Local industrial clusters

existence, emergence, and evolution

The key approach taken in this book is that all local economic clusters have something in common -specific case-studies are thus put into wider perspective in a masterly study that will be of keen interest to both econimsts and geographers.

Cities and natural process

a basis for sustainability

Cities and Natural Process is a discussion of the fundamental conflict in the perception of nature and an expression of the essential need for an environmental view when approaching urban design. Whilst retaining the existing structure, each of the chapters has been revised to take ...

Planning for sustainability

creating livable, equitable, and ecological communities

Representing the environment

Few developments in 20th century thought owe more to the power of the written and visual image than the environmental movement. Depictions of spoiled landscapes, trees dying from the effects of acid rain, seabirds coated in oil after tanker accidents and other, similarly emotive representations ...

British volunteers in the Spanish Civil War

the British Batallion in the International Brigades, 1936-1939

This book is a new study of the British Battalion of the 15th International Brigade in the Spanish civil war of 1936-1939. In contrast to recent revisionist interpretations, this work stresses the crucial importance of the war experience itself, rather than political ideology, in the ...

Tourism mobilities

places to play, places in play

Globalization and the nation state

the impact of the IMF and the World Bank

CONTENTS: 1. Whither Conditionality 2. The International and Domestic Politics of IFI Programs 3. Possible Reforms of the IFIs 4. Reflections on the International Infrastructure.

Youth media

A theory of ecological justice

In A Theory of Ecological Justice, Baxter argues for ecological justice - that is, for treating species besides homo sapiens as having a claim in justice to a share of the Earth's resources. It explores the nature of justice claims as applied to organisms of ...

Political campaigning in referendums

framing th referendum issue

Table of Contents Part One: The Importance of Information in Referendums 1. The Dynamics of a Referendum Campaign 2. The Context of the Campaign Part Two: The Political Parties' Campaigns 3. The Yes and No Camps Part Three: The Campaign in the News: Polls, Personalities ...

Urban governance and democracy

leadership and community involvement

e-Economy

rhetoric or business reality?

The emrgence of social enterprise

Business, government and sustainable development

Keijzers provides a concise and authoritative introduction to the evolution of the collaborative stakeholder approach to sustainable development in the context of changing environmental policies. The range of sustainability objectives has now developed from relatively simple issues of environmental protection to a full array of ...

W. E. Deming

critical evaluation in business and management

W. Edwards Deming's name is synonymous with Total Quality Management. His ideas were at first enthusiastically adopted by Japanese businesses. Deming is recognized as putting Japan on the road to leadership in international business and industry and was awarded the Second Order of the ...

The costs of crime and justice

A must-read for anyone involved in public policy, this book consolidates the diverse research in this area but also makes one of the most valuable contributions to date to the study of the economics of criminal behavior.

Paul Anthony Samuelson

Samuelson is a key figure in economic thinking. This collection gathers the essential assessments of this important economist, and provides an unparalleled insight into his lasting impact on economics.

How monetary policy works

For monetary policymakers worldwide, developing a practical understanding of how monetary policy transmits to the economy is a day-to-day challenge. The data such policymakers have is imperfect, the maps they use are continually redrawn. With such uncertainty, understanding this complicated issue is rarely straightforward. This ...

The foreign exchange market of London

development since 1900

Economics, economists and expectations

microfoundations to macroapplications

Dealing with the origins and development of modern approaches to expectations in micro and macroeconomics, this book makes use of primary sources and previously unpublished material from such figures as Hicks, Hawtrey and Hart. The accounts of the 'founding fathers' of the models themselves are ...