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Society & culture: general

Hardcover. Features five essays on why public debate about Hungary's Jewish population has been confined to the dichotomy of assimilation and dissimilation instead of integration. Num Pages: 200 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVH; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880335997
ISBN
9780880335997
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Hardcover. Originally published in Hungarian as: Kisebbsaegi magyar keozeossaegek a 20. szaazadban. Budapest: Gondolat: MTA Kisebbsaegkutatao Intaezet, 2008. Editor(s): Bardi, Nandor; Fedinec, Csilla; Szarka, Laszlo. Num Pages: 550 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 167 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1192.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
550
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880336772
ISBN
9780880336772
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.81
€ 62.54

Hardcover. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; GBCR; HBJD; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 282 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 856.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
East European Monographs
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880337021
ISBN
9780880337021
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 46.32

Paperback. This text examines the benefits and risks of international economic integration, and criticizes mainstream economists for not emphasizing its dangers. It argues that the "winners" have as much at stake from the possible consequences of social instability exposed by globalization, as the "losers". Num Pages: 128 pages, tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFFS; JH; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 8. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The Peterson Institute for International Economics United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881322415
ISBN
9780881322415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.43

Paperback. This study draws on data and surveys to examine the measurable and the perceived effects of globalization on American workers. It explores whether large relative losses will continue to limit US international economic initiatives and then looks at perceptions of globalization's effects. Num Pages: 150 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFS; KCF; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Peterson Institute
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881322958
ISBN
9780881322958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.43

Paperback. For firms both large and small, global integration usually has a very positive impact. This work explores new gains from deep international integration. The authors supplement their research with real-life profiles of representative American exporters, importers, investors abroad and others. Num Pages: 50 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCL; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 189 x 7. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The Peterson Institute for International Economics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881322989
ISBN
9780881322989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.36

Paperback. In this study, the authors move beyond the debate on the relative merits and risks of a social clause in trade agreements and focus on practical approaches for improving labour standards in a more intergrated global economy. Num Pages: 150 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCF; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The Peterson Institute for International Economics
Edition
y First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881323320
ISBN
9780881323320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.47

Paperback. An examination of the evolution of poverty and inequality in the era of globalization. It critically examines conventional wisdom, finding that productivity, wages and incomes in poor countries are catching up with those obtained by comparable individuals in the West. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The Peterson Institute for International Economics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881323481
ISBN
9780881323481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPK; JFFN; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The Peterson Institute for International Economics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881323580
ISBN
9780881323580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.43

Paperback. This study shows how changes in trade policies in the United States and other industrial countries could help reduce poverty in developing countries. Num Pages: 100 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFFA; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The Peterson Institute for International Economics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881323658
ISBN
9780881323658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.80

Paperback. Information technology (IT) was the key to the superior overall macro-economic performance of the United States in the 1990s. This book traces the globalization of the IT industry, its diffusion into the US economy, and the prospects and implications of more extensive technology-enabled globalization of products and services. Num Pages: 237 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFS; KNTX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The Peterson Institute for International Economics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881323900
ISBN
9780881323900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.15

Paperback. Examines how public finance shapes individual preferences towards immigration policy in the United States. Immigration is an issue capable of dividing otherwise like-minded people. Identify a group whose members tend to agree on political issues and one finds that within the group there is no strong majority opinion about US immigration policy. Num Pages: 73 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 7. Weight in Grams: 154.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The Peterson Institute for International Economics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881324006
ISBN
9780881324006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.88

Paperback. Explores the dysfunctional state of US high-skilled immigration laws. This title recommends a coherent set of immediate reforms, which should aim to facilitate continuously high and increasingly economically necessary levels of high-skilled immigration to the United States. Series: Policy Analyses in International Economics. Num Pages: 132 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 159 x 9. Weight in Grams: 231.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The Peterson Institute for International Economics
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881324136
ISBN
9780881324136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.95

Paperback. With high growth rates in Asia, most notably in China, India, and Southeast and Central Asia, Eurasia's economic center of gravity is rapidly shifting to the East. The volume examines the causes and consequences of this major shift in economic power and considers the options available to policymakers in various parts of Europe and Asia. Editor(s): Aslund, Anders; Dabrowski, Marek. Num Pages: 416 pages, graphs, charts, index. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The Peterson Institute for International Economics
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881324181
ISBN
9780881324181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.81

Paperback. Analyzes the economic dimensions of global climate change and called for immediate collective action to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This book describes the economic aspects of GHG emissions and seeks a policy method to reduce them without adversely affecting global trade. Num Pages: 112 pages, graphs, charts, index. BIC Classification: JFFS; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The Peterson Institute for International Economics
Edition
1 New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881324280
ISBN
9780881324280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.43

Paperback. While the story of John B. Rayner is not widely known, this African American educator and Populist leader, the son of a politically powerful white slaveholder from North Carolina, was a political maverick who dared to challenge the Democratic Party and the Post-Civil War South's racial orthodoxy. Indeed, John B. Num Pages: 150 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harlan Davidson
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780882959610
ISBN
9780882959610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 350 pages, 80 colour illustrations, 33 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: AMV; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 240 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Condition
New
SKU
V9780884023289
ISBN
9780884023289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.79

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
353
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896801271
ISBN
9780896801271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.00

Paperback. In the MONOGRAPHS IN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, LATIN AMERICA series, a study of the origin, development and cultural background of randai, the folk theatre tradition of the Minangkabau ethnic group of West Sumatra. Series: Ohio RIS Southeast Asia Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FMN; AN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896802056
ISBN
9780896802056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.70

Paperback. The connections among vagabondage and human labor, mobility, status, and behavior have placed vagrancy at the crossroads of a multitude of political, social, and economic processes. This book considers the shared global heritage of vagrancy laws, homelessness, and the historical processes they accompanied. Editor(s): Beier, A. L.; Ocobock, Paul. Series: Ohio RIS Global Series. Num Pages: 408 pages, illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 30. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896802629
ISBN
9780896802629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.60

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