Skip to main content
Search Button
United States Kobo store Gift Cards Help

Rakuten Kobo

Wishlist

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...


Top Series in United States

Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “klaus binder”
Skip side bar filters

  • Corporate Purpose, CSR, and ESG

    Edited by Jens-Hinrich Binder, Klaus Hopt, Thilo Kuntz ...
    In recent years, the longstanding debate between shareholder-oriented and stakeholder-oriented models of corporate governance for large listed, or "public" corporations, has experienced a resurgence. Simultaneously, a wave of new regulations has reshaped the legal landscape, compelling businesses to integrate public objectives - such as environmental protection or the social interests of specific ... Read more

    $153.89 USD

  • Social Workers in Political Office

    A Comparative Perspective on Recruitment, Career Patterns and Social Advocacy

    by Iris Kohlfürst, Anne-Marie McLaughli, Agnieszka Zogata-Kusz, Tatiana Matulayová, Christian Kroll, Helena Blomberg, Sanni Salonen, Idit Weiss-Gal, Noa Binder-Eilat, John Gal, Riccardo Guidi, Martina Francesconi, Francisco Branco, Joanne Warner, Christin Reuter, Shannon Lane, Allysha Bryant ...
    Series series Research in Social Work
    Available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.One of the most significant ways that social workers can engage with policy is by holding elected office. How and why do social workers transition into political roles? And what impact do they have on policy making once they get there?This book is the first systematic, comparative study of social workers in electoral politics across liberal ... Read more

    Free

People who read these also enjoyed

  • International Impacts on Social Policy

    Short Histories in Global Perspective

    Edited by Frank Nullmeier, Delia González de Reufels, Herbert Obinger ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This open access book consists of 39 short essays that exemplify how interactions between inter- and trans-national interdependencies and domestic factors have shaped the dynamics of social policy in various parts of the world at different points in time. Each chapter highlights a specific type of interdependence which has been identified to provide us with a nuanced understanding of specific ... Read more

    Free

  • The Value of Everything

    Making and Taking in the Global Economy

    by Mariana Mazzucato ...
    The award-winning author of The Entrepreneurial State and Mission Economy offers a scathing indictment of a global financial system that incentivizes taking over making and extraction over creation“A stimulating analysis of the underlying causes of inequality and growth which forces us to confront long-held beliefs about how economies work and who benefits.” —Martin Wolf,<... ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Shareholder Value Myth

    How Putting Shareholders First Harms Investors, Corporations, and the Public

    by Lynn Stout ...
    An in-depth look at the trouble with shareholder value thinking and at better options for models of corporate purpose.Executives, investors, and the business press routinely chant the mantra that corporations are required to "maximize shareholder value." In this pathbreaking book, renowned corporate expert Lynn Stout debunks the myth that corporate law mandates shareholder primacy. Stout shows how ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Radical Right-Wing Populist Parties in Western Europe

    Into the Mainstream?

    Edited by Tjitske Akkerman, Matthijs Rooduijn, Sarah de Lange ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Extremism and Democracy
    Radical right-wing populist parties, such as Geert Wilders’ Party for Freedom, Marine Le Pen’s National Front or Nigel Farage’s UKIP, are becoming increasingly influential in Western European democracies. Their electoral support is growing, their impact on policy-making is substantial, and in recent years several radical right-wing populist parties have assumed office or supported minority ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • The Anatomy of Corporate Law

    A Comparative and Functional Approach

    by Reinier Kraakman, John Armour, Paul Davies, Luca Enriques, Henry Hansmann, Gerard Hertig, Klaus Hopt, Hideki Kanda, Mariana Pargendler, Wolf-Georg Ringe, Edward Rock ...
    This is the long-awaited third edition of this highly regarded comparative overview of corporate law. This edition has been comprehensively revised and updated to reflect the profound changes in corporate law and governance practices that have taken place since the previous edition. These include numerous regulatory changes following the financial crisis of 2007-09 and the changing landscape of ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Queering Asylum in Europe

    Legal and Social Experiences of Seeking International Protection on grounds of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

    by Carmelo Danisi, Moira Dustin, Nuno Ferreira, Nina Held ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This two-volume open-access book offers a theoretically and empirically-grounded portrayal of the experiences of people claiming international protection in Europe on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity (SOGI). It shows how European asylum systems might and should treat asylum claims based on people’s SOGI in a fairer, more humane way. Through a combined comparative, ... Read more

    Free

  • Firm Commitment

    Why the corporation is failing us and how to restore trust in it

    by Colin Mayer ...
    The corporation is one of the most important and remarkable institutions in the world. It affects all our lives continuously. It feeds, entertains, houses and, employs us. It generates vast amounts of revenue for those who own it and it invests a substantial proportion of the wealth that we possess. But the corporation is also the cause of immense problems and suffering, a source of poverty and ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Economists and the Powerful

    Convenient Theories, Distorted Facts, Ample Rewards

    by Norbert Häring, Niall Douglas ...
    “Economists and the Powerful: Convenient Theories, Distorted Facts, Ample Rewards” explores the workings of the modern global economy – an economy in which competition has been corrupted and power has a ubiquitous influence upon economic behavior. Based on an array of empirical and theoretical studies by a series of distinguished economists, this book reveals a stark and unpleasant truth: that the ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Human Rights Politics

    An introduction

    by Michael Krennerich ...
    Series Book 12 - Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Rights
    The book offers a comprehensive and clear introduction for students and those interested in human rights, written by a renowned human rights expert. It not only provides an introduction to the diversity of issues, actors and institutions in human rights policy and politics, but also offers assistance and suggestions on how the complex reality of human rights politics can be described and analysed ... Read more

    Free

  • Corporate Governance

    Principles and Issues

    by Donald Nordberg ...
    Offering a fresh look at the commonly accepted view of what constitutes good governance, Donald Nordberg explores the contexts of board decisions and draws upon his academic research and years of business and financial journalism in Europe, North America and Asia to provide a distinctive and pertinent contribution to the literature on corporate governance. The book:- Features 21 detailed case ... Read more

    $99.89 USD