richly endowed states in Southeast Asia. Yet it remains both economically and politically underdeveloped. Why is ...
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635,91 zł |
Asian Economic Systems
ISBN: 9789814425384 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Asian Economic Systems provides readers with a crisp analytic framework, concepts and narrative highlighting contemporary Asia's systemic diversity. The framework facilitates insightful comparison with the western neoclassical ideal. This method allows students to easily appreciate the special virtues of various Asian economic systems, and compare them with those offered in the west. This objective is buttressed with background material on Asian economic history where appropriate, together with basic data on Asian and global economic performance to help students integrate concepts with...
Asian Economic Systems provides readers with a crisp analytic framework, concepts and narrative highlighting contemporary Asia's systemic diver...
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529,07 zł |
Ruminations on the Distortion of Oil Prices and Crony Capitalism: Selected Writings
ISBN: 9781475994513 / Angielski / Miękka / 374 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At great cost and risk to the American and world economies, consumers are ripped off billions of dollars every day by oil interests and their malevolent influence on market pricing mechanisms. It's essential Americans and oil consumers throughout the world understand where the money they pay for oil's downstream products goes-including the money paid at the pump, the money paid to heat their homes, and the money paid for the array of other petroleum-based products. In Ruminations on the Distortion of Oil Prices and Crony Capitalism, author Raymond J. Learsy not only discusses the... At great cost and risk to the American and world economies, consumers are ripped off billions of dollars every day by oil interests and their malev... |
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89,97 zł |
Ruminations on the Distortion of Oil Prices and Crony Capitalism: Selected Writings
ISBN: 9781475994520 / Angielski / Twarda / 374 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At great cost and risk to the American and world economies, consumers are ripped off billions of dollars every day by oil interests and their malevolent influence on market pricing mechanisms. It's essential Americans and oil consumers throughout the world understand where the money they pay for oil's downstream products goes-including the money paid at the pump, the money paid to heat their homes, and the money paid for the array of other petroleum-based products. In Ruminations on the Distortion of Oil Prices and Crony Capitalism, author Raymond J. Learsy not only discusses the... At great cost and risk to the American and world economies, consumers are ripped off billions of dollars every day by oil interests and their malev... |
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132,92 zł |
The Last Empire - The Last Hope for the Western World
ISBN: 9781604146929 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Last Empire details how the United States has lost its edge as the leader of the free world. Pointing to such things as loss of political integrity, erosion of its peoples' values, lack of education and increasing criminal activity, author Albert Talker warns that these evils threaten our nation's standing in the world and might bring about the total collapse of our once great empire. A sampling of topics covered includes: Democratic Capitalism, Foreign Policy of the United States, the Shrinking of the Middle Class, Class and Income Disparity, Gun Violence, and Financial Liabilities. This...
The Last Empire details how the United States has lost its edge as the leader of the free world. Pointing to such things as loss of political integrit...
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95,96 zł |
Great Games, Local Rules: The New Great Power Contest in Central Asia
ISBN: 9780199331437 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The struggle between Russia and Great Britain over Central Asia in the nineteenth century was the original "great game." But in the past quarter century, a new "great game" has emerged, pitting America against a newly aggressive Russia and a resource-hungry China, all struggling for influence over the same region, now one of the most volatile areas in the world: the long border region stretching from Iran through Pakistan to Kashmir. In Great Games, Local Rules, Alexander Cooley, one of America's most respected international relations scholars, explores the dynamics of the new...
The struggle between Russia and Great Britain over Central Asia in the nineteenth century was the original "great game." But in the past quarter centu...
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150,83 zł |
Singapore: Unlikely Power
ISBN: 9780190469504 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Singapore has gained a reputation for being one of the wealthiest and best-educated countries in the world and one of the brightest success stories for a colony-turned-sovereign state, but the country's path to success was anything but assured. Its strategic location and natural resources both allowed Singapore to profit from global commerce and also made the island an attractive conquest for the world's naval powers, resulting in centuries of stunting colonialization.
In Singapore: Unlikely Power, John Curtis Perry provides an evenhanded and authoritative history of the island... Singapore has gained a reputation for being one of the wealthiest and best-educated countries in the world and one of the brightest success stories fo...
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117,10 zł |
Schaffe Vertrauen, Rede Darüber Und Verdiene Daran: Kommunikationspraxis Und Performance Measurement Von Corporate Cultural Responsibility
ISBN: 9783658035938 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 413 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Im Bemuhen, offentliche Hand und Wirtschaft besonders in Krisenzeiten budgetar zu konsolidieren, wird unterdessen auch bei der Kultur gespart. Nicht nur Subventionen der Staaten, Lander und Kommunen werden gekurzt, auch jene Gelder, die Unternehmen fur klassisches Sponsoring bisher gerne zur Verfugung gestellt haben. Denn niemand wei, was genau kulturelles Engagement einem Unternehmen bringt. Genau diese Frage beantwortet Wolfgang Lamprecht in seiner Studie, die sich als Beitrag zur PR- und Marketingforschung versteht. Das Konzept heit Corporate Cultural Responsibility; die zentrale These des...
Im Bemuhen, offentliche Hand und Wirtschaft besonders in Krisenzeiten budgetar zu konsolidieren, wird unterdessen auch bei der Kultur gespart. Nicht n...
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218,68 zł |
The National Origins of Policy Ideas: Knowledge Regimes in the United States, France, Germany, and Denmark
ISBN: 9780691161167 / Angielski / Miękka / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In politics, ideas matter. They provide the foundation for economic policymaking, which in turn shapes what is possible in domestic and international politics. Yet until now, little attention has been paid to how these ideas are produced and disseminated, and how this process varies between countries. The National Origins of Policy Ideas provides the first comparative analysis of how "knowledge regimes"--communities of policy research organizations like think tanks, political party foundations, ad hoc commissions, and state research offices, and the institutions that govern... In politics, ideas matter. They provide the foundation for economic policymaking, which in turn shapes what is possible in domestic and internation... |
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160,65 zł |
The Limits to Capital in Spain: Crisis and Revolt in the European South
ISBN: 9781137319937 / Angielski / Twarda / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Spain is at the epicentre of a crisis that threatens the future of the Eurozone. This book explains the deep historical and structural roots of the current crisis in Spain. It analyses the nexus between European circuits of financial capital, urbanisation, and the emergent dynamics of state austerity and popular revolt.
Spain is at the epicentre of a crisis that threatens the future of the Eurozone. This book explains the deep historical and structural roots of the cu...
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194,97 zł |
Living with Class: Philosophical Reflections on Identity and Material Culture
ISBN: 9781137326782 / Angielski / Twarda / 229 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A philosophical-cultural exploration, this book expands the discussion of "class" from a novel perspective. Following the current debates about wealth and class, the contributors address the social and cultural phenomena of class from a uniquely innovative philosophical approach and reconsider philosophical "givens" within the context of culture.
A philosophical-cultural exploration, this book expands the discussion of "class" from a novel perspective. Following the current debates about wealth...
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194,97 zł |
Living with Class: Philosophical Reflections on Identity and Material Culture
ISBN: 9781137326812 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A philosophical-cultural exploration, this book expands the discussion of "class" from a novel perspective. Following the current debates about wealth and class, the contributors address the social and cultural phenomena of class from a uniquely innovative philosophical approach and reconsider philosophical "givens" within the context of culture.
A philosophical-cultural exploration, this book expands the discussion of "class" from a novel perspective. Following the current debates about wealth...
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194,97 zł |
The Future of Public Housing: Ongoing Trends in the East and the West
ISBN: 9783642416217 / Angielski / Twarda / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Public housing was once an important strand in western housing policies, but is seldom seen as a mainstream policy instrument for the future. In contrast, in many East Asian countries large public housing programs are underway. Behind these generalizations, there are exceptions, too. By including perspectives of scholars from across the world, this book provides new insights into public housing in its various forms. It contains in-depth chapters on public housing in five East Asian countries and six Western countries, together with three comparative overview chapters.
Public housing was once an important strand in western housing policies, but is seldom seen as a mainstream policy instrument for the future. In contr...
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389,98 zł |
Criticisms of Classical Political Economy: Menger, Austrian Economics and the German Historical School
ISBN: 9780415750066 / Angielski / Miękka / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The role of the German Historical School and of Carl Menger (founder of the Austrian School) is appraised in this new book. This important period of the history of economics is vital to understand how the discipline developed over the next half-century. Gilles Campagnolo has produced an impressive original work which makes use of rarely seen research by Carl Menger and as such this book will be of interest across several discplines, including history of economic thought, economic methodology, philosophy of science and the history of ideas.
The role of the German Historical School and of Carl Menger (founder of the Austrian School) is appraised in this new book. This important period of t...
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289,93 zł |
The Economics of Defence Policy: A New Perspective
ISBN: 9780415750196 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the end of the Cold War, the world has been faced with new regional conflicts, terrorism and threats from the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and from rogue states. The world remains uncertain, unstable and insecure with continued threats to global peace and security. The world economic crisis has also threatened government spending with defence as a candidate for spending cuts. Choices have to be made about the size of a nation's defence budget, its allocation between nuclear and conventional forces, between equipment and personnel and between air, land and sea forces....
Since the end of the Cold War, the world has been faced with new regional conflicts, terrorism and threats from the proliferation of weapons of mass d...
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274,66 zł |
Business-State Relations in Brazil: Challenges for the Port Modernisation Lobby
ISBN: 9780415854351 / Angielski / Twarda / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In recent years, the spotlight of international attention on Brazil has often been in the area of logistics infrastructure for example, on its capacity to deal with the high demand expected during the World Cup and the Olympics. However, neither competitiveness nor infrastructure concerns are new for Brazil. In the 1990s, Brazilian policy-makers adopted a series of liberalizing economic reforms that exposed the poor condition of logistics infrastructure and inadequate investment in Brazilian ports, roads, railways and airports. Over twenty years later, the implications of those reforms... In recent years, the spotlight of international attention on Brazil has often been in the area of logistics infrastructure for example, on its capa... |
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712,22 zł |
Pan-Africanism and East African Integration
ISBN: 9780674421387 / Angielski / Twarda / 317 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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294,26 zł |
Germany and Freedom
ISBN: 9780674497696 / Angielski / Twarda / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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294,26 zł |