ilość książek w kategorii: 9507
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Analytical Gains of Geopolitical Economy
ISBN: 9781785603372 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work advances geopolitical economy as a new approach to understanding the evolution of the capitalist world order and its 21st century form of multipolarity. Neither can be explained by recently dominant approaches such as U.S. hegemony or globalization: they treat the world economy as a seamless whole in which either no state matters or only one does. Today's BRICs and emerging economies are only the latest instances of state-led or combined development. Such development has a long history of repeatedly challenging the unevenness of capitalism and the international division of labour it...
This work advances geopolitical economy as a new approach to understanding the evolution of the capitalist world order and its 21st century form of mu...
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524,74 |
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Thirty Years of Economic Policy: Inspiration for Debate
ISBN: 9780198758099 / Angielski / Twarda / 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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515,66 |
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Trade, Globalization and Development: Essays in Honour of Kalyan K. Sanyal
ISBN: 9788132217060 / Angielski / Miękka / 213 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book was written in honour of Professor Kalyan K. Sanyal, who was an excellent educator and renowned scholar in the field of international economics. One of his research papers co-authored with Ronald Jones, entitled The Theory of Trade in Middle Products and published in American Economic Review in 1982, was a seminal work in the field of international trade theory. This paper would go on to inspire many subsequent significant works by researchers across the globe on trade in intermediate goods. The larger impact of any paper, beyond the number of citations, lies in... This book was written in honour of Professor Kalyan K. Sanyal, who was an excellent educator and renowned scholar in the field of international eco... |
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402,53 |
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Science Policies and Twentieth-Century Dictatorships: Spain, Italy and Argentina
ISBN: 9781472422323 / Angielski / Twarda / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Making a fresh contribution to the political history of science, this book explores the connections between the science policies of three countries that each experienced considerable political upheaval in the twentieth century: Spain, Italy and Argentina. By focussing on these three countries, the contributors are able to present case studies that highlight the characteristics and specificities of the democratic and dictatorial political processes involved in the production of science and technology. The focus on dictatorship presents the opportunity to expand our knowledge -beyond the more...
Making a fresh contribution to the political history of science, this book explores the connections between the science policies of three countries th...
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757,61 |
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Fuel Taxes and the Poor: The Distributional Effects of Gasoline Taxation and Their Implications for Climate Policy
ISBN: 9781138184237 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fuel Taxes and the Poor challenges the conventional wisdom that gasoline taxation, an important and much-debated instrument of climate policy, has a disproportionately detrimental effect on poor people. Increased fuel taxes carry the potential to mitigate carbon emissions, reduce congestion, and improve local urban environment. As such, higher gasoline taxes could prove to be a fundamental part of any climate action plan. However, they have been resisted by powerful lobbies that have persuaded people that increased fuel taxation would be regressive. Reporting on examples of over two...
Fuel Taxes and the Poor challenges the conventional wisdom that gasoline taxation, an important and much-debated instrument of climate policy...
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283,44 |
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International Trade Policy and European Industry: The Case of the Electronics Business
ISBN: 9783319032795 / Angielski / Miękka / 454 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this book, factual business data shows and economic models explain how restrictive trade practices result in elimination of efficient competitors in export markets. It serves as a practical guide on how to conduct trade policy and avoid pitfalls.
In this book, factual business data shows and economic models explain how restrictive trade practices result in elimination of efficient competitors i...
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402,53 |
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Plant Microbe Symbiosis: Fundamentals and Advances
ISBN: 9788132217503 / Angielski / Miękka / 459 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Plant microbe interaction is a complex relationship that can have various beneficial impacts on both the communities. The book reviews the enormous diversity of plant associated microbes, the dialog between plant-microbes-microbes and mechanisms of action of PGP microbes.
Plant microbe interaction is a complex relationship that can have various beneficial impacts on both the communities. The book reviews the enormous di...
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603,81 |
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OPEC in a Shale Oil World: Where to Next?
ISBN: 9783319223704 / Angielski / Twarda / 269 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. RAMADy, Mahdi OPec in a sHALE oil world -where to NEXT?
With PREFACE by Dr. Sadad Al Husseini, former Board Member and Executive Vice President, Saudi Aramco.
"OPEC has played an important role since its founding and continues to do so, but it has to recognize that this role has now changed and the organization has to adapt to new challenges. This book provides some possible solutions" Abdulsamad Al Awadhi, former Kuwait National Representative... RAMADy, Mahdi OPec in a sHALE oil world -where to NEXT?
With PREFACE by... |
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201,24 |
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Lehman Brothers: A Crisis of Value
ISBN: 9781784993405 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Using extensive documentary evidence and interviews with former Lehman employees, Oonagh McDonald reveals the decisions that led to Lehman's collapse, investigates why the government refused a bail-out and whether the implications of this refusal were fully understood. In clear and accessible language she demonstrates both the short and long term effects of Lehman's collapse
Using extensive documentary evidence and interviews with former Lehman employees, Oonagh McDonald reveals the decisions that led to Lehman's collapse,...
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128,63 |
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Land Rights in India: Policies, Movements and Challenges
ISBN: 9781138955790 / Angielski / Twarda / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume engages with the topical issue of land rights in neoliberal India. It examines government policies, laws, land governance and land reforms from the perspective of social justice and people's response to dispossession of land. Looking beyond the dominant discourse of land acquisition and the conception of land as a commodity for economic growth, the book explores critical themes including issues of social identity, culture, livelihood and food security through a study of land reform; reviews existing land policies and legal dimensions; and discusses issues and challenges... This volume engages with the topical issue of land rights in neoliberal India. It examines government policies, laws, land governance and land refo... |
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782,04 |
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Dollars and Borders: U.S. Governemnt Attempts to Restrict Capital Flows, 1960-1980
ISBN: 9781138187818 / Angielski / Twarda / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1987, Dollars and Borders explores the United States government s relation to transnational capital. James P. Hawley traces the attempts of four presidents (John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Jimmy Carter) in the 1960s and 1970s to restrict international movements of U.S. capital and analyses the political and economic issues confronted by the government during this period. This title will be of particular interest to students of Politics and Economics. "Originally published in 1987, Dollars and Borders explores the United States government s relation to transnational capital. James P. Hawley... |
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757,61 |
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The Future of the Postal Sector in a Digital World
ISBN: 9783319244525 / Angielski / Twarda / 345 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book will be of interest to postal operators, regulatory commissions, consulting firms, competitors and customers, experts in the postal economics, law, and business, and those charged with the responsibility for designing and implementing postal sector policies.
This book will be of interest to postal operators, regulatory commissions, consulting firms, competitors and customers, experts in the postal economic...
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402,53 |
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The Life Cycles of the Council on Environmental Quality and the Environmental Protection Agency: 1970 - 2035
ISBN: 9780190203719 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1970, due to increasing public concern about the environment, a dramatic series of bipartisan actions were taken to expand the national government's efforts to control pollutants. In that year, the Congress and President Nixon established two key federal agencies to address the nation's growing environmental problems: the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). But despite this initial recognition of the pressing problems presented by environmental degradation, support for related policymaking and administration waxed and waned over the next...
In 1970, due to increasing public concern about the environment, a dramatic series of bipartisan actions were taken to expand the national government'...
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140,54 |
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The Life Cycles of the Council on Environmental Quality and the Environmental Protection Agency: 1970 - 2035
ISBN: 9780190203702 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1970, due to increasing public concern about the environment, a dramatic series of bipartisan actions were taken to expand the national government's efforts to control pollutants. In that year, the Congress and President Nixon established two key federal agencies to address the nation's growing environmental problems: the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). But despite this initial recognition of the pressing problems presented by environmental degradation, support for related policymaking and administration waxed and waned over the next...
In 1970, due to increasing public concern about the environment, a dramatic series of bipartisan actions were taken to expand the national government'...
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631,42 |
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Development in Africa: Refocusing the Lens After the Millennium Development Goals
ISBN: 9781447328544 / Angielski / Miękka / 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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159,44 |
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Green Growth: Ideology, Political Economy and the Alternatives
ISBN: 9781783604876 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The discourse of green growth has recently gained ground in environmental governance deliberations and policy proposals. It is presented as a fresh and innovative agenda centered on the deployment of engineering sophistication, managerial acumen, and market mechanisms to redress the environmental and social derelictions of the existing development model. But the green growth project is deeply inadequate, whether assessed against criteria of social justice or the achievement of sustainable economic life upon a materially finite planet. This volume outlines three main lines of critique.First,...
The discourse of green growth has recently gained ground in environmental governance deliberations and policy proposals. It is presented as a fresh an...
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141,70 |
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Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific: 2015 (2 Vols.)
ISBN: 9789211206906 / Angielski / Miękka / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Assesses the region's outlook as it navigates through global uncertainties, providing policy options and strategies to sustain inclusive and sustainable growth. The report analyses a wide range of areas including economic growth, inflation, trade and investment, financial markets, inequality, employment, and environmental concerns.
Assesses the region's outlook as it navigates through global uncertainties, providing policy options and strategies to sustain inclusive and sustainab...
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332,37 |
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Paying the Tab: The Costs and Benefits of Alcohol Control
ISBN: 9780691171159 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What drug provides Americans with the greatest pleasure and the greatest pain? The answer, hands down, is alcohol. The pain comes not only from drunk driving and lost lives but also addiction, family strife, crime, violence, poor health, and squandered human potential. Young and old, drinkers and abstainers alike, all are affected. Every American is paying for alcohol abuse.
What drug provides Americans with the greatest pleasure and the greatest pain? The answer, hands down, is alcohol. The pain comes not only from dru... |
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136,86 |
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EU Cohesion Policy in Practice: What Does it Achieve?
ISBN: 9781783487219 / Angielski / Twarda / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. EU Cohesion policy, along with support for agriculture and rural development, is one of the main items of EU spending. As such, the performance of the policy has come under increasing scrutiny. Perhaps surprisingly, however, past attempts to assess the effectiveness of the EU's have proved to be highly ambivalent. This book examines the long-term achievements of Cohesion policy from 1989 to 2012 and draws out the main policy implications. Originally undertaken for the European Commission by the authors, this major longitudinal study adopts an innovative approach to assessing the effectiveness...
EU Cohesion policy, along with support for agriculture and rural development, is one of the main items of EU spending. As such, the performance of the...
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464,34 |
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Eu Cohesion Policy in Practice: What Does It Achieve?
ISBN: 9781783487226 / Angielski / Miękka / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. EU Cohesion policy, along with support for agriculture and rural development, is one of the main items of EU spending. As such, the performance of the policy has come under increasing scrutiny. Perhaps surprisingly, however, past attempts to assess the effectiveness of the EU's have proved to be highly ambivalent. This book examines the long-term achievements of Cohesion policy from 1989 to 2012 and draws out the main policy implications. Originally undertaken for the European Commission by the authors, this major longitudinal study adopts an innovative approach to assessing the effectiveness...
EU Cohesion policy, along with support for agriculture and rural development, is one of the main items of EU spending. As such, the performance of the...
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175,91 |