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Utility and Democracy: The Political Thought of Jeremy Bentham 功利与民主:边沁的政治思想

OUP Catalogue Pub Date : 2006-06-29 DOI: 10.5860/choice.44-4121

P. Schofield

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引用次数: 98

Fair trade for all : how trade can promote development 人人享有公平贸易:贸易如何促进发展

OUP Catalogue Pub Date : 2006-04-02 DOI: 10.7916/D8TM7MXW

J. Stiglitz, Andrew H. Charlton

引用次数: 115

Towards a Labour Market in China 走向中国的劳动力市场

OUP Catalogue Pub Date : 2005-06-02 DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/11.4.97

J. Knight, Lina Song

引用次数: 243

Proceedings of the British Academy, Volume 124. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows, III 《英国学术院刊》，第124卷。研究员传记回忆录3

OUP Catalogue Pub Date : 2005-01-20 DOI: 10.5871/BACAD/9780197263204.001.0001

M. P.J.

引用次数: 0

Proceedings of the British Academy Volume 125, 2003 Lectures 《英国学术院刊》第125卷，2003年讲座

OUP Catalogue Pub Date : 2005-01-20 DOI: 10.5871/BACAD/9780197263242.001.0001

A. Hadfield

引用次数: 4

Twenty-First Century India: Population, Economy, Human Development, and the Environment 《21世纪的印度:人口、经济、人类发展和环境

OUP Catalogue Pub Date : 2005-01-01 DOI: 10.2307/20034259

T. Dyson, R. Cassen, L. Visaria

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引用次数: 64

Fighting Poverty in the US and Europe: A World of Difference 在美国和欧洲对抗贫困:一个不同的世界

OUP Catalogue Pub Date : 2004-05-27 DOI: 10.5860/choice.42-2312

A. Alesina, E. Glaeser

引用次数: 1438

Proceedings of the British Academy, Volume 120, Biographical Memoirs of Fellows, II 英国学院学报，卷120，研究员传记回忆录，II

OUP Catalogue Pub Date : 2003-12-18 DOI: 10.5871/BACAD/9780197263020.001.0001

P. Marshall

引用次数: 2

Proceedings of the British Academy, Volume 121, 2002 Lectures 英国学术院刊，第121卷，2002年讲座

OUP Catalogue Pub Date : 2003-12-04 DOI: 10.5871/BACAD/9780197263037.001.0001

M. P.J.