Search Results: Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Glynn's Books

Darmstadt: Verlag Darmstadter Blatter, 1976. Pb, 173pp. Good, spine and cover edges sunned/darkened, contents clean. Transcript of a series of thirteen television interviews given by Bertrand Russell to Woodrow Wyatt in 1959. They include topics such as " What is philosophy?", " Taboo morality" and " The role of the individual".. Soft Cover.

Allen Lane, 2001. Hb, xx + 533pp. Good in a VG dj. Slight tanning to page edges, contents clean. Account of the evolution of modern economics and politics. Contents : Spending and taxing; Promises to pay; Economic politics; Global power.. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good.

Cambridge/Oxford: Polity Press/Basil Blackwell, 1990. Hb, xii + 197pp. VG with clean contents in VG dj. Analyses the role of the modern state in the shaping of policies of social control in America. In two broad sections : Part 1 The denial of freedom in the new republic - social control and the American state 1800-1929; Part 2 Accumulating minds and bodies - social control and the American state 1930-1985.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1985. Hb, xxv + 328pp. VG with clean contents in VG dj. Contents : Social order and progressive reform in Chicago 1877-1912; The ironies of progressive child-saving; The limits of reform : child labour, compulsory education and the remaking of the Chicago working class; The triumph of vocationalism; Centralization and the transformation of public education; Conclusion : progressive reform and the market revolution.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Simon & Schuster, 1992. Hb, 319pp. Good+ with clean contents in a Good+ dj which has slightly sunned spine. Examines conservatism in American politics up to the 1990s with the author's trademark " comic flair and political savvy".. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books, 2001. Pb, xii + 198pp. Reprint of the 1996 2nd edition. Good+, clean contents, marginal wear. Research study on corruption in Thailand, set within a political context. It examines the roles of politicians, business people, bureaucrats and the police; estimates amounts involved; provides political background; looks at popular attitudes to corruption; and counter-measures.. Soft Cover.

London: IEA (Institute of Economic Affairs), 2001. Two volumes - Hobart Paper 136 and Hobart Paper 142, published by the Instuitute of Economic Affairs in 1998 and 2001 respectively. Each is Pb, Good+ to VG with clean contents. 1) "The Dilemma of Democracy" by Seldon - 117pp. Contents : Democracy at the crossroads; The debilitating disease of over-government; The escapes from over-government; From political democracy to individual liberty. 2) "Misguided Virtue" by Henderson - 170pp. Controversial criticism of the doctrine of Corporate Social Responsibility, examining its impact on poor countries and on market economics.. Soft Cover.

London: IEA (Institute of Economic Affairs), 1997. Pb, 111pp. Good+, clean contents, marginal wear. Collection of the author's articles written for IEA's journal " "Economic Affairs", in which he exposes popular economic fallacies e.g. with regard to free trade, the abilities of governments to control economies, the use of fiscal policy to control inflation and the effects of government regulation of markets.. Soft Cover.

Basingstoke: Palgrave Pb reprint of 1999 edition. xiv + 359pp. Good+ with light corner edgewear to covers. Previous owner's name on front endpaper, otherwise contents clean. Textbook targetted at non-specialist students studying introductory economics on a range of undergraduate degree courses, such as Business Studies, Accountancy or Social Studies, as well as MBA students.. Soft Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Buckingham: University of Buckingham Press, 2014. Pb, v + 199pp. Good+. Signed by author with inscription to previous owner on dedication page.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Good.

Chicago and La Salle, Illinois: Open Court, 1999. Pb, xviii + 180pp. Good+, marginal wear only, clean contents. Study on the rationality and morality of revenge as a form of justice.. Soft Cover.

London: IEA (Institute of Economic Affairs), 2000. Pb, 184pp. Good+, marginal wear, clean contents. Explores the theory of public choice and its applications without too much technical jargon.. Soft Cover.

Perseus, 2001. Pb, 336pp, b/w photos. VG, clean contents. Definitive account of the life and times of the celebrated Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, from his childhood in Depression-era New York, his long friendship with controversial author Ayn Rand and his musical training as a clarinetist and youthful days spent touring with a jazz band, to his intellectual and philosophical transformation, two marriages, his dynamic Washington social life and service to five U.S. Presidents. "A home run...informative, eminently readable and gives a thought-provoking portrait of a man who has a job of profound importance to us all"(Business Week). Soft Cover. Very Good.

La Salle, Illinois: Open Court, 1987. Hb, xiii + 445pp. VG with clean contents in VG dj. Contents : Putting wages into competition - the rise of individualistic economic policy; Competition and combination - from criminal conspiracy to free association; Labor's powerlessness under competition - industrial democracy as syndication; Labor's powerlessness under competition - industrial democracy as socialism; The eclipse of the wages fund and the birth of modern collective bargaining theory; Approaching industrial democracy in America - the economy of high wages; Imperium to imperio - pluralist models of industrial democratic reform; The promise of American life; The formation of American industrial democracy 1933-1947; Appendices 1-13; Notes.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Macmillan, 1994. Pb, xviii + 446pp. Good, light wear, clean contents. Focuses on late 19th century British history onwards and the interplay between politics, economics and ideas.Covering subjects such as Sidney and Beatrice Webb, J.A. Hobson, Oswald Mosley, Facism and expansion, The Cambridge Communists, Suez, the Economic decline of Britain, Psychohistory.. Soft Cover.

London: Harper Collins, 1999. Pb, 394 pgs, Good, light crease to front cover. Engrossing and well received account of globalization.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: IEA (Institute of Economic Affairs) Two books published by the IEA in 2006 and 2008. Each is Pb, approx. 180pp, Good+ with slight wear and clean contents. 1) Living With Leviathan by Smith - examines the growth of public spending in the UK and its economic conseqences and regional inequalities. 2) Taming Leviathan edited by Dyble - 13 authors involved in classical liberal think tanks around the world identify strategies that have been successful in influencing public policy and how these can be adpated to local circumstances.. Soft Cover. Good.

Edinburgh University Press/Open University, 2005. Pb, viii + 191pp. Good, slight corner wear, clean contents, faint yellowing to page edges. Introduction to public policy with contributions by various authors and drawing on case studies. Contents : How is policy made?; Challenging centre-periphery relations in health policy; Welfare, participation and dissent in public policy; Fair policy or special treatment? Disability politics; Talking about policy.. Soft Cover. Good.

London: Continuum, 2005. Pb, xii + 209pp. VG. Subtitled: "How it happened and what it meant". Examines Britain's political and economic transformation during the Thatcher years, with chapters from individual contributors such as Norman Tebbit, Malcolm Rifkind, Christopher Booker, Dennis O'Keefe and William Hague. "...a book that sets the record straight..." (Mail on Sunday).. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. Pb, xx + 273pp. Good, light wear, a few pages (approx. 10) have brief inked notation. Part 1 Equity Finance in Historical Perspective ; Part 2 Case Studies of Stock Exchanges in Regional Perspective; Part 3 Conclusion.. Soft Cover. Good.