0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Browse All Departments
Price
  • R0 - R50 (1)
  • R50 - R100 (12)
  • R100 - R250 (2,557)
  • R250 - R500 (12,562)
  • R500+ (112,328)
  • -
Status
Format
Author / Contributor
Publisher

Books > Business & Economics > Economics

Controversies in Economics and Finance - Puzzles and Myths (Paperback): Imad A Moosa Controversies in Economics and Finance - Puzzles and Myths (Paperback)
Imad A Moosa
R1,135 Discovery Miles 11 350 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this fascinating book, Imad A. Moosa challenges existing preconceptions surrounding normative economics, arguing that what some economists see as undisputed facts of life may be myths caused by dogmatic thinking. With this in mind, Moosa argues that the alleged puzzles found in the economics and finance literature are not puzzles at all, because they can be explained intuitively, without the need for complex models or the extravaganza of econometrics. Plausible explanations are suggested for puzzles in various areas of economics and finance, such as the home bias puzzle, the PPP puzzle and the presidential puzzle. The author explains why some common beliefs are, in fact, myths, including those of the power of the market, inefficiency of the public sector and the use of low-interest policy to combat the depression caused by the Covid-19 outbreak. Controversies in Economics and Finance is a thought-provoking and stimulating read that exposes common flaws in economic analysis. It will be of great benefit to academics, graduate students and policy-makers looking to understand the limits of economic analysis.

Economics as Anatomy - Radical Innovation in Empirical Economics (Paperback): G.M.P. Swann Economics as Anatomy - Radical Innovation in Empirical Economics (Paperback)
G.M.P. Swann
R1,012 Discovery Miles 10 120 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

'In Economics as Anatomy Peter Swann has produced a wonderful sequel to his earlier 2006 classic, Putting Econometrics into Its Place. In this powerful new book, Peter Swann shows how key ideas from the economics of innovation can reconstruct economics as an empirical science. The challenge for mainstream economists is to embrace diversity and help rebuild the subject of economics so that it is no less innovative and dynamic than the economy itself. Economists need to go back to their roots and build something different.' - Kevin Dowd, Durham University, UK 'This is an important, thought-provoking, well-argued and provocative work which questions the methodological basis of, and the status accorded to, econometric analyses. . . This book will prove useful to all economic researchers, whatever the stage of their career - from undergraduates to longstanding professors. This book should stimulate a lively debate and should result in all researching economists to reflect critically on their current approaches and become more open to methods other than the strictly econometric.' - Adrian Darnell, Durham University, UK There are two fundamentally different approaches to innovation: incremental and radical. In Economics as Anatomy, G.M. Peter Swann argues that economics as a discipline needs both perspectives in order to create the maximum beneficial effect for the economy. Chapters explore how and why mainstream economics is very good at incremental innovation but seems uncomfortable with radical innovation. Swann argues that economics should follow the example of many other disciplines, transitioning from one field to a range of semi-autonomous sub-disciplines. In this book, he compares the missing link in empirical economics to being the economic equivalent of anatomy, the basis of medical discourse. Working as a sequel to Swann's Putting Econometrics in its Place, this book will be a vital resource to those who are discontent with the state of mainstream economics, especially those actively seeking to promote change in the discipline. Students wishing to see progress in the teaching of economics will also benefit from this timely book.

The Political Economy of Iraq - Restoring Balance in a Post-Conflict Society (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Frank R. Gunter The Political Economy of Iraq - Restoring Balance in a Post-Conflict Society (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Frank R. Gunter
R3,726 Discovery Miles 37 260 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The second edition of The Political Economy of Iraq is as comprehensive and accessible as the first with updated data and analysis. Frank R. Gunter discusses in detail how the convergence of the ISIS insurgency, collapse in oil prices, and massive youth unemployment produced a serious political crisis in 2020. This work ends with a discussion of key policy decisions that will determine Iraq's future. This volume will be a valuable resource for anyone with a professional, business, or academic interest in the post-2003 political economy of Iraq.

Healthy Buildings - How Indoor Spaces Can Make You Sick-or Keep You Well (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Joseph G. Allen, John D.... Healthy Buildings - How Indoor Spaces Can Make You Sick-or Keep You Well (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Joseph G. Allen, John D. Macomber
R956 R826 Discovery Miles 8 260 Save R130 (14%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A revised and updated edition of the landmark work the New York Times hailed as "a call to action for every developer, building owner, shareholder, chief executive, manager, teacher, worker and parent to start demanding healthy buildings with cleaner indoor air." For too long we've designed buildings that haven't focused on the people inside-their health, their ability to work effectively, and what that means for the bottom line. An authoritative introduction to a movement whose vital importance is now all too clear, Healthy Buildings breaks down the science and makes a compelling business case for creating healthier offices, schools, and homes. As the COVID-19 crisis brought into sharp focus, indoor spaces can make you sick-or keep you healthy. Fortunately, we now have the know-how and technology to keep people safe indoors. But there is more to securing your office, school, or home than wiping down surfaces. Levels of carbon dioxide, particulates, humidity, pollution, and a toxic soup of volatile organic compounds from everyday products can influence our health in ways people aren't always aware of. This landmark book, revised and updated with the latest research since the COVID-19 pandemic, lays out a compelling case for more environmentally friendly and less toxic offices, schools, and homes. It features a concise explanation of disease transmission indoors, and provides tips for making buildings the first line of defense. Joe Allen and John Macomber dispel the myth that we can't have both energy-efficient buildings and good indoor air quality. We can-and must-have both. At the center of the great convergence of green, smart, and safe buildings, healthy buildings are vital to the push for more sustainable urbanization that will shape our future.

GMOs and Political Stance - Global GMO Regulation, Certification, Labeling, and Consumer Preferences (Paperback): Muhammad... GMOs and Political Stance - Global GMO Regulation, Certification, Labeling, and Consumer Preferences (Paperback)
Muhammad Amjad Nawaz, Gyuhwa Chung, Kirill Sergeyevich Golokhvast, Aristidis M. Tsatsakis
R3,700 Discovery Miles 37 000 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

GMOS and Political Stance: Global GMO Regulation, Certification, Labeling, and Consumer Preferences provides a foundational-to-current challenges resource for those involved in developing and applying regulations to these important resources. Beginning with basics of GMOs, the book first familiarizes the reader with the history, economic status, associated risks, global politics, and socio-economics of GMOs. From exploring the necessity of GMO regulations with the existing GMO technology as well as new gene editing technologies to discussion by GMO regulations experts from different continents and countries, readers will find the information necessary to understand the laws, rules, regulations and policies at domestic and international scale. A last chapter delivers an update and future look on gene-edited food and feed and discusses the possibilities on the future risk assessment, legislation and regulation of gene-edited products. GMOS and Political Stance provides a unique and applicable synchronization of all regulatory information on GMOs to facilitate effective and efficient regulatory development and adherence.

Housing as Commons - Housing Alternatives as Response to the Current Urban Crisis (Hardcover): Stavros Stavrides, Penny Travlou Housing as Commons - Housing Alternatives as Response to the Current Urban Crisis (Hardcover)
Stavros Stavrides, Penny Travlou
R2,516 Discovery Miles 25 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Experiences of the struggle for housing, ignited by the lack of social and affordable housing, have led to the establishing of shared and self-managed housing areas. In such a context, it becomes crucially important to re-think the need to define common urban worlds "from below". Here, Penny Travlou and Stavros Stavridis trace contemporary practices of urban commoning through which people re-define housing economies. Connecting to a rich literature on the importance of commons and of practices of commoning for the creation of emancipated societies, the authors discuss whether housing struggles and co-habitation experiences may contribute in crucial ways to the development of a commoning culture. The authors explore a variety of urban contexts through global case studies from across the Global North and South, in search of concrete examples that illustrate the potentialities of urban commoning.

The City and Quality of Life (Hardcover): Peter K. Kresl The City and Quality of Life (Hardcover)
Peter K. Kresl
R2,359 Discovery Miles 23 590 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This unique and insightful work examines the importance of 'quality of life' for the city which has become a key component of urban competitiveness over the past 30 years. It argues that having a high or low 'quality of life' will have important consequences for the vitality and status of any city. Throughout the book, emphasis is placed upon the skilled, highly mobile and generally younger labour force who choose the city in which they want to work and live based on the 'quality of life' elements offered to them. Consequently, there is mounting pressure on today's cities and the firms in their economies to create environments that are attractive to the new-age of the workforce and the key resource in the economy. The book's eight substantive chapters explore this issue by each examining a distinct element that comprises 'quality of life', including the approach of economists to quality of life, links to urban competitiveness, the economy, urban amenities and attributes. Providing an original perspective on contemporary cities and their economies, The City and Quality of Life will be essential reading for city and company leaders who implement policy and wish to further understand the attributes of 'quality of life' for their citizens. It will also be useful for researchers, university professors and students in disciplines such as economics and finance, geography and urban studies.

What do Entrepreneurs Create? - Understanding Four Types of Ventures (Paperback): Michael H. Morris, Donald F Kuratko What do Entrepreneurs Create? - Understanding Four Types of Ventures (Paperback)
Michael H. Morris, Donald F Kuratko
R1,010 Discovery Miles 10 100 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book addresses the different kinds of businesses launched by entrepreneurs and explains why their differences are so critical for our understanding of entrepreneurship. While entrepreneurs create a wide variety of businesses, overwhelming emphasis has been placed on explosive growth firms such as Facebook, Google, Amazon, Uber and Airbnb. Although important, these businesses represent less than one percent of start-ups. The book distinguishes four types of new ventures: survival, lifestyle, managed growth and aggressive growth. Underlying characteristics of each type are investigated, together with the resources, skills and capabilities necessary for their success. Issues that arise based on this typology are explored, including reasons why ventures of one type rarely change to become another, and how entrepreneurs determine which they should pursue. In addition, the authors introduce the 'portfolio' concept, where the need to develop a balanced mix of venture types is emphasized. The principal audiences for What Do Entrepreneurs Create? include entrepreneurship educators, scholarly researchers, public policy developers, economic development professionals, and community organizations striving to foster entrepreneurial activity.

The Economics of Frugal Innovation - Technological Change for Inclusion and Sustainability (Hardcover): Christian Le Bas The Economics of Frugal Innovation - Technological Change for Inclusion and Sustainability (Hardcover)
Christian Le Bas
R2,653 Discovery Miles 26 530 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In light of the tremendous growth of frugal product and process innovations in both emerging markets and economies in the Global North, this book offers a clear understanding of this new direction of technological change within a Schumpterian analytical framework. Characterising frugal innovation as a new technological paradigm, it illuminates the relationship between frugality and sustainability. Using important case studies from around the globe, Christian Le Bas explores the key characteristics of frugal innovations: products with fewer artefacts, decreasing technological complexity and design simplification. Chapters systematically synthesise economic knowledge on the topic, mapping the environmentally positive consequences of frugal innovation and identifying the crucial socio-economic and ecological contemporary issues that frugal innovation can help resolve. Concise and timely, this book will be a useful resource for economics and management scholars and students. The tools for understanding the nature and scope of frugal innovation, as well as insights on sustainable innovation, also make this an important read for managers, decision-makers and stakeholders.

The Evolution of Electricity Markets in Europe (Hardcover): Leonardo Meeus The Evolution of Electricity Markets in Europe (Hardcover)
Leonardo Meeus
R2,782 Discovery Miles 27 820 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Bridging theory and practice, this book offers insights into how Europe has experienced the evolution of modern electricity markets from the end of the 1990s to the present day. It explores defining moments in the process, including the four waves of European legislative packages, landmark court cases, and the impact of climate strikes and marches. Leonardo Meeus explains the sequence of electricity markets in Europe from wholesale to balancing markets, forward transmission markets, capacity mechanisms, redispatching and flexibility markets. Chapters explore current issues including the new paradigm that places the citizen at the centre of the energy transition. Concluding that most of the market integration process in Europe so far has required horizontal coordination between transmission system operators in different countries, the book looks ahead to the importance of vertical coordination between the transmission and distribution. An invaluable book for energy policymakers and practitioners working in Europe, the solutions offered for contemporary issues will also be helpful for those working in international or multi-region electricity markets more widely. Academics involved in the world of electricity regulation will also find this an invigorating read.

Public-Private Partnerships for Infrastructure Development - Finance, Stakeholder Alignment, Governance (Paperback): Raymond E.... Public-Private Partnerships for Infrastructure Development - Finance, Stakeholder Alignment, Governance (Paperback)
Raymond E. Levitt, W R Scott, Michael J. Garvin
R1,382 Discovery Miles 13 820 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Large infrastructure projects often face significant cost overruns and stakeholder fragmentation. Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) allow governments to procure long-term infrastructure services from private providers, rather than developing, financing and managing infrastructure assets themselves. Aligning public and private interests and institutional logics to create robust, decades-long service contracts subject to shifting economic and political contexts is a significant cross-sectoral governance challenge. This work summarizes over a decade of research conducted by scholars at Stanford s Global Projects Center and multiple US and International collaborators to enhance the governance of both infrastructure projects and institutional investors, whose long term, cash flow obligations align especially well with the kinds of long term inflation-adjusted returns that PPP infrastructure projects can generate. In these pages, multiple theoretical perspectives are integrated and combined with empirical evidence to examine how experiences from more mature PPP jurisdictions can help improve PPP governance approaches worldwide. The information contained here will appeal to engineering, economics, political science, public policy and finance scholars interested in the delivery of high-quality, sustainable infrastructure services to the citizens in countries with established and emerging market economies. Officials in national, state/provincial and local government agencies seeking alternative financing and service provision strategies for their civil and social infrastructure, and legislators and their staff members interested in promoting PPP legislation will find this book invaluable. It will also be of high interest to long-term investment professionals from pension funds, sovereign funds, family offices and university endowments seeking to deploy money into the infrastructure asset class, and practitioners seeking insights into methods for enhancing stakeholder incentive alignment, reducing transaction costs and improving project outcomes in PPPs. Contributors: B.G. Cameron, G. Carollo, C.B. Casady, E.F. Crawley, K. Eriksson, W. Feng, M.J. Garvin, K.E. Gasparro, R.R. Geddes, W.J. Henisz, D.R. Lessard, R.E. Levitt, T. Liu, A.H.B. Monk, D.A. Nguyen, C. Nowacki, W.R. Scott, R. Sharma, A.J. South

A Modern Guide to the Digitalization of Infrastructure (Hardcover): Juan Montero, Matthias Finger A Modern Guide to the Digitalization of Infrastructure (Hardcover)
Juan Montero, Matthias Finger
R4,355 Discovery Miles 43 550 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Providing a coherent and multidisciplinary approach to digitalization, this Modern Guide aims to systematize how the digitalization process affects infrastructure-based industries, including telecommunications, transport, energy, water and postal services. This important book reviews the literature on how digital technologies can impact infrastructure design, construction and maintenance costs, with specific references for each industry. Contributors analyse how digitalization is disrupting traditional infrastructure managers in terms of capacity management and traffic flows as well as discussing key topics including data governance, data sharing, digital platforms and sector convergence. With special attention devoted to regulatory and governance challenges, this will be welcomed by researchers of network industries and digitalization. This will also be of special interest to academics and scholars interested in the digitalization process, data governance and infrastructure management.

Statistics for Business & Economics, Global Edition (Paperback, 14th edition): James McClave, P Benson, Terry Sincich Statistics for Business & Economics, Global Edition (Paperback, 14th edition)
James McClave, P Benson, Terry Sincich
R2,601 Discovery Miles 26 010 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Statistics for Business and Economics introduces statistics in the context of contemporary business. Emphasising statistical literacy in thinking, the text applies its concepts with real data and uses technology to develop a deeper conceptual understanding. Examples, activities, and case studies foster active learning in the classroom while emphasising intuitive concepts of probability and teaching students to make informed business decisions. The 14th Edition continues to highlight the importance of ethical behaviour in collecting, interpreting, and reporting on data, while also providing a wealth of new and updated exercises and case studies.

Pragmatism and Political Crisis Management - Principle and Practical Rationality During the Financial Crisis (Paperback):... Pragmatism and Political Crisis Management - Principle and Practical Rationality During the Financial Crisis (Paperback)
Christopher Ansell, Martin Bartenberger
R1,134 Discovery Miles 11 340 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Crisis management has become one of the core challenges facing governments, but successful crisis response depends on effective public leadership. Building on insights from Pragmatist philosophy, this deeply nuanced book provides guidance and direction for public leaders tackling the most challenging tasks of the twenty-first century. This timely and insightful book demonstrates how Pragmatism enables leaders to strategically address the fog of uncertainty that characterizes crises. Illuminating the power of practical rationality in crisis situations, Christopher Ansell and Martin Bartenberger develop a model of Pragmatist political crisis management and contrast this with crisis decision making and meaning making guided by principle. Examining the interplay of practical rationality and principle during the US financial crisis of 2008, the authors develop empirical indicators to evaluate when and why crisis leaders may adopt Pragmatist or principle-guided strategies. Flawlessly blending theory with practice, Ansell and Bartenberger offer key insights to those active in the crisis management community. Crisis management and public administration scholars will benefit from the detailed overview of Pragmatism and its applications to concrete issues of governance, while practitioners will profit from the book's insight into crisis leadership and decision making.

Technology and International Relations - The New Frontier in Global Power (Hardcover): Giampiero Giacomello, Francesco N Moro,... Technology and International Relations - The New Frontier in Global Power (Hardcover)
Giampiero Giacomello, Francesco N Moro, Marco Valigi
R3,030 Discovery Miles 30 300 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Exploring how changes in advanced technology deeply affect international politics, this book theoretically engages with the overriding relevance of investments in technological research, and the ways in which they directly foster a country's economic and military standing. Scholars and practitioners present important insights on the technical and social issues at the core of technology competition. Technology and International Relations emphasizes the importance of leadership styles, domestic political agendas and the relative weight of technologically driven countries in global affairs. It highlights the now widely shared belief among both developed and developing countries that technology will be the defining factor in international politics. The book also unpacks the complexity of real-life cases of key technological advances, including artificial intelligence, UAVs, satellites and the responses of governments and the private sector to rising technological challenges. This will be an important read for scholars of political science, international relations and international political economy, particularly those looking at the impact of technology and innovation.

The Applied Theory of Accounts (Hardcover): Paul-Joseph Esquerr e The Applied Theory of Accounts (Hardcover)
Paul-Joseph Esquerr e
R1,110 Discovery Miles 11 100 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Cases on Lean Thinking Applications in Unconventional Systems (Hardcover): Eduardo Guilherme Satolo, Robisom Damasceno Calado Cases on Lean Thinking Applications in Unconventional Systems (Hardcover)
Eduardo Guilherme Satolo, Robisom Damasceno Calado
R6,498 Discovery Miles 64 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Lean thinking involves more than just eliminating waste; through its five guiding principles-value, value chain, continuous flow, pull production, and perfection-its successful applications are commonly found in the manufacturing sector. Although its application and benefits to companies is no longer contested, it is rare to find works that consolidate applications of lean thinking in sectors that are unconventional, such as healthcare and government. Cases on Lean Thinking Applications in Unconventional Systems allows readers to broaden their view on lean thinking applications and visualize insights for research. It presents case studies and applications of lean thinking within several different industries. Covering topics such as emergency care units, standardized work, and national humanization policy, this case book is an essential resource for engineers, hospital administrators, healthcare professionals, IT managers, government officials, students and faculty of higher education, researchers, and academicians.

Neoliberal Social Justice - Rawls Unveiled (Hardcover): Nick Cowen Neoliberal Social Justice - Rawls Unveiled (Hardcover)
Nick Cowen
R3,124 Discovery Miles 31 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This timely and provocative book challenges the conventional wisdom that neoliberal capitalism is incompatible with social justice. Employing public choice and market process theory, Nick Cowen systematically compares and contrasts capitalism with socialist alternatives, illustrating how proponents of social justice have decisive reasons to opt for a capitalism guided by neoliberal ideas. Cowen shows how general rules of property and voluntary exchange facilitate widespread cooperation. Revisiting the works of John Rawls, he offers an interdisciplinary reconciliation of Rawlsian principles with liberal democracy by introducing 'robust property-owning democracy', a new form of governance that aims to achieve social justice via practical, liberal means. Chapters address the knowledge problem and the incentive problem that emerge when aiming for a fair distribution of social resources and demonstrate how everyday political bargaining can help achieve just outcomes for all. Utilising insights from philosophy, politics and economics to show the role of market institutions and constitutional government in producing social justice, this book is crucial reading for academics, researchers and students of PPE and the political sciences. Its practical policy proposals will further benefit policymakers interested in mechanisms that spread the benefits of economic growth equitably.

The Political Economy of Central Banking - Contested Control and the Power of Finance, Selected Essays of Gerald Epstein... The Political Economy of Central Banking - Contested Control and the Power of Finance, Selected Essays of Gerald Epstein (Paperback)
Gerald Epstein
R1,514 Discovery Miles 15 140 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

'Monetary policy is not just a matter of optimal stabilization policy; it is also fundamentally a matter of politics. But while this observation is commonplace, it is not adequately incorporated into economists' reasoning and analysis. Gerald Epstein's work represents perhaps the most prominent exception to this last rule. Reading him provides a salutary reminder that we need to pay closer attention to this political aspect when thinking about central banks and what they do.' - Barry Eichengreen, University of California, Berkeley, US Central banks are among the most powerful government economic institutions in the world. This volume explores the economic and political contours of the struggle for influence over the policies of central banks such as the Federal Reserve, and the implications of this struggle for economic performance and the distribution of wealth and power in society. Written over several decades by Gerald Epstein and co-authors, these works explore why central banks do what they do, and how they could better operate. Epstein shows that central banks are a contested terrain over which major economic and political groups fight for control; and demonstrates that though in the US and most other countries, private bankers have the upper-hand in this political struggle, they don t always win. Graduate students, faculty and advanced undergraduates in economics, political science and sociology who are interested in central banking and finance as well as specialists who focus on central banking will find greater understanding of central banks through The Political Economy of Central Banking.

Advanced Introduction to Global Production Networks (Hardcover): Neil M. Coe Advanced Introduction to Global Production Networks (Hardcover)
Neil M. Coe
R2,864 Discovery Miles 28 640 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas. This Advanced Introduction provides a comprehensive guide to the vibrant and expanding global production network (GPN) approach. Neil M. Coe deftly explores the antecedents and theoretical underpinnings of GPN analysis, as well as debates and controversies surrounding the approach and its position in wider interdisciplinary discussions. He argues overall that, during a time of profound ongoing challenges within the global economic system, the need for a GPN framework has never been more pressing. Key features include: an up-to-date assessment of current debates in the literature an integrated perspective on how GPN thinking can aid understanding of capitalist uneven development a wide range of sectoral and geographical examples a thorough discussion of connections to cognate debates in the wider social sciences and business and management studies identification of future research challenges in the field. In short, Advanced Introduction to Global Production Networks is an ideal introductory book for students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in geography, economics and business looking to understand the organization and dynamics of the global economy.

The Book of the Farm; Detailing the Labours of the Farmer, Farm-steward, Ploughman, Shepherd, Hedger, Farm-labourer,... The Book of the Farm; Detailing the Labours of the Farmer, Farm-steward, Ploughman, Shepherd, Hedger, Farm-labourer, Field-worker, and Cattle-man (Hardcover)
Henry Stephens, James MacDonald
R937 Discovery Miles 9 370 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics 2021 (Hardcover): Unido International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics 2021 (Hardcover)
Unido
R8,551 Discovery Miles 85 510 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A unique and comprehensive source of information, this book is the only international publication providing economists, planners, policymakers and business people with worldwide statistics on current performance and trends in the manufacturing sector. The Yearbook is designed to facilitate international comparisons relating to manufacturing activity and industrial development and performance. It provides data which can be used to analyse patterns of growth and related long term trends, structural change and industrial performance in individual industries. Statistics on employment patterns, wages, consumption and gross output and other key indicators are also presented.

One Brick at a Time (Hardcover): Rich Walton One Brick at a Time (Hardcover)
Rich Walton
R621 R570 Discovery Miles 5 700 Save R51 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Heal Our World - Securing A Sustainable Future (Paperback): Tshilidzi Marwala Heal Our World - Securing A Sustainable Future (Paperback)
Tshilidzi Marwala
R350 R296 Discovery Miles 2 960 Save R54 (15%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

The world is emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, more fragmented and further away from the more equal and equitable iteration imagined in 2015 when the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were conceptualised. As we hurtle, at seemingly lightning speed, towards the 2030 deadline to achieve these goals, the urgency is palpable. Although we have certainly strayed further away from the targets, there is still time to act in order to ensure that we inch closer to this vision.

Tshilidzi Marwala paints a stark, and often grim, picture of our current context – one defined by monumental setbacks in the SDGs. Yet, as he carves out each developmental goal and its implications, it is apparent that there are tangible solutions that can be implemented, now. Tshilidzi’s assertion that now is the time to act is backed by intricate and actionable data with a simple mission statement: we must heal the future.

He offers a new narrative that addresses how we can translate the latent potential that exists through technology, innovation and new approaches to leadership and policy-making, to deal with, among others, poverty eradication, joblessness, an education system in crisis, declining economies and food insecurity.

Heal our World is a deep-dive into the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly relating to the African context, and looks toward securing a future in which our divisions are blurred, and our goals almost seem in reach again.

The Political Economy of East Asia - Wealth and Power (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Ming Wan The Political Economy of East Asia - Wealth and Power (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Ming Wan
R4,242 Discovery Miles 42 420 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Offering a coherent overview of the historical and institutional context of enduring patterns in East Asian political economy, this updated and expanded second edition textbook explores the dramatic regional and international transformations that this key region has faced since the 2008 financial crisis. Key features of the second edition include: Utilizing an International Political Economy theoretical framework to offer a truly holistic view of the East Asian political economy Visual aids, including maps and illustrative figures, to demonstrate the economic, demographic and institutional changes in the region An empirical approach to political economy, employing cutting-edge research to provide students with a comprehensive guide to the subject Expanded coverage of national security, focusing on how this has risen on the political agenda in East Asia. Insightful and illuminating, this textbook is ideal reading for both upper level undergraduate and post-graduate courses relating to the politics and political economy of East Asia, as well as for students and researchers of political science investigating recent changes in international relations, global industry and trade and East Asian governance.

Free Delivery
Pinterest Twitter Facebook Google+
You may like...
Our Long Walk To Economic Freedom - Why…
Johan Fourie Paperback R380 R356 Discovery Miles 3 560
Closing The Gap - The Fourth Industrial…
Tshilidzi Marwala Paperback R600 Discovery Miles 6 000
Introduction To Business Management
S. Rudansky-Kloppers, B. Erasmus, … Paperback R599 R563 Discovery Miles 5 630
Race, Class And The Post-Apartheid…
John Reynolds, Ben Fine, … Paperback R290 R262 Discovery Miles 2 620
How Confidence Works - The New Science…
Ian Robertson Paperback R431 Discovery Miles 4 310
Freezing Order - A True Story Of Russian…
Bill Browder Paperback  (4)
R363 Discovery Miles 3 630
Understanding South African Financial…
K. van Wyk, Z. Botha, … Paperback R860 R773 Discovery Miles 7 730
The Stellenbosch Mafia - Inside The…
Pieter du Toit Paperback R260 R220 Discovery Miles 2 200
Africa's Business Revolution - How to…
Acha Leke, Mutsa Chironga, … Hardcover  (1)
R824 R713 Discovery Miles 7 130
Better Choices - Ensuring South Africa's…
Greg Mills, Mcebisi Jonas, … Paperback R350 R317 Discovery Miles 3 170

 

Partners