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This insightful key resource presents the clearest, most comprehensive and wide ranging account of economic sociology to date. Hass presents a critical and sophisticated yet…

The recent occurrences of famine in Ethiopia and Southern Africa have propelled this key issue back into the public arena for the first time since…

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The primary aim of the text is to introduce the reader to the relationship between economics and ethics and to the application of economic ethics…

Discussing a rarely researched aspect of the Cold War, this volume uses new material to examine how the United States trade embargo on the Soviet…

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This book brings together some of the world's leading experts to present an interdisciplinary, critical perspective on current issues surrounding the economics of the firms.…

Written from the contrasting yet complementary perspectives of sociology and philosophy, this book explores the far-reaching ethical consequences of the runaway commodification of sport, focusing…