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The Culture of Immodesty in American Life and Politics
Palgrave Macmillan 2013; US$ 85.00Corporations that are too big to fail, consumption inspired by excessive greed, government budgets that routinely exceed the limits of revenues, and foreign policy that meddles in the affairs of other nations insisting that the world imitate American ideals and ways of life are just a few of the examples of American immodesty discussed in the book.... more...
Human Rights in Global Perspective
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 45.95In the West we frequently pay lip service to universal notions of human rights. But do we ever consider how these work in local contexts and across diverse cultural and ethical structures? Do human rights agendas address the problems many people face, or are they more often the imposition of Western values onto largely non-Western communities? Human... more...
Industrial Materials for the Future (IMF) R&D Priorities
RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95The Industrial Materials for the Future (IMF) programme sponsors research in core areas that are of value to multiple industries. Research areas looked at in this book include high temperature and corrosion-resistant materials, and database development and modelling. more...
Law and Labour Market Regulation in South East Asia
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 195.00This edited collection examines the labour laws of seven industrializing East Asian societies - China, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines and Vietnam - and discusses the variation in their impact across the whole region. Leading scholars from each country consider both laws pertaining to working conditions and industrial relations,... more...
Governance in the Asia-Pacific
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 64.95* the Anglo-American powers * Japan * independence movements * the politics of economic development * social movements * the politics of the environment * the pressures for political change in the region. And these issues are all analysed within the broad context of governance in the Asia-Pacific more generally. The authors also identify factors which... more...
Wine Marketing
Taylor & Francis 2012; US$ 46.95Whilst Wine Marketing: a practical guide also looks at theory and existing research, the main focus of this book is on the practicalities of wine marketing. Each chapter includes the following invaluable features: * 'How to' and 'how not to' case studies based on international examples * A guide to further reading and websites * 'Issues to consider... more...
In Search of Research Excellence
Edward Elgar Publishing 2011; US$ 40.00This path-breaking book gathers 'best practices' advice from the masters about how to achieve excellence in entrepreneurship research, how to create an outstanding research career and how to avoid the pitfalls that can sidetrack emerging scholars. Combining narratives from the 2009 and 2010 Entrepreneurship Exemplars Conferences, the authors frame... more...
Food Tourism Around The World
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 63.95Food and wine are vital components of the tourism experience, and are increasingly being seen as prime travel motivators in their own right. Food Tourism Around The World: Development, Management and Markets offers a unique insight into this phenomenon, looking at the interrelationship between food, the tourism product and the tourist experience.... more...
Law, Corporate Governance and Partnerships at Work
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2011; US$ 124.95This book examines how businesses manage their labour systems, and particularly how they manage the complex interaction of various factors which give rise to instances of 'partnership' style relations between capital and labour within businesses. In pursuing this task, the book draws upon a new and extensive set of empirical data constructed... more...









