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Social Innovations, Institutional Change, and Economic Performance
À much needed examination of a neglected issue - how societies, regions and institutions adjust to our rapidly changing economic world.'. - W. Brian Arthur, Santa Fe Institute, New Mexico. T̀his is a marvellously rich work of synthesis, bringing together a very wide range of theoretical perspectives to make sense of contemporary patterns of economic and social change. Its range of reference is remarkable - and it is further proof that much of the most interesting theoretical and empirical work today is being done on the boundaries of disciplines.'. - Geoff Mulgan, Director, The Young Foundati.
Alva Myrdal
In it, she creates an intimate, impassioned portrait of one of the great women of the 20th century.
The Moral Philosophy of Management: From Quesnay to Keynes
This book explores the foundation of European management philosophy at a dramatic moment in European history: the Cold War has ended; Western capitalism has triumphed over communism. The book reflects on the role of business and management that has emerged in Western capitalism and it searches for the roots of moral philosophy and the philosophies of management derived from the history of economic thought. It traces such ideas from the late 18th century works, Quesnay and Smith, down through the 19th century to the present. The closing chapter of the book sets out ten principles for tight management in a socio-economic doctrine of ideal enterprise and good management.
Recognising European Modernities
For over a century, Europe has been characterised by a plurality of capitalist modernities. At any moment, each country possesses its own distinctly modern qualities which are partly shaped through interrelationships with other countries. Each European commodity society has experienced successive, but different overlapping, periods of industrial modernity (large scale factories and urban growth), high modernity (social modernization promoted by social engineering) and hypermodernity (the acceleration of modernity, yielding new circumstances and sensibilities). Interrogating contemporary hypermodern Europe thus requires an exploration of industrial and high modern Europe. Recognising European...
Njals saga
En av de stora nordiska klassikerna När den isländske stormannen Njals bäste vän Gunnar återvänder från en vikingafärd gifter han sig med Hallgerd, en vacker men elak kvinna som varit gift två gånger tidigare och orsakat båda sina mäns död. Hallgerd och Njals fru Bergtora blir snart ovänner och hetsar sina män att döda varandra. Trots Njals och Gunnars försök att försonas blir det inledningen på en bitter, långvarig blodsfejd som till sist även spiller över på kommande generationer. Njals saga utspelar sig åren 950-1015 och är den längsta och mest kända av islänningasagorna. Berättelsen är nedskriven under slutet av 1200-talet av en okänd författare, men har troligen muntliga förlagor som är betydligt äldre än så. En av de stora nordiska klassikerna, här i översättning och med ett förord av Ingegerd Fries.
Hönsa-Tores saga
Den isländska berättartraditionen sträcker sig tillbaka till vikingatiden, då norska bosättare koloniserade Island. Sagorna traderades i hundratals år och nedtecknades från 1100-talet till 1400-talet. De bevarade pergamenten är ovärderliga källor för det historiska och kulturella nordiska arvet. Vi känner i dag till en handfull författare, men de allra flesta förblir okända. »Hönsa-Tores saga« är en saga hämtad ur samlingsvolymen Isländska sagor, i svensk översättning av Hjalmar Alving.
Literature for Europe?
In Literature for Europe? leading scholars from around Europe reflect on the role played by literature, and by the study of literature, in the constant re-negotiation and re-construction of cultural identities in Europe implied by the accession to the European Union, in the early years of the twenty-first century, of fifteen new member states, with the accession of a number of Balkan states impending, and Turkey waiting in the wings, while at the same time transatlantic relations of the EU to the USA are hotly debated, in politics as in culture, China and India awake as economic giants, and globalization is upon us. At the same time, two of the earliest signatories to the treaties eventually...
