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Biopolitical Experience
Foucault, Power and Positive Critique
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
An original, comprehensive interpretation of Michel Foucault's analysis of biopolitics – situating biopolitics in the context of embodied histories of subjectivity, affective investments and structures of experience. Going beyond lamentation at the horrors of biopolitical domination, the book develops a positive-critique of biopolitical experience.
High Skill Migration and Recession
Gendered Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Women migrants are doubly-disadvantaged by their sex and outsider status when moving to a new country. Highly skilled women are no exception to this rule. This book explores the complex relationship between gender and high-skill migration, with a special focus on the impact of the current economic crisis on highly skilled women-migrants in Europe.
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Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2010
This book investigates issues related to health inequality with a particular interest on developing countries. It provides rigorous empirical work on both trends and causal factors behind health inequality, analyzes the implications of health deprivations on poverty traps and suggests practical policies which can be implemented.
Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan
A Very Political Special Relationship
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
A new exploration of the relationship between the Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan administrations in domestic policy. Using recently released documentary material and extensive research interviews, James Cooper demonstrates how specific policy transfer between these 'political soul mates' was more limited than is typically assumed.
Britain's International Development Policies
A History of DFID and Overseas Aid
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013
History of Britain's official international development efforts, beginning with its colonial era and then following the establishment of a new Ministry created by Prime Minister, the Rt Honourable Harold Wilson.
The IMF and European Economies
Crisis and Conditionality
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
This book examines the role that the IMF has played in the management of financial crises in developed nations. The topic is of particular significance in light of the global financial crisis that emerged following the collapse of American sub-prime mortgage markets in 2007, and the subsequent sovereign debt problems of many Western states.
Legacy of the Crash
How the Financial Crisis Changed America and Britain
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2011
When the global financial system crashed, governments in America and Britain performed the greatest bailout in history. The legacy is record government debt, low growth and a new era of austerity. A stellar cast of contributors, including Tim Bale, Wyn Grant and Graham Wilson provide a sophisticated account of how the administrations are faring.
The Segmentation of Europe
Convergence or Divergence between Core and Periphery?
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2017
This book explores economic developments across Europe in relation to its apparent segmentation, as disparities widen between core and periphery countries. In contrast to previous literature, the scope of analysis is extended to Europe as a continent rather than confining it solely to the European...
Access to Justice
A Critical Analysis of Recoverable Conditional Fees and No Win No Fee Funding
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2014
This book addresses an experiment in funding money damage claims in England from 2000 to 2013. The model - recoverable conditional fees - was unique and has remained so. It covers the development, amendment and effective abolition of the model, as well as the process of policy development and the motivation and objectives of the policy makers.
by Matthew Manning, Shane D. Johnson, Nick Tilley
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
This monograph explains what economic analysis is, why it is important, and forms it can take in policing and criminal justice. Costs are important in all forms of economic analysis but their collection tends to be partial and inadequate in capturing key information. A practical guide to the collection is therefore also provided.
Managing the Macroeconomy
Monetary and Exchange Rate Issues in India
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
While offering many growth-enhancing opportunities, India's ever-increasing integration with the world economy has given rise to a host of new challenges in managing the economy. This book provides an up-to-date empirical assessment of some of India's crucial policy challenges pertaining to its monetary and external sector management.
Interactive Learning for Innovation
A Key Driver within Clusters and Innovation Systems
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
This volume highlights the importance of interactive, practice-based learning as a means to promote more thorough innovation dynamics in regional and national economies. Successful experiences in Scandanavia and southern European countries are examined, with insightful policy lessons extracted from each case.
by Wim Naudé
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
Leading international scholars provide a timely reconsideration of how and why entrepreneurship matters for economic development, particularly in emerging and developing economies. The book critically dissects the evolving relationship between entrepreneurs and the state.
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Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2013
Today, a large number of scholars studying development understand this process as involving learning and capability building. Capability building is an active, not a passive, process. It requires a purposeful effort from the learner's side, with support and commitment on allocation of time and resources...