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Contemporary Tourism Reviews Volume 1 - Volume 1 (Hardcover): Chris Cooper Contemporary Tourism Reviews Volume 1 - Volume 1 (Hardcover)
Chris Cooper
R3,328 Discovery Miles 33 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

* State of the art reviews of sub fields of tourism - must-have information by experts in their field; * Each review is a multi-dimensional 'one-stop shop' of information, equipping the reader with all they need to learn about each topic, saving valuable research time; * Each review is available for purchase as an individual download from www.goodfellowpublishers.com/CTR and includes hyperlinks and interactive web features. Contemporary Tourism Review volume 1 is the first in the series of annual publications. Containing 10 reviews, each provides critical, state of the art and authoritative coverage of the sub-fields and related topics of tourism, written by leading thinkers and academics in the field. Each review is analytical, readable and sometimes controversial account of the development of the literature in each sub-field of tourism. They cover the development of the field - the key milestones, literature, events and writers to deliver the reader with the current state of the art and a clear legible map of the field, emerging issues and a future focussed agenda as well as an extensive reference list. Each review is also available as a separate download from the CTR website at www.goodfellowpublishers.com/CTR for GBP7.99 (plus VAT). Each page is packed with links to original sources of information, sites, journals and books and with a complete glossary of terms, saving the reader valuable research time. The Contemporary Tourism Reviews series is designed for students who need support in the production of their assignments, dissertations and theses by providing state of the art reviews of sub fields of tourism. It is also an essential reference for academics who will expect to be kept abreast of disciplinary areas outside of their own specific domains of expertise for both research and teaching purposes. Edited by Chris Cooper, Pro Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculty of Business at Oxford Brookes University. He has more than twenty-five years experience in the tourism sector, beginning his career in market planning and research with the UK's largest tour operator, Thomson Travel, and he has since worked as a researcher and teacher in every region of the world. Today, Professor Cooper works with international agencies in tourism research and education, such as the European Union, the International Labour Organization, the OECD and ASEAN but primarily with the UN World Tourism Organization where he held the Chair of the UNWTO's Education and Science Council from 2005 - 2007.

The Itinerant Economist - Memoirs of a Dismal Scientist (Paperback): Russell Jones The Itinerant Economist - Memoirs of a Dismal Scientist (Paperback)
Russell Jones
R482 Discovery Miles 4 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Economists and bankers have long been much maligned individuals; but never more so than in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis. Working as an economist for various financial institutions, for more than 25 years Russell Jones had a foot in both camps, plying his trade in a number of global financial centres and points in between, and experiencing at first hand the extraordinary ebb and flow of an industry that came to exert a disproportionate influence on the lives of almost everyone on the planet. In the process, he met some remarkable people, witnessed dramatic shifts in the balance of global economic and political power, explored in detail the labyrinthine complexities involved in managing modern day macroeconomies, and observed all the arrogance, hubris and day-to-day absurdities of an industry that was in effect allowed to run out of control. It was quite a ride. And not one without its moments of pathos and humour.

How to Get a Raise This Week - With or Without Your Boss's Permission (Hardcover): Ryan Shaffer How to Get a Raise This Week - With or Without Your Boss's Permission (Hardcover)
Ryan Shaffer
R705 Discovery Miles 7 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

What Employers Won't Tell You About Today's Economy
The face of business is changing. Are you adapting along with it?
Do you find yourself frustrated by your current financial situation? Are you tired of not making what you deserve and annoyed with not having better options?
You're not alone. Every day millions of Americans wake up in the same situation: same job, same bills, same treadmill. . .and no way off it. It's time to change that.
Whether you want to increase your take-home pay or learn how to create standalone income on the side, "How to Get a Raise This Week: With or Without Your Boss's Permission "will teach you secrets the wealthy know---and why they're so eager to hold onto them
"How to Get a Raise This Week: With or Without Your Boss's Permission "exposes the hidden barriers between the average and those who build long-term wealth. It will highlight what they know that you don't, and exactly what you can do to change your financial status. Learning these secrets transformed the author's income. It will do the same for you.
This step-by-step guide teaches:
* How to determine exactly what you'll need for retirement
* The #1 difference between the wealthy and everyone else
* Why the rules of personal finance have changed, while many people are still stuck in outdated thinking
* Why most people don't make the kind of money they want and never will
* One thing virtually every employee overlooks--and what it says to your employer
* An easy method for cutting everyday expenses by up to 33 percent
* Why you're investing in all the wrong things
* Which industry is creating more millionaires than entertainment and professional sports combined--and how you can be a part of it
In "How to Get a Raise This Week," business owner and entrepreneur Ryan Shaffer provides an innovative approach to a widespread problem with answers anyone can utilize regardless of their current monetary or labor situation. That means you keep more of your income---instead of the folks in Washington.

Strategic Event Creation (Paperback): Liz Sharples, Philip Crowther, Daryl May, Chiara Orefice Strategic Event Creation (Paperback)
Liz Sharples, Philip Crowther, Daryl May, Chiara Orefice
R1,164 Discovery Miles 11 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Changes in the wider environment have triggered a new normal for event creation. Heightened attendee expectations, a keener focus upon the return required by funders and wider stakeholders, and, of course, an ever more competitive event marketplace. Couple these with CSR, social media, globalisation and technology and the reasons event creation is now a strategic and multilayered responsibility are clear. Strategic Event Creation is the contemporary textbook that recognises and articulates this changed reality for students and professionals. It moves away from an older paradigm of simply 'making events work' and managing inputs to show a sector that now needs to be: outcome obsessed, stakeholder centric, strategically focused and driven by strategically aware reflective professionals. This text is based on a carefully designed framework which- * Delivers a clear overview of the key principles * Integrates theory with industry voices, cases and the practitioner perspective * Uses the lens of outcomes to anchor the role of inputs/processes/decisions/budgets * Delivers clear learning summaries and highlights key questions for reflection The broadly based and experienced author team are widely engaged with the events industry whose voice and insights inform the book throughout. It is designed to move students and professionals beyond event organising to strategic event creation. As the event industry has progressed effective event operations become a prerequisite to exist rather than a recipe to succeed. It will be an essential text for students studying Events, Festival, Conference and Exhibition Management at all levels, and also of significant use to a wide range of students in Tourism, Hospitality and Marketing. The practical 'real world' perspective means that it can help venue managers, event creators (across many areas), experiential marketing professionals and conference / training managers gain a broader understanding of the business context in which they are competing.

Niche News - The Politics of News Choice (Hardcover, New): Natalie Jomini Stroud Niche News - The Politics of News Choice (Hardcover, New)
Natalie Jomini Stroud
R2,026 Discovery Miles 20 260 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Fox News, MSNBC, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Rush Limbaugh Show, National Public Radio - a list of available political media sources could continue without any apparent end. This book investigates how people navigate these choices. It asks whether people are using media sources that express political views matching their own, a behavior known as partisan selective exposure. By looking at newspaper, cable news, news magazine, talk radio, and political website use, this book offers the most comprehensive look to-date at the extent to which partisanship influences our media selections. Using data from numerous surveys and experiments, the results provide broad evidence about the connection between partisanship and news choices. This book also examines who seeks out likeminded media and why they do it. Perceptions of partisan biases in the media vary - sources that seem quite biased to some don't seem so biased to others. These perceptual differences provide insight into why some people select politically likeminded media - a phenomenon that is democratically consequential. On one hand, citizens may become increasingly divided from using media that coheres with their political beliefs. In this way, partisan selective exposure may result in a more fragmented and polarized public. On the other hand, partisan selective exposure may encourage participation and understanding. Likeminded partisan information may inspire citizens to participate in politics and help them to organize their political thinking. But, ultimately, the partisan use of niche news has some troubling effects. It is vital that we think carefully about the implications both for the conduct of media research and, more broadly, for the progress of democracy.

The BRIC Road to Growth (Paperback): Jim O'Neill The BRIC Road to Growth (Paperback)
Jim O'Neill
R304 Discovery Miles 3 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The idea that Brazil, Russia, India and China (The 'BRICs') are the economic stars of our times is now widely accepted. Jim O'Neill now introduces us to four new rising stars in the economic firmament: the 'MINT' countries (Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey). However, the struggling 'old' developed nations have still not adjusted to the challenges posed by the new world order. This book looks closely at the role of China in this new order, and in particular at its influential role in Africa where more nations are beginning to emerge as significant economic players to be reckoned with. What is the scale of South-South trade and, crucially, how is this new aspect of globalization being accommodated in global economic governance? How should the world engage with the new economic powerhouses?

Researching Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality For Your Dissertation (Paperback): Peter Mason Researching Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality For Your Dissertation (Paperback)
Peter Mason
R1,162 Discovery Miles 11 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Research methods can be a daunting topic - Researching Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality for your Dissertation is a unique text that takes away the stress, worry and confusion by providing a step-by-step, user friendly guide to all you need to know to successfully research and compile your dissertation. Researching Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality for your Dissertation provides a discussion of quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods approaches, looking at key differences and similarities. A critical evaluation of these different research approaches is provided and, importantly, a discussion on selecting the appropriate approach(es) for your dissertation, including a discussion and evaluation of mixed methods research. It takes the reader from the initial idea and topics, through to lit reviews, methodology, presenting and analysing results and successfully making conclusions. Unlike other texts available, the text includes case studies based on the author's own research to demonstrate different research approaches and techniques, providing an opportunity for criticism and a discussion on 'learning from mistakes.' Divided into 7 chapters Researching Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality for your Dissertation discusses: * Developing your research topic - including the ethics statement; * Literature review - how to do it and how to get the most from it; * Methodology - which approach (es) are most suitable, with clear links between ontology, epistemology and methodology and how these concepts relate to the actual dissertation; * Presenting Results - how this can be done clearly and coherently * Analysing and Discussing Results - whether they are qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods; * Conclusions: your findings, your limitations and your recommendations. A must-have text for all students on how best to conduct research, compile your findings and to present them in the resulting dissertation. Peter Mason is Professor of Tourism Management, Bedfordshire University, Visiting Professor of Tourism, London South Bank University and has a fractional position as Lecturer, London Metropolitan University.

Understanding and Managing Diversity - Readings, Cases, and Exercises (Paperback, 6th edition): Carol Harvey, M.June Allard Understanding and Managing Diversity - Readings, Cases, and Exercises (Paperback, 6th edition)
Carol Harvey, M.June Allard
R4,683 Discovery Miles 46 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"For undergraduate and graduate courses in human resources."
A diverse approach to understanding and managing diversity.
"Understanding and Managing Diversity" uses applications to clarify the complexity of a diverse workforce, and explains how it can be used as an organizational asset. This text also provides students with a wide range of expertise--from the perspective of experienced interdisciplinary instructors (business, psychology, economics, theology, law, politics, history, etc.) to practitioners (diversity trainers, corporate managers, etc.).
Teaching and Learning Experience
This program will provide a better teaching and learning experience-for you and your students. Here's how:
Provide Students with an Accessible Format: Information is presented in a logical succession to help students learn that is in a way accessible to them.Present New and Timely Diversity Topics: Topics include Racial Identity, Work-Life Balance, Diversity Leadership, and Workplace Communication.Stimulate Critical Thinking about Managing Diversity A Best Practices feature provides examples of successful innovations.

The Political Economy of Automotive Industrialization in East Asia (Hardcover): Richard F. Doner, Gregory W. Noble, John... The Political Economy of Automotive Industrialization in East Asia (Hardcover)
Richard F. Doner, Gregory W. Noble, John Ravenhill
R2,562 Discovery Miles 25 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

East Asia is a powerhouse of automobile production. Yet, across the region, national automobile industries have had strikingly different patterns of development. Despite starting from equally low levels of performance and initially similar strategies, countries have experienced vastly different results. From Thailand's success as an assembly hub for foreign automakers and China's unexpected achievements in building its own car industry, to South Korea's impressive development of an integrated industry, to the Philippines' persistent weakness, these divergent paths offer a fascinating window into the determinants of economic growth. The Political Economy of Automotive Industrialization in East Asia provides a political explanation for why development strategies and performance have been so uneven within one of the world's most important regions. Utilizing interviews and original-language research from multiple nations, this book explains that factors such as market size and neoclassical economic policies alone cannot explain these patterns of development. Richard F. Doner, Gregory W. Noble, and John Ravenhill instead highlight the significance of two sets of factors: countries' very different capabilities for implementing policies and the political forces that help to explain the emergence of effective institutions. Through cross-national analyses of China, Taiwan, South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand, the book sets up a clear structure for understanding industrial development and how it enables or constrains the capabilities of domestic firms. Brief comparisons with Brazil, Mexico, and other developing countries confirm the utility of the analytic framework and demonstrate how it is superior both to accounts in mainstream economics and much of political science, which fail to give sufficient emphasis to the role of public and public-private institutions, or provide an explanation of the political bases of those institutions. In a world where auto assemblers and suppliers are facing new challenges in an ever-evolving industry-such as the transition to electric and autonomous vehicles-this book offers a crucial perspective on the centrality of institutional capacities and political economy. By tracing the divergent trajectories of seven nations, The Political Economy of Automotive Industrialization in East Asia offers lessons beyond the automobile industry that illustrate the broader importance of institutions to economic growth.

Media Ownership and Concentration in America (Hardcover, New): Eli M. Noam Media Ownership and Concentration in America (Hardcover, New)
Eli M. Noam
R3,937 Discovery Miles 39 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The concentration of private power over media has been the subject of intense public debate around the world. Critics have long feared waves of mergers creating a handful of large media firms that would hold sway over public opinion and endanger democracy and innovation. But others believe with equal fervor that the Internet and deregulation have opened the media landscape significantly. How concentrated has the American information sector really become? What are the facts about American media ownership? In this contentious environment, Eli Noam provides a comprehensive and balanced survey of media concentration with a methodical, scientific approach. He assembles a wealth of data from the last 25 years about mass media such as radio, television, film, music, and print publishing, as well as the Internet, telecommunications, and media-related information technology. After examining 100 separate media and network industries in detail, Noam provides a powerful summary and analysis of concentration trends across industries and major media sectors. He also looks at local media power, vertical concentration, and the changing nature of media ownership through financial institutions and private equity. The results reveal a reality much more complex than the one painted by advocates on either side of the debate. They show a dynamic system that fluctuates around long-term concentration trends driven by changing economics and technology. Media Ownership and Concentration in America will be essential reading and a trove of information for scholars and students in media, telecommunications, IT, economics, and the history of business, as well as media industry professionals, business researchers, and policy makers around the world. Critics and defenders of media trends alike will find much that confirms and refutes their world view. But the next round of their debate will be shaped by the facts presented in this book.

Student Solutions Manual for Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives (Paperback, 9th edition): John Hull Student Solutions Manual for Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives (Paperback, 9th edition)
John Hull
R2,914 Discovery Miles 29 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This text represents how academia and real-world practice have come together with a common respect and focus of theory and practice. It provides a unifying approach to the valuation of all derivatives. This popular course text is considered to be the bible by practitioners.

Conflicts of Interest and the Future of Medicine - The United States, France, and Japan (Hardcover, New): Marc A. Rodwin Conflicts of Interest and the Future of Medicine - The United States, France, and Japan (Hardcover, New)
Marc A. Rodwin
R1,363 Discovery Miles 13 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

As most Americans know, conflicts of interest riddle the US health care system. They result from physicians practicing medicine as entrepreneurs, from physicians' ties to pharma, and from investor-owned firms and insurers' influence over physicians' medial choices. These conflicts raise questions about physicians' loyalty to their patients and their professional and economic independence. The consequences of such conflicts of interest are often devastating for the patients--and society--stuck in the middle.
In Conflicts of Interest and the Future of Medicine, Marc Rodwin examines the development of these conflicts in the US, France, and Japan. He shows that national differences in the organization of medical practice and the interplay of organized medicine, the market, and the state give rise to variations in the type and prevalence of such conflicts. He then analyzes the strategies that each nation employs to cope with them.
Unfortunately, many proposals to address physicians' conflicts of interest do not offer solutions that stick. But drawing on the experiences of these three nations, Rodwin demonstrates that we can mitigate these problems with carefully planned reform and regulation. He examines a range of measures that can be taken in the private and public sector to preserve medical professionalism--and concludes that there just might be more than one prescription to this seemingly incurable malady.

Facebook (Fold-out book or chart, 2nd Second Edition, Revised ed.): Dana Kilroy Facebook (Fold-out book or chart, 2nd Second Edition, Revised ed.)
Dana Kilroy
R232 Discovery Miles 2 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Knowing how to use Facebook to network and market yourself or your business gives a single person unlimited potential for reaching over 1 billion users in 60 countries. This tool will show you how to manage the marketing on your personal profile and business pages. Authored by an expert and consultant in cutting edge marketing strategies, this well-rounded guide will immediately change the way you use Facebook and the way you market your business. 6-page laminated guide includes: Profile vs. Page Your Personal Facebook Profile Networking How Facebook Can Benefit Businesses & Brands Your Business's Facebook Page Facebook Advertising Options Creating Calls to Action on Your Page How to Manage a Page with Multiple Admins How to Schedule Posts Facebook Apps Contests & Promotions Incorporate Facebook into Your Overall Marketing Strategy Helpful Resources within Facebook

Ruling Ideas - How Global Neoliberalism Goes Local (Hardcover): Cornel Ban Ruling Ideas - How Global Neoliberalism Goes Local (Hardcover)
Cornel Ban
R3,887 Discovery Miles 38 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Neoliberal economic theories are powerful because their domestic translators make them go local, hybridizing global scripts with local ideas. This does not mean that all local translations shape policy, however. External constraints and translators' access to cohesive policy institutions filter what kind of neoliberal hybrids become policy reality. By comparing the moderate neoliberalism that prevails in Spain with the more radical one that shapes policy thinking in Romania, Ruling Ideas explains why neoliberal hybrids take the forms that they do and how they survive crises. Cornel Ban contributes to the literature by showing that these different varieties of neoliberalism depend on what competing ideas are available locally, on the networks of actors who serve as the local advocates of neoliberalism, and on their vulnerability to external coercion. Ruling Ideas covers an extended historical period, starting with the Franco period in Spain and the Ceausescu period in Romania, discusses the economic integration of these countries into the EU, and continues through Europe's Great Recession and the European debt crisis. The broad historical coverage enables a careful analysis of how neoliberalism rules in times of stability and crisis and under different political systems.

Developing Management Skills - A Comprehensive Guide for Leaders (Paperback, 5th edition): James Carlopio, Graham Andrewartha,... Developing Management Skills - A Comprehensive Guide for Leaders (Paperback, 5th edition)
James Carlopio, Graham Andrewartha, David A. Whetten, Kim S. Cameron
R2,670 Discovery Miles 26 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Leading With Wisdom - Reimagining The Future Of Leadership (Paperback): Rishad Ahmed Leading With Wisdom - Reimagining The Future Of Leadership (Paperback)
Rishad Ahmed
R350 R275 Discovery Miles 2 750 Save R75 (21%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Leading with Wisdom is a vital guide for leaders, creators and seekers asking the defining question of our time: What does it mean to be human?

In an era drowning in information yet starved of wisdom, this book argues that the most powerful technology we possess is not artificial, but human. Leadership coach and entrepreneur Rishad Ahmed exposes the roots of the modern crisis; a ‘meta-crisis’ born from mechanistic thinking, over-reliance on left-brain logic, and outdated leadership models built for speed, control and short-term gain. The result is burnout, disconnection and a planet on the brink of collapse.

Ahmed presents a different path: not smarter machines, but wiser humans. Leading with Wisdom provides a roadmap to reclaim the intelligence of the body, heart and soul – what he calls the forgotten yet most powerful human technology. This book blends philosophy, business and inner development to offer practical guidance for leaders seeking alignment, clarity and regenerative impact.

The Essentials of Marketing Research (Paperback, 3rd edition): Lawrence Silver, Robert E. Stevens, Bruce Wrenn, David L Loudon The Essentials of Marketing Research (Paperback, 3rd edition)
Lawrence Silver, Robert E. Stevens, Bruce Wrenn, David L Loudon
R2,724 Discovery Miles 27 240 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Identifying and assessing the ways in which changes in the marketing mix affect consumer behavior is key to a successful marketing strategy. The Essentials of Marketing Research guides the student in designing, conducting and interpreting marketing research. This comprehensive textbook covers the full range of topics, including: Secondary research and data mining Internet marketing research Qualitative and exploratory research Statistical analysis Marketing research ethics With learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter, a host of cases and a comprehensive companion website, this book offers a range of tools to help students develop and test their research and analytical skills.

ManageFirst - Nutrition with Answer Sheet (Paperback, 2nd edition): National Restaurant Association ManageFirst - Nutrition with Answer Sheet (Paperback, 2nd edition)
National Restaurant Association
R1,897 Discovery Miles 18 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This text focuses on NUTRITION topics. It includes essential content plus learning activities, case studies, professional profiles, research topics and more that support course objectives. The text and exam are part of the ManageFirst Program (R) from the National Restaurant Association (NRA). This edition is created to teach restaurant and hospitality students the core competencies of the Ten Pillars of Restaurant Management. The Ten Pillars of Restaurant Management is a job task analysis created with the input and validation of the industry that clearly indicates what a restaurant management professional must know in order to effectively and efficiently run a safe and profitable operation. The ManageFirst Program training program is based on a set of competencies defined by the restaurant, hospitality and foodservice industry as those needed for success. This competency-based program features 10 topics each with a textbook, online exam prep for students, instructor resources, a certification exam, certificate, and credential. The online exam prep for students is available with each textbook and includes helpful learning modules on test-taking strategies, practice tests for every chapter, a comprehensive cumulative practice test, and more! This textbook includes an exam answer sheet to be used with the paper-and-pencil version of the ManageFirst certification exam.

Dirtbag Billionaire - How Yvon Chouinard Built Patagonia, Made a Fortune, and Gave It All Away (Paperback): David Gelles Dirtbag Billionaire - How Yvon Chouinard Built Patagonia, Made a Fortune, and Gave It All Away (Paperback)
David Gelles
R355 Discovery Miles 3 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is the inside story of one of the most extraordinary brands in the corporate world, the rare company that is driven by environmental activism instead of cutthroat capitalism. Founded in 1973, Patagonia has grown into a wildly popular producer of jackets, hats, and fleece vests, with a cult-like following among hardcore alpinists and Wall Street traders alike, posting sales of more than $1 billion a year.

But it's not just the clothes that make Patagonia unique. For decades, the company has distinguished itself as a singular beacon for socially responsible business, the rare company that can legitimately claim to be doing its damnedest to make the world a better place, while also making a profit. From its early efforts to take exemplary care of its employees, to its extensive work trying to clean up its supply chain, to its controversial activism, Patagonia has set itself apart from its peers with one unorthodox decision after another, proving that there is another way to do capitalism.

At the heart of the story is Patagonia's founder, the legendary rock climber Yvon Chouinard. A perennial outsider who forged one of the most impressive resumes in the outdoor world, Chouinard also established himself as a pivotal figure in the history of American business. Guided by his anti-authoritarian streak and his unwavering commitment to preserving the natural world, Patagonia came to exert a powerful influence on other companies, paving the way for a new era of social and environmental responsibility. He started out as a dirtbag-a term affectionately bestowed on poor, itinerant outdoorsmen so uninterested in material possessions they are happy to sleep in the dirt-and he became a billionaire.

Chouinard also proved that there was another way to be a philanthropist. In the twilight of his career, he gave away Patagonia, renouncing his wealth and committing all its future profits to fighting the climate crisis.

Drawing on exclusive access to Chouinard and the Patagonia team, Dirtbag Billionaire offers new insights into the key moments that informed their priorities, shaped the company, and sent ripples across the corporate world.

The Export of Capital from Britain  (RLE Banking & Finance) - 1870-1914 (Hardcover): A Hall The Export of Capital from Britain (RLE Banking & Finance) - 1870-1914 (Hardcover)
A Hall
R1,349 Discovery Miles 13 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

During the years before 1914 the world's still largely unused resources were brought increasingly within the framework of a single world economy. This process owed much to Britain's ability to export capital on a scale which has never since been equalled. Yet periods of heavy investment overseas alternated with home investment booms that absorbed the greater part of Britain's savings. The reasons for this fluctuation, and the mechanism which linked Britain's economic development with the rest of the world, are still subject to debate. This volume illuminates the problems of the global economy today by examining different interpretations and research from history.

Scholars, Poets and Radicals - Discovering Forgotten Lives in the Blackwell Collections (Hardcover): Rita Ricketts Scholars, Poets and Radicals - Discovering Forgotten Lives in the Blackwell Collections (Hardcover)
Rita Ricketts
R934 Discovery Miles 9 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Exploring the Blackwell Collections (publishing and bookselling archives), Rita Ricketts discovered diverse characters associated with this world-famous company, between 1830 and 1940. There is a tailor's son saving souls, a reluctant radical, a hammerman poet, a spellbound princess, pauper apprentices, pioneering women, profligate printers and patriots publishing in protest against the authorities who sent so many to 'certain death' in the First World War. Some became famous: J.R.R. Tolkien, Wilfred Owen, John Betjeman, Dorothy L. Sayers, Vera Brittain, Edith Sitwell and Laurence Binyon, whose name is recollected wherever For the Fallen is read. Most were obscure, yet their memoirs, letters and journals, often disregarded in recorded history, are preserved here. This is what makes the collections a rarity and so appealing. Family memories of the first B.H. Blackwell and the diaries of his son and first apprentices document everyday life against the backdrop of the book trade, and also present a tableau of nineteenth and twentieth-century history ranging far beyond Oxford. The third B.H. Blackwell (Sir Basil) collected their stories, singling out Rex King whose diaries, 1918-1940, contain an astonishing reading list and a mordant dissection of the texts amounting to a critique of early twentieth-century English culture; rich fodder for any book or cultural historian. Rex King, like all the characters in this book, wrote for posterity. And Rita Ricketts, a consummate storyteller, has ensured that they will be read by a new generation.

Safe as Houses? - A Historical Analysis of Property Prices (Paperback): Neil Monnery Safe as Houses? - A Historical Analysis of Property Prices (Paperback)
Neil Monnery
R545 Discovery Miles 5 450 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

There can be few everyday financial issues more important than the price of houses. Whether we own one and worry about its value or aspire to own one and are frustrated by their high prices, nobody can avoid the issue. In the UK, while prices have fluctuated during our lifetimes, overall they have risen steadily and sometimes spectacularly. The accepted wisdom is that houses are a safe and excellent investment for the long term. But are they really as good an investment as we believe? Might the future be different from the past? Are houses really so safe? This book looks at house prices over the long term in several countries -- including the UK, the US, France, Holland, Norway, Germany and Australia -- to find out what has happened to house prices and why. The author illustrates his findings with authoritative data on trends and provides intriguing details including a century-long index of UK house prices, an analysis of the value of the White House and a fascinating four-hundred-year story of houses in Amsterdam. - To what extent are we right to view our houses as an investment as well as a home? - If prices can rise for decades and then fall for more than a whole generation, then what does the future hold? - If prices rise further, will houses become unaffordable for many young people? How will that affect our society? - If they crash, will that endanger our banks once more? - Are politicians, policymakers and regulators prepared for the true range of possibilities? Anybody who owns a house, wants to own a house or follows the prices and economics of housing will find this book an accessible, fascinating and door-opening read. Neil Monnery studied at Oxford and Harvard Business School. He worked for many years at The Boston Consulting Group as a Director and Senior Vice President and is now active in business, investing and research.

More Women Can Run - Gender and Pathways to the State Legislatures (Hardcover, New): Susan J Carroll, Kira Sanbonmatsu More Women Can Run - Gender and Pathways to the State Legislatures (Hardcover, New)
Susan J Carroll, Kira Sanbonmatsu
R3,979 Discovery Miles 39 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Women remain dramatically underrepresented in elective office, including in entry-level political offices. While they enjoy the freedom to stand for office and therefore have an equal legal footing with men, this persistent gender imbalance raises pressing questions about democratic legitimacy, the inclusivity of American politics, and the quality of political representation. The reasons for women's underrepresentation remain the subject of much debate. One explanation-that the United States lacks sufficient openings for political newcomers-has become less compelling in recent years, as states that have adopted term limits have not seen the expected gains in women's office holding. Other accounts about candidate scarcity, gender inequalities in society, and the lingering effects of gendered socialization have some merit; however, these accounts still fail to explain the relatively low numbers. This book argues that a major problem with current accounts exists in their underlying assumption that there is a single model of candidate emergence. The prediction is that women's office holding will rise automatically as women acquire the same backgrounds as men and assimilate to men's pathways to office. In this view, the main reasons for women's political underrepresentation can be found in society rather than in politics. Carroll and Sanbonmatsu argue for a new approach that considers women on their own terms and that focuses on the political origins of women's representation. Drawing upon an original and comparative survey of women state legislators across all fifty states, from 1981 and 2008, and follow-up surveys after the 2008 elections, the authors find that gender differences in pathways to the legislatures, first evident in 1981, have been surprisingly persistent over time. They found that, while the ambition framework better explains men's decisions to run for office, women are much more reliant on the existence of organizational and party support. By rethinking the nature of women's representation, this study calls for a reorientation of academic research on women's election to office and provides insight into new strategies for political practitioners concerned about women's political equality.

Urban and Regional Economics (Hardcover): Philip McCann Urban and Regional Economics (Hardcover)
Philip McCann
R37,832 Discovery Miles 378 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Urban and regional economics encompasses both the economics of geography and spatial economics to focus on the growth, behaviour, and economic performance of cities and regions. Over the last two decades, urban and regional economics has grown dramatically?both as a taught subject and as an active research area?and as work in the subdiscipline flourishes as never before, this new four-volume collection from Routledge meets the need for an authoritative reference work to make sense of the subject's vast literature and the continuing explosion in research output.

The collection, part of Routledge's Critical Concepts in Economics series, is edited by Philip McCann, author of the leading textbook in the field. He has carefully organized the collection to give users not only a thorough understanding of current ideas, but also a detailed exploration of the origin and development of these critical concepts to situate them within a number of rich analytical research traditions.

Urban and Regional Economics is fully indexed and includes a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor. It is an essential collection destined to be valued by urban and regional economists?and those working in cognate areas?as a vital research resource.

RLE: Japan Mini-Set E: Sociology & Anthropology (Hardcover): Various RLE: Japan Mini-Set E: Sociology & Anthropology (Hardcover)
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Mini-set E: Sociology & Anthropology re-issues 10 volumes originally published between 1931 and 1995 and covers topics such as japanese whaling, marriage in japan, and the japanese health care system. For institutional purchases for e-book sets please contact [email protected] (customers in the UK, Europe and Rest of World)

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