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This historical study looks at how reformers have used urban planning and architecture to improve the health of urban residents of the United States. It begins in the nineteenth century, when problems in rapidly urbanizing cities threatened to overwhelm cities, and then...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-05-04
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This book explores what becomes of faiths when seen as social capital. In the grip of the current debt crisis, where the social and capital seem increasingly unbalanced, this book examines whether faiths can help rebalance society through drawing communities together.
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-04-24
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This book seeks out the origins of contemporary English nationalism. Whilst much academic and political attention has been given to England’s place within the United Kingdom since devolution, the author argues that recent English nationalism actually derives from...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-04-19
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The financial crisis that began in 2008 and its lingering aftermath have caused many intellectuals and politicians to question the virtues of capitalist systems.The 19 original essays in this Handbook, written by leading scholars from Asia, North America, and Europe,...
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Oxford University Press
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2012-04-19
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The biopharmaceutical industry has been a major driver of technological change in health care, producing unprecedented benefits for patients, cost challenges for payers, and profits for shareholders. As consumers and companies benefit from access to new drugs,...
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Oxford University Press
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2012-04-12
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How has the Chinese economy managed to grow at such a remarkable rate - no less than ten per cent per annum - for over three decades? This well-integrated book combines economic theory, empirical estimation, and institutional analysis to address one of the most...
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OUP Oxford
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2012-04-12
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How has the Chinese economy managed to grow at such a remarkable rate - no less than ten per cent per annum - for over three decades? This well-integrated book combines economic theory, empirical estimation, and institutional analysis to address one of the most...
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OUP Oxford
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2012-04-12
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Over the past twenty years considerable public attention has been focused on the decline of marine fisheries, the sustainability of world fish production, and the impacts of fishing on marine ecosystems. Many have voiced their concerns about marine conservation, as well...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2012-04-06
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Covers topical issues for Africa's development, economics and politics of climate change, water management, public service delivery, and delivering aid. The authors argue that these issues should be included in the post-MDG paradigm and add an important voice to recent...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-04-05
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The greatest myth of modern times is the suggestion that capitalism and corporations do better with less government.The global economic crisis has certainly put paid to this idea. But the massive emergency state bailouts and interventions put in place from 2008 were...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-03-27
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The book discusses the demographic changes in Muslim countries. It thereby focuses on topics such as the demographic dividend and the demographic transition, labour market challenges, health care, universal education and gender issues. These challenges are addressed at...
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Springer
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2012-03-26
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Deliberative democracy now dominates the theory, reform, and study of democracy. Working at its cutting edges, Foundations and Frontiers ofDeliberative Governance reaches from conceptual underpinnings to the key challenges faced in applications to ever-increasing ranges...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2012-03-22
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Online news sites play an ever-pervasive role in the daily gathering and flow of political information. Media has always played an intermediary role in the way that citizens receive and process news, but, with the speed of information transmission, the segmentation of...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2012-02-24
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In this unique and engaging book, Sue Pryce tackles the major issues surrounding drug policy. Why do governments persist with prohibition policies, despite their proven inefficacy? Why are some drugs criminalized, and some not? And why does society care about drug use...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-02-14
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Die ethnische Komponente des zeitgenössischen montenegrinischen Nationsbildungsprozesses zielt auf eine Ausdifferenzierung montenegrinischen Identitätsbewusstseins im Sinne einer Abgrenzung zum Serbentum. Um diese Entwicklung verständlich zu machen, wird in dieser...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-02-10
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When Shane Dunphy starts work at Little Scamps crèche, he has no idea what he has let himself in for. He had not worked in an early years setting for many years and on arriving for his first day he found that two members of staff, Susan and Tush, are at the end of their...
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Constable
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2012-02-02
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The 2012 presidential campaign will, above all else, be a referendum on the Obama administration's handling of the financial crisis, recalling the period when Obama's "audacity of hope" met the austerity of reality. Central to this is the ''American Recovery and...
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PublicAffairs
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2012-01-31
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Draws on societies' unique histories, distinctive paths of institutional development and contrasting cultures to explain why they adopt different policies for common problems. It compares the United States with Sweden on tax policy, Canada on financing medical care,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-01-30
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In an online, interconnected world, democracy is increasingly made up of wikis and blogs, pokes and tweets. Citizens have become accidental journalists thanks to their handheld devices, politicians are increasingly working online, and the traditional sites of democracy...
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OUP Oxford
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2012-01-26
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Using an analytical framework based on Foucault's concept of governmentality and through unique case-studies, this volume explores the ongoing transformations taking place in the Swedish welfare state.
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-01-25
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