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Theorizing Cultural Work
Labour, Continuity and Change in the Creative Industries
Series: CRESC
The aim of the book is to move beyond static and a-historical readings of the cultural/creative industries by inviting leading theorists to reflect on the ways in which forms of cultural work are embedded historically and socially, as well as assessing the extent to which they are illustrative of...
To Be Published April 29th 2013 by Routledge
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The Applied Economics of Transport
This book provides an introduction and overview to nine applied financial studies on the theme of transport. The studies cover a wide range of topics, from value based trading of real assets in shipping, to the determinants of efficiency and productivity in European railways, to the market for used...
Published December 19th 2011 by Routledge
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Perspectives on Econometrics and Applied Economics
A Tribute to Sir Clive Granger
This volume is dedicated to the memory and the achievements of Professor Sir Clive Granger, economics Nobel laureate and one of the great econometricians and applied economists of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. It comprises contributions from leading econometricians and applied...
Published December 13th 2011 by Routledge
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The Applied Economics of Labour
This book provides an introduction and overview to seven applied financial studies on the theme of labour. The studies cover a wide range of topics, from the individual effects of becoming disabled on key aspects of labour market outcomes in Germany, to testing whether there is evidence of...
Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
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The Global Financial Crisis
The global financial crisis has sent shockwaves through the world’s economies, and its effects have been deep and wide-reaching. This book brings together a range of applied studies, covering a range of international and regional experience in the area of finance in the context of the global...
Published September 30th 2010 by Routledge
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Purchasing Power Parity and Real Exchange Rates
The term Purchasing Power Parity may date from the early twentieth century, when it was coined by the Swedish economist Gustav Cassel, but the underlying concept had been enjoying varying degrees of success since its development in sixteenth century Spain. Even towards the end of the ...
Published November 3rd 2009 by Routledge
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Values in Education and Education in Values
An investigation into how schools can influence the developing values of young people is given in this book. The authors first look, from the perspective of educationalists and policy makers, at values within contemporary education; in particular, moral, spiritual, democratic and environmental...
Published December 19th 1995 by Routledge
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Imagologies
Media Philosophy
Imagologies: Media Philosophy is no ordinary book. Provocative, irritating and stimulating, this is a work to be engaged, questioned and pondered. As the web of telecommunications technology spreads across the globe, the site of economic development, social change, and political struggle shifts to...
Published April 27th 1994 by Routledge