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Social Value Investing: A Management Framework for Effective Partnerships by Howard W. Buffett 9780231182904
RRP: £22.00£17.14Social Value Investing presents a new way to approach some of society's most difficult and intractable challenges. Although many of our world's problems may seem too great and too complex to solve - inequality, climate change, affordable housing,... -
Public Choices and Policy Change: The Political Economy of Reform in Developing Countries by Merilee Serrill Grindle
RRP: £27.50£24.12'About the AuthorMerilee S. Grindle is in the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.ReviewsThis work looks not so much at the obstacles to reform as the ways to get around them through imaginative management. The proper setting of... -
Celebrity Advocacy and International Development by Dan Brockington
RRP: £47.99£41.81Celebrity advocacy is a curious phenomenon. It occupies a significant proportion of the public domain, but does so without engaging particularly well with much of the public. Yet this may not matter very much. Many people at the core of advocacy, and in... -
The Introvert's Complete Career Guide: From Landing a Job, to Surviving, Thriving and Moving on Up by Jane Finkle 9781632651310
RRP: £11.99£11.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632651310Author Jane FinkleFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint New Page Books,USPublisher Red Wheel/Weiser -
Mobilizing for Development: The Modernization of Rural East Asia by Kristen E. Looney 9781501748844
RRP: £39.00£34.12Mobilizing for Development tackles the question of how countries achieve rural development and offers a new way of thinking about East Asia's political economy that challenges the developmental state paradigm. Through a comparison of Taiwan... -
Wellbeing, Justice and Development Ethics by Severine Deneulin
RRP: £36.99£32.53The question of the meaning of progress and development is back on the political agenda. How to frame this discontent and search for new alternatives when either socialism or liberalism no longer provides a satisfactory framework? This book introduces in... -
Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change from the Cult of Technology by Kentaro Toyama
RRP: £22.00£17.71After a decade designing technologies meant to address education, health, and global poverty, award-winning computer scientist Kentaro Toyama came to a difficult conclusion: Even in an age of amazing technology, social progress depends on human changes... -
Foreign Aid: Policy and Practice by Phyllis R. Pomerantz 9781032208060
RRP: £23.99£20.99Foreign Aid: Policy and Practice offers a complete overview of the basics of foreign aid. Who is it for? Who pays for it? Why does it exist? What is it spent on? How much is it? And most important, does it work?The aid debate has been flooded by academic... -
Dependent Accumulation and Underdevelopment by Andre Gunder Frank 9780333239513
£25.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780333239513Author Andre Gunder FrankFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Palgrave MacmillanPublisher Palgrave MacmillanWeight(grams) 320g -
Meaningful Conversations by Geoff Hudson-Searle 9781785898501
RRP: £11.99£8.44A holistic overview of the essential leading methods of techniques and a hands-on guide for business professionals and those in higher education. Communications, strategy and business development and growth are essential for success and profitability in... -
EU Environmental Policy: Its journey to centre stage by Nigel Haigh 9781138890312
RRP: £43.99£38.44At a time when Europeans across the continent are focused on the EU's future direction, this book provides an important contribution to the current debate. Created for reasons quite unconnected with the environment, the EU has been given a compelling new... -
Beyond the Developmental State: Industrial Policy into the Twenty-first Century by Ben Fine 9780745331669
RRP: £32.00£24.48Moving beyond abstract economic models and superficial descriptions of the market, Beyond the Developmental State analyses the economic, political and ideological interests which underpin current socio-economic processes. Through this approach, the... -
Globalization for Development: Meeting New Challenges by Ian Goldin 9780199645572
£54.11Globalization and its relation to poverty reduction and development are not well understood. This book explores the ways in which globalization can overcome poverty or make it worse. The book defines the big historical trends, identifies the main... -
Leading Transformative Change Collectively: A Practitioner Guide to Realizing the SDGs by Petra Kuenkel
RRP: £32.99£29.16This book directly helps decision-makers and change agents in companies, NGOs, and government bodies become more proficient in transformative, collaborative change in realizing the SDGs.This practitioner's handbook translates a systemic - and enlivening... -
The Political Economy of Development: The World Bank, Neoliberalism and Development Research by Kate Bayliss 9780745331034
£32.29Any student, academic or practitioner wanting to succeed in development studies, radical or mainstream, must understand the World Bank's role and the evolution of its thinking and activities. The Political Economy of Development provides tools for... -
German Europe by Ulrich Beck 9780745665399
RRP: £16.99£15.22The euro crisis is tearing Europe apart. But the heart of the matter is that, as the crisis unfolds, the basic rules of European democracy are being subverted or turned into their opposite, bypassing parliaments, governments and EU institutions... -
Gender, Communications, and Reproductive Health in International Development by Carolina Matos 9780228017554
RRP: £25.99£22.49To this day, women globally are subjected to forms of control over their bodies, and their ability to exercise their reproductive rights in particular is still constrained. Amid a rise of challenges to the advancement of women's rights, including the... -
Economic Development Parables: From Siam to Thailand by Winai Wongsurawat 9781032491295
RRP: £49.99£43.50Wongsurawat looks at the history of Thailand since the mid-nineteenth century and uses events to elucidate basic economic models and concepts. He selects defining moments in Thailand's history to convey key economic ideas worthy of classroom discussion... -
A Country Is Not a Company by Paul Krugman 9781633695184
RRP: £9.99£7.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781633695184Author Paul KrugmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Harvard Business Review PressPublisher Harvard Business Review PressWeight(grams)... -
The Central Asian Economies in the Twenty-First Century: Paving a New Silk Road by Richard Pomfret 9780691182216
RRP: £42.00£33.04This book analyzes the Central Asian economies of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, from their buffeting by the commodity boom of the early 2000s to its collapse in 2014. Richard Pomfret examines the countries'... -
Zero-Waste: Reconsidering Waste Management for the Future by Atiq Zaman
RRP: £31.99£28.33This book analyses 'zero-waste' (ZW) as an emerging waste management strategy for the future, which considers waste prevention through innovative design and sustainable consumption practices. Drawing on a diverse range of case studies from Australia,... -
Socialism, Capitalism, Transformation by Leszek Balcerowicz 9781858660264
RRP: £81.00£74.90Essays on the theme of economic transition in Central and Eastern Europe.About the AuthorLeszek Balcerowicz is Professor at Warsaw School of Economics. He was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance in Poland.Reviews"In this book Prof Balcerowicz... -
Power of 2: How to Make the Most of Your Partnerships at Work and in Life by Rodd Wagner
RRP: £19.99£15.64New York Times bestselling author Rodd Wagner and Gallup Vice Chairman Gale Muller explore the crucial dimensions of a successful partnership and the stories of famous pairs who epitomize those elements. Many of the greatest accomplishments can only be... -
Industrial Policy and Development: The Political Economy of Capabilities Accumulation by Mario Cimoli 9780199235278
RRP: £57.00£44.82In the 1990s, development policy advocated by international financial institutions was influenced by Washington Consensus thinking. This strategy, based largely on liberalization, privatization, and price-flexibility, downplayed, if not disregarded, the... -
Workers, State and Development in Brazil: Powers of Labour, Chains of Value by Benjamin Selwyn
RRP: £25.00£17.61How do changing class relations contribute to processes of capitalist development? Within development studies the importance of class relations is usually relegated to lesser status than the roles of states and markets in generating and allocating... -
Sustainable Action: Overcoming the Barriers by Christian Berg
RRP: £41.99£36.75In this timely exploration of sustainable actions, Christian Berg unpacks the complexity in understanding the barriers we face in moving towards a sustainable future, providing solution perspectives for every level, from individuals to governments and... -
The Water Footprint of Modern Consumer Society by Arjen Y. Hoekstra
RRP: £39.99£35.06Using the water footprint concept, this impactful book aids our understanding of how we can reduce water consumption and pollution to sustainable levels.Since the publication of the first edition, the question of how to reduce our water footprint has... -
Researching Forced Labour in the Global Economy: Methodological Challenges and Advances by Genevieve LeBaron 9780197266472
RRP: £45.00£44.98By most accounts, forced labour, human trafficking, and modern slavery are thriving in the global economy. Recent media reports -- including the discovery of widespread trafficking in Thailand's shrimp industry, forced labour in global tea and cocoa... -
Ecomedia: Key Issues by Stephen Rust 9781138781559
RRP: £47.99£41.81Ecomedia: Key Issues is a comprehensive textbook introducing the burgeoning field of ecomedia studies to provide an overview of the interface between environmental issues and the media globally. Linking the world of media production, distribution, and... -
Public Health Humanitarian Responses to Natural Disasters by Emily Ying Yang Chan
RRP: £49.99£43.50The pressure of climate change, environmental degradation, and urbanisation, as well as the widening of socio- economic disparities have rendered the global population increasingly vulnerable to the impact of natural disasters. With a primary focus on... -
The Sharp Solution: A Brain-Based Approach for Optimal Performance by Heidi Hanna 9781118457399
RRP: £12.99£8.60Train Your Brain to Energize Your Life In The Sharp Solution, Heidi Hanna introduces readers to a brain-based approach to realistic, sustainable energy management that supports a healthier brain, and as a result a healthier, happier body. By engaging... -
Intelligent Innovation: Three Moves to Design a Winning Strategy for Innovation and Intellectual Property by Deepika Jeyakodi
RRP: £27.99£27.89CAPITALIZE ON YOUR BRIGHT IDEAS WITH LEGAL DESIGN THINKING Organizations today innovate to survive in a competitive, complex, and interconnected business world. They co-create with others outside their own organization to succeed. But capturing the... -
Failing in the Field: What We Can Learn When Field Research Goes Wrong by Dean Karlan 9780691183138
RRP: £20.00£15.89A revealing look at the common causes of failures in randomized control experiments during field reseach-and how to avoid themAll across the social sciences, from development economics to political science, researchers are going into the field to collect... -
Reviving the Invisible Hand: The Case for Classical Liberalism in the Twenty-first Century by Deepak Lal 9780691136387
RRP: £35.00£27.74Reviving the Invisible Hand is an uncompromising call for a global return to a classical liberal economic order, free of interference from governments and international organizations. Arguing for a revival of the invisible hand of free international... -
The Handbook of Economic Development and Institutions by Jean-Marie Baland 9780691191218
RRP: £105.00£83.36The definitive reference on the most current economics of development and institutionsThe essential role that institutions play in understanding economic development has long been recognized across the social sciences, including in economics. Academic... -
Practising Immanence: Living with Theory and Environmental Education by David A. G. Clarke 9781032561912
RRP: £41.99£36.75Practising Immanence: Living with Theory and Environmental Education makes creative contributions to both qualitative inquiry and environmental education by exploring how each of these ideas seep and fuse into one another, creating a space where... -
Hegemony and World Order: Reimagining Power in Global Politics by Piotr Dutkiewicz
RRP: £36.99£32.53Hegemony and World Order explores a key question for our tumultuous times of multiple global crises. Does hegemony - that is, legitimated rule by dominant power - have a role in ordering world politics of the twenty-first century? If so, what form does... -
Reconstructing Macroeconomics: Structuralist Proposals and Critiques of the Mainstream by Lance Taylor 9780674010734
RRP: £83.95£67.86Macroeconomics is in disarray. No one approach is dominant, and an increasing divide between theory and empirics is evident. This book presents both a critique of mainstream macroeconomics from a structuralist perspective and an exposition of modern... -
Mapping Vulnerability: Disasters, Development and People by Greg Bankoff
RRP: £45.99£40.13Raging floods, massive storms and cataclysmic earthquakes: every year up to 340 million people are affected by these and other disasters, which cause loss of life and damage to personal property, agriculture, and infrastructure. So what can be done? The... -
Development Without Aid: The Decline of Development Aid and the Rise of the Diaspora by David A. Phillips 9780857286239
RRP: £18.99£18.31"Development Without Aid" opens up perspectives about foreign aid to the world's poorest countries. Growing up in Malawi the author developed a sense of the limitations of foreign assistance and from this evolves a critique of foreign aid as an alien...