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![Financial Crises and Recession in the Global Economy]()
Financial Crises and Recession in the Global Economy
Roy E. Allen
In this incisive fifth edition of Financial Crises and Recession in the Global Economy, Roy E. Allen examines the major financial instabilities, crises, and evolutionary trends since the 1970s and through the recent Covid-19 pandemic. -
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Ranking Nations
Stephen Morse
This engaging book assesses the statistical need for using particular ranking systems to compare the status of nations. With an overarching focus on human development, environmental performance and corruption, it carefully maps out some ... -
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Explaining the Gender Wage Gap
Alicja Sielska
This timely book offers a fascinating contemporary analysis of research into the gender pay gap while also providing important nuanced observations. It illustrates the variant methodologies that have been employed by researchers who have... -
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![The Impact of COVID on Cities and Regions]()
The Impact of COVID on Cities and Regions
Edited by Peter K. Kresl, Mattia Bertin
The recent COVID-19 pandemic has arguably caused some of the most noticeable and influential societal and economic changes since World War Two. This path-breaking book investigates these changes and the subsequent responses of urban poli... -
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![Technological Leapfrogging and Innovation in Africa]()
Technological Leapfrogging and Innovation in Africa
Edited by Ethné Swartz, Caren Scheepers, Adam Lindgreen, Shumaila Yousafzai, Marianne Matthee
Offering invaluable insights into technologically-driven change in Africa, this incisive book envisions myriad positive economic changes brought about by new technologies and innovations. Rooted in original research from contributors wh... -
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Understanding Personal Mobilities
Aharon Kellerman
In this thought-provoking book, Aharon Kellerman presents a wide-ranging understanding of personal mobilities; the mobilities which individuals initiate, direct, and operate physically and virtually and which constitute an expression of ... -
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![Unintended Consequences and the Social Sciences]()
Unintended Consequences and the Social Sciences
Lorenzo Infantino
Illustrating the knowledge and ideas of thinkers such as Mandeville, Hume, Montesquieu and Smith, this book fully investigates the entire panorama of social sciences as well as providing a clear and concise analysis of the history of the... -
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Monetary Policy Challenges in Latin America
Edited by Fernando Toledo, Louis-Philippe Rochon
This ground-breaking book analyses the severe monetary policy challenges facing Latin American countries. Contributors reflect on how these issues should be addressed by policy-makers, identifying the need for a synergic response from re... -
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Rethinking Federalism Studies
Carol S. Weissert
In this timely book, Carol S. Weissert proves that federalism is highly relevant to the modern world and worthy of deeper academic study. Highlighting the dynamic nature of federalism, this book focuses on linking scholarship to the poli... -
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Western Welfare Capitalisms in Good Times and Bad
Bruce Headey, Ruud Muffels, John Quiggin
Western Welfare Capitalisms in Good Times and Bad provides an insightful appraisal of policy priorities and outcomes in four Western regimes: the Anglo-American liberal regimes, Southern European ‘proto-corporatist’ regimes, the historic... -
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Healthcare and Elderly Care in Europe
Thomas Bahle, Mareike Ariaans, Katharina Koch, Claus Wendt
Given growing caseloads, limited funding and staff shortages, the need for coordination in healthcare and elderly care is at an all-time high. This timely book conducts a cross-national analysis of coordination problems in healthcare and...
