Economics of specific sectors

The markets for organic and fair trade commodities are growing rapidly, so it is vital to assess if it is feasible to meet growing demands regarding food safety, quality and ethics through smallholder and marginal producers.

The markets for organic and fair trade certified commodities are growing rapidly, with environmentally sound and more equitable certification systems likely to offer benefits for both small-scale farmers and society at large.

Human capital is embodied in human beings.

This volume consists of three sections connected by the elucidation of differences in perspective between people and polities.

Current Issues in Global Agricultural and Trade Policy presents an authoritative perspective on matters that will contribute to the future shape of global markets for agricultural products.

The essays in this series offer fresh theoretical and methodological insights into the key issues in the field of economic inequality.

Lessons from the Great Recession: At the Crossroads of Sustainability and Recovery examines global cases of environmental sustainability and economics in the context of nations from multi-disciplinary perspectives.

The papers in Measurement of Poverty, Deprivation, and Social Exclusion represent the most current research on poverty, deprivation, and income mobility.

It is becoming increasingly difficult to deny that human activity is a factor in global climate change.

A compelling account of the dangers posed by narcissistic leaders, and why their rise to power has become the hallmark of our age.

Despite the pervasiveness of barter across societies, this mode of transaction has largely escaped the anthropologist s gaze.

The fall of the Soviet Union was a transformative event for the national political economies of Eastern Europe, leading not only to new regimes of ownership and development but to dramatic changes in the natural world itself.

Once held up as a 'poster child' for untrammeled capitalist globalisation, the Irish Republic has more recently come to represent a cautionary tale for those tempted to tread the same neoliberal path.

The ascent of globalisation tells the sweeping historical drama of the development of globalisation, from the Second World War to the present day.

Once held up as a 'poster child' for untrammeled capitalist globalisation, the Irish Republic has more recently come to represent a cautionary tale for those tempted to tread the same neoliberal path.

The ascent of globalisation tells the sweeping historical drama of the development of globalisation, from the Second World War to the present day.

Everyone needs and deserves housing.

How will climate change affect our lives?

In this brilliant, very original survey of the politics and meanings of urban landscapes, leading sociologist G,ran Therborn offers a tour of the world's major capital cities, and the forces that have shaped them.

Is investing itself the problem?

Measurements of individual benefits of different health and medical interventions are fundamental for prioritizing among different alternative uses of resources in the healthcare sector.

This Green Book provides the design engineer with an understanding of the electrical parameters and methods required in designing compact AC and DC lines.

This is a challenge to conventional thinking around money and the 'debt crisis'.

This is a challenge to conventional thinking around money and the 'debt crisis'.

Introducing a New Economics is a groundbreaking textbook that heralds a revolution in the teaching of economics.

Introducing a New Economics is a groundbreaking textbook that heralds a revolution in the teaching of economics.

Climate change and other ecological ills are driving the creation of a grassroots global movement for change.

'There is no alternative' has been the unofficial mantra of the neoliberal order since its utterance by Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.

'There is no alternative' has been the unofficial mantra of the neoliberal order since its utterance by Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.

An unsparing analysis of class power and computerisation, Cyber-Proletariat shows us the dark-side of the information revolution.

An unsparing analysis of class power and computerisation, Cyber-Proletariat shows us the dark-side of the information revolution.

Indispensable for human existence yet increasingly owned and controlled by private capital; the last decade has witnessed an intensifying battle for water.

Indispensable for human existence yet increasingly owned and controlled by private capital; the last decade has witnessed an intensifying battle for water.

Housing has become a hot topic.

Neoclassical economics, the intellectual bedrock of modern capitalism, faces growing criticisms, as many of its key assumptions and policy prescriptions are systematically challenged.

Neoclassical economics, the intellectual bedrock of modern capitalism, faces growing criticisms, as many of its key assumptions and policy prescriptions are systematically challenged.

Nowhere is the injustice of the global distribution of income and wealth more palpable than in health.

Nowhere is the injustice of the global distribution of income and wealth more palpable than in health.

For the past three decades, neoclassical doctrine has dominated economic theory and policy.

For the past three decades, neoclassical doctrine has dominated economic theory and policy.

Destined to transform its field, this volume features some of the most exciting feminist scholars and activists working within feminist political ecology, including Giovanna Di Chiro, Dianne Rocheleau, Catherine Walsh and Christa Wichterich.

Destined to transform its field, this volume features some of the most exciting feminist scholars and activists working within feminist political ecology, including Giovanna Di Chiro, Dianne Rocheleau, Catherine Walsh and Christa Wichterich.

Featuring everything from sports stadiums to shopping malls, hundreds of new cities in China stand empty, with hundreds more set to be built by 2030.

Featuring everything from sports stadiums to shopping malls, hundreds of new cities in China stand empty, with hundreds more set to be built by 2030.

This collection illustrates the evolving role of housing as a symbol of modernity, a tool for economic recovery and a response to societal transitions.

The future of clean energy is no longer about science and technology; it's all about access to finance.

Too often amongst policy makers and thought leaders an assumption is made that we must make a choice between tackling climate change and having a strong economy; tackling climate change and allowing poorer nations to develop; tackling climate change and having a secure energy system.

Negative environmental events make the headlines.

The UK energy system has experienced radical reform in past decade - privatisation, liberalisation, re-structuring and re-regulation for gas/electricity supply and coal, plus rapid technological change and flexible fiscal policy in offshore oil/gas.

Using a new methodology for foresight studies, this book presents new findings and policy recommendations to improve living conditions and make progress toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).