Oxford University Press

New Approaches to Macroeconomics and InequalityHuman Development is widely recognised as the overriding goal of development, yet its realization is challenged by growing inequality, macro-economic fluctuations, and recurrent financial crises. This edited collection reflects on the work of Richard Jolly and includes contributions from leading...

Fully revised for this second edition, the Oxford Handbook of Occupational Health provides a concise practice-based guide. Bringing together the latest legislation and guidance with current practice in the field, this is your authoritative guide to assessing and managing health risks in the workplace.  Consisting of twelve sections covering...

What produces emotions? Why do we have emotions? How do we have emotions? Why doemotional states feel like something? What is the relation between emotion, and reward value, and subjective feelings of pleasure? How is the value of a good represented in the brain? Will neuroeconomics replace classical microeconomics? How does the brain implement...

Urbanization, Redistribution, and Regime Survival in ChinaChina's management of urbanization is an under-appreciated factor in the regime's longevity. The Chinese Communist Party fears "e;Latin Americanization"e; -- the emergence of highly unequal megacities with their attendant slums and social unrest. Such cities threaten the...

Transnational Regulatory Integration and DevelopmentEmerging market countries are currently facing a dual challenge. How to incorporate transnational regulations into their societies, while building their own versions of regulatory capitalism. This raises a multitude questions and challenges. Will the diffusion of international public and private...

How the Earth's Species Can Survive in the Midst of Human EnterpriseAs humanity presses down inexorably on the natural world, people debate the extent to which we can save the Earth's millions of different species without sacrificing human economic welfare. But is this argument wise? Must the human and natural worlds be...