Business and Management Education in Transitioning and Developing Countries : a Handbook. by McIntyre, John R.

Table of Contents: “…Diagnosis and Prospects; Part IV. Latin America; 15. Toward the Internationalization of Business Education in Latin America; 16. …”
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Displacements and diasporas : Asians in the Americas

Table of Contents: “…Scott Wong -- Images of the Chinese in West Indian history / Walton Look Lai -- On coolies and shopkeepers : the Chinese as Huagong (laborers) and Huashang (merchants) in Latin America/Caribbean / Evelyn Hu-DeHart -- From Japanese to Nikkei and back : integration strategies of Japanese immigrants and their descendants in Brazil / Jeffrey Lesser -- In the Black Pacific : testimonies of Vietnamese Afro-Amerasian displacements / Bernard Scott Lucious -- Lived simultaneity and discourses of diasporic difference / Nina Glick Schiller -- From refugees to transmigrants: the Vietnamese in Canada / Louis-Jacques Dorais -- Between necessity and choice: Rhode Island Lao American women / Wanni W. …”
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The global course of the information revolution : recurring themes and regional variations

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Figures -- Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I, Recurring themes -- New technology developments will continually drive the information revolution -- The information revolution is enabling new business models that are transforming the business and financial worlds -- The information revolution is affecting mechanisms of governance and empowering new political actors -- The information revolution both shapes and is shaped by social and cultural values in significant ways -- Many factors shape and characterize a nation's approach to the information revolution -- Part II, Regional variations -- North America will continue in the vanguard of the information revolution -- The information revolution is following a somewhat different and more deliberate course in Europe -- Many Asia-Pacific nations are poised to do well in the information revolution, some are not -- Latin America faces many obstacles in responding to the information revolution: some nations will rise to the challenge, others will not -- Few Middle Eastern and North African nations will fully experience the information revolution, some may miss it altogether -- Most countries of Sub-Saharan Africa will fall further behind in the information revolution -- Part III, Some additional topics (A brief look) -- Geopolitical trends furthered by the information revolution could pose continuing challenges to the United States -- What future events could change these projections? …”
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Displacements and diasporas : Asians in the Americas

Table of Contents: “…Scott Wong -- Images of the Chinese in West Indian history / Walton Look Lai -- On coolies and shopkeepers : the Chinese as Huagong (laborers) and Huashang (merchants) in Latin America/Caribbean / Evelyn Hu-DeHart -- From Japanese to Nikkei and back : integration strategies of Japanese immigrants and their descendants in Brazil / Jeffrey Lesser -- In the Black Pacific : testimonies of Vietnamese Afro-Amerasian displacements / Bernard Scott Lucious -- Lived simultaneity and discourses of diasporic difference / Nina Glick Schiller -- From refugees to transmigrants: the Vietnamese in Canada / Louis-Jacques Dorais -- Between necessity and choice: Rhode Island Lao American women / Wanni W. …”
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Rethinking Corporatization and Public Services in the Global South. by McDonald, David A.

Table of Contents: “…ICE's track recordTable 2.1 Current situation of the Costa Rican electricity sector vis-à-vis countries that have adopted market reforms; Figure 2.1 Electricity access in Latin America and the Caribbean; Figure 2.2 Average price of electricity in Latin America and the Caribbean; Table 2.2 Costa Rica's installed generating capacity and power generation per source; Liberalization and corporatization of ICE; Conclusions; Notes; References; 3 Hybrid water governance in Burkina Faso: the ONEA experience; Neoliberal macro-reforms and foreign aid; Millennium Challenges; Decentralization.…”
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Lessons of informality : architecture and urban planning for emerging territories - concepts from Ethiopia

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Foreign policy at the periphery : the shifting margins of US international relations since World War II

Table of Contents: “…rethinking america's margins, 1935-1945 / Ryan Irwin -- Accidental diplomats: the influence of American evangelical missionaries on US relations with the Congo during the early Cold War period, 1959-1963 / Philip Dow -- Structuring the economy on the periphery: the United States, the 1958 Argentine stabilization agreement, and the evolution of global capitalism / Dustin Walcher -- Dialogue or détente: Henry Kissinger, Latin America, and the prospects for a new inter-American understanding, 1973-1977 / Tanya Harmer -- Uncertainty rising: oil money and international terrorism in the 1970s / Christopher R.W. …”
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Socialist Yugoslavia and the Non-Aligned Movement : social, cultural, political, and economic imaginaries

Table of Contents: “…Representing Women's Non-Aligned Encounters: A View from Yugoslavia / Chiara Bonfiglioli -- The Foundations of the Non-Aligned Movement: The Trouble with History Is That It Is All in the Past / Peter Willetts -- The Ruptures of Non-Alignment and Socialist Yugoslavia: Ten Theses on Alternative Pasts and Futures / Gal Kirn -- "Not Like a Modern Day Jesus Christ": Pragmatism and Idealism in Yugoslav Non-Alignment / Tvrtko Jakovina -- The Long Durée of Yugoslav Socially Engaged Art and Its Continued Life in the Non-Aligned World / Bojana Videkanić -- Non-Aligned Cross-Cultural Pollination: A Short Graphic Novel / Bojana Piškur and Đorđe Balmazović -- Practices of Yugoslav Cultural Exchange with Non-Aligned Countries / Ljiljana Kolešnik -- Film as the Memory Site of the 1961 Belgrade Conference of Non-Aligned States / Mila Turajlić -- Shades of North-South Economic Détente: Non-Aligned Yugoslavia and Neutral Austria Compared / Jure Ramšak -- "The Sun Never Sets on Energoprojekt ... until It Does": The Yugoslav Construction Industry in the Non-Aligned World / Dubravka Sekulić -- From Santiago to Mexico: The Yugoslav Mission in Latin America during the Cold War and the Limits of Non-Alignment / Agustin Cosovschi -- A Non-Aligned Continent: Africa in the Global Imaginary of Socialist Yugoslavia / Nemanja Radonjić -- Transnational Educational Strategies during the Cold War: Students from the Global South in Socialist Yugoslavia, 1961-91 / Leonora Dugonjic-Rodwin and Ivica Mladenović -- New Borders, Old Solidarities: (Post-)Cold War Genealogies of Mobility along the "Balkan Route" / David Henig and Maple Razsa.…”
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The explorer of the new world

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Birdsong & coffee : a wake-up call

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Costa Rica : child of the wind by Burroughs, Jim

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A historical companion to postcolonial literatures - continental Europe and its empires

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Patriarchy and Power in Magical Realism. by Asayesh, Maryam Ebadi

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Transitions : the Fragility of Democracy. by Cárcel, Juan A. Roche

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Natural Resource Management And Institutional Chan. by Carney, Diana

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Imagination Beyond Nation : Latin American Popular Culture.

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Technological Innovation and Third World Multinationals. by Dunning, John H.

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Adjustment and Poverty : Options and Choices. by Stewart, Frances

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Consumerism in World History : the Global Transformation of Desire.

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A guide to the World Bank.

Table of Contents: “…How the world bank group is organized -- Governance of the world bank group -- The five world bank group institutions -- Organizing principles -- Relationship to the IMF and the United Nations -- How the world bank group operates -- Strategies -- Policies and procedures -- The bank group's finances -- Products and services -- World bank project cycle -- IFC project cycle -- Partnerships -- Staff, consultants, and vendors -- World bank group countries and regions -- Member countries -- Africa (sub-Saharan) -- East Asia and the Pacific -- South Asia -- Europe and Central Asia -- Latin America and the Caribbean -- Middle East and North Africa -- Topics in development -- Agriculture and rural development -- Aid effectiveness -- Combating corruption -- Conflict prevention and reconstruction -- Debt relief -- Economic research and data -- Education -- Empowerment and participation -- Energy and mining -- Environment -- Financial sector -- Gender -- Globalization -- Governance and the public sector -- Health, nutrition, and population -- Indigenous peoples -- Information and communication technologies -- Infrastructure -- Labor and social protection -- Law and justice -- Poverty -- Private sector development -- Social development -- Sustainable development -- Trade -- Transportation -- Urban development -- Water.…”
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Mentality and thought : north, south, east and west

Table of Contents: “…Crises in culture : a conceptual history of mentality / Liv Egholm Feldt -- Language, cognition and mentality / Per Durst-Andersen -- The conflict between Indian vedic mentality and western modernity / Søren Brier -- The Indo-European tripartite society : archaic vestiges or present reality / Michael Herslund -- Dealing with difference : social inequality and mobility in the US, the UK and Australia / Malene Djursaa -- Arab mentality : Orientalism, anti-colonialism and the Arab mind / Jakob Egholm Feldt -- Utopian discourse and imaginary in Latin America / Jan Gustafson -- "Ce qui n'est pas clair n'est pas français ..." : representations of the French in the French-speaking world / Lisbeth Verstraete-Hansen -- Cultural fingerprints in national weather forecasts / Mette Skovgaard Andersen -- Does a common Spanish mentality exist? …”
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Annotated bibliography on child labour.

Table of Contents: “…COUNTRIES AND REGIONS -- (a) Africa -- (b) Asia -- (c) Europe and North America -- (d) Latin America -- 3. HISTORY OF CHILD LABOUR -- 4. ECONOMICS OF CHILD LABOUR -- 5. …”
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Visualities : perspectives on contemporary American Indian film and art

Table of Contents: “…Van Alst ""; ""Elusive Identities: Representations of Native Latin America in the Contemporary Film Industry -- RocÃo Quispe-Agnoli ""…”
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American Constitutionalism Heard Round the World, 1776-1989 : a Global Perspective. by Billias, George Athan, 1919-2018

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments; Preface; PART I: Definitions; 1 Of Constitutions and Constitutionalisms; 2 American Constitutionalism Defined: Six Seminal Documents; PART II: Seven Echoes of American Constitutionalism: A Global Perspective; 3 First Echo: Europe, 1776-1800; 4 Second Echo: Latin America, 1811-1900; 5 European Interlude, 1800-1848; 6 Third Echo: European Revolutions of 1848; 7 European Interlude, 1850-1900 and the American Civil War; 8 Fourth Echo: American Empire; 9 Fifth Echo: World War I to World War II, 1919-1945; 10 Sixth Echo: American Crescendo, 1945-1974.…”
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De-centering Cold War history : local and global change

Table of Contents: “…Pieper Mooney -- Cold war happiness : singing pioneers, internal enemies and Hungarian life under Stalinism / László Kürti -- New men of power : Jack Tenney, Ronald Reagan, and postwar labor anticommunism / Jennifer Luff -- Female terrorists and vigilant citizens : gender, citizenship and cold war direct democracy / Dominique Grisard -- Making sense of "China" during the cold war : global Maoism and Asian studies / Fabio Lanza -- Anti-communist entrepreneurs and the anti-"peace" campaigns in Latin America / Patrick Iber -- A "new man" for Africa? …”
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Smart and Sustainable Built Environments. by Yang, Jay

Table of Contents: “…Smart & Sustainable Built Environments; Contents; Preface; Introduction -- bridging the gaps in smart and sustainable built environments; PART 1 CREATING SMART AND SUSTAINABLE CITIES; 1 Smart sustainable office design -- effective technological solutions, based on typology and case studies; 2 Sustainable building: perspectives for implementation in Latin America; 3 Demonstrating New Zealand's future residential buildings; 4 Smart and sustainable city -- a case study from Hong Kong; 5 Evaluation of scenarios of a Southern-European intelligent city of the future.…”
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Scaled for Success: The Internationalisation of the Mermaid.

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 7 Millennial Měirényú: Mermaids in 21st Century Chinese Culture -- Chapter 8 Song of the Sirenas: Mermaids in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Chapter 9 Swimming Ashore: Mermaids in Australian public culture -- Chapter 10 Mama Wata Remixed: The Mermaid in Contemporary African-American Culture -- Chapter 11 Shoreline Revels: Perversity, Polyvalence and Exhibitionism at Coney Island's Mermaid Parade -- Bibliography -- Chronological catalogue of audiovisual productions featuring mermaids and mermen referenced in the volume -- Index…”
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The future university : ideas and possibilities

Table of Contents: “…Lo -- The idea of the university in Latin America in the 21st century / Mario Diaz Villa -- The decline of the university in South Africa: reconstituting the place of reason / Yusef Waghid -- Towards a networked university / Nicolas Standaert -- The university as fool / Donncha Kavanagh -- Re-imagining the university: developing a capacity to care -- Gloria Dall'Alba -- Creating a better world: towards the university of wisdom / Nicholas Maxwell -- Universities and the common good / Jon Nixon -- Teaching in the university the day after tomorrow / Paul Standish -- The university: a public issue / Jan Masschelein and Maarten Simons -- The future of university research in Africa / Berte Van Wyk and Philip Higgs -- Knowledge socialism: intellectual commons and openness in the university / Michael Peters, Garett Gietzen and David J Ondercin.…”
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Tourism research : a 20-20 vision

Table of Contents: “…-- Measuring and interpreting the economic impact of tourism: 20-20 hindsight and foresight -- Tourism SMEs: changing research agendas and missed opportunities -- Tourism distribution: a review and strategic research agenda -- Tourism supply chain forecasting: a collaborative approach -- Understanding the value of tourism: a conceptual divergence -- Tourism research in Latin America: past and future challenges -- Tourism and hospitality research in Mainland China: trends from 2000 to 2008 -- A 20-20 vision of tourism research in Bali: towards reflexive tourism studies -- Charting a journey: from refugee to tourism employee and tourism entrepreneur? …”
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At Translation's Edge by Durovicova, Natasa

Table of Contents: “…Perspectives on Translation Studies in Latin America; 9. From Interpreting to Colloquial Translation: Tools Indispensable to Literary Creation; 10. …”
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Mercy and justice : a challenge for contemporary theology

Table of Contents: “…Cultural and social aspects of the concept of reconciliation in Latin America / Sandra Lassak -- What remains? Some answers, and yet more questions / Judith Hahn and Gunda Werner.…”
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Democratizations : comparisons, confrontations, and contrasts

Table of Contents: “…China, law, and the east Asian model / Jacques DeLisle -- Democratizations in Africa: attempts, hindrances, and prospects / Stephen Brown, Paul Kaiser -- Immigration from and democratizations in Latin America: crossing the Mexico-U.S. border / Douglas S. …”
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Cables, crises, and the press : the geopolitics of the new international information system in the Americas, 1866-1903 by Britton, John A.

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Main Themes and Organization of the Book; 1: Introduction to the New International Information System; 2: Building the International Cable System; 3: Raising False Hopes: International Communications and International Crises in Latin America, 1866-1881; 4: War, Diplomacy, and Propaganda: Chilean-U.S. …”
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Comparing ethnographies : local studies of education across the Americas

Table of Contents: “…Gomes -- 3 Contrast and Critical Articulation: Parallel Ethnographic Traditions Regarding Indigenous Education in the United States and Argentina: Aurolyn Luykx and Ana Padawer -- 4 Ethnographies of Migration and Education in the United States and Argentina: Disrupting Discourses of Assimilation and Inclusion: Gabriela Novaro and Lesley Bartlett -- 5 Teachers' Work: Comparing Ethnographies From Latin America and the United States: Kathryn Anderson-Levitt and Belmira Oliveira Bueno -- 6 COMMENTARY Border Relations: Speaking Across Ethnographies and Across Borders: Marta Sánchez and George W. …”
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Visualities : perspectives on contemporary American Indian film and art

Table of Contents: “…Van Alst ""; ""Elusive Identities: Representations of Native Latin America in the Contemporary Film Industry -- RocÃo Quispe-Agnoli ""…”
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Autonomy, self-governance and conflict resolution : innovative approaches to institutional design in divided societies

Table of Contents: “…/ Bill Bowring -- Autonomy and multilevel governance : experiences in Nordic and continental European cooperation / Elisabeth Nauclér -- Complex autonomy arrangements in Western Europe : a comparative analysis of regional consociationalism in Brussels, Northern Ireland and South Tyrol / Stefan Wolff -- Self-governance in interim settlements : the case of Sudan / Marc Weller -- Two steps forward, one step back : indigenous peoples and autonomies in Latin America / Willem Assies -- From centralized authoritarianism to decentralized democracy : regional autonomy and the state in Indonesia / Mark Turner -- 'Masters of their homelands' : revisiting the regional ethnic autonomy system in China in light of local institutional developments / Erik Friberg -- Recent trends in autonomy and state construction / Marc Weller and Stefan Wolff.…”
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Literary landscapes : from modernism to postcolonialism

Table of Contents: “…Coetzee's Foe / Attie de Lange -- Remains of the name / Carrol Clarkson -- Houses, cellars and caves in selected novels from Latin America and South Africa / Marita Wenzel -- Transformation of ordinary places into imaginative space in Zakes Mda's writing / Ina Gräbe -- No-man's land : Nuruddin Farah's Links and the space of postcolonial alienation / Harry Garuba -- Changing spaces : Salman Rushdie's mapping of post-colonial territories / Frederik Tygstrup.…”
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Financial Liberalization and Economic Performance : Brazil at the Crossroads by Paula, Luiz Fernando de, 1959-

Table of Contents: “…6 Financial liberalization, economic performance, and macroeconomic stability in Brazil: an empirical evaluationPART II Foreign bank entry in the domestic banking sector: determinants and impacts; 7 The internationalization of banks: evolution, characteristics, and recent trends; 8 Foreign bank entry in Latin America: determinants and strategies; 9 Banking consolidation after the Real Plan: determinants and impacts; 10 Foreign bank entry, mergers and acquisitions, and banking efficiency: an empirical assessment; PART III Conclusion; 11 Summary and conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Literature in Translation : Teaching Issues and Reading Practices. by Maier, Carol

Table of Contents: “…Literature as Identity Formation: Reading Chinese Literature in TranslationIdentity and Relationships in the Context of Latin America; Nordic Exposure: Teaching Scandinavian Literature in Translation; Power Struggles; Translations from South Asia: The Power of Babel; African Europhone Literature in Translation: Language, Pedagogy, and Power Differentials; The North-South Translation Border: Transnationality in the New South American Writing; Beliefs and Values; Translating Eastern Europe and Russia; Translation of Modern and Contemporary Literature in Arabic.…”
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Reorganisation and resistance : legal professions confront a changing world

Table of Contents: “…Bruinsma -- Regulated deregulation : the case of the German legal profession / Ulrike Schultz -- The Australian legal profession : towards a national identity / Margaret Thornton -- A legal profession in transformation : the Korean experience / Dai-kwon Choi -- Lawyers in the late twentieth-century Latin America / Rogelio Pérez-Perdomo -- Legal professionals aplenty, but no legal profession? …”
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