Palgrave Macmillan Us: 3342 books
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Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2016
with foreword by Michael X. Delli Carpini, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, USA
This book critiques U.S. public policy about communication and offers guidelines to improve public safety and create strong democratic communities. The lack of effective emergency...
by Fait Muedini
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
This book focuses on all issues related to the human right of child primary education. It addresses issues of access to education, the benefits of schooling, primary education and human rights law, the role of states and NGOs towards improving enrolment rates, as well as policy recommendations.
The Post-War Reconstruction of Greece
A History of Economic Stabilization and Development, 1944-1952
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
The book presents the first comprehensive account of how economists, engineers and industrialists mapped out the economic future of Greece in the aftermath of civil war devastation. It documents the policy debate that took place among Greece and its sponsors about the future course of the economy,...
Rethinking Latin America
Development, Hegemony, and Social Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
In a subtle but powerful reading of the shifting relationships between development, hegemony, and social transformation in post-independence Latin America, Ronaldo Munck argues that Latin American subaltern knowledge makes a genuine contribution to the current search for a social order which is sustainable and equitable.
National Innovation Efficiency During the Global Crisis
A Cross-Country Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016
What effect did the Great Recession have on innovation efficiency and the effectiveness of scarce resource management? Did countries with high GDPs and GDPs per capita sustain efficient innovation? How did the recession affect the time lag between innovation development and implementation? This book...
Developments in Chinese Entrepreneurship
Key Issues and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
Developments in Chinese Entrepreneurship offers empirical evidence from cutting-edge research into the experiences and challenges of entrepreneurial activities and small business issues within China. As a leading emerging country, the entrepreneurial landscape in China provides useful insight for...
Growth, Employment, Inequality, and the Environment
Unity of Knowledge in Economics: Volume II
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2015
Growth, Employment, Inequality, and the Environment deals with the fundamental economic problems of our time: employment, inequality, the environment, and quality of life. These exciting new volumes are the first of their kind in which these problems are analyzed using a unified theory framework.
Betrayed
Politics, Power, and Prosperity
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Betrayed takes a new approach to the subject of global poverty, one that doesn't blame the West but also doesn't rely on the West for solutions. Betrayed puts the poor themselves at center stage, and shows how their entrepreneurial energies are shackled by political and social discrimination. When...
Social Enterprise in Emerging Market Countries
No Free Ride
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
NESsT is an organization that develops sustainable social enterprises to solve critical social problems in emerging market economies. NESsT believes that social enterprise is a powerful tool that provides marginalized communities the skills, accessibility and technology needed to overcome social barriers...
Technology-Based Nascent Entrepreneurship
Implications for Economic Policymaking
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
This edited volume presents new means of quantifying the behavioral and consequential differences between technology-based and non-technology-based nascent entrepreneurs in varied economies. It explores the socioeconomic place of technology in developed and developing countries, and describes the...
The Takeover of Social Policy by Financialization
The Brazilian Paradox
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2017
This book critically addresses the model of social inclusion that prevailed in Brazil under the rule of the Workers Party from the early 2000s until 2015. It examines how the emergence of a mass consumer society proved insufficient, not only to overcome underdevelopment, but also to consolidate the...
Systemic Change Management
The Five Capabilities for Improving Enterprises
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
Weaving together prescriptions with a series of cases, Systemic Change Management describes the value and how-to of a systemic or enterprise approach to organizational change. Each capability presented here promotes change, but when used together create synergies that magnify their individual impact within and between collaborating organizations.
by L. Bradizza
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2013
This book examines the work and thought of Richard T. Ely in light of his rejection of capitalism and view toward individualism. It concludes that there are real problems with Ely's theories and the principles of Progressivism, and addresses the implications of this for current American political thought.
Presidents in the Movies
American History and Politics on Screen
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2011
Cinematic depictions of real U.S. presidents from Abraham Lincoln to George W. Bush explore how Hollywood movies represent American history and politics on screen. Morgan and his contributors show how films blend myth and reality to present a positive message about presidents as the epitome of America's...