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Hardback. This is a systematic, longitudinal study of the organization and operations of Chinese government at the county level. It explores Chinese state and statecraft in the vast bureaucratic middle ground between Beijing policymaking and community-level politics. Num Pages: 284 pages, 23 half-tones 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPR; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804725651
ISBN
9780804725651
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.35

Hardback. This collection of fifteen essays presents the views of some of the world's most distinguished economists on what is emerging as the central topic of the twenty-first century: long-term economic growth. Editor(s): Landau, Ralph; Taylor, Timothy; Wright, Gavin. Num Pages: 476 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 38. Weight in Grams: 793.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
476
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804725996
ISBN
9780804725996
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 207.02

Hardback. This book integrates research on the production and marketing of basic foodstuffs for local needs into an investigation of slavery and export agriculture. It opens new perspectives for understanding how, during more than three centuries, slavery, plantations, and export agriculture shaped social and economic life in Brazil. Num Pages: 300 pages, 4 maps,bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804726320
ISBN
9780804726320
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.72

Hardback. Nobel laureate Solow shows how Kenneth J. Arrow's classic paper "The Economic Implications of Learning by Doing" fits into the modern theory of economic growth, and uses it as a springboard for a critical consideration of spectacular recent developments that have made growth theory a dynamic topic today. Series: Kenneth J. Arrow Lectures Series. Num Pages: 104 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 315.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804728409
ISBN
9780804728409
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.81

Hardback. This is an account of how South Korea was transformed from one of the poorest and most agrarian countries in the world in the 1950s to one of the richest and most industrialized states by the late 1980s. Num Pages: 276 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; HBJF; HBLW3; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804730556
ISBN
9780804730556
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.60

Hardback. As economic crises struck the Third World in the 1970s and 1980s, large segments of the population turned to the informal economy to survive. This book looks at street vending as a political process in the largest city in the world. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804730600
ISBN
9780804730600
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.36

Hardback. Arguing against the perception that the capitalist marketplace permits no alternatives, the author shows that a kind of economic "common sense" conditions how people organize their everyday lives and understand their powers as social agents within markets that are far from monolithic and uniform. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; JFC; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804730853
ISBN
9780804730853
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.55

Hardback. Nine essays critically evaluate Murakami's sanguine vision for the future which is sustained by "polymorphic liberalism," a new type of liberalism that reflects the needs of both developed and developing economies and the realities of the diversity of cultures. Editor(s): Yamamura, Kozo. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804731508
ISBN
9780804731508
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07

Hardback. This is a political history of economic life. Through a description of the convulsions of long-term change from colony to republic in Buenos Aires, this book explores Atlantic world transformations in the 18th and 19th centuries. Num Pages: 392 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JH; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 675.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804733793
ISBN
9780804733793
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.10

hardcover. By exploring in detail land reform movements in Britain and the United States, this book transcends traditional labor history and conceptions of class to deepen our understanding of the social, political, and economic history of both countries in the 19th century. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 31. Weight in Grams: 715.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804734516
ISBN
9780804734516
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.29

hardcover. Based on the policy-making structures of the Venezuelan government, this book examines the constitutionally allocated powers of the executive and legislature, and shows how the powers of each branch are exercised given the incentives established by the electoral system and changing partisan strengths. Num Pages: 296 pages, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; JPHV; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804735704
ISBN
9780804735704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.30

Hardback. This book explores how Arab workers (mainly women) and Jewish managers in the Israeli textile industry negotiate the terms and meanings of factory work. It examines the tension between traditional familial and social roles and the demands of industrial life, as well as the complications created by Arab-Jewish political and military conflict. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 half-tones 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JHBA; JHMC; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804737852
ISBN
9780804737852
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.34

Hardback. Examining the organizational conditions promoting entrepreneurship and the effect of new industries on existing societies, this volume attempts, from the viewpoint of the interdisciplinary field of organization studies, to answer two major questions about entrepreneurship. Editor(s): Schoonhoven, Claudia; Romanelli, Elaine. Num Pages: 480 pages, 20 line diagrams 20 tables. BIC Classification: KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 793.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804737890
ISBN
9780804737890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 251.01

Hardback. This book aims to understand and explain who governs, and for how long, under the institution of parliamentary democracy. In the process, it investigates the nature of political scientists' knowledge of coalitional behavior and how to advance it. Num Pages: 328 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804740838
ISBN
9780804740838
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.19

Hardback. This is the first complete story, long hidden by the Soviet Union, of the attack by government forces on striking workers in 1962, resulting in 21 dead and hundreds of others wounded or imprisoned. Only with the advent of glasnost in the 1980s did the tight lid of secrecy placed on the entire episode by the Soviets begin slowly to lift. Num Pages: 264 pages, 32 illustrations, 3 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJPK; HBJD; HBLW3; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804740937
ISBN
9780804740937
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.57

Hardback. One of the most important elements in the computer revolution has been agreement on technological standards. This book tells the complete story of the battle between several competing technologies in the late 1970s and early 1980s to become the compatibility standard in one high-tech arena, the LAN (local area network) industry. Series: Innovation & Technology in the World Economy. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KJK; KNTX; UT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 569.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804740944
ISBN
9780804740944
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.14

Hardback. This argues that the West has played a pivotal role in the Russian economic disaster of the 1990s. Western advisors, including the International Monetary Fund and the US Treasury, applied a narrow conception of economics that pushed Russia toward another failed utopia. Editor(s): Klein, Lawrence R.; Pomer, Marshall I. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJPR; JPA; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 761.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804741279
ISBN
9780804741279
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 184.88

Hardback. The availability of industrial investment sites over the last two decades has lowered the cost of relocating core activities to new countries. But how should these developments be exploited for competitive advantage? This book examines how location decisions have contributed to the global dominance of U.S. firms in the hard disk drive industry. Num Pages: 372 pages, 5 line diagrams 35 tables 12 graphs 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMM; 1FMS; 1FMT; 1KBBWF; KJC; KNTX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804741521
ISBN
9780804741521
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 206.02

hardcover. What accounts for the growing income inequalities in Silicon Valley, despite huge technological and economic strides? Why have the once-powerful labor unions declined in their influence? This book examines these questions from a fresh perspective: that provided by the history of women in Silicon Valley in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; JFSJ1; JFSL; KNTX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804741545
ISBN
9780804741545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.06

Hardback. The past few decades have witnessed a dramatic expansion of management education, consulting, and the formalization of management practice, with a widespread diffusion of management ideas across sectors and continents. This book describes and analyzes this worldwide flow of management ideas and the key carriers of these ideas. Editor(s): Sahlin-Andersson, Kerstin; Engwall, Lars. Num Pages: 392 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804741972
ISBN
9780804741972
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 249.73

Hardback. Studying the interaction of political and economic institutions in Mexico during the period of 1870-1930, this book shows how institutional change can foment economic growth. Editor(s): Bortz, Jeffrey; Haber, Stephen H. Series: Social Science History. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804742078
ISBN
9780804742078
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.43

Hardback. This volume raises questions about two inter-related aspects of historical process and academic production. It aims to contribute to ongoing debates about the degree to which the developments of the latter decades of the 20th century represent the advent of a new historical era. Editor(s): Nugent, David. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW3; JHM; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804742306
ISBN
9780804742306
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 183.85

Paperback. This volume raises questions about two inter-related aspects of historical process and academic production. It aims to contribute to ongoing debates about the degree to which the developments of the latter decades of the 20th century represent the advent of a new historical era. Editor(s): Nugent, David. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW3; JHM; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804742382
ISBN
9780804742382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.01

Hardback. This volume follows the Mexican financial system from the assumption of power by Porfirio Diaz in 1876 to the recovery of the domestic banking system in the 1920s, despite ongoing violence and political instability. Series: Social Science History. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804742856
ISBN
9780804742856
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.72

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