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Mobilizing resources in Latin America
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Omar Sánchez |
"Why do some countries "learn to tax" and others do not? And, why does tax reform consolidate in some countries and not in others? The importance of these queries for the developing world and for Lat… |
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State, economy, and society in post-military Nigeria
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Said Adejumobi |
"The nature of the state and the ideological thrust of state policies continue to shape the character of the economy and social relations in Nigeria.This book analyzes how neo-liberal state economic … |
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Village of immigrants
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Diana R. Gordon |
"Greenport, New York, a village on the North Fork of Long Island, exemplifies a little-noted national trend--that of immigrants spreading beyond the big coastal cities, driving much of rural populati… |
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Squeezed
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Alissa Quart |
"Squeezed" weaves together intimate reporting with sharp and lively critique to show how the high cost of parenthood and our increasingly unstable job market have imploded the middle-class American D… |
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Part of the family?
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Sheila Bapat |
"Love and compassion are at the heart of domestic labor, yet historically, domestic workers have been rendered invisible-by society and in the eyes of the law. Mostly foreign-born women, these worker… |
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American insecurity
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Adam Seth Levine |
"Americans today face no shortage of threats to their financial well-being, such as job and retirement insecurity, health care costs, and spiraling college tuition. While one might expect that these … |
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Raw deal
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Steven Hill |
"Every day, innovative entrepreneurs pioneer bold economic ideas that change the way we live and work. Companies like Google, Apple, Oracle, Facebook and Twitter aren't the only ones shaping our econ… |
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Survival of the Richest
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Donald Jeffries,Richard Syrett |
xviii, 258 pages ; 24 cm |
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Emerging powers, emerging markets, emerging societies
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Xing Li,Steen Fryba Christensen |
"The rise of emerging or new powers has recently become one of the most researched areas in International Relations. While most studies focus on relations between traditional and emerging powers, thi… |
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Stress testing the USA
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John R. Short |
"The book provides detailed account of four major disasters that befell the USA in the first decade of the twenty first century: the invasion of Iraq, Hurricane Katrina and the drowning of New Orlean… |
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Falling in love with America again
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Jim DeMint |
" In his new role as president and CEO of The Heritage Foundation, Jim DeMint has travelled the country talking to Americans about how to return to our founding principles and restore and protect our… |
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