This book discusses elements of the domestic enforcement of EU competition law, to contextualise further boosting this enforcement exercise. It reflects on topics like the sufficiency of the enforcement toolbox of national competition authorities and domestic bodies’ duties.
History shows that civilizations collapse when they fail to adapt to change. Today, new technology threatens to destroy our own world. This book analyzes its social disadvantages—from fake news to its earliest victims—and asks what must be done to adapt and use it for the good.
This book develops a formal treatment of causation in mathematical models, replacing existing treatments which are often vague and unsatisfactory. Theory is accompanied by extensive examples from economics, and will be extremely useful in economics, biology, and biomedicine.
This book analyzes Central Asian economies in transition, covering their economic and political challenges, integration into the global world, international trade, and the energy sector. It offers a comprehensive picture for academics, politicians, and business leaders.
This book examines the challenges confronting foreign correspondents in covering Africa for an international audience in the digital era. It explores factors that influence how Africa is reported, addressing international journalism practices and issues rarely considered.
Across the global South, urban space triggers social conflict but also creates new possibilities for activism. These cross-disciplinary essays explore the complex relationship between planning, politics, and power, asking a central question: are cities to be tamed?
This book argues that if law is not underpinned by a moral understanding, the moral law itself is violated. It objects to impunity for those who contravene international peremptory criminal law, reaffirming universal principles of truth, equality, and the essential value of man.
Developing countries are the most vulnerable to climate change impacts, making it a matter of moral ethics. This book explores how concerted global action and traditional knowledge can enable them to adapt to the effects of climate change.
This book covers retail space design and its effect on customer experience and consumer behavior. It proposes models and actionable recommendations, blending theory with reality. For students and professionals aiming to elevate their understanding of retail marketing and design.
Competition Law in Times of Crisis
This book examines EU competition law, using its response to crisis as a test of its aims. It concludes that competition policy is a forum for debating the European integration project, while the law serves as a tool for implementing broader policy objectives.
Computer Processing of Sanskrit Nominal Inflections
Based on the reverse engineering of Panini’s Sanskrit Grammar, this work presents studies in computational linguistics and NLP for parsing Sanskrit nominal inflections. Parsing inflections is the first basic step toward complete analysis for any larger system.
This book identifies effects of the European monetary integration on the financial systems of euro area member countries. It presents a rich collection of original studies by scholars, central bankers, and practitioners on the most relevant issues debated today.
Constraints and Driving Forces in Economic Systems
The various contributions to this volume have as their central point the forces driving development and the constraints hindering progress in a variety of economic systems and subsystems.
This collection of essays examines the contemporary crisis facing human rights. Bringing together academics and practitioners, it links austerity and the rise of the far-right to a crucial question: are human rights rights at all?
Africa confronts daunting developmental challenges despite abundant resources. Existing analysis is often generic and misinformed. This book uses Nigeria—a resource-rich yet poor nation—to provide informed research with implications for the entire continent.
Contested Tourism Commodities
This book explores tourism’s contested niches, from slum tourism to trophy hunting. It traces how marginal pursuits explode into the mainstream, causing controversy as they are commodified, packaged, and sold while the lines between acceptance and outrage blur.
Leading scholars of practical rationality and human action—including Alfred Mele, Michael Bratman, and Joshua Knobe—discuss central questions on agency, deliberation, and akrasia. The outcome is of great interest to philosophers, economists, and psychologists.
This pioneering work explores the intersection of Islamic and international criminal law. It argues for creating an Islamic international criminal court to prevent impunity for atrocities committed in the name of Islam, examining its jurisdiction, procedures, and sanctions.
COVID-19, Racism and Politicization
This book explores the global media and government response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Examining countries from the USA to Asia, it addresses the media’s role in both countering and spreading misinformation, politicizing the crisis, and fueling racism and conspiracy theories.
Culture of Tobacco
This book explores the impact of tobacco cultivation on rural Andhra Pradesh. A comparative study of two villages reveals how this labor-intensive crop creates prosperity and changes social relationships, prompting a re-examination of agricultural policy.