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• Author(s): Xiaobo Lü | Elizabeth J. Perry • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralThe danwei, or work unit, occupies a central place in Chinese society. To understand Chinese politics demands a better u...

• Author(s): Julie Cupples | Tom Slater • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers • BISAC: World - Caribbean & Latin AmericanThis book explores these urban dynamics in Mexico Cit...

• Author(s): Samuel L. Baily • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralMost studies of immigration to the New World have focused on the United States. Samuel L. Baily's eagerly...

• Author(s): Paul V. Dutton • Publisher: ILR Press • Publisher Imprint: ILR Press • BISAC: Health PolicyAlthough the United States spends 16 percent of its gross domestic product on health care, more than 46 million people have no insurance cover...

• Author(s): J. Barkley Jr Rosser • Publisher: The MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: The MIT Press • BISAC: International - Economics & TradeAn approach to comparative economic systems that avoids simple dichotomies to examine a wide variety of ...

• Author(s): Jiyeoun Song • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Political EconomyThe past several decades have seen widespread reform of labor markets across advanced industrial countries, bu...

• Author(s): Wilhelm Braune • Publisher: de Gruyter • Publisher Imprint: de Gruyter • BISAC: Linguistics - Historical & ComparativeNach zwei Jahrzehnten wird eine durchgreifende Neugestaltung der Gotischen Grammatik (vormals Braune/Ebbingha...

• Author(s): Colleen Ballerino Cohen | Richard Wilk | Beverly Stoeltje • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Feminism & Feminist TheoryModern beauty contests were invented by P.T. Barnum in the United States, but in t...

• Author(s): Jennifer Jihye Chun • Publisher: ILR Press • Publisher Imprint: ILR Press • BISAC: Labor & Industrial RelationsThe realities of globalization have produced a surprising reversal in the focus and strategies of labor movements arou...

• Author(s): Kathleen Fernandez-Vander Kaay | Chris Vander Kaay • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - Genres - Science Fiction & Fantasy Much of 20th century science fiction foretold...

• Author(s): Daniel P. Franklin | Michael J. Baun • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: ReferenceThis work is a cross-national examination of the relationship between political culture and constitutionalism. The countries...

• Author(s): Jennifer Jihye Chun • Publisher: ILR Press • Publisher Imprint: ILR Press • BISAC: Labor & Industrial RelationsThe realities of globalization have produced a surprising reversal in the focus and strategies of labor movements arou...

• Author(s): Sonia A. Hirt • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Public Policy - City Planning & Urban DevelopmentWhy are American cities, suburbs, and towns so distinct? Compared to Euro...

• Author(s): Stephen K. Boss • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Violence in Society At a time when mass shootings in schools and other public spaces have become commonplace, it might seem su...

• Author(s): Shireen T. Hunter • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers • BISAC: Comparative PoliticsThis book offers an accessible introduction to religion in world politics, highl...

• Author(s): Paul F. Steinberg • Publisher: Mit Press • Publisher Imprint: Mit Press • BISAC: Comparative PoliticsCombining the theoretical tools of comparative politics with the substantive concerns of environmental policy, experts explore respo...

• Author(s): Jon Oplinger • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Sociology - General Not your typical sociology primer, this straightforward yet challenging text begins with a discussion of foun...

• Author(s): Kory P. Schaff • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers • BISAC: Ethics & Moral PhilosophyThis bookexplores a timely topic for philosophers, social scientists, and ...

• Author(s): Raymond A. Bauer • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralThe focus of this volume is nothing less than the entire set of social indicators--statistics, statistical series, and all other forms...

• Author(s): Stefan Gutwin • Publisher: de Gruyter • Publisher Imprint: de Gruyter • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralDas vorliegende Arbeitsheft bietet dem Leser eingangs einen systematischen Ãœberblick über das grammatische Teilsystem des accord du...

• Author(s): Diana Raffman • Publisher: Bradford Book • Publisher Imprint: Bradford Book • BISAC: Instruction & Study - AppreciationThe first cognitivist theory of the nature of ineffable, or verbally inexpressible, musical knowledge.Taking a...

• Author(s): William G. Lycan • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: History & Surveys - ModernIn this book, William Lycan defends an original theory of mind that he calls "homuncular functionalism." What is consciousn...

• Author(s): Paul Finkelman • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: United States - Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)In Slavery and the Founders, Paul Finkelman addresses a central issue of the American founding: ...

• Author(s): Milton E. Osborne • Publisher: Southeast Asia Program Publications • Publisher Imprint: Southeast Asia Program Publications • BISAC: Asia - Southeast AsiaThe strategic hamlet program in South Vietnam deserves careful consideration in...

• Author(s): Graley Herren • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Theater - General Bringing together some of the best work from the 2015 Comparative Drama Conference in Baltimore, this book cov...

• Author(s): Barry R. Posen • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Military ScienceBarry R. Posen explores how military doctrine takes shape and the role it plays in grand strategy-that collec...

• Author(s): Thomas D. Beamish • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Environmental Science (see also Chemistry - Environmental)In the Guadalupe Dunes, 170 miles north of Los Angeles and 250 miles south of San Francisco, a...

• Author(s): Jaap Jacobs • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775)The Dutch involvement in North America started after Henry Hudson, sailing under a Du...

• Author(s): Andrei Shleifer • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Administrative Law & Regulatory PracticeA noted economist argues that the ubiquity of regulation can be explained by its greater efficiency when compa...

• Author(s): Guglielmo Cinque • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Linguistics - SyntaxA new analysis of adjectives, supported by comparative evidence.In The Syntax of Adjectives, Guglielmo Cinque offers cross-linguistic...

• Author(s): Richard L. Carson • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Economics - TheoryComparative Economic Systems is published in three editions, one for each major part. This is Part II and covers Socialist Alternative...

• Author(s): Jeffrey W. Legro • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: International Relations - GeneralStunning shifts in the worldviews of states mark the modern history of international affai...

• Author(s): Kory P. Schaff • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers • BISAC: Ethics & Moral PhilosophyThis bookexplores a timely topic for philosophers, social scientists, and ...

• Author(s): Graley Herren • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Theater - General Text & Presentation gathers some of the best work presented at the 2014 Comparative Drama Conference in Ba...

• Author(s): Richard C. Eichenberg • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Security (National & International)Motivated by the lack of scholarly understanding of the substantial gender diff...

• Author(s): Keely Stauter-Halsted • Publisher: Cornell University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press • BISAC: Eastern Europe - GeneralHow do peasants come to think of themselves as members of a nation? The widely accepted argume...