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Global Civil Society 2012
Ten Years of Critical Reflection
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2012
Activists and academics look back over ten years of 'politics from below', and ask whether it is merely the critical gaze upon the concept that has changed – or whether there is something genuinely new about the way in which civil society is now operating.
by L. Blaj-Ward
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
This book is a point of reference for EAP professionals planning to conduct or commission research into learning, teaching, professional development or quality assurance in EAP. It draws on academic and professional debates to inspire further research and practical initiatives to enhance EAP provision.
Calamities and the Economy in Renaissance Italy
The Grand Tour of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2013
Italy faced a number of catastrophes in the long sixteenth century. This economic and demographic history follows the consequences of these catastrophes - the action of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse - War, Famine and Plague, all followed by Death.
Marine Insurance
Origins and Institutions, 1300-1850
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2016
Since its invention in Italy in the fourteenth century, marine insurance has provided merchants with capital protection in times of crisis, thus oiling the gears of trade and commerce. With a focus on customs, laws, and organisational structures, this book reveals the Italian origins of marine insurance,...
by G. Rowlands
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
At the start of the eighteenth century Louis XIV needed to remit huge sums of money abroad to support his armies during the War of the Spanish Succession. This book explains how international bankers moved French money across Europe, and how the foreign exchange system was so overloaded by the demands of war that a massive banking crash resulted.
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Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
This collection of essays draws on fresh readings of classic texts as well as rigorous research in the archives of Europe's greatest imperial power. Its contributors paint a powerful picture of the nature and implementation of political economy in the long eighteenth century, from the East to the West Indies.
The Art of Public Space
Curating and Re-imagining the Ephemeral City
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2015
A journey through Johannesburg via three art projects raises intriguing notions about the constitutive relationship between the city, imagination and the public sphere- through walking, gaming and performance art. Amid prevailing economic validations, the trilogy posits art within an urban commons in which imagination is all-important.
Unit Root Tests in Time Series Volume 2
Extensions and Developments
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2012
Testing for a Unit Root is now an essential part of time series analysis but the literature on the topic is so large that knowing where to start is difficult even for the specialist. This book provides a way into the techniques of unit root testing, explaining the pitfalls and nonstandard cases, using practical examples and simulation analysis.
A Primer for Spatial Econometrics
With Applications in R
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
This book aims at meeting the growing demand in the field by introducing the basic spatial econometrics methodologies to a wide variety of researchers. It provides a practical guide that illustrates the potential of spatial econometric modelling, discusses problems and solutions and interprets empirical results.
Creating Technology-Driven Entrepreneurship
Foundations, Processes and Environments
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2016
This book proposes a comprehensive analysis of the existing schools of thought on technology-driven entrepreneurship to point out the process-based nature of this phenomenon. It explores whether entrepreneurship can be learned and examines the main processes that help influence entrepreneurial mind-sets.
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Time Series Econometrics
A Concise Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2015
This book provides an introductory treatment of time series econometrics, a subject that is of key importance to both students and practitioners of economics. It contains material that any serious student of economics and finance should be acquainted with if they are seeking to gain an understanding of a real functioning economy.
Wage-Led Growth
An Equitable Strategy for Economic Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
This volume seeks to go beyond the microeconomic view of wages as a cost having negative consequences on a given firm, to consider the positive macroeconomic dynamics associated with wages as a major component of aggregate demand.
by John Hunter, Simon P. Burke, Alessandra Canepa
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2017
This book examines conventional time series in the context of stationary data prior to a discussion of cointegration, with a focus on multivariate models. The authors provide a detailed and extensive study of impulse responses and forecasting in the stationary and non-stationary context, considering...
Governing Global Production
Resource Networks in the Asia-Pacific Steel Industry
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2013
Northeast Asian steel industries have developed global production networks, but by spanning multiple national spaces, these networks unite many national economies while belonging exclusively to none. Who, therefore, is in control? Jeffrey D. Wilson examines how states and firms coordinate their activities to govern global production.