The first comparative study of the politics of policy innovation in the field of unemployment. The contributors provide a thorough and lucid analysis of past government failures, and look to possible future strategies

The agroecological transition promoted worldwide is supported by the European Union Common Agricultural Policy towards different strategies and policy tools. The agri-environmental schemes, offering farmers the possibility to adopt environment-friendly practices (thus mitigating negative...

The declining U.S. national saving rate has prompted economists and policymakers to ask, should the federal government encourage household saving, and if so, through which policies? In order to better understand saving programs, this volume provides a systematic and detailed description of...

Utilizing research from the U.S., Italy, and the Netherlands, Place, Exclusion and Mortgage Markets presents an in depth examination of the practice of redlining and the broader implications of contemporary urban exclusion processes. Covers exclusion in mortgage markets in three different...

Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the15th International Conference on Metal Forming 2014, September 21-24, 2014, Palermo, Italy . The 159 papers are grouped as follows: 1. COATINGS AND SURFACES, 2. EXTRUSION AND DRAWING, 3. FORGING, 4. FORMABILITY, 5. INCREMENTAL FORMING, 6....