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The 'New' Policy Partnership
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008; US$ 199.00This e-book explores policy-academic partnerships. The e-book contains articles that address innovative ways that researchers and policymakers can collaborate to move policy agendas forward. more...
Agrarian Policies in Central America
Palgrave Macmillan 1999; US$ 120.00Macroeconomic adjustment and sectoral reforms have strongly modified the framework for rural development in Central America. This book offers a structural analysis of agrarian policies in Central America and their impact on production conditions and farmers' welfare. more...
Behind the Myth of European Union
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 84.95The vision of the original arhitects of the European Community was to create a Europe of economic prosperity and social harmony. Economic integration has come ever closer, but sustained growth and a reduction in social disparities seen as far away as ever. This book examines the prospects for the real cohesion in Europe and find that, far from promroting... more...
Betraying Our Troops
Palgrave Macmillan 2007; US$ 9.99In this shocking exposé, two U.S government fraud experts reveal how private contractors have put soldiers' lives on the line while damaging America's strategic interests and image abroad. Drawing on exclusive sources the authors show how money and power have conspired to undermine America's fighting forces and threaten the country's... more...
The Bioeconomy to 2030
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2009; US$ 67.00The biological sciences are adding value to a host of products and services, producing what some have labelled the bioeconomy and offering the potential to make major socio-economic contributions in OECD countries. Using quantitative analyses of data on development pipelines and R&D expenditures from private and public databases, this... more...
Business and the State in Africa
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 35.00Analyses the capacity of the indigenous business community in Africa to shape economic policy. more...
The Challenge of Public-Private Partnerships
Edward Elgar Publishing 2005; US$ 40.00Argues that even though public - private partnerships are evolving, there is research to bring these joint ventures to account. This book aims to investigate how PPP reforms function in comparison to the traditional methods of providing public sector services and infrastructure and who experiences the successes and failures of these reforms. more...
China?s Industrial Revolution And Economic Presence
World Scientific Publishing Company 2005; US$ 90.00For some twenty-five years after 1949, China did not exist and the country was only rediscovered in the 1970s. As China looks set to soar in the new millennium, there is an urgency to understand the world?s most populous economy with a billion plus people. This book aims to shed light on the country?s rapid industrialization and internationalization... more...
Corporate Aftershock
Wiley 2003; US$ 39.95The first book to address public policy in the light of recent corporate debacles Corporate Aftershock is a reasoned, informed response to the numerous proposals to restrict derivatives, structured financing activities, and shareholder protection principles and practices following the failure of Enron and other corporations. Readers get a cogent... more...
Dispelling the Enron blues
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2003; US$ 199.00Corporate governance and ethics have become very important over the last couple of years as a result of Enron, WorldCom etc. A multifaceted and global response is required to deal with the problems. This e-book covers a range of approaches and ideas which together may minimize the risk of future Enrons more...









