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Paperback. The transformation of the Cuban economy over the last decade is only likely to accelerate. In this edited volume, prominent Cuban economists and sociologists present a clear analysis of Cuba's economic and social circumstances and suggest steps for Cuba to reactivate economic growth and improve the welfare of its citizens. Editor(s): Dominguez, Jorge I.; Villanueva, Omar Everleny Perez; Espina Prieto, Mayra; Barberia, Lorena. Series: Series on Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 338 pages, 25 black and white illustrations, 45 tables. BIC Classification: 1KJC; GTF; JPQB; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University, The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674062436
- ISBN
- 9780674062436
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.81
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Hardback. Maclachlan analyzes the institutions, interest groups, and leaders involved in the evolution of Japan's postal system from the early Meiji period until 2010. At the crux of her analysis is Prime Minister Koizumi Jun'ichiro's crusade to privatize Japan's postal services, one of the most astonishing political achievements in postwar Japanese history. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 378 pages, 13 halftones, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBTB; JPQB; KNTT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 678.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674062450
- ISBN
- 9780674062450
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€ 43.99€ 36.51
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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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066816
- ISBN
- 9780674066816
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Condition: New
€ 54.31€ 50.26
€ 54.31
€ 50.26
Hardback. Sixty percent of infectious human diseases are shared with other vertebrates. Alan Olmstead and Paul Rhode tell how innovations to combat livestock infections--border control, food inspection, drug regulation, federal research labs--turned the U.S. into a world leader in combatting communicable diseases, and remain central to public health policy. Num Pages: 430 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; JPQB; KCP; KCZ; LNDH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 166 x 242 x 40. Weight in Grams: 822.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674728776
- ISBN
- 9780674728776
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Condition: New
€ 57.71€ 53.20
€ 57.71
€ 53.20
Hardback. Focusing on a quantitative assessment of Brazil's economic performance 1976-2009, Aldo Musacchio and Sergio Lazzarini analyze the rise of new species of state capitalism in which governments interact with private investors either as majority or minority shareholders in publicly-traded corporations or as financial backers of purely private firms. Num Pages: 340 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: JPQB; KCM; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 234 x 31. Weight in Grams: 662.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674729681
- ISBN
- 9780674729681
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Condition: New
€ 69.03€ 63.02
€ 69.03
€ 63.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 382 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 544.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674893252
- ISBN
- 9780674893252
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€ 91.69€ 82.67
€ 91.69
€ 82.67
Hardback. Reagan's Legacy in a World Transformed offers a timely retrospective on the fortieth president's policies and impact on today's world, from the influence of free market ideas on economic globalization, to the role of an assertive military in U.S. foreign policy, to reduction of nuclear arsenals in the interest of stability. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; JPQB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 31. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674967694
- ISBN
- 9780674967694
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Condition: New
€ 52.04€ 48.20
€ 52.04
€ 48.20
Paperback. In the 1980s some developing countries adopted orthodox market-oriented policies in response to international economic crises, others experimented with alternative programs, and still others failed to develop coherent adjustment strategies of any sort. This title examines the role of the state in the adjustment process. Editor(s): Haggard, Stephan; Kaufman, Robert R. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFG; 3JJPR; JPQB; KCL; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 168 x 23. Weight in Grams: 552.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- n
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691003948
- ISBN
- 9780691003948
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Condition: New
€ 62.29€ 48.87
€ 62.29
€ 48.87
Paperback. Draws on a fieldwork - including interviews with politicians, immigrant leaders, and militants - to analyze interactions between states and immigrants in France and Germany. This book argues that states contribute to the elaboration of immigrants' identity, in part by articulating the grounds on which their groups are granted legitimacy. Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JFFN; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691010151
- ISBN
- 9780691010151
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Condition: New
€ 58.90€ 46.53
€ 58.90
€ 46.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 229 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691022680
- ISBN
- 9780691022680
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Condition: New
€ 58.90€ 46.37
€ 58.90
€ 46.37
Paperback. Offers a vision of why state involvement works in some cases and produces disasters in others. This book demonstrates that successful state action requires an understanding of its own limits, a realistic relationship to the global economy, and the combination of coherent internal organization and close links to society - "embedded autonomy"�'. Num Pages: 344 pages, 11 tables. BIC Classification: JPQ; KCM; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 524.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691037363
- ISBN
- 9780691037363
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Condition: New
€ 81.69
€ 81.69
Paperback. Health care, Social Security, employment programs - are part of ongoing national debates about the future of social policy in the United States. This collection of essays shows how historical understanding, centered on governmental institutions and political alliances, can illuminate the limits and possibilities of American social policymaking. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 328 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JKS; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 492.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691037851
- ISBN
- 9780691037851
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Condition: New
€ 58.90€ 46.53
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€ 46.53
Paperback. A culmination of various research projects, this collection of papers presents data that allows direct comparisons across national borders and detailed pictures of trends within countries. It shows that citizen disaffection in the Trilateral democracies is not the result of frayed social fabric, the end of the Cold War, or public cynicism. Editor(s): Pharr, Susan J.; Putnam, Robert D. Num Pages: 360 pages, 41 tables, 23 line illus. BIC Classification: JPHV; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691049243
- ISBN
- 9780691049243
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€ 54.37€ 43.19
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€ 43.19
Paperback. Analyzing leadership, committee, and procedural restructuring in four periods, this book argues that coalitions promoting a wide range of member interests drive change in both the House and Senate. It shows that multiple interests determine institutional innovation within a period; and that different interests are important in different periods. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 376 pages, 4 line illus., 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JPA; JPH; JPQ; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691049267
- ISBN
- 9780691049267
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Condition: New
€ 56.63€ 44.86
€ 56.63
€ 44.86
Paperback. Why has postwar Japanese abortion policy been relatively progressive, while contraception policy has been relatively conservative? The Japanese government legalized abortion in 1948 but did not approve the pill until 1999. This study argues that these contradictory policies flowed from different historical circumstances. Num Pages: 258 pages, 4 line illus., 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; JFMA; JHBD; JPQB; MBNH4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691070056
- ISBN
- 9780691070056
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.36
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Paperback. Provides a different approach to an old debate in political economy - that over whether class conflict or group competition is more prevalent in politics. This book outlines the conditions under which one type of political conflict is more likely than the other. It is useful to those interested in understanding developments in trade policy. Num Pages: 224 pages, 39 tables, 14 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; KCLT; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691088556
- ISBN
- 9780691088556
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.29
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€ 32.29
Hardback. Describes inner cities as structures of subordination. Given the government's role in creating and maintaining segregation, this work argues, justice demands no less than the sweeping federal action. It includes ten responses from scholars, journalists, and practicing lawyers. It is aimed at those interested in social justice, and domestic policy. Editor(s): Cohen, Joshua; Decker, Jefferson; Rogers, Joel. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JFSG; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691088815
- ISBN
- 9780691088815
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.40
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€ 36.40
Paperback. Presents an account of the economic impact of immigration on America. This work reveals that the benefits of immigration have been exaggerated and that, if we allow immigration to continue unabated and unmodified, we are supporting an astonishing transfer of wealth from the poorest people in the country, who are disproportionately minorities. Num Pages: 296 pages, 40 line illus., 23 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JPQB; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691088969
- ISBN
- 9780691088969
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Condition: New
€ 54.37€ 43.19
€ 54.37
€ 43.19
Hardback. Shows how microeconomics can and should be used in the analysis of public policy problems. This book offers the microeconomic tools necessary to understand policy analysis of a wide range of matters of public concern - including the California electricity crisis, welfare reform, public school finance, global warming, and health insurance. Num Pages: 784 pages, 142 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; KCC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 260 x 185 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1756.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 784
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691089348
- ISBN
- 9780691089348
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Condition: New
€ 123.46€ 93.74
€ 123.46
€ 93.74
Paperback. The belief that US presidents' legislative policy formation has centralized over time, shifting inexorably out of the executive departments and into the White House, is shared by many who have studied the American presidency. Andrew Rudalevige argues that such a linear trend is neither at all certain nor necessary for policy promotion. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 296 pages, 13 line illus. 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JPH; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691095011
- ISBN
- 9780691095011
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.25
€ 44.99
€ 32.25