Policy & Current Events Books


World Class Worldwide: Transforming Research Universities in Asia and Latin AmericaWorld Class Worldwide: Transforming Research Universities in Asia and Latin America
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Nations with strong research universities are better able to compete in the international...
Economic Justice in an Unfair World: Toward a Level Playing FieldEconomic Justice in an Unfair World: Toward a Level Playing Field
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Recent years have seen a growing number of activists, scholars, and even policymakers claiming...
Africa's Stalled Development: International Causes and CuresAfrica's Stalled Development: International Causes and Cures
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Scott Straus is a certifiable genius when it comes to genocide. His class was the most...
The Politics of Free Markets: The Rise of Neoliberal Economic Policies in Britain, France, Germany, and the United StatesThe Politics of Free Markets: The Rise of Neoliberal Economic Policies in Britain, France, Germany, and the United States
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This book is well-written. It seeks to explain why the state was rolled back further in the US...
Empowerment: The Politics of Alternative DevelopmentEmpowerment: The Politics of Alternative Development
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This book provides an astute account of alternative approaches to city politics other than the...


The War Against Population: The Economics and Ideology of World Population ControlThe War Against Population: The Economics and Ideology of World Population Control
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How many children do you have? Can you imagine paying school costs, college fees, dressing,...
Capitalism in Crisis: Globalization and World Politics TodayCapitalism in Crisis: Globalization and World Politics Today
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Inspiration is so important, especially when one is part of a society controlled by monkeys and...
The Nature and Logic of CapitalismThe Nature and Logic of Capitalism
Robert Heilbroner analyzes perfectly the mechanisms of the modern capitalist system: the driving...
The Economics of Adjustment and Growth: Second EditionThe Economics of Adjustment and Growth: Second Edition
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This book provides a systematic and coherent framework for understanding the interactions...
Trouble in Paradise: Globalization and Environmental Crises in Latin AmericaTrouble in Paradise: Globalization and Environmental Crises in Latin America
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I've been in business, been involved with ecology and cultural survival and I've traveled in and...


Trouble in Paradise: Globalization and Environmental Crises in Latin AmericaTrouble in Paradise: Globalization and Environmental Crises in Latin America
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I've been in business, been involved with ecology and cultural survival and I've traveled in and...
The Road from Serfdom: The Economic and Political Consequences of the End of CommunismThe Road from Serfdom: The Economic and Political Consequences of the End of Communism
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The title of "The Road from Serfdom" was styled after "The Road to Serfdom"...
New Regional Development Paradigms: Volume 1, Globalization and the New Regional Development (Contributions in Economics and Economic History)New Regional Development Paradigms: Volume 1, Globalization and the New Regional Development (Contributions in Economics and Economic History)
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The era of globalization is creating profound changes in global relationships, changes that are...
Hypocrisy Trap: The World Bank and the Poverty of ReformHypocrisy Trap: The World Bank and the Poverty of Reform
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As the preeminent international development agency for the past sixty years, the World Bank has...
AIDS and the Ecology of PovertyAIDS and the Ecology of Poverty
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AIDS and the Ecology of Poverty combines the insights of economics and biology to explain the...

India Booms: The Breathtaking Development and Influence of Modern IndiaIndia Booms: The Breathtaking Development and Influence of Modern India
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India will soon rival China, and perhaps the United States, on the world stage. This accessible,...
The Market Economy: A ReaderThe Market Economy: A Reader
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This is a mix of two things - first, it is a good set of readings from key economic thinkers -...
Dreams Come Due: Government and Economics As If Freedom MatteredDreams Come Due: Government and Economics As If Freedom Mattered
The pseudonymous author of this entertaining and insightful book bases his analysis on three...
Selected Writings of Judith Sargent Murray (Women Writers in English, 1350-1850)Selected Writings of Judith Sargent Murray (Women Writers in English, 1350-1850)
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As a novelist, essayist, dramatist, and poet, Judith Sargent Murray candidly and often...
Progress against Poverty: Sustaining Mexico's Progresa-Oportunidades ProgramProgress against Poverty: Sustaining Mexico's Progresa-Oportunidades Program
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Levy was the Mexican minister who ran a vital government program, Progress Opportunities. It...

Global Monitoring Report 2008: MDGs and the Environment: Agenda for Inclusive and Sustainable Development (Global Monitoring Report) (Global Monitoring Report)Global Monitoring Report 2008: MDGs and the Environment: Agenda for Inclusive and Sustainable Development (Global Monitoring Report) (Global Monitoring Report)
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Global Monitoring Report 2008, the fifth in an annual series, is essential reading for those who...
The Impact of Macroeconomic Policies on Poverty and Income Distribution: Macro-Micro Evaluation Techniques and Tools (Equity and Development) (Equity and Development)The Impact of Macroeconomic Policies on Poverty and Income Distribution: Macro-Micro Evaluation Techniques and Tools (Equity and Development) (Equity and Development)
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A companion to the bestseller, The Impact of Economic Policies on Poverty and Income...
Best Development Practices: Doing the Right Thing and Making Money at the Same TimeBest Development Practices: Doing the Right Thing and Making Money at the Same TimeAn Almost Practical Step Toward Sustainability (Rff Press)An Almost Practical Step Toward Sustainability (Rff Press)
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Organizing America: Wealth, Power, and the Origins of Corporate CapitalismOrganizing America: Wealth, Power, and the Origins of Corporate Capitalism
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You may never have given a second thought to the very existence of the Fortune 500, but author...

The Development Dictionary: A Guide to Knowledge As PowerThe Development Dictionary: A Guide to Knowledge As Power
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I hope we get to a point where the development dictionary is a household word. This book opened...
Water For Food, Water For Life: A Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in AgricultureWater For Food, Water For Life: A Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture
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** Tackles one of the most pressing challenges of our time?how to manage finite water resources...
The Western Paradox: A Conservation ReaderThe Western Paradox: A Conservation Reader
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Bernard DeVoto (1897-1955) was, according to the novelist Wallace Stegner, "a fighter for...
Democracy & Development in AfricaDemocracy & Development in Africa
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Claude Ake has once again written a very insightful book on the precarious situation currently...
The Development ReaderThe Development Reader
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"The Development Reader" brings together fifty-four key readings on development...

The Making of Belize: Globalization in the MarginsThe Making of Belize: Globalization in the Margins
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In many ways Belize has fallen into a black hole in academic literature. Who would want to...
Asian Pacific, The (2nd Edition)Asian Pacific, The (2nd Edition)
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The Asian Pacific, Second Edition, provides a thought-provoking introduction to both the...
Creative Industries and Developing Countries: Voice, Choice and Economic Growth (Routledge Studies in Contemporary Political Economy)Creative Industries and Developing Countries: Voice, Choice and Economic Growth (Routledge Studies in Contemporary Political Economy)
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Pushing the frontiers of the new development paradigm, this book guides debates, clarifies new...
In Sputnik's Shadow: The President's Science Advisory Committee and Cold War AmericaIn Sputnik's Shadow: The President's Science Advisory Committee and Cold War America
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In today's world of rapid advancements in science and technology, we need to scrutinize more...
Science on Stage: Expert Advice as Public Drama (Writing Science)Science on Stage: Expert Advice as Public Drama (Writing Science)
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This is a sleeper of a book I was fortunate to run across even though it has been in print for...

The Fox in the Henhouse: How Privatization Threatens Democracy (Bk Currents)The Fox in the Henhouse: How Privatization Threatens Democracy (Bk Currents)
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Whether you are liberal or conservative; republican or democrat; public or private, the impact...
South Korea in the Fast Lane: Economic Development and Capital FormationSouth Korea in the Fast Lane: Economic Development and Capital Formation
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After having been a Japanese colony for more than 35 years until 1945, the miraculous economic...
The New Global Economy and Developing Countries: Making Openness Work (Policy Essay, No. 24)The New Global Economy and Developing Countries: Making Openness Work (Policy Essay, No. 24)
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In this book, Danny Rodrik offers some valuable guidance for policy-makers. They should focus on...
Cotton City: Urban Development in Antebellum MobileCotton City: Urban Development in Antebellum Mobile
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Central Asia: The Challenges of IndependenceCentral Asia: The Challenges of Independence
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The economic, political, and international profile of Central Asia has been the subject of much...

Research Skills for Policy and Development: How to Find Out Fast (Published in association with The Open University)Research Skills for Policy and Development: How to Find Out Fast (Published in association with The Open University)
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This book is a critical guide to conducting investigations under time- and resource-pressured...
Efficient Learning for the Poor: Insights from the Frontier of Cognitive Neuroscience (Directions in Development) (Directions in Development)Efficient Learning for the Poor: Insights from the Frontier of Cognitive Neuroscience (Directions in Development) (Directions in Development)
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Large-scale efforts have been made since the 1990s to ensure that all children of the world go...
Economic DevelopmentEconomic Development
Influence of the USSR in LDC's The USSR, as in the other members of the COMECON, develops a 5...
Growth Recurring: Economic Change in World History (Economics, Cognition, and Society)Growth Recurring: Economic Change in World History (Economics, Cognition, and Society)
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Eirc L. Jones (autor of the much discusses book on The European Miracle, 1988) discusses world...
Labour Markets in Small Developing StatesLabour Markets in Small Developing States
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Recent studies of the economic growth and development process have emphasized the critical role...

Economic Policy & Equity (International Monetary Fund Book)Economic Policy & Equity (International Monetary Fund Book)
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During the 1990s income gaps have widened in many parts of the world. These have heightened...
Power and Wealth in Rural China: The Political Economy of Institutional Change (Cambridge Modern China Series)Power and Wealth in Rural China: The Political Economy of Institutional Change (Cambridge Modern China Series)
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This book focuses on China's rural industries, offering an innovative, theoretical framework to...
Economics U$A, Seventh EditionEconomics U$A, Seventh Edition
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Nice and exact book what I need; I saved money on this one.
Agricultural Policies in Developing Countries (Wye Studies in Agricultural and Rural Development)Agricultural Policies in Developing Countries (Wye Studies in Agricultural and Rural Development)
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An excellent text comprising of an economic review of the main policies(Price, marketing, input,...
The Individual and Society in the Middle AgesThe Individual and Society in the Middle Ages
Ullmann traces the rise of the individual in European societies as the Middle Ages proceeded....

The Individual and Society in the Middle AgesThe Individual and Society in the Middle Ages
Ullmann traces the rise of the individual in European societies as the Middle Ages proceeded....
Innovation and Individuality in African Development: Changing Production Strategies in Rural Mali (Linking Levels of Analysis)Innovation and Individuality in African Development: Changing Production Strategies in Rural Mali (Linking Levels of Analysis)
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This book contributes to debates on how to improve development alternatives in West Africa, from...
Economic Decline and Organizational Control:Economic Decline and Organizational Control:
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Czarniawska-Joerges here presents the first systematic study of how organizational control...
Political Economy of Modern CapitalismPolitical Economy of Modern Capitalism
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Modern capitalism, from neo-liberalism to deregulation, has come to dominate national and...
The End of the Refugee Cycle? Refugee Repatriation and Reconstruction (Refugee and Forced Migration Studies, Vol 4)The End of the Refugee Cycle? Refugee Repatriation and Reconstruction (Refugee and Forced Migration Studies, Vol 4)
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Chosen by The Humanitarian Times as one of the Top Ten Titles on Humanitarian Issues of 1998. At...

Agrarian Questions (Oxford in India Readings - Themes in Economics)Agrarian Questions (Oxford in India Readings - Themes in Economics)
The most important recent advances in the theory of agrarian relations are explored in this...
China's Industrial State-Owned Enterprises: Between Profitability and BankruptcyChina's Industrial State-Owned Enterprises: Between Profitability and Bankruptcy
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After decades of declining profitability, China's industrial state-owned enterprises appear...
The Political Economy of Nationalisation in Britain, 1920-1950The Political Economy of Nationalisation in Britain, 1920-1950
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In this study of the causes of nationalization, experts in British industrial history analyze...
Questioning GlobalizationQuestioning Globalization
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This book makes a critical analysis of several contemporary debates surrounding globalization....
Politicizing Science: The Alchemy of PolicymakingPoliticizing Science: The Alchemy of Policymaking
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What an appalling book. It's not the fact that the book issues cautions about the dangers of...
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