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The latest volume of Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations addresses a range of contemporary issues in applied & professional ethics & explores the unique role of organizational ethics in creating & sustaining a pluralistic free enterprise economy It is ideally suited to researchers postgraduates & professionals whose interests include such key issues as tax avoidance global justice information sharing & corporate privacy ...

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Now in a thoroughly updated edition this comprehensive & engaging text explores contemporary Mexico&s political development & examines the most important policy issues facing Mexico in the twenty-first century The first half of the book traces Mexican political development after the 1910 Revolution & the creation of a single-party dominant system headed by the PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) It

Includes:: detailed treatment of the "classic" PRI system&s characteristics as well as a thorough account of the PRI&s demise & an insightful examination of how the country&s institutions evolved under two successive PAN (National Action Party) presidential administrations before returning to PRI rule The second half of the book analyzes the most pressing policy issues confronting Mexican society today-including macroeconomic growth & stability poverty & inequality the development of civil society combating drug trafficking strengthening the rule of law & migration-and weighs their influence on the future of democracy in Mexico The text to this revised edition is richly supplemented by new figures & tables that illustrate broad political social & economic trends & by boxes that provide in-depth treatment of a variety of subjects & concepts Readers will find this widely praised book continues to be the most current & accessible work available on Mexico&s politics & policy

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This edition of Will Kymlicka's best selling critical introduction to contemporary political theory has been fully revised to include many of the most significant developments in Anglo-American political philosophy in the last 11 years particularly the new debates on political liberalism deliberative democracy civic republicanism nationalism & cultural pluralism The book now

Includes:: two new chapters on citizenship theory & multiculturalism in addition to updated chapters on utilitarianism liberal egalitarianism libertarianism socialism communitarianism & feminism The many thinkers discussed include G A Cohen Ronald Dworkin William Galston Carol Gilligan R M Hare Catherine Mackinnon David Miller Philippe Van Parijs Susan Okin Robert Nozick John Rawls John Roemer Michael Sandel Charles Taylor Michael Walzer & Iris Young Extended guides to further reading have been added at the end of each chapter listing the most important books & articles on each school of thought as well as relevant journals & websites Covering some of the most advanced contemporary thinking Will Kymlicka writes in an engaging accessible & non-technical way to ensure the book is suitable for readers approaching these concepts for the first time This second edition promises to build on the original edition's success as a key text in the teaching of modern political theory

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