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How Crises Shaped Economic Ideas and Policies: Wiser After the Events?
This book explores how successful the various tenets of economic thought have been in prognosticating or remedying economic crises. Examining key episodes in economic history, from famines in antiquity to present-day financial collapse, the author finds that several theories failed to cope with a crisis and lost their academic impact. The author also presents cases in which major theoretical in…
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- 978-3-319-16870-8
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- XIII, 222
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- 330 CHR h
US-China Strategic Competition Towards a New Power Equilibrium
This book examines the nature and consequences of strategic competition between the US and China, which affects the global security landscape and the emerging security architecture across the broader Asia-Pacific region. The author illustrates the evolution of Sino-US security interactions from the anti-Soviet alliance, to temporary marginalization, to eventual strategic competition and examine…
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- 978-3-662-46660-5
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- XIV, 230
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US Public Schools and the Politics of Queer Erasure
This book presents a history of queer erasure in the US public school system, from the 1920s up until today. By focusing on specific events as well as the context in which they occurred, Lugg presents a way forward in improving school policies for both queer youth and queer adults.
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- 978-1-137-53526-9
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- XI, 117
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Turning Points in the History of Mathematics
This book explores some of the major turning points in the history of mathematics, ranging from ancient Greece to the present, demonstrating the drama that has often been a part of its evolution. Studying these breakthroughs, transitions, and revolutions, their stumbling-blocks and their triumphs, can help illuminate the importance of the history of mathematics for its teaching, learning, and …
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- 978-1-4939-3264-1
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- 38 b/w illustrations, 13 illustrations in colour
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Turing’s Revolution The Impact of His Ideas about Computability
This book provides an overview of the confluence of ideas in Turing’s era and work and examines the impact of his work on mathematical logic and theoretical computer science. It combines contributions by well-known scientists on the history and philosophy of computability theory as well as on generalised Turing computability. By looking at the roots and at the philosophical and technical infl…
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- 978-3-319-22156-4
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- 17 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
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Under Siege The Independent Labour Party in Interwar Britain
Despite this reversal of fortunes, during the 1930s—years that witnessed the ascendancy of both Stalin and Hitler—the ILP demonstrated an unswerving commitment to democratic socialist thinking. Drawing extensively on the ILP’s Labour Leader and other contemporary left-wing newspapers, as well as on ILP publications and internal party documents, Bullock examines the debates and ideological…
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- 9781771991551.01
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- 6 x 9, 430 pages
Truth Behind Bars” Reflections on the Fate of the Russian Revolution
Paul Kellogg uses the story of Vorkuta as a frame with which to re-assess the Russian Revolution. In particular, he turns to the contributions of Iulii Martov, a contemporary of Lenin, and his analysis of the central role played in the revolution by a temporary class of peasants-in-uniform. Kellogg explores the persistence and creativity of workers’ resistance in even the darkest hours of aut…
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- 9781771992459.01
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- 6x9, 440 pages
Social Democracy After the Cold War
Offering a comparative look at social democratic experience since the Cold War, the volume examines countries where social democracy has long been an influential political force—Sweden, Germany, Britain, and Australia—while also considering the history of Canada’s NDP and the emergence of New Left parties in Germany and the province of Québec. The case studies point to a social democracy…
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- 9781926836874.01
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- 340 pages
The Economic System of the Early Islamic Period
This book provides an economic analysis of the earliest Islamic society, focusing on the policies of the Messenger of Islam (Sawa) and his successors during the first four formative decades of Islam. Two institutions of great importance – the market and the public treasury (Baitul Mal) – and their roles in the development of the private and public sectors are particularly emphasized in this…
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- 978-1-137-50733-4
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- XXI, 311
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- Political Economy of Islam
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Romancing the Revolution The Myth of Soviet Democracy and the British Left
Over two decades have passed since the collapse of the USSR, yet the words “Soviet Union” still carry significant weight in the collective memory of millions. But how often do we consider the true meaning of the term “Soviet”? Drawing extensively on left-wing press archives, Romancing the Revolution traces the reactions of the British Left to the idealized concept of Soviet democracy. F…
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- 9781926836126.01
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- 438 pages
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