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Health Disparities in Contemporary Korean Society

Issues and Subpopulations

by Sou Hyun Jang, Kimin Kwon, Jae Bum Park, Kyung-Jong Lee, Yoon-Sik Cho, Sehee Han, Heaseung Kim, Hee-Sun Lee, TaeJin Lee, Yang Heui Ahn0, Ok Kyung Ham1, Soo Hyun Kim2, Chang Gi Park3, Jun-Taek Song4, Goeun Lee5, Jongho Kwon6, Jung-Woo Park7, Hyunrim Choi8, Sinye Lim9, Jin-Soo Park0, Seyoung Kim1, Chulin Baek2, Kyungjong Lee3, Jaehyuk Jung4, Sujin Hong5, Harin Jeong6, Yunjeong Heo7, Hosun Chun8, Jongtae Park9, Daeseong Kim0, Seonhye Lee1, Chang Heon Cheong2, Jimee Kim3, Jaeeon Yoo4, Hyoung-Ryoul Kim5, Kyungwon Choi6, Hyekyeong Kim7, Seunghyun Yoo8, Seon Cho9, Eun-Joo Kwon0, Suyoung Kim1, Ji-Youn Park2, Yeeun Lee3, Subin Park4, Minji Lee5, Joong-Hwan Oh6 ...

Series series Korean Communities across the World
Inequality in health reflects the deeper social and economic structures shaping everyday life.This edited volume investigates the complex and uneven landscape of health disparities in contemporary Korean society, demonstrating how rapid economic and social transformations have produced unequal health outcomes across diverse populations. The collection highlights how factors such as employment ... Read more

$105.29 USD

Inequality in health reflects the deeper social and economic structures shaping everyday life.This edited volume investigates the complex and uneven landscape of health disparities in contemporary Korean society, demonstrating how rapid economic and social transformations have produced unequal health outcomes across diverse populations. The collection highlights how factors such as employment
... Read more
Sustainable Sludge Management: Resource Recovery For Construction Applications

by Kuan-yew Show, Joo Hwa Tay, Duu-jong Lee ...

Converting sludge into construction materials is deemed to be a sustainable approach to alleviating sludge disposal problems and conserving natural resources.This compendium presents the state-of-the-art development in recycling sludge into construction materials. A research-based development of engineering products made from sludge for common construction applications such as bricks, aggregates ... Read more

$53.99 USD

Converting sludge into construction materials is deemed to be a sustainable approach to alleviating sludge disposal problems and conserving natural resources.This compendium presents the state-of-the-art development in recycling sludge into construction materials. A research-based development of engineering products made from sludge for common construction applications such as bricks, aggregates
... Read more
Public Happiness

by Seung Jong Lee ...

Series series Community Quality-of-Life and Well-Being
We all strive for personal happiness in one way or another, but what about public happiness? What does public happiness mean and what role can governments and public policies play? The current COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the inadequacies of old governance paradigms and even before this pandemic, increasing inequalities and frustration with the old GDP-centric growth paradigm have fueled ... Read more

$143.09 USD

We all strive for personal happiness in one way or another, but what about public happiness? What does public happiness mean and what role can governments and public policies play? The current COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the inadequacies of old governance paradigms and even before this pandemic, increasing inequalities and frustration with the old GDP-centric growth paradigm have fueled
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Running Toward the Guns

A Memoir of Escape from Cambodia

by Chanty Jong, Lee Ann Van Houten-Sauter ...

Running Toward the Guns is an autobiographical story and an accounting of Chanty Jong's personal inner self-healing journey that led to a successfully unexpected discovery. Jong survived the Cambodian genocide during the Khmer Rouge regime of 1975-1979, witnessing the horrors of the killing fields, torture, starvation and much more. Her vivid narrative recounts the suffering under the Khmer Rouge, ... Read more

$11.89 USD

Running Toward the Guns is an autobiographical story and an accounting of Chanty Jong's personal inner self-healing journey that led to a successfully unexpected discovery. Jong survived the Cambodian genocide during the Khmer Rouge regime of 1975-1979, witnessing the horrors of the killing fields, torture, starvation and much more. Her vivid narrative recounts the suffering under the Khmer Rouge,
... Read more
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Wild Magic

by Alisa Woods ...

Narrated by Lydia Alexander, Jong Lee, Lydia Alexander, Jong Lee ...

Series Audiobook 6 - Wilding Pack Wolves
Unabridged

1 hour 47 min

He's training an elite team of wolves. She's a witch with a dangerous secret. The magic they make together is WILD. Daniel Wilding's family is being meticulously stalked by the Wolf Hunter. Daniel takes a leave from the Army to fight back by assembling a team of white wolves; shifters who can tap into an ancient witchy magic. The only problem? The sexy witch brought in to train them is stirring up ... Read more

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He's training an elite team of wolves. She's a witch with a dangerous secret. The magic they make together is WILD. Daniel Wilding's family is being meticulously stalked by the Wolf Hunter. Daniel takes a leave from the Army to fight back by assembling a team of white wolves; shifters who can tap into an ancient witchy magic. The only problem? The sexy witch brought in to train them is stirring up
... Read more
Education Matters

Global Schooling Gains from the 19th to the 21st Century

by Robert J. Barro, Jong-Wha Lee ...

Education has significant and far-reaching effects not only on individuals, but also on the societies in which they live and to which they contribute. The education level of a population affects how a country supports itself and others and the degree to which it can participate in the global field. While everyone from politicians to policymakers to celebrities has stressed the importance of ... Read more

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Education has significant and far-reaching effects not only on individuals, but also on the societies in which they live and to which they contribute. The education level of a population affects how a country supports itself and others and the degree to which it can participate in the global field. While everyone from politicians to policymakers to celebrities has stressed the importance of
... Read more
The Making of a Smart City in Korea

The Quest for E-Seoul

by KwangJong Ahn, Monica Bernardi, Jesse W. Campbell, Lorenzo Chelleri, June-Suh Cho, Sungtaek Choi, Sangho Choo, Seok-Jin Eom, Sunyoung Hlee, Hanchan Hwang, Yu-Min Joo0, Jun Houng Kim1, Kijung Kim2, Sujae Kim3, Hyangsook Lee4, Hyunae Lee5, Jong Youl Lee6, Keumsook Lee7, Sang Do Park8, Sohyun Park9, Thorsten Schuetze0, Junmin Song1, Xiaobo Wang2, Changhyo Yi3, Yejin Yoo4, Joong-Hwan Oh5, Dr. Jaehyeon Jeong7, Dr. Hojeong Lee9 ...

Series series Korean Communities across the World
This book illustrates how Seoul's transition into a digitally networked city has reshaped governance structures, economic systems, and cultural life.Central to this transformation is the proactive role of the Seoul Metropolitan Government, which has guided the city through multiple stages of smart urbanization with strategic planning and policy innovation.Organized into three parts, the ... Read more

$105.29 USD

This book illustrates how Seoul's transition into a digitally networked city has reshaped governance structures, economic systems, and cultural life.Central to this transformation is the proactive role of the Seoul Metropolitan Government, which has guided the city through multiple stages of smart urbanization with strategic planning and policy innovation.Organized into three parts, the
... Read more
Understanding Kim Jong-un's North Korea

Regime Dynamics, Negotiation, and Engagement

by Robert Carlin, Chung-in Moon, Rüdiger Frank, Edward Ham, Siegfried S. Hecker, Zuzana Hudáková, Dongho Jo, Sung Kyung Kim, Gee-Dong Lee0, Jong Seok Lee1, Jung-Chul Lee2, Kee B. Park3, Hazel Smith4, Thomas J. Biersteker5 ...

Series series Bloomsbury Studies on Korea's Place in International Relations
This ambitious book is constructed to provide the reader with unusually broad and deep insight into North Korea, illustrating how the Kim Jong-un regime calculates, balances, and addresses the various key policy challenges it faces. This will be accomplished through the extensive experience of the authors—Korean, European, and American—in North Korea and with North Koreans. There is no substitute ... Read more

$105.29 USD

This ambitious book is constructed to provide the reader with unusually broad and deep insight into North Korea, illustrating how the Kim Jong-un regime calculates, balances, and addresses the various key policy challenges it faces. This will be accomplished through the extensive experience of the authors—Korean, European, and American—in North Korea and with North Koreans. There is no substitute
... Read more
Cosmopolitanism and Tourism

Rethinking Theory and Practice

by Robert Shepherd, Adam Kaul, Ben Feinberg, Sarah E. Edwards, Rebecca L. Nelson, David Geary, Alex Jong-Seok Lee, Cherubim Quizon, Clare A. Sammells, Noel B. Salazar0 ...

Series series The Anthropology of Tourism: Heritage, Mobility, and Society
Within tourism studies, the cosmopolitan potentials of tourism have often been situated within a broader conversation about globalization, an approach that implies that cosmopolitanism is a predictable by-product of globalization and becoming more cosmopolitan should be the goal of travel. And yet a fundamental value of a cosmopolitan outlook—namely, to not only to be “at home in the world” but ... Read more

$97.19 USD

Within tourism studies, the cosmopolitan potentials of tourism have often been situated within a broader conversation about globalization, an approach that implies that cosmopolitanism is a predictable by-product of globalization and becoming more cosmopolitan should be the goal of travel. And yet a fundamental value of a cosmopolitan outlook—namely, to not only to be “at home in the world” but
... Read more
The Political Economy of Foreign Direct Investment in Korea

Evolution, Dynamics, and Contradictions

by You-il Lee, Richard Lee, Yoon-Jong Jang ...

Series series Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
One of the most spectacular phenomena in the South Korean political economy has been the remarkable escalation of international capital investment, particularly inward foreign direct investment (FDI). This book provides an in-depth look at the evolution of FDI in Korea, from the late 1990s to the present day.Charting Korea’s transition from state-led capitalism to a more liberalized market, this ... Read more

$64.99 USD

One of the most spectacular phenomena in the South Korean political economy has been the remarkable escalation of international capital investment, particularly inward foreign direct investment (FDI). This book provides an in-depth look at the evolution of FDI in Korea, from the late 1990s to the present day.Charting Korea’s transition from state-led capitalism to a more liberalized market, this
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Corporation Laws & Cases of South Korea

by Jong-Hoon Lee ...

Despite overpopulation and almost no natural resources, South Korea has consistently boasted one of the world's fastest growing economies and is now the sixth largest exporter and ninth largest importer in the world. This book is the first comprehensive resource in English to address the international demand for detailed guidance for lawyers advising investors on conducting business in South Korea ... Read more

$168.29 USD

Despite overpopulation and almost no natural resources, South Korea has consistently boasted one of the world's fastest growing economies and is now the sixth largest exporter and ninth largest importer in the world. This book is the first comprehensive resource in English to address the international demand for detailed guidance for lawyers advising investors on conducting business in South Korea
... Read more
Applied Numerical Methods Using MATLAB

by Won Y. Yang, Wenwu Cao, Jaekwon Kim, Kyung W. Park, Ho-Hyun Park, Jingon Joung, Jong-Suk Ro, Han L. Lee, Cheol-Ho Hong, Taeho Im ...

This new edition provides an updated approach for students, engineers, and researchers to apply numerical methods for solving problems using MATLAB®This accessible book makes use of MATLAB® software to teach the fundamental concepts for applying numerical methods to solve practical engineering and/or science problems. It presents programs in a complete form so that readers can run them instantly ... Read more

$142.00 USD

This new edition provides an updated approach for students, engineers, and researchers to apply numerical methods for solving problems using MATLAB®This accessible book makes use of MATLAB® software to teach the fundamental concepts for applying numerical methods to solve practical engineering and/or science problems. It presents programs in a complete form so that readers can run them instantly
... Read more