The Political Economy of World Energy : An Introductory Textbook

Ferdinand E. Banks
Hardcover - $206.95

This easy-to-read book presents an elementary yet comprehensive introduction to modern energy economics. Mathematical content is kept to a minimum, and advanced numerical concepts are placed in appendices. The two survey chapters are suitable for rea ...

The Political Economy of World Energy : An Introductory Textbook

Ferdinand E. Banks
Paperback - $124.95

This easy-to-read book presents an elementary yet comprehensive introduction to modern energy economics. Mathematical content is kept to a minimum, and advanced numerical concepts are placed in appendices. The two survey chapters are suitable for rea ...

Reconstructing War-Torn Societies : Afganistan

Sultan Barakat
Hardcover - $159.95

As international attention focuses on the rebuilding of Afghanistan, this collection looks critically at the evolution and meaning of the core concepts underpinning aims and strategies for recovery: the key role of institutional development and capac ...

Decentralization and Local Governance in Developing Countries : A Comparative Perspective

Pranab K. Bardhan
Paperback - $72.95

Over the past three decades the developing world has seen increasing devolution of political and economic power to local governments. Decentralization is considered an important element of participatory democracy and, along with privatization and der ...

Essays on Political Economy

Frederic Bastiat
Paperback - $65.95

This is a reprint of the 1869 first edition in English, which was translated from the Paris edition of 1869. Contents: Sophisms of Protection - First Series Sophisms of Protection - Second Series Spoliation and Law Capital and Interest From the 1869 ...

Readings in Political Economy

Basu
Paperback - $103.95

Readings in Political Economy contains some of the most valuable contributions to this rapidly growing field. Ranging from authoritative seminal pieces to striking contemporary papers, the readings in this volume explore the complex intersections bet ...

The Total Cost of Poverty : In the United States

V. Earl Berg
Paperback - $32.95

"The Total Cost of Poverty" vividly paints on one canvas a picture of the social and dollar cost of poverty and inequality in the United States.

Author Earl Berg examines poverty through a conservative lens. Berg explains how poverty and inequalit ...

Dark Ages America : The Final Phase of Empire

Morris Berman
Hardcover - $43.95

From the bestselling author of "The Twilight of American Culture" comes an explosive work that demonstrates that the country has entered an inescapable social, cultural, and economic "dark age."

Dark Ages America : The Final Phase of Empire

Morris Berman
Paperback - $27.95

In this controversial and illuminating look at American society, Berman argues that the very factors that once propelled it to greatness--individualism, material wealth, expansion--are the very traits that will see it marginalized and replaced by Chi ...

Long-Wave Rhythms in Economic Development and Political Behavior

Brian Joe Lobley Berry
Paperback - $54.95

Is economic development a "random walk" or do underlying rhythms and cycles make it possible to anticipate long-term trends? Many social scientists have rejected the notion of long-term periodicity in economic trends. Now, after extensive analysis of ...