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This book examines labor protest in authoritarian states through a study of the evolution of migrant labor protests in China over the past three decades. It explores the economic, political, and demographic changes that have influenced migrant labor protest activity, how migrant workers engage in protest today, and protest strategies they employ.

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Although the relationship between social work and organized labor dates from the turn of the century, labor union membership has only been open to social workers since the late 1930s.

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Argues that the bloody conflicts that are destroying Yugoslavia stem not so much from ancient ethnic hatreds as from the political and social divisions created by a failed socialist program to prevent capitalist joblessness.

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A pioneer in American social history, Jackson Turner Main presents the first continuous and detailed picture of the economic and social structure of an American colony from its founding up to the Revolution. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out

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This book explores how TV makers, notably writers, producers and network programmers, are influenced by public pressures outside their craft. The authors maintain that even as TV affects viewers, viewers themselves, society and society's institutions make their own significant impact.

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Offers a challenge to the shortcomings of virtually all economic paradigims. The alternative is a theoretical model which includes a form of universal graded income, a limit to maximum personal wealth, and a degree of human flexibility based on public choice theory.

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The American public has consistently declared itself less concerned with foreign affairs in the post-Cold War era. How can it be, then, that public attentiveness to US foreign policy crises has increased This book represents a systematic attempt to explain this apparent paradox.

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Developing a new idea requires money, which poses a problem of trust. This title proposes a legal theory of economic growth that details how property, contract, and business laws help to unite capital and ideas. It demonstrates why ineffective private and business laws are the root cause of the poverty of nations in today's world.

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This is an essential companion to Daron Acemoglu's landmark textbook, Introduction to Modern Economic Growth . Designed for students, this manual contains solutions to selected exercises located throughout Acemoglu's text, helping students to maximize and reinforce their understanding of the material. Students will find this book invaluable for coursework and self-study.

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A solutions manual for all 582 exercises in the second edition of Intermediate Public Economics.

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New York Times bestselling author John C. Maxwell teaches readers how to turn every loss into a learning experience.

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Songwriter's Market is the go-to source for songwriters and performing artists who seek career advice and up-to-date information for placing their songs with music publishers, discovering record companies or producers, securing representation with a manager, and much more.

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Sounds Like Branding is an ear-opening' journey through the history of music and marketing, from the humble jingle and the advent of Muzak to Michael Jackson's groundbreaking association with Pepsi in the 1980s and finally to the music branding embraced today by global brands such as Nike, Starbucks, Levi's and Coca-Cola.

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The most comprehensive bibliography available on historical sources for popular women's magazines, this work fills a niche among existing annotated bibliographies on journalism history.

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This book looks at the economic impact of the transition from white to black rule in South Africa in the 1990s. -- .

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Since 1925, import substitution programs have diverted South Africa's mineral revenues away from efficient investments and into the creation of an uncompetitive manufacturing sector.

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The twelve papers in this volume provide information on and analysis of trade flows among developing countries (which are mostly in the Southern Hemisphere).

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Using the words of its own people, this intriguing book provides an in-depth look at the incredibly successful airline that changed the rules of the game with a no-frills business model and innovative corporate culture.