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Paperback. While many have studied China's rise as an economic power, China itself does not exist solely in the economic realm. This study explores the moral sphere as a key to understanding how rural Chinese experience and talk about their lives in a period of rapid economic transformation. Num Pages: 312 pages, 14 b/w photographs, 4 line illustrations, 2 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520260955
- ISBN
- 9780520260955
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.28
€ 40.99
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Paperback. Considers two schools of behavioral economics - the first guided by Tversky and Kahneman's work on heuristics and biases, and the second as described by Gerd Gigerenzer's program on fast and frugal heuristics. This title proposes Herbert Simon's work on bounded rationality as a way to reconcile the inconsistencies between the two camps. Series: Wildavsky Forum Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 15 line illustrations. BIC Classification: GPQ; JMAL; JPA; KCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 134 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520259478
- ISBN
- 9780520259478
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€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
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Paperback. An analysis of Pueblo Indian pottery, Pueblo and Spanish blankets, and Spanish religious images that links economic change to social and cultural change in the New Mexico. It charts the creation of a culturally innovative and dominating Hispanic settler - or vecino - community during the final decades of the eighteenth century. Num Pages: 353 pages, 12 figures, 19 b/w photographs, 9 maps, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 463.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 353
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520251595
- ISBN
- 9780520251595
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.78
€ 34.99
€ 25.78
Paperback. Opens a critical perspective on the slow death of socialism and the rebirth of capitalism in the world's most dynamic and populous country. Based on fieldwork and extensive interviews in Chinese textile, apparel, machinery, and household appliance factories, this book finds a rising tide of labor unrest mostly hidden from the world's attention. Num Pages: 340 pages, 1 line illustration, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPFC; KCF; KCS; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478. Labor Protests in China's Rustbelt and Sunbelt. 340 pages, Illustrations. Opens a critical perspective on the slow death of socialism and the rebirth of capitalism in the world's most dynamic and populous country. Based on fieldwork and extensive interviews in Chinese textile, apparel, machinery, and household appliance factories, this book finds a rising tide of labor unrest mostly hidden from the world's attention. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPFC; KCF; KCS; KNXB. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 21. Weight: 490.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520250970
- ISBN
- 9780520250970
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. Examines the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement on those who labor in the agricultural fields and maquiladora factories on the border. This title describes harsh conditions of child labor in the Mexicali Valley, the deplorable housing outside factories in cities such as Tijuana, and corporate retaliation faced by union organizers. Num Pages: 348 pages, 24 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; KCF; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520244726
- ISBN
- 9780520244726
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.09
€ 31.99
€ 23.09
Paperback. Explores the effects of the withdrawal of Soviet assistance, the role of international financial agencies in supporting a pure market economy, and the ways that new policies have led to greater political freedom but also to unemployment, poverty, and deterioration in the education, health, and well-being of Mongolian society. Num Pages: 418 pages, 18 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPM; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 654.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 418
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520244191
- ISBN
- 9780520244191
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 31.76
€ 44.99
€ 31.76
Paperback. Provides an account of the common social, economic, and labor problems modern governments confront and their contrasting styles of conflict resolution. This work specifies similarities and differences in the structure and interplay of government, political parties, the mass media, industry, labor, professions, churches and voluntary associations. Num Pages: 922 pages, 18 line illustrations, 89 tables. BIC Classification: JPHV; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 180 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1606.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 922
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520232792
- ISBN
- 9780520232792
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Condition: New
€ 57.97€ 45.94
€ 57.97
€ 45.94
Hardback. Throughout European history, Jews have been associated with commerce and the money trade, rendered both visible and vulnerable, like Shylock, by their economic distinctiveness. This is the story of Jewish perceptions of this economic difference and its effect on modern Jewish identity. Num Pages: 385 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; JFSR1; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 385
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520225909
- ISBN
- 9780520225909
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Condition: New
€ 68.61€ 53.40
€ 68.61
€ 53.40
Paperback. Explores the ways in which political actors deal with the contradictory pressures and asks the question: when will leaders support reforms that increase state capacity and that establish a more meritocratic and technically competent bureaucracy? Series: California Series on Social Choice & Political Economy. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; JPA; JPQ; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 59.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520207622
- ISBN
- 9780520207622
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.65
€ 35.99
€ 26.65
Paperback. Presents an answer to the question: 'What is fair'? This book argues that much of the empirical methodology of the natural sciences should be applied to the ethical questions of fairness and justice. Series: California Series on Social Choice & Political Economy. Num Pages: 276 pages, 9 line drawings, 41 tables. BIC Classification: HPQ; JH; JPA; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520084377
- ISBN
- 9780520084377
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.68
€ 34.99
€ 25.68
Paperback. This book on Latin American social and cultural developments, as well as politics and economics is revised and brought up to date with chapters on the great upheavals of the 1980s. The book received the Gold Medal of the Commonwealth Club of California for outstanding literary achievement. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HBJK; JFC; JP; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 4th
- Number of pages
- 992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520077232
- ISBN
- 9780520077232
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.84
€ 45.99
€ 32.84
Paperback. This examination of the dynamics of international relations attempts to define the impact of both domestic and international politics on subjects as diverse as nuclear disarmament, human rights and trade. Editor(s): Evans, Peter; Jacobson, Harold K.; Putnam, Robert D. Series: Studies in International Political Economy. Num Pages: 508 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: JPS; JPVH; KCLT; RNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 231 x 32. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 508
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520076822
- ISBN
- 9780520076822
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.97
€ 52.99
€ 37.97
Paperback. These are the first two volumes in an important new five-book series derived from sections of the international bestseller, Handbook of Personal Relationships, Second Edition, by Steve Duck. Editor(s): Ickes, William; Duck, Steve. Series: Wiley Series on Social and Personal Relationships. Num Pages: 310 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JMH; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 16. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471998815
- ISBN
- 9780471998815
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Condition: New
€ 87.89
€ 87.89
Paperback. Todaya s students are expected to use computers and familiarise themselves with word--processing and spreadsheet packages in their work. They are also expected to be able to use the Internet for e--mail and accessing information on the Web. Num Pages: 294 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KC; U. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 172 x 17. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471988069
- ISBN
- 9780471988069
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Condition: New
€ 62.59
€ 62.59
Hardback. In Econometrics the author has provided a text that bridges the gap between classical econometrics (with an emphasis on linear methods such as OLS, GLS and instrumental variables) and some of the key research areas of the last few years, including sampling problems, nonparametric methods and panel data analysis. Num Pages: 702 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: KCH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 255 x 199 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1310.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 702
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471987642
- ISBN
- 9780471987642
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Condition: New
€ 130.16
€ 130.16
Hardback. This text argues that sustained growth can be achieved through a way of thinking. the author's provide a framework that is based on five keys, including: there's no such thing as a mature business; and not all growth is good. Num Pages: 352 pages, index. BIC Classification: KCP; KJC; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471987635
- ISBN
- 9780471987635
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Condition: New
€ 75.55
€ 75.55
Paperback. Matrix calculus has become an essential tool for quantitative methods in a large number of applications, ranging from social and behavioral sciences to econometrics. Continuing the success of their first edition, Magnus and Neudecker present an exhaustive and self--contained revised text on matrix theory and matrix differential calculus. Series: Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics. Num Pages: 422 pages, bibliography, indexes. BIC Classification: KCH; PBF; PBKJ; PBT; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 422
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471986331
- ISBN
- 9780471986331
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Condition: New
€ 128.84
€ 128.84
Paperback. Environmental economics embraces the issues of market failures, pollution control, environment protection and resource allocation. This text is concerned with ways and means to achieve this allocation through government intervention by way of statutory regulation. Series: Modules in Environmental Science. Num Pages: 352 pages, maps. BIC Classification: KCN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471985594
- ISBN
- 9780471985594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 102.16
€ 102.16
Paperback. This textbook covers both environmental impact assessment and strategic environmental assessment. It relates to low and middle income countries in areas including Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia and the Pacific, South Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. Editor(s): Lee, Norman; George, Clive. Num Pages: 314 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: GTF; KCH; KCM; KCN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471985570
- ISBN
- 9780471985570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 97.08
€ 97.08
Hardback. The introduction of economics and resource management into environmental modelling is a new and exciting development, and it is the interesting topic of this book. "Green" economics is becoming a hot area of academic interest and research, and this title is in the vanguard of publishing on the subject. Editor(s): Mahendrarajah, Sinniah; Jakeman, A.J.; McAleer, Michael. Num Pages: 412 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: KCN; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 255 x 177 x 28. Weight in Grams: 886.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471985440
- ISBN
- 9780471985440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 320.79
€ 320.79
Paperback. Focusing on the evolving geography of the advanced capitalist economies of Europe, North America, and the Pacific Rim, this comparative international reader presents some relevant papers published in this discipline. The text is divided into five sections. Editor(s): Bryson, John R.; Henry, Nick; Keeble, David; Martin, Ron. Num Pages: 494 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; KC; RGCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 192 x 25. Weight in Grams: 906.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 494
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471985280
- ISBN
- 9780471985280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 115.75
€ 115.75
Hardback. Private Equity Examining the New Conglomerates of European Business a This is the authoritative work on private equity, giving the business manager a genuine insight into how this relatively new form of ownership works. a Frank Neale, Phildrew Ventures a A truly revealing insight into the world of private equity, MBOs and MBIs. Num Pages: 198 pages, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; KCLF; KFFM; KJVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471983965
- ISBN
- 9780471983965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.17
€ 79.17
Hardback. Tourism, travel, and hospitality are major sources of revenue for places all over the world. This practical manual of techniques used in tourism and hospitality studies offers insights to the economics of tourism. Also included are techniques for conducting research and evaluating policy outcomes. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: KC; KJM; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471983927
- ISBN
- 9780471983927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.70
€ 119.70
Hardback. This text examines the profit-strategy approaches of ten of the world's most influential business personalities, including Microsoft's Bill Gates, Andrew Grove, of Intel, and the late Roberto Goizueta, of Coca-Cola. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; KJC; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471983910
- ISBN
- 9780471983910
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.81
€ 53.81