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Globalization, Uncertainty and Men’s Careers
Edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Melinda Mills, Fabrizio Bernardi
Globalization, argue the contributors to this book, has remarkably accelerated social and economic change in modern societies. One such change is manifested in the world of work and careers. This book explores whether the forces of globa...eBook:Find out more$80.76
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Regional Trade Agreements in Asia
Edited by Tran Van Hoa, Charles Harvie
Tran Van Hoa and Charles Harvie present this original study of the likely effects of new regional development. The first East Asia Summit in 2005 prompted discussions of enlargement of ASEAN free trade agreements to include all major tra...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Sustainable Growth and Economic Development
Reunka Mahadevan
This book provides an insight into some of the efforts and actions taken by the rapidly developing economy of Malaysia towards its ‘Vision 2020’ of becoming a developed country. Renuka Mahadevan explores whether the vision can become rea...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Technical Progress and Economic Growth
Ranald J. Taylor
Most of the studies conducted to examine the growth performance of many developing economies are based on the traditional neoclassical growth frameworks. This book takes an alternative path. It employs a blend of historical, neoclassical...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Political Institutions and Development
Edited by Natalia Dinello, Vladimir Popov
Political Institutions and Development challenges the cliché that ‘good institutions’ are essential for sustainable socio-economic development by focusing on the need to adapt potential solutions to local conditions.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Supermarkets and Agri-food Supply Chains
Edited by David Burch, Geoffrey Lawrence
This book analyses the gradual shift in the distribution of power in agri-food supply chains, away from the manufacturers of branded food products to the global supermarket chains such as Wal-Mart and Tesco. This transformation has had a... -
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Market Development in China
Edited by Belton M. Fleisher, Haizheng Li, Shunfeng Song
Market Development in China presents the analysis of leading specialists on the causes, benefits and problems resulting from China’s transition to a market economy. As the authors illustrate, it is generally recognized that in the last 2...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Political Economy of Genetically Modified Foods
Edited by Robert E. Evenson, Terri Raney
This important collection prepared by Robert E. Evenson and Terri Raney – leading scholars in the field – focuses on one of the most controversial issues of our time – the genetic modification of agricultural produce. Whilst the US and C... -
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The European Union and Developing Countries
Edited by Yves Bourdet, Joakim Gullstrand, Karin Olofsdotter
This independent evaluation of EU trade and development policy towards developing countries will strongly appeal to: undergraduate and graduate students in international economics, development economics and European economics; policy mak...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Sustainable Development in Water-Stressed Developing Countries
Satoshi Kojima
This innovative book investigates the practical applications of sustainable development in the spirit of the Brundtland Report, paying special attention to water-stressed developing countries. Satoshi Kojima argues that the main objectiv...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Economics of Family Law
Edited by Margaret F. Brinig
The articles within this book explore a range of family law issues and include discussions on a variety of topics including cohabitation, births outside marriage, courtship, premarital contracting, marriage and parenting. The volume incl... -
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Regulatory Economics and Quantitative Methods
Edited by Omar O. Chisari
Regulatory Economics and Quantitative Methods comprises original contributions by leading researchers working on issues relating to regulation in Latin America. They focus on regulation in infrastructure industries and attempt to show ho...eBook:Find out more$40.00