Highlights a participatory plant breeding experiment carried out by indigenous farmers and researchers in view of improving maize varieties and production. Shows that the experiment increased farmers' yield and income, strengthened their organizational capacity, created new live…
Essays on the economic policy of work in the international capitalist economy - includes theoretical approaches to the politics of production and labour exploitation; covers colonialism in India, economic development in Guatemala, black migration in South Africa R, working class…
Discusses the analysis behind the designation of BRIC, an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, and China, as the four high-growth countries of the twenty-first century and looks at other countries of the world which are also posed for high growth in the future.
"A New History of Christianity in China, written by one of the world's the leading writers on Christianity in China, looks at Christianity's long history in China, its extraordinarily rapid rise in the last half of the twentieth century, and charts its future direction. Provides…
This book examines the interplay of national security, social and ethnic identity, and resistance in Asian cyberspace, offering in-depth accounts of national struggles against Internet controls as well as updated country reports by ONI researchers. THe contributors examine such …
"Most global citizens are well aware of the explosive growth of the Chinese economy. Indeed, China has famously become the "workshop of the world." Yet, while China watchers have shed much light on the country's internal dynamics--China's politics, its vast social changes, and i…
Here, eminent China scholar David Shambaugh delivers the book that the world has been waiting for--a sweeping account of China's growing prominence on the international stage. For three decades, analysis have been charting how the world has changed China during its era of "refor…
by Lary, Diana
fromContemporary Chinese studies series
The People's Republic of China claims 22,000 kilometres of land borders and 18,000 kilometres of coast line. How did this vast country come into being? The state credo describes an ancient process of cultural expansion, where border peoples gratefully acc.
This timely collection of 15 essays by leading economists explores how rapid economic growth in China and elsewhere in East Asia is reshaping the world economy.
"In Economic Development and Transition, renowned development economist Justin Yifu Lin argues that economic performance in developing countries depends largely on government strategy. If the government plays a facilitating role, enabling firms to exploit the economy's comparati…
