The book looks at the issues confronting the public sector in developing countries in an era of globalization and... Læs mere
Each year thousands of people die from bacteria resistant to antibiotics. Alternative drugs are urgently needed. A surprising ray of hope from... Læs mere
The Stability and Growth Pact provides for the systematic surveillance of the fiscal policies of 25 EU member states. On this basis, this book provides an overview... Læs mere
This book examines the impetuses for, and the features and outcomes of, economic reforms in Africa, using the case studies of seven... Læs mere
This volume studies the various aspects of the ICT revolution, with an analysis of firm-level determinants of productive efficiency and growth and the effects of internationalization and the completion of the European market.
This book provides a comprehensive analysis on the design of institutions for the new Europe. Addressing critical issues such as the appropriate... Læs mere
This volume addresses issues that have arisen in post-Gricean pragmatic theory. Among the specific topics covered are scalar implicatures, lexical semantics and pragmatics, indexicality,... Læs mere
Relative equality has been achieved in the public sectors of countries that are highly fragmented or those with ethnicity-sensitive policies, but not in... Læs mere
This collection sheds light on how cultural questions can be addressed through a dialogue between psychoanalytic clinical and academic traditions. With accessible... Læs mere
This book offers a new interpretation of political reform in Spain and its American empire in the second half of the Eighteenth... Læs mere
This book explores the rise of manufacturing through the beliefs and practices of key industrialists and their families, exploring how they represented the diverse possibilities for the organization of a new industrial society.
This collection explores the question of whether it is possible to re-concieve the catagory of trancendence from a feminist perspective. The contributors use... Læs mere