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Public Management as a Design-Oriented Professional Discipline by Michael Barzelay
Booksplease Price: $177.66What, fundamentally, is public management? This question is rarely answered clearly and confidently, whether by students of public management or academics in the field. This book answers this... -
Handbook of Human Resource Management in the Tourism and Hospitality Industries Ronald J. Burke 9781789905281
RRP: $97.40Booksplease Price: $91.18The hospitality and tourism sector is an increasingly significant contributor to GDP worldwide, as well as a key source of employment in developing regions. Drawing on contemporary research, this... -
Handbook on Demographic Change and the Lifecourse by Jane Falkingham
RRP: $85.70Booksplease Price: $80.28Showcasing ways in which the theory of the lifecourse has been applied in demographic research, this innovative Handbook uses key datasets to offer a deeper understanding of the causes and... -
Environmental Policy, Sustainability and Welfare: An Economic Analysis by Thomas Aronsson
Booksplease Price: $206.74This comprehensive and accessible textbook addresses important relationships between economics and environmental policy, highlighting in particular the role of taxation. It also connects... -
The Common Law Employment Relationship: A Comparative Study Gordon Anderson 9781783479696
Booksplease Price: $226.55The contract of employment provides in many jurisdictions the legal foundation for the employment of workers. This book examines how the development of the common law under the influence of... -
A Research Agenda for Women and Entrepreneurship: Identity Through Aspirations, Behaviors and Confidence Patricia G. Greene 9781785365386
RRP: $64.25Booksplease Price: $61.37Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of... -
The End of Law: How Law's Claims Relate to Law's Aims by David McIlroy
Booksplease Price: $189.44Augustine posed two questions that go to the heart of the nature of law. Firstly, what is the difference between a kingdom and a band of robbers? Secondly, is an unjust law a law at all? These two... -
European State Aid and Tax Rulings Liza Lovdahl Gormsen 9781788972086
Booksplease Price: $189.44This book investigates whether the European Commission (EC) has the mandate to legislate on direct taxation in sovereign states and ultimately questions whether the EC's enforcement action in recent... -
Advanced Introduction to Planning Theory Robert A. Beauregard 9781788978903
RRP: $38.90Booksplease Price: $37.93Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible... -
Knowing Her Place: Positioning Women in Science Valerie Bevan 9781789904260
RRP: $60.35Booksplease Price: $57.92More women are studying science at university and they consistently outperform men. Yet, still, significantly fewer women than men hold prestigious jobs in science. Why should this occur? What... -
Research Handbook on International Refugee Law Satvinder Singh Juss 9781800886056
RRP: $105.20Booksplease Price: $97.48In recent years the UNCHR has expressed increasing concern at how war, violence and persecution have resulted in an age of unprecedented mass displacement. The global financial crisis, the rise of... -
The Elgar Companion to Feminist Economics by Janice Peterson
RRP: $134.45Booksplease Price: $124.84The Elgar Companion to Feminist Economics is the first comprehensive reference work introducing readers to the field of feminist economics. It includes 99 entries by 88 authors.This authoritative... -
Handbook on In-Work Poverty Henning Lohmann 9781789905267
RRP: $97.40Booksplease Price: $91.18There has been a rapid global expansion of academic and policy attention focusing on in-work poverty, illustrating that across the world there are increasing numbers of people who could be described... -
Handbook on Global Social Justice by Gary Craig
RRP: $109.10Booksplease Price: $102.47Since the publication of Rawls' seminal work, A Theory of Justice, in the second half of the twentieth century, the concept has been constantly debated, with those on the political right and left... -
How Not to Write a Thesis or Dissertation: A Guide to Success through Failure Mikael Sundstroem 9781789900521
RRP: $54.50Booksplease Price: $52.77If you thought a book about thesis writing would make for wearisome reading, think again! In seven entertaining and enlightening chapters, Mikael Sundstrom sheds light on the trials and tribulations... -
Research Handbook on Sport Governance Mathieu Winand 9781800375239
RRP: $97.40Booksplease Price: $92.16'The notion of governance has gained significant currency and has become an inseparable part of sport organisations' strategies and practices. It is also a widely taught subject in academic... -
Brexit in the Workplace: A Psychology of Survival? by Ashley Weinberg
RRP: $52.55Booksplease Price: $51.05This timely book explores the psychological repercussions of Brexit in the workplace. Illustrating the mental and emotional impact of the Brexit process, interdisciplinary chapters demonstrate its... -
The International Law of Biotechnology: Human Rights, Trade, Patents, Health and the Environment Matthias Herdegen 9781839108280
RRP: $56.45Booksplease Price: $54.48Biotechnology is a field that inspires complex legal and ethical debates on an international scale. Taking a fresh approach to the subject, Matthias Herdegen provides a comprehensive assessment of... -
Regulating Online Behavioural Advertising Through Data Protection Law Jiahong Chen 9781839108297
Booksplease Price: $206.74This insightful book provides a timely review of the potential threats of advertising technologies, or adtech. It highlights the need to protect internet users not only from privacy risks, but also... -
Effectuation: Elements of Entrepreneurial Expertise Saras D. Sarasvathy 9781839102592
RRP: $64.25Booksplease Price: $61.95To effectuate is to engage in a specific type of entrepreneurial action. It has special importance for situations where the future is truly unknowable or human agency is of primary importance. In... -
Managing Currency Risk: How Japanese Firms Choose Invoicing Currency by Takatoshi Ito
Booksplease Price: $226.55The yen is now one of the major currencies freely traded in the world, and yet, many Japanese exporters take on a currency risk by invoicing in US dollars. In this book, the authors examine why this... -
Policy Problems and Policy Design B. Guy Peters 9781786431349
Booksplease Price: $177.66B. Guy Peters presents a critique of conventional policy design methods, placing emphasis on the need to formulate interconnecting designs for issues that cross multiple policy areas. He advocates... -
Collaboration in Public Service Delivery: Promise and Pitfalls Anka Kekez 9781800371057
RRP: $85.70Booksplease Price: $80.28The growing intensity and complexity of public service has spurred policy reform efforts across the globe, many featuring attempts to promote more collaborative government. Collaboration in Public... -
The Foundations of the EU as a Polity Massimo Fichera 9781785363894
Booksplease Price: $199.27In this insightful book, Massimo Fichera provides an original account of European integration as a process -- completed by the creation of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice. The study builds... -
Reframing Corporate Governance: Company Law Beyond Law and Economics by Javier Reyes
Booksplease Price: $212.67This stimulating book offers an astute analysis of corporate governance from both a historical and a philosophical point of view. Exploring how the modern corporation developed, from Ancient Rome and... -
Regulatory Stewardship of Health Research: Navigating Participant Protection and Research Promotion by Edward S. Dove
Booksplease Price: $206.74This timely book examines the interaction of health research and regulation with law through empirical analysis and the application of key anthropological concepts to reveal the inner workings of... -
A Research Agenda for East Asian Social Policy by Misa Izuhara
Booksplease Price: $208.71Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of... -
Individual Choice and Social Welfare: Theoretical Foundations of Political Economy: A Research Literature Review by Viktor J. Vanberg
RRP: $101.30Booksplease Price: $94.05This important research literature review discusses some of the most prominent literature in the field of individual choice and economic welfare. It analyses material exploring how economics as a... -
Building Markets: Distributional Consequences of Social Policy in East Asia by Gyu-Jin Hwang
Booksplease Price: $206.74Nowhere in the world presents a more dramatic case of wealth creation than East Asia. Contrary to the common belief that social policy in the economic powerhouses of the region is secondary to their... -
Social Innovation as Political Transformation: Thoughts for a Better World by Pieter Van den Broeck
RRP: $60.35Booksplease Price: $57.92This book is an introduction to the works of a collective of academics on social innovation and socio-political transformation. It offers a critique of the dominance of market-based logics and... -
Classical Economic Theory and the Modern Economy by Steven Kates
Booksplease Price: $216.65Economic theory reached its highest level of analytical power and depth in the middle of the nineteenth century among John Stuart Mill and his contemporaries. This book explains classical economics... -
Law of Administrative Organization of the EU: A Comparative Approach by Matthias Ruffert
Booksplease Price: $216.65With the transfer of ever more tasks and competences to the European level the EU's administration has become increasingly complex, with 'agencification' as the most visible sign of this... -
Work and Labour Relations in Global Platform Capitalism by Julieta Haidar
Booksplease Price: $226.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781802205121Author Julieta HaidarFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint -
China’s Maritime Silk Road: Advancing Global Development? by Gerald Chan
Booksplease Price: $177.66This innovative book examines the maritime component of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), focusing on three key trade routes and addressing the question of how China protects its overseas... -
Dispute Settlement for ASEAN Businesses under the Belt and Road Initiative: New Possibilities and Directions by Locknie Hsu
Booksplease Price: $177.66This forward-looking book examines dispute resolution issues in the context of Belt and Road Initiative dealings between parties in ASEAN Member States, China and other trade partners. It discusses a... -
The Evolution of Information-sharing in EU Counter-terrorism: A Post-2015 Paradigm Shift? by Christine Andreeva
Booksplease Price: $212.67Through a pioneering analysis of two critical junctures in EU counter-terrorism, this topical book examines the drivers, conditions and impediments for policy integration and information-exchange... -
Constructing Narratives for City Governance: Transnational Perspectives on Urban Narration by Alistair Cole
Booksplease Price: $191.41Bringing together transnational perspectives on urban narration, this innovative book analyses how a combination of tales, images and discourses are used to brand, market and (re-)make cities,... -
Teaching Social Work by Neil Thompson
Booksplease Price: $222.57There are particular challenges involved in teaching social work. As with other professional disciplines, it is not simply a matter of passing on the key elements of the knowledge base; there is also... -
Handbook on Gender and Social Policy by Sheila Shaver 9781785367175
RRP: $97.40Booksplease Price: $90.30After two decades of feminist challenges to mainstream theorising, gender has become a central element of social policy and the welfare state. A new literature has widened the focus of social policy... -
From Uneconomic Growth to a Steady-State Economy Herman E. Daly 9781783479962
RRP: $77.90Booksplease Price: $73.40This timely collection of essays is a magnificent testament to Daly's pioneering work over four decades. Armed with clear scientific principles and an unfailing logic, Daly sets out on an urgent...