"In Fragile Dreams, John A. Gould examines Central European communism, why it failed, and what has come since. Moving loosely chronologically from 1989 to the present, each chapter focuses on topics of importance to the fields of comparative politics, sociology, and feminist and…
Introduction: development and transforming societies -- Theories and approaches to development -- Colonialism and history of developing countries -- Developing countries and the global economy -- Domestic strategies : obstacles and opportunities -- Armed conflicts, violence and …
"Classical theorists once predicted that monarchy must eventually give way to capitalism. But is monarchy really dead--an archaic institution from the feudal past? In Royal Capitalism: The Monarchy, Wealth, and Social Classes in Thailand, Puangchon Unchanam examines one particul…
State and society responses to China's social welfare needs : an introduction to the debate / Shawn Shieh and Jonathan Schwartz -- Beyond corporatism and civil society : three modes of state - NGO interaction in China / Shawn Shieh -- Social welfare responses in noncrisis situat…
Introduction -- How the Uninsured Are Criminalized -- Who Deserves Health Care? -- Why Latina Women Sacrifice Their Coverage -- The Role Gender Plays in Access to Health Care -- The Power of Social Networks to Secure Insurance -- Conclusion. "Latinos are the largest racial grou…
Soul of a City -- Rainier Beach to Redmond -- Playing the Game Around Us -- Don't Let the Robots Scare You -- Money Talks -- Brand or Bust -- Owning the Moment -- Learning the Language of Innovation -- Narrowing the Digital Divide -- The Jobs of the Future. "Upper Hand is desig…
"This book argues that the current state of China requires an important paradigm shift in the way the party-state manages the country's development, and goes on to assess the fitness of the party-state for implementing such a paradigm shift and the likelihood of the party-state …
"To argue against the widely proclaimed idea of American decline might seem a lonely task. After all, the problems are real and serious. Yet if we take a longer view, much of the discourse about decline appears exaggerated, hyperbolic and ahistorical. Why? First, because of the …
Introduction -- Making the Generous Cooking Pot: ca. 1890-1920 -- Body Politics, Taste, and the Creation of the Office du Niger ca. 1920-1944 -- 'We farmed money': Re-shaping the Office and Reclaiming Taste -- Re-Engineering the Office: Cooking with Metal Pots and Threshing Mach…
Originally conceived as small-scale loans allowing impoverished women to invest in informal sector economic opportunities, microfinance programs have grown rapidly across the globe over the past two decades to become the most common development tool used to empower women in low-…
A reevaluation of economics as a practical art form distills economics into ten succinct rules while discussing how to recognize political, economic, and social changes that affect everyday life.