Search results for “[Subject: development-general]”

• Author(s): Gordon F. Shea • Publisher: Praeger Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers • BISAC: Labor - GeneralRecently published figures predict that the number of employed individuals between the ages of 55 and 64 will increase by ...

• Author(s): Senyo B. S. K. Adjibolosoo • Publisher: Praeger Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralFor many decades post-colonial leaders in developing countries have tried various development plans based ...

• Author(s): R. A. Obudho • Publisher: Praeger Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralCharacterized by the rapid growth of spontaneous squatter settlements, the urbanization process in Africa differs substa...

• Author(s): Moon-Gi Suh • Publisher: Praeger Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralSouth Korea's path toward a higher quality of life has been a dynamic process, Suh shows, shaped by historical contingenc...

• Author(s): Andrea L. Kavanaugh • Publisher: Praeger Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers • BISAC: Development - Economic DevelopmentIn order to improve productivity and economic development, developing countries have been expandin...

• Author(s): F. Gerard Adams • Publisher: Praeger Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers • BISAC: Economics - GeneralThe East Asian Crisis of 1997 and the following economic meltdown has raised new questions about the role of public p...

• Author(s): Sunil K. Sahu • Publisher: Praeger Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers • BISAC: Industries - GeneralTo understand technological dependence and self-reliance in the manufacturing industries of the Third World, Sahu test...

• Author(s): Joelle Kristin Jay • Publisher: Praeger Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers • BISAC: LeadershipAn esteemed executive coach shows managers and leaders how they can achieve personal and professional success--and leave a ...

• Author(s): Michael L. Commons • Publisher: Praeger Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers • BISAC: Developmental - GeneralIn recent years, a number of researchers have begun to question the Piagetian theory that cognitive structural...

• Author(s): Senyo B. S. K. Adjibolosoo • Publisher: Praeger Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers • BISAC: Development - Economic DevelopmentScarcity is the basic economic problem confronting all humanity, and humanity has struggled...

• Author(s): Anil Hira • Publisher: Praeger Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers • BISAC: Development - Economic DevelopmentEconomic matters entered a new phase of importance in the wake of the Cold War. Concerns within development-...

• Author(s): Eric J. Williams • Publisher: Praeger Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers • BISAC: PenologyThis work is an in-depth, on-the-ground examination of how prisons impact rural communities, including a revealing study of two...

• Author(s): George Watts • Publisher: Praeger Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers • BISAC: Careers - GeneralThis hands-on, self-coaching program helps aspiring leaders develop their skills, understand themselves, and realize their...

• Author(s): Candy Schwartz • Publisher: Praeger Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers • BISAC: System Administration - Storage & RetrievalSearch engines, subject gateways, descriptive metadata, Web cataloging--everyone is lookin...

• Author(s): Marilyn Daniels • Publisher: Praeger Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers • BISAC: GeneralOne of the foremost authorities on the use of sign language with hearing children provides a guide for teachers and parents who w...

• Author(s): Selma C. Berrol • Publisher: Praeger Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers • BISAC: United States - State & Local - GeneralThere has always been a symbiotic relationship between New York City and the people who have ...

• Author(s): Brad Stetson • Publisher: Praeger Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers • BISAC: Abortion & Birth ControlWhen, God willing, the abortion controversy is behind us, partisans of the pro-life and pro-choice positions ar...

• Author(s): David Jaffee • Publisher: Praeger Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers • BISAC: Development - Economic DevelopmentAdvanced undergraduates, graduate students, and social scientists interested in a wide-ranging but concis...

• Author(s): W. Gunther Plaut • Publisher: Praeger Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers • BISAC: ConstitutionalFueled by the explosion of the world's population, the quest for asylum is one of the most pressing problems of our age. ...

• Author(s): Vera Eccarius-Kelly • Publisher: Praeger Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers • BISAC: Wars & Conflicts - GeneralThis extensive examination of the Kurdish conflict in Turkey, Iraq, Germany, and the EU focuses on the...

• Author(s): Patrick Fuery • Publisher: Praeger Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers • BISAC: MetaphysicsFuery explores the relationship between post-structuralism and absence. In order to understand the psychoanalytic theory of Lac...

• Author(s): Rita Stafford Dunn • Publisher: Praeger Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers • BISAC: Administration - GeneralStaff developers are presented with an introduction to learning styles, that is, how people learn new or diff...

• Author(s): Silvia Federici • Publisher: Praeger Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers • BISAC: Americas (North Central South West Indies)What do we mean by Western Civilization? When did the expression originate and why? At a time ...

• Author(s): Norman Walzer • Publisher: Praeger Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers • BISAC: Public Policy - City Planning & Urban DevelopmentThis work examines the main economic trends affecting rural areas today and the types...

• Author(s): Morris L. Sweet • Publisher: Praeger Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers • BISAC: Development - Economic DevelopmentMainstream economists have given insufficient attention to regional and urban economics and economic g...

• Author(s): Brad Stetson • Publisher: Praeger Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers • BISAC: Abortion & Birth ControlWhen, God willing, the abortion controversy is behind us, partisans of the pro-life and pro-choice positions ar...

• Author(s): Mikele Rauch • Publisher: Praeger Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers • BISAC: GeneralRecent scandals of clergy sexual abuse have brought attention to the victims and their responses to and recovery from their abuse. B...

• Author(s): Selena Rezvani • Publisher: MIXIUK • Publisher Imprint: MIXIUK • Subject: Business Management • BISAC: LeadershipA groundbreaking, empowering collection of advice--richly illustrated with the stories of women at top echelons of their...

• Author(s): Peter N. Hess • Publisher: Praeger Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers • BISAC: DemographyThis timely study examines fertility rates and their trends and determinants in less-developed countries by testing an empirical...

• Author(s): Jim Silver • Publisher: Praeger Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers • BISAC: Criminal Law - GeneralHistorically, prime-time television has devoted at least one-third of its programming to crime. The extreme popularity ...

• Author(s): Sandhya Rao • Publisher: Praeger Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers • BISAC: Information TechnologyMany Asian countries are achieving remarkable success in closing what researchers call the digital divide between deve...

• Author(s): Nana K. Poku • Publisher: Praeger Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers • BISAC: Comparative PoliticsWith the end of white-dominated South Africa, many observers have argued for a positive transformation of the whole of ...

• Author(s): R. Omotayo Olaniyan • Publisher: Praeger Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers • BISAC: Development - Economic DevelopmentThis book is a penetrating comparative analysis of the economic development efforts of West Africa...