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Examines how trade unionism has waxed and waned in the nation's political and moral imagination, among both devoted partisans and intransigent foes. This book takes us all the way to the organizing fever of Los Angeles, where the labor movement stands at the center of the effort to transform millions of new immigrants into alert citizen unionists.

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In 1950's high income region, the West, the transport cost element in the price of manufactured goods shrank because of (1) transportation improvements and (2) rapid manufacturing growth, which reduced the need for long distance imports from the Manufacturing Belt.

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A treatment of state-level business tax issues. The authors address three broad questions: how should businesses be taxed; how does present practice compare with and depart from this prescription; and how can present practice be improved

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This book provides a study of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the high technology industries of newly industrializing countries. Concentrating on cases in India and Brazil, State-Owned Enterprises in High Technology Industries covers such factors as the economic and political impact of SOEs both at home and abroad;

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The main scope of the book is to explore the current difficulties in the Southern flank of the EU, and the theoretical predicaments regarding the concept of 'state sovereignty', through an analysis of the Greek socio-economic crisis. The academic audience of the book lies in the three disciplines of Politics, International Relations and European Law respectively.

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Because political events can determine the success or failure of an investment abroad, transnational companies must make every effort to analyze political risks as part of the decisionmaking process.

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An Introduction to International Political Economy Susan Strange, formerly University of Warwick.

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Examines how economic and political decentralization is affecting the development of a policy-making environment at the state level. The book examines the changing economic geography of the USA and the specific effects on the economic structure of the states.

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States of Credit provides the first comprehensive look at the joint development of representative assemblies and public borrowing in Europe during the medieval and early modern eras. In this pioneering book, David Stasavage argues that unique advances in political representation allowed certain European states to gain early and advantageous access

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(Paperback, 4th edition)

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A celebration of stellar and influential journalism from the New Statesman.

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In addition to explaining statistical methods and techniques in detail, the author focuses on why statistics should be used and helps the reader obtain an intuitive grasp of the rationale behind the statistics.

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Through the use of more than 400 graphs, charts, and tables, this resource presents information on basic income levels; income inequalities; levels of health, education and welfare; and spending patterns.

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Besides being a presentation of general statistics, this book's purpose is to show, in a general fashion, how quantified real estate information can assist in the evaluation of both the internal and market forces affecting the value of real estate.

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Shows how concerns about status affect market competition. This book shows how anxieties about status influence whom a producer does (or does not) accept as a partner, the price a producer can charge, the ease with which a producer enters a market, how the producer's inventions are received, and the market segments the producer can enter.

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When major league baseball cancelled its 1994 season following a player strike, fans were shocked that the national pastime could be brought to a standstill by a collective bargaining dispute.