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Paperback. China's economy has undergone tremendous change. This insightful book examines the evolving Chinese financial system. It provides alternative perspectives of the system's evolution and its potential contribution to economic growth. Editor(s): Barth, James R; Tatom, John A; Yago, Director of Capital Studies Glenn (State University of New York, Stony Brook). Num Pages: 658 pages, 15 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JKS; JPQB; KCL; KFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1027.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 658
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461424574
- ISBN
- 9781461424574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 177.66
€ 177.66
Paperback. This text focuses on the important, controversial issues and policies of contemporary China. These include intellectual currents and reassessment of socialism in the PRC, grassroots political participation in rural China, public maladministration and bureaucratic corruption, and legal reform. Editor(s): Teather, David C.B.; Yee, Herbert. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPFC; JPQ; JPS; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333731345
- ISBN
- 9780333731345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.65
€ 67.65
Hardcover. In 2008, the economic relationship between the United States and China almost collapsed due to a crisis at two American mortgage corporations, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. This book explains how that crisis came about, and analyzes the consequences and implications. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JPQ; JPS; KCL; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230243590
- ISBN
- 9780230243590
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.46
€ 63.46
Hardcover. Editor(s): Chai, Joseph C. H.; etc. Num Pages: 358 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPQB; KCP; KJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 262 x 185 x 25. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560725237
- ISBN
- 9781560725237
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.24€ 95.87
€ 126.24
€ 95.87
Paperback. Helps you to understand reasons behind support of and disdain for interspecies research in such areas as chimerism, hybridization, cross-species embryo transfer, and transgenics. This title highlights two claims critics make against early interspecies studies: that the research can violate human dignity and that it can lead to procreation. Num Pages: 184 pages, 2 figures, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JPQB; MBGR; PSAD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589015746
- ISBN
- 9781589015746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.58
€ 69.58
Hardback. Children's Chances urges a shift from focusing on survival to targeting children's full and healthy development. Drawing on comparative data on policies in 190 countries designed to combat poverty, discrimination, child labor, illiteracy, and child marriage, Heymann and McNeill tell what works to ensure equal opportunities for all children. Num Pages: 408 pages, 37 maps, 23 tables. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JKSB1; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066816
- ISBN
- 9780674066816
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.58€ 52.08
€ 56.58
€ 52.08
Paperback. Editor(s): Campling, Jo. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK; JKS; JKSB1; JKSN; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349413836
- ISBN
- 9781349413836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 120.80
€ 120.80
Paperback. Social inclusion and participation have become policy mantras in the UK and Europe. As these concepts are being translated into policies and practice, it is a critical time to examine their interpretation, implementation and impacts. This book asks how far and in what way social inclusion policies are meeting the needs of children and young people. Editor(s): Tisdall, Kay; Davis, John; Hill, Malcolm; Prout, Alan. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSB1; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861346629
- ISBN
- 9781861346629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 34.48
€ 35.99
€ 34.48
Paperback. This book is an original, ethnographic study of the emergence of a new type of thinking about children and their rights in urban China. It brings together evidence from a variety of Chinese government, academic, pedagogic and media publications, and from interviews and participant observations conducted in schools and homes in Shanghai, China. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSP; JHB; JHBK; JHM; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 183
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349467020
- ISBN
- 9781349467020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.43
€ 62.43
Hardcover. Due to the demand for flexible working hours and employees who are available around the clock, the time patterns of childcare and schooling have increasingly become a political issue. The book compares the development of different time policiesA" of half-day and all-day provisions in a variety of Eastern and Western European countries.. Editor(s): Hagemann, Karen; Jarausch, Konrad H.; Allemann-Ghionda, Cristina. Series: Studies in Contemporary European History. Num Pages: 432 pages, 18 tables, 8 figs. BIC Classification: 1D; JKSB1; JNLA; JNLB; JPQB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857450968
- ISBN
- 9780857450968
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.33
€ 201.33
Paperback. This book presents an integral, cross-cultural reflection on the social reality of children's rights and citizenship, giving an insight into new perspectives on the history and different concepts of children's rights in a contextualized and localized manner. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; JHB; JHBA; JHBK; JN; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349337552
- ISBN
- 9781349337552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.78
€ 63.78
Paperback. Series: Urban Institute Press. Num Pages: 364 pages. BIC Classification: JPQB; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 32. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publisher
- Urban Institute Press,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877667681
- ISBN
- 9780877667681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.88
€ 58.88
Paperback. This book explores the generational experience of children of immigrants growing up in an increasingly globalized and interconnected world, comparing the lives of Mediterranean youths with those from America and Northern Europe. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSL; JFSP; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 275.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349434701
- ISBN
- 9781349434701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Paperback. Edited collection of socio-cultural and critical reviews of the place of children and children's services in society.Contributions provide perspectives on constructing childhood, parent-hood, sexuality, ADHD, children and austerity, the family court system, parental blame and responsibility, learning disabilities, and poverty. Editor(s): Newnes, Craig. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: JKSB1; JPQB; MMH; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- PCCS Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906254803
- ISBN
- 9781906254803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.63
€ 41.63
Paperback. This book provides a disturbing account of the reality of child abuse. Based on data from 152 countries, Einar Helander considers the physical, societal, economic and judicial consequences of child abuse, proposing a universal, community-based prevention programme. Num Pages: 358 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; JHBK; JKSN; JKV; JPQB; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349364954
- ISBN
- 9781349364954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.81
€ 63.81
Hardback. Editor(s): Ensor, Marisa O.; Gozdziak, Elzbieta M. Num Pages: 381 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFFN; JFSP1; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319406909
- ISBN
- 9783319406909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.60
€ 133.60
Childhoods at the Intersection of the Local and the Global
. Ed(S): Twum-Danso Imoh, Afua; Ame, Robert K...
Paperback. Editor(s): Twum-Danso Imoh, Afua; Ame, Robert Kwame. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JFSP; JHBK; JPQB; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349344444
- ISBN
- 9781349344444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Paperback. Editor(s): Oxford Department of International Development; Bourdillon, Michael; Boyden, Jo. Series: Palgrave Studies on Children and Development. Num Pages: 350 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFF; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 493.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349339822
- ISBN
- 9781349339822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.31
€ 122.31
Paperback. Will the future be a climate disaster? Will biotechnologies bring huge improvements to lifespan? Predictions vary, but children's status as human embodiments of the future puts them at the centre of attempts to shape the world and the discipline of childhood studies can therefore make a critical and creative contribution to future-making. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; JHB; JHBK; JPQB; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 251.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 181
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349321889
- ISBN
- 9781349321889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.56
€ 62.56
Childbearing, Women's Employment and Work-Life Balance Policies in Con...
Fratczak, Ewa. Ed(S): Olah, Livia Sz.
Paperback. This volume addresses the relationship between childbearing, paid work and work-life balance policies across Europe in the 21st century, illuminating the uncertainty and risk related to insecure labour force attachment, the incoherence of women's and men's access to education and employment and the unequal share of domestic responsibilities. Editor(s): Olah, Livia Sz. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB; JHBL; JPA; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 315.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349340279
- ISBN
- 9781349340279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.72
€ 62.72
paperback. This revised edition includes a new foreword and an updated introduction and conclusion providing insights into the key issues. The book's contributors are all leading experts in their fields, and have studied the extent of child poverty, its consequences for children and the effectiveness of policies of prevention. Editor(s): Vleminckx, Koen. Num Pages: 592 pages, 41figs.96tabs. BIC Classification: JFFA; JKSB1; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 153 x 33. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861342539
- ISBN
- 9781861342539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 39.62
€ 41.99
€ 39.62
Paperback. This book explores the implications of recent research for all those concerned with child welfare and social work. It addresses the present concerns as expressed by Government bodies and central Government enquiries regarding the services and policies relating to children in need of care and attention. Editor(s): Iwaniec, Dorota; Hill, Malcolm. Num Pages: 304 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JKSB1; JKSN; JPQB; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853028120
- ISBN
- 9781853028120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.40
€ 38.40
Paperback. Series: Urban Institute Press. Num Pages: 268 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPQB; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Urban Institute Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877667568
- ISBN
- 9780877667568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.09
€ 57.09
Paperback. Editor(s): Cox, Pat; Kershaw, S.; Trotter, J. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHB; JHBK; JKSN; JKV; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2000
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349655250
- ISBN
- 9781349655250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.78
€ 63.78