Central / national / federal government policies Books

Over the past five years Europe has continued its growth towards closer financial ties and economic integration. Through specific policies on subfields including agriculture, trade, competition, banking and economic governance the economic fortunes of...

This book aims to tackle the issues that are central to understanding and addressing one of the most important employment policy problems facing governments in the UK and beyond: the high number of people of working age claiming 'disability' or...

This book examines EU discourses on Turkey in the European Commission, European Parliament and three EU member states (France, Germany and Britain), to reveal the discursive construction of European identity through EU representations of Turkey. Based on...

This book argues that although labor market needs have been an important element in the development of immigration policy, they have been filtered through a political process: the politics of immigration. It is this process that drives immigration policy...

Buck shines a new light on China's transition to capitalism by focusing on and analyzing the development of networks between the urban and rural factories that have produced the regional economy of greater Shanghai. These networks have incorporated...

Since its appearance in the United States, AIDS has been called a plague. Yet when we view AIDS in the cultural context of other diseases named as plagues throughout history, it reveals that many diseases become plagues because they are associated with...

Leading scholars investigate media policies in Europe, inquiring into the regulatory practices, policy tools and institutional features of media policy-making in 14 countries. The book offers a fresh assessment of the ways European media policies are...

The spread of the immigration points system worldwide shows that policymaking is multidimensional and interdependent. This book examines states' pursuit of global talent and the globalization of the "points system." It accounts for this pattern as a...

Taxation and Society in Twentieth-Century Argentina provides a historical narrative of the Argentine tax system in the twentieth century. In the 1930s the Argentine system was reformed and modernized and progressive levies were introduced. The new tax...

While the rest of the world was mired in the Great Recession, the economies of Brazil, China, and India stood out for their resilience. Yet these societies did not merely hold their ground. In this volume, leading China scholars from multiple disciplines...

How can we understand consumption in a region known for its cultural richness and vast inequalities? What do Latin Americans consume, and why? Examining topics from tango and samba to sex workers in Costa Rica, from eating tamales to selling ice in the...

"New Political Spaces in Latin American Natural Resource Governance takes a new look at an essential theme for Latin America's social and economic development: how natural resources are governed and struggled over. It questions the idea that the...

This book is a somewhat unusual depiction of a difficult policy issue. It transcends almost all boundaries because of its constant change and its movement across many different participants.It was found attached to a range of policy topics, methodologies...

The rise of extremist ideologies and the spread of radicalisation have emerged as critical challenges for governments and societies around the world. The use of violence to achieve political or ideological goals has resulted in tragic consequences, and...

This publication explores how data from ships' Automatic Identification System (AIS) can be used to produce near real-time, granular statistics for analyzing maritime activities and detecting disruptions to port operations. Recent global supply chain...

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2009 in the subject Business economics - Economic Policy, grade: A, Northcentral University (School of Business), course: Special Topics in Business and Technology Management, language: English, abstract: This...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich BWL - Wirtschaftspolitik, Note: 1,0, Universität Kassel, Veranstaltung: Ausgewählte Probleme der Finanztheorie und Finanzpolitik, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Von den Medien erfährt Schwarzarbeit eine...

Magisterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich BWL - Wirtschaftspolitik, Note: 1,3, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Institut für Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die 32 Jahre der auf Wirtschaftswachstum konzentrierten...

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich BWL - Wirtschaftspolitik, Note: 1,3, Universität Leipzig (Professur für Innovationsmanagement und Innovationsökonomik), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Zur Erhaltung und Stärkung der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit...

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich BWL - Wirtschaftspolitik, Note: 2,0, FernUniversität Hagen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser Arbeit werden die Wirkungsmechanismen von Interessengruppen in Deutschland und den USA beschrieben und vor den...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich BWL - Wirtschaftspolitik, Note: 2,7, Universität Hamburg (Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften Institut für Wirtschaftssysteme), Veranstaltung: Aktuelle Probleme der russischen Wirtschaftspolitik, Sprache:...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich BWL - Wirtschaftspolitik, Note: 1,0, Universität Kassel (Volkswirtschaftslehre), Veranstaltung: Ökonomische Theorie der Umweltpolitik, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der Handel mit Emissionszertifikaten wurde...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich BWL - Wirtschaftspolitik, Note: 1,3, Universität Hamburg (Lehrstuhls für Wirtschaftspolitik und Industrieökonomik), Veranstaltung: Seminar in Wirtschaftspolitik , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Am 17.09.2007...

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich BWL - Wirtschaftspolitik, Note: 2,3, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Professur für Volkswirtschaftslehre, insbes. Wirtschaftspolitik), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Europäische Union (EU) besteht seit...

This book seeks to bring out the various ways in which the Victorian age has left an imprint on political thought, be it in the multitudinous ways Victorian philosophers have been construed, have helped to fashion contemporary theory or informed ideology...

David Wastell knows the practice of public sector management, IT and information systems inside out. He explains the theory and research that underpin them lucidly. Even better, he can both analyse the dysfunctions of the current approach to public...

The different approaches to post-adjustment development economics are all examined in this study. The aim is to combine the critical reaction to structural adjustment with the new approaches of a number of schools of thought which seek to go further than...

“I’ve totally washed away the dream of having one more child.”“I had never intended to be a stay-at-home-parent, but the cost of child care turned me into one.”“We had to pull our toddler out of his program because we...

In our modern era, we like to congratulate ourselves for our sophistication, knowing that we have doubtless created a world that our feckless ancestors could never have imagined. Actually reading the works of those ancestors would disabuse us of any such...

Government and politics are two interrelated terms in social science. Government refers to a group of authorized people who exercise control over a country or state at a given time. Politics refers to the process used by the government to govern the...

Currency is the portion of the national money supply consisting of banknotes and government-issued paper money and coins that can be used as a medium of exchange in the economy. Central banks can sell the domestic currency to lower its value, called...

Over the past decade the notion of sustainability has emerged as a precept thathas been applied to government, commerce, the environment and technology.This volume will discuss how sustainability is reflected in economics, politicalscience and geography...

'Attitudinal change' in the context of economic reforms has been referred to in Rodrik and Subramanian (2005), DeLong (2003), Kohli (1989), and Panagariya (2004, 2008). This dissertation provides empirical support for this literature, establishing an...

“New Strategy, well done!” (General P. X. Kelley USMC [Ret]).“Nargele’s book is pure platinum that vividly describes the impact of Communist oppression on him and his family as WWII ended, and his journey to and through the Marine...

Local and international bankers gathered on Jekyll Island in November 1910 for a secret meeting that would have lasting consequences.The evil men drafted illegal legislation to control our entire banking system and economy. They also schemed to force...

The book ""Free Tobacco Bill: Hearings Held During The Fifty-Eighth And Fifty-Ninth Congresses On Bills For The Relief Of Tobacco Growers (1907)"" is a collection of transcripts from hearings held by subcommittees of the Finance Committee of the United...

""Essay On Civil Policy Or The Science Of Legislation"" is a book written by Charles Putt in 1830. The book provides a comprehensive analysis of the origin and nature of government, religion, laws, population, wealth, and happiness. Putt delves into the...

In diesem Buch wurden 40 Jahre Wirtschaftsreformprozess in China diskutiert: Von der Ausgangssituation bis zur schrittweisen Verbesserung der Marktwirtschaftsstruktur wird der neue Reformkurs vorgestellt und analysiert.

Madagascar is a poor country with very little power on the world stage. As a former French colony, Madagascar's wealth has often been viewed as available to others with more power to take and use as they please. This trend continues today; while its...

The underlying question in this work is related to the paradigmatic role of Prophet Muhammad and how this paradigm has been understood by both Jaspers and Sadr and why they have come to two different conclusions on this very pivotal issue and furthermore...

A brief history of southern racial politics, struggles for suffrage and the reengineering of America's Black vote.

This book features a lively debate between two prominent scholars-Michael A. Genovese and David Gray Adler-on the critical issue of whether the Constitution, written in the 18th Century, remains adequate to the national security challenges of our time...

In this book, Johnston argues that affirmation is not only encouragement or support, but also the primary mechanism we use to form our identities and create safe spaces. Using the work of feminist care ethics and the thinking of French philosopher Henri...

This book, through an analysis of 49,355 high value public procurement contracts awarded between 2004 and 2011, provides systematic evidence on favoritism in public procurement in Turkey. Public procurement is one of the main areas where the government...

This book is an examination of the manner in which American presidents respond to pandemics and other public health crises. Skidmore argues that presidential performance in dealing with emergencies and pandemics varies, but those who are informed,...