ilość książek w kategorii: 8898
Government and Growth
ISBN: 9780198290377 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume examines economic growth from a non-technical perspective, focusing on the question of whether governments help or hinder such growth. Contributors reveal those channels through which government influence runs most effectively.
This volume examines economic growth from a non-technical perspective, focusing on the question of whether governments help or hinder such growth. Con...
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733,91 zł |
Structural Change, Welfare Systems, and Labour Reallocation: Lessons from the Transition of Formerly Planned Economies
ISBN: 9780198293651 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This books deals with labor reallocation in the midst of structural change, drawing on the experience of economic transition in formerly planned economies. It details those features of social welfare systems best suited to fostering structural change while at the same time reducing social costs.
This books deals with labor reallocation in the midst of structural change, drawing on the experience of economic transition in formerly planned econo...
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257,88 zł |
Regions, Globalization, and the Knowledge-Based Economy
ISBN: 9780198295365 / Angielski / Twarda / 520 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book presents different disciplinary approaches to the knowledge economy and includes detailed case analysis of its impact in different parts of the world. It moves between the supra national macro region and the micro cluster, as well as looking at associated infrastructural and policy responses.
This book presents different disciplinary approaches to the knowledge economy and includes detailed case analysis of its impact in different parts of ...
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1177,87 zł |
Making Global Self-Regulation Effective in Developing Countries
ISBN: 9780199234639 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As companies 'go global' they increasingly use factories and facilities spread across the world. But who regulates their activities in far flung corners of the world economy? In many sectors such as textiles and apparel, chemicals, and forestry, the answer is that companies regulate their own behavior through codes and standards which they agree among themselves. The recent growth in corporate self-regulation of labor, environmental and financial practices has attracted the attention of scholars who have detailed the number and content of self-regulatory efforts in various sectors. Missing so...
As companies 'go global' they increasingly use factories and facilities spread across the world. But who regulates their activities in far flung corne...
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267,74 zł |
Political Determinants of Corporate Governance: Political Context, Corporate Impact
ISBN: 9780199240746 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The political and social predicates that make the large firm possible and that shape its form are not always taken into account, despite the fact that variation in the political and social environment can deeply affect which firms, which ownership structures, and which governance arrangements survive and prosper. Focussing on the US, the larger nations in continental Europe, and Japan, Mark Roe uses statistical and qualitative analyses to explore the relationship between politics, history, and business organization.
The political and social predicates that make the large firm possible and that shape its form are not always taken into account, despite the fact that...
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844,89 zł |
Welfare and Work in the Open Economy: Volume II: Diverse Responses to Common Challenges
ISBN: 9780199240920 / Angielski / Miękka / 680 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this ground-breaking, two-volume study of the adjustment of advanced welfare states to international economic pressures, leading scholars detail the wide variety of responses in twelve countries. Volume I presents comparative analyses of differences in countries' vulnerabilities and capabilities, the effectiveness of their policy responses, and the role of values and discourse in the politics of adjustment. Volume II presents in-depth analyses of the experiences of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, and the...
In this ground-breaking, two-volume study of the adjustment of advanced welfare states to international economic pressures, leading scholars detail th...
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396,00 zł |
Information Technology, Productivity, and Economic Growth: International Evidence and Implications for Economic Development
ISBN: 9780199243983 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The contributors argue that no country can achieve development without government investment in, and promotion of, IT. The use of IT - and not necessarily its production - is what matters for economic development. economic development.
The contributors argue that no country can achieve development without government investment in, and promotion of, IT. The use of IT - and not necessa...
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709,24 zł |
The Institutionalization of Europe
ISBN: 9780199247950 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1950, a European political space existed, but only as a very limited site of international governance; today, the European Union governs in an ever-growing number of policy domains. This book provides an eye-opening account of the development of the European Union, from a relatively specialized assembly of economic cooperation to the complex entity that governs today.
In 1950, a European political space existed, but only as a very limited site of international governance; today, the European Union governs in an ever...
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807,90 zł |
European States and the Euro: Europeanization, Variation, and Convergence
ISBN: 9780199250257 / Angielski / Miękka / 420 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With the introduction of euro notes and coins in 2002 and the prospect of a UK referendum on the single currency, questions about how Economic and Monetary Union is affecting European states will come ever closer to the centre of political debate right across Europe. This ground-breaking book brings together leading experts in the field to examine the nature of the effects of the euro on EU member states.
With the introduction of euro notes and coins in 2002 and the prospect of a UK referendum on the single currency, questions about how Economic and Mon...
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245,50 zł |
European States and the Euro : Europeanization, Variation, and Convergence
ISBN: 9780199250264 / Angielski / Twarda / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With the introduction of euro notes and coins in 2002 and the prospect of a UK referendum on the single currency, questions about how Economic and Monetary Union is affecting European states will come ever closer to the centre of political debate right across Europe. This ground-breaking book brings together leading experts in the field to examine the nature of the effects of the euro on EU member states.
With the introduction of euro notes and coins in 2002 and the prospect of a UK referendum on the single currency, questions about how Economic and Mon...
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376,27 zł |
The Engines of European Integration: Delegation, Agency, and Agenda Setting in the Eu
ISBN: 9780199251179 / Angielski / Miękka / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The European Union is composed of its fifteen member governments, yet these governments have chosen repeatedly to delegate executive, judicial and legislative powers and substantial discretion to supranational institutions such as the Commission, the Court of Justice, and the European Parliament. In The Engines of Integratio, the first full-length study of delegation in the European Union and international politics, Mark Pollack draws on principal-agent analyses of delegation, agency and agenda setting to analyze and explain the delegation of powers by governmental principals to supranational...
The European Union is composed of its fifteen member governments, yet these governments have chosen repeatedly to delegate executive, judicial and leg...
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371,33 zł |
The Engines of European Integration : Delegation, Agency, and Agenda Setting in the EU
ISBN: 9780199251186 / Angielski / Twarda / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The European Union is composed of its fifteen member governments, yet these governments have chosen repeatedly to delegate executive, judicial and legislative powers and substantial discretion to supranational institutions such as the Commission, the Court of Justice, and the European Parliament. In The Engines of Integratio, the first full-length study of delegation in the European Union and international politics, Mark Pollack draws on principal-agent analyses of delegation, agency and agenda setting to analyze and explain the delegation of powers by governmental principals to supranational...
The European Union is composed of its fifteen member governments, yet these governments have chosen repeatedly to delegate executive, judicial and leg...
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312,14 zł |
Budgeting for the Military Sector in Africa: The Process and Mechanisms of Control
ISBN: 9780199262663 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this comprehensive study, 15 African experts describe and analyse the military budgetary processes and degree of parliamentary oversight and control in nine countries of Africa, spanning across all the continent's sub-regions. Each case study addresses a wide range of questions, such as the roles of the ministries of finance, budget offices, audit departments and external actors in the military budgetary processes, the extent of compliance with standard public expenditure management procedures, and how well official military expenditure figures reflect the true economic resources devoted...
In this comprehensive study, 15 African experts describe and analyse the military budgetary processes and degree of parliamentary oversight and contro...
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356,54 zł |
What Kind of Europe?
ISBN: 9780199266661 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As the European Union moves towards enlargement, What Kind of Europe? pinpoints the crucial issues which will shape its future as a regional, economic, and political entity. Loukas Tsoukalis is one of the world's leading scholars on European integration; in this book he writes for any reader interested in the key democratic choices facing Europe's citizens.
As the European Union moves towards enlargement, What Kind of Europe? pinpoints the crucial issues which will shape its future as a regional, economic...
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178,90 zł |
Enlarging the Euro Area: External Empowerment and Domestic Transformation in East Central Europe
ISBN: 9780199277674 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book offers the first in-depth and systematic analysis of the challenges of the Euro Area and the eastward enlargement of the European Union. Combing country and sectoral case studies with a thematic treatment, it focuses in particular on how the prolonged process of accession to the Euro Area is affecting domestic economic policies in the accession states of east central Europe.
This book offers the first in-depth and systematic analysis of the challenges of the Euro Area and the eastward enlargement of the European Union. Com...
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243,03 zł |
Can the Poor Save?: Saving and Asset Building in Individual Development Accounts
ISBN: 9780202308364 / Angielski / Twarda / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many policymakers argue that the best poverty policy not only provides cash to the poor for subsistence but also incentives and structures that encourage long-term social and economic improvement. As part of this, they make the case for Individual Development Accounts (IDAs), a new policy proposal designed to help the poor save and to build assets. This book explores IDAs to determine their effectiveness. IDAs are matched savings accounts targeted on low-income, low-wealth individuals. Savings in IDAs are used for home ownership, post-secondary education, small business development,... Many policymakers argue that the best poverty policy not only provides cash to the poor for subsistence but also incentives and structures that enc... |
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452,95 zł |
Can the Poor Save?: Saving and Asset Building in Individual Development Accounts
ISBN: 9780202308395 / Angielski / Miękka / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many policymakers argue that the best poverty policy not only provides cash to the poor for subsistence but also incentives and structures that encourage long-term social and economic improvement. As part of this, they make the case for Individual Development Accounts (IDAs), a new policy proposal designed to help the poor save and to build assets. This book explores IDAs to determine their effectiveness. IDAs are matched savings accounts targeted on low-income, low-wealth individuals. Savings in IDAs are used for home ownership, post-secondary education, small business development,... Many policymakers argue that the best poverty policy not only provides cash to the poor for subsistence but also incentives and structures that enc... |
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156,16 zł |
Gold, Money and the Law
ISBN: 9780202361581 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Beginning 30 years ago American citizens were allowed to own and exchange gold in any form, something they had not been able to do for the previous 40 years. Restrictions on gold began with a series of actions intended to buttress the collapsing economy of the 1930s, including executive and legislative action forbidding the private ownership of and trading in gold and abrogating "gold clauses" in contracts--obligations payable in gold or in dollars measured by gold. All of these actions were subsequently upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. They have profound implications for us... Beginning 30 years ago American citizens were allowed to own and exchange gold in any form, something they had not been able to do for the previous... |
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229,06 zł |
The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents--The Definitive Edition Volume 2
ISBN: 9780226320557 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An unimpeachable classic work in political philosophy, intellectual and cultural history, and economics, The Road to Serfdom has inspired and infuriated politicians, scholars, and general readers for half a century. Originally published in 1944--when Eleanor Roosevelt supported the efforts of Stalin, and Albert Einstein subscribed lock, stock, and barrel to the socialist program--The Road to Serfdom was seen as heretical for its passionate warning against the dangers of state control over the means of production. For F. A. Hayek, the collectivist idea of empowering government...
An unimpeachable classic work in political philosophy, intellectual and cultural history, and economics, The Road to Serfdom has inspired and i...
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90,85 zł |
Law, Legislation & Liberty, V 2 (Paper)
ISBN: 9780226320830 / Angielski / Miękka / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. F. A. Hayek made many valuable contributions to the field of economics as well as to the disciplines of philosophy and politics. This volume represents the second of Hayek's comprehensive three-part study of the relations between law and liberty. Here, Hayek expounds his conviction that he continued unexamined pursuit of "social justice" will contribute to the erosion of personal liberties and encourage the advent of totalitarianism.
F. A. Hayek made many valuable contributions to the field of economics as well as to the disciplines of philosophy and politics. This volume represent...
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164,43 zł |