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The study deals with challenging questions of long-term future of global economy and the mankind. Focusing not only on what happens in the economic sphere but also on cultural, social, political, demographic, technological, and ecological processes. It employs a...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2014-10-27
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Foreign aid has connected China and the international community through many channels, and created new types of strong partnerships throughout the world. As a recipient country, China and donors have engaged in an unprecedentedly deep level of cooperation on...
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Springer
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2014-10-16
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This edited collection provides the first in-depth analysis of social policies and the risks faced by young people. The book explores the effects of both the economic crisis and austerity policies on the lives of young Europeans, examining both the precarity of youth...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2014-10-07
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Work and Welfare in Europe
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This definitive work mixes case law, public policy, economic strategy, and examines the wide range of issues facing efforts to improve the American economy, to illustrate how economic growth is driven through strong public-private partnerships, and how successful growth...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2014-09-17
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Transformation from Wall Street to Well-being: Joining up the dots through Participatory democracy and governance to mitigate the causes and adapt to the effects of climate change addresses accountable leadership, supports collective interests, ethical governance and...
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Springer
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2014-09-02
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Contemporary Systems Thinking
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This brief responds to the criticism that mainstream economics is currently facing due to its heavy reliance on models and narrow range of quantitative research techniques. It takes a broader view, identifying issues that are also relevant for heterodox and pluralist...
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Springer
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2014-08-27
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SpringerBriefs in Economics
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Following the reforms undertaken in the last two decades, India’s economic landscape has been radically transformed. This book examines the new economic map, which is shown to be shaped by two intertwined currents: globalization and sustainability. Weaving extensively...
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Springer
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2014-07-08
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Romania stands at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Since 1990, when the country experienced the bloodiest revolution of all of the Warsaw Pact members,Romania has gone through withering change. While the formal transition from a totalitarian,...
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Springer
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2014-07-08
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The impact of digital technology on the musical economy has been profound. From its production, reproduction, distribution, and consumption, the advent of MP3 and the use of the Internet as a medium of distribution has brought about a significant transformation in the...
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OUP Oxford
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2014-06-26
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?Wohnungspolitik war das beherrschende Thema der Wirtschaftspolitik aller Bundesregierungen in den Nachkriegsjahren. Nach Jahrzehnten abnehmender Bedeutung wird Wohnungspolitik erneut zu einer zentralen Agenda der Wirtschafts- und Sozialpolitik und stellt die...
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Springer
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2014-06-24
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Bibliothek des Eigentums
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States, Debt, and Power argues for the importance of situating our contextually influenced thinking about European states and debt within a commitment to historically informed and critical analysis. It teases out certain broad historical patterns. The book also examines...
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OUP Oxford
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2014-06-19
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A welcome addition to Palgrave's Global Media Policy and Business series, Internet Governance and the Global South documents the role of the global south in Internet policymaking and challenges the globalization theories that declared the death of the state in global...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-05-29
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Palgrave Global Media Policy and Business
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U.S.-China Trade Negotiations examines the issues concerning theU.S.-China trade negotiations by identifying the mechanics of theU.S.-China business negotiations, such as how a company prepares the negotiations, the contributing factors, the outcomes, and how U.S....
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Pergamon
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2014-05-20
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Monique Taylor analyses the policy rationale and institutional underpinnings of China's state-led or neomercantilist oil strategy, and its development, set against the wider context of economic transformation as the country transitions from a centrally planned to market...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-04-23
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International Political Economy Series
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This book includes empirical contributions focusing on disadvantaged workers. According to the European Commission’s definition, disadvantaged workers include categories of workers with difficulties entering the labour market without assistance and hence, requiring the...
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Springer
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2014-03-26
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AIEL Series in Labour Economics
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Written for those involved in the markets who have always found that there was never one central source on which to on for a comprehensive treatment of the international rice market. It brings together information from a wide variety of international sources, and...
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Woodhead Publishing
Parution :
2014-03-14
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The author has gathered information about all aspects of the industry and produced a concise review which covers everything from history and origins to future prospects. Written in six parts the book begins with a look at the scale and significance of the industry and...
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Woodhead Publishing
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2014-03-14
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We all know that the financial crisis of 2008 came dangerously close to pushing the United States and the world into a depression rivaling that of the 1930s. But what is astonishing -- and should make us not just afraid but very afraid -- are the shenanigans of the...
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PublicAffairs
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2014-03-11
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This book provides a comprehensive analysis of housing affordability under the economic reforms and social transformations in urban China. It also offers an overall review of the current government measures on the housing market and affordable housing policies in China....
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Springer
Parution :
2014-01-25
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SpringerBriefs in Economics
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Originally developed in Brazil, participatory budgeting is widely recognised as democratic innovation yet its concrete results vary greatly. Collating evidence from empirical and theoretical analysis, this book aims to provide an explanation for these varied results by...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-01-22
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