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  • A clean house?: studies of corruption in Sweden

    by Andreas Bergh, Gissur Ó Erlingsson, Mats Sjölin, Richard Öhrvall ...
    According to virtually all international corruption rankings, Sweden is one of the top performing countries with very few exposed incidents of corruption. But does this automatically imply that it can be declared a perfectly healthy patient? By extensively reviewing existing research and adding empirical sets of data, the authors of A Clean House? shed light on shady corners of the Swedish case ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • A Clean House?

    Studies of Corruption in Sweden

    by Andreas Bergh, Gissur Ó Erlingsson, Richard Öhrvall, Mats Sjölin ...
    In virtually all popular indices and scales measuring bribery and dishonesty on a national level, Sweden performs strongly with its quality of rule of law and absence of corruption. But does this automatically imply that this “least sickly” patient can be declared perfectly healthy? By extensively reviewing existing research and consulting various sources of data, the authors of “A Clean House?” ... Read more

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  • The Just City

    by Susan S. Fainstein ...
    "The just city is one in which equity, democracy, and diversity are important considerations. This is in contrast with the city as growth machine. Fainstein examines three cities: New York, London, and Amsterdam. She provides a history of post–World War II planning and then focuses on fairly recent cases of development in each. Her goals, though modest, are important if growing inequality in urban ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Megaprojects and Risk

    An Anatomy of Ambition

    by Bent Flyvbjerg, Nils Bruzelius, Werner Rothengatter ...
    Megaprojects and Risk provides the first detailed examination of the phenomenon of megaprojects. It is a fascinating account of how the promoters of multi-billion dollar megaprojects systematically and self-servingly misinform parliaments, the public and the media in order to get projects approved and built. It shows, in unusual depth, how the formula for approval is an unhealthy cocktail of ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Scandinavian Unexceptionalism

    Culture, Markets and the Failure of Third-Way Socialism

    by Nima Sanandaji ...
    series Readings in Political Economy
    This book is important to help an international audience understand the cultural peculiarities behind the Scandinavian “success story”. It is also vital that Scandinavians themselves read this book to help them understand the market reforms that are essential for a successful future. ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Free Trade

    Myth, Reality and Alternatives

    by Graham Dunkley ...
    series Global Issues
    In this book Australian economist, Graham Dunkley, explains and critiques the crucial concept of free trade. A policy of free trade is central to today's world-dominating globalization project. The more euphoric globalists uncritically assume that it has universal and unequivocal benefits for all people and countries. And the perpetual negotiations of the World Trade Organization are wholly based ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Foreign Direct Investment and Human Development

    The Law and Economics of International Investment Agreements

    Edited by Olivier De Schutter, Johan Swinnen, Jan Wouters ...
    series Routledge Research in International Economic Law
    This book presents original research that examines the growth of international investment agreements as a means to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) and considers how this affects the ability of capital-importing countries to pursue their development goals. The hope of countries signing such treaties is that foreign capital will accelerate transfers of technologies, create employment, and ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Key Concepts in Urban Studies

    by Mark D. Gottdiener, Leslie Budd, Panu Lehtovuori ...
    series SAGE Key Concepts series
    "Key Concepts in Urban Studies is written in an accessible, concise way and introduces students to the key topics in urban studies. Drawing examples from different parts of the world, this authoritative resource exposes students to the diverse forms that cities take, and the social, spatial and temporal dimensions of urban living. It is an essential resource for students across disciplines ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Varieties of Liberalization and the New Politics of Social Solidarity

    by Kathleen Thelen ...
    series Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
    This book examines contemporary changes in labor market institutions in the United States, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and the Netherlands, focusing on developments in industrial relations, vocational education and training, and labor market policy. It finds that there are in fact distinct varieties of liberalization associated with very different distributive outcomes. Most scholarship equates ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Challenges of Globalization

    Immigration, Social Welfare, Global Governance

    Edited by Andrew Sobel ...
    This book offers a significant contribution to the globalization debate, and examines the complexities surrounding modern globalization. It will be of great interest to scholars of international political economy, international relations and globalization studies. ... Read more

    $56.99 USD

  • The Political Construction of Business Interests

    Coordination, Growth, and Equality

    by Cathie Jo Martin, Duane Swank ...
    series Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
    Many societies use labor market coordination to maximize economic growth and equality, yet employers' willing cooperation with government and labor is something of a mystery. The Political Construction of Business Interests recounts employers' struggles to define their collective social identities at turning points in capitalist development. Employers are most likely to support social investments ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • The Nobel Factor

    The Prize in Economics, Social Democracy, and the Market Turn

    by Avner Offer, Gabriel Söderberg ...
    How the creation of the Nobel Prize in Economics changed the economics profession, Sweden, and the worldEconomic theory may be speculative, but its impact is powerful and real. Since the 1970s, it has been closely associated with a sweeping change around the world—the "market turn." This is what Avner Offer and Gabriel Söderberg call the rise of market liberalism, a movement that, seeking to ... Read more

    $21.99 USD