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Crime, Justice and Social Democracy(2012)This is a provocative collection of timely reflections on the state of social democracy and its inextricable links to crime and justice. Authored by some of the world's leading thinkers from the UK, US, Canada and Australia, the volume provides an understVezava: Trda68,89 € -
Participatory Budgeting in Asia and Europe(2013)Citizens' participation, especially participatory budgeting, has spread out in both continents, even if the context is very different. This book offers an overview of the latest developments in democratic innovation, presenting contributions from scholarsVezava: Trda88,05 €
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Governing Cultures(2012)By assembling original, ethnographically-grounded research in legislatures, executives, and bureaucracies, this volume illuminates and unpacks the structures, practices, and values of government actors in local, regional, and national contexts.Vezava: Trda68,89 €
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Global Warming, Militarism and Nonviolence(2013) BRANAGAN, M.'Active resistance', initiated in Australian environmental blockades and now adopted globally, makes the song 'We Shall Not Be Moved' much more realistic, as activists erect tripod villages, bury, chain and cement themselves into the ground, and 'lock-on'Vezava: Trda198,60 €
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Organizational Innovation in Public Services(2013)In the wake of the economic crisis, many public services are facing a challenging environment in which they receive less funding but are expected to deliver better services. Organisational Innovation in Public Services develops new theoretical models andVezava: Trda96,47 €
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Cybercrime and Cybersecurity in the Global South(2013) KSHETRI, N.Integrating theories from a wide range of disciplines, Nir Kshetri compares the patterns, characteristics and processes of cybercrime activities in major regions and economies in the Global South such as China, India, the former Second World economies, LaVezava: Trda127,67 €
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Mergers and Acquisitions as the Pillar of Foreign Direct Investment(2012)This comprehensive volume tackles all aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions activity - including regional concentration of M&As at a global level, the impact of the economic crisis, and theoretical concepts and practical applications.Vezava: Trda127,67 €
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Governing Global Production(2013) WILSON, J.Northeast Asian steel industries have developed global production networks, but by spanning multiple national spaces, these networks unite many national economies while belonging exclusively to none. Who, therefore, is in control? Jeffrey D. Wilson examinVezava: Trda68,89 €
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Models of Balance of Payments Constrained Growth(2012)This book extends Thirlwall's model and adapts its implications to the current problems facing developed and emerging economies. In this context, this book combines theoretical models and empirical applications, unveiling new results and highlighting theVezava: Trda127,67 €
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Herbert Scarf's Contributions to Economics, Game Theory and Operations Research(2013)Herbert Scarf is a distinguished economist and has made a number of extraordinarily significant contributions to economics, game theory and operations research. This work has generated a major research field in economics termed Applied General EquilibriumVezava: Trda127,67 €
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Growing Moral Relations(2012) COECKELBERGH, M.New scientific and technological developments challenge us to reconsider our moral world order. This book offers an original philosophical approach to this issue: it makes a distinctive contribution to the development of a relational approach to moral staVezava: Trda68,89 €
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Travel Writing and the Natural World, 1768-1840(2012) SMETHURST, P.Taking as a starting point the parallel occurrence of Cook's Pacific voyages, the development of natural history, scenic tourism in Britain, and romantic travel in Europe, this book argues that the effect of these practices was the production of nature asVezava: Trda68,89 €
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Fertility Rates and Population Decline(2013)While many worry about population overload, this book highlights the dramatic fall in fertility rates globally exploring questions such as why are parents having fewer babies? Will this lead to population decline? What will be the impact of a world with fVezava: Trda68,89 €
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Institutions and Comparative Economic Development(2012)This collection of essays from eminent scholars discusses different phases and measures of economic development, evaluating the success of national economic transitions and providing valuable policy lessons for developing economies.Vezava: Trda127,67 €
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Shrinking American Middle Class(2012) DAVEY, JOSEPH DILLONThe United States lost one third of its factory jobs in the past decade as jobs were outsourced offshore, mostly to Asia. Estimates of the number of vulnerable jobs range from a low 11 million to a staggering 56 million 'middle class' jobs.Vezava: Trda68,89 €
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Mexico’s Struggle for Public Security(2012)The Mexican government's full-frontal attack on the powerful drugs cartels has achieved mixed results. This book considers the issue from a variety of viewpoints. The essential argument is that the organized crime is best combated by institutional reformsVezava: Trda98,00 €
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Risk Regulation, Science, and Interests in Transatlantic Trade Conflicts(2013) HORNSBY, D.When regions like Canada, the US and the EU have disagreed over the legitimacy of risk perceptions they have placed science at the centre of international trade conflict. By looking across cases disputed and informally resolved, David Hornsby offers to deVezava: Trda68,89 €
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Politics of IMF Lending(2013) BREEN, M.As national governments continue to disagree over how to respond to the aftermath of the global financial crisis, two of the few areas of consensus were the decisions to increase the IMF's capacity to respond and remove the policies designed to limit theVezava: Trda68,89 €
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Greece, Financialization and the EU(2013) FOUSKAS, V.,DIMOULAS, C.The debt crisis in Greece has sparked lively debates about the origins of the crisis and policy measures to be adopted in order to fix it. The authors offer the first original and comprehensive narrative on Greece.Vezava: Trda107,18 €
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Controlling the World Bank and IMF(2013) CLEGG, LIAMLiam Clegg provides an innovative reading of where power lies in the institutions' concessional lending operations, drawing its focus on shareholders and stakeholders from staffs' own understandings of their operational environments.Vezava: Trda127,67 €
