Philosophy, Politics And Economics from Glynn's Books

Baltimore/London: John Hopkins University Press, 1988. Pb, xvi + 331pp. Good, light wear, previous owner's inscription on fep. Examines the effect of Khomeini and the Iranian fundamentalist revolution on its neighbours; the reasons for its origins; and a critical analysis on US foreign policy in the Middle East with a new epilogue on the Iranian-American arms deal.. Soft Cover. Good.… Read more about this item

Cambridge/Oxford: Polity Press/Basil Blackwell, 1990. Hb, xii + 197pp. VG with clean contents in VG dj. Analyses the role of the modern state in the shaping of policies of social control in America. In two broad sections : Part 1 The denial of freedom in the new republic - social control and the American state 1800-1929; Part 2 Accumulating minds… Read more about this item

Edinburgh University Press/Open University, 2005. Pb, viii + 191pp. Good, slight corner wear, clean contents, faint yellowing to page edges. Introduction to public policy with contributions by various authors and drawing on case studies. Contents : How is policy made?; Challenging centre-periphery relations in health policy; Welfare, participation and dissent in public policy; Fair policy or special treatment? Disability politics;… Read more about this item

London: IEA (Institute of Economic Affairs) Two books published by the IEA in 2006 and 2008. Each is Pb, approx. 180pp, Good+ with slight wear and clean contents. 1) Living With Leviathan by Smith - examines the growth of public spending in the UK and its economic conseqences and regional inequalities. 2) Taming Leviathan edited by Dyble - 13 authors… Read more about this item

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. Pb, xx + 273pp. Good, light wear, a few pages (approx. 10) have brief inked notation. Part 1 Equity Finance in Historical Perspective ; Part 2 Case Studies of Stock Exchanges in Regional Perspective; Part 3 Conclusion.. Soft Cover. Good.

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1985. Hb, xxv + 328pp. VG with clean contents in VG dj. Contents : Social order and progressive reform in Chicago 1877-1912; The ironies of progressive child-saving; The limits of reform : child labour, compulsory education and the remaking of the Chicago working class; The triumph of vocationalism; Centralization and the transformation of public education;… Read more about this item

Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books, 2001. Pb, xii + 198pp. Reprint of the 1996 2nd edition. Good+, clean contents, marginal wear. Research study on corruption in Thailand, set within a political context. It examines the roles of politicians, business people, bureaucrats and the police; estimates amounts involved; provides political background; looks at popular attitudes to corruption; and counter-measures.. Soft Cover.

London: IEA (Institute of Economic Affairs), 2001. Two volumes - Hobart Paper 136 and Hobart Paper 142, published by the Instuitute of Economic Affairs in 1998 and 2001 respectively. Each is Pb, Good+ to VG with clean contents. 1) "The Dilemma of Democracy" by Seldon - 117pp. Contents : Democracy at the crossroads; The debilitating disease of over-government; The… Read more about this item

London: IEA (Institute of Economic Affairs), 1997. Pb, 111pp. Good+, clean contents, marginal wear. Collection of the author's articles written for IEA's journal " "Economic Affairs", in which he exposes popular economic fallacies e.g. with regard to free trade, the abilities of governments to control economies, the use of fiscal policy to control inflation and the effects of government regulation… Read more about this item

London: IEA (Institute of Economic Affairs), 2000. Pb, 184pp. Good+, marginal wear, clean contents. Explores the theory of public choice and its applications without too much technical jargon.. Soft Cover.

London: IEA (Institute of Economic Affairs), 2000. Pb, xv + 182pp. Good, light cover wear, clean contents. Survey of how business has been portrayed by novelists from the 18th century to the end of the 20th century, and their influence in determining the view which people form of business.. Soft Cover.

London: IEA Education & Training Unit, 1997. Two books in the Studies in Education series published by the Institute of Economic Affairs in 1996-1997. Each is Pb, Good with light wear, clean contents, slight yellowing to page edges in one volume. 1) "Why Schoolchildren Can't Read" by Macmillan - 211pp. Examines the causes of reading failure, the best instruction methods… Read more about this item

London: IEA Health and Welfare Unit, 1996. Pb, xv + 250pp. Good, light cover wear, clean contents. Foreward by Lord Harris of High Cross. Reprint of the famous Victorian work on self-improvement, providing numerous examples of people whose achievements are attributed to self-discipline and diligence, and illustrating the old maxim "Heaven helps those who help themselves".. Soft Cover.

London: Macmillan, 1994. Pb, xviii + 446pp. Good, light wear, clean contents. Focuses on late 19th century British history onwards and the interplay between politics, economics and ideas.Covering subjects such as Sidney and Beatrice Webb, J.A. Hobson, Oswald Mosley, Facism and expansion, The Cambridge Communists, Suez, the Economic decline of Britain, Psychohistory.. Soft Cover.

Indianaopolis: LibertyPress Pb, 292pp. Good+, light crease back cover, clean contents. Reprint of the 1979 edition. Collection of essays of James Buchanan's work, selected by H. Geoffrey Brennan and Robert D. Tollison. Organised into : Scope and Method; Economics as a Social Science; Economics as Moral Philosophy. With a postscript by Buchanan.. Soft Cover.

Two books by the great philosopher, Sir Karl Popper. 1) The Poverty of Historicism - Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974, Pb, 166pp. Good, creased and sunned covers, contents clean. Criticism of the idea of historicism and an account of what the character and methods of the social sciences should be. 2) Unended Quest - Open Court, 1976, Pb, 258pp. Good+,… Read more about this item

Indianaopolis: LibertyPress, 1991. Hb, xxx + 340pp. VG with clean contents in VG dj. Selection of 37 essays by the renowned American writer and social critic. Organized into themes : A biography of ideas; The casualties of war; The social critic; The humane life; The cult of politics; Miscellany; Cultivating a single garden.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Chicago and La Salle, Illinois: Open Court, 1999. Pb, xviii + 180pp. Good+, marginal wear only, clean contents. Study on the rationality and morality of revenge as a form of justice.. Soft Cover.

Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1984. Pb, 184pp. Fair+. Closed tear on back cover, contents good and clean. Observations on Third World economies, demonstrating that static societies result wherever government pre-empts human action by monopolizing economic life.. Soft Cover.

Washington: Cato Institute, 1998. Hb, xv + 340pp. Signed and dated by Professor Peter Bauer on fep. VG in a Good(-) dj which has small tears and edgewear. " Essays in Honour of Peter Bauer" supporting his views that private ownership, free trade and limited government do more for the economies of under-developed countres than state-led development planning. Bauer also… Read more about this item