Ronaldo Munck examines how globalization has created a new global working class and suggests that we are at the beginning of a new era for workers and their organizations, in which they will begin to impact decisively on the new global order that they have helped to create.
This short book introduces the field of bounded rationality, fundamental to understanding how economic decisions are made, to a beginning readership in economics.
A critical introduction to the complex world of the credit rating industry: how it works, how it has evolved, the role it played in the financial crisis, and how it is regulated.
An engaging and rigorous introduction and synthesis for students and the general reader looking to understand what’s at stake when the rewards of capitalism are distributed unjustly.
What is the optimum size of government? And how does it relate to economic growth? Indeed, how do we measure it? This book explores the growing economic power of government across... Læs mere
A succinct introduction to the civil economy approach and its history, which draws on the rich Italian tradition of civic humanism and which places well-being, virtue and the common good alongside more familiar economic goals.
Financial investment in farming and agricultural production has been identified as one of the main causes of the so-called "global land rush". This book is a fascinating insight into the inner workings of the agri-focused asset management industry.
Ewen Cameron explores the political debate between unionism, liberalism, socialism and nationalism, and the changing political relationship between Scotland and the United Kingdom.
Provides an account of the philosophical and psychological theories in the British empiricist tradition that provoked some of the most radical changes in literary form between the eighteenth and the twentieth centuries.
Considers the possibilities for active citizenship within areas of broad concern in UK politics: young people and justice; parliaments with the people;... Læs mere
This volume considers the changing patterns of American thought and culture in its transition into the early 21st century.
An overview of the American documentary film