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A new edition (2004), prepared by Bruce Wood, of Elgar's setting of Psalm 29 for SATB Chorus and Organ or Orchestra.

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This volume provides reference sources to Elgar's life and music, a catalogue of works and first performances, a listing of recorded works conducted by Elgar, a location list of important collections, a select bibliography, and a chronology of Elgar's life. ... Read more

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National Accounting and Capital presents definitivesolutions to current problems in national accountingpractice. Professor Hartwick deals expertly with problems inaccounting natural capital, financial capital and skills capital andcommunicates his solutions in specially designed national accountingtables or matrices.

Key issues discussed include:
• new developments in the theory of green national accounting, particularly the place of natural resource stocks in the national accounts
• the relationship between dollar valued net national product and sustainable income
• an extension of standard treatments of capital, (buildings, machines, etc.), in the national accounts to deal with natural resources, human capital, and financial capital, (equities of banks and other firms and loans from banks to firms)
• the sustainability of the current path of an economy
• the role of capital gains on ‘new’ types of capital in the expression for net national product

In addition, Professor Hartwick indicates how to deal with certain long-standing issues involving services to banks in the national accounts. The accounts are always expressed in a national accounting matrix and this makes for consistency in style. He wishes to persuade readers of the value of this approach.

This book will be of immense use to scholars of national and environmental accounting and practitioners in government statistical agencies, the UN, the World Bank and the IMF. ... Read more

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This seminal reference tool provides a detailedchronological account of the development of European integration fromthe fragmentation at the end of the Second World War to the launch ofthe Euro on 31st December 1998.It offers a descriptive summary ofimportant events, measures, arrangements, conferences and ideas thatshaped the progress towards integration.

Wim Vanthoor's chronology reveals that the attainment of politicalunions referred to by Winston Churchill in 1946 as 'The United Statesof Europe', was on the one hand a controversial point in the strugglefor integration while on the other it was always kept in view as theultimate objective.The author comes to the conclusion that with thecreation of the economic and monetary union the efforts to achieveEuropean political unification have reached an interim phase.Previous experience suggests that, in the long run, the European Unionneeds to be deepened in order to create the supranationality which thefounding fathers of the European Community already had in mind whenthey signed the Treaty of Rome in 1957.

This reference work will prove invaluable to students, scholars andprofessionals interested in the development of the European Union. ... Read more

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This collection features a selection of postcards written from Edward Elgar to his daughter, taken from the archives of The Elgar Birthplace. ... Read more

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A comparative analysis of growth, structural change and labour market dynamics in the Greater Mekong countries (Yunnan Province in China, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar) of Southeast Asia. It explores economic integration and co-operation, the possibilities for improving the functioning of labour markets and facilitating mutually beneficial labour flows in the region. The book begins with a comparative overview of policy reforms, economic performance and structural changes, focusing on economic relations in the Greater Mekong countries. It then examines the salient features of labour market structures and policies, patterns of cross-border migration, and information systems, paying attention to the similarities and differences between countries. The analysis yields policy recommendations for improvement in labour market finance. ... Read more

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Intangible assets are of growing importance to corporate competitiveness and economic performance. They include R&D, human capital, innovation in products and in organization, trademarks and patents, networking and software. This volume provides a theoretical and empirical analysis of intangible investment and its effect on public policy in Europe. The authors find that the growing importance of intangibles is transforming the direction of public policies in Europe, particularly industrial, R&D, competition and trade policies. They conclude that government policies must recognise the fact that intangible investment is becoming the key element in bringing about durable growth and accord at least the same priority to intangible factors as to physical investment. ... Read more

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This book, prepared by one of the world's premier Elgar scholars, draws from over ten thousand letters to present a comprehensive and compelling picture of Elgar and his times.Moore has selected letters to and from a wide range of acquaintances and friends--family members, great literary and musical figures, those people "pictured" in the Enigma Variations--to provide a fascinating record of over fifty years of a great, creative life. ... Read more

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During his lifetime, and in the course of the twentieth century, Edward Elgar and his music became sites for a remarkable variety of nostalgic impulses. These are manifested in his personal life, in the content of his works, in his critical and biographical reception, and in numerous artistic ventures based on his character and music. Today Elgar enjoys renewed popularity in Britain, and nostalgia of various forms continues to shape our responses to his music. From one viewpoint, Elgarian nostalgia might be dismissed as escapist, regressive and reactionary, and the revival in Elgar's fortunes regarded as the symptom of a pernicious 'heritage industry' in post-colonial, post-industrial Britain. While there is undeniably a grain of truth to that view, Matthew Riley's careful treatment of the topic reveals a more complex picture of nostalgia, and sheds light on Elgar and his cultural significance in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. ... Read more

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This fine collection of little masterpieces for violin and piano forms a showcase for the composer Edward Elgar. Not only did he write a wonderful concerto for violin, but also numerous short gems, a number of which you will find in this book. Like no other, Elgar knew how to combine emotion with a naturalness that never tires. There is no great virtuosity needed to do justice to the melodious and sometimes ingenious music from Elgar's Treasures. Thanks to the CD which you can use at home as well as for performances you will get a feel for the right mood. ... Read more

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In the debate about sustainable development, the keyquestion is whether natural capital can be substituted by man-madecapital.Proponents of weak sustainability maintain that man-made andnatural capital are substitutable in the long term whilst followers ofstrong sustainability believe they are not.This insightful bookassesses whether science can unambiguously endorse either paradigm andexplores the extent to which, and at what cost, certain forms ofnatural capital should be preserved.

This book explores the limits of the two paradigms of sustainabilityin an accessible and illuminating way.It argues that while neitherparadigm is universally correct, a persuasive case can be made for thenon-substitutability of certain forms of natural capital.The authoranalyses natural resource availability and the environmentalconsquences of economic growth and examines whether future generationscan be compensated for long-term environmental pollution.He assesseswhether sustainability can be measured and concludes that attempts tomonetarily measure sustainability have to be treated with caution.Finally, he shows that the pessimistic conclusions of a World Bankstudy on the weak unsustainability of many developing countries can bereversed if a more plausible method for resource accounting is used.

This book will be essential reading for students and scholars ofenvironmental and ecological economics as well as those interested insustainable development. ... Read more

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`This impressive volume provides a comprehensive view of stakeholder scholarship, spanning strategic and ethical perspectives, theory and research, supporters and critics. This collection is an invaluable resource and guide for understanding the core of stakeholder scholarship, and the chapters provide a clear sense of the dialogue among scholars that has propelled an evolution in thought and practice.'
- Joshua Margolis, Harvard Business School, US

This landmark book takes a retrospective look at the most important and influential works in the study of stakeholders since Freeman's 1984 publication, Strategic Management: A Stakeholder Approach. 2009 marked the 25th anniversary of this watershed in organizational scholarship, so now is an excellent time for Phillips and Freeman to revisit this topical and exciting subject.

From the tremendous upsurge in the literature, the editors have carefully selected ground-breaking works on topics including corporate governance, stakeholder-agency theory, management models, ethical theory and stakeholder orientation. This invaluable volume will shape the thinking of scholars and academics for the next 25 years. ... Read more

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The first full-length analytical study of Edward Elgar's music, this book argues that Elgar was a modernist composer, and that his music constitutes a pessimistic twentieth-century assessment of the nature of human being. Focusing on Elgar's music rather than his life, Harper-Scott blends the hermeneutic and existential philosophy of Martin Heidegger with music-analytical methods derived from Heinrich Schenker and James Hepokoski. In the course of engaging with debates centred on duotonality in musical structures, sonata deformations, meaning in music, the nature of tragedy, and the quest narrative, the book rejects poststructuralist and literary-theoretical interpretations of music, radically interprets Schenkerian theory, and tentatively outlines a new space - a Heideggerian 'clearing' - in which music of all periods can be understood to operate, be experienced and be understood. The book includes a detailed glossary which provides the reader with clear definitions of important and difficult terms. ... Read more

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Regulatory regimes appear wherever market economies exist and whenever there is competition for limited resources. However, the rationale of public regulation of markets, as well as the mechanisms that characterize regulatory regimes, is not well understood. The State, Regulation and the Economy illustrates how economic theory, whether positive or normative, is not convincing in explaining the complex interactions between the state and the market. Instead, the book examines regulation and state intervention from an institutional and historical perspective.

Utilizing empirical evidence from Scandinavia and the US, the authors argue that the form and content of state interventionism is strongly influenced by historical and path dependent factors, and go on to propose an approach which illuminates the role of specific historical events in forming regulatory policy. Various aspects of regulation are discussed with reference to infrastructure and network industries, one of the few areas in the economy where the role of the state has changed dramatically during the past two decades. The authors believe that the fast changing attitudes and policies towards regulation might be better understood by applying a longer time horizon combined with analysis based on new institutional economics.

Scholars of economics, business administration, economic history and political science, as well as those wishing to gain a greater insight into the historical dimension of regulation, will find this an original and valuable book. ... Read more

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This new biography of Elgar draws on letters and documents which have become available over the last twenty-five years. Michael Kennedy, a leading scholar of British music as well as a distinguished musical biographer, uses the new material (including Elgar's vast personal correspondence) to analyze the composer's complex personality. Elgar's letters reveal his unpredictable swings of mood, from gaiety and a fondness for puns to morose self-pity and a feeling that he was "not wanted." ... Read more

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An Excellent Introduction
I have had a longtime interest in the music of Sir Edward Elgar but I never knew very much about the composer or a great deal about his music, for that matter, other than his main works. With the 150th anniversary of Elgar's birth I thought it was time to learn more about his, and this book by Michael Kennedy was everything that I wanted.

Mr. Kennedy's biography is well-written and nicely illustrated.He does not go into a lot of technical detail about Elgar's music which is appropriate in a general life and I can get additional detail, if I want it, from the internet.The author provides an excellent portrait of Elgar with all of his subject's complexities. The general view of Edward Elgar is that he was a proper Englishman and his music reflected the glory of empire and the so-called Edwardian period.Nothing could be more false.Elgar enjoyed and was influenced more by German music than anything else and he was very insecure about his stature as a composer, probably because he came to composition without much formal training.He often threatened to give up music altogether as a way of gaining sympathy and he would have bouts of psychosomatic illnesses, such as problems with his eyes and throat.

Mr. Kennedy's book provided me with an excellent introduction to all of Elgar's music and led me to investigate other works such as The Black Knight, the String Quartet and Quintet.He also relates events in Elgar's life but does not push the reader to any critical point-of-view or speculation.I came to some of my own conclusions: it seemed to me that Elgar's daughter Carice was rather neglected by her parents (for example, they did not attend her confirmation) in favor of her father's moods and temperament.One could also speculate about Elgar's relationship with Alice Wortly (his Windflower who was the Muse for his Violin Concerto and Second Symphony) and his late-in-life affection for Vera Hockman.I enjoyed reading about the recording of the Violin Concerto with the 16-year-old Yehudi Menuhin and with how much regard Elgar held this recording.

This is a very appealing and highly readable book that is an excellent introduction to Edward Elgar's life.After reading the book, I have pursued further reading - a more in-depth study of the Enigma Variations and the Cello Concerto - but this is a great volume to have and keep as a reference.
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In this controversial new book Herman Daly, a leading commentator on the environment, offers lively criticism of existing work on ecological economics and the economics of ecology. The theme throughout the book is about changes in perspective, attitudes and policies required to avoid uneconomic growth - that is, the impoverishment that results when the environmental and social costs of growth exceed the benefits.

Key issues addressed include:growth economics misunderstandings of thermodynamics economic development and population globalizationmoney humans in the ecosystem

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Good but a little dated, mushy.
Most of these essays appeared in the 1980s and 1990s.They were iconoclastic for their time, but -- perhaps because they had an impact -- seem somewhat dated today, after Seattle 1999, 9/11/01, etc.Perhaps that's an unfair critique; a newer edition might include new introductory and concluding chapters that situate these papers more in the historical context.

Analytics are not the strength of these essays, they would not pass muster in the AER or JLEO; their strength is in raising points of view omitted elsewhere.Some people don't find that useful, and admittedly some of the essays are too wordy -- could be cut in half or more -- but if you enjoy iconoclastic thinking you'll enjoy these. ... Read more