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When Marriage Ends
Edited by Hans-Jürgen Andreß, Dina Hummelsheim
In recent decades the probability of divorce and separation among married and cohabiting couples has increased significantly in most European countries. Focusing on both economic and social aspects, this comprehensive volume explores the...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Immigration, Internal Migration, and Local Mobility in the U.S.
Donald J. Bogue, Gregory Liegel, Michael Kozloski
This book provides an important assembly of research findings for all who are interested either in changing or reinforcing present immigration policy. Both comprehensive and up-to-date, the study of the demographic, economic, and social ... -
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Uneven Paths of Development
Banji Oyelaren-Oyeyinka, Rajah Rasiah
This book focuses on what can be learned from the complex processes of industrial, technological and organizational change in the sectoral system of information hardware (IH). The IH innovation system is deliberately chosen to illustrate...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Social Protection in Africa
Frank Ellis, Stephen Devereux, Phillip White
The purpose of this book is to make accessible to a broad audience the ideas, principles and practicalities of establishing effective social protection in Africa. It focuses on the major shift in strategy for tackling hunger and vulnerab...eBook:Find out more£32.76
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![The Political Economy of Macroeconomic Policy Reform in Latin America]()
The Political Economy of Macroeconomic Policy Reform in Latin America
Eduardo Wiesner
Eduardo Wiesner’s book makes an important contribution to the understanding of development by blending together the interdependent issues of (i) macroeconomic performance and volatility, (ii) equity and distributive justice, (iii) fiscal...eBook:Find out more£44.76
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China, India and Beyond
Edited by Natalia Dinello, Shaoguang Wang
China, India and Beyond challenges the widespread belief that China and India will be the driving forces of the global economy in the 21st century. Scholars of these two countries offer scenarios ranging from buoyant to subdued to negati...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Infrastructure’s Role in Lowering Asia’s Trade Costs
Edited by Douglas H. Brooks, David Hummels
This book analyses and draws policy implications from infrastructure’s central role in lowering Asia’s trade costs.eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Non-market Entrepreneurship
Edited by Gordon E. Shockley, Peter M. Frank, Roger R. Stough
As defined by the editors of this book, ‘non-market entrepreneurship’ consists of all forms of entrepreneurship not being undertaken solely for purposes of profit maximization or commercialization, and encompasses entrepreneurial activit...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Moving People and Knowledge
Louise Ackers, Bryony Gill
Moving People and Knowledge provides a fresh examination of the processes of highly skilled science migration. Focusing on intra-European mobility and, in particular, on the new dynamics of East–West migration, the authors investigate th...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Social Policy, Employment and Family Change in Comparative Perspective
Edited by Jonathan Bradshaw, Aksel Hatland
This book is a comparative study of family change, parental employment and social policy in the five Nordic countries, the Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom. In all these countries family forms have been profoundly affected by ...eBook:Find out more£32.76
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Microfinance
Edited by Suresh Sundaresan
This book takes a solid step toward a systematic analysis of the implications of microfinance for the role and regulation of capital markets. The authors address integration of capital markets with microfinance, technological innovations...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Sustainable Land Management
Edited by Floor Brouwer, Teunis van Rheenen, Shivcharn S. Dhillion, Anne M. Elgersma
In large parts of the world, the reduction in viability of agriculture and rural areas is an escalating problem. Driven by a range of factors, including insufficient economic returns from land used agriculturally, ageing populations in r...eBook:Find out more£25.00
