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Value-based Leadership in public professions

A brand new text that examines the latest thinking in values-based leadership in the public sector. Assuming no prior knowledge, it draws on the experience of the UK, Europe, Australia and the USA to present students with an invaluable account of public sector management and ...

Comparative political economy of work

An edited book in the Critical Perspectives on Work and Employment series associated with the annual International Labour Process Conference. The book focuses on comparative work and employment relations research conducted within a broader political economy framework. Written by leading academics, it contains cutting-edge research.

The craft beer revolution

how a band of microbrewers is transforming the world's favorite drink

Over the past 40 years craft-brewed beer has exploded in growth. In 1980, a handful of "microbrewery" pioneers launched a revolution that would challenge the dominance of the national brands, Budweiser, Coors, and Miller, and change the way Americans think about, and drink, beer. Today ...

Understanding the risk society

crime, security and justice

In this penetrating account of the impacts of risk on everyday life, Gabe Mythen provides a theoretically informed overview of the regulation of crime and security in a globalized world. By explicating the relationships between risk and crime, security and justice, the text applies risk ...

Border insecurity

why big money, fences, and drones aren't making us safe

When confronted with the challenges of border security and illegal immigration, government officials are fond of saying that our borders have never been as safe and secure as they are now. But ranchers in the borderlands of Arizona and Texas fear for their lands, their ...

The supermodel and the brillo box

back stories and peculiar economics from the world of contemporary art

Acquiring contemporary art is about passion and lust, but it is also about branding, about the back story that comes with the art, about the relationship of money and status, and, sometimes, about celebrity. The Supermodel and the Brillo Box follows Don Thompson's 2008 ...

The financial crisis and federal reserve policy

Written for the motivated non-specialist, this fully revised and updated edition of The Financial Crisis and Federal Reserve Policy provides the most accurate and thorough coverage available of the causes and consequences of the 2008 Financial Crisis, examining the role the Federal Reserve played in ...

Environmental Law from the policy perspective

understanding how legal frameworks influence environmental problem solving

Most books on environment law focus on the law first, and then look at how environmental problems are dealt with in relation to the law. Taking a fresh approach, Environmental Law from the Policy Perspective: Understanding How Legal Frameworks Influence Environmental Problem Solving examines environmental ...

State of crisis

Today we hear much talk of crisis and comparisons are often made with the Great Depression of the 1930s, but there is a crucial difference that sets our current malaise apart from the 1930s: today we no longer trust in the capacity of the state ...

The foundations of natural morality

on the compatibility of natural rights and the natural Law

Recent years have seen a renaissance of interest in the relationship between natural law and natural rights. During this time, the concept of natural rights has served as a conceptual lightning rod, either strengthening or severing the bond between traditional natural law and contemporary human ...

Nuclear strategy in the Modern Era

regional powers and international conflict

The world is in a second nuclear age in which regional powers play an increasingly prominent role. These states have small nuclear arsenals, often face multiple active conflicts, and sometimes have weak institutions. How do these nuclear states--and potential future ones--manage their nuclear forces and ...

Rethinking capitalist development

primitive accumulation, governmentality and post-colonial capitalism

In this book, Kalyan Sanyal reviews the traditional notion of capitalism and propounds an original theory of capitalist development in the post-colonial context. In order to substantiate his theory, concepts such as primitive accumulation, governmentality and post-colonial capitalist formation are discussed in detail. Analyzing critical ...

Global economic issues and policies

This introduction to all aspects of international economics, public policy, business, and finance is the clearest guide available to the economics of the world we live in. Written in a highly engaging style, packed full of up-to-the minute, real-world case studies and pitched at an ...

Beginning Human Rights Law

Whether you're new to higher education, coming to legal study for the first time or just wondering what Human Rights Law is all about, Beginning Human Rights Law is the ideal introduction to help you hit the ground running. Starting with the basics and ...

Theories of international relations

This book is a comprehensive guide to theories of International Relations (IR). Given the limitations of a paradigm-based approach, it sheds light on eighteen theories and new theoretical perspectives in IR by examining the work of key reference theorists. The chapters are all written to ...

El libro de las camas

En este maravilloso poema Sylvia Plath nos ofrece un amplísimo catálogo de camas cuyos usos trascienden lo convencional: camas-submarino, con propulsores o dispensadores de aperitivos, catres de bolsillo que han de regarse para que adopten el tamaño apropiado o que descansan sobre el lomo de ...

La otra cara de la Luna

Este libro forma parte de un amplio proyecto concebido por su autor, el Dr. Álvaro Uribe Rueda, y que precede un texto anterior tirulado "Bizancio, el dique iluminado", que reflexiona acerca de la concepción mística del universalismo, las raíces judías y helénicas, y la herencia ...

Obrar mal, decir la verdad

la función de la confesión en la justicia

Invitado por la Escuela de Criminología de la Universidad Católica de Lovaina, en 1981 Michel Foucault dicta las seis clases del curso Obrar mal, decir la verdad. Función de la confesión en la justicia, en un contexto marcado por los debates entre abolicionistas y partidarios ...

Lógica del Derecho

La jurisprudencia actual significación especial a las decisiones que tienen en cuenta las situaciones reales, aunque no por esto quedan liberadas de las leyes de la lógica. Sólo mediante el respeto por dichas leyes es posible sistematizar el derecho y perfeccionar su lenguaje. La lógica ...

Introducción al pensamiento jurídico

Los elementos y factores que se analizan se observan desde la perspectiva de la filosofía jurídica alemana. El desarrollo y exposición de temas como cuál es el sentido de la proposición jurídica, cómo obtener juicios jurídicos completos y abstractos, así como cuáles son las tareas ...