Sökt på: Sökresultat
totalt 16 träffar
In From the Cold
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia has made enormous strides toward creating a free market. In just over twenty years, the country's economy has been completely …
China, Trade and Power
Few people could tell you what happened on 11th December 2001, yet China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) will define the geopolitics of the 21st century. What …
Guide to the Criminal Prisons of Nineteenth-Century England
The penal system in nineteenth-century England was incredibly complicated. It comprised two types of prison: convict prisons and local prisons. While convict prisons were under the …
A EUROPEAN JUST TRANSITION FOR A BETTER WORLD
Whether we are thinking about the evolving climate crisis, the urgent need for geopolitical energy autonomy or the detrimental impact of the extractive economy on communities and …
The Tyranny of Nostalgia
The performance of the British economy over the past fifty-odd years does not make for comforting reading. Indeed, the story is a depressing catalogue of misapprehensions, …
Construction Law
Now in its third edition Construction Law by Julian Bailey is the definitive work of reference for construction law practitioners internationally. In three volumes, it provides the …
Technology Is Not Neutral
It seems that just about every new technology that we bring to bear on improving our lives brings with it some downside, side effect or unintended consequence. These issues can …
The Currency Cold War
The way that money works now is a blip. It’s a temporary institutional arrangement agreed in response to specific political, technological and economic circumstances. As these …
Rethinking Drug Courts
What are drug courts? Do they work? Why are they so popular? Should countries be expanding them or rolling them back? These are some of the questions this volume attempts to …
Architect of Prosperity
This is a book about Sir John Cowperthwaite - the man Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman identified as being behind Hong Kong's remarkable post-war economic …
Before Babylon, Beyond Bitcoin
Money is changing, and this book looks at where the technology of money might be taking us in the future. Technology has moved our concept of money from physical things, to unseen …
The FAC-1 Framework Alliance Contract
This handbook explores the FAC-1 Framework Alliance Contract as a multi-party umbrella that connects the team members engaged on any project or programme of works, services or …