Libros de: Polity Press
Mostrando 230 libros encontrados. (12 páginas).
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Is China Buying the World
Nolan, Peter
Polity Press (2013)
- EAN: 9780745660790
- Páginas: 120
- Fecha de edición: 2013
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China has become the world's second biggest economy and its largest exporter. It possesses the world's largest foreign exchange reserves and has 29 companies in the FT 500 list of the world's largest companies. 'China's ...
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The Crisis of the European Union "A Response"
Habermas, Jürgen
Polity Press (2013)
- EAN: 9780745662435
- Páginas: 120
- Fecha de edición: 2013
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Translated by Ciaran Cronin. In the midst of the current crisis that is threatening to derail the historical project of European unification, Jurgen Habermas has been one of the most perceptive critics of the ineffectual ...
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Politics and Sociology in the Thought of Max Weber
Giddens, Anthony
Polity Press (2013)
- EAN: 9780745670966
- Páginas: 66
- Fecha de edición: 2013
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This book provides an interpretation of one of the key aspects of Max Weber's work: the relationship between his political and sociological writings. Weber's sociological studies have often been treated as if they were completely ...
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Gender, Work, and Economy "Unpacking the Global Economy"
Gottfried, Heidi
Polity Press (2012)
- EAN: 9780745647654
- Páginas: 224
- Fecha de edición: 2012
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This engaging new text uses a feminist lens to crack open the often hidden worlds of gender and work, addressing enduring questions about how structural inequalities are produced and why they persist. Making visible the ...
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Money and the Middle Ages
Goff, Jacques Le
Polity Press (2012)
- EAN: 9780745652993
- Páginas: 200
- Fecha de edición: 2012
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Jacques Le Goff sets out in this book to explain the role of money, or rather of the various types of money, in the economy, life and mentalities of the Middle Ages. He seeks also ...
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The Crisis of the Eurpean Union. A Response.
Habermas, Jürgen
Polity Press (2012)
- EAN: 9780745662428
- Páginas: 140
- Fecha de edición: 2012
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Translated by Ciaran Cronin.
In the midst of the current crisis that is threatening to derail the historical project of European unification, Jurgen Habermas has been one of the most perceptive critics of the ineffectual ... -
Habermas and Religion
Calhoun, Craig
Polity Press (2013)
- EAN: 9780745653273
- Páginas: 340
- Fecha de edición: 2013
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To the surprise of many readers, Jurgen Habermas has recently made religion a major theme of his work. Emphasizing both religion's prominence in the contemporary public sphere and its potential contributions to critical thought, Habermas's ...
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Democracy Against the State "Marx and the Machiavellian Movement"
Abensour, Miguel
Polity Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780745650104
- Páginas: 200
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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In the "Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right," the young Marx elliptically alludes to a "true democracy" whose advent would go hand in hand with the disappearance of the state. Miguel Abensour's rigorous interpretation of ...
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Culture in a Liquid Modern World
Bauman, Zygmunt
Polity Press (2011)
- EAN: 9780745653556
- Páginas: 144
- Fecha de edición: 2011
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In its original formulation, 'culture' was intended to be an agent for change, a mission undertaken with the aim of educating 'the people' by bringing the best of human thought and creativity to them. But ...
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The Tyranny of Science
Feyerabend, Paul K.
Polity Press (2011)
- EAN: 9780745651903
- Páginas: 180
- Fecha de edición: 2011
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Paul Feyerabend is one of the greatest philosophers of science of the 20th century and his book Against Method is an international bestseller. In this new book he masterfully weaves together the main elements of ...
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Making Sense of Everyday Life
Scott, Susie
Polity Press (2009)
- EAN: 9780745642680
- Páginas: 224
- Fecha de edición: 2009
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This accessible, introductory text explains the importance of studying 'everyday life' in the social sciences. Susie Scott examines such varied topics as leisure, eating and drinking, the idea of home, and time and schedules in ...
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Minority Rights "Between Diversity and Community"
Preece, Jennifer Jackson
Polity Press (2005)
- EAN: 9780745623962
- Páginas: 224
- Fecha de edición: 2005
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In this path-breaking book, Jackson Preece analyses whether traditional minority rights theory is sufficiently dynamic to inform effective responses to modern challenges
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The End of Finance
Amato, Massimo Fantacci, Luca
Polity Press (2011)
- EAN: 9780745651118
- Páginas: 300
- Fecha de edición: 2011
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This new book by two distinguished Italian economists is a highly original contribution to our understanding of the origins and aftermath of the financial crisis. The authors show that the recent financial crisis cannot be ...
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Global History "A Short Overview"
A Short OverviewCowen, Noel
Polity Press (2001)
- EAN: 9780745628066
- Páginas: 224
- Fecha de edición: 2001
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This short book offers a clear and engaging introduction to the history of humankind, from the earliest movements of people to the contemporary epoch of globalization. Cowen traces this complex history in a manner which ...
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Institutions and the Economy
Duina, Francisco
Polity Press (2011)
- EAN: 9780745648309
- Páginas: 180
- Fecha de edición: 2011
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List of Figures and Tables Abbreviations Acknowledgments I. INTRODUCTION 1 Institutions and the Economy II. THE IMPACT OF INSTITUTIONS 2 Individuals 3 Organizations 4 National Economies 5 International Economy III.CONCLUSION 6 Challenges and Future Research ...
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The Strange Non-Death of Neo-Liberalism
Crouch, Colin
Polity Press (2011)
- EAN: 9780745652214
- Páginas: 224
- Fecha de edición: 2011
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The financial crisis seemed to present a fundamental challenge to neo-liberalism, the body of ideas that have constituted the political orthodoxy of most advanced economies in recent decades. Colin Crouch argues in this book that ...
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Handbook of Transnational Governance "New Institutions and Innovations"
New Institutions and InnovationsHale, Thomas Held, David
Polity Press (2011)
- EAN: 9780745650616
- Páginas: 296
- Fecha de edición: 2011
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The Financial Crisis "Who Is To Blame?"
Who Is To Blame?Davies, Howard
Polity Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780745651644
- Páginas: 240
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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There is still no consensus on who or what caused the financial crisis which engulfed the world, beginning in the summer of 2007.
A huge number of suspects have been identified, from greedy investment ... -
The Human Economy
Hartley, Keith
Polity Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780745649801
- Páginas: 320
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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The global financial crisis has renewed concern about whether capitalist markets are the best way of organizing economic life. Would it not be better if we were to treat the economy as something made and ...
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Wall Street At War "The Secret Struggle For The Global Economy"
The Secret Struggle For The Global EconomyOurousoff, Alexandra
Polity Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780745644189
- Páginas: 240
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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Many of the problems that lie at the heart of the current financial crisis stem from a significant but little-known development that occurred in the early 1980s: investors changed their investment criteria. This change gave ...