Policy studies increasingly focus on the role of ideas. It is not altogether a new insight that ideas matter in policy making, but it is a new phenomenon that it has become a dominant approach. This Ph.D. course offers a vide variety of theories and methods that theorize on how and under what...

In the last few decades, house prices have undergone major medium-run fluctuations in many industrialized economies. Boom-bust cycles in house prices, coupled with a substantial increase in household indebtedness, have drawn the attention of policymakers and academics towards the developments in...

Themes: - Evaluating the performance and accountability of the Third Sector - Social economy and solidarity-based economy: Alternative approaches to the Third Sector - Management and governance of the Third Sector: Theoretical and applied approaches - Social entrepreneurship and social...

In 2008, the World Retail Congress offers a compelling programme addressing the most pressing issues and challenges faced by the retail industry today.