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![The Militarization of the Persian Gulf]()
The Militarization of the Persian Gulf
Hossein Askari, Amin Mohseni, Shahrzad Daneshvar
The Persian Gulf is arguably the most militarized region in the world. The authors of this insightful book examine military expenditures, arms imports and military deployment to analyze how and why this came to be. Muslim teachings have ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Health Care Systems in Developing and Transition Countries
Edited by Diana Pinto Masís, Peter C. Smith
Health policy is a central preoccupation of many, if not all, developing countries. This book presents a selection of ten studies that illustrate the powerful tool that carefully conducted research can offer policy-makers seeking to addr... -
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Diversity in Economic Growth
Edited by Gary McMahon, Hadi Salehi Esfahani, Lyn Squire
Economists have long relied on cross-country regression analysis to identify the determinants of continued growth, but with only limited success. This book demonstrates the value of a different approach.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Chinese Economic Development and the Environment
Shunsuke Managi, Shinji Kaneko
Over the past two decades, China has become an economic powerhouse. However, as the world’s largest producer of CO2 emissions, the scale and seriousness of China’s environmental problems are clearly evident. This pioneering book provides...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Explaining Civil War
Syed Mansoob Murshed
This book explores the pre-conditions for conflict in terms of growth failure and critically appraises the greed and grievance theories common to conflict literature. It is argued that various institutional mechanisms of restraint that c...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Migration and Mobility in Europe
Edited by Heinz Fassmann, Max Haller, David Lane
The enlargement of the European Union has had an enormous impact on migration within Europe. This book addresses the form of these effects, outlining the social, political and economic problems created by the free movement of people with...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Nations of Immigrants
Edited by John Higley, John Nieuwenhuysen, Stine Neerup
This timely book examines the immense surges in immigration since the mid-1990s in Australia and the United States, two of the world’s most important settler-receiving countries.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Purchasing Power Parities of Currencies
Edited by D. S.P. Rao
This up-to-date book demonstrates how the purchasing power parities (PPPs) of currencies are being increasingly used in place of exchange rates for a variety of purposes. These include: comparisons of real income, measurements of global ... -
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Human Development in the Era of Globalization
Edited by James K. Boyce, Stephen Cullenberg, Prasanta K. Pattanaik, Robert Pollin
Honoring Keith Griffin’s more than 40 years of fundamental contributions to the discipline of economics, the papers in this volume reflect his deep commitment to advancing the well-being of the world’s poor majority and his unflinching w...eBook:Find out more$71.16
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Globalisation, Development and Transition
Brian Snowdon
This unique book provides a comprehensive survey of the major economic issues that have helped shape the modern world. It includes discussions of the latest research findings in the international economic development literature and scrut... -
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Trade Liberalisation and The Poverty of Nations
A. P. Thirlwall, Penélope Pacheco-López
This book argues that orthodox theory is based on many unreal assumptions, and that there are sound economic arguments for selective protection of industrial activities in the early stages of economic development. The historical evidence...eBook:Find out more$46.36
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Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries
Edited by Thorsten Beck
This essential collection contains the most influential articles written over the past two decades that help us to understand the role of entrepreneurs in the development process, both theoretically and empirically. These important paper...
