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European Constitutionalism beyond Lisbon

Eds. Jan Wouters, Luc Verhey, Philipp Kiiver. As Europe's leaders seek to finally secure the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon after the Irish "no" vote, it is time to take a step back and review, in a broader perspective, the past decade of ...

Public finance and public choice

analytical perspectives

Public Finance and Public Choice provides a solid foundation in contemporary public economics, analysing different theoretical approaches and contextualising the theory with relevant and up-to-date examples. The authors have retained the focus on the public choice school of thought in this new edition and have ...

Finance, development, and the IMF

Eds. James M. Boughton, Domenico Lombardi. This book provides an assessment of the role of the International Monetary Fund in poor countries. In recent years, a large portion of the work of the IMF has focused on the economies of low- income countries by aiming ...

Central banks in the Age of the Euro

europeanization, convergence, and power

Eds. Kenneth Dyson, Martin Marcussen. Both studies of political power and Europeanization studies have tended to neglect central banks. As the age of the euro reaches its 10th anniversary, it is timely to reflect on what it means for central banks, which have been at ...

The division of wrongs

a historical comparative study

The common law, despite procedural divisions, has only ever had one class of civil wrongs. The civilians, by contrast, have typically split their law of wrongs in two, one group being called delicts and the other quasi-delicts. Yet this division, which originated in Roman law ...

Punishment and freedom

a liberal theory of penal justice

This book sets out a new understanding of the penal law of a liberal legal order. The prevalent view today is that the penal law is best understood from the standpoint of a moral theory concerning when it is fair to blame and censure an ...

Tha sages

Warren Buffett, George Soros, Paul Volcker, and the maelstrom of markets

A bestselling author examines the perspectives and principles of the three pillars of the financial world, as well as their judgements on the current crisis and the path to recovery. Throughout the violent financial disruptions of the past several years, three men have stood out ...

Enough

why the world's poorest starve in an Age of Plenty

This is a powerful indictment of the economic, political and social dynamics that perpetuate famine - and a powerful call for change - by a renowned "Wall Street Journal" team. For more than thirty years, humankind has known how to grow enough food to end chronic hunger ...

Revolutions in the Atlantic World

a comparative history

In the late eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries, revolutions transformed the British, French, and Spanish Atlantic worlds. During this time, colonial and indigenous people rioted and rebelled against their occupiers in violent pursuit of political liberty and economic opportunity, challenging time-honoured social and political structures on ...

Running for judge

the rising political, financial, and legal stakes of judicial elections

Ed. Matthew J. Streb. Across the US, races for judgeships are becoming more and more politically contested. As a result, several states and cities are now considering judicial election reform. "Running for Judge" examines the increasingly contentious judicial elections over the last twenty-five years by ...

Guns and butter

the economic causes and consequences of conflict

Ed. Gregory D. Hess. "Guns and Butter" examines the causes and consequences of war from a political economy perspective, taking as its premise that a consideration of the incentives and constraints faced by individuals and groups is paramount in understanding conflict decision making. The chapter ...

Themes of the American Civil War

the war between the states

Edited by Susan-Mary Grant and Brian Holden Reid. Themes of the American Civil War offers a timely and useful guide to this vast topic for a new generation of students. The volume provides a broad-ranging assessment of the causes, complexities, and consequences of America#s ...

Comparative fascist studies

new perspectives

Edited by Constantin Iordachi. Owing to its mass appeal, revolutionary and violent nature, strong political impact, and multiple reverberations in contemporary politics, fascism was one of the most complex, and hotly debated movements of the twentieth century. Comparative Fascist Studies: New Perspectives brings together some ...

Regional security

the capacity of international organizations

Regional organizations are an inescapable feature of global politics. Virtually, all countries in the world are members of at least one regional or other intergovernmental organization. Regional organizations have traditionally been formed around economic, political, or environmental objectives. However, over the last decades these organizations ...

The laws that shaped America

fifteen acts of Congress and their lasting impact

For better and sometimes for ill, Congress is a reflection of the aspirations, wants, and priorities of the American people. It reflects the kaleidoscope of special interests and unselfish service to others, of favors sought and sacrifices made. During each two-year session of Congress, thousands ...

The EU and the european security order

interfacing security actors

This book attempts to conceptualise EU action in the field of regional security. Drawing on constructivist theory, the framework of the book focuses on the meeting - or 'interface' - of actors, a situation reflecting the mutual construction of self, other and situation. The analytical framework applied ...

The Courts of Genocide

politics and the rule of Law in Rwanda and Arusha

"The Courts of Genocide" focuses on the judicial response to the genocide in Rwanda in order to address the search for justice following mass atrocities. The central concern of the book is how the politics of justice can get in the way of its administration ...

The origins of the Twenty-first Century

an essay on contemporary social and economic history

The object of this book is to explain - rather than simply narrate - the remarkable or rather unique set of events that constitute modern history from the Industrial Revolution to the beginnings of the twenty-first century. The complexity of the world and of the times in ...

The marginal productivity theory of distribution

a critical history

The Marginal Productivity Theory of Distribution (MPTD) claims that in a free-market economy the demand for a factor of production will depend upon its marginal product - where 'marginal product' is defined as the change in total product that is caused by, or that follows, the ...

The handbook of european welfare systems

Eds. Klaus Schubert, Simon Hegelich, Ursula Bazant. This book provides the first comprehensive information and detailed data on the welfare systems of all 27 EU member states and offers the reader an invaluable introduction and basis for comparative welfare research. The introductory chapter summarizes the ...