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American Empire and the Canadian Oil Sands(2016) GONZALEZ, GEORGE A.Throughout the US oil and gas shale are being 'hydrofracked' to produce petroleum and natural gas. Oil (or tar) sands from Canada is being 'processed' – thereby generating large amounts of crude. This book places the unconventional fossil fuels revolutionVezava: Trda184,41 € -
Organs for Sale(2015) LUNDIN, SUSANNEIn this book, Susanne Lundin explores the murky world of organ trade. She tracks exploited farm workers in Moldova, prosecutors in Israel and surgeons in the Philippines. Utilizing unique source material she depicts a rapidly growing organ market characteVezava: Trda84,21 €
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Disability Servitude(2016) BECKWITH, RUTHIE-MARIEDisability Servitude traces the history and legacy of institutional peonage. Disability Servitude includes a detailed history of longstanding problems with the oversight of the sub-minimum wage provision in the Fair Labor Standards Act oversight.Vezava: Trda141,85 €
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Evolving Identity Politics and Cross-Strait Relations(2016) ZUO, Y.The cross Taiwan Strait clash has evolved from a regime challenge revolving around ideological confrontation between Taipei and Beijing into a conflict about Taiwan's nationhood. In Evolving Identity Politics and Cross-Strait Relations, Yana Zuo shows thaVezava: Trda68,89 €
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China's Economic Rise and Its Global Impact(2015) MOAK, KEN,LEE, MILES W.N.Through a thorough analysis of China's recent history and economic development process, the authors of this book seek to explain the causes of China's economic rise and its impact on the rest of the world.Vezava: Trda127,67 €
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Financial Crisis and Bank Management in Japan (1997 to 2016)(2016) NAKANO, MITSUHIKOThis book explores the challenges faced by the Japanese economy and the Japanese banking industry following the financial crisis that emerged around the turn of the last millennium.Vezava: Trda143,28 €
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Dollarisation of Poverty: Rethinking Poverty Beyond 2015(2015) KAMRUZZAMAN, PALASHThis book offers a critical analysis on employing a universal understanding of poverty and suggests ways forward for poverty reduction for developing countries in a post-2015 era. Taking specific country-contexts into account, the author argues that natioVezava: Trda68,89 €
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Public Private Partnerships in Nigeria(2016) NWANGWU, GEORGEThisfirst major book on Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in Nigeria explores thelegal, policy and strategic issues involved in the structuring and execution ofPPP projects in Nigeria.Vezava: Trda141,85 €
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Mugabeism?(2015)What is distinctive about this book is its interdisciplinary approach towards deciphering the complex meanings of President Gabriel Mugabe of Zimbabwe making it possible to evaluate Mugabe from a historical, political, philosophical, gender, literal and dVezava: Trda68,89 €
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Understanding Consumer Financial Behavior(2016) VAN RAAIJ, W. FREDGovernment policies, marketing campaigns of banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions, and consumers' protective actions all depend on assumptions about consumer financial behavior. Understanding Consumer Financial Behavior provides a sVezava: Trda156,04 €
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Conceptions of Justice from Earliest History to Islam(2019) MIRAKHOR, ABBAS,ASKARI, HOSSEINThis book examines the conceptions of justice from Zarathustra to Islam. The monograph is ideal for those interested in the conception of justice through the ages, Islamic studies, political Islam, and issues of peace and justice.Vezava: Trda122,49 €
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Interwoven Cities(2015) MAGEE, LIAMProposing a renovation of the metaphor of the urban fabric, Interwoven Cities develops an analysis of how cities might be woven into alternative patterns, to better sustain social and ecological life.Vezava: Trda68,89 €
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Geometries of Crime(2016) BRISMAN, AVIThis book explores how young people perceive the severity of crime and delinquency. In so doing, it offers thick description of young peoples' conceptions of and experiences with crime, delinquency, justice and law, and uses this description to interrogatVezava: Trda127,67 €
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Evolving Eldercare in Contemporary China(2016) CHEN, LINWith an increasing number of elders moving into nursing homes, the shift from family to nursing home care calls for an exploration of caregiving decision-making in urban China.Vezava: Trda68,89 €
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Conducting Business in China and India(2017) SARDANA, DEEPAK,ZHU, YINGThis book takes a holistic approach to explore how business is being conducted in China and India, and to analyze the factors that influence business decisions in present times.Vezava: Trda156,04 €
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Television and the Genetic Imaginary(2019) BULL, SOFIAAnalysing a wide range of US and UK programmes, from science documentaries, science fiction serials and crime procedurals, to family history programmes, sitcoms and reality shows, Television and the Genetic Imaginary illustrates the extent to which molecuVezava: Trda156,04 €
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Production Politics and Migrant Labour Regimes(2016) BAL, CHARANPAL SINGHThis book emphasizes the importance of production politics, or struggles in the workplace between workers and their employers, for understanding migrant labour regimes in Asia and the Gulf.Vezava: Trda141,85 €
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Great Debt Transformation(2016) FULLER, G.Global financial markets have transformed over the past three decades – with potentially dangerous results. This book explains this transformation, why it matters, what caused it, and – most importantly – examines how some countries have restrained the tVezava: Trda68,89 €
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Complexity and Resilience in the Social and Ecological Sciences(2018) FLAHERTY, EOINThis book introduces a new approach to environmental sociology, by integrating complexity-informed social science, Marxian ecological theory, and resilience-based human ecology.Vezava: Trda170,23 €
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On Unemployment(2015) REIFF, MARK R.It addresses the politics of unemployment and the extent to which opposition to some or all of the book's various proposals stem not from empirical disagreements about the best solutions, but from more basic moral disagreements about whether the reductionVezava: Trda127,67 €
