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Shifting Boundaries of the Firm: Japanese Company - Japanese Labour by Mari Sako 9780199547036
RRP: €85.68Booksplease Price: €51.78All firms wrestle with restructuring, involving consolidation of mergers and acquisitions on the one hand, and fragmentation through outsourcing and spin-offs on the other. Through an in-depth... -
In the King's Shadow by Philip Manow 9780745647661
RRP: €59.50Booksplease Price: €53.31It is commonly assumed that the rise of modern democracies put an end to the spectacular and ceremonial aspects of political rule that were so characteristic of monarchies and other earlier regimes... -
Inequality and the Labyrinths of Democracy by Göran Therborn 9781788738996
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €14.66Classical liberalism regarded universal suffrage as a mortal threat to property. So what explains the advent of liberal democracy, and how stable today is the marriage between representative... -
Religion in Modern Europe: A Memory Mutates by 9780199241248
RRP: €119.00Booksplease Price: €97.25Religion in Modern Europe examines religion as a form of collective memory. This is a memory held in place by Europe's institutional churches, educational systems, and the mass media - all of which... -
Saving the Market from Capitalism: Ideas for an Alternative Finance Massimo Amato (Bocconi University) 9780745672564
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €18.25This new book by two leading economists is a far-reaching analysis of the role and organization of the financial system in the aftermath of the economic crisis. The authors argue that the financial... -
Africapitalism: Rethinking the Role of Business in Africa by Kenneth Amaeshi 9781316613702
RRP: €33.32Booksplease Price: €30.26Africa is on the rise. Enabled by natural resources, commodity trading and the recent discovery of Africa as the last frontier of capitalism by the global market, African entrepreneurs are now being... -
In the King's Shadow Philip Manow (University of Konstanz) 9780745647678
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €18.25It is commonly assumed that the rise of modern democracies put an end to the spectacular and ceremonial aspects of political rule that were so characteristic of monarchies and other earlier regimes... -
Ethics and Management in the Public Sector by Alan Lawton
RRP: €65.44Booksplease Price: €58.92Grappling with ethical issues is a daily challenge for those working in organizations that deliver public services. Such services are delivered through an often bewildering range of agencies and... -
Decent Capitalism: A Blueprint for Reforming our Economies by Sebastian Dullien 9780745331102
RRP: €101.15Booksplease Price: €82.82The recent crisis, created by finance capitalism, has brought us to the economic abyss. The excessive freedom of international markets has rapidly transformed into international panic, with states... -
Contestants, Profiteers, and the Political Dynamics of Marketization: How Shareholders gained Control Rights in Britain, Germany, and France by Helen Callaghan 9780198815020
RRP: €74.97Booksplease Price: €62.94Since the early 1980s, governments worldwide have taken many measures to expand the role of markets. Recent political events reflect widespread disenchantment with neoliberal policies, but it remains... -
Migration, Citizenship, and the European Welfare State: A European Dilemma by Carl-Ulrik Schierup 9780199284023
RRP: €71.40Booksplease Price: €57.05This book provides a major new examination of the current dilemmas of liberal anti-racist policies in European societies, linking two discourses that are normally quite separate in social science:... -
Decent Capitalism: A Blueprint for Reforming our Economies by Sebastian Dullien 9780745331096
Booksplease Price: €32.01The recent crisis, created by finance capitalism, has brought us to the economic abyss. The excessive freedom of international markets has rapidly transformed into international panic, with states... -
Urban Policy in the European Union: A Multi-Level Gatekeeper System by Maria Tofarides 9781138712157
RRP: €47.59Booksplease Price: €43.98This title was first published in 2003.This book examines the development of urban policy instruments at the level of the EU primarily by the use of Structural Funds under the European Commission's... -
Revolutions: A New History by Donald Sassoon 9781804299920
RRP: €35.70Booksplease Price: €30.95Revolutions is a sparkling account of political upheaval and the power of history. We think of revolutions in terms of fleeting events, such as the Fall of the Bastille or the Storming of the Winter... -
The Metric Society: On the Quantification of the Social Steffen Mau 9781509530410
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €18.25In today's world, numbers are in the ascendancy. Societies dominated by star ratings, scores, likes and lists are rapidly emerging, as data are collected on virtually every aspect of our lives. From... -
The Metric Society: On the Quantification of the Social by Steffen Mau 9781509530403
RRP: €59.50Booksplease Price: €53.31In today's world, numbers are in the ascendancy. Societies dominated by star ratings, scores, likes and lists are rapidly emerging, as data are collected on virtually every aspect of our lives. From... -
Ethical Violence by Carlo Bordoni 9781509561025
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €18.50Human civilization is founded on ethical principles, norms of behaviour that have accumulated over time. Perhaps the oldest of ethical principles is the rejection of violence, which includes the... -
Ego: The Game of Life Frank Schirrmacher 9780745686868
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €11.77Twenty-five years after the end of the Cold War, a new Cold War is being waged in our societies. During the Cold War a theoretical model of man was developed by economists and the military, an... -
Can Democracy Be Saved?: Participation, Deliberation and Social Movements by Donatella Della Porta 9780745664590
RRP: €65.45Booksplease Price: €58.37Financial crisis, economic globalization and the strengthening of neoliberal policies present stark challenges to traditional conceptions of representative democracy. Yet, at the same time, new... -
Can Democracy Be Saved?: Participation, Deliberation and Social Movements by Donatella Della Porta
RRP: €21.41Booksplease Price: €20.27Financial crisis, economic globalization and the strengthening of neoliberal policies present stark challenges to traditional conceptions of representative democracy. Yet, at the same time, new... -
Economy and Society in Europe: A Relationship in Crisis by Luigi Burroni 9781849803656
Booksplease Price: €138.25'Drawing on the development of economic sociology over the past 40 years, this book brings together leading scholars to explore the relationship between social institutions on economic processes... -
Citizenship and Civil Society: A Framework of Rights and Obligations in Liberal, Traditional, and Social Democratic Regimes by Thomas Janoski 9780521635813
RRP: €35.70Booksplease Price: €32.25Rights and obligations are confusing. When people really want or need something they call it a right. Can they simply attach this word to anything they want? Can people disregard obligations with... -
Homo Economicus: The (Lost) Prophet of Modern Times Daniel Cohen 9780745680125
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €15.22The West has long defined the pursuit of happiness in economic terms but now, in the wake of the 2007-8 financial crisis, it is time to think again about what constitutes our happiness.In this... -
Buying Time: The Delayed Crisis of Democratic Capitalism by Wolfgang Streeck 9781786630711
Booksplease Price: €24.63The financial and economic crisis that began in 2008 still has the world on tenterhooks. The gravity of the situation is matched by a general paucity of understanding about what is happening and how... -
European Cities: Social Conflicts and Governance by Patrick le Gales 9780199243570
Booksplease Price: €88.08European cities are on the rise, and are taking advantage of the opportunities of the European integration and globalization processes. But they also face economic changes, social inequalities,... -
Europe Entrapped Claus Offe (Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany) 9780745687520
RRP: €11.89Booksplease Price: €11.45Today Europe finds itself in a crisis that casts a dark shadow over an entire generation. The seriousness of the crisis stems from one core political contradiction at the heart of the European... -
Blue Labour: Forging a New Politics by Ian Geary 9781784534912
Booksplease Price: €30.83Following Labour's defeat at the polls in 2015, and at time when the Party is attempting to redefine its meaning, values and even identity, there is an urgent need for fresh thinking. Most people... -
Europe Entrapped Claus Offe (Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany) 9780745687513
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €19.27Today Europe finds itself in a crisis that casts a dark shadow over an entire generation. The seriousness of the crisis stems from one core political contradiction at the heart of the European... -
Politicising Commodification: European Governance and Labour Politics from the Financial Crisis to the Covid Emergency Roland Erne 9781009054362
RRP: €35.69Booksplease Price: €34.36This book examines the new economic governance (NEG) regime that the EU adopted after 2008. Its novel research design captures the supranational formulation of NEG prescriptions and their uneven...