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  • Globalization and Labour in China and India

    Impacts and Responses

    Edited by P. Bowles, J. Harriss ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Globalization has pushed China and India to the centre of the stage but what has been the impact on workers in these countries? This book demonstrates the complexity of the processes and responses at play. There are signs that both states are shifting their role in a 'counter movement from above'. But will this be enough to quell the social unrest? ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Japan after the Economic Miracle

    In Search of New Directions

    Edited by L.T. Woods, P. Bowles ...
    Series Book 3 - Social Indicators Research Series
    As Japan comes to grips with a decade of economic malaise after its spectacular post-war growth record, how will Japanese society react? Contributors to this volume examine the challenges ahead for Japan in the fields of politics, economics, sociology, environment and business. This multidisciplinary inquiry looks for areas of continuity and for new directions in government, business and social ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

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    by Elinor Ostrom, Marco A. Janssen, Amy Poteete ...
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  • Systems Thinking

    Intelligence in Action

    by Piero Mella ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    The core belief underlying this book is that the most useful and effective models to strengthen our intelligence are system ones, developed following the logic of Systems Thinking. Such models can explore complexity, dynamics, and change, and it is the author’s view that intelligence depends on the ability to construct models of this nature. The book is designed to allow the reader not only to ... Read more

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  • Tibet's Last Stand?

    The Tibetan Uprising of 2008 and China's Response

    by Warren W. Smith Jr. ...
    This book offers a definitive account of the origins and events of the 2008 Tibetan uprising, which began with peaceful demonstrations by monks of Lhasa's great monasteries on the anniversary of the 1959 revolt. Noted expert Warren W. Smith Jr. argues that the uprising was a widespread response to the conditions of Chinese rule over Tibet, which revealed much about Tibetan nationalism and even ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • The Annotated Bibliography of International Programme Evaluation

    by Craig Russon, Karen Russon ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    The evaluation profession has experienced rapid growth in the past five years. Prior to 1995. there were five national evaluation organizations: the American Evnluntion Association (AEA). the Asociacion Centroamericana de Evaluacion (ACE). the Australasian Evaluation Society (AES). the Canadian Evaluation Society (CES). and the European Evaluation Society (EES). In November 1995. AEA and CES ... Read more

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  • Thunder from the East

    by Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn ...
    An insightful and comprehensive look at Asia on the rise—a "masterful job of describing Asia's anguish and ambition" (The Washington Post Book World)—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalists and bestselling authors of Half a Sky and TightropeThe 1997 economic crisss in Asia heaped devastation upon millions. Yet Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn argue that it was the best thing that could have ... Read more

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  • Political Analysis Using R

    by James E. Monogan III ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    This book provides a narrative of how R can be useful in the analysis of public administration, public policy, and political science data specifically, in addition to the social sciences more broadly. It can serve as a textbook and reference manual for students and independent researchers who wish to use R for the first time or broaden their skill set with the program. While the book uses data ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Japanization

    What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades

    by William Pesek ...
    Series series Bloomberg
    An in-depth look at Japan's economic malaise and the steps it must take to compete globallyIn Japanization, Bloomberg columnist William Pesek—based in Tokyo—presents a detailed look at Japan's continuing twenty-year economic slow-down, the political and economic reasons behind it, and the policies it could and should undertake to return to growth and influence. Despite new Prime Minister Shinzo ... Read more

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  • Dealing with Complexity

    An Introduction to the Theory and Application of Systems Science

    by Robert L. Flood, Ewart R. Carson ...
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    by The Korea Foundation ...
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  • Business Research Through Argument

    by Mike Metcalfe ...
    This book suggests that business research, in the collection, analysis, and communication of evidence, will benefit from explicit acceptance of research as argumentation. Argumentation is the process of compiling an argument through selection and organization of the relevant evidence.Recently, business research methods books have placed too much emphasis on the scientific method as brute ... Read more

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