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  • HANDBOOK ON PRECARIOUS WORK
    HUDSON, M. / PICCOLI, B.
    This comprehensive Handbook provides an accessible overview of precarious employment, exploring how insecure, low-paid and unstable forms of work shape the lives, health and identities of workers across the globe.With international and interdisciplinary contributions, the chapters demonstrate the prevalence of such work, highlighting its presence not only within informal sector...
    Disponible en 2-3 semanas

    350,00 €

  • COMPARATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
    LINDSETH, P. / PRADO, M. / EMERSON, B. / AHMED, F. / PFIFFER. M.
    This thoroughly revised third edition of Comparative Administrative Law builds on the legacy of the first two editions, providing a redefined and reinvigorated analysis of pressing issues through original chapters, a renewed group of contributors and a broader geographic scope, with particular emphasis on the Global South.Leading scholars offer novel perspectives, investigating...
    Disponible en 2-3 semanas

    340,00 €

  • ELGAR CONCISE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF INTERNATIONAL SALES LAW
    FERRARI, F. / TORSELLO. M.
    In this Concise Encyclopedia, leading academics and practitioners provide an overview of international sales law as created by the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG). With over 120 easily-navigable entries, the Encyclopedia presents an essential examination of key topics in this field.With references to case law from multiple juris...
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    375,00 €

  • RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON SOCIAL POLICY AND EMPLOYMENT
    RAMIA, G. / IRVING, Z. / HEINS, E. / VELÁZQUEZ LEYER, R.
    This compelling Handbook explores how social policies have been adapted and remodelled in response to transformations in work and employment in the twenty-first century. It outlines the history of the welfare-work relationship, assesses the current state of the global workforce and provides theoretical and practical analyses of the work-employment-social policy relationship.Lea...
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    355,00 €

  • UNDERSTANDING REFERENDUMS
    QVORTRUP, M.
    This incisive book provides a nuanced and authoritative analysis of referendums. Matt Qvortrup applies diverse theoretical and empirical approaches to show how direct democracy is being undermined from the top, and suggests innovative ways in which the referendum can be adapted to once again serve the interests of the many.Drawing on in-depth case studies, the chapters delve in...
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    145,00 €

  • PHILOSOPHY AND CONTEMPORARY POLITICS OF COMMUNITARIANISM
    SALAMEY, I. / HUNG, A.
    This erudite book delves into the philosophical underpinnings and practical implications of communitarianism in comparison to liberalism and other political theories. Imad Salamey and Andrew Tsz Wan Hung explore how social perspectives that emphasize the importance of community can be applied to contemporary political challenges in the context of globalization. Chapters dissect...
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    150,00 €

  • IDEAS OF SOCIAL EUROPE
    AFSCHARIAN, D.
    In this prescient book, Dominic Afscharian outlines the meaning and implications of 'social Europe', questioning why citizens do not see a European Union with a 'human face' in their everyday lives. Identifying the key political actors in the European Parliament and Commission, he explores the dominant ideologies that govern influential institutions and political parties and de...
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    160,00 €

  • GOVERNING DIFFERENCES
    ALIGICA, P. / MURTAZASHVILI, J.
    This book discusses the crisis in modern governance rooted in the social fragmentation of modern society, the expanding diversity of values, beliefs and lifestyles generated by globalization and the technological revolution. Chapters advocate for a convergence of the institutional theory of polycentricity and the political philosophy of modus vivendi - live and let live - as a ...
    Disponible en 2-3 semanas

    175,00 €

  • INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
    KUHLMANN, S. / WOLLMANN, H. / REITER, R.
    This updated third edition of the Introduction to Comparative Public Administration explores the cultural, organizational, personnel and financial aspects of public administration across a wide range of European countries. The authors provide country profiles, comparative reform assessments and case studies to highlight the similarities and differences among European public adm...
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    78,00 €

  • ADVANCED INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL JURISPRUDENCE
    LOUGHLIN, M.
    Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.In this Advanced Introduction, Martin Loughli...
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    28,00 €

  • HYBRID SOCIAL WORK
    HARSLØF, I. / INNVÆR, S. / JENSSEN, D. / BEKKEN, W. / BODE, I-
    This prescient book examines the evolving hybrid nature of social work within modern welfare states. Expert authors discuss how human service providers engage with a variety of other providers and logics, such as medical, psychological, educational and law.Drawing on case studies from Australia, Europe, and North America, chapters analyze the changing responsibilities of social...
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    190,00 €

  • ADVANCED INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW
    TREBILCOCK, M. / TRACHTMAN, J.
    This updated third edition of what has become a modern classic provides a succinct overview of the fundamental concepts of international trade law. Written by two leading scholars with 70 years of collective experience in the area, it discusses the basic structure and principles of trade law alongside specific GATT and WTO legal rules and institutions.Key Features: Presents acc...
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    35,00 €

  • ELGAR CONCISE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION
    FERRARI, F. / ROSENFELD, F.
    This Encyclopedia provides a concise overview of key topics in the field of international arbitration.The Encyclopedia covers the New York Convention, the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration and the IBA Guidelines on conflicts of interest, party representation, and the taking of evidence. Entries also discuss alternative methods of dispute resolution, suc...
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    425,00 €

  • SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST
    LINK, A. / O'CONNOR, A.
    This book presents an in-depth investigation into small business research activity supported by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). Albert N. Link and Alan C. O'Connor explain the historical importance of small firms to the NIH and conduct insightful analysis of the Institutes and Centers funded through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.Exploring p...
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    145,00 €

  • CASES AND EXERCISES ON SUSTAINABILITY ACCOUNTING
    CHO, CH. / COSTA, E. / KORCA, B.
    Cases and Exercises on Sustainability Accounting provides valuable insights into the sustainability challenges encountered by business, society and the environment, equipping future accountants with the skills and expertise to address social and environmental issues effectively. Expert authors deliver cases with inclusive coverage of topics and methodological approaches to fost...
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    60,00 €

  • NEW DEVELOPMENTALISM
    BRESSER-PEREIRA, L.
    This timely book offers a concise summary of new developmentalism, exploring this in the context of both heterodox economics and political economy. It adopts a historical-structural method that is critical of orthodox or Neoclassical Economics. Luis Carlos Bresser-Pereira delves into the roots of new developmentalism from the quasi-stagnation of middle-income countries, coverin...
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    155,00 €

  • FUTURE PUBLIC GOVERNANCE AND GLOBAL CRISES
    PEKKOLA, E. / JOHANSON, J. / MIKKONEN, M. / STENVALL, J. / SIIRTOLA, E.
    This timely book provides an in-depth exploration of future public governance in a post-pandemic world. It highlights the relationship between administrative reforms, collaborative mechanisms, and emphasises the necessity of a solid knowledge base and evidence based policy-making when responding to unforeseen societal changes and crises.The Editors bring together expert authors...
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    185,00 €

  • FROM MARX TO MARKETS
    HODGSON, G.
    In this revealing and eminently readable book, Geoffrey M. Hodgson takes readers on an intellectual odyssey through his distinguished career and his work as one of the leading institutional and evolutionary economists. Depicting his life throughout the Cold War, grappling with the military and economic rivalry of two different systems and the threat of nuclear war, to becoming ...
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    215,00 €

  • HANDBOOK ON TRUST IN PUBLIC GOVERNANCE
    HAMM, J. / LATUSEK, D. / SIX, F. / VERHOEST, K. / VAN ZIMMEREN, E.
    This Handbook explores the transformative power of trust for relations within and between governments, parliaments and politicians, administrations and regulatory agencies, courts, societal actors and citizens. Adopting a multi-actor and multi-level perspective, it highlights the centrality of trust in enhancing the resilience, effectiveness and legitimacy of current governance...
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    380,00 €

  • HANDBOOK OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICAL THEORY IN THE ANTHROPOCENE
    MACHIN, A. / WISSENBURG, M.
    This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the transforming landscape of environmental political theory. Embracing both classical and marginalised approaches in the field, it demonstrates the central role of political theory in rethinking the strategies, discourses and imaginaries of the Anthropocene epoch.Expert contributing authors outline how the Anthropocene has tri...
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    385,00 €

  • THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF WAR, PEACE, AND THE MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
    GIAMMETTI, R. / PALLEY, T.
    This volume contains a collection of articles by leading thinkers in economics, political economy and history. They explore the enduring challenges of avoiding war and ensuring peace. In addition to the clash of national political and economic interests, the economic system and character of the domestic economy can also foster conflict, as exemplified by the military-industrial...
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    135,00 €

  • UNDERSTANDING POLITICAL ECONOMY
    HANCKÉ, B. / VAN OVERBEKE, T. / VOSS, D.
    This book unpacks what political economy is and does through an investigation of its main questions and approaches. Bob Hancké, Toon Van Overbeke and Dustin Voss offer a historical and thematic review of the evolution of political-economic thought, centred on the relation between capitalism and democracy.Chapters discuss how interests, ideas and institutions are the methodologi...
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    145,00 €

  • A WORLD HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT
    BABB, J.
    In this revised and improved second edition of A World History of Political Thought, the comprehensive comparative analysis of political thought from 600 BC to the present day is given even more depth and context. The result is an intriguing and accessible journey through world history and culture.Truly international in scope, the book explores both Western and non-Western syst...
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    83,00 €

  • CONFLICT, CRISIS AND WAR IN WORLD POLITICS
    JAMES, P. / SCOTT, J.
    This topical textbook outlines conflict, crisis, and war as central challenges in the international security arena, exploring their history, evolution, nature, dynamics, and trends. Patrick James and James M. Scott discuss the major approaches to analysing conflict, crisis, and war and identify the key avenues for managing them.Engaging with major scholarly work, the textbook c...
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    80,00 €

  • STRATEGY AND BUSINESS MODELS IN THE DIGITAL AGE
    PARMENTIER, G. / GANDIA, R.
    This innovative book dissects the transitions and technologies that are appearing in our new digital age. Authors Guy Parmentier and Romain Gandia expand on how this modern industrial revolution is profoundly transforming not just our society as a whole but is also challenging traditional approaches to strategic management.Strategy and Business Models in the Digital Age argues ...
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    170,00 €

  • THE RISE OF GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
    KSHETRI, N.
    This timely book explores how generative artificial intelligence (GAI) is developing and diffusing, highlighting the diverse impacts this technology is likely to have on economies and societies. It also examines the effects on and the responses of industries where GAI has been the most pervasive.Nir Kshetri's multidisciplinary investigation documents the key concepts and curren...
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    195,00 €

  • TRANSFORMING POOR ECONOMIES
    OTSUKA, K.
    Transforming Poor Economies expertly proposes effective strategies for the development of agriculture and industry within lower income countries in Africa and Asia using insightful case studies to illustrate key findings.Kei Otsuka focuses on how to achieve the first and second Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), using detailed analysis of how agriculture and industry have de...
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    160,00 €

  • DECOLONIAL NARRATIVES IN ECONOMICS
    YALÇINTAS, A. / HEISE, A.
    What narratives are underrepresented in the history of economic thought? How do economists account for freedom, justice, and democracy in non-Western cultures? How are ideas in non-English speaking countries disseminated? This book answers these critical questions with contributions by authors from underrepresented backgrounds within economics.Decolonial Narratives in Economics...
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    185,00 €

  • UNEMPLOYMENT AND ACTIVATION POLICIES IN EUROPE AND THE US
    JØRGENSEN, H. / SCHULZE, M.
    This insightful book presents a detailed analysis of the activation policies utilized by governments across Europe and the US. Editors Henning Jørgensen and Michaela Schulze bring together a wealth of experts to collate key developments in activation policies, acknowledging the different ways in which countries and governments attempt to combat unemployment and the importance o...
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    185,00 €

  • SOCIAL JUSTICE, WELFARE AND EU LAW
    HUNGLER, S.
    This innovative book delves into the concept of social justice in the Visegrád countries through a rigorous examination of two demographics: working mothers and the unemployed. Using new empirical data, Sára Hungler analyses the experiences of these groups from the perspectives of redistribution, recognition and representation.Using a multidimensional approach inspired by Nancy...
    Disponible en 2-3 semanas

    170,00 €


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