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The Impact of the WTO
Trish Kelly
This volume is the first to provide a comprehensive analysis of the nine environmental and health disputes that have been adjudicated at the WTO since 1995. The investigation concludes that criticism of the WTO has been overstated and, s... -
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European Multi-Level Governance
Edited by Beate Kohler-Koch, Fabrice Larat
Governing beyond the nation state in multi-level governance systems is a key concern in Europe, and this book goes beyond the usual approach of merely describing characteristics and features in its in-depth exploration of EU governance. -
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Education and Inequality Across Europe
Edited by Peter Dolton, Rita Asplund, Erling Barth
The relationship between education and income inequality is of fundamental importance. In this book, an international group of renowned contributors focus on patterns of inequality and their relationship to education using recent data fr... -
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Foreign Policy Challenges in the 21st Century
Edited by Michael Heazle, Martin Griffiths, Tom Conley
This book explores the emerging challenges to foreign policymaking in liberal democracies and the adequacy of the ‘marketplace of ideas’ in responding to the challenges. Looking at foreign policy challenges as diverse as democratisation,... -
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The Theory and Practice of Local Government Reform
Edited by Brian E. Dollery, Lorenzo Robotti
The Theory and Practice of Local Government Reform explores the entire spectrum of local government reform and focuses specifically on the question of structural reform in local government. It presents new theoretical models in an area l...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Social Policy, Employment and Family Change in Comparative Perspective
Edited by Jonathan Bradshaw, Aksel Hatland
This book is a comparative study of family change, parental employment and social policy in the five Nordic countries, the Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom. In all these countries family forms have been profoundly affected by ...eBook:Find out more$49.60
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The Shadow Economy, Corruption and Governance
Edited by Michael Pickhardt, Edward Shinnick
This book contributes to the current debates on the shadow economy and related issues of tax evasion and corruption. The approach taken here is one that will develop a better understanding of these related issues, which are increasingly ... -
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The Leadership Dilemma in Modern Democracy
Kenneth P. Ruscio
It is impossible to imagine effective democracies without effective leaders. Yet leaders are often seen as the problem democratic governance is designed to solve, not the solution. Through a careful but lively critique of some of the cla... -
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Local Government Reform
Edited by Brian E. Dollery, Joseph Garcea, Edward C. LeSage Jr
The book is unique in that it provides a systematic comparative analysis of municipal reform by using an analytical framework that focuses on structural, functional, financial, jurisdictional and organizational/managerial reform in each ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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North American Freight Transportation
Mary R. Brooks
Heightened awareness of North America’s vulnerability to terrorism in the aftermath of 9/11 has precipitated a crisis for transport suppliers and cargo owners, one that jeopardizes economic prosperity. Mary Brooks examines one industry s... -
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International Migration and Economic Development
Robert E.B. Lucas
This accessible and topical book offers invaluable insights to policy makers in both industrialized and developing countries as well as to scholars and researchers of economics, development, international relations and to specialists in ...eBook:Find out more$56.80
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Port Privatisation
Edited by James Reveley, Malcolm Tull
The transformation of public ports into commercially orientated and profitable entities is occurring apace in the Asia-Pacific region. This timely book is the first to take a regional perspective on port reform and port privatisation. A ...eBook:Find out more$40.00