Understanding Weber

"Understanding Weber" provides an accessible and comprehensive explanation of the central issues of Weber's work. Using the most recent scholarship and editions of Weber's writings, Sam Whimster establishes the full range, depth and development of Max Weber's approach to the social and ...

Innovation and institutions

an institutional perspective on the innovative efforts of banks and insurance companies

This new book uses extensive and multifaceted data and sophisticated data analysis to explore product innovation in the financial services sector. Merging academic and critical analysis with practical recommendations for companies, this book provides a full and rich account of how new products are brought ...

Considerations on the fundamental principles of pure political economy

Between May 1892 and October 1893, the Giornale degli Economisti published Vilfredo Pareto's "Considerazioni sui principi fondamentali dell'economia politica pura" in 5 parts. Viewed in its entirety, the outcome is essentially a classic monograph on the fundamental issues in pure economic theory in ...

Risk and crisis management in the public sector

A particular feature of modern, post-industrial societies is their growing awareness of risk and crisis management. This book's main theme is therefore the context, concepts and practice of risk and crisis management in the public sector in Western, notably European, and Asia Pacific countries ...

The history of Africa

the quest for eternal harmony

This book provides a wide-ranging history of Africa from earliest prehistory to the present day - using the cultural, social, political, and economic lenses of Africa as instruments to illuminate the ordinary lives of Africans. The result is a fresh new survey that includes a wealth ...

Imagining Robin Hood

the late-medieval stories in historical context

A. J Pollard takes us back to the earliest surviving stories of Robin Hood, the stories, tales and ballads of the fifteenth century and he re- examines the story of this fascinating figure. Setting out the economic, social and political context of the time, Pollard ...

Multinational federations

This is the first comparative volume available on multinational federations, bringing together an international range of experts on federalism. Multinational federations are federal states intended to provide a framework that can accommodate, manage and resolve some of the most intractable political conflicts of our time ...

Aristotle

In this excellent introduction, Christopher Shields introduces and assesses the whole of Aristotle's philosophy, showing how his powerful conception of human nature shaped much of his thinking on the nature of the soul and the mind, ethics, politics and the arts. Beginning with a ...

Louis XIV

This up-to-date, lively and accessible biography focuses on Louis' personal life while keeping the needs of the history student at the forefront, featuring analysis of Louis' wider significance in history and the surrounding historiography. A narrative account of Louis' life, this study proposes that the ...

Ecological economics and industrial ecology

a case study of the integrated product policy of the European Union

Holistic in approach and rooted in the real world, "Ecological Economics and Industrial Ecology" presents a new way of looking at environmental policy; exploring the relationship between ecological economics and industrial ecology. Concentrating on the conceptual background of ecological economics and industrial ecology, this book ...

Growth, distribution and innovations

understanding their interrelations

Presenting an idea for those studying advanced macroeconomic and written by a widely published author, this book outlines a new and more fruitful way of understanding, analyzing and formally modelling economic growth. In his series of lectures, collected here in one concise and engaging book ...

Nations matter

culture, history, and the cosmopolitan dream

Craig Calhoun re-examines nationalism in light of post-1989 enthusiasm for globalization and the new anxieties of the twenty-first century. Nations Matter argues that pursuing a purely postnational politics is premature at best and possibly dangerous. This book is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students ...

India

the ancient past: a history of the indian sub-continent from c. 7000 BC to AD 1200

This carefully crafted study presents the fascinating story of the development and establishment of India's culture and civilization from early pre-history through to the early second millennium. Encompassing topics such as Harappan Civilization, the rise of Hindu culture, the influx of Islam in the ...

The international monetary fund

politics of conditional lending

This is an ideal book for students who need a clear and concise introduction to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and an overview of its debates and controversies. Where did the IMF come from? What does it do? Why do so many governments participate in ...

The economics of small firms

an introduction

Student-friendly in style and international in scope and relevance, this book provides an accessible introduction to the economics of small business for those with little knowledge of economics. Economics, alongside other disciplines and interacting with them, has some important insights to offer and it is ...

Understanding emerging markets

China and India

Emerging markets (Ems) are the focus of increasing interest in the field of international business, as they provide significant challenges and great opportunities. Focusing on the dynamics of emerging markets, this informative book provides an academically rigorous yet business- oriented analysis of the key issues ...

Warfare, State and society on the Black Sea steppe, 1500-1700

This crucial period in Russia's history has, up until now, been neglected by historians, but here Brian L. Davies's study provides an essential insight into the emergence of Russia as a great power. For nearly three centuries, Russia vied with the Crimean Khanate ...

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

This is a much-needed new examination of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), fully covering its history and current activities. Ian Taylor and Karen Smith present a clear overview to an organization that is at times overlooked and seen to belong to ...

China stands up

the PRC and the international system

In 1949 Mao Zedong made the historic proclamation that "the Chinese people have stood up". This statement was significant, undoubtedly reflecting the changing nature not only of China's self-perception, but also of its relationship with the rest of the world. In terms of reducing ...

Ritual texts for the afterlife

Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets

Fascinating texts written on small gold tablets that were deposited in graves provide a unique source of information about what some Greeks and Romans believed regarding the fate that awaited them after death, and how they could influence it. These texts, dating from the late ...

Globalization and everyday life

"Globalization and Everyday Life" provides an accessible account of globalization by developing two themes in particular. First, globalization is an outcome of structural and cultural processes that manifest in different ways in economy, politics, culture and organizations. So the globalized world is increasingly heterogeneous, unequal ...

Rawls

In this superb introduction, Samuel Freeman introduces and assesses the main topics of Rawls' philosophy. Starting with a brief biography and charting the influences on Rawls' early thinking, he goes on to discuss the heart of Rawls' philosophy: his principles of justice and their practical ...