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  • Exploring Mishnah's World(s)

    Social Scientific Approaches

    by Simcha Fishbane, Calvin Goldscheider, Jack N. Lightstone ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book provides a new conceptual and methodological framework the social scientific study of Mishnah, as well as a series of case studies that apply social science perspectives to the analysis of Mishnah's evidence. The framework is one that takes full account of the historical and literary-historical issues that impinge upon the use of Mishnah for any scholarly purposes beyond philological ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Rural Development And Migration

    A Study Of Family Choices In The Philippines

    by Sally E. Findley, Calvin Goldscheider ...
    Perhaps because I grew up on a farm in Ohio, I have long been interested in rural development. Although I fll'St became a migrant at the age of 17 when I left the farm to continue my studies in a city college, I was not aware of the relation between rural development and migration until many years later when I began studying patterns of urban and rural poverty. This research has grown out of my ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Rural Migration In Developing Nations

    Comparative Studies Of Korea, Sri Lanka, And Mali

    by Calvin Goldscheider ...
    What is the relationship between migration and rural social structure? How does the selective movement out of rural areas affect the economic and social conditions of migrants, their families, and their places of origin? Addressing these and other questions, the contributors to this book consider rural migration patterns in the context of social change and economic development in three less ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Population, Ethnicity, And Nationbuilding

    by Calvin Goldscheider ...
    This volume focuses on the linkages between ethnicity and population processes in the context of nation-building. Using historical and contemporary illustrations in a variety of countries, parts of this complex puzzle are scrutinized through the prisms of sociology, history, political science, anthropology, and demography Themes of ethnic group formation and transformation, persistence and ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Israel's Changing Society

    "Population, Ethnicity, and Development"

    by Calvin Goldscheider ...
    This book provides the most up-to-date assessment of Israel's society today, portraying the country's ethnic diversity, its economy, and demographic changes. Revealing linkages between demographic transformation and socioeconomic change, Goldscheider shows how ethnic group formation emerged in Israel to create the present mix of Jewish and Arab populations. He also reviews the policies of ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Urban Migrants In Developing Nations

    Patterns And Problems Of Adjustment

    by Calvin Goldscheider ...
    What are the effects of migration and the change to city life on migrants and their families in developing countries? How is the quality of life influenced by the influx of migrants into a region? This book addresses these and related questions by focusing on four case studies in Korea (Seoul), Indonesia (Surabaya), Colombia (Bogota), and Iran (Teh ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Fertility Transitions, Family Structure, And Population Policy

    by Calvin Goldscheider ...
    Focuses on fertility and family transitions in selected Third World countries, exploring critical aspects of the relationship between population and development. The essays examine population processes as they unfold and develop over time, highlighting the need to go beyond economic explanations and identifying the priorities among social structura ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Political Risk In The International Oil And Gas Industry

    by Howard L Lax, Calvin Goldscheider ...
    In this book, the author draws upon his training in political science and experience as an energy consultant at Atlantis, Inc. It explores the conflicting interests of host and firm, and discusses the way firms use political risk analyses leads us to the issue of managing political risk. ... Read more

    $51.99 USD

  • Migration, Population Structure, and Redistribution Policies

    Edited by Calvin Goldscheider ...
    This book analyses the links between migration and the composition, structure, and geographic distribution of populations. It discusses the evolution of population redistribution policies in Brazil, and examines internal migration between the 1930s and the 1980s. ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Israeli Society in the Twenty-First Century

    Immigration, Inequality, and Religious Conflict

    by Calvin Goldscheider ...
    Series series The Schusterman Series in Israel Studies
    This volume illuminates changes in Israeli society over the past generation. Goldscheider identifies three key social changes that have led to the transformation of Israeli society in the twenty-first century: the massive immigration of Jews from the former Soviet Union, the economic shift to a high-tech economy, and the growth of socioeconomic inequalities inside Israel. To deepen his analysis of ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Studying the Jewish Future

    by Calvin Goldscheider ...
    Series series Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies
    Studying the Jewish Future explores the power of Jewish culture and assesses the perceived threats to the coherence and size of Jewish communities in the United States, Europe, and Israel. In an unconventional and provocative argument, Calvin Goldscheider departs from the limiting vision of the demographic projections that have shaped predictions about the health and future of Jewish communities ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

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  • Aid from International NGOs

    Blind Spots on the AID Allocation Map

    by Dirk-Jan Koch ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Development Economics
    International NGOs are increasingly important players within the new aid architecture but their geographic choices remain uncharted territory. This book focuses on patterns of development assistance, mapping, while analysing and assessing the country choices of the largest international NGOs. Koch's approach is interdisciplinary and uses qualitative, quantitative and experimental methods to ... Read more

    $61.99 USD