Filter by
Industrial Policy for National Champions
In this text prominent economists present the pros and cons of government support for national champions of industry over political governance.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262298650
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xii, 206 pages) :illustrations.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Resigned Activism: Living with Pollution in Rural China
An examination of the daily grind of living with pollution in rural China and of the varying forms of activism that develop in response.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262341097
- Collation
- 1 online resource.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Bringing society back in :grassroots ecosystem management, accountability, an…
In the last two decades, people in a growing number of localities in the United States have developed grassroots ecosystem management (GREM) as a means to resolve policy problems affecting their environment, economy, and communities. Ad hoc and voluntary groups of environmentalists, developers, businesspeople, federal and state resource managers, farmers, loggers, local citizens, and those repr…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262285858
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xvi, 317 pages) :illustrations.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Collision course : endless growth on a finite planet
The story behind the reckless promotion of economic growth despite its disastrous consequences for life on the planet.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262320917
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xxv, 384 pages)
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Transparency in global environmental governance : critical perspectives
Transparency is increasingly seen as part of the solution to a complex array of economic, political, and ethical problems in an interconnected world. It is often assumed to result in more accountable and effective governance. The 'transparency turn' in global environmental governance in particular is evident in a wide range of international agreements, voluntary disclosure initiatives, and publ…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262320856
- Collation
- 1 online resource.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Systemic risk, crises, and macroprudential regulation
Offering a framework for understanding the reasons for the regulatory shift from a microprudential to a macroprudential approach to financial regulation, this book provides a list of challenges in the implementation of macroprudential policy and a discussion on its limitations. --OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262328609
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xiii, 472 pages) :illustrations
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
What do science technology and innovation mean from Africa
Clapperton Mavhunga's collection of essays about science, technology, and innovation (STI) from an African perspective opens with the idea, "Things do not (always) mean the same from everywhere; when we insist that only?our? meaning is the meaning, we silence other people?s meanings." Mavhunga and his contributors argue that our contemporary definitions of STI are those of countries and culture…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262342322
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xiv, 241 pages) :illustrations, maps
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Planning, shortage, and transformation :essays in honor of J?anos Kornai
The three major themes of János Kornai's work reflected in the title of this book—planning, shortage, and transition, or transformation—figure prominently in the essays. The three major themes of János Kornai's work reflected in the title of this book—planning, shortage, and transition, or transformation—figure prominently in the essays. After a philosophical introduction by Edmond…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262279222
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xvii, 439 pages) :illustrations
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Political cycles and the macroeconomy
OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262266956
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xii, 302 pages)
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
The political economy of Japanese monetary policy
The contributions in this book provide a unique view of its emergence and growth in a number of different national settings in an area of the Third World where the industry is most advanced. The motor vehicle industry has had a dramatic impact on industrialized societies, shaping the structure and productive processes of capitalist economies and defining consumer life styles. The industry's imp…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262269889
- Collation
- 1 online resource (236 pages) :illustrations
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Computer Science, Information & General Works 
Philosophy & Psychology 
Religion 
Social Sciences 
Language 
Pure Science 
Applied Sciences 
Art & Recreation 
Literature 
History & Geography