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Much of what is written about colleges and universities ties rapidly rising tuition to dysfunctional behavior in the academy. Common targets of dysfunction include prestige games among universities, gold plated amenities, and bloated administration. This book offers a...
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Oxford University Press
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2010-11-10
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The research underlying this volume was designed to test the theory of Total Factor Productivity (TFP) in contemporary context. Developed by Nobel Prize-winning economist, Robert Solow, in the 1950s, TFP has been applied by many economists to investigate the...
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Springer
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2010-11-03
Collection :
Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management
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Praise for Helping Children and Adolescents with Chronic and Serious Medical Conditions A Strengths-Based Approach "Helping Children and Adolescents with Chronic and Serious Medical Conditionsprovides a wellspring of knowledge, from the theoretical to the clinical. The...
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Wiley
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2010-10-28
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Providing an overview of the future research challenges for economists and social scientists concerning population ageing, pensions, health and social care in Europe, this book examines how scientific research can provide cutting-edge evidence on income security and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2010-10-27
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This book addresses multiple aspects of the conflict between Georgia and Russia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia in August 2008, including the use of force, human rights, transnational litigation and international law 'rhetoric'. The particulars of the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2010-10-19
Collection :
Euro-Asian Studies
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Authoritative coverage of social work policy and practice from a global perspective In order for social and economic justice to flourish globally, a greater understanding of practice and policy efforts from around the world is essential for today's professional in the...
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Wiley
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2010-10-07
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Auch Erlebnis- und Kampfbilder beeinflussen Beschreibung und Deutung der ‘Kirchlichen Zeitgeschichte’. Von einer theologienahen, selbstrechtfertigenden Erforschung des ‘Kirchenkampfes’ hin zu einer historisch-kritischen Rekonstruktion des protestantischen Milieus:...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2010-10-05
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Die Untersuchung unterzieht die Predigten und Hirtenbriefe Kardinal Clemens August Graf von Galens einer sprachlich-rhetorischen Analyse und beantwortet auf Grund dieser Analyse die Frage nach seinem Widerstand gegen den Nationalsozialismus. Kernpunkt der Arbeit ist...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2010-10-05
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Praise for Working with Female Offenders "Encyclopedic in scope and full of very relevant work drawn from the fields of biology, psychology, criminology, and corrections, this book is a must-read for those working with girl and women offenders." —Meda Chesney-Lind,...
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Wiley
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2010-09-29
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Describes developments in healthcare systems over nearly four decades. Combining cross-sectional studies on healthcare financing, provision and policy values with in-depth country studies of Britain, Germany and the USA, this volume is a thorough examination of the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2010-09-17
Collection :
Transformations of the State
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Fiona Phillips is one of our best-loved television presenters. Well-known for being warm, chatty and down to earth, she attended her local comprehensive in Southampton before studying English in Birmingham. For over twelve years she presented GMTV, during which time she...
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Preface Digital
Parution :
2010-09-16
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Despite the recent proliferation of literature on nationalism and on social policy, relatively little has been written to analyse the possible interaction between the two. Scholars interested in social citizenship have indirectly dealt with the interaction between...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2010-08-12
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Since the end of World War II, the Japanese economy has seen rapid changes and remarkable progress. It has also experienced a bubble economy and period of prolonged stagnation. The book seeks to address three major questions: What kind of changes have taken place in the...
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Springer
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2010-08-05
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Conventional wisdom holds that China's burgeoning economic power has reduced the United States to little more than a customer of Beijing. Not so, writes Edward Steinfeld. In this fascinating book, Steinfeld asserts that China's growth actually enhances Western...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2010-08-05
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Tommy Bengtsson Population ageing, the shift in age distribution towards older ages, is of immense global concern. It is taking place to a varying degree all over the world, more in Europe and some Asian countries, less on the African continent. The worldwide share of...
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Springer
Parution :
2010-08-02
Collection :
Demographic Research Monographs
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Population growth slowed across the world in the last decades of the 20th century, changing substantially our view of the future. The 21st century is likely to see the end to world population growth and become the century of population aging, marked by low fertility and...
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Springer
Parution :
2010-08-02
Collection :
International Studies in Population
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This book explores new forms of private, mutual municipal, public-private and 'reverse' state funding of public investments, co-payments and shared contributions, vouchers, and pooled public risk-financing. It includes case studies taken from the Nordic countries, UK,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2010-07-30
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Despite a gradual and sustained decline in the contribution of agriculture to the economies of the member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the sector remains socially and politically important. Although agriculture accounts...
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Springer
Parution :
2010-07-27
Collection :
Studies in Productivity and Efficiency
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The Fifth Enlargement that took place in 2004 and 2007 was a milestone in the history of the European Union. Not only because of the large number of acceding countries but also because of their recent political and economic experience. Ten of them had undergone a...
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Springer
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2010-07-23
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The focus of this book is on how community comes to influence political behaviour; it takes an interdisciplinary approach blending the fields of community psychology, sociology, and political science.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2010-07-19
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