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  • 1
    Language: English
    Pages: ill , 30 cm
    DDC: 304.6/32/0962
    Keywords: Fertility ; Egypt ; Egypt ; Population ; Birth control ; Egypt
    Note: World Fertility Survey, International Statistical Institute , This project was conducted as part of the World Fertility Survey and with the collaboration of the World Bank"--T.p. verso , Includes bibliographical references
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  • 2
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    San Francisco, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
    ISBN: 9781576756256 , 1576756254
    Language: English
    Pages: XIV, 222 S.
    Edition: 2. ed., [rev. and updated]
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2010 Online-Ressource ebrary online Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Edition: [S.l.] Ebrary
    Series Statement: A BK business book
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Thomas, David C., 1947 - Cultural intelligence
    DDC: 658.049
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    Keywords: Intercultural communication ; Cross-cultural orientation ; Cultural awareness ; Corporate culture ; Business anthropology ; Management Cross-cultural studies ; Intercultural communication ; Führung ; Interkulturelle Kompetenz ; Internationales Management
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  • 3
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    Berlin : Mouton de Gruyter
    ISBN: 3110213486 , 9783110213485
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xii, 261 p) , 24 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Language, power, and social process 25
    Parallel Title: Print version Coerced Confessions : The Discourse of Bilingual Police Interrogations
    DDC: 306.44
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    Keywords: Bilingualism Social aspects ; Police questioning Social aspects ; Intercultural communication Social aspects ; Critical discourse analysis Social aspects ; Discourse Analysis Sociolinguistics ; Language and the Law ; USA ; Polizei ; Vernehmung ; Zweisprachigkeit ; Hispanos ; Diskursanalyse
    Abstract: The book presents a discourse analysis of police interrogations involving U.S. Hispanic suspects accused of crimes. The study is unique in that it concentrates on interrogations involving suspects whose first language is not English and police officers who have a rudimentary knowledge of Spanish. The volume examines the pitfalls of using police officers as interpreters at custodial interrogations. Susan Berk-Seligson, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA.
    Abstract: The book presents a discourse analysis of police interrogations involving U.S. Hispanic suspects accused of crimes. The study is unique in that it concentrates on interrogations involving suspects whose first language is not English and police officers who have a rudimentary knowledge of Spanish. It examines the pitfalls of using police officers as interpreters at custodial interrogations. Using an interactional sociolinguistic discourse analytical approach, the book offers a microlinguistic examination of interrogations involving persons accused of murder, child molestation, and kidnapping. Communication difficulties are shown to arise from suspects' limited proficiency in English and police officers' equally limited proficiency in Spanish, coupled with the unwillingness of these officers to remain in interpreter footing. The volume demonstrates how pidginization and asymmetrical communicative accommodation can emerge in such situations of highly unequal power relations. It also demonstrates how cultural factors such as acquiescence to interlocutors of greater authority and higher socioeconomic status can lead persons of certain Latin American backgrounds to engage in ""gratuitous concurrence"", answering ""yes"" to police questions even when it is clear that that these yes-tokens are not truly affirmative responses to those questions. In addition, the book provides evidence of the kinds of abuse that can result from police interrogations that are not electronically recorded. Coerced Confessions reviews appellate cases involving police interpreters spanning a thirty-four-year period, and concludes that the Miranda rights are placed in jeopardy when a police officer is assigned the role of interpreter at a custodial interrogation.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-247) and indexes , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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  • 4
    ISBN: 155885522X , 9781611920147 , 9781558855229
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxxix, 360 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Hispanic civil rights series
    Uniform Title: Influencias de las ideas modernas. 〈engl.〉
    Parallel Title: Print version Absolute equality
    DDC: 305.42097295
    Keywords: Puerto Rican literature ; Feminism
    Description / Table of Contents: Absolute equality: an early feminist perspective. PrologueInfluences of modern ideas -- Philosophical, naturalist, psychological, and moralist notes, annotations, thoughts, concepts, definitions, maxims, and reflections -- Interesting letters from a Panamanian anarchist -- The corruption of the rich and of the poor ... -- Marriage without love, consequence, adultery -- how poor women are prostituted -- In the country, free love -- After her death -- Influencias de las ideas modernas. Prólogo -- Influencias de las ideas modernas -- Notas, apuntes, pensamientos, conceptos, definiciones, sentenicas y reflexiones filósoficas, naturistas, psicológicas, moralistas -- Cartas interesantes de un ácrata de Panamá -- La corrupción de los ricos y la de los pobres ... -- Matrimonio sin amor, consecuencia, el adulterio -- Cómo se prostituyen las pobres -- En el campo, amor libre -- Después de muerta.
    Note: Includes a facsimile of the original Spanish ed , Includes bibliographical references , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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  • 5
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    New York : Palgrame Macmillan
    ISBN: 9780230617834
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (ix, 180 p)
    Edition: Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
    DDC: 306.091
    Keywords: Culture Study and teaching ; Linguistics ; Semiotics ; Nature conservation ; Sociology ; Cultural studies ; Pop-Kultur ; Symbolismus ; Mythos
    Abstract: This book delves into the reasons why pop culture, and all of its "X-Rated" features, are so appealing to masses of people, even though they may hate to love it
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  • 6
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    New York, N.Y : Routledge
    ISBN: 0415961491 , 9780415961493
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (ix, 272 p) , ill
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Routledge research in cultural and media studies 16
    DDC: 391.009
    Keywords: Fashion History
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Introduction : Inserting fashion into space , Tracking fashions : risking it all at the Hippodrome de Longchamp , Framing the Victorians : photography, fashion, and identity , On The golden stairs : the spectacle of the Victorian woman in white , Maurice de Rothschild's "Remembrances of things past" : costume obsession and decadence, the collection of a Belle époque dandy , Fashion's chameleons : camouflage, "conspicuousness," and gendered display during World War I , Making the Princeton man : collegiate clothing and campus culture, 1900-20 , Elegance and spectacle in Berlin : the Gerson fashion store and the rise of the modern fashion show , The city boutique : Milan and the spaces of fashion , Libertine acts : fashion and furniture , Dressing rooms : women, fashion, and the department store , The logic of the mannequin : shop windows and the realist novel , Allure of the silent beauties : mannequins and display in America, 1935-70 , "A house that is made of hats" : the Lilly Daché building, 1937-68 , From "Paradise" to cyberspace : the revival of the bourgeois marketplace , Armani/architecture : the timelessness and textures of space , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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  • 7
    ISBN: 9783110209242
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (vi, 122 p) , 24 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Communications monograph 6
    Parallel Title: Print version The Social Embeddedness of Media Use : Action Theoretical Contributions to the Study of TV Use in Everyday Life
    DDC: 302.23/45085
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    Keywords: Television broadcasting Social aspects ; Television Social aspects ; Mass media Social aspects ; Television and families ; Communication Research Television News Viewing ; Familie ; Fernsehen ; Medienkonsum ; Alltag
    Abstract: Scholars in the field of communication research have extensively studied television viewing in general and watching television news in particular. The book looks at the subject from an integrative theoretical perspective. Based on Schutzean sociology and action theoretical approaches to media use, the author argues that immediate social influences and other everyday life situations largely determine television use, and that the influence of short-term situational characteristics are often overlooked in person-centered explanatory models. In three empirical studies, the role of short-term situations and the influence of immediate social surroundings is analyzed. The use of Discrete Time Event History Analysis is an innovative way to look at household diary data. Findings reveal how family members influence each other in many ways. Watching television turns out to be an integral part of everyday life in the family, but also a force that may reduce family interaction. It is shown that television may serve as a surrogate for those family members that are not present, and that family members while present at home follow each others example. Partners are shown to mimic each other, children to mimic their parents, and parents follow the example set by their children. Television news viewing, in contrast to general television viewing is less determined by the immediate influence of others. Also, the individual motivations for news viewing vary throughout the day. First exposure to television news appears to be motivated by other factors than subsequent exposure. A need for 'surveillance' dominates first exposure, but subsequent exposure appears to be governed by other, more 'ritualistic' motivations. The book is important to scholars, graduate-level students and practitioners who are concerned with theoretical and methodological insights in the phenomenon of television viewing in everyday life.
    Description / Table of Contents: Frontmatter ; Contents; Chapter 1. The social embeddedness of media use: An introduction; Chapter 2. Transcending Uses and Gratifications: Media use as social action and the use of event history analysis; Chapter 3. The situational and time-varying context of routines in television viewing; Chapter 4. Watching television news in everyday life: An event history analysis; Chapter 5. The social character of parental and adolescent television viewing; Chapter 6. On the use of an action theoretical approach to television (news) viewing; Backmatter
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  • 8
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    Malden, MA : Blackwell
    ISBN: 9781405189200 , 1444308823 , 1282116541 , 1444308831 , 9781444308822 , 9781282116542 , 9781444308839
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xvi, 213 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Parallel Title: Print version Anthropology off the shelf
    DDC: 306
    Keywords: Ethnology Authorship ; Anthropologists Attitudes ; Literature and anthropology ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: In Anthropology off the Shelf, leading anthropologists reflect on the craft of writing and the passions that fuel their desire to write books.First of its kind volume in anthropology in which prominent anthropologists and 3 respected professionals outside the discipline follow the tradition of the “writers on writing” genre to reflect on all aspects of the writing processContributors are high-profile in anthropology and many have a strong presence outside the field, in popular cultureUnique in its format: short essays, revealing and straightforward in content and writing style
    Abstract: Introduction : the writer in the anthropologist / Maria D. Vesperi and Alisse Waterston -- Speaking truth to power with books / Howard Zinn -- Remember when writing was fun? : why academics should go on a low syllable, active voice diet / Karen Brodkin -- The bard / Carolyn Nordstrom -- Saggin' and braggin' / Lee D. Baker -- Stories for readers : a few observations from outside the academy / Andrew Barnes -- Writing poverty, drawing readers : stories in Love, sorrow and rage / Alisse Waterston -- Write ous indignation : Black girls, dilemmas of cultural domination and the struggle to speak the skin we are in / Signithia Fordham -- Writing truth to power : racism as statecraft / Arthur K. Spears -- Remembering Octavia / Sharon Ball -- Believing in anthropology as literature / Ruth Behar -- Walking in Zora's shoes or "seek(ing) out de inside meanin' of words" : the intersections of anthropology, ethnography, identity, and writing / Irma McClaurin -- Off the shelf and into oblivion? / Catherine Kingfisher -- "Don't use your data as a pillow" / S. Eben Kirksey -- The trope of the pith helmet : America's anthropology, anthropology's America / Micaela di Leonardo -- The book that wrote me / Roger Sanjek -- Fighting words / Paul Farmer -- Taking chances / Maria D. Vesperi
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction : the writer in the anthropologist / Maria D. Vesperi and Alisse WaterstonSpeaking truth to power with books / Howard Zinn -- Remember when writing was fun? : why academics should go on a low syllable, active voice diet / Karen Brodkin -- The bard / Carolyn Nordstrom -- Saggin' and braggin' / Lee D. Baker -- Stories for readers : a few observations from outside the academy / Andrew Barnes -- Writing poverty, drawing readers : stories in Love, sorrow and rage / Alisse Waterston -- Write ous indignation : Black girls, dilemmas of cultural domination and the struggle to speak the skin we are in / Signithia Fordham -- Writing truth to power : racism as statecraft / Arthur K. Spears -- Remembering Octavia / Sharon Ball -- Believing in anthropology as literature / Ruth Behar -- Walking in Zora's shoes or "seek(ing) out de inside meanin' of words" : the intersections of anthropology, ethnography, identity, and writing / Irma McClaurin -- Off the shelf and into oblivion? / Catherine Kingfisher -- "Don't use your data as a pillow" / S. Eben Kirksey -- The trope of the pith helmet : America's anthropology, anthropology's America / Micaela di Leonardo -- The book that wrote me / Roger Sanjek -- Fighting words / Paul Farmer -- Taking chances / Maria D. Vesperi.
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  • 9
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    Berlin : Mouton de Gruyter
    ISBN: 3110196336 , 9783110196337 , 9783110199222 , 9781282073128
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xiv, 278 p) , ill
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Applications of cognitive linguistics 8
    Parallel Title: Print version World Englishes : A Cognitive Sociolinguistic Approach
    DDC: 306.44
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    Keywords: Intercultural communication ; English language Variation ; Cognitive grammar ; English language ; Sociolinguistics ; applied linguistics English /language ; sociolinguistics ; Cognitive Linguistics ; Africa Languages ; Influence on English ; Englisch ; Afrika ; Sprachvariante ; Kognitive Linguistik ; Soziolinguistik ; Kulturkontakt
    Abstract: The book presents Cognitive Linguistics as a framework for the study of cultural variation in world Englishes and within languages in general by offering a corpus-based analysis of the linguistic realization of the cultural model of community in African English. It also reflects on the role of English in intercultural communication and positions Cognitive Linguistics within a wider hermeneutic tradition. Hans-Georg Wolf, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong; Frank Polzenhagen, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany.
    Abstract: The book is the first of its kind to establish Cognitive Linguistics as a research paradigm within the field of world Englishes. The authors survey the main tenets of both areas of linguistic enquiry and suggest that the theoretical and methodological apparatus developed both within Cognitive Linguistics generally and within its novel sub-discipline Cognitive Sociolinguistics can overcome certain limitations inherent in traditional approaches to cultural variation in language. They present a case study of the linguistic realization of the cultural model of community in African English as an exemplar for the investigation of cultural models in other varieties of English. Corpus-linguistic methods are combined with conceptual metaphor analysis and blending theory to elucidate a vast network of conceptualizations salient to speakers of African English. The findings, based on computer corpora and a range of additional sources, are discussed against the background of work in anthropology, religious studies, and political science. The book also reflects on the role of English in intercultural communication and concludes with a comparison of Cognitive Linguistics and pragmatic functionalism, placing the former in the wider framework of a hermeneutic philosophy that stresses dialogic understanding.
    Description / Table of Contents: Frontmatter ; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Preface; 1.1. Cognitive Linguistics and the study of world Englishes; 1.2. The world Englishes paradigm; 1.3. The Cognitive Linguistic paradigm and the study of language variation; 1.4. Scope, methodology, and empirical basis of our study; 2.1. Analytical tools: Conceptual metaphor, cultural models, conceptual networks; 2.2. Aspects of the African community model; 2.3. Interim summary; 2.4. The African community model and politics; 2.5. Summary and implications of the analysis
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.1. Arguments for a hermeneutic approach to the study ofintercultural communication3.2. Foci of a hermeneutic approach to intercultural communication and a critique of functionalist positions; 3.3. Intercultural understanding and the problem of relativism; 3.4. Concluding remarks; Backmatter
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  • 10
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    Hoboken, N.J : Wiley
    ISBN: 0470282312 , 1282682598 , 9780470282311 , 9781282682597
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xviii, 392 p) , ill , 24 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Wiley finance
    Parallel Title: Print version Advising Ultra-Affluent Clients and Family Offices
    DDC: 305.5/234
    Keywords: Rich people ; Investments Decision making
    Abstract: BA timely guide for financial professionals looking to tap into the lucrative world of the ultra-affluent/b The ultra affluent'defined here as those having $50 million or more in liquid assets'are an elite class who expect their financial advisors to not only preserve and grow their assets, but also help them with "soft" issues such as philanthropy and family governance. One of the biggest factors to success in this field is the relationship between the client and the advisor. In iAdvising Ultra-Affluent Clients and Family Offices/i, author and practicing investment consultant Michael Pompian provides a practical introduction to who the ultra-affluent actually are and reveals what it takes to build and maintain a solid relationship with them. Filled with in-depth insights and expert advice, this unique resource offers valuable information on issues that every advisor to the ultra-affluent must be familiar with
    Abstract: A timely guide for financial professionals looking to tap into the lucrative world of the ultra-affluent The ultra affluent-defined here as those having 50 million or more in liquid assets-are an elite class who expect their financial advisors to not only preserve and grow their assets, but also help them with "soft" issues such as philanthropy and family governance. One of the biggest factors to success in this field is the relationship between the client and the advisor. In Advising Ultra-Affluent Clients and Family Offices, author and practicing investment consultant Michael Pompian provide
    Description / Table of Contents: Advising Ultra-Affluent Clients and Family Offices; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part One: Introduction to Advising Ultra-Affluent Clients and Family Offices; Chapter 1: Who Are the Ultra-Affluent?; DEFINING THE ULTRA-AFFLUENT; QUANTIFYING ULTRA-AFFLUENCE AMONG TOTAL GLOBAL WEALTH; LOOKING TO THE FUTURE; A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADVISERS; Chapter 2: Understanding the Mindset of the Ultra-Affluent Client; WHY ADVISING THE ULTRA-AFFLUENT IS DIFFERENT; WHAT ULTRA-AFFLUENT CLIENTS VALUE IN AN ADVISER; BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS BY ASKING QUESTIONS AND LISTENING TO THE ANSWERS
    Description / Table of Contents: MATCHING CLIENT WITH ADVISERCONSULTANT QUESTIONNAIRE; CONCLUSION; Chapter 3: Wealth Attitudes, Aspirations, and Investor Behavior of Ultra-Affluent Clients; FAMILY ASPIRATIONS; WEALTH ATTITUDES OF ULTRA-AFFLUENT CLIENTS; WHERE PSYCHOLOGY MEETS FINANCE; INVESTOR BIASES; CONCLUSION; Chapter 4: Noninvestment Best Practices; THE CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH WEALTH; GUIDELINES FOR SUSTAINING MULTIGENERATIONAL WEALTH; CONCLUSION; Part Two: Investment Strategies for Ultra-Affluent Clients and Family Offices; Chapter 5: Practices of the Best Investment Organizations
    Description / Table of Contents: DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ENDOWMENTS AND PRIVATE INVESTORSINVESTMENT COMMITTEES; WHAT IS THE BEST ENDOWMENT GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE?; INVESTMENT POLICY STATEMENTS; KEY CONSIDERATIONS FOR PORTFOLIO OVERSIGHT; CONCLUSION; Chapter 6: Asset Allocation Considerations for Ultra-Affluent Clients and Family Offices; WHAT IS ASSET ALLOCATION?; THE IMPORTANCE OF ASSUMPTIONS IN THE ASSET ALLOCATION SELECTION PROCESS; THE IMPORTANCE OF ASSET ALLOCATION; CONSIDERATIONS IN ASSET ALLOCATION FOR INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS; Chapter 7: Domestic and International Equity
    Description / Table of Contents: INTRODUCTION TO U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL EQUITY SECURITIESTHE FIVE-STEP EQUITY STRATEGY PROCESS; Chapter 8: Domestic and International Bonds; INTRODUCTION TO BONDS; DESCRIPTIONS OF BOND ASSET CLASSES; Chapter 9: Private Equity; WHAT IS PRIVATE EQUITY AND HOW DOES IT WORK?; THREE PRIMARY TYPES OF PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTMENTS; CREATING A CUSTOMIZED PRIVATE EQUITY PROGRAM; Chapter 10: Hedge Funds; WHAT IS A HEDGE FUND?; HEDGE FUND INVESTING BY UACs AND FAMILY OFFICES; A HISTORY OF HEDGE FUNDS; THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF HEDGE FUNDS; HEDGE FUND STRATEGIES; MANAGER SELECTION; Chapter 11: Real Assets
    Description / Table of Contents: THE PORTFOLIO BENEFITS OF REAL ASSETSREAL ESTATE: A LONG-TERM INFLATION HEDGE; NATURAL RESOURCES; Part Three: Multigenerational Considerations for Ultra-Affluent Clients and Family Offices; Chapter 12: Selecting an Adviser; TRUST: THE KEY INGREDIENT; HOW UACs SELECT AN ADVISER; QUESTIONS FOR PROSPECTIVE ADVISERS; CONCLUSION; Chapter 13: Selecting a Custodian and Investment Vehicle Structure; CUSTODIAL SERVICES; INVESTMENT VEHICLE STRUCTURE; CONCLUSION; Chapter 14: Considerations for Creating a Family Office; WHAT IS A FAMILY OFFICE?; CHALLENGES OF WEALTH
    Description / Table of Contents: PRACTICAL REASONS TO CREATE A FAMILY OFFICE
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    Chichester, U.K : Wiley-Blackwell
    ISBN: 1405189347 , 1405189339 , 9781405189347 , 9781405189330
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xi, 299 p) , ill , 25 cm
    Edition: 2nd ed
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Parallel Title: Print version Moral Panics : The Social Construction of Deviance
    DDC: 302/.17
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    Keywords: Social problems ; Moral conditions ; Deviant behavior ; Moral panics ; Massenwahn ; Abweichendes Verhalten
    Abstract: Packed with new examples and material, this second edition provides a fully up-to-date exploration of the genesis, dynamics, and demise of moral panics and their impacts on the societies in which they take place.: Packed with updated and recent examples including terrorism, the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Towers, school shootings, flag burning, and the early-2000s resurgence of the "sex slave" scare; Includes a new chapter on the media, currently regarded as a major component of the moral panic; Devotes a chapter to addressing criticisms of the first edition as well as the moral panics conc
    Abstract: Packed with new examples and material, this second edition provides a fully up-to-date exploration of the genesis, dynamics, and demise of moral panics and their impacts on the societies in which they take place. Packed with updated and recent examples including terrorism, the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Towers, school shootings, flag burning, and the early-2000s resurgence of the "sex slave" scareIncludes a new chapter on the media, currently regarded as a major component of the moral panicDevotes a chapter to addressing criticisms of the first edition as well as the moral panics concept i
    Description / Table of Contents: MORAL PANICS; CONTENTS; Preface and Acknowledgements; Prologue; 1 Enter the Moral Panic; 2 The Moral Panic: An Introduction; 3 Three Theories of the Moral Panic; 4 The Moral Panic Meets Its Critics; 5 The Media Ignite and Embody the Moral Panic; 6 Deviance, Morality, and Criminal Law; 7 Collective Behavior; 8 Social Movements; 9 Social Problems; 10 The Renaissance Witch Craze; 11 Drug Abuse Panics; 12 The Feminist Anti-Pornography Crusade; Epilogue: The Demise and Institutionalization of the Moral Panic; References; Author Index; Subject Index
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    New York : Columbia University Press
    ISBN: 0231146647 , 0231518390
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xii, 210 p) , ill , 22 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Parallel Title: Print version How Women Got Their Curves and Other Just-So Stories : Evolutionary Enigmas
    DDC: 305.4
    Keywords: Women Evolution ; Women - Evolution
    Abstract: So how did women get their curves? Why do they have breasts, while other mammals only develop breast tissue while lactating, and why do women menstruate, when virtually no other beings do so? What are the reasons for female orgasm? Why are human females kept in the dark about their own time of ovulation and maximum fertility, and why are they the only animals to experience menopause?David P. Barash and Judith Eve Lipton, coauthors of acclaimed books on human sexuality and gender, discuss the theories scientists have advanced to explain these evolutionary enigmas (sometimes called "Just-So sto
    Description / Table of Contents: Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; Epilogue; Notes; Index
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    New York : Columbia University Press
    ISBN: 0231144083 , 0231520026
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxix, 414 p) , ill , 24 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Parallel Title: Print version Marriage and Family : Perspectives and Complexities
    DDC: 306.850973
    Keywords: Parenting ; Families ; Marriage ; Families -- United States ; Marriage -- United States ; Parenting -- United States ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Family life has been radically transformed over the past three decades. Half of all households are unmarried, while only a quarter of all married households have kids. A third of the nation's births are to unwed mothers, and a third of America's married men earn less than their wives. With half of all women cohabitating before they turn thirty and gay and lesbian couples settling down with increasing visibility, there couldn't be a better time for a book that tracks new conceptions of marriage and family as they are being formed.The editors of this volume explore the motivation to marry and th
    Description / Table of Contents: Table of Contents ; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Acknowledgments ; Introduction; Part I: Perspectives on Marriage; 1. Historical and Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Marriage; 2. Marriage and Family: Th e Evolutionary Ecological Context; 3. A Gender Lens on Marriage; 4. Institutional, Companionate, and Individualistic Marriage:A Social Psychological Perspective on Marital Change; Part II: Contemporary Families; 5. Single Parenthood and Child Well-Being: Trends, Theories, and Evidence ; 6. Cohabitation and Parenthood: Lessons from Focus Groupsand In- Depth Interviews
    Description / Table of Contents: 7. An Examination of Child Well- Being in Stable Single- Parentand Married Families8. Reconsidering the Association Between Stepfather Familiesand Adolescent Well- Being; 9. Parenting by Gay Men and Lesbians: Beyond the CurrentResearch; Part III: Strengthening Marriage; 10. Supporting Healthy Marriage: Designing a Marriage EducationDemonstration and Evaluation for Low- Income Married Couples; 11. Differentiating Among Types of Domestic Violence: Implications for Healthy Marriages ; Part IV: The Future of Marriage; 12. The Growing Importance of Marriage in America
    Description / Table of Contents: 13. The Future of Marriage and the State: A Proposal14. Why Won't African Americans Get (and Stay) Married? Why Should They?; 15. Race, Immigration, and the Future of Marriage; Contributors; Index
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    Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 0230210376 , 9780230210370
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xiv, 282 p) , ill
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Everyday multiculturalism
    DDC: 305.8
    Keywords: Cultural pluralism ; Multiculturalism ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Alltag ; Interaktion ; Kulturkontakt ; Multikulturelle Gesellschaft
    Abstract: This book explores everyday lived experiences of multiculturalism in the contemporary world. Drawing on place-based case studies, contributions focus on encounters and interactions across cultural difference in super-diverse cities to explore what it means to inhabit multiculturalism in our everyday lives
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Multiculturalism and Everyday Life; Part I: Neighbourhoods; Part II: Food; Part III: Shopping; Part IV: Leisure; Part V: Everyday Solidarities, Everyday Politics; Part VI: Everyday Tensions; Index
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    Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xix, 490 p) , ill
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    Series Statement: Culture and psychology
    Parallel Title: Print version Cultural Transmission : Psychological, Developmental, Social, and Methodological Aspects
    Keywords: Cognition and culture ; Learning, Psychology of ; Learning / Social aspects ; Ethnopsychology ; Socialization
    Abstract: State-of-the-art source book explaining how cultural information is transferred from one generation to the next within a family
    Description / Table of Contents: COVER; HALF-TITLE; SERIES-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; CONTRIBUTORS; 1 Introduction to Cultural Transmission: Psychological, Developmental, Social, and Methodological Aspects; INTRODUCTION; 1.0. CULTURAL TRANSMISSION: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH FIELD; 2.0. THE CARRIERS OF TRANSMISSION; 4.0. THE MECHANISM OF THE TRANSMISSION PROCESS; 5.0. DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVE ON TRANSMISSION; REFERENCES; 2 Theory and Research in Cultural Transmission: A Short History; INTRODUCTION; 1.0. EARLY THOUGHTS AND STUDIES ON CULTURAL TRANSMISSION; 2.0. THE SECOND PERIOD: 1950s, 1960s, AND 1970s
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.0. THE THIRD PERIOD: 1980s TO THE PRESENTREFERENCES; PART ONE EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE; 3 Cultural Transmission: A View from Chimpanzees and Human Infants; 4 Transmission, Self-Organization, and the Emergence of Language: A Dynamic Systems Point of View; 5 Relationship-Specific Intergenerational Family Ties: An Evolutionary Approach to the Structure of Cultural Transmission; PART TWO CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE; 6 An Ecocultural Perspective on Cultural Transmission: The Family across Cultures; 7 Intergenerational Relations and Cultural Transmission
    Description / Table of Contents: 8 Intergenerational Transmission, Social Capital, and Interethnic Contact in Immigrant Families9 Developmental Processes Related to Intergenerational Transmission of Culture: Growing Up with Two Cultures; 10 The Transmission Process: Mechanisms and Contexts; 11 Accounting for Parent-Child Value Congruence: Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Evidence; 12 Culture, Migration, and Family-Value Socialization: A Theoretical Model and Empirical Investigation with Russian-Immigrant Youth in Israel
    Description / Table of Contents: 13 Immigrant Parents' Age Expectations for the Development of Their Adolescent Offspring: Transmission Effects and Changes after ImmigrationPART THREE INTRACULTURAL VARIATIONS; 14 Intergenerational Transmission of Moral Capital across the Family Life Course; 15 Similarity of Life Goals in the Family: A Three-Generation Study; 16 The Intergenerational Transmission of Xenophobia and Rightism in East Germany; 17 Intergenerational Transmission of Violence; 18 ""Don't Trust Anyone over 25"": Youth Centrism, Intergenerational Transmission of Political Orientations, and Cultural Change
    Description / Table of Contents: 19 Value Transmission and Zeitgeist Revisited20 Epilogue: Toward a Model of Cultural Transmission; INDEX
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    Cambridge, Mass : Harvard University Press
    ISBN: 9780674032965 , 9780674053939
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xvii, 246 p) , ill , 18 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Nathan I. Huggins lectures
    Parallel Title: Print version Political worlds of slavery and freedom
    DDC: 306.3/620973
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    Keywords: Garvey, Marcus ; Universal Negro Improvement Association ; Political participation History 20th century ; Political participation History 19th century ; Slavery Political aspects ; History ; Slaves Emancipation ; Black nationalism History 20th century ; Slave insurrections History 19th century ; African Americans Politics and government 19th century ; African Americans Politics and government 20th century ; Garvey, Marcus 1887-1940
    Abstract: "Steven Hahn's provocative new book challenges deep-rooted views in the writing of American and African-American history. Moving from slave emancipations of the eighteenth century through slave activity during the Civil War and on to the black power movements of the twentieth century, he asks us to rethink African-American history and politics in bolder, more dynamic terms."--Jacket
    Description / Table of Contents: "Slaves at large" : the emancipation process and the terrain of African American politicsDid we miss the greatest slave rebellion in modern history? -- Marcus Garvey, the UNIA, and the hidden political history of African Americans.
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    Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press
    ISBN: 9780826516756
    Language: English
    Pages: XXIV, 231 S.
    Edition: 2. ed.
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2009 Online-Ressource ebrary online Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Edition: [S.l.] Ebrary
    DDC: 306.70981
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    Keywords: Sex customs Brazil ; Sexual ethics Brazil ; Sexual behavior surveys Brazil ; Sexual ethics ; Sexual behavior surveys ; Sex customs ; Brasilien ; Sexualität
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    ISBN: 9781598743432 , 9781598743449
    Language: English
    Pages: 272 S. , Ill.
    Parallel Title: Online version Waging war, making peace
    DDC: 303.6/9
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    Keywords: Reparations for historical injustices ; Restorative justice ; Human rights Moral and ethical aspects ; Reparations for historical injustices ; Restorative justice ; Human rights Moral and ethical aspects ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Unrecht ; Wiedergutmachung ; Opferentschädigung ; Menschenrecht ; Internationaler Vergleich ; Politische Verfolgung ; Wiedergutmachung ; Opferentschädigung ; Menschenrecht ; Internationaler Vergleich
    Note: Based on essays first presented during a double session of panels at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association in San Jose, California, in 2006 , Includes index , =A http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0827/2008038382.html =3 04 , Includes bibliographical references and index , Based on essays first presented during a double session of panels at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association in San Jose, California, in 2006. - Includes index , Waging war, making peace: the anthropology of reparations , The ethical dimensions of peace , When governments fail: reparation, solidarity, and community in Nicaragua , From theory to practice: implementing reparations in post-truth commission Peru , Reparations in Morocco: the symbolic dirham , "Victims of crime" and "victims of justice": the symbolic and financial aspects in U.S. compensation programs , "We all must have the same treatment": calculating the damages of human rights abuses for the people of Diego Garcia , Milpa matters: the Maya community of Toledo versus the government of Belize , Reparations and the illusive meaning of justice in Guatemala , Of lemons and laws: property and the (trans)national order in Cyprus , Israel and the Palestinian refugees: postpragmatic reflections on historical narratives, closure, transitional justice and Palestinian refugees' right to refuse , Reparations and human rights: why the anthropological approach matters
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    Boulder, Colo : Westview Press
    ISBN: 0813343585 , 9780813343587
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xiv, 537 p) , 23 cm
    Edition: 3rd ed
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Parallel Title: Print version Ain't No Makin' It : Aspirations and Attainment in a Low-Income Neighborhood
    DDC: 305.5/690973
    Keywords: Social mobility Case studies ; Youth with social disabilities Case studies ; Equality Case studies ; Urban poor Case studies ; Fallstudiensammlung
    Abstract: Author Jay MacLeod 's classic ethnography-a defining work on the cycle of social reproduction and inequality as lived through the young men from the Clarendon Heights housing project-now includes a third section that continues the lives of the original Brothers and Hallway Hangers through new interviews and analysis
    Description / Table of Contents: Social immobility in the land of opportunitySocial reproduction in theoretical perspective -- Teenagers in Clarendon Heights : the Hallway Hangers and the Brothers -- The influence of the family -- The world of work : aspirations of the Hangers and Brothers -- School : preparing for the competition -- Leveled aspirations : social reproduction takes its toll -- Reproduction theory reconsidered -- The Hallway Hangers : dealing in despair -- The Brothers : dreams deferred -- Conclusion : outclassed and outcast(e) -- The Hallway Hangers : weeble, wobble, but we don't fall down -- The Brothers : finally finding a foothold -- Reproduction, redemption, and respect.
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    ISBN: 9781845208141 , 1845208145 , 9781845208134 , 1845208137
    Language: English
    Pages: VII, 190 S.
    Edition: English ed., 1. publ.
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2011 Online-Ressource ebrary online Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Edition: [S.l.] Ebrary Berg new media series
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Green, Nicola, 1969 - Mobile communications
    DDC: 302.231
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    Keywords: Wireless Internet Social aspects ; Mobile communication systems Social aspects ; Cellular telephones Social aspects ; Wireless Internet Social aspects ; Mobile communication systems Social aspects ; Cell phones Social aspects ; Mobile Telekommunikation ; Soziologie ; Handy ; Kommunikation ; Neue Medien ; Kommunikation
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    New York [u.a.] : McGraw-Hill
    ISBN: 1281845280 , 0071508635 , 9780071508636
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVI, 368 S.) , Ill
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    DDC: 303.4834 22
    Keywords: Computers and civilization ; Computer networks ; Technology and youth ; Generation Y
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    Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell
    ISBN: 9781405168823 , 1444308270 , 9781444308273
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xviii, 252 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Blackwell studies in discourse and culture
    Parallel Title: Available in another form
    DDC: 306.440945/24
    Keywords: Italian language Dialects ; Language and culture ; Sociolinguistics ; Bergamo (Italy) Intellectual life 21st century
    Abstract: Introduction -- Bergamasco in use : the feel of everyday speaking -- Gendering language -- Bergamasco on stage : poetry and theater -- Modern campanilismo : the value of place -- Bergamo, Italy, Europe : speaking contextualized -- Conclusion
    Description / Table of Contents: IntroductionBergamasco in use : the feel of everyday speaking -- Gendering language -- Bergamasco on stage : poetry and theater -- Modern campanilismo : the value of place -- Bergamo, Italy, Europe : speaking contextualized -- Conclusion.
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    Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 0521873819 , 052169602X , 1282393979 , 9780511647932 , 9780521873819 , 9780521696029
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (VIII, 314 S.) , 23 cm
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    Series Statement: Key topics in sociolinguistics
    Parallel Title: Print version Language and Identity
    DDC: 306.44
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    Keywords: Nationalism ; Language and languages Political aspects ; Group identity ; Identity politics ; Sociolinguistics
    Abstract: Outlines the relationship between our identity as members of groups and the language varieties important to each group
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Identity, the individual and the group; 3 Identifying ourselves; 4 Language, dialect and identity; 5 Dialect and identity: beyond standard and nonstandard; 6 Language, religion and identity; 7 Language, gender and identity; 8 Ethnicity and nationalism; 9 Assessments of nationalism; 10 Language and nationalism; 11 Language planning and language ecology; Glossary; Notes; References; Index
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    New York, NY [u.a.] : Psychology Press
    ISBN: 9781848728080 , 1848728085
    Language: English
    Pages: XIX, 530 S. , graph. Darst.
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2009 Online-Ressource ebrary online Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Understanding culture
    DDC: 306.01
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    Keywords: Culture Philosophy ; Culture Research ; Culture Study and teaching ; Culture Study and teaching ; Culture Research ; Culture Philosophy ; Ohne direkten Regionalbezug Kultur/Sprache/Kunst ; Theorie/Methodik ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Kultur ; Interdisziplinäre Forschung ; Kulturtheorie ; Kulturwissenschaften
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    Amsterdam [u.a.] : Benjamins
    ISBN: 1282395467 , 9789027210210
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (VIII, 277 S.)
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    Series Statement: Dialogue studies 4
    DDC: 303.48/2
    Keywords: Communication ; Intercultural communication
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    New York : Columbia University Press
    ISBN: 0231146523 , 9780231146524
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xvi, 274 p) , map , 24 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Parallel Title: Print version Thin Places : A Pilgrimage Home
    DDC: 305.89549
    Keywords: Armbrecht, Ann ; Women anthropologists Biography ; Yamphu (Nepalese people) Social life and customs ; Women anthropologists Biography ; Women anthropologists - Nepal - Hedanga ; Hedanga (Nepal) Social life and customs
    Abstract: Thin Places is an eloquent meditation on what it means to move between cultures and how one might finally come home, a particular paradox in a culture that lacks deep ties to the natural world. During the 1990s, Ann Armbrecht, an American anthropologist, made several trips to northeastern Nepal to research how the Yamphu Rai acquired, farmed, and held onto their land; how they perceived their area's recent designation as a national park and conservation area; and whether-as she believed-they held a wisdom about living on the earth that the industrialized West had forgotten. What Armbrecht fou
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part 1; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; Part 2; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; Part 3; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; Part 4; 20; 21; 22; 23; 24; 25; 26; 27; 28; Bibliography
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    Hoboken, NJ : Wiley
    ISBN: 9781848211339 , 0470611987 , 9780470611982
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xvi, 254 p) , map
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: ISTE v.147
    Uniform Title: États-Unis face au défi du développement durable. 〈engl.〉
    Parallel Title: Print version Sustainable Development in the USA
    DDC: 304.6
    Keywords: Environmental policy ; Cities and towns Growth ; Sustainable development ; United States Population
    Abstract: After WWII, the United States of America proposed their way of life, based on an unlimited consumption of land, goods, and energy, as a model for the entire world. Nowadays, this expansionist model has reached its limits. This book provides a comprehensive study of the geographical basis of the American settlements, assuming that part of the U.S. overshooting is related to geography because of harsh climates and the continental size of the Nation, but another part is the result of a cultural habits of expansion and segregation. Urban Sprawl, for instance, is the real Achille's heel of America
    Description / Table of Contents: Sustainable Development in the USA; Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. The American Territory; 1.1. A continent-nation with a dispersed population; 1.2. Major geographical areas; 1.3. Unfavorable climatic factors; 1.4. Physical geography of the US; Chapter 2. Developing the Territory; 2.1. Agricultural regions; 2.2. An agriculture which does not influence settlement; 2.3. The abundance and limits of natural resources; 2.4. Working towards the sustainable management of the American forest; 2.5. Fossil resources-abundance and dependence; 2.6. The case of fossil fuels
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.6.1. The world's second largest producer of coal2.6.2. Oil - a strategic dilemma; 2.6.3. Natural gas - a highly desirable resource; 2.7. Environmental protection; Chapter 3. A Rapidly Growing Population; 3.1. A relatively high fertility rate due to immigration; 3.2. Life expectancy and aging; 3.3. Aging - regional disparities; 3.4. Immigration to the United States of America; 3.5. The country's gateways; Chapter 4. A Multi-ethnic Nation; 4.1. Native peoples; 4.2. A nation of immigrants; 4.3. The African-American question; 4.4. America and Mexico
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.5. Geography of the population of Asian originChapter 5. Regional Dynamics; 5.1. Main features of settlement in the US territory; 5.1.1. The United States in 1930; 5.1.2. America in 1970; 5.1.3. The United States in 2005; 5.2. The dynamics of regional settlement between 1930 and 2005; Chapter 6. Economic Change and Territories; 6.1. A changing economy; 6.2. Economic growth; 6.3. Industrial change; 6.4. A population on the move; 6.5. Migration of retired populations; Chapter 7. A Suburban Nation; 7.1. Urban sprawl; 7.2. Big cities; 7.3. Consequences of urban sprawl on sustainable development
    Description / Table of Contents: 7.4. Urban sprawl is not only a big city phenomenonChapter 8. Urban Fragmentation and Sprawl; 8.1. Social divisions find expression in land use patterns; 8.1.1. Atlanta; 8.1.2. Detroit; 8.1.3. Houston; 8.1.4. Portland; 8.2. The challenge of governance in fragmented metropolitan areas; 8.3. The crisis of cities; Chapter 9. New Orleans in Dangerous Waters; 9.1. The physical components of natural hazards; 9.2. Increased vulnerability from urban sprawl; 9.3. The consequences of a natural disaster; Conclusion; Glossary; References; List of Tables and Figures; Index
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    Chichester, U.K : Wiley-Blackwell
    ISBN: 140513240X , 1405132418 , 9781405132404 , 9781405132411
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxvii, 300 p) , ill., maps
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Parallel Title: Print version Social history of Byzantium
    DDC: 306.09495
    Keywords: Byzantine Empire Social conditions ; Byzantine Empire History ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: With original essays by leading scholars, this book explores the social history of the medieval eastern Roman Empire and offers illuminating new insights into our knowledge of Byzantine society. Provides interconnected essays of original scholarship relating to the social history of the Byzantine empireOffers groundbreaking theoretical and empirical research in the study of Byzantine societyIncludes helpful glossaries of sociological/theoretical terms and Byzantine/medieval terms
    Abstract: With original essays by leading scholars, this book explores the social history of the medieval eastern Roman Empire and offers illuminating new insights into our knowledge of Byzantine society. Provides interconnected essays of original scholarship relating to the social history of the Byzantine empireOffers groundbreaking theoretical and empirical research in the study of Byzantine societyIncludes helpful glossaries of sociological/theoretical terms and Byzantine/medieval terms
    Description / Table of Contents: Towards a social history of Byzantium / John HaldonMen, women, Eunchs: gender, sex, and power / Liz James -- Family structure and the transmission of property / Angeliki E. Laiou -- The social function of the law / Bernard Stolte -- Social relations and the land: the Early Period / Peter Sarris -- Land and power in the Middle and Later Period / Peter Frankopan -- The producing population / Michel Kaplan -- Social elites, wealth, and power / John Haldon -- Court society and aristocracy / Paul Magdalino -- Church and society: iconoclasm and after / Michael Angold -- A monastic world / Alice-Mary Talbot.
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    Chichester, U.K : Wiley-Blackwell
    ISBN: 9781405161596 , 1444311093 , 9781444311099
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xvi, 302 p) , ill
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Parallel Title: Print version The Ethics of Cultural Appropriation
    DDC: 306
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    Keywords: Ethnic relations Political aspects ; Cultural property Social aspects ; Acculturation Political aspects ; Intercultural communication Political aspects ; Ethnic relations Moral and ethical aspects ; Indigenous peoples Civil rights ; Cultural property Protection ; Moral and ethical aspects ; Intercultural communication Moral and ethical aspects ; Acculturation Moral and ethical aspects ; Minorities Civil rights
    Abstract: The Ethics of Cultural Appropriation undertakes a comprehensive and systematic investigation of the moral and aesthetic questions that arise from the practice of cultural appropriation.:.; Explores cultural appropriation in a wide variety of contexts, among them the arts and archaeology, museums, and religion.; Questions whether cultural appropriation is always morally objectionable.; Includes research that is equally informed by empirical knowledge and general normative theory.; Provides a coherent and authoritative perspective gained by the collaboration of philosophers and specialists in th
    Abstract: The Ethics of Cultural Appropriation undertakes a comprehensive and systematic investigation of the moral and aesthetic questions that arise from the practice of cultural appropriation. Explores cultural appropriation in a wide variety of contexts, among them the arts and archaeology, museums, and religionQuestions whether cultural appropriation is always morally objectionableIncludes research that is equally informed by empirical knowledge and general normative theoryProvides a coherent and authoritative perspective gained by the collaboration of philosophers and specialists in the field who
    Description / Table of Contents: The Ethics of Cultural Appropriation; Table of Contents; Ethics of Cultural Appropriation Research Group Members; Preface; Artist Statement; 1: Introduction; 2: Archaeological Finds: Legacies of Appropriation, Modes of Response; 3: The Appropriation of Human Remains: A First Nations Legal and Ethical Perspective; 4: The Repatriation of Human Remains; 5: 'The Skin Off Our Backs' Appropriation of Religion; 6: Genetic Research and Culture: Where Does the Offense Lie?; 7: Appropriation of Traditional Knowledge: Ethics in the Context of Ethnobiology
    Description / Table of Contents: 8: A Broken Record: Subjecting 'Music' to Cultural Rights9: Objects of Appropriation; 10: Do Subaltern Artifacts Belong in Art Museums?; 11: 'Nothing Comes from Nowhere': Reflections on Cultural Appropriation as the Representation of Other Cultures; Index
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    Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press
    ISBN: 0674035089 , 9780674035089 , 9780674054769
    Language: English
    Pages: vii, 307 p. S. , 25 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif. ebrary 2010 Electronic reproduction Available via World Wide Web
    Parallel Title: Print version Disturbing the peace
    DDC: 305.896/073
    Keywords: African Americans History 1877-1964 ; African Americans History 1863-1877 ; Legends History and criticism ; Ballads History and criticism ; African Americans Social life and customs ; African Americans Music ; History and criticism ; Police power History ; Police-community relations History
    Abstract: Includes bibliographical references and index
    Abstract: The Black tradition from Ida B. Wells to Robert Charles -- The strange career of bras-coupé -- Uncle Remus and the Atlanta Police Department -- The Black tradition from George W. Johnson to Ozella Jones
    Description / Table of Contents: The Black tradition from Ida B. Wells to Robert CharlesThe strange career of bras-coupé -- Uncle Remus and the Atlanta Police Department -- The Black tradition from George W. Johnson to Ozella Jones.
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    Washington, D.C. : World Bank
    ISBN: 9780821382073 (Sekundärausgabe)
    Language: English
    Pages: 25 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource World Bank E-Library ISBN 9780821382073 (pbk.)
    Edition: [Online-Ausg.]
    DDC: 305.5/630982
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    Washington, D.C. : World Bank
    ISBN: 0821379240 (Sekundärausgabe) , 9780821379240 (Sekundärausgabe)
    Language: English
    Pages: Ill., col. map , 26 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource World Bank E-Library ISBN 0821379240
    Edition: ISBN 9780821379240
    Edition: [Online-Ausg.]
    Series Statement: A World Bank country study
    DDC: 305.2350982
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    ISBN: 1847883664 , 1847883672 , 1847883680 , 9781847883667 , 9781847883674 , 9781847883681
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (viii, 245 p) , ill
    Edition: English ed
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    Uniform Title: Wann is Mode? 〈engl.〉
    Parallel Title: Print version When clothes become fashion
    DDC: 746.9/2
    Keywords: Aesthetics ; Costume Psychological aspects ; Fashion design ; Clothing trade ; Fashion ; Costume Psychological aspects ; Fashion ; Fashion design ; Aesthetics ; Clothing trade
    Abstract: "When, how and why do clothes become fashion? Fashion is more than mere clothing. It is a moment of invention, a distillation of desire, a reflection of a zeitgeist. It is also economically relevant relying on an intricate network of manufacture, marketing and retail. Fashion is both medium and message but it does not explain itself. It requires language and images for its global mediation. It develops from the prescience of the designer and is dependent on acceptance by observers and wearers alike. When Clothes Become Fashion explores the structures and strategies which underlie fashion innovation, how fashion is perceived and the point at which clothing is accepted or rejected as fashion. The book provides a clear theoretical framework for understanding the system of fashion - its aesthetic premises, plurality of styles, performative impulses, social qualities and economic conditions."--publisher's website
    Description / Table of Contents: Fashion Theory.Does Fashion Need a Theory?Textiles as MaterialClothes as FormFashion as SystemInvention and Innovation.When Is Invention?When Is Creativity?When Is Innovation?When Clothes Become Fashion.When Is Fashion?When Is Fashion Art?When Is Fashion Design?
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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  • 34
    ISBN: 9780230103245
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xiii, 211 p) , ill
    Edition: Springer eBook Collection. Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection
    Keywords: Finance ; Banks and banking ; Macroeconomics ; Finance ; Banks and banking ; Macroeconomics ; Finance ; Banking ; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics
    Abstract: This book is a collection of research papers that contribute to the understanding of ongoing developments in financial institutions and markets both in the United States and globally
    Abstract: This book is a collection of research papers that contribute to the understanding of ongoing developments in financial institutions and markets both in the United States and globally
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  • 35
    ISBN: 9780821379288 , 9780821379301
    Language: French , English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xciii, 234 pages) , illustrations , 26 cm
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Document de travail de la Banque mondiale no. 165
    Series Statement: Le developpement humain en Afrique
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Education and state ; Education
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
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  • 36
    ISBN: 0821380117 , 9780821380116 , 9780821380154
    Language: French
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 125 pages) , illustrations , 26 cm
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Document de travail de la Banque mondiale no. 171
    Series Statement: Le developpement humain en Afrique
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Medical care Finance ; Medical economics ; Public health Finance
    Note: "Ce rapport a ete prepare par une equipe du Ministere de la Sante Publique et de Lutte contre le Sida du Burundi et par une equipe de la Banque mondiale"--P. vii , Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-125) , Foreword in French and English
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  • 37
    ISBN: 0821378201 , 9780821378205
    Language: French
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 139 pages) , illustrations , 25 cm
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Developpement humain en Afrique
    Series Statement: Document de travail de la banque mondiale no. 157
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Education and state ; Education ; Educational planning
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-139)
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  • 38
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    Washington DC : World Bank | Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 0821377450 , 0821377469 , 0821377477 , 9780821377451 , 9780821377468 , 9780821377475
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 195 pages) , illustrations , 23 cm
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Latin American development forum series
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 330.98
    Keywords: Children Government policy ; Children Government policy ; Equality ; Equality ; Caribbean Area Economic conditions 1945- ; Caribbean Area Social conditions 1945- ; Latin America Economic conditions 1982- ; Latin America Social conditions 1982-
    Abstract: Inequality of opportunity : what it is, how it can be measured, and why it matters -- A human opportunity index for children -- Uses and policy applications of the human opportunity index -- Inequality of economic opportunity in seven Latin American countries -- Inequality of opportunity in educational achievement in five Latin American countries.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 39
    ISBN: 9780821375402 , 0821375407 , 9780821375419 , 0821375415
    Language: English
    Pages: xxiv, 251 p.
    Series Statement: Development practice in education
    DDC: 372.1206
    Keywords: Education, Elementary Case studies Costs ; School enrollment Case studies ; Education and state Case studies ; Schulgeld ; Abschaffung ; Afrika ; Afrika ; Fallstudiensammlung ; Afrika ; Schulgeld ; Abschaffung
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 40
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    Washington, DC : World Bank
    ISBN: 9780821377536
    Language: English
    Pages: xxii, 142 p.
    Series Statement: Directions in development (Washington, D.C.)
    DDC: 338.0640951
    Keywords: Technological innovations Economic aspects ; Technology transfer ; Forschung und Entwicklung ; Unternehmen ; China ; China ; Unternehmen ; Forschung und Entwicklung
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-134) and index
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  • 41
    ISBN: 9780821380178 , 9780821380192
    Language: English
    Pages: xlix, 311 p.
    Series Statement: World Bank country study
    DDC: 337.1/729
    Keywords: Free trade
    Note: "Document of the World Bank and the Organization of American States, co-produced with the Governments of CARIFORUM Countries." , Includes bibliographical references
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  • 42
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    Washington, D.C. : World Bank
    ISBN: 9780821378526 , 9780821378533
    Language: English
    Pages: vi, 146 p
    DDC: 336.3435
    Keywords: Geschichte 1900-2000 ; Entwicklungsländer ; Statistik ; Debts, External Statistics ; Debts, External Statistics 20th century
    Note: "From Global Development Finance.". - Includes glossary
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  • 43
    ISBN: 9780821380017 , 082138001X
    Language: English
    Pages: xxxii, 150 p.
    Series Statement: World Bank country study
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 342.6029
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    Keywords: Decentralization in government ; Local government ; Democracy ; Sozialer Wandel ; Dezentralisation ; Sierra Leone ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Sierra Leone ; Sozialer Wandel ; Dezentralisation
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
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  • 44
    ISBN: 9780821379585 , 0821379585
    Language: English
    Pages: xxvi, 127 p.
    DDC: 332.45
    Keywords: World Bank ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Economic assistance ; Economic development
    Note: At head of title: IEG World Bank, IFC, MIGA.. - "Written by Ismail Arslan, with contributions by consultants Ataman Aksoy ... [et al.]"--P. vii , Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-127)
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  • 45
    ISBN: 9780821378724 , 9780821378731
    Language: English
    Pages: vi, 230 p
    DDC: 304.6
    Keywords: Erziehung ; Frau ; Statistik ; Birth control Statistics ; Fertility, Human Statistics ; Reproductive health Statistics ; Sex role Statistics ; Women Statistics ; Women Statistics Education ; Women Statistics Employment ; Women Statistics Health and hygiene ; Women Statistics Political activity
    Note: "From World Development Indicators."
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  • 46
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    Washington, D.C. : World Bank
    ISBN: 9780821380062 , 0821380060 , 9780821380079 , 0821380079
    Language: English
    Pages: xxix, 167 p.
    Series Statement: Directions in development (Washington, D.C.)
    DDC: 338.4/33621009598
    Keywords: Medical economics ; Health care reform ; National health insurance
    Description / Table of Contents: Socioeconomic and health systems context -- Indonesia's health financing system -- Assessment of health financing performance -- Key policy issues, options, and costs -- Policy options : finding resources for health -- Conclusions and next steps
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-159) and index
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  • 47
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    Washington, D. C. : World Bank
    ISBN: 9780821378472 , 9780821378489
    Language: English
    Pages: vi, 234 p
    DDC: 330.90511
    Keywords: Economic development Statistics ; Economic history Statistics 1990- ; Economic indicators ; Social indicators
    Note: "From World Development Indicators."
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  • 48
    ISBN: 9780821377154 , 0821377159 , 9780821377178 , 0821377175
    Language: English
    Pages: xv, 98 p.
    Series Statement: PPIAF trends and policy options no. 6
    DDC: 333.7932
    Keywords: Public utilities Management ; Evaluation ; Electric utilities Management ; Water utilities Management ; Public-private sector cooperation
    Note: "Helping to eliminate poverty through private involvement in infrastructure." , Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-91) and index
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  • 49
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    Washington D.C. : World Bank
    ISBN: 9780821376485 , 0821376489 , 9780821376546 , 0821376543
    Language: English
    Pages: xviii, 236 p.
    DDC: 332.1532091724
    Keywords: World Bank ; Entwicklungsländer ; Gesellschaft ; Economic assistance Social aspects ; Unemployment ; Poverty
    Note: Paralleltitel: Social protection and labor at the World Bank, 2000-2008 , Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 50
    ISBN: 9780821375877 , 0821375873 , 9780821375884 , 0821375881
    Language: English
    Pages: xxiv, 764 p.
    Series Statement: Agriculture and rural development series
    DDC: 338.1082091724
    Keywords: Entwicklungsländer ; Women in agriculture ; Women agricultural laborers ; Agricultural laborers ; Women in agriculture ; Women agricultural laborers ; Agricultural laborers ; Landwirtschaft ; Frau ; Entwicklungsländer ; Entwicklungsländer ; Frau ; Landwirtschaft
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 51
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    Washington, DC : World Bank
    ISBN: 9780821377994 , 082137799X
    Language: English
    Pages: xv, 180 p.
    DDC: 330.91724
    Keywords: Entwicklungsländer ; Weltwirtschaft ; Wirtschaft. Geschichte ; Economic forecasting ; Economic forecasting ; Economic history 1990- ; International economic relations
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
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  • 52
    ISBN: 9780821376454 , 9780821378250
    Language: English
    Pages: xxxiii, 160 p.
    Keywords: Water resources development ; Water-supply ; Wasserversorgung ; Wassermangel ; China ; China ; Wasserversorgung ; China ; Wassermangel
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Water scarcity in China : current situation -- Water resources management in China : an overview of determinant variables -- Improving water governance -- Deepening water rights administration and developing water markets -- Improving efficiency and equity in water pricing -- Protecting ecosystems in river basins through market-oriented eco-compensation instruments -- Controlling water pollution -- Preventing water pollution disasters -- Summary, action plan and issues for the future
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-152) and index
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  • 53
    ISBN: 9780821378021 , 0821378023
    Language: English
    Pages: xxviii, 271 p.
    Series Statement: Directions in development (Washington, D.C.)
    DDC: 362.1
    Keywords: Entwicklungsländer ; Public health personnel Salaries, etc ; Medical economics ; Gesundheitswesen ; Effizienz ; Beschäftigung ; Lohnpolitik ; Produktivität ; Lohnkosten ; Entwicklungsländer ; Entwicklungsländer ; Gesundheitswesen ; Beschäftigung ; Lohnpolitik ; Lohnkosten ; Produktivität ; Effizienz
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 54
    ISBN: 9780821379530 , 9780821379547
    Language: English
    Pages: xix, 288 p
    Series Statement: Law, justice, and development
    DDC: 387
    Keywords: World Bank ; Recht ; International rivers ; Waterways International cooperation ; Water rights (International law) ; Economic development projects Law and legislation ; Water resources development Law and legislation ; Water resources development International cooperation
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 55
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    Washington, D.C. : World Bank
    ISBN: 9780821376683 , 0821376683
    Language: English
    Pages: viii, 145 p.
    Series Statement: World Bank country study
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 338.9611 22
    Keywords: Economic forecasting
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-145)
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  • 56
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    Washington, DC : World Bank
    ISBN: 9780821377543 , 082137754X , 9780821377550 , 0821377558
    Language: English
    Pages: 104 p.
    DDC: 332.1/75086942096
    Keywords: Bank ; Entwicklungsländer ; Financial services industry ; Banks and banking ; Microfinance ; Zugang ; Kreditwesen ; Einwohner ; Entwicklungsländer ; Entwicklungsländer ; Einwohner ; Zugang ; Kreditwesen
    Description / Table of Contents: Overview -- Banking the poor -- Starting to bank -- Adding customer services -- Building branchless banking -- Promoting access to banking -- Extending credit to entrepreneurs -- Increasing disclosure -- Data sources and methodology
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 71-76)
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  • 57
    ISBN: 9780821378007
    Language: English
    Pages: xxvi, 244 p.
    DDC: 362.196979200954
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    Keywords: AIDS (Disease) Economic aspects ; HIV infections Economic aspects ; Südasien
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 58
    ISBN: 9780821377765 , 0821377760
    Language: English
    Pages: xxvii, 187 p.
    Series Statement: Orientations in development
    DDC: 337.56051
    Keywords: Internationale Politik ; International relations ; Außenhandel ; Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Naher Osten ; China ; Indien ; Nordafrika ; Naher Osten ; Nordafrika ; Außenhandel ; Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Indien ; China
    Note: Report prepared by a team led by Miria Pigato , Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-177) and index
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  • 59
    ISBN: 0821377825 , 9780821377826
    Language: English
    Pages: xi, 171 p.
    Series Statement: Health, nutrition, and population series
    DDC: 362.109597
    Keywords: Health care reform ; Health insurance ; Medical care Finance ; Medical policy
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-164) and index
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  • 60
    ISBN: 9780821377901 , 0821377906 , 9780821379141 , 0821379143
    Language: English
    Pages: xxiii, 100 p.
    Series Statement: Agriculture and rural development series
    DDC: 338.3727
    Keywords: Fishery management ; Fishery policy ; Intergovernmental cooperation ; Fischwirtschaft ; Fischereipolitik ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Fischereipolitik ; Fischwirtschaft
    Description / Table of Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-94) and index
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  • 61
    ISBN: 9780821378151
    Language: English
    Pages: xxii, 321 p.
    DDC: 338.4/73621
    Keywords: Medical economics ; Medical fees
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 62
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    Washington DC : World Bank
    ISBN: 9780821379349 , 9780821379554
    Language: English
    Pages: xvii, 282 p.
    DDC: 331.1209172/4
    Keywords: Entwicklungsländer ; Gesellschaft ; Labor market ; Labor Social aspects ; International trade Social aspects ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Globalisierung ; Vergütung ; Internationale Produktion ; Arbeitsbedingungen ; Entwicklungsländer ; Entwicklungsländer ; Globalisierung ; Internationale Produktion ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Arbeitsbedingungen ; Vergütung
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 63
    ISBN: 9780821378885
    Language: English
    Pages: xxii, 338 p
    Series Statement: Directions in development (Washington, D.C.)
    DDC: 362.1091724
    Keywords: Entwicklungsländer ; Medical care ; Public health ; Health services accessibility
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 64
    ISBN: 9780821379196 , 0821379194 , 9780821379233 , 0821379232
    Language: English
    Pages: xxvii, 163 p.
    Series Statement: World Bank working paper no. 163
    DDC: 794.8
    Keywords: Migrant remittances ; Migrant remittances ; Migrant remittances ; Foreign workers, Haitian ; Foreign workers, Jamaican ; Foreign workers Legal status, laws, etc ; Kanada
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
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    ISBN: 0821378686 , 9780821378687 , 9780821378694
    Language: English
    Pages: ix, 43 p.
    DDC: 967.8
    Keywords: National characteristics, Tanzanian
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 36-39)
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  • 66
    ISBN: 9780821378540 , 9780821378564
    Language: English
    Pages: vi, 232 p.
    DDC: 330.9
    Keywords: Statistik ; Wirtschaft. Geschichte ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Economic development Statistics ; Economic history Statistics 21st century ; Economic indicators ; Finance Statistics ; Industrial policy Statistics ; Infrastructure (Economics) Statistics ; Private companies Statistics
    Note: "From World development indicators."
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  • 67
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    Washington, DC : World Bank
    ISBN: 9780821380246
    Language: English
    Pages: xvi, 117 p
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 338.6420984
    Keywords: Small business Management ; Informal sector (Economics) ; Industrial productivity
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
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  • 68
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    Washington, D.C. : Africa Region Human Development Department/World Bank
    ISBN: 9780821381243 , 0821381245 , 9780821381250 , 0821381253
    Language: English
    Pages: xiii, 45 p.
    Series Statement: Africa Region human development series
    Series Statement: World Bank working paper no. 175
    DDC: 344.67/074
    Keywords: Recht ; Education, Higher Law and legislation ; Private universities and colleges Law and legislation
    Note: "William Saint and Christine Lao, March 2009 : This paper expands on an initial survey completed by Christine Lao in April 2007. Both authors served as consultants to the Africa Region Human Development Department of the World Bank. However, the findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are those of the authors alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank or of the governments they represent"---publisher's galley , Includes bibliographical references
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    Washington, D.C. : World Bank
    ISBN: 9780821380529 , 0821380524
    Language: English
    Pages: xxiii, 88 p.
    Series Statement: World Bank country study
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 362.5/820982
    Keywords: Soziale Sicherheit ; Income maintenance programs ; Economic assistance, Domestic ; Social security ; Argentinien
    Description / Table of Contents: Income transfer programs and social protection -- Income support policies in Argentina : origins and development -- Opinions and preferences toward income support -- Income support and the role of the provinces -- Policy options and future challenges -- Reflections, challenges, and policy considerations
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Argentina approaches its bicentennial as an independent republic and has a window of opportunity in social protection policy. Following the most serious economic crisis in its history during 2001-02, the country mobilized an effort to provide income support to the population in need. Now, as growth has returned and social indicators have recovered to pre-crisis levels, there is an opening to move from emergency income support programs to a more comprehensive, long-term, and sustainable strategy for social protection. The emergency response was effective, as it helped the country to overcome the worst of the crisis. The centerpiece of the strategy, plan Jefes y Jefas, provided benefits to nearly two million households during a period when poverty affected more than half the population and unemployment reached record levels. The number of beneficiaries slowly declined beginning in 2003, and was at nearly one-third of its maximum value by early 2008. This reduction was achieved by the reentry of beneficiaries into the formal labor market, the loss of eligibility, and the shift of beneficiaries to familias and seguro de capacitacion y empleo (Seguro), the successor programs to Jefes. Now that the crisis has passed, the policy debate has shifted toward the future of social protection over the longer term. The improvement in overall economic conditions since 2003 has resulted in a decline in unemployment, poverty, and inequality, and a recovery of formal employment and real salaries to pre-crisis levels. These positive trends have generated opportunities to consider longer-term and structural issues, including a debate over the future of whether this new type of noncontributory social policies, based on income transfers to households and individuals, should continue.--Publisher's description
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  • 70
    ISBN: 9780821378748 , 0821378740 , 9780821378755 , 0821378759
    Language: English
    Pages: xxii, 451 p.
    DDC: 336.3/435091724
    Keywords: Entwicklungsländer ; Debt relief ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Auslandsschulden ; Debt Management ; Schuldenerlass ; Entwicklungsländer ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Entwicklungsländer ; Auslandsschulden ; Schuldenerlass ; Debt Management ; Nachhaltigkeit
    Note: "This book is the outcome of a conference titled 'Debt relief and beyond: a World Bank conference on debt and development,' held in October 2008 at the World Bank in Washington, D.C."--Preface , Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 71
    ISBN: 9780821378502 , 0821378503
    Language: English
    Pages: xxxix, 127 p.
    DDC: 333.79
    Keywords: World Bank ; Weltbankgruppe ; Energy policy Environmental aspects ; Climatic changes Economic aspects ; Climatic changes Government policy ; Greenhouse gas mitigation ; Economic development Environmental aspects ; Environmental policy ; Klimaänderung ; Weltbankgruppe ; Klimaänderung
    Description / Table of Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-127)
    Note: At head of title: IEG World Bank. - "Kenneth Chomitz was the evaluation manager and main author for this study"--P. xiii
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  • 72
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Financial Sector Assessment Program
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Abstract: This note focuses on the deposit insurance scheme. An analysis of the Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA) is provided to the extent that it is relevant to the management of the deposit insurance scheme and no detail analysis of the other functions performed by the DIA, e.g. bank resolution, is included. Policy recommendations on the bank resolution are included in the Aide Memoire. DIA revenue sources are volatile and Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) related revenues are used to subsidize non-DIF related activities. The legal framework is ambiguous as to whether DIF resources can be used to cover running costs of the DIA. To improve transparency and ensure sustainability of the DIF, the legal framework should be amended to clarify the use of DIF resources and cap use for operating costs. The authorities should develop a medium term strategy for the DIA, including a funding strategy for non-DIF related activities
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    ISBN: 9780821377093 , 0821377094 , 9780821377109 , 0821377108
    Language: English
    Pages: xviii, 128 p
    Series Statement: PPIAF trends and policy options no. 7
    DDC: 333.16
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) Finance ; Public land sales ; Land use, Urban ; Infrastrukturinvestition ; Grundstücksveräußerung ; Finanzierung ; Infrastrukturinvestition ; Finanzierung ; Grundstücksveräußerung
    Note: "Helping to eliminate poverty through private involvement in infrastructure." , Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-117) and index
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    ISBN: 0821376039 , 9780821376034
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 atlas (144 pages)) , col. illustrations, color maps , 25 cm
    Edition: 2nd ed
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 338.9/0022/3
    Keywords: Economic development Statistics ; Economic indicators Maps ; Environmental indicators Maps ; Globalization Statistics ; Population Maps ; Social indicators Maps
    Abstract: Classification of economies -- Rich and poor -- People -- Education -- Health -- Economy -- Environment -- Statistics.
    Note: "... International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank; design HarperCollins Publishers"--T.p. verso , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9780821381571 , 9780821381588
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xv, 200 p) , ill , 23 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 307.1/2160981
    Keywords: Regional economics ; Regional planning ; Urban economics ; Regional economics ; Regional planning ; Urban economics ; Regional economics ; Regional planning ; Urban economics ; Brazil ; Brazil ; Brazil Economic policy 2003- ; Brazil Economic policy 2003-
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-190) and index
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    ISBN: 0821381679 , 0821381687 , 9780821381670 , 9780821381687
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xiv, 106 p) , 26 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: World Bank working paper no. 179
    DDC: 333.3/24
    Keywords: Petroleum Prospecting ; Petroleum industry and trade ; Petroleum Prospecting ; Petroleum industry and trade
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    ISBN: 082138077X , 9780821380772
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxx, 100 p) , ill., map , 23 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Directions in development. Human development
    DDC: 363.8/56
    Keywords: Malnutrition ; Nutrition policy ; Malnutrition ; Nutrition policy ; Cost-Benefit Analysis ; Health Resources economics ; Malnutrition economics ; Malnutrition prevention & control ; Nutrition Policy economics ; Malnutrition ; Nutrition policy ; Cost-Benefit Analysis ; Health Resources ; Malnutrition ; Malnutrition ; Nutrition Policy
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction : why scale up?Methodology : estimating the costs -- What will it cost and what are the potential benefits? -- Phasing the scale-up.
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    ISBN: 0821375075 , 0821376772 , 9780821375075 , 9780821376775
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxxiv, 491 p) , ill , 26 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 368.38/2
    Keywords: Health insurance Economic aspects ; Health insurance Economic aspects ; Health Expenditures ; Insurance, Health economics ; Models, Econometric ; Private Sector ; World Health ; Health insurance ; Health Expenditures ; Economic aspects ; Insurance, Health ; Models, Econometric ; Developing countries ; economics ; Private Sector ; World Health
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction : strength in numbers / Alexander S. Preker, Onno P. Schellekens, and Marianne LindnerSix regions, one story / Denis Drechsler and Johannes P. Jütting -- From theory to practice / Peter Zweifel -- Chile / Ricardo Bitrán and Rodrigo Muñoz -- Egypt / Heba Nassar and Sameh El-Saharty -- South Africa / Michael Thiede, Vimbayi Mutyambizi -- Thailand / Siripen Supakankunti -- Turkey / Anna Cederberg Heard and Ajay Mahal -- United States / M. Kate Bundorf and Mark V. Pauly -- China / Teh-Wei Hu and Xiao-hua Ying -- Brazil / Bernard F. Couttolenc and Alexandre C. Nicolella -- India / Peter A. Berman, Rajeev Ahuja, and Vijaysekar Kalavakonda -- Nigeria / Obinna Onwujekwe and Edit V. Velényi -- Slovenia / Maks Tajnikar and Petra Došenovič Bonča -- Republic of Korea / Kee Taig Jung.
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4808
    Parallel Title: Gorodnichenko, Yuriy Globalization and innovation in emerging markets
    Keywords: Globalization ; Technological innovations ; Globalization ; Technological innovations
    Abstract: "Globalization brings opportunities and pressures for domestic firms in emerging markets to innovate and improve their competitive position. Using data on firms in 27 transition economies, the authors test for the effects of globalization through the impact of increased competition and foreign direct investment on domestic firms' efforts to innovate (raise their capability) by upgrading their technology, improving the quality of their product or service, or acquiring certification. They find that competition has a negative effect on innovation, especially for firms further from the efficiency frontier, and we do not find support for an inverted U effect of competition on innovation. The authors show that the supply chain of multinational enterprises and international trade are important channels for domestic firms' innovation. They detect no evidence that firms in a more pro-business environment are more likely to display a positive or inverted U relationship between competition and innovation, or that they are more sensitive to foreign presence. "--World Bank web site
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4812
    Parallel Title: Kudo, Ines Measuring beginner reading skills
    Keywords: Education ; Reading ; Education ; Reading
    Abstract: "Based on analysis of reading performance data from 475 third-graders in Peru, this study makes recommendations on improving reading tests, choice of reading standards, and how to present the results at the school and individual levels. The paper reviews the literature on using reading skills measurement in the early grades to guide policymaking, strengthen accountability, and improve education quality. It uses data generated from the same students using two common approaches to measuring reading skills: an individually-administered oral fluency test, and a group-administered written comprehension test designed by the Ministry of Education for the 2006 universal standard test of second grade reading comprehension. These two approaches have sometimes been presented as competing alternatives, but the paper shows that it is better if they are used together, as complements. Based on psychometric analysis, the paper shows that both the oral and written tests adequately measured students' reading abilities. The results show that reading fluency and comprehension are correlated: fluent readers are more likely to understand what they read than non-fluent readers. The strength of the fluency-comprehension relationship depends on the level of fluency, the difficulty of the questions, and social characteristics of the school. The paper recommends using improved versions of both tests to evaluate early grade reading skills, as a central element of a system of accountability for results. It proposes a model for reporting test results desgned to highlight the importance of reading standards, mobilize the education community to reach them, track progress, and identify students in need of extra support. "--World Bank web site
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4817
    Parallel Title: Iarossi, Giuseppe The investment climate in 16 Indian states
    Keywords: Investments States ; Investments States
    Abstract: "In this paper, the author attempts to identify the characteristics of the business climate in India that can help explain the different performance of individual states in terms of investment and growth. The paper develops a new Investment Climate Index aimed at summarizing the aspects of the business environment that entrepreneurs consider when deciding whether to invest. Using this index, the author explores the investment climate in several typologies of Indian states and identify the key features of a poor business environment in India. The analysis shows that infrastructure and institutions remain the main bottlenecks in the country's private sector development. More specifically, power, transportation, corruption, tax regulations, and theft are major factors explaining the poor business environment in some Indian states. Infrastructure appears to be the single most important constraint, as it is particularly binding in states that show low levels of domestic investment and GDP growth. "--World Bank web site
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4821
    Parallel Title: Wagstaff, Adam Social health insurance vs. tax-financed health systems
    Keywords: Health insurance ; Health insurance
    Abstract: "This paper exploits the transitions between tax-financed health care and social health insurance in the OECD countries over the period 1960-2006 to assess the effects of adopting social health insurance over tax finance on per capita health spending, amenable mortality, and labor market outcomes. The paper uses regression-based generalizations of difference-in-differences and instrumental variables to address the possible endogeneity of a country's health system. It finds that adopting social health insurance in preference to tax financing increases per capita health spending by 3-4 percent, reduces the formal sector share of employment by 8-10 percent, and reduces total employment by as much as 6 percent. For the most part, social health insurance adoption has no significant impact on amenable mortality, but for one cause-breast cancer among women-social health insurance systems perform significantly worse, with 5-6 percent more potential years of life lost. "--World Bank web site
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4825
    Parallel Title: Obermaier, Andreas J Cross-border purchases of health services
    Keywords: Medical care ; Medical care ; Medical care ; Medical care
    Abstract: "This paper explores the structure of cross-border health purchasing between Austria and Hungary and determines the size of this phenomenon as well as the barriers to a further increase. Austrian patients may receive health care treatment in Hungary in three different ways. First, patients may receive benefits in the context of the European Community Regulations 1408/71 and 574/72 (Category I patients). Second, outside those regulatory structures, Austrian patients travel to Hungary to receive medical treatment, especially dental treatment, and then seek reimbursement from their Austrian insurance (Category II patients). Third, some patients receive medical treatment in Hungary outside both schemes (Category III patients). There are about 42,500 Category I patients per year; and 58,000 Category II patients world-wide per year. An unknown but supposedly greater number of patients travel to Hungary to receive mainly dental treatment and cosmetic surgery (Category III). Most health actors in both Austria and Hungary do not regard cross-border purchasing of health services as having cost-saving effects. They put forward major legal, institutional, political, and psychological barriers, which inhibit public and private Austrian providers, to facilitate trade in health care and which inhibit individual patients to realize cost savings through capitalizing on lower health care prices in Hungary. Therefore, for the time being, trade in health care and patient mobility between Austria and Hungary is a circumscribed phenomenon in terms of quantities, and it will most probably remain so in the near future. "--World Bank web site
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4829
    Parallel Title: Hostland, Doug Low-income countries' access to private debt markets
    Keywords: Debts, External ; Loans, Foreign ; Debts, External ; Loans, Foreign
    Abstract: "Private debt flows to developing countries surged to record levels over the period 2003-07. A few low-income countries have gained access to the international bond market but the bulk of the flows have continued to go to just a few large middle-income countries. Most low-income countries still heavily depend on concessional loans and grants from the official sector to meet their financing needs. The paper provides an overview of low-income countries' access to cross-border bank lending and bond issuance in the international market over the past few decades. It highlights some stylized facts that characterize salient features of low-income countries' experience in external borrowing from the private sector and discusses the various factors that influence governments' and corporations' decisions to seek external financing along with creditors' decisions to provide the financing. The paper concludes by assessing the prospects for low-income countries' access to private debt markets over the medium term. "--World Bank web site
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4833
    Parallel Title: Ferre, Celine Age at first child
    Keywords: Education ; Fertility, Human ; Teenage pregnancy ; Education ; Fertility, Human ; Teenage pregnancy
    Abstract: "Completing additional years of education necessarily entails spending more time in school. There is naturally a rather mechanical effect of schooling on fertility if women tend not to have children while continuing to attend high school or college, thus delaying the beginning of and shortening their reproductive life. This paper uses data from the Kenyan Demographic and Health Surveys of 1989, 1993, 1998, and 2003 to uncover the impact of staying one more year in school on teenage fertility. To get around the endogeneity issue between schooling and fertility preferences, the analysis uses the 1985 Kenyan education reform as an instrument for years of education. The authors find that adding one more year of education decreases by at least 10 percentage points the probability of giving birth when still a teenager. The probability of having one's first child before age 20, when having at least completed primary education, is about 65 percent; therefore, for this means a reduction of about 15 percent in teenage fertility rates for this group. One additional year of school curbs the probability of becoming a mother each year by 7.3 percent for women who have completed at least primary education, and 5.6 percent for women with at least a secondary degree. These results (robust to a wide array of specifications) are of crucial interest to policy and decision makers who set up health and educational policies. This paper shows that investing in education can have positive spillovers on health. "--World Bank web site
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4846
    Parallel Title: Das Gupta, Monica Is there an incipient turnaround in Asia's "missing girls" phenomenon ?
    Keywords: Sex of children, Parental preferences for ; Sex ratio ; Sex of children, Parental preferences for ; Sex ratio
    Abstract: "The apparently inexorable rise in the proportion of "missing girls" in much of East and South Asia has attracted much attention amongst researchers and policy-makers. An encouraging trend was suggested by the case of South Korea, where child sex ratios were the highest in Asia but peaked in the mid-1990s and normalized thereafter. Using census data, we examine whether similar trends have begun to manifest themselves in the two large populous countries of this region, China and India. The data indicate that child sex ratios are peaking in these countries, and in many sub-national regions are beginning to trend towards less masculinization. This suggests that, with continuing vigorous efforts to reduce son preference, the "missing girls" phenomenon could be addressed in Asia. "--World Bank web site
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4865
    Parallel Title: Lloyd, P. J Global distortions to agricultural markets
    Keywords: Agricultural prices ; Agriculture Economic aspects ; Agriculture and state ; Agricultural prices ; Agriculture Economic aspects ; Agriculture and state
    Abstract: "Despite recent reforms, world agricultural markets remain highly distorted by government policies. Traditional indicators of those price distortions can be poor guides to the policies' economic effects. Recent theoretical literature provides indicators of trade and welfare-reducing effects of price and trade policies which this paper builds on to develop more-satisfactory indexes. The authors exploit a new Agricultural Distortion database to generate estimates of them for developing and high-income countries over the past half century. These better approximations of the trade and welfare effects of sector policies are generated without a formal model of global markets or even price elasticity estimates. "--World Bank web site
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4870
    Parallel Title: Fernandes, Ana Margarida Professional services and development
    Keywords: Professional education ; Professions ; Professional education ; Professions
    Abstract: "Professional skills are scarce in Mozambique, even by the standards of low-income countries. The solution, however, is not necessarily to create more Mozambican training institutions but to address market-specific problems. Where skills are already the binding constraint (for example, in auditing and engineering), policy action is indeed needed to remedy supply-side problems: capital market imperfections that inhibit investment in training institutions by entrepreneurs and in education by individuals; weakness in upstream school education, which handicaps Mozambican students in their pursuit of higher education; inadequacies in professional education and training, including curricula not attuned to industry needs; and a fragmentation of the regional education market by regulatory and language differences that prevent the emergence of regional institutions that can exploit economies of scale.Where skills may be limited but are not yet the binding constraint, the priority is to stimulate demand for appropriate skills. In this respect, the emergence of professional guilds offers opportunities, but also creates risks. The guilds can design, with government support, a regulatory framework, for example, in accounting and basic engineering, which is more attuned to the needs of Mozambican firms. They can also help make firms more aware of the benefits of professional help, for example, in accounting and information technology. The risk is that guilds will create unnecessary regulatory barriers to entry, particularly for foreign or foreign-trained professionals. Greater coherence between policies affecting professional services and international migration policy can help deal with both supply-side and demand-side problems. "--World Bank web site
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  • 89
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4873
    Parallel Title: Coolidge, Jacqueline G Small businesses in South Africa
    Keywords: Small business Taxation ; Small business Taxation
    Abstract: "The authors use firm-level survey data on 998 small and medium enterprises registered for tax in South Africa regarding tax compliance costs to investigate the use of outsourcing to complete tax compliance tasks. Overall, about 43 percent of the enterprises do all their tax compliance work in-house, 11 percent outsource all their tax compliance work, and the remaining 46 percent use a combination of both ("partial outsourcing"). The data display an inverted-U shape for outsourcing of tax compliance tasks: the smallest firms (those under R 300,000 turnover or well under US
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  • 90
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4877
    Parallel Title: Jack, William Health investments and economic growth
    Keywords: Economic development Health aspects ; Health Social aspects ; Medical economics ; Economic development Health aspects ; Health Social aspects ; Medical economics
    Abstract: "This paper reviews the correlations and potential links between health and economic growth and summarizes the evidence on the role of government in improving health status. At the macroeconomic level, the evidence of an impact of health on growth remains ambiguous due both to difficulties in measuring health, and to the methodological challenges of identifying causal links. The evidence on the micro linkages from health investments to productivity and income are robust. Progress in life expectancy over the past two centuries has been spectacular, fueled by: improved agriculture that has increased food quantity; knowledge of disease transmission, and effective public health interventions that have controlled communicable diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, and hookworm; and, most recently and importantly, investments in very young children that pay off in healthier and more productive adults. Whether public investments in medical care affect health hinges on the quality of health institutions. In much of the developing world, factors such as chronic absenteeism among public providers, poor budget execution, ineffective management, and virtually no accountability weaken public efforts. Institutional issues are central in efforts to enhance public health investments, which in turn have a direct impact on the population's welfare and, perhaps over the long term, improvements in national income. "--World Bank web site
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4888
    Parallel Title: Loayza, Norman Informality in Latin America and the Caribbean
    Keywords: Informal sector (Economics ; Informal sector (Economics ; Informal sector (Economics ; Informal sector (Economics
    Abstract: "This paper studies the causes and consequences of informality and applies the analysis to countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. It starts with a discussion on the definition and measures of informality, as well as on the reasons why widespread informality should be of great concern. The paper analyzes informality's main determinants, arguing that informality is not single-caused but results from the combination of poor public services, a burdensome regulatory regime, and weak monitoring and enforcement capacity by the state. This combination is especially explosive when the country suffers from low educational achievement and features demographic pressures and primary production structures. Using cross-country regression analysis, the paper evaluates the empirical relevance of each determinant of informality. It then applies the estimated relationships to most countries in Latin America and the Caribbean in order to assess the country-specific relevance of each proposed mechanism. "--World Bank web site
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4892
    Parallel Title: Creskoff, Stephen Implications of WTO disciplines for special economic zones in developing countries
    Keywords: World Trade Organization ; World Trade Organization ; Export processing zones ; Industrial districts ; Export processing zones ; Industrial districts
    Abstract: "Many developing countries operate geographically delineated economic areas in the form of export processing zones, special industrial zones, or free trade zones. This paper provides an overview of the application of World Trade Organization disciplines to incentive programs typically employed by developing countries in connection with such special economic zone programs. The analysis finds that the disciplines under the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures have the most immediate relevance for middle-income World Trade Organization members that are not exempt for certain "grandfathered" programs, but will also concern other developing countries in the future, as their exemption expires or their per-capita income passes a threshold of US
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4901
    Parallel Title: Available in another form Sea-level rise and storm surges
    Keywords: Global warming ; Natural disasters ; Storm surges ; Global warming ; Natural disasters ; Storm surges
    Abstract: "An increase in sea surface temperature is evident at all latitudes and in all oceans. The current understanding is that ocean warming plays a major role in intensified cyclone activity and heightened storm surges. The vulnerability of coastlines to intensified storm surges can be ascertained by overlaying Geographic Information System information with data on land, population density, agriculture, urban extent, major cities, wetlands, and gross domestic product for inundation zones likely to experience more intense storms and a 1 meter sea-level rise. The results show severe impacts are likely to be limited to a relatively small number of countries and a cluster of large cities at the low end of the international income distribution. "--World Bank web site
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4820
    Parallel Title: Kuegler, Alice A curse of comparison?
    Keywords: Income ; Income
    Abstract: "This paper proposes that individuals care about the relative income of proximate reference groups. Making use of self-reported life satisfaction as a proxy for unobservable utility, the relative income of siblings is tested for relevance as a reference point for new sample data from Venezuela. Having greater perceived income than one's siblings is found to be positively linked to individual life satisfaction. This evidence supplements the scarce economic research on reference groups, supporting the hypothesis that individuals with proximate characteristics and resembling opportunities in life serve as points of comparison. "--World Bank web site
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  • 95
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4823
    Parallel Title: Kenny, Charles Why do people die in earthquakes?
    Keywords: Earthquakes ; Earthquakes
    Abstract: "Every year, around 60,000 people die worldwide in natural disasters. The majority of the deaths are caused by building collapse in earthquakes, and the great majority occurs in the developing world. This is despite the fact that engineering solutions exist that can almost completely eliminate the risk of such deaths. Why is this? The engineering solutions are both expensive and technically demanding, so that the benefit-cost ratio of such solutions is often unfavorable compared with other interventions designed to save lives in developing countries. Nonetheless, a range of public disaster risk-reduction interventions (including construction activities) are highly cost effective. The fact that such interventions often remain unimplemented or ineffectively executed points to a role for issues of political economy. Building regulations in developing countries appear to have limited impact in many cases, perhaps because of limited capacity and the impact of corruption. Public construction is often of low quality - perhaps for similar reasons. This suggests approaches that emphasize simple and limited disaster risk regulation covering only the most at-risk structures and that (preferably) can be monitored by non-experts. It also suggests a range of transparency and oversight mechanisms for public construction projects. "--World Bank web site
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  • 96
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4909
    Parallel Title: Yamauchi, Futoshi Risks, ex-ante actions and public assistance
    Keywords: Education ; Human capital ; Natural disasters ; Education ; Human capital ; Natural disasters
    Abstract: "This paper examines the impacts of natural disasters on schooling investments with special focus on the roles of ex-ante actions and ex-post responses using panel data from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Malawi. The importance of ex-ante actions depends on disaster risks and the likelihood of public assistance, which potentially creates substitution between the two actions. The findings show that higher future probabilities of disasters increase the likelihood of holding more human capital and/or livestock relative to land, and this asset-portfolio effect is significant in disaster prone areas. The empirical results support the roles of both ex-ante and ex-post responses (public assistance) in coping with disasters, but also show interesting variations across countries. In Ethiopia, public assistance plays a more important role than ex-ante actions to mitigate the impact of shocks on child schooling. In contrast, households in Malawi rely more on private ex-ante actions than public assistance. The Bangladesh example shows active roles of both ex-ante and ex-post actions. These observations are consistent with the finding on the relationship between ex-ante actions and disaster risks. The results also show that among ex-ante actions, human capital accumulated in the household prior to disasters helps mitigate the negative effects of disasters in both the short and long runs. "--World Bank web site
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4822
    Parallel Title: V. Del Carpio, Ximena Leveling the intra-household playing field
    Keywords: Child labor ; Transfer payments ; Child labor ; Transfer payments
    Abstract: "This paper analyzes changes in the allocation of child labor within the household in reaction to exogenous shocks created by a social program in Nicaragua. The paper shows that households that randomly received a conditional cash transfer compensated for some of the intra-household differences, as they reduced child labor more for older boys who used to work more and for boys who were further behind in school. The results also show that households that randomly received a productive investment grant, in addition to the basic conditional cash transfer benefits, both targeted at women, show an increased specialization of older girls in nonagricultural and domestic work, but no overall increase in girls' child labor. The findings suggest that time allocation and specialization patterns in child labor within the household are important factors to understand the impact of a social program. "--World Bank web site
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4809
    Parallel Title: Urdapilleta, Eduardo Banking in Brazil
    Keywords: Banks and banking ; Banks and banking
    Abstract: " The objective of this paper is to analyze the industry structure of banking services in Brazil in order to shed light on financial performance and its drivers at a disaggregated level. The study illustrates how differences across market segments - which tend to be averaged out in aggregate analysis - need to be taken into account when analyzing performance and designing public policy for the banking sector. In particular, retail banking is found to be less sensitive to price competition and to exhibit considerably higher returns than corporate banking. The authors identify and discuss the factors underlying revenues, costs, and risks in each market segment, and conclude with policy implications. "--World Bank web site
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4864
    Parallel Title: Lloyd, P. J How do agricultural policy restrictions to global trade and welfare differ across commodities ?
    Keywords: Agricultural subsidies ; Agriculture and state ; Agricultural subsidies ; Agriculture and state
    Abstract: "For decades the world's agricultural markets have been highly distorted by national government policies, but very differently for different commodities. Hence a weighted average across countries of nominal rates of assistance or consumer tax equivalents for a product can be misleading as an indicator of the trade or welfare effects of policies affecting that product's global market. This is especially the case when some countries tax and others subsidize its production or consumption. This article develops a new set of more-satisfactory indicators for that purpose, drawing on the recent literature on trade restrictiveness indexes. It then exploits a global agricultural distortions database recently compiled by the World Bank to generate the first set of estimates of those two indicators for each of 28 key agricultural commodities from 1960 to 2004, based on a sample of 75 countries that together account for more than three-quarters of the world's production of those agricultural commodities. These reveal the considerable extent of reforms in agricultural policies of developing as well as high-income countries over the past two decades. "--World Bank web site
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    Language: English
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    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4868
    Parallel Title: Van Kooten, G. C Wind power development
    Keywords: Wind power ; Wind power
    Abstract: "This study reviews the prospects of wind power at the global level. Existing studies indicate that the earth's wind energy supply potential significantly exceeds global energy demand. Yet, only 1 percent of the global electricity demand is currently derived from wind power despite 40 percent annual growth in wind generating capacity over the past 25 years. More than 98 percent of total current wind power capacity is installed in the developed countries plus China and India. It has been estimated that wind power could supply 7 to 34 percent of global electricity needs by 2050. However, wind power faces a large number of technical, economic, financial, institutional, market, and other barriers. To overcome these barriers, many countries have employed various policy instruments, including capital subsidies, tax incentives, tradable energy certificates, feed-in tariffs, grid access guarantees and mandatory standards. Besides these policies, climate change mitigation initiatives resulting from the Kyoto Protocol (e.g., CO2-emission reduction targets in developed countries and the Clean Development Mechanism in developing countries) have played a significant role in promoting wind power. "--World Bank web site
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