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  • Emotional and Ethical Challenges for Field Research in Africa

    The Story Behind the Findings

    Edited by S. Thomson, A. Ansoms, J. Murison ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Academic literature rarely gives an account of the ethical challenges and emotional pitfalls the researcher is confronted with before, during and after being in the field. Giving personal accounts, the authors explore some of the challenges one can face when engaging in local-level research in difficult situations. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Natural Resources and Local Livelihoods in the Great Lakes Region of Africa

    A Political Economy Perspective

    Edited by A. Ansoms, S. Marysse ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book looks at how the benefits of economic development in the Great Lakes Region of Africa are not being equally distributed. It studies the impact of the increasing scramble for natural resources upon local livelihoods and considers the ambiguities that characterise the relationship between mining and development. ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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  • Lessons in Sustainable Development from China & Taiwan

    by S. Hsu ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Both Taiwan and China are extremely populous nations that, due to population pressures and continuing high growth levels, have experienced challenges in sustainable development. Hsu illustrates Taiwan's path toward sustainable development and contrasts it to that of China, suggesting ways in which Taiwan can help China implement its environmental and social policies, and in which China might help ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • The Industrial Policy Revolution I

    The Role of Government Beyond Ideology

    by Justin Lin Yifu ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This volume is the result of the 2012 International Economic Association's series of roundtables on the theme of Industrial Policy. The first, 'New Thinking on Industrial Policy,' was hosted by the World Bank in Washington, D.C, and the second, 'New Thinking on Industrial Policy: Implications for Africa,' was held in Pretoria, South Africa. ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Multidimensional Item Response Theory

    by M.D. Reckase ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    Multidimensional Item Response Theory is the first book to give thorough coverage to this emerging area of psychometrics. The book describes the commonly used multidimensional item response theory (MIRT) models and the important methods needed for their practical application. These methods include ways to determine the number of dimensions required to adequately model data, procedures for ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • Urbanization in Asia

    Governance, Infrastructure and the Environment

    Edited by Kala Seetharam Sridhar, Guanghua Wan ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This work focuses on urban governance in the developing world, its aim being to bring a holistic perspective to the debate on urban governance in Asia and around the globe. It has been divided into three sections: The first section is on rural interventions as they influence urbanization and its problems/solutions. The second focuses on urban governance, infrastructure programs, service delivery ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Development of Quality of Life Theory and Its Instruments

    The Selected Works of Alex. C. Michalos

    by Alex C. Michalos ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    The focus of this volume is on the further development of the Quality of Life Theory and the means to measure the concept. The volume summarizes Michalos’ fundamental assumptions about the nature of quality of life or human well-being and explains in detail the two variable theory of the quality of life. It gives an update of the journal Social Indicators Research after forty years, an explanation ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Macroeconomics of Climate Change in a Dualistic Economy

    A Regional General Equilibrium Analysis

    by Sevil Acar, Ebru Voyvoda, Erinc Yeldan ...
    Macroeconomics of Climate Change in a Dualistic Economy: A Regional General Equilibrium Analysis generates significant, genuinely novel insights about dual economies and sustainable economic growth. These insights are generalize-able and applicable worldwide. The authors overcome existing limitations in general equilibrium modeling. By concentrating on tensions between green growth and dualism, ... Read more

    $112.49 USD

  • Envisioning Criminology

    Researchers on Research as a Process of Discovery

    Edited by Michael D. Maltz, Stephen K. Rice ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book covers research design and methodology from a unique and engaging point of view, based on accounts from influential researchers across the field of Criminology and Criminal Justice.Most books and articles about research in criminology and criminal justice focus on how the research was carried out: the data that were used, the methods that were applied, the results that were achieved. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • The Technological Role of Inward Foreign Direct Investment in Central East Europe

    by J. Stephan ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Foreign direct investment (FDI) assumed a prominent role in Central East Europe (CEE) early on in the transition process. Foreign investors were assigned the task of restructuring markets, providing capital and knowledge for investment in technologically outdated and financially ailing firms. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Statistical Methods for the Evaluation of University Systems

    Edited by Massimo Attanasio, Vincenza Capursi ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book presents a collection of statistical methods and procedures to assess data coming from educational systems. The topics examined include: statistical methods for constructing composite indicators, applied measurements, assessment of educational systems, measurement of the performance of the students at Italian universities, and statistical modeling for questionnaire data. Other issues are ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Room for Development

    Housing Markets in Latin America and the Caribbean

    by Inter-American Development Bank ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Latin American and Caribbean countries are the most urban in the developing world and have very high home ownership rates. However, many of the region's inhabitants are still poorly housed. This book examines three key contributing issues: high housing prices relative to family income, lack of access to mortgage credit, and high land prices. ... Read more

    $23.99 USD