ilość książek w kategorii: 9546
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Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development
ISBN: 9781472580757 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Continuation along current development pathways is not sustainable. Available technology and production practices and the consumption patterns of modern societies are leading to global warming and ecological destruction. Business as usual is not an option. There is an urgent need to find a new development paradigm that ensures environmental sustainability while managing to provide, now and in the future, a decent livelihood for all of humankind. In Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development, experts in the area provide a variety of insights about the technical... Continuation along current development pathways is not sustainable. Available technology and production practices and the consumption patterns of m... |
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564,80 |
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Development in Africa: Refocusing the Lens After the Millennium Development Goals
ISBN: 9781447328537 / Angielski / Twarda / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Though the fact gets little international attention, in recent years countries across Africa have seen unprecedented economic growth, a boom that stretches back to 2000 and has made a huge difference in the lives of citizens in countless nations. Nonetheless, the continent still faces major development challenges. This book brings together a sterling roster of contributors to analyze present and future development in Africa, post-Millennium Development Goals. It presents twelve major public policy conversations that they deem essential to Africa s future growth and success."
Though the fact gets little international attention, in recent years countries across Africa have seen unprecedented economic growth, a boom that stre...
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436,43 |
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Green Economic Structures in Modern Business and Society
ISBN: 9781466682191 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many countries now run their economies based on sustainable economic structures to improve production models and overall living conditions. This title discusses the implementation of environmentally friendly models in contemporary economies, as well as the development and evolution of such strategies in recent years.
Many countries now run their economies based on sustainable economic structures to improve production models and overall living conditions. This title...
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983,06 |
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The Changing Business Landscape of Romania: Lessons for and from Transition Economies
ISBN: 9781493902071 / Angielski / Miękka / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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402,53 |
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Greece's Horizons: Reflecting on the Country's Assets and Capabilities
ISBN: 9783642431906 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume provides an interdisciplinary approach to Greece's economy. It focuses on the comparative advantages and the potential of Greece rather than the causes of the crisis and details recent developments.
This volume provides an interdisciplinary approach to Greece's economy. It focuses on the comparative advantages and the potential of Greece rather th...
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402,53 |
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The Ecological Footprint: New Developments in Policy and Practice
ISBN: 9780857936950 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The ecological footprint is one of the most prominent tools used to measure environmental sustainability, and its rise in academic and policy debates since the early 1990s has been remarkable. Drawing upon research and examples from around the world, the authors critically examine the claims made of the ecological footprint and how it has been applied in practice. This important book provides a unique insight into the ways in which environmental knowledge is used within organisations, and how it is able to carry authority in policy making processes.
The ecological footprint is one of the most prominent tools used to measure environmental sustainability, and its rise in academic and policy debates ...
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533,99 |
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Women, Feminism and Development
ISBN: 9780773511859 / Angielski / Miękka / 456 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Women, Feminism and Development illustrates the significance and relevance of work on development carried out from a feminist perspective, with a particular focus on the contribution of Canadian researchers and activists. Covering a wide range of themes and concerns, the volume gathers authors from different organizational backgrounds and academic disciplines, and includes chapters on such different cultural and geographical areas as China, Malaysia and Thailand, Mexico and the West Indies, Uganda, Malawi and Ghana, and Canadian Inuit and Indian communities. A unity of purpose as well as a...
Women, Feminism and Development illustrates the significance and relevance of work on development carried out from a feminist perspective, with a part...
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156,09 |
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The State of Russia: What Comes Next?
ISBN: 9781137548108 / Angielski / Twarda / 157 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Following the crisis in Ukraine, the Putin regime made political choices that will determine Russia's development for years to come. This cutting edge Pivot makes a key contribution to the debate on Russia's development and traces emerging trends in various spheres of Russian life, from the economy and foreign policy, to society and ideology.
Following the crisis in Ukraine, the Putin regime made political choices that will determine Russia's development for years to come. This cutting edge...
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201,24 |
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Intergenerational Income Mobility and Redistributive Policy
ISBN: 9783658104641 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mareike Schad examines how redistributive policy measures influence intergenerational income mobility, taking into account various facets of the parent-child connection. In the first part, the author investigates the impact of education and education policy on income mobility both theoretically and empirically.
Mareike Schad examines how redistributive policy measures influence intergenerational income mobility, taking into account various facets of the paren...
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201,24 |
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Germany and the Politics of Europe's Money
ISBN: 9780822320623 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Traces the dynamics of German policy toward the European Monetary System and develops a new analytical framework for deciphering how international institutions affect domestic politics and how, in turn, domestic politics influence state policies towards t
Traces the dynamics of German policy toward the European Monetary System and develops a new analytical framework for deciphering how international ins...
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409,73 |
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Running on Empty: Along an Epic 12,000-Mile Road Trip, America Has Its Say on Economic Inequality
ISBN: 9781495150067 / Angielski / Twarda / 378 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In his vivid descriptive style, prize-winning author Peter H. Michael recounts his classic 12,000-mile road trip taking in the expansive variety of people and places of the United States. Michael set out not to fathom the country "in search of America" as Steinbeck, Kerouac and Least Heat-Moon had but to listen and let America tell him whatever it might. Tell it did. Michael listens to Americans finally awakening to the income and wealth gaps which over the past generation have eroded the middle class and hit the poor hardest of all. In clear punchy style, he demolishes plutocrat arguments in...
In his vivid descriptive style, prize-winning author Peter H. Michael recounts his classic 12,000-mile road trip taking in the expansive variety of pe...
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127,14 |
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European Energy and Climate Security: Public Policies, Energy Sources, and Eastern Partners
ISBN: 9783319213019 / Angielski / Twarda / 297 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. European Energy and Climate Security
European Energy and Climate Security
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402,53 |
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The Political Economy of Privatization in Rich Democracies
ISBN: 9780199669684 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Almost all advanced democracies have launched significant privatization programs over the last three decades. However, while there was a global run into privatization, substantial cross-national differences in the divesture of state-owned enterprises can be observed. This book focuses on the political economy of privatization, and addresses the questions 'What are the driving forces behind this development and how can the variation be explained?' which are of both theoretical and empirical interest.
While the topic itself is not new, the existing comparative literature on the political... Almost all advanced democracies have launched significant privatization programs over the last three decades. However, while there was a global run in...
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491,52 |
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Handbook of Cyber-Development, Cyber-Democracy, and Cyber-Defense
ISBN: 9783319090689 / Angielski / Twarda / 1089 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume covers a wide spectrum of issues relating to economic and political development enabled by information and communication technology (ICT). Showcasing contributions from researchers, industry leaders and policymakers, this Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges and opportunities created by technological innovations that are profoundly affecting the dynamics of economic growth, promotion of democratic principles, and the protection of individual, national, and regional rights. Of particular interest is the influence of ICT on the generation and dissemination of...
This volume covers a wide spectrum of issues relating to economic and political development enabled by information and communication technology (ICT)....
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2012,81 |
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Handbook of Research on Sustainable Development and Economics
ISBN: 9781466684331 / Angielski / Twarda / 514 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Investing in sustainable technologies and renewable resources is a necessary step to ensure the future quality of life of all human beings. This title explores topics such as poverty, gender equality, health, security, and the environment through global empirical studies and fundamental frameworks.
Investing in sustainable technologies and renewable resources is a necessary step to ensure the future quality of life of all human beings. This title...
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1638,44 |
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Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability 3/10: The Law and Politics of Sustainability
ISBN: 9781933782140 / Angielski / Twarda / 570 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Law and Politics of Sustainability, Volume 3 of the Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability, explores efforts made to address pressing environmental concerns through legislation, conventions, directives, treaties, and protocols. Articles explain the mechanics of environmental law, the concepts that shape sustainable development, case studies and rulings that have set precedents, approaches to sustainable development taken by legal systems around the world, and more. Experts and scholars in the field raise provocative questions about the effectiveness of international law versus national...
The Law and Politics of Sustainability, Volume 3 of the Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability, explores efforts made to address pressing environmen...
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420,29 |
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From Reproduction to Evolutionary Governance: Toward an Evolutionary Political Economy
ISBN: 9784431549970 / Angielski / Twarda / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Modern evolutionary economics and classical political economy are combined in this book on the basis of the reproduction of agents and their relations in the social economy. However, modern evolutionary economics with its pluralistic and contingent view of reproduction does not presuppose equilibrium or harmonious reproduction. A society that consists of multiple agents needs to develop its order out of the interactions of those agents. The author introduces the struggle for recognition that proceeds with the act of exchange to conceive the emergence of social and economic order. The dual...
Modern evolutionary economics and classical political economy are combined in this book on the basis of the reproduction of agents and their relations...
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442,79 |
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Practicing Professional Ethics in Economics and Public Policy
ISBN: 9789401773058 / Angielski / Twarda / 297 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume explores the professional ethics of addresses the varied ethical needs of the professional economists and public policy professionals. Using terms and methods familiar to the reader, the book goes beyond the typical narrative of economics and morality to walk the professional through the process of ethical decision-making. Designed to be easy to navigate and applicable to everyday practice, this book includes a step-by-step illustrated guide through an ethical decision-making process using a methodology specifically tailored to economists and policy professionals. It describes... This volume explores the professional ethics of addresses the varied ethical needs of the professional economists and public policy professionals. ... |
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523,30 |
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Failed: What the Experts Got Wrong about the Global Economy
ISBN: 9780195170184 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Why has the Eurozone ended up with an unemployment rate more than twice that of the United States more than six years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers? Why did the vast majority of low- and middle-income countries suffer a prolonged economic slowdown in the last two decades of the 20th century? What was the role of the International Monetary Fund in these economic failures? Why was Latin America able to achieve substantial poverty reduction in the 21st century after more than two decades without any progress? Failed analyzes these questions, explaining why these important...
Why has the Eurozone ended up with an unemployment rate more than twice that of the United States more than six years after the collapse of Lehman Bro...
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185,69 |
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Thirty Years of Economic Policy: Inspiration for Debate
ISBN: 9780198758105 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over the last 30 years, Economic Policy has strived to produce policy relevant and rigorous analyses of the economic challenges of the time. A number of articles have been highly influential, shaping thinking among academic economists and policymakers. This volume brings together key historic articles that still resonate today. It provides academics with important research markers, and also provides students (and their teachers) with a 'reader' that demonstrates how the field of economics progresses by responding to challenges of the time. It will also inspire a new generation of students and...
Over the last 30 years, Economic Policy has strived to produce policy relevant and rigorous analyses of the economic challenges of the time. A number ...
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195,72 |