This is an invaluable survey of the major theories and approaches in this area of study and research. It explores the role of parties in the pressing contemporary problems of institutional design and democratic governance today.
"Vito Tanzi offers a truly comprehensive treatment of the economic role of the state in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries from a historical and world perspective. The book addresses the fundamental question of what governments should do, or have attempted to do, in econom…
Conference report on migration and migrant worker movements in West Africa - comprises interdisciplinary research papers on such themes as the economic implications and social implications of migration, social integration of migrants, government policy approaches to migration, e…
Se investiga la transformación del estado de bienestar que está teniendo lugar en el siglo XXI con políticas sociales más activas centradas en dos aspectos importantes de la política social que se están poniendo en marcha en los países de la OCDE con excepción de los del sur de …
Historically, finding sound, comprehensive information on policies supporting renewable heating and cooling has been a challenge. This book fills an important knowledge gap by clearly outlining best practices for a sector that is critical to increasing the share of renewables in…
UK. Monograph on the management of technological change - analyses the managerial role, technology transfer, main obstacles to innovations and employees attitudes, and considers the repercussions on government policy, trade unions and small scale industry in the manufacturing se…
Discussing the complex history of Silicon Valley and other pioneering centres of venture capital, Lerner uncovers the extent of government influence in prompting growth. He examines the public strategies used to advance new ventures and reveals the common flaws undermining far t…
Argues that, like Sumerian and Mayan civilization, the world economy is fast destroying its environmental support, threatening future generations. Outlines the author's vision of a new environmentally sustainable economy .
This book seeks to answer the question of how much urban agriculture helps feed and support people living in towns and cities with evidence and proposals based on studies in Eastern and Central Africa.
