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The Americas
The Age of Productivity. Transforming Economies from the Bottom Up.
Carmen Inter-American Development Bank; Idb P...
paperback. Age of Productivity offers a look at how the low productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean is preventing the region from catching up with the developed world. The authors look beyond the traditional macro explanations and dig all the way down to the industry and firm level to uncover the causes. Editor(s): Pages, Carmen. Num Pages: 368 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230623521
- ISBN
- 9780230623521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.74
€ 119.74
The Age of Productivity. Transforming Economies from the Bottom Up.
Carmen Inter-American Development Bank; Idb P...
Hardback. Age of Productivity offers a look at how the low productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean is preventing the region from catching up with the developed world. The authors look beyond the traditional macro explanations and dig all the way down to the industry and firm level to uncover the causes. Editor(s): Pages, Carmen. Num Pages: 368 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 713.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230623507
- ISBN
- 9780230623507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.72
€ 120.72
Hardback. A timely investigation of dictatorship, political upheaval, and human rights in Latin America, with a first hand account from Luz Arce, a controversial figure in Chile's history and culture. Editor(s): Lazzara, Michael J. Translator(s): Fischer, Carl. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; JFFE; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230622753
- ISBN
- 9780230622753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.62
€ 62.62
Hardback. This book discusses the crisis of caregiving as it affects parents seeking to provide good care for their children and people who care for their aged or disabled relatives. Discussed are alternatives to the present welfare system, a description of the current safety net programs, and an analysis of the privatization of social services. Editor(s): Mandell, Betty Reid. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSB; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230622616
- ISBN
- 9780230622616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.84
€ 62.84
Hardcover. This journal, originally kept as part of a study of race and ethnic relations in Trinidad, records daily field experiences where the observers/researchers were engaged in participant observation. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230622005
- ISBN
- 9780230622005
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.64
€ 62.64
Hardback. In a unique effort, this book brings together, for the first time, scholarly analyses by eminent researchers of the historical, social, legal, and cultural influences on the young newcomers' lives as well as reports by practitioners in major aid organizations about the concrete work that their organizations have been carrying out. Editor(s): Holton, Gerald. Num Pages: 316 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFD; JFFN; JKS; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621961
- ISBN
- 9780230621961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 44.67
€ 54.99
€ 44.67
Paperback. Using first-person narratives collected through oral history interviews, this groundbreaking book collects black women's memories of their public and private lives during the period of legal segregation in the American South. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621527
- ISBN
- 9780230621527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.81
€ 51.81
Hardback. Why do courts hold political power-holders accountable in some democratic and democratizing countries, but not in others? And, why do some courts remain very timid while others - under seemingly similar circumstances - become 'hyper-active'? This is valuable contribution to the ongoing debate over the issue of democratic accountability. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KL; JPZ; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621008
- ISBN
- 9780230621008
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 44.14
€ 54.99
€ 44.14
Paperback. This distinguished anthology presents for the first time in English travel essays by Arabic writers who have visited America in the second half of the century. The writers hail from a variety of viewpoints, regions, and backgrounds, so their descriptions of America differently engage and revise Arab pre-conceptions of Americans and the West. Editor(s): El Kahla, Mouna. Num Pages: 165 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 165
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230620353
- ISBN
- 9780230620353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 44.11
€ 54.99
€ 44.11
Hardback. This book examines the various strategies, including Global Counterinsurgency (GCOIN), which have been put forward as alternatives to the Global War On Terror (GWOT), concluding that while a consensus can be found on the key elements of a grand strategy, based on failures in the GWOT, it is far from clear if any GCOIN strategy could work. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230619975
- ISBN
- 9780230619975
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. This collection of essays analyzes the diverse manifestations of the judicialization of politics in contemporary Latin America, assessing their positive and negative consequences for state-society relations, the rule of law, and democratic governance in the region. Editor(s): Sieder, Rachel; Schjolden, Line; Angell, Alan. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JP; LA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 537.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230619692
- ISBN
- 9780230619692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 43.83
€ 54.99
€ 43.83
Hardback. With an unconventional new perspective, Anderson identifies Edgar Allan Poe's texts as a journey and explores the ways Poe both encounters and transcends the realm of the material. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230619432
- ISBN
- 9780230619432
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.34
€ 62.34
Hardback. Fifty years after the triumph of the Cuban Revolution and the establishment of a Marxist-Leninist regime in Cuba, the two fundamental dimensions of this historical phenomenon are the survival of the system created by Fidel Castro and the policy of the United States to terminate it. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230619265
- ISBN
- 9780230619265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 44.11
€ 54.99
€ 44.11
Hardcover. Many have used the term 'tragic' to refer to African American religious and cultural experience. After a studied meditation on and articulation of the 'tragic vision,' Johnson argues that African American Christian Consciousness is an expression of the tragic and a tragic expression of the Christian Faith. Series: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230618893
- ISBN
- 9780230618893
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.00
€ 129.00
Paperback. Toward a New Public Diplomacy explains public diplomacy and makes the case for why it will be the crucial element in the much-needed reinvention of American foreign policy. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230617445
- ISBN
- 9780230617445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.90
€ 61.90
Hardback. Toward a New Public Diplomacy explains public diplomacy and makes the case for why it will be the crucial element in the much-needed reinvention of American foreign policy. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230617438
- ISBN
- 9780230617438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.70
€ 62.70
hardcover. The object and scope of this book is the development of marketed consumer credit within the United States from the mid decades of the nineteenth century up until the present day. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JHB; KCZ; KFFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230615182
- ISBN
- 9780230615182
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.67
€ 62.67
hardcover. In this critical look at contemporary higher education, Pasque argues that if a more thorough understanding of leaders' perspectives is not offered, then the dominant perspectives within academic discourse will continue to perpetuate the current ideas of higher education's relationship with society. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNA; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230615090
- ISBN
- 9780230615090
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.94€ 61.32
€ 71.94
€ 61.32
Hardback. The purpose of this book is to examine and analyze Americanization, De-Americanization, and racialized ethnic groups in America and consider the questions: who is an American? And what constitutes American identity and culture? Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230613560
- ISBN
- 9780230613560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Hardback. This volume is the first to comprehensively examine Chinese's affirmative action policies in the critical area of minority education, the most important conduit to employment and economic success in the PRC after the economic reforms begun in the late 1970s. Editor(s): Zhou, Minglang; Hill, Ann Maxwell. Series: International and Development Education. Num Pages: 282 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230612358
- ISBN
- 9780230612358
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.92€ 82.52
€ 98.92
€ 82.52