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The Recession and Beyond
Local and Regional Responses to the Downturn
Series: Regions and Cities
How has the recession impacted on firms, people and places? How have local and regional authorities responded? This book aims to answer these questions by offering an overview of the impacts of the recession on people and places and how it has affected local authorities in the UK and other OECD...
To Be Published July 4th 2013 by Routledge
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Industrial and Regional Policies in an Enlarging EU
After years of near ‘disrepute’ in official circles, Industrial Policy has made something of a comeback over the last few years and is now very much back on the agenda at national and EU levels, driven by concerns over globalisation, deindustrialisation, unemployment and perceived poor growth in...
Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge
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Industrial Policy Beyond the Crisis
Regional, National and International Perspectives
Series: Regions and Cities
After years of official disrepute, industrial policy (IP) is back in vogue at regional, national and international levels driven by concerns over competitiveness, globalisation, de-industrialisation, unemployment and the comparatively slow growth of the EU economy especially in this post-recession...
Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
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The European Union and Global Governance
A Handbook
Series: Routledge International Handbooks
The role of the European Union in global politics has been of growing interest over the past decade. The EU is a key player in global institutions such as the World Trade Organization (WTO) and NATO. It continues to construct an emerging identity and project its values and interests throughout...
Published December 16th 2010 by Routledge
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The Political Economy of European Social Democracy
A Critical Realist Approach
This book takes an in-depth look into recent developments in European social democracy. It begins by highlighting the somewhat paradoxical turn by a number of social democratic parties towards enhanced support for European integration, a move that has occurred despite the apparently ‘neoliberal’...
Published December 6th 2010 by Routledge
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Performance Tuning of Scientific Applications
Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Computational Science
With contributions from some of the most notable experts in the field, Performance Tuning of Scientific Applications presents current research in performance analysis. The book focuses on the following areas. Performance monitoring: Describes the state of the art in hardware and software tools...
Published November 22nd 2010 by CRC Press
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Mathematics by Experiment, 2nd Edition
Plausible Reasoning in the 21st Century
This revised and updated second edition maintains the content and spirit of the first edition and includes a new chapter, "Recent Experiences", that provides examples of experimental mathematics that have come to light since the publication of the first edition in 2003. For more examples and...
Published October 26th 2008 by A K Peters/CRC Press
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The Routledge Physical Education Reader
Physical Education teaching and research is fundamental to the physical and social health of our communities. The Routledge Physical Education Reader presents an authoritative and representative selection of the very best international scholarship in PE, drawn from across the full topical range of...
Published September 10th 2008 by Routledge
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Experimental Mathematics in Action
With the continued advance of computing power and accessibility, the view that "real mathematicians don't compute" no longer has any traction for a newer generation of mathematicians. The goal in this book is to present a coherent variety of accessible examples of modern mathematics where...
Published May 30th 2007 by A K Peters/CRC Press
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Experimentation in Mathematics
Computational Paths to Discovery
New mathematical insights and rigorous results are often gained through extensive experimentation using numerical examples or graphical images and analyzing them. Today computer experiments are an integral part of doing mathematics. This allows for a more systematic approach to conducting and...
Published April 11th 2004 by A K Peters/CRC Press