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Fast Food/Slow Food: The Cultural Economy of the Global Food System
ISBN: 9780759109148 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Wilk and his colleagues draw upon their own international field experience to examine how food systems are changing around the globe. The authors offer a cultural perspective that is mising in other economic and developmental studies, and provide rich ethnographic data on markets, industrial production, and food economies. This new book will appeal to professionals in economic and environmental anthropology: economic development, agricultural economics, consumer behavior, nutritional sciences, environmental sustainability, and globalization studies.
Wilk and his colleagues draw upon their own international field experience to examine how food systems are changing around the globe. The authors offe...
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496,76 |
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Fast Food/Slow Food: The Cultural Economy of the Global Food System
ISBN: 9780759109155 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Wilk and his colleagues draw upon their own international field experience to examine how food systems are changing around the globe. The authors offer a cultural perspective that is mising in other economic and developmental studies, and provide rich ethnographic data on markets, industrial production, and food economies. This new book will appeal to professionals in economic and environmental anthropology: economic development, agricultural economics, consumer behavior, nutritional sciences, environmental sustainability, and globalization studies.
Wilk and his colleagues draw upon their own international field experience to examine how food systems are changing around the globe. The authors offe...
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208,58 |
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Business Strategies in Transition Economies
ISBN: 9780761916000 / Angielski / Twarda / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book probes into the workings of business strategies in former socialist countries in East Asia, Central and Eastern Europe and the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union, which are collectively called transition economies'. It provides a rich and in-depth understanding of fundamental, strategic issues confronted by domestic and foreign firms competing in these newly developed markets.
This book probes into the workings of business strategies in former socialist countries in East Asia, Central and Eastern Europe and the newly indepen...
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864,35 |
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Business Strategies in Transition Economies
ISBN: 9780761916017 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An examination of fundamental strategic issues confronted by firms competing in newly opened markets. Michael W Peng's comparative and interdisciplinary study covers emerging markets in East Asia, Central and Eastern Europe and the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union.
An examination of fundamental strategic issues confronted by firms competing in newly opened markets. Michael W Peng's comparative and interdisciplina...
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620,95 |
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The Civic Culture of Local Economic Development
ISBN: 9780761916918 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this seminal work, the authors argue that there are distinct local factors that shape the environment of economic development decision-making. These factors, taken together, constitute a communityOCOs local civic culture. Using survey and case study data from U.S. and Canadian cities, the authors make the case that different cultures will produce different types of economic development policies, and that local civic culture will effect the whole array of local policies."
In this seminal work, the authors argue that there are distinct local factors that shape the environment of economic development decision-making. Thes...
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620,95 |
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Research in Economic History
ISBN: 9780762305759 / Angielski / Twarda / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Hardbound. In the tradition of the new economic history, this collection includes seven carefully researched papers blending systematic empirical research with consideration of broader theoretical and analytical issues.
Hardbound. In the tradition of the new economic history, this collection includes seven carefully researched papers blending systematic empirical rese...
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786,50 |
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Research in Economic History
ISBN: 9780762308378 / Angielski / Twarda / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the tradition of this series, this collection includes seven carefully researched papers blending systematic empirical research with consideration of broader theoretical and analytical issues.
In the tradition of this series, this collection includes seven carefully researched papers blending systematic empirical research with consideration ...
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564,68 |
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Research in Economic History
ISBN: 9780762311194 / Angielski / Twarda / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Volume 22 of "Research in Economic History" contains six papers. Three are on agriculture and two on macro issues related to the Great Depression. A concluding paper examines trends in interstate migration in the United States. Fred Pryor begins the volume with a provocative exploration of the degree to which the Neolithic revolution was in fact revolutionary. Pryor argues for a considerably lesser break with the past than has been commonly asserted. He maintains, in particular, that hunter-gatherer methods of procuring subsistence persisted alongside a continuum of agricultural practices....
Volume 22 of "Research in Economic History" contains six papers. Three are on agriculture and two on macro issues related to the Great Depression. A c...
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958,40 |
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Research in Economic History
ISBN: 9780762312627 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume of Research in Economic History includes eight papers. Five were submitted through regular channels and three papers which were solicited at the conference ???Toward a Global History of Prices and Wages???. Following is Nonnenmacher??'s study of the early years of the telegraph industry in the United States. The third paper is Herranz-Lonc??n??'s estimates of the growth of the Spanish infrastructure between 1844 and 1935. Then there are two papers based on microeconomic data. The first is the investigation by James, Palumbo and Thomas of late nineteenth century saving among...
This volume of Research in Economic History includes eight papers. Five were submitted through regular channels and three papers which were solicited ...
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859,43 |
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Inequality and Poverty: Papers from the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality 's Inaugural Meeting
ISBN: 9780762313747 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume is a collection of papers presented at the first meeting of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ). The Societys aims are to provide an international forum for all researchers interested in the study of economic inequality and related fields, bringing together the diversity of perspectives. The conference was held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain in July 2005. Over eighty parallel sessions were offered, providing novel and interesting work from both mature scholars and as well as new PhDs. With so much quality work from which to choose, it was necessary to limit the...
This volume is a collection of papers presented at the first meeting of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ). The Societys aims a...
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1010,48 |
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Taking the High Road: Communities Organize for Economic Change
ISBN: 9780765607447 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book presents a vision for far-reaching economic change in America connected to practical grassroots steps. The "High Road" of the title refers to an economic system in which corporate success merges with the long-term welfare of the workers and the general population. The author examines the continued reality of social democracy in Europe and what lessons can be learned for the U.S. He demonstrates how progressive economic change is already being fought for by labor and community groups throughout Ameri in such efforts as the Living Wage Movement and the emerging battle against sprawl....
This book presents a vision for far-reaching economic change in America connected to practical grassroots steps. The "High Road" of the title refers t...
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919,00 |
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Taking the High Road: Communities Organize for Economic Change
ISBN: 9780765607454 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book presents a vision for farreaching economic change in America connected to practical grassroots steps. It points to an economic system in which corporate success merges with the long-term welfare of the workers and the general population. The author examines the continued reality of social democracy in Europe and what lessons can be learned for the U.S. He demonstrates how progressive economic change is already being fought for by labor and community groups throughout America in such efforts as the Living Wage Movement and the emerging battle against sprawl. And he provides a wealth...
This book presents a vision for farreaching economic change in America connected to practical grassroots steps. It points to an economic system in whi...
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273,17 |
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Japan Between Asia and the West: Economic Power and Strategic Balance
ISBN: 9780765607775 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Japan seeks economic competitiveness vis-a-vis the West and economic dominance in Asia, but it mainly competes through cooperative use of economic resources, which facilitates realization of the goals of partner nations. This book studies Japan's balance between the United States and East Asia by focusing on the use of economic power - defense spending, consumption, and investment - to advance Japan's political and strategic as well as economic interests. It also investigates Japan's direct use of economic resources, namely, aid and sanctions, and by extension, discusses Japan's relations...
Japan seeks economic competitiveness vis-a-vis the West and economic dominance in Asia, but it mainly competes through cooperative use of economic res...
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193,68 |
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Japan Between Asia and the West: Economic Power and Strategic Balance
ISBN: 9780765607782 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book studies Japan's balance between the United States and East Asia by focusing on its use of economic power - defense spending, consumption, and investment - to advance its political and strategic as well as economic interests. It also investigates Japan's direct use of economic resources, namely, aid and sanctions, and by extension, discusses Japan's relations with the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the Asian Development Bank, which allows a contrast with bilateral and regional relations.
This book studies Japan's balance between the United States and East Asia by focusing on its use of economic power - defense spending, consumption, an...
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124,14 |
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Handbook of Markets and Economies: East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand: East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand
ISBN: 9780765609724 / Angielski / Twarda / 728 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. East and Southeast Asia is a vast and complex region. Its countries have a bewildering array of histories, demographics, economic structures, cultural backgrounds, and global marketing potential. This Handbook unravels the mystery. Each chapter is written by a country specialist and provides a thorough and up-to-date analysis of one of the ESEA countries. Each author follows a consistent model and covers geography and natural resources, the political system, the economic system, the social system, and the marketing environment. Complete chapters are devoted to: Australia, Brunei, Cambodia,...
East and Southeast Asia is a vast and complex region. Its countries have a bewildering array of histories, demographics, economic structures, cultural...
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The Elections in Israel 2003
ISBN: 9780765802682 / Angielski / Twarda / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Elections in Israel--2003 brings together leading Israeli and North American social scientists and their state-of-the-art, in-depth analysis of the 2003 Israeli national elections. These elections returned Ariel Sharon and the Likud to power amid one of the bloodiest rounds of conflict between Israel and the Palestinians and a severe economic downturn in Israel. Contributors analyze the electoral behavior of the voters as a whole and various subgroups, highlighting social cleavages and identity, as well as issues and other strategic considerations. Three chapters analyze in... The Elections in Israel--2003 brings together leading Israeli and North American social scientists and their state-of-the-art, in-depth an... |
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769,98 |
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Money and Power in Europe: The Political Economy of European Monetary Cooperation
ISBN: 9780791449967 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tracing the forty-year history of negotiations to construct exchange rate regimes in the European Union, Money and Power in Europe emphasizes the role of a state's bargaining power for the formation of rules. In contrast to the prevailing literature's emphasis on domestic factors like sectoral and partisan interests, policy ideas and domestic institutional structures, Matthias Kaelberer highlights the structural conflict of interest between weak and strong currency countries over the rules of monetary cooperation. Strong currency countries, in particular Germany, because they do not face a...
Tracing the forty-year history of negotiations to construct exchange rate regimes in the European Union, Money and Power in Europe emphasizes the role...
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133,39 |
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Technological Systems in the Bio Industries: An International Study
ISBN: 9780792376330 / Angielski / Twarda / 386 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Technological Systems in the Bio Industries: An International Study represents a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and systematic effort to understand the nature and role of technological change in a rapidly evolving arena of economic activity that can be loosely referred to as the bio industries. These include biomedical industries that deliver goods and services used in health care, including those based on genetic engineering, as well as applications of biotechnology in other industries such as agriculture, food production, and the forest industries. This volume... Technological Systems in the Bio Industries: An International Study represents a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and systematic ... |
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838,87 |
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Public Accountability: Evaluating Technology-Based Institutions
ISBN: 9780792383123 / Angielski / Twarda / 167 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Public Accountability: Evaluating Technology-Based Institutions presents guidelines for evaluating the research performance of technology-based public institutions, and illustrates these guidelines through case studies conducted at one technology-based public institution, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The aim of this book is to demonstrate that a clear, more precise response to the question of performance accountability is possible through the systematic application of evaluation methods to document value.
The authors begin with a review of the... Public Accountability: Evaluating Technology-Based Institutions presents guidelines for evaluating the research performance of technology-bas...
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542,78 |
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National Diversity and Global Capitalism
ISBN: 9780801483196 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How does Globalization affect national economies and politics? Are rising levels of trade, capital flows, new communication technologies, and deregulation all forcing societies to converge toward the same internal structures? These issues are all discussed in National Diversity and Global capitalism.
How does Globalization affect national economies and politics? Are rising levels of trade, capital flows, new communication technologies, and deregula...
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144,01 |