“…This collection offers a set of research papers that provide new analytic and empirical material on: The political economy of TVET types in different countries which, by comparison, illuminate the South African case; A periodisation of government interventions in the TVET sector over the last three decades; The unsettled state and status of TVET lecturers in relation to their job requirements and conditions of service; The halting evolution of collegial relationships between college lecturers towards higher collegiality; Employer expectations of college graduates and how colleges are responding; and an analysis of the outcomes of a college improvement intervention in Limpopo and the Eastern Cape. …”

“…Drawing on perspectives from the sociology of knowledge, grounded theory, historiography, discourse analysis, and process tracing, the volume will be of interest to scholars across political science, sociology, political economy, history, area studies, and global studies, as well as development experts and policymakers…”

“…These differences are not just dependent on different readings of relevant evidence but, importantly, stem from dissimilar contrast spaces and divergent theoretical understandings of the nature of states and mechanisms of international relations and political economy. This short, highly accessible book will be of great interest to all those studying and working in international relations and its various subfields such as peace and conflict studies and security studies, as well as all those wishing to understand more about the backdrop of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.…”

“…The book is intended for students, researchers and scholars of economic and financial history, social and world history and political economy"…”

“…In addition to the ever-thrilling biology of interdependent species, forests raise questions in the sphere of political economy, and thus raise cultural and moral questions. …”

“…The comparison shows that these differences can be explained by the political economy of historical industrialization and internal migration. …”

“…One of the only books to include original software alongside each chapter, Metagaming transforms videogames from packaged products into instruments, equipment, tools, and toys for intervening in the sensory and political economies of everyday life. And although videogames conflate the creativity, criticality, and craft of play with the act of consumption, we don't simply play videogames--we make metagames"--…”

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“…This text will be of great interest to students, teachers and researchers of financial frameworks, globalisation and political economy…”

“…Offering fresh insights and analyses more than 15 years after the long boom ended at the precipice of the global financial crisis, this book will be a useful resource for economic historians, scholars of political economy and macroeconomic policy, as well as those interested in modern Irish history more broadly. …”

“…The first part of the book traces the evolution in IIA treaty-making and provides an evaluation from a political economy and economics perspective. The other three parts are organised around the concepts of efficiency, legitimacy and sustainability. …”
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“…Especially because those companies have concentrated influence and narrow interests, consumers and others should be concerned about how epistemic power is distributed – or ‘political economies of knowledge’ – and not just about truth and falsity of medical knowledge. …”

“…In addition, he works on European integration, multi-level governance international trade and political economy approaches to health policy. Stefanie Ettelt is Associate Professor at the Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK. …”

“…Two examples are discussed in detail: 1) a state regulation requiring appointments or extended hours at terminal gates, and 2) the OFFPeak extended gate hours program. We use a political economy framework to explain outcomes. I describe the main economic actors and their competitive positions, and we explain the key aspects of the US regulatory system affecting these actors. …”

“…It appeals to scholars and students in various fields such as political economy, capitalism and post-capitalist studies, economic and political sociology, globalization, development studies, social ecology, and ecological philosophy"-- Provided by publisher…”

“…This study will be of interest to legal historians, to historians of medieval political economy and economic thought, and to students of early Renaissance Florence."…”

“…His academic specialty focuses on the political economy of North Africa, and on strategies of political and economic liberalization in the region. …”

“…His research examines demographic, political economy, public health and well-being aspects of the Anthropocene. …”

“…Kaufmann, the doyen of the sociology of social policy in Germany, emphasizes norms, culture and history, in contrast to political economy approaches. Comparing Britain, Sweden, France and Germany, Kaufmann highlights the „idiosyncrasy” of each welfare state: countries are compared with regard to their state traditions and the relationship between state and civil society; their national “social questions”; their economic systems, including the unions and labour law; social security and redistribution; and their personal social services and education. …”