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  • av Lo Shiu-hing
    535

    An analysis of the politics of transition in Hong Kong, focusing on the tug-of-war between China and Britain on democratization, and on the interactions between the increasingly politically active people of Hong Kong and the democratizing colonial regime.

  • - A Comparative Perspective on the Political Economy of Structural Adjustment
    av H. Veltmeyer
    345

    The 1980s in Latin America saw the implementation of a sweeping programme of economic reforms, either imposed as a condition for securing new loans or to embrace the neoliberal doctrine of structural adjustment, the ideology of a newly formed transnational capitalist class.

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    449,-

    This book looks at political corruption in Latin American and Europe from both an historical and a contemporary angle. In addition to general essays, this book includes chapters analysing political corruption in individual countries: Italy, Spain, France, Great Britain, Chile, Brazil, Venezuela, Paraguay and Mexico.

  • - A Guide for Voters and Students
    av Dick Leonard
    769,-

    This completely revised and up-dated edition deals also with local elections, referenda and elections to the European Parliament and describes clearly the main features of other electoral systems, including the main variations of proportional representation.

  • - Competition, Power and Industrial Flexibility
     
    1 455,-

    This book assesses the varying ways in which automobile assemblers in several countries of East and Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas have sought to enhance their efficiency and flexibility in response to heightened global competition during the 1980s and early 1990s.

  • av R. W. Davies
    349,-

    The author of the acclaimed Soviet History in the Gorbachev Revolution now examines the impact of the collapse of Communism and of the subsequent disillusionment with capitalism on Soviet history. Part two evaluates the unfinished revolution which has partly opened the archives, while part three offers reflections on the future of the Soviet past.

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    695,-

    Women experiencing the dynamic changes of rapid industrialization in the Vietnam of today - in the family, the factory, the farm and the state - from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City - are the focus of this book.

  • - A Philosophical Study of Love and Sexual Relationships
    av John Wilson
    2 059,-

    Subsequent chapters deal with (1) love as desire or need, (2) love as intrinsic friendship, (3) the politics of love, (4) altruism and paranoia, (5) justice and communication, (6) sex, and (7) the value in loving an equal, together with some remarks on the human condition in general and the importance of reason in dealing with it.

  • av Keith Williams
    695,-

    Examining writers from Auden to Priestley, this study argues that the 1930s, remembered for uncomplicated political engagement, can be seen as starting the key elements of post-modernism, developing the individuals's sense of "elsewhere" through new technology of representation and propaganda.

  • - for the Applied Economist
     
    769,-

    `This most commendable volume brings together a set of papers which permits ready access to the means of estimating quantitative relationships using cointegration and error correction procedures.

  • - Analysis, Planning and Control
    av David Walters
    469

    The purpose of this book is to explore the implementation issues of strategic and operational retailing management decisions. It does so first by examining how the retail business functions and the structural influences on decision making. Recent developments in management accounting are introduced to facilitate decision making.

  • - International Perspectives
     
    605

    Five essays address such themes as the relationship between feminist history and women's history, the use of the concept of "experience", the development of the history of gender, demographic history and women's history and the importance of post-structuralism to women's history.

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    269,-

    The most comprehensive analysis of new thinking in Soviet politics yet undertaken, embracing writing on the Soviet economy, the political system, the national question, foreign policy and the future of world communism. The authors are among the best-known and most highly-regarded specialists on the Soviet Union in the Western world.

  • - Marx's Political Economy of the Working Class
    av Michael A. Lebowitz
    1 015 - 1 455,-

    Beyond Capital argues that these problems can be traced back to Marx's failure to write his planned book on Wage-Labour. Rather than rejecting Marx, Beyond Capital argues that his 'political economy of the working class' and the process of struggle are central for going beyond capitalism.

  • av David Butler
    785,-

    British Political Facts, 1900-1994 , now in its seventh edition, has been proved and polished over 30 years. It covers the who, the what and the when of British political history in this century, providing reliable information which could not otherwise be found without many hours of digging in a library.

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    405,-

    This is an excerpt from the 4-volume dictionary of economics, a reference book which aims to define the subject of economics today. 1300 subject entries in the complete work cover the broad themes of economic theory. This extract concentrates on finance.

  • - A critical introduction
    av Malcolm Payne
    619,-

    An examination of social work in both theory and practice. The authors present several models relevant to different aspects of social work.

  • av Robert Adams
    769,-

    A study on self-help and how social workers relate to it and how they may develop integral self-help. It looks at how to facilitate self-help and how to appraise self-help.

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    1 455,-

    Multinationals have global reach in their search for profits; This book examines the interaction between multinationals and women in UK, Ireland, France and Germany, looking at inward investment by US and Japanese multinationals, as well as outward investment by European multinationals.

  • av Laura Mulvey
    919

    The essays collected in this book reflect some of the commitments and changes during the period that saw the women's movement shift into feminism and the development of feminism's involvement with the politics of representation, psychoanalytic film theory and avant-garde aesthetics.

  • av J.R. Simonson
    769,-

    This undergraduate text incorporates extensive updating and modification whilst continuing to present heat transfer in the form in which it is usually taught in Engineering degree courses. After introducing the three basic heat transfer processes, the book covers each in turn in greater depth.

  • - Military Technology and International Relations
    av Barry Buzan
    745,-

    An Introduction to Strategic Studies addresses some of the major questions that govern both international relations and human survival.

  • av Jacques Jochum & Brian Griffiths
    255,-

    Aimed at those who wish to gain sufficient proficiency in French in order to carry on business, this book attempts to equip students with a text which will consolidate their basic language skills while establishing the intellectual foundation for advanced language work.

  • - A Guide to the Changing Social Structure of Britain
     
    789,-

    It incorporates and is a sequel to Trends in British Society since 1900, a compilation by a distinguishd group of social scientists at the University of Oxford, and the only comprehensive collection of British social statistics for the twentieth century as a whole.

  • - Building Working Strategies for Compliance
    av T. Sheppey & R. McGill
    2 079,-

    Since its inception, several lawsuits have been filed under the Sarbanes Oxley Act, some corporate executives are serving jail sentences and share prices of affected companies have dropped by millions. This book examines how compliance is achieved and maintained. It explores successful strategies and suggests effective measures for implementation.

  • - Theory and Practice
     
    769,-

    Though 9/11 tightened borders against hard threats, why were soft threats able to create havoc in the cracks? The studies explored by the contributors of this volume lead to the conclusion that the state is not, and should not be, the only viable actor in successful border governance.

  • - Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Migration
     
    769,-

    This book offers an interdisciplinary and accessible approach to issues of global migration in the twenty-first century in 13 essays plus an appendix written by scholars and practitioners in the field.

  • - The Aftermath of the 2009 Financial Crisis
    av Y. Makanjuola
    1 455,-

    This book captures Nigeria's crisis management experience and lessons learnt during the five-year tenure of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as CBN Governor. It provides a backdrop of the sub-prime mortgage crisis in the US characterised by the Lehman Brothers debacle in 2007-08, which precipitated global economic and financial crisis.

  • - From Charles de Gaulle to Nicolas Sarkozy
    av J. Gaffney
    589 - 685

    Gaffney analyzes how de Gaulle came to power in 1958: The drama surrounding the Fourth Republic's collapse, and the focus upon an exceptional individual meant that de Gaulle was able to confer a particular style of leadership on the Fifth Republic. The five Presidents who came after him have each capitalized on their own political 'persona.'

  • - Regression
     
    769,-

    Since the 1970s the public commitment to social solidarity between citizens through comprehensive provision of welfare has been eroded by the imperatives of international markets. In this volume the problems posed to public intervention are analyzed. The contributors compare and evaluate how different countries have dealt with these challenges.

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