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  • China’s Rural Development Road

    by Xiaoshan Zhang, Zhou Li ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book systematically reviews the experiences and problems encountered in the development of China’s rural areas over the past three decades since the start of the country’s economic reform. As such, it addresses the most important aspects in terms of China’s rural communities, farmers and agriculture from the perspective of development, such as the agricultural management system, rural land ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Critique of Hong Kong Nativism

    From a Legal Perspective

    by Jie Zhu, Xiaoshan Zhang ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book focuses on the separatist trend in Hong Kong, which it approaches by drawing on historical studies, political analysis, social studies and legal analysis. It offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary guide to the topic, addressing the historical evolution of “Hong Kong Nativism,” the theoretical connotations and fallacies of “Hong Kong Independence,” and the legal measures taken to ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • Intelligence Science and Big Data Engineering. Visual Data Engineering

    9th International Conference, IScIDE 2019, Nanjing, China, October 17–20, 2019, Proceedings, Part I

    Edited by Zhen Cui, Jinshan Pan, Shanshan Zhang, Liang Xiao, Jian Yang ...
    Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
    The two volumes LNCS 11935 and 11936 constitute the proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Intelligence Science and Big Data Engineering, IScIDE 2019, held in Nanjing, China, in October 2019.The 84 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 252 submissions.The papers are organized in two parts: visual data engineering; and big data and machine learning. They cover ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Intelligence Science and Big Data Engineering. Big Data and Machine Learning

    9th International Conference, IScIDE 2019, Nanjing, China, October 17–20, 2019, Proceedings, Part II

    Edited by Zhen Cui, Jinshan Pan, Shanshan Zhang, Liang Xiao, Jian Yang ...
    Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
    The two volumes LNCS 11935 and 11936 constitute the proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Intelligence Science and Big Data Engineering, IScIDE 2019, held in Nanjing, China, in October 2019.The 84 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 252 submissions.The papers are organized in two parts: visual data engineering; and big data and machine learning. They cover ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • Asia-Africa Development Divergence

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    by David Henley ...
    Why have South-East Asian countries like Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam been so successful in reducing levels of absolute poverty, while in African countries like Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania, despite recent economic growth, most people are still almost as poor as they were half a century ago?This book presents a simple, radical explanation for the great divergence in development performance ... Read more

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  • Out of the Mainstream

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    The New Developers?

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  • Democracy, Civil Society and Health in India

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    The Political Economy of the Northern Powerhouse

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