Based on biographical data on more than 2,500 individuals in China's thirty provincial units from the beginning of the People's Republic in 1949, this is the most comprehensive and systematic treatmen
Everyone who aspires to more effective public service should read this book. It provides a compelling antidote to the managerial focus of theory and practice in public administration. Written with the
At a time of doubt and concern about government and its capacity to serve the public, this book highlights the critical skills and practices that characterize good leadership and good managementAutho
Lantos (business administration, Stonehill College) offers an introduction to consumer behavior for students in consumer marketing that contains various types of in-class and written applications exer
Summarising the democratic experience in modern Western civilisation, this text defines the term and looks at its changing meanings over the past two centuries or so. It records criticisms, and is esp
In this updated edition of a text intended for introductory courses in money, banking, or financial markets analysis, Burton and Brown (economists at California State U., Pomona) cover the causes of t
Incorporating recent findings by leading Southwest scholars as well as original research, this book takes a fresh new look at the history of Spanish missions in northern Mexico/the American Southwest
"(The novels) depict Japanese business as nasty and businessmen as villains. As the books sell in large numbers in Japan this is presumably how ordinary Japanese view the driving force of the
Courses in management research have traditionally focused on quantitative techniques, and no available text adequately covers the many different perspectives within the qualitative model or shows whic
This far-reaching study shows that operating efficiencies are not what are driving today's unrelenting bank merger mania. It suggests that bank mergers and consolidation may have effects that are cont
The contributors to this volume examine the critical linguistic/discursive techniques of postmodernists and constructivists, and apply them to international relations.
Two new industries have been added to the third edition: casino gambling and nursing home industry. The 14 studies are designed for courses in industrial organization, and include details of the hist
The founder and editor of Economic Development Quarterly suggests that US industrial policy is more deeply ingrained in overall policy than conservatives think, more regular than liberals think, is
Journalist Dickerson presents an investigative history of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, created by the state legislature in the 1950s with the goal of preventing integration in Mississ
This collection of 150 ancient Russian animal tales illustrates all 119 animal tale types. They feature forest animals and domestic animals. Fish and birds appear less often, and humans play a minor r
Based on a set of papers prepared for a spring 1995 conference held at Massey College, University of Toronto, reflecting collaboration and discussion among specialists in law and justice in tsarist Ru
Always awe-inspiring, mountainous areas contain hundreds of millions of years of history, stretching back to the earliest continental landforms. This book shows how mountains are characterized by thei
Primarily treating the historical experience of the United States in the 1940s, but providing some global context, a little less than 600 alphabetical entries offer brief descriptions of particular hi
The essays in this volume assess key aspects of Soviet society and social policy under Gorbachev. It provides a survey of Soviet family problems and demographic change, economic and labour policy, the
Wetlands encompass a diversity of habitats that rely on the presence of water to survive. Over the last two centuries, these hard-to-reach areas have been viewed with disdain or eliminated by a public
