Report forecasting possible economic recession in the UK by 1980 - examines britain's trade performance, balance of payments, gross national product, standard of living, dependence of North sea petroleum resources, etc., criticises the educational system and regional planning an…
Applying modern econometrics to 1989-1998 survey data collected in Taganrog, finds that gender segregation is quite common - contrary to the notorious claim that, since the existence of the Soviet Union, men and women enjoy equal rights and that manual workers are favoured over …
Economic analysis of the emergence of capitalist production relations and the impact of capitalism on economic development in Africa South of Sahara - examines the economic implications of trade with developed countries during colonialism, particularly for land tenure, and the e…
This analysis of poor economic reasoning "weaves together recent articles and addresses, some of them never before published, into a short, compelling narrative on the major issues of the 1990s: unemployment, globalization, economic growth, financial speculation ... corporate do…
Explores the conflict between consumer capitalism and globalization of the economy on the one hand, and the fragmentation of the political landscape into smaller tribal units based on ethnic, religious and racial factors on the other.
De invloed van energie, land en water op de voedselproduktie wordt door een aantal deskundigen in afzonderlijke hoofdstukken weergegeven. De bedoeling ervan is dat het als achtergrondinformatie dient bij het oplossen van het probleem van het verschaffen van voedsel voor de bevol…
The audience for this book includes professional system designers, managers, programmers. THis book is also intended for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students studying human factors in computer and information systems. A third audience encompasses industrial a…
Revised textbook on public finance.
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Comprises 18 papers which explore the implications for sustainable development arising from the adoption of information, communication, computing and electronic (ICCE) technologies. Covers three main themes: sustainability challenges and implications of an emerging global inform…
A study of the methods used to analyse fertility and mortality, this book explores population dynamics and population projections and examines the fundamental principles behind most demographic methods.
"Why did VHS, an inferior video recorder technology, succeed in the marketplace, driving the superior Betamax out of business? Why do big-budget, acclaimed movies sometimes flop at the box office, while low-budget, idiosyncratic films become huge hits? The answers to these quest…
Comprises a collection of papers on a wide range of subjects related to globalization and the roles of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
Reflections on Human Development explores a new development paradigm whose central focus is human well-being. Increases in income are treated as essential means, but not as the end of development - and not as the sum total of human life. The book discusses development policies a…
Using data from the National longitudinal Study of Youth, argues that intelligence quotient has an important effect on income independent of family background.
Essays on recent developments in agriculture-oriented human geography - examines developments in theory and methodology, problems of classification of farming systems, innovations in cultivation systems, and agribusiness in developed countries; analyses agricultural policies in …
This work presents a comparison of the links between women's social rights and democratic citizenship in three different citizenship models - republican citizenship in France, liberal citizenship in Britain, and social citizenship in Denmark.
