Palgrave Macmillan

In American Panic , New York Times bestselling author Mark Stein traces the history and consequences of American political panics through the years. Virtually every American, on one level or another, falls victim to the hype, intensity, and propaganda that accompanies political panic, regardless of their own personal affiliations. By highlighting...

The International Papers in Political Economy (IPPE) series explores the latest developments in political economy. This tenth volume offers a refreshing perspective on the prospects of fiscal and debt policies. The study focuses on the future, instead of reviewing these policies in relation to the recent and not so recent past. This volume...

Whether you're hammering out contracts or cajoling your toddler to put on his shoes, you are negotiating every day. For decades, most people believed that the goal was to split the pie fairly enough that each side felt they'd won. Yet in a world where vast amounts of information are at your fingertips, Inventive Negotiation gets you more than a pie...

Frugal innovation is a powerful new model for creating solutions for a world struggling with rapid population growth, exploding demand from consumers on modest incomes, and global pressure to minimize environmental damage. This new wave of innovation started in the developing world but is spreading globally. This inspiring book provides an insight...

The first book-long analysis of the 'mediatization of politics', this volume aims to understand the transformations of the relationship between media and politics in recent decades, and explores how growing media autonomy, journalistic framing, media populism and new media technologies affect democratic processes. As politics becomes increasingly...

China is the world's biggest consumer story, but foreign businesses are still getting it wrong due to lack of knowledge and understanding. Myth-Busting China's Numbers provides a unique and insightful critique of China's economic data, analysing what businesses need to be aware of when interpreting this data and why. From GDP down to micro-markets,...