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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “lucie cerna”
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  • Immigration Policies and the Global Competition for Talent

    by Lucie Cerna ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book examines the variation in high-skilled immigration policies in OECD countries. These countries face economic and social pressures from slowing productivity, ageing populations and pressing labour shortages. To address these inter-related challenges, the potential of the global labour market needs to be harnessed. Countries need to intensify their efforts to attract talented people – the ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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  • The Year of Disappearances

    Political Killings in Cork 1921-1922

    by Gerard Murphy ...
    'Every spy who was shot in Cork was buried so that nothing was known about them. They just disappeared.' These are the words of an IRA commander recalling the War of Independence in Cork city. The Year of Disappearances examines this claim and others like it. It uncovers a web of suspicion and paranoia that led to scores of men and boys being abducted from their homes before being executed as ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Human Dimensions of Wildlife Management

    Edited by Daniel J. Decker, Shawn J. Riley, William F. Siemer ...
    Updated and revised, this classic work is a must-read for every student of wildlife management and every professional seeking to become a better manager.Wildlife professionals can more effectively manage species and social-ecological systems by fully considering the role that humans play in every stage of the process. Human Dimensions of Wildlife Management provides the essential information that ... Read more

    $75.39 USD

  • The Strength of Culture for Development

    Why Culture Matters in International Cooperation

    Edited by Pascaline Gaborit ...
    Series Book 10 - Europe des cultures / Europe of cultures
    On the global scale, the challenges surrounding development are massive and complex, as inequalities in living conditions between the richest and poorest countries become greater. Development is a global challenge on a par with the financial crisis and environmental concerns. The participation of local communities and towns in development programmes may result from a desire for influence at an ... Read more

    $59.49 USD

  • Practical Biometrics

    From Aspiration to Implementation

    by Julian Ashbourn ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    This practically-focused text presents a hands-on guide to making biometric technology work in real-life scenarios. Extensively revised and updated, this new edition takes a fresh look at what it takes to integrate biometrics into wider applications. An emphasis is placed on the importance of a complete understanding of the broader scenario, covering technical, human and implementation factors. ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • From Machinery to Mobility

    Government and Democracy in a Participative Age

    by Jeffrey Roy ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    The Westminster-stylized model of Parliamentary democratic governance is out of step with today’s digitally and socially networked world. The resulting context for public sector governance brings both promise and peril – with profound consequences for public servants, elected officials, and citizens alike. This book presents a timely and thorough examination of the main sources of tension between ... Read more

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  • State Government Budget Stabilization

    Policy, Tools, and Impacts

    by Yilin Hou ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book is the first comprehensive, full-scale treatment of the law, politics and economics with regard to the policies and policy instruments for budget stabilization at the state level. Covering the period from 1946 through 2008 in the United States, it provides details on the methods and results of empirical tests of the effects of budget stabilization instruments on government operations, ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Bad Time Stories

    Government-Union Conflicts and the Rhetoric of Legitimation Strategies

    by Yonatan Reshef, Charles Keim ...
    The 1990s and 2000s were especially difficult decades for government–public sector union relations in Canada. Rising costs and growing debts meant that governments were on the lookout for savings, and public sector unions and employees were easy targets for government actions. Bitter conflicts between unions and governments erupted and each labour dispute involved numerous rounds of public ... Read more

    $53.29 USD

  • Applying an International Human Rights Framework to State Budget Allocations

    Rights and Resources

    by Rory O'Connell, Aoife Nolan, Colin Harvey, Mira Dutschke, Eoin Rooney ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Human Rights Law
    Human rights based budget analysis projects have emerged at a time when the United Nations has asserted the indivisibility of all human rights and attention is increasingly focused on the role of non-judicial bodies in promoting and protecting human rights. This book seeks to develop the human rights framework for such budget analyses, by exploring the international law obligations of the ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • The American Red Cross

    From Clara Barton to the New Deal

    by Marian Moser Jones ...
    The iconic relief organization's activities over a half century of history, through wars, epidemics, and other disasters: "Well-researched . . . fascinating." —Julia F. Irwin, Bulletin of the History of MedicineIn dark skirts and bloodied boots, Clara Barton fearlessly ventured onto Civil War battlefields to tend to wounded soldiers. She later worked with civilians in Europe during the Franco ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Governors, Grants, and Elections

    Fiscal Federalism in the American States

    by Sean Nicholson-Crotty ...
    Series series Johns Hopkins Studies in American Public Policy and Management
    How partisan politics influence grant-related decisions at the state level.Each year, states receive hundreds of billions of dollars in grants-in-aid from the federal government. Gubernatorial success is often contingent upon the pursuit and allocation of these grants. In Governors, Grants, and Elections, Sean Nicholson-Crotty reveals the truth about how U.S. governors strategically utilize these ... Read more

    $39.39 USD

  • Conservative Party Economic Policy

    From Heath in Opposition to Cameron in Coalition

    by R. Wade ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Covering the period from Ted Heath's assumption of the leadership of the Conservative Party through to the early years of the Coalition, this volume provides a detailed analysis of the Tory Party's Macroeconomic and Microeconomic Policy-Making over the past 50 years providing an historical context for the political and economic events of today. ... Read more

    $89.09 USD