Edward Elgar Publishing: 369 books
Foreign Direct Investment and the Chinese Economy
A Critical Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2017
Foreign Direct Investment and the Chinese Economy provides a comprehensive overview of the impact of foreign direct investment, with extensive empirical evidence, on the Chinese economy over the last three and a half decades.
Eurozone Dystopia
Groupthink and Denial on a Grand Scale
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2015
Eurozone Dystopia traces the origin of the Eurozone and shows how the historical Franco-German rivalry combined with the growing dominance of neo-liberal economic thinking to create a monetary system that was deeply flawed and destined to fail. It argues that the political class in Europe is trapped...
Trust, Social Capital and the Scandinavian Welfare State
Explaining the Flight of the Bumblebee
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2016
Denmark exemplifies the puzzle of socio-economic success in Scandinavia. Populations are thriving despite the world’s highest levels of tax and generous social benefits. Denmark would appear to be a land of paradise for free-riders and those who want ‘money for nothing’. However, the national personality...
Innovation Networks and the New Asian Regionalism
A Knowledge Platform on Economic Productivity
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2016
The rise of Asia, as well as the future of regional cooperation and integration (RCI) the world over, will be profoundly influenced by the challenges of slowing productivity growth, increasing economic inequalities and systemic vulnerabilities. Such structural reform issues will require RCI policies...
Access to Justice and International Organizations
The Case of Individual Victims of Human Rights Violations
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017
Recent examples such as the cholera outbreak in Haiti demonstrate that individual victims of human rights violations by international organizations are frequently left in the cold. Following an examination of the human rights obligations of international organizations, this book scrutinizes their dispute...
The Paradigm of State Consent in the Law of Treaties
Challenges and Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017
The paradigm of state consent in the law of treaties is increasingly under attack. Which narratives on the treaty concept legitimize or delegitimize the challenges to the consensualist paradigm? Which areas of the law of treaties are more concerned by these attacks? What are the ensuing risks? From consent...
From Environmental Action to Ecoterrorism?
Towards a Process Theory of Environmental and Animal Rights Oriented Political Violence
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2017
This book scrutinizes the growth of the ‘eco-terrorism’ movement operating on a global scale, focusing on the main groups and their more radical offshoots, both historically and those currently active. These include Earth First!, the Earth Liberation Front, the Animal Liberation Front and the Sea...
Paying the Carbon Price
The Subsidisation of Heavy Polluters under Emissions Trading Schemes
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2017
Paying the Carbon Price analyses the practice of freely allocating permits in Emissions Trading Schemes (ETSs) and demonstrates how many heavy polluters participating in ETSs are not yet paying the full price of carbon. This innovative book provides a framework to assist policymakers in the design...
International Energy Governance
Selected Legal Issues
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In a world that is hungry for energy security, the legal components at the junction of interstate energy cooperation have become increasingly important. International law as it stands today is not equipped to handle international energy governance issues fully, negatively affecting our aim to meet energy...
A Brief History of Political Economy
Tales of Marx, Keynes and Hayek
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2016
Investigating the ideological dimension and exploring the continued impact of Marx, Keynes and Hayek, the authors demonstrate how these three economic narratives became entangled over time and under increasing complexity, overlapping and competing with each other. The book reflects on the meaning of...
by Anne L. Bandle
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2016
The glamour and mystery of the art auction, gathering interested buyers from across the globe, makes it one of the most fascinating marketplaces in existence. ‘Sleepers’, artworks or antiques that have been undervalued and mislabelled due to an expert’s oversight and consequently undersold, appear...
Transforming Gender and Family Relations
How Active Labour Market Policies Shaped the Dual Earner Model
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2017
This book is about how the activation of women into paid work was accomplished. It looks at the ideational grounds and the concrete measures that created the conditions for increasing the employment ratio of women, and thus also a farewell to male breadwinning.
An Introduction to Macroeconomics
A Heterodox Approach to Economic Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2016
This important new book introduces students to the fundamental ideas of heterodox economics. It is written in a clear way by top heterodox scholars. They offer not only a critique of the dominant approach to economics, but also present a positive and constructive alternative. Students interested in an...
The Water-Sustainable City
Science, Policy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2017
Cities place enormous pressures on freshwater quality and availability because they are often located some distance from the water sources needed by their populations. This fact compels planners to build infrastructure to divert water from increasingly distant outlying rural areas, thus disrupting their...