History and memory in the Carlolingian World

Authority in byzantine provincial society

950-1100

The archaeology of contact in Settler Societies

World cities beyond the west

globalization, development and inequality

Josef Gugler brings together leading authorities from four continents to provide the first dedicated study of major cities in countries outside the industrialized West: Bangkok, Mumbai, Cairo, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Mexico City, Moscow, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Shanghai and Singapore. Fourteen contributors from diverse backgrounds ...

EC and UK competition Law

commentary, cases and materials

EC and UK Competition Law: Commentary, Cases and Materials offers a clear, concise and comprehensive account of the competition rules of the EC and the UK. EC Competition rules are an important source of consultation, increasingly serving as a model followed by many countries when ...

Contending visions of the Middle East

the history and politics of orientalism

Business politics and the State in Twentieth-Century Latin America

This is the first systematically comparative and historical analysis of the incorporation of business into politics in Latin America, examining business organizing and political activity over the last century in five of the largest, most developed countries of the region. Why did business end up ...

The Cambridge Companion to Homer

Internet Law

text and materials

This book takes a global view of the fundamental legal issues raised by the advent of the Internet as an international communications mechanism. Legal and other materials are integrated to support the discussion of how technological, economic and political factors are shaping the law governing ...

Longitudinal and panel data

analysis and applications in the social sciences

This focuses on models and data that arise from repeated observations of a cross-section of individuals, households or companies. These models have found important applications within business, economics, education, political science and other social science disciplines. The author introduces the foundations of longitudinal and panel ...

Statistical analysis of stochastic processes in time

Many observed phenomena, from the changing health of a patient to values on the stock market, are characterised by quantities that vary over time: stochastic processes are designed to study them. Much theoretical work has been done but virtually no modern books are available to ...

Math through the ages

a gentle history for teachers and others

Where did math come from? Who thought up all those algebra symbols? Who came up with the symbols for arithmetic? What's the story behind the metric system, Euclidean geometry, or complex numbers? What is it all for, anyway? Such questions come up naturally when ...

Time for a model change

re-engineering the global automotive industry

The automotive industry ranks among the most significant business phenomena of the 20th century and remains vitally important today, accounting for almost 11% of the GDP of North America, Europe and Japan and one in nine jobs. In economic and social terms alike, its products ...

The profit impact of marketing strategy project

retrospect and prospects

New developments in strategic thinking and econometric methods, alongside fundamental changes in technology and in the nature of competition argue the need for an in-depth but accessible assessment of the Profit Impact of Marketing Strategy#s project. Here, Paul Farris and Michael Moore gather together ...

Controversies in environmental sociology

This comprehensive textbook deals with the key issues and controversies in environmental sociology today. Each chapter deals with discrete issues in a manner that captures the main debates, the central figures, and the social nature of environmental-related trends. The text reflects international developments in the ...

On the rule of Law

history, politics, theory

The rule of law is the most important political ideal today, yet there is much confusion about what it means and how it works. This book explores the history, politics, and theory surrounding the rule of law ideal, beginning with classical Greek and Roman ideas ...

The Law and ethics of restitution

Dagan's book provides a dynamic and much needed account of the American law of restitution. The book reviews the existing doctrine, including the forthcoming (third) Restatement, using an ethical perspective to expose and examine critically the normative underpinnings of the core categories of restitution ...

Employment policy and the regulation of part-time work in the European Union

a comparative analysis

This book originates from the research project #New discourses in labour law# held at the European University Institute. A detailed analysis of part-time work regulation is presented for seven European countries, in order to ascertain how internal domestic choices of the legislatures have merged into ...

Global crises, global solutions

A unique publication exploring the opportunities for addressing ten of the most serious challenges facing the world today: Climate Change, Communicable Diseases, Conflicts, Education, Financial Instability, Corruption, Migration, Malnutrition and Hunger, Trade Barriers, Access to Water. In a world fraught with problems and challenges, we ...

New frontiers in economics

Leading economists analyze the new directions that subdisciplines of economics have taken in the face of modern economic challenges. These essays represent invention and discovery in the areas of information, macroeconomics and public policies, international trade and development, finance, business, contracts, law, gaming, and government ...