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Symbolic Policy(2025) BOUSSAGUET, LAURIE (EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE ),FAUCHER, FLORENCE (SCIENCES PO, PARIS)This Element explores the role of symbols in politics, highlighting their significance in shaping citizens' representations and influencing policy decisions. It uses crisis management to analyze symbolic dimensions, in two case studies. It also highlightsVezava: Mehka34,22 €
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Bad Public Policy(2025) HOWLETT, MICHAEL (SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY),LEONG, CHING (NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE),LEGRAND, TIM (UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE)Policy studies assume the existence of honest governments doing their best to create public value, publics responding in good faith, and both parties relying on a policy-making process which aligns with the public interest. This Element describes whay makVezava: Mehka32,31 €
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Economics of Defence Policy(2013) HARTLEY, KEITH (UNIVERSITY OF YORK, UK)This book identifies the typical questions raised by economists when studying defence policy, shows how simple economic analysis can be used to answer these questions and provides a critical evaluation of defence policy.Vezava: Mehka97,99 €
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Public Contracting for Social Outcomes(2024) FITZGERALD, CLARE J. (KING'S COLLEGE LONDON),MACDONALD, J. RUAIRI (UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD)This Element explores the relationship between how outcomes are specified and managed in public contracts and the degree to which they deliver against higher-level policy goals. It further comments on the possible drawbacks of contracting for social outcoVezava: Mehka34,22 €
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Classical Liberalism - A Primer(2015) BUTLER, EAMONNClassical liberalism is one of the most important of modern political and social philosophies, crucial in bringing the modern world into existence. This book is an introduction to this way of thinking. It is highly suitable for students of the social scVezava: Mehka16,63 €
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Primacy of Politics(2006) BERMAN, SHERI (BARNARD COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY)This book examines the history of social democracy from the late nineteenth century to today. It argues that social democracy has become the most successful ideology of the modern era by figuring out how to reap the benefits of free markets while protectiVezava: Mehka49,42 €
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Making a Market(1996) ENSMINGER, JEAN (WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, ST LOUIS)In Making a Market, Jean Ensminger analyses the process by which the market was introduced into the economy of a group of Kenyan pastoralists. This 1993 case study points out the importance of understanding the roles of ideology and bargaining power - inVezava: Mehka60,83 €
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History of Economic Policy in India(2024) DE, RAHUL (AZIM PREMJI UNIVERSITY, BENGALURU)An immersive, accessible yet rigourous book that provides an understanding of the Indian economy through a political economy analysis of economic policies. The book evaluates how well different governments from pre-colonial to contemporary times executedVezava: Mehka49,41 €
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Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste(2014) MIROWSKI, PHILIPThe definitive account of why neoliberal solutions were used to solve a neoliberal crisis.Vezava: Mehka53,27 €
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Hidden Hand of American Hegemony(1999) SPIRO, DAVID E.Between 1973 and 1980, the cost of crude oil rose suddenly and dramatically, precipitating convulsions in international politics. Conventional wisdom holds that international capital markets adjusted automatically and remarkably well: enormous amounts...Vezava: Trda80,39 €
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Postcapitalist Politics(2006) GIBSON-GRAHAM, J. K.Presents various alternatives to capitalism and strategies for achieving them. This work reveals a landscape of economic diversity - one that is not exclusively or predominantly capitalist - and examines the challenges and successes of alternative economiVezava: Mehka39,19 €
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False Dawn(2009) GRAY, JOHNGray's powerful and prescient polemic against extreme free-market capitalism, in a new edition, with a new section on the events of the last five years.Vezava: Mehka15,41 €
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Wealth of Nations(1999) SMITH, ADAMPresents a comprehensive treatment of political economy. This title includes the author's assessment of the mercantile system, his advocacy of the freedom of commerce and industry, and his prophecy that 'America will be one of the foremost nations of theVezava: Mehka18,21 €
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Monsters Of The Market: Zombies, Vampires And Global Capitalism(2012) MCNALLY, DAVIDEverywhere the Market goes it spawns monsters in its wake. From Frankenstein, to Zombies, McNally analyzes these creatures of Capitalism.Vezava: Mehka46,33 €
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At Home Abroad(2002) NAU, HENRY R.The United States has never felt at home abroad. The reason for this unease, even after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, is not frequent threats to American security. It is America's identity. The United States, its citizens believe, is...Vezava: Trda70,55 €