"This book shows the great importance of informal institutions on the economic and social development of rural China. It examines the relationship between informal institutions and rural development in China since the end of the 1970s, focusing in particular on three major infor…
Providing an account of the role of informal institutions in Chinese rural development, this book, based on a decade of fieldwork of village life in the Chinese countryside, puts forth a distinctive argument on a very important topic in Chinese economic and social affairs. Focus…
"This book shows the great importance of informal institutions on the economic and social development of rural China. It examines the relationship between informal institutions and rural development in China since the end of the 1970s, focusing in particular on three major infor…
Explains the transformation in community revitalization from market based incentives to mixed strategies of public sector learning, partnerships, and community capacity. This book chronicles the struggle of local revitalization as organizers move from trial and error to effectiv…
In Straight Expectations worden de veranderingen binnen de Britse LGBT-beweging en -cultuur over de laatste 40 jaar besproken. Vier vragen staan centraal: 1) Is seksuele geaardheid aangeleerd of latent? ; 2) Hebben lesbiennes en homo's gemeenschappelijke gronden om over te gaan …
The politics of community building in urban China
by Heberer, Thomas, Göbel, Christian
fromChinese worlds
Globalization: a very short introduction
Dit boekje geeft een korte inleiding op het thema globalisering. Het behandelt achtereenvolgens: het begrip globalisering; de geschiedenis van globalisering; de economische dimensie; de politieke dimensie; de culturele dimensie; de ecologische dimensie; de ideologieën van de glo…
Examines the dearth of women in math-intensive careers. The authors analyse common explanations to it and contrast them with their own, multidisciplinary research data. Biological and cognitive differences, discrimination, personal preferences, cultural beliefs and social practi…
From the 1880s to the 1920s, a profound social awakening among women extended the possibilities of change far beyond the struggle for the vote. Amid the growth of globalized trade, mass production, immigration and urban slums, American and British women broke with custom and pre…
"When women won the vote in the United States in 1920 they were still routinely barred from serving as jurors, but some began vigorous campaigns for a place in the jury box. This book tells the story of how women mobilized in fifteen states to change jury laws so that women coul…
