Author: Jurgen G. Backhau
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Keywords: elgar, reference, original, law, companion, economics
Number of Pages: 763
Published: 2005-11-30
List price: $360.00
ISBN-10: 1845420322
ISBN-13: 9781845420321
This thoroughly updated and revised edition of a popular and authoritative reference work introduces the reader to the major concepts and leading contributors in the field of law and economics. The Companion features accessible, informative and provocative entries on all the significant issues, and breaks new ground by bringing together widely dispersed yet theoretically congruent ideas. Following a comprehensive introduction by the editor, the renowned contributors look in detail at several critical areas including: fundamentals of the law and economics approach private law and economic
Author: Jan M. Smit
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Keywords: elgar, reference, original, comparative, encyclopedia, law
Number of Pages: 821
Published: 2006-07-30
List price: $285.00
ISBN-10: 1845420136
ISBN-13: 9781845420130
The Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law looks set to become an indispensable source for the ever increasing body of lawyers needing accurate information on the structure and working of foreign systems as well as on points of a substantive law. Edited by Professor Jan Smits of Maastricht University the Encyclopedia is the work of an extremely strong international team of noted specialists. Comprising articles on the nature, methodology and focus of comparative law, on the legal systems of particular jurisdictions and on matters of substantive law, the work should be a very significant contr
Author: Andrew M. Jone
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Keywords: elgar, reference, original, health, companion, economics
Number of Pages: 584
Published: 2006-04-30
List price: $235.00
ISBN-10: 1845420039
ISBN-13: 9781845420031
The aim of The Elgar Companion to Health Economics is to take an audience of advanced undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers to the frontier of research in health economics, by providing them with short and easily readable introductions to key topics. The volume brings together 50 chapters written by more than 90 leading international contributors. The contributions to the Companion are concise and focus on specific concepts, methods and key evidence. The Companion is a comprehensive and authoritative original reference volume covering theoretical and empirical issues in health economic
Author: J. E. King
Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub
Keywords: elgar, original, reference, economics, keynesian, companion, post
Number of Pages: 424
Published: 2005-06-05
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 1845422317
ISBN-13: 9781845422318
In this definitive volume, now available in paperback, over 80 distinguished contributors from four continents provide authoritative critical discussion of the principal areas of controversy in post Keynesian economics, including all significant issues in methodology, economic theory, applied economics and policy. Each entry surveys the relevant literature and highlights the strengths and weaknesses of post Keynesian contributions. The Companion deals with areas of continuing debate inside post Keynesianism and sheds light on the current relationship between post Keynesians, mainstream econo
Author: David Alexander Clark
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Keywords: elgar, reference, original, development, companion, studies
Number of Pages: 713
Published: 2007-12-07
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 1847206247
ISBN-13: 9781847206244
"The Elgar Companion to Development Studies" is an innovative and unique reference book that includes original contributions covering development economics as well as development studies broadly defined. This major new Companion brings together an international panel of experts from varying backgrounds who discuss theoretical, ethical and practical issues relating to economic, social, cultural, institutional, political and human aspects of development in poor countries. It also includes a selection of intellectual biographies of leading development thinkers.While the Companion is organised alo
Author: Charles Robert McCann Jr.
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Keywords: elgar, reference, original, economic, dictionary, quotations
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 2006-05-29
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 1845427769
ISBN-13: 9781845427764
The Elgar Dictionary of Economic Quotations is a unique compendium of quotations on subjects of interest to economists and those who are generally intrigued by the social sciences. The coverage is not merely confined to economists, but includes quotes from essayists, jurists, philosophers, politicians, religious leaders, revolutionaries, scientists, and numerous other important figures who have contributed to our understanding of economic matters. Presented in a highly readable format, this impressive volume contains the thoughts and opinions of hundreds of individuals on issues relating to th
Authors:John B. Davis, Wilfred Dolfsma,
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Keywords: elgar, reference, original, social, companion, economics
Number of Pages: 682
Published: 2008-09-30
List price: $285.00
ISBN-10: 1845422805
ISBN-13: 9781845422806
As this comprehensive Companion demonstrates, social economics is a dynamic and growing field that emphasizes the key role social that values play in the economy and in economic life. Social economics treats the economy and economics as being embedded in the larger web of social and ethical relationships. It also regards economics and ethics as essentially connected, and adds values such as justice, fairness, dignity, well-being, freedom and equality to the standard emphasis on efficiency. The Elgar Companion to Social Economics brings together the leading contributors in the field to elucidat
