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Markets, planning and democracy : essays after the collapse of communism
Prychitko, David L. - 2002
The essays contained herein span over a decade and reflect David Prychitko's thinking about the role of the market system, and its relation to planning and democratic processes. The collection consists of previously published and unpublished articles written not only for economists but also for...
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Dissent and the failure of leadership
Banks, Stephen P. (contributor) - 2008
A timely discussion of dissent as a critical factor that differentiates leadership failures and successes. This book explores the vital but largely unrecognized connections between leadership and dissent. From interdisciplinary perspectives the author demonstrates dissent as a critical factor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851421
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Game theory and public policy
McCain, Roger A. - 2009
Game theory is useful in understanding collective human activity as the outcome of interactive decisions. In recent years it has become a more prominent aspect of research and applications in public policy disciplines such as economics, philosophy, management and political science, and in work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851647
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Liberalization and its consequences : a comparative perspective on Latin America and Eastern Europe
Love, Joseph LeRoy (contributor); Baer, Werner (contributor) - 2000
The essays in this volume describe, analyse and compare the achievements and the failures of societies that adopted market-based economies within a democratic polity after a long period of communist rule (Russia and Eastern Europe) or military authoritarianism (Latin America). Together, they...
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Transition and growth in post-communist countries : the ten-year experience
Orlowski, Lucjan T. (contributor) - 2001
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The Elgar companion to social economics
Davis, John Bryan (ed.); Dolfsma, Wilfred (ed.) - 2015 - 2nd ed
This comprehensive second edition of The Elgar Companion to Social Economics presents an overview of a dynamic and growing field in economics that emphasizes the key role that values play in the economy and in economic life. Social economics treats the economy and economics as being embedded in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850811
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The Elgar companion to social economics
Davis, John Bryan (contributor);  … - 2008
As this comprehensive Companion demonstrates, social economics is a dynamic and growing field that emphasizes the key role that values play in the economy and in economic life. Social economics treats the economy and economics as being embedded in the larger web of social and ethical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851593
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International handbook on the economics of corruption : Volume two
Rose-Ackerman, Susan (contributor);  … - 2011
A companion volume to the International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption published in 2006, the specially commissioned papers in Volume Two present some of the best policy-oriented research in the field. They stress the institutional roots of corruption and include new research on topics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851728
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Setting priorities for HIV/AIDS interventions : a cost-benefit approach
Brent, Robert J. - 2010
HIV/AIDS is much too complex a phenomenon to be understood only by reference to common sense and ethical codes. This book presents the cost-benefit analysis (CBA) framework in a well-researched and accessible manner to ensure that the most important considerations are recognized and incorporated
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Developments in social impact assessment
Vanclay, Frank - 2014
, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, pp. 59-77 -- O'Faircheallaigh, C. (1999), 'Making Social Impact Assessment count: A …: Conceptual and Methodological Advances, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, pp. 138-53 -- Owen … Advances, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, pp. 3-19 -- Young, N. and Matthews, R. (2007 …
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