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Realizing the Potential of U.S. Unconventional Natural Gas
The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 2013; US$ 44.99The ability to access and economically develop vast amounts of America?s unconventional natural gas resources, especially large shale gas formations, has altered our national view on energy and has subsequently changed the discourse at the federal, state, and local levels. Since 2008, when the economic viability of shale gas resources first became... more...
Successful Adaptation to Climate Change
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 51.95What does successful adaptation look like? This is a question we are frequently asked by planners, policy makers and other professionals charged with the task of developing and implementing adaptation strategies. While adaptation is increasingly recognized as an important climate risk management strategy, and on-the-ground adaptation planning activity... more...
Europe, Globalisation and Sustainable Development
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 170.00This edited volume considers the ways in which European states and the European Union can and should organize themselves economically and socially in order to address the challenges of sustainable development. It will interest students and researchers of environmental policy and European politics. more...
Foreign Direct Investment in Russia
Palgrave Macmillan 2000; US$ 159.00Russia's post-reform crisis can be alleviated. The country has the market, the abundant natural resources and the human skills that foreign investors seek. What it needs is policies that enhance FDI inflows. Policy-makers can learn from the other large emerging markets like China, India, and Mexico, where FDI has revitalized the economy. more...
The Destruction of the Soviet Union
Palgrave Macmillan 2000; US$ 159.00Is there a link between the collapse of the Soviet Union, the radical reforms in China and Vietnam, and the current crisis in East Asia? David Lockwood argues that the common factor in each is the crisis of state-controlled economies, besieged by the developing forces of globalization. This book examines the collapse of the Soviet Union not as the... more...
From Mao to Market
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 33.00This book argues that China succeeded in moving from a Maoist command economy to a market economy because government failed to prevent local officials from forcing prices to market levels. The 'resource wars' that resulted from partial price reform in the early 1980s cleared the way for sweeping reforms. more...
Neo-Liberal Economic Policy
Edward Elgar Publishing 2004; US$ 40.00Over the past two decades there has been a prevailing shift in economic policy in many countries. This reflects the continuing rise of neo-liberalism - the doctrine that economic policy should 'leave it to the market' and that governments should retreat from market intervention. more...
U.S. Government Funding for Science and Technology Cooperation with Russia
RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95The US government spent, on average, $300 million a year during the 1990s to support science and technology (S&T) cooperation with Russia. This document details US government spending on cooperative S&T activities with Russian partners. more...
The Franco-German Relationship in the EU
Taylor and Francis 1999; US$ 180.00This book examines the Franco-German relationship in the EU in relation to different policy sectors. It assesses the nature and importance of the relationship for the policy process. more...
Environmental Politics Casebook
CRC Press 2001; US$ 54.95Providing an in-depth analysis of the major debates in environmental policy, this book reviews the political battles over the environment from ground level. more...









