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  • The Employment Impact of China's WTO Accession

    by A. S. Bhalla, Shufang Qiu, S. Qiu ...
    Series series Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy
    The book explores the macroeconomic and sectoral employment implications (in agriculture, industry and services) of China's World Trade Organisation accession. It argues that while short-run employment losses may occur, in the longer term China will be able to generate additional employment particularly in the tertiary sectors; and that it can maintain its comparative advantage in labour-intensive ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Asia’s Trouble Spots

    The Leadership Question in Conflict Resolution

    by A. S. Bhalla ...
    The art of successful negotiations over protracted conflicts presupposes a political commitment to peace and a willingness to compromise, which are sorely lacking in the current disorderly world. Part of the blame for this lies in weak and ineffective national and global leadership. This book’s sharp focus on the role of leadership at different levels—national government, rebel and Western ... Read more

    $44.59 USD

  • National and Global Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Do Leaders Matter?

    by A.S. Bhalla ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book traces the evolution of Covid across different geographic regions, showing how the varying responses of leaders, citizens and other key stakeholders in efforts to tackle the Covid crisis determined outcomes. It finds that leadership, in particular, played a critical role, while initial conditions, such as health-care spending and infrastructure are important factors contributing to a ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

  • Switzerland Then and Now

    by A.S. Bhalla ...
    The book is a sequel to author’s earlier book on Switzerland, Glimpses of Medieval Switzerland. It breaks new ground by examining how medieval Switzerland has changed into today’s tolerant country in accepting tourists from different cultures despite growing anti-immigrant attitudes, welcoming Indian mystics as well as film producers and directors (even honouring them!) and adopting such practices ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Poverty and Exclusion of Minorities in China and India

    by Dan Luo, A.S. Bhalla ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book, a second edition, includes new data from the 2010 Census of India and NSS reports on consumer expenditure (2011-12), health and education (2014) to examine poverty in China and India, and how it connects with minorities. Poverty has generally become less acute in both China and India, thanks to an impressively rapid growth especially between 2010 and 2015 when the rest of the world ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Intelligent Computing and Information and Communication

    Proceedings of 2nd International Conference, ICICC 2017

    Edited by Subhash Bhalla, Vikrant Bhateja, Anjali A. Chandavale, Anil S. Hiwale, Suresh Chandra Satapathy ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    The volume presents high quality research papers presented at Second International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Intelligent Systems (ICICC 2017). The conference was held during 2–4 August 2017, Pune, India and organized communally by Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University, Pune, India at MIT College of Engineering, Pune and supported by All India Council for ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • Poverty and Exclusion of Minorities in China and India

    by A. Bhalla, D. Luo ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Muslim minorities in China and India form only a small fraction of their respective populations, yet as they principally live in troubled border states, they are of key strategic importance in the war on terror. In this global context, this book explores whether economics is more important than the suppression of rights in explaining social unrest. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • The New Wealth of Nations

    by Surjit S. Bhalla ...
    The emerging world was poor and illiterate just forty years ago. Today, over 70 per cent of the world’s middle class resides in the erstwhile poor countries; world income inequality is down to levels last observed in 1870; and there has been a large reduction in absolute poverty. What accounts for such rapid development and catch-up? Distinguished economist Surjit S. Bhalla’s The New Wealth of ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Poverty and Inequality among Chinese Minorities

    by Ajit S. Bhalla, Shufang Qiu ...
    Series series Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy
    The number of poor people in China is huge, despite recent economic advances. The minorities in China constitute less than ten per cent of the entire population, yet they represent forty to fifty per cent of the absolute poor. This compelling book investigates the problem of poverty and inequality in and among Chinese ethnic minorities, focusing in particular on two important questions: Have the ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Advances in Ceramics for Environmental, Functional, Structural, and Energy Applications

    Edited by Morsi M. Mahmoud, Kumar Sridharan, Henry Colorado, Amar S. Bhalla, J. P. Singh, Surojit Gupta, Jason Langhorn, Andrei Jitianu, Navin Jose Manjooran ...
    Series Book 265 - Ceramic Transactions Series
    This volume contains 20 manuscripts presented during the Materials Science & Technology 2017 Conference (MS&T'17), held October 8-12, 2017 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA. Papers from the following symposia are included in this volume:9th International Symposium on Green and Sustainable Technologies for Materials Manufacturing and ProcessingAdvances in Dielectric ... Read more

    $222.00 USD

  • Processing, Properties, and Design of Advanced Ceramics and Composites

    Edited by Gurpreet Singh, Amar S. Bhalla, Morsi M. Mahmoud, Ricardo H. R. Castro, Narottam P. Bansal, Dongming Zhu, Yiquan Wu, J. P. Singh ...
    Series Book 259 - Ceramic Transactions Series
    This proceedings volume contains a collection of 34 papers from the following symposia held during the 2015 Materials Science and Technology (MS&T '15) meeting:Innovative Processing and Synthesis of Ceramics, Glasses and CompositesAdvances in Ceramic Matrix CompositesAdvanced Materials for Harsh EnvironmentsAdvances in Dielectric Materials and Electronic DevicesControlled Synthesis, Processing, ... Read more

    $162.00 USD

  • Advances in Ceramics for Environmental, Functional, Structural, and Energy Applications II

    Edited by Amar S. Bhalla, Morsi M. Mahmoud, Narottam P. Bansal, D. Suvorov, Ruyan Guo, Rick Ubic, Jake Amoroso, Cory Trivelpiece, Navin Jose Manjooran, Gary Pickrell, Dinesh Agrawal ...
    Series Book 266 - Ceramic Transactions Series
    This proceedings contains a collection of 22 papers presented at the 2018 Materials Science and Technology Meeting (MS&T'18) held in Columbus, Ohio, October 14-18, 2018.Symposia topics included in this volume are:Advances in Dielectric Materials and Electronic DevicesInnovative Processing and Synthesis of Ceramics, Glasses and CompositesInternational Symposium on Ceramic Matrix CompositesMaterials ... Read more

    $222.00 USD