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Disease
Access to many of the things that make and keep us healthy are not evenly distributed in the population. Achieving good health is deeply entwined with all aspects of society and it has never been clearer that these determinants are not only social or physiological, but also political.
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The habitation society
A compelling analysis of our transition from an industrial economy to a habitation economy, which maps out how this new economy can work more effectively for people, their families and their communities.
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The conservative challenge to globalization
Ray Kiely examines the conservative anti-globalization that has manifested itself in recent years as a nostalgia for a former supposed age of economic and societal harmony and which has informed popular mantras of deregulation and economic nationalism.
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European studies
This volume brings together some of the most influential Europeanists writing today to take stock of the subject and to consider the most fruitful avenues for future research.
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Reflections on the future of the left
These essays from leading left intellectuals reflect on the scale and nature of the task that the Left now faces and, together, offer a major statement on the future for centre-left politics in advanced capitalism, and a frank appraisal of the Left’s current capacity to keep conservatism at bay.
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Thatcherism
A lively analysis of how Thatcherism became an ideology for politics to conjure with, its relationship with its eponymous leader and with the Conservative Party, as well as the long-term implications for the British people.
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The future of uk-china relations
At a time when both China’s role in the world is becoming the focus of international business strategy and Brexit is pushing the UK to look to the rest of the world for trade and investment, Kerry Brown assesses the potential for a new "golden age" of UK–China relations.
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Outside the eu
New essays by distinguished practitioners and experts examining the various options, real and imagined, for the UK's post-Brexit relationship with the EU.
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Okinawa
Located between the tip of Japan and Taiwan, Okinawa is a tiny island of huge geopolitical importance. Its US military bases means it has the attention of both China and North Korea.
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Understanding corruption
Using case studies to understand the different forms of corruption (bribery, political corruption, kleptocracy and corrupt capital) the book builds a picture of the global threat that corruption poses and the responses that have been most effective.
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The french economy
The first general economic history of France since 2004 and the first to include the impact of the global financial crisis.
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Rethinking global labour
Ronaldo Munck examines how globalization has created a new global working class and suggests that we are at the beginning of a new era for workers and their organizations, in which they will begin to impact decisively on the new global order that they have helped to create.
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The natural dividend
How might we best negotiate the world’s scarce pool of natural resources? This book advocates a management regime that is both politically, as well as environmentally, sustainable, and shows how such management might work to protect our common heritage and secure the benefits we can expect from s...
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The living wage
This short primer traces the origins of the concept of the living wage and seeks to explain its current rise in fortune as an economic instrument with a social objective. It examines its impact on labour markets and wage levels, explores how it has been applied, and assesses whether it is an effe...
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Gender and race in european economic governance
An original study of European economic governance that demonstrates how gender and race play essential roles in generating both legitimacy and coherence for individual economic policies and the overall economic governance system.
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The political economy of housing financialization
Greg Fuller explores the importance and growing role of mortgage markets in the macroeconomy and provides a comparative analysis of housing finance across a number of European national economies, including the UK, as well as the United States.
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Finntopia
What have the Finns got right that other nations haven't?
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Squalor
Increasingly divided into the haves and the have-nots, housing epitomises the divisions and social inequalities found in Britain today. This book exposes the history of the British problem of squalor and the government’s repeated failures to grasp the nettle when it comes to fair and just solutio...
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The state of england
Simon Lee makes the case for England, an English identity and and an English state. He puts forward a moral vision of England as a political community, based upon a civic nationalism and national identity rooted in the principles of democratic political culture and citizenship.
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Capitalism, socialism and property rights
An in-depth examination of one of the defining issues that separates capitalism from socialism – the system of ownership, or property rights – which, when explored, highlight fundamental problems in the model of market socialism.
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Karl polanyi's political and economic thought
A comprehensive introduction to the ideas of Karl Polanyi by examining the key themes that run throughout his work, including economy, commodification, money, geopolitical economy, the state, class, democracy and knowledge.
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Idleness
We are stuck in a low-pay, low-productivity rut, with far too many people working in poor quality jobs, with barely any training and little chance of getting on. Bold thinking is required to reverse this trend. This book considers what can be done.
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Inside the deal
This frank and uncompromising account gives the inside view from the EU side of what it was really like to negotiate the Brexit agreement with the UK.
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Populocracy
Catherine Fieschi examines why populism and populist parties have become a feature of our politics. Populism's appeal, she argues, needs to be understood as a response to the fundamental reshaping of our political, economic and social spheres through globalization and the digital revolution.
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Collective bargaining and gender equality
The authors provide a critical examination of the role of collective bargaining in achieving gender equality in the workplace and show how the feminization of unions in both developing and developed countries is changing the bargaining agenda.
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The contradictions of capital in the twenty-first century
An international team of leading economic historians provide an overview of global developments in the theory and reality of inequality in the light of the work of Thomas Piketty.
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Warmonger
Ukraine is the latest of Putin’s wars of aggression following Chechnya, Georgia, Crimea and Syria. This book examines each external military intervention to show how Russia rebuilt itself after the 1990s, how it embraced Putinism and an imperial vision through a series of bloody conflicts.
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Unfinished empire
An essential primer for the reader looking to understand the consequences of the war with Ukraine for Russia's regional relationships with bordering countries and Russia’s place in the world beyond the binary East–West tensions.
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The political economy of brexit
These essays explore the ramifications of the Brexit decision for the UK and European economies, in particular, on manufacturing, regional development, labour regulations, financial services and Northern Ireland.
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China's hong kong
In this new edition, Tim Summers brings his analysis of the politics of Hong Kong fully up to date and discusses the ramifications for the city of the mass demonstrations of June 2019 and the intensifying confrontational politics that has culminated in China’s new security laws effectively crimin...
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Syria
The book offers an insightful and balanced analysis of the threat the Assad regime poses in both its regional context as well as the continued problem it poses for the international community.
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Common boundaries
How do we – and how should we – engage with the natural environment through the concepts of rights and responsibilities? Michael Cox develops a theory and practice of environmental property rights, moving beyond simplistic assumptions that do not reflect the diversity of arrangements we see in th...
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Righting the economy
This collection of essays from both civil society professionals and academics advocates for a new economy, one built on the foundation of human rights.
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Paris
An authoritative analysis of Paris's position, both globally and nationally, and the challenges that face its governance.
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Industrial policy
Focuses on the formulation and application of industrial policy in late capitalist societies, drawing on economic theory and country-specific case studies to assess future possibilities for effective policy implementation.
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Grand strategy and the rise of china
This book explores the uncertainties and dilemmas China’s rise has fuelled for both the US-sponsored liberal order and the Chinese communist elites that are responsible. It provides the tools to understand the contemporary political and media turmoil about China, its causes and its trajectories.
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The return of the state
Bringing together some of the brightest and most-engaged scholars and thinkers in the UK, this book offers solutions and suggestions for how to re-establish the strong state, how to generate a new social settlement and how to manage a long-term and equitable economic recovery post-pandemic.
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Liberalism
A short history of liberalism since the 1820s, one rooted in practical politics rather than abstract theorising. Liberalism is shown to be best understood as a political tradition that has been profoundly shaped by Britain’s unique and evolving political culture and by political realities.
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Political football
This book argues that the modern-day complexities of the beautiful game – corruption in the international governing body and the sport’s symbiotic relationship with gambling – together with its sheer economic size require more attention from government.
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The war on terror
An enduring feature of American foreign policy for over two decades. This book shows how the War on Terror has changed global politics, why it has been fought and why it has proven so difficult to end despite multiple failed attempts at course correction.
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Pandemonium
The last decade has seen the EU beset by crisis and Covid-19 has presented yet another threat to its existence. Luuk van Middelaar assesses the EU's response and how it has been shaped by it.
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North korea
North Korea is an anomaly in the international system. Deliberately isolated, it survives through the sale of weapons to enemies of the United States. In this book, Pacheco Pardo offers insight into the country today and seeks to answer what level of threat it poses to global security.
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Belt and road
China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is one of the most talked about and little understood policy initiatives of China. This short book offers a comprehensive, balanced and policy-oriented analysis of the BRI and what it means for western businesses and polities.
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The indian economy
This new title in the World Economies series charts and explains the development of the Indian economy since independence and partition and provides a unique up-to-date overview of the contemporary Indian economy and the reasons it has assumed its current form.
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The political economy of industrial strategy in the uk
The collection of essays explores the political and institutional foundations of industrial policy, the value of "foundational" economic practices, the challenge of greening capitalism and addressing regional inequalities, and the new financial and corporate governance structures required to radi...
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Getting over new labour
To understand the Labour Party today one needs to appreciate how people in the party have reacted to the New Labour legacy. Karl Pike examines the efforts each of the three leaders have made in reforming the party’s ideology, its democracy and organization and their political style and approach t...
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Europe's brexit
What the rest of Europe thinks about Brexit . . . An in-depth, ground-up analysis of the attitudes and opinions of the other 27 EU member states towards Britain's decision to leave.
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The magic money tree and other economic tales
A lively analysis of how mistakes in economic policy-making are increasingly made for political reasons and typically in the run up to a crisis when the constraints on the economy are ignored.
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Terrorist financing
A clear and rigorous survey of terrorist financing and the international efforts to combat it suitable for a range of courses in international relations, politics and global political economy.
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Nudging
Whitehead and Jones examine the history and use of nudging as a policy tool and consider when and where they are best deployed, if at all.
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Lost in ideology
Lost in Ideology maps the ideological terrain of the past 200 years and asks whether the current disorientation engulfing the world’s liberal democracies is in no small part ideological in origin.
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Elinor ostrom and the bloomington school
This collection of essays offers a critical assessment of Elinor Ostrom’s legacy, the establishment of the Bloomington School, and the value of interdisciplinary methods within economics and the social sciences.
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Politicians and economic experts
In recent years politics has seen an increasing role in economic policy-making for a technocracy of experts. How do politicians feel about this and how do they balance their political and ethical aims with economic expertise?
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Flawed capitalism
A major statement on the Anglo-American economic model from a leading theorist of contemporary capitalism and a call for a new social settlement based on greater income equality and social justice.
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Europe and northern ireland's future
Mary Murphy offers a detailed and in-depth analysis of Northern Ireland’s relationship with the EU, the role the EU has played in rebuilding the region after the Troubles, and the challenges and opportunities that Brexit might offer Northern Ireland in terms of its fragile politics and economy.
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Ignorance
Sally Tomlinson traces our trajectory from the ignorance of the early twentieth century to the dangers that current educational approaches pose for our future citizens.
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The money laundering market
An international team of contributors explores the challenges of money laundering in the digital age and how best to regulate it in a globalized world.
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New york
A comprehensive analysis of the political, economic and social dynamics that have made New York a megacity today.
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The russian economy
A new introduction to the modern Russian economy, one that explores Russia's continued tentative and inconsistent use of the market and the microfoundations and leadership norms of Russia's "sistema" that continue to inhibit liberalization.
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Conservatism
An account of British conservativism which avoids the usual confusion between the ideology and the stated principles of a party which prides itself on an ability to change its views according to circumstances.
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Populism
This volume contributes a Latin American perspective to the global debate on populism. It argues that Latin America in its rich and early experience of populism is a valuable laboratory to take our understanding forward and to address the question of whether populism goes beyond the dichotomy of ...
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Xiconomics
This concise and incisive analysis unpicks the likely practical implications for the international community of China's announced reorientation of its economy towards protecting its domestic market.
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Mexico city
Mexico City is the second largest city on the American continent, the most populous Spanish-speaking city in the world and the richest city, in terms of GFP, in Latin America. The authors explore the political structures, demography, economy, social issues and public administration that make this...
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The mexican economy
A concise and up to date analysis of Mexico’s economic development and the country’s political economy suitable for a range of courses in Latin American studies and Development Studies.
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Divided they fell
Examines the failures of mainstream politics, and in particular the inability of the centre-left – the UK Labour Party and France's Parti Socialiste – to respond to the Great Recession more effectively.
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Transnational crimes in the americas
'Transnational Crimes in the Americas’ emphasizes the importance of working within public, international organizations to combat transnational crimes. It documents the role of international institutions within the Americas to form a united effort against the proliferation of illicit drugs, human ...
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The deoband madrassah movement
This innovative book analyses the growth of Deobandi Islam, a religious sect whose followers include extremist groups such as the Taliban, through the frame of a counterculture in conflict with mainstream Muslim society.
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Urban crisis, urban hope
Urban Crisis, Urban Hope is an urgent, informed, and passionate critique at the crisis that has been allowed to develop in our cities, and a wide-ranging agenda for change to challenge all political and government institutions.
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The spanish frustration
Old troubles persist in modern Spain, including huge public debts, extensive corruption, widespread unlawfulness, oligarchical politics, territorial splits, and permanent protests and riots. The origins of these problems are remote: the ruinous Spanish Empire made a weak state, which built an inc...
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Resurgent africa
‘Resurgent Africa: Structural Transformation in Sustainable Development’ is a study of structural change dynamics in Africa and its effect on job creation, living standards and the efficiency of productive cities through manufacturing productivity growth that benefit the majority. It provides in-...
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