Palgrave Macmillan

A very timely, eloquent and learned introduction to the nature and causes of capitalist crises. It delivers just what students and citizens need to help navigate through these trying economic times....

This book provides a comprehensive overview over the models of contemporary democracy, its social, cultural, economic and political prerequisites, empirically existing varieties, and the two major challenges - globalization and mediatization - confronting established democracies today. As the boundaries of the national political communities...

Ask a person on any street in the West to quickly name a brand from an emerging market and you will draw a blank. In fact, a study of western consumers revealed just how low the spontaneous recall of Chinese brands is; emerging market companies are painfully aware of this fact. Many leading companies from emerging markets feel that their country of...

In an age of increasing consumer cynicism towards brands, marketers are being urged to become more authentic. Yet, how can brands project authenticity when many people believe commercial objects are by definition, fake? Building Brand Authenticity identifies how marketers can create brands that reflect consumers' desired identity or authentic self....

This text provides a readable, comprehensive and accessible introduction to Criminal Law. It includes "hot topic" sections which analyze the controversial cases of recent years and has been updated to include discussion of important case law developments in the law of provocation, consent, conspiracy and duress....

This book traces the changes in the organization of the British economy following the War of American Independence, which unleashed a political crisis in Britain based on demands for 'economical reform'. In 1782, failure in the American war led to the fall of the ministry of Lord North and administrative reforms intended to reduce 'the influence of...