Classical economics and modern theory

studies in long-period analysis

The following subject areas are covered in this book: * alternative interpretations of classical economists * new growth theory * the relationship between Sraffian theory and Von Neumann * the treatment of capital in neoclassical long-period theory. This book will be of great interest to those working in the ...

New international poverty reduction strategies

The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) launched a joint initiative at the end of 1999, stating that they intended to set the fight against poverty at the heart of their development policies. This book provides a critical analysis of the poverty reduction ...

Managing human resources in cross-border alliances

This title considers the growing importance of cross-border alliances, in particular international joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, which is a major business issue. It provides a detailed analysis of various aspects of alliances, including learning acquisition, the HR implications of mergers and the role of ...

European governance after Nice

The moral economy of welfare states

Britain and Germany compared

This text investigates why people are willing to support an institutional arrangement that realizes large-scale redistribution of wealth between social groups of society. Steffen Mau introduces the concept of "the moral economy" to show that acceptance of welfare exchanges rests on moral assumptions and ideas ...

International trade and developing countries

bargaining coalitions in GATT an WTO

This work provides a much-needed study of the bargaining coalitions of developing countries in the GATT and WTO. It traces, explains and theorises on the formation and achievements of coalitions from 1982 to the present day. Bargaining together in groups is common practice in international ...

Global institutions and development

framing the world?

The impact of multilateral institutions such as the World Bank and IMF have on development is hotly debated, but few doubt their power and influence. This study examines the concepts that have powerfully influenced development policy and more broadly looks at the role of ideas ...

Classical utilitarianism from Hume to Mill

This book presents a new interpretation of the principle of utility in moral and political theory based on the writings of the classical utilitarians from Hume to J.S. Mill. Discussion of utility in writers such as Adam Smith, William Paley and Jeremy Bentham are ...

La revolución romántica

poéticas, estéticas, ideologías

Ese complejo conjunto de fenómenos que hace ya casi dos siglos transformó la estructura y las bases mismas en que se sustentaba la vieja tradición occidental no fue sólo una apuesta por la libertad en todos los ámbitos de la vida y del arte. Fue ...

Business Turnaround and Bankruptcy

Recent economic downturns has transformed the American dream of owning a business into a virtual nightmare for many American business owners who are experiencing serious financial troubles. Filled with strategies, explanations, forms, worksheets, and a comprehensive glossary of terms, The Business Turnaround and Bankruptcy Kit ...

Sistema español de indicadores ambientales de turismo. Spanish system of environmental tourism indicators

Programa LIFE-medio ambiente de la Unión Europea

acciones financiadas en España

Favores e intereses

política de clientelas y cultura electoral en Almería: 1903-1923

Reformation and revolt in the Low Countries

Droit européen du travail

Cancionero de estudiantes de la tuna

el cantar estudiantil, de la edad media al siglo XX

Los cantares univeritarios nacen con la aparición del propio Estudio General, y esa vinculación del folclore con la actividad universitaria no se ha interrumpido nunca. Lo que no ha sido óbice para que el tema sa haya soslayado una y otra vez, como si careciera ...

Open economy macrodynamics

an integrated disequilibrium approach

In the first part of this book, we treat interacting and small open economies. We do this from an historical perspective, starting from the Classical model of the gold standard and the specie-flow mechanism and aim to show there that the Dornbusch IS-LM-PC approach, with ...

Cuentos de amor

y otros cuentos anarquistas en la Revista Blanca 1898-1905

Money demand in Europe

an empirical approach

The EURO has now been in place for more than two years, but only the future will tell if the ECB can manage the EURO currency in the long- term. This book discusses the economic principals underlying the demand for money, and the possibilities to ...

La novela naturalista hispanoamericana

evolución y direcciones de un proceso narrativo

Este libro aborda una época clave en la historia de la novela hispanoamericana, la del naturalismo, eclipsada durante largo tiempo en la historiografía literaria debido en parte a la decisiva influencia alcanzada por el romanticismo sobre la literatura posterior y en parte al deslumbramiento que ...