Civil Economy: Another Idea of the Market (Bruni Luigino)(Paperback)

Civil Economy: Another Idea of the Market (Bruni Luigino)(Paperback)

A succinct introduction to the civil economy approach and its history, which draws on the rich Italian tradition of civic humanism and which places well-being, virtue and the common good alongside more familiar economic

Bureaucracy (Mises Ludwig Von)(Paperback)

Bureaucracy contrasts the two forms of economic management--that of a free-market economy and that of a bureaucracy. In the market economy entrepreneurs are driven to serve consumers by their desire to earn profits and to avoid losses. In a bureaucracy, the managers must comply with orders issued

Why Globalization Works (Wolf Martin)(Paperback)

A powerful case for the global market economy The debate on globalization has reached a level of intensity that inhibits comprehension and obscures the issues. In this book a highly distinguished international economist scrupulously explains how globalization works as a concept and how it operates

The Financialization of Housing: A Political Economy Approach (Aalbers Manuel B.)(Paperback)

Due to the financialization of housing in today's market, housing risks are increasingly becoming financial risks. Financialization refers to the increasing dominance of financial actors, markets, practices, measurements and narratives. It also refers to the resulting structural transformation of

The Roman Market Economy (Temin Peter)(Paperback)

What modern economics can tell us about ancient Rome The quality of life for ordinary Roman citizens at the height of the Roman Empire probably was better than that of any other large group of people living before the Industrial Revolution. The Roman Market Economy uses the tools of modern

Another Day of Life (Kapuscinski Ryszard)(Paperback / softback)

In 1975 Kapuscinski flew into Luanda in Angola, to cover the murderous civil war that had broken out after independence. This book is a record of his experiences there, of a city and a country that seemed, for a prolonged period, to have taken leave of the world, to enter a nightmare of

Civil War: A Novel of the Marvel Universe (Moore Stuart)(Mass Market Paperbound)

Second title in Titan Books' Marvel fiction reissue program, featuring the classic story: Civil War SPIDER-MAN IRON MAN CAPTAIN AMERICA THE FANTASTIC FOUR THE EPIC STORY THAT BLOWS THE MARVEL UNIVERSE APART Iron Man and Captain America: two core members of the Avengers, the world's greatest super

History of Chess in the English Civil Service (Thurlow Kevin)(Paperback / softback)

A history of chess in the English Civil

Memories of the Civil War (Marazano Richard)(Paperback)

The Idea of the Holy (Otto Rudolf)(Paperback)

Decisive Battles of the English Civil War (Wanklyn Malcolm)(Paperback / softback)

In this stimulating and original investigation of the decisive battles of the English Civil War, Malcolm Wanklyn reassesses what actually happened on the battlefield and as a result sheds new light on the causes of the eventual defeat of Charles I. Taking each major battle in turn - Edgehill,

Russian Civil War: Red Terror, White Terror, 1917-1922 (Foley Michael)(Paperback)

Explores the terror of the Russian Civil

Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis? (Keen Steve)(Paperback)

The Great Financial Crash had cataclysmic effects on the global economy, and took conventional economists completely by surprise. Many leading commentators declared shortly before the crisis that the magical recipe for eternal stability had been found. Less than a year later, the biggest economic

A Short History of the American Civil War (Anderson Paul Christopher)(Paperback)

The American Civil War (1861-65) remains a searing event in the collective consciousness of the United States. It was one of the bloodiest conflicts in modern history, claiming the lives of at least 600,000 soldiers and an unknown number of civilians. The Civil War was also one of the world's first

The Geography of the World Economy (Knox Paul)(Paperback)

The Geography of the World Economy provides an in-depth and stimulating introduction to the globalization of the world economy. The book offers a consideration of local, regional, national and global economic development over the long historical term. The theory and practice of economic and

The Environment: A History of the Idea (Warde Paul)(Pevná vazba)

Is it possible for the economy to grow without the environment being destroyed? Will our lifestyles impoverish the planet for our children and grandchildren? Is the world sick? Can it be healed? Less than a lifetime ago, these questions would have made no sense. This was not because our ancestors

The Idea of Civilization and the Making of the Global Order (Linklater Andrew)(Paperback)

The idea of civilization recurs frequently in reflections on international politics. However, International Relations academic writings on civilization have failed to acknowledge the major 20th-century analysis that examined the processes through which Europeans came to regard themselves as

A Political Economy of the Middle East (Cammett Melani)(Paperback)

A Political Economy of the Middle East is the most comprehensive analysis of developments in the political economy of the region over the past several decades, examining the interaction of economic development processes, state systems and policies, and social actors in the Middle East.The fourth

Civil Rights for Beginners (Von Blum Paul)(Paperback)

A large swath of literature on the civil rights movement exists in the United States. Much of that literature focuses on the dramatic events of the African American resistance to Jim Crow and oppression from the mid 1950s through the early 1970s. Frequently, this material is scholarly and, at best,

American Civil War (Keegan John)(Paperback / softback)

The American Civil War was one of the longest and bloodiest of modern wars. In this magisterial history of the first modern war, the distinguished military historian John Keegan unpicks the geography, leadership and strategic logic of the war and takes us to the heart of the

English Civil War - A People's History (Purkiss Diane)(Paperback / softback)

This popular history of the English Civil War tells the story of the bloody conflict between Oliver Cromwell and Charles I from the perspectives of those

Madness: The Invention of an Idea (Foucault Michel)(Paperback)

Civil War (Lucan)(Paperback)

Lucan's epic poem on the civil war between Caesar and Pompey, unfinished at the time of his death, stands beside the poems of Virgil and Ovid in the first rank of Latin epic. This newly annotated, free verse translation conveys the full force of Lucan's writing and his grimly realistic view of the

For a Critique of the Political Economy of the Sign (Baudrillard Jean)(Paperback)

A material analysis of the sign which deepens Marx's critique of political economy for spectacular