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Buck shines a new light on China's transition to capitalism by focusing on and analyzing the development of networks between the urban and rural factories that have produced the regional economy of greater Shanghai. These networks have incorporated...

Since its appearance in the United States, AIDS has been called a plague. Yet when we view AIDS in the cultural context of other diseases named as plagues throughout history, it reveals that many diseases become plagues because they are associated with...

Leading scholars investigate media policies in Europe, inquiring into the regulatory practices, policy tools and institutional features of media policy-making in 14 countries. The book offers a fresh assessment of the ways European media policies are...

Under which conditions do companies engage in the provision of collective goods and services if the state lacks the capacity to do so? To what extent do multinational firms engage in a 'race to the top' fostering rather than undermining regulation? The...

The spread of the immigration points system worldwide shows that policymaking is multidimensional and interdependent. This book examines states' pursuit of global talent and the globalization of the "points system." It accounts for this pattern as a...

Taxation and Society in Twentieth-Century Argentina provides a historical narrative of the Argentine tax system in the twentieth century. In the 1930s the Argentine system was reformed and modernized and progressive levies were introduced. The new tax...

While the rest of the world was mired in the Great Recession, the economies of Brazil, China, and India stood out for their resilience. Yet these societies did not merely hold their ground. In this volume, leading China scholars from multiple disciplines...

How can we understand consumption in a region known for its cultural richness and vast inequalities? What do Latin Americans consume, and why? Examining topics from tango and samba to sex workers in Costa Rica, from eating tamales to selling ice in the...

"New Political Spaces in Latin American Natural Resource Governance takes a new look at an essential theme for Latin America's social and economic development: how natural resources are governed and struggled over. It questions the idea that the...

Winner of the Society for History in the Federal Government's George Pendleton Prize for 2013The United States Senate has fallen on hard times. Once known as the greatest deliberative body in the world, it now has a reputation as a partisan,...

State-civil society relations in Africa have during recent decades been transformed in the context of economic liberalisation and state reform. This study explores state-civil society relations in contemporary Uganda, from 1986 to the present, in order...

This book is a somewhat unusual depiction of a difficult policy issue. It transcends almost all boundaries because of its constant change and its movement across many different participants.It was found attached to a range of policy topics, methodologies...

The rise of extremist ideologies and the spread of radicalisation have emerged as critical challenges for governments and societies around the world. The use of violence to achieve political or ideological goals has resulted in tragic consequences, and...

This publication explores how data from ships' Automatic Identification System (AIS) can be used to produce near real-time, granular statistics for analyzing maritime activities and detecting disruptions to port operations. Recent global supply chain...

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2009 in the subject Business economics - Economic Policy, grade: A, Northcentral University (School of Business), course: Special Topics in Business and Technology Management, language: English, abstract: This...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich BWL - Wirtschaftspolitik, Note: 1,0, Universität Kassel, Veranstaltung: Ausgewählte Probleme der Finanztheorie und Finanzpolitik, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Von den Medien erfährt Schwarzarbeit eine...

Magisterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich BWL - Wirtschaftspolitik, Note: 1,3, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Institut für Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die 32 Jahre der auf Wirtschaftswachstum konzentrierten...

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich BWL - Wirtschaftspolitik, Note: 1,3, Universität Leipzig (Professur für Innovationsmanagement und Innovationsökonomik), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Zur Erhaltung und Stärkung der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit...

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich BWL - Wirtschaftspolitik, Note: 2,0, FernUniversität Hagen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser Arbeit werden die Wirkungsmechanismen von Interessengruppen in Deutschland und den USA beschrieben und vor den...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich BWL - Wirtschaftspolitik, Note: 2,7, Universität Hamburg (Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften Institut für Wirtschaftssysteme), Veranstaltung: Aktuelle Probleme der russischen Wirtschaftspolitik, Sprache:...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich BWL - Wirtschaftspolitik, Note: 1,0, Universität Kassel (Volkswirtschaftslehre), Veranstaltung: Ökonomische Theorie der Umweltpolitik, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der Handel mit Emissionszertifikaten wurde...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich BWL - Wirtschaftspolitik, Note: 1,3, Universität Hamburg (Lehrstuhls für Wirtschaftspolitik und Industrieökonomik), Veranstaltung: Seminar in Wirtschaftspolitik , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Am 17.09.2007...

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich BWL - Wirtschaftspolitik, Note: 2,3, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Professur für Volkswirtschaftslehre, insbes. Wirtschaftspolitik), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Europäische Union (EU) besteht seit...

This book seeks to bring out the various ways in which the Victorian age has left an imprint on political thought, be it in the multitudinous ways Victorian philosophers have been construed, have helped to fashion contemporary theory or informed ideology...

History has shown us that great world powers don't fail because of lack of food, too much debt, a weak military, or absence of trade. What ultimately causes their collapse is the loss of the common identity that binds people together. Not since the Civil...

David Wastell knows the practice of public sector management, IT and information systems inside out. He explains the theory and research that underpin them lucidly. Even better, he can both analyse the dysfunctions of the current approach to public...

The different approaches to post-adjustment development economics are all examined in this study. The aim is to combine the critical reaction to structural adjustment with the new approaches of a number of schools of thought which seek to go further than...

“I’ve totally washed away the dream of having one more child.”“I had never intended to be a stay-at-home-parent, but the cost of child care turned me into one.”“We had to pull our toddler out of his program because we...

In our modern era, we like to congratulate ourselves for our sophistication, knowing that we have doubtless created a world that our feckless ancestors could never have imagined. Actually reading the works of those ancestors would disabuse us of any such...

Government and politics are two interrelated terms in social science. Government refers to a group of authorized people who exercise control over a country or state at a given time. Politics refers to the process used by the government to govern the...

Currency is the portion of the national money supply consisting of banknotes and government-issued paper money and coins that can be used as a medium of exchange in the economy. Central banks can sell the domestic currency to lower its value, called...

Over the past decade the notion of sustainability has emerged as a precept thathas been applied to government, commerce, the environment and technology.This volume will discuss how sustainability is reflected in economics, politicalscience and geography...

xxx, 387 pp. Written anonymously for the Encyclopedia Americana and now gathered in one volume, this work presents eighteen articles about major legal subjects by Joseph Story, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and the first...

'Attitudinal change' in the context of economic reforms has been referred to in Rodrik and Subramanian (2005), DeLong (2003), Kohli (1989), and Panagariya (2004, 2008). This dissertation provides empirical support for this literature, establishing an...

Many people don't realize that the Bush administration changed U.S. military policy, particularly towards Iraq, after the congressional elections of 2006. The start of the 110th Congress in 2007, and the shift in Congressional power, also coincided with...

“New Strategy, well done!” (General P. X. Kelley USMC [Ret]).“Nargele’s book is pure platinum that vividly describes the impact of Communist oppression on him and his family as WWII ended, and his journey to and through the Marine...

Local and international bankers gathered on Jekyll Island in November 1910 for a secret meeting that would have lasting consequences.The evil men drafted illegal legislation to control our entire banking system and economy. They also schemed to force...

The book ""Historic and Municipal Documents of Ireland, 1172-1320: From the Archives of the City of Dublin"" is a historical work written by John Thomas Gilbert and first published in 1870. The book contains a collection of important documents from the...

""Governments And Parties In Continental Europe V2"" is a historical book written by Abbott Lawrence Lowell and originally published in 1896. The book provides an in-depth analysis of the political systems and parties of various European countries during...

""Government Telephones: The Experience of Manitoba, Canada"" is a book written by James Mavor in 1916. The book provides an in-depth analysis of the telephone system in Manitoba, Canada, which was owned and operated by the government. Mavor examines the...

Government In The United States: National, State And Local (1913) is a comprehensive book written by James Wilford Garner that provides an in-depth analysis of the American political system. The book covers a range of topics, including the structure and...

The book ""Free Tobacco Bill: Hearings Held During The Fifty-Eighth And Fifty-Ninth Congresses On Bills For The Relief Of Tobacco Growers (1907)"" is a collection of transcripts from hearings held by subcommittees of the Finance Committee of the United...

""Federal Taxes and State Expenses: Or The Decay of Separate State Power of Excise Under the Federal Constitution, and the Compensation Therein Provided For It"" is a book written by William Hiter Jones in 1887. The book explores the relationship between...

""Eulogy on Abraham Lincoln, June 1, 1865: With the Proceedings of the City Council on the Death of the President"" is a book written by George Ware Briggs in 1865. The book is a tribute to the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, who...

""Essay On Civil Policy Or The Science Of Legislation"" is a book written by Charles Putt in 1830. The book provides a comprehensive analysis of the origin and nature of government, religion, laws, population, wealth, and happiness. Putt delves into the...

In diesem Buch wurden 40 Jahre Wirtschaftsreformprozess in China diskutiert: Von der Ausgangssituation bis zur schrittweisen Verbesserung der Marktwirtschaftsstruktur wird der neue Reformkurs vorgestellt und analysiert.