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Urbanization and Social Welfare in China

By: Gordon G. Liu

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Urbanization and Social Welfare in China

By: Gordon G. Liu

China's urban population growth rate has doubled in the past 20 years and the Chinese government has made further urbanization a developmental priority. How Chinese cities cope with such rapid population increases has become a question of critical concern. This book provides an analysis of the welfare implications of China's urbanization, the development of the labour market including migration between rural and urban sectors, and natural and social environmental issues arising from urbanization. The book covers both academic and policy perspectives and, together with its sister volume Urban Transformation in China, brings together a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary overview of China's urbanization.

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420

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Routledge

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1351143514

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9781351143516

Development Disrupted

The Global South in the Twenty-First Century

By: Ruth Elizabeth Gordon

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Development Disrupted

The Global South in the Twenty-First Century

By: Ruth Elizabeth Gordon

Considers the development of the Global South in the context of rapid twenty-first-century technological change.

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265

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Cambridge University Press

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1108424171

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9781108424172

The Political Economy Of China's Financial Reforms

Finance In Late Development

By: Paul Bowles,Gordon White

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The Political Economy Of China's Financial Reforms

Finance In Late Development

By: Paul Bowles,Gordon White

THIS PATHBREAKING Work analyzes the evolution of China's financial reforms since 1979. China's reformers have stressed the construction of a more diverse, flexible, and competitive financial system as a crucial element of China's economic reform program. The authors assess the theory and practice of financial reform in light of China's specific characteristics as a large, developing country that still claims to be pursuing the goal of establishing a new form of "socialist" market economy. The authors utilize two approaches. First, they place the overall design and trajectory of. financial reform since 1979 within a broad comparative framework of alternative strategies of financial reform and financial systems. Second, they use a political economy perspective to explore the complex interactions among the political and economic actors— individual, group, or institutional—that affect reform outcomes. Integrating these two approaches, the authors conclude by assessing future directions for feasible and desirable financial reform in China.

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185

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Routledge

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1000304450

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9781000304459

Mad Woman

The hotly anticipated follow-up to lifechanging bestseller, MAD GIRL

By: Bryony Gordon

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Mad Woman

The hotly anticipated follow-up to lifechanging bestseller, MAD GIRL

By: Bryony Gordon

Visceral and honest' Telegraph 'Bryony Gordon is a terrific, compassionate writer' Elizabeth Day 'Bryony writes with such entertaining and brazen candour about mental illness...she really helps people tackle their own stuff. Her writing has helped me before and this will be another hit' Matt Haig THE HOTLY ANTICIPATED FOLLOW-UP TO SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*, MAD GIRL What if our notion of what makes us happy is the very thing that's making us so sad? Ten years on from first writing about her own experiences of mental illness, Bryony Gordon still receives messages about the effect it has on people. Now perimenopausal and well into the next stage of her life, parenting an almost-adolescent, just what has that help - and that connection with other unwell people - taught Bryony about herself, and the society we live in? What has she learned, and why have her views on mental health changed so radically? After coming out the other side of the biggest trauma of our living memory - a global pandemic - existing in a state of perma-crisis has now become our new normal. From burnout and binge eating, to living with fluctuating hormones and the endless battle to stay sober, Bryony begins to question whether she got mental illness wrong in the first place. Is it simply a chemical imbalance, or rather a normal response from your brain telling you that something isn't right? Mad Woman explores the most difficult of all the lessons she's learned over the last decade - that our notion of what makes a happy life is the very thing that's making us so sad. Bestselling author Bryony Gordon is unafraid to write with her trademark blend of compassion, honesty and humour about her personal challenges and demons, which means her books and journalism have had profound impact on readers. She founded the mental health charity, Mental Health Mates, which has become a vast online community. *Bryony Gordon's Mad Girl was a number one Sunday Times bestseller on 12th June 2016.

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1035408716

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Act of Repentance

The Odyssey of Haggabus

By: Gordon Wynter

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Act of Repentance

The Odyssey of Haggabus

By: Gordon Wynter

Peace, perfect peace existed in the universe only paradise until pride, animosity and deceit, germinated in the heart of a highly favor angel who was responsible to lead the mass choir in daily service of praise and worship to the most high. His malevolence sprouted infectiously unto a sizable throng. Chaos erupted leading to inevitable conflict and expulsion of the rebels to banishment on the newly created terrestrial outpost to be held in subjection until final sentencing. But unfortunately for the earth, the remorseless malefactor supplanted the unsuspecting and trusting stewards with subtlety elevating the conflict to another dimension. The entrapment and downfall of man conferred on Lucifer, the chief malefactor, a title of distinction the Prince of darkness- for a spiritual era of gloom overshadowed the whole earth since then. After thousands of millenniums throughout which the inhabitants of earth have suffered every conceivable and despicably manner of degradation that has marred the quintessence of mans true nature for the first time, Lucifer is confronted with dissent within the ranks of his evil brigade since their banishment from the celestial abode. Lucifers right hand lieutenant not only breaks ranks with him and his destructive agenda, but has a grand plan of his own to..

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Xlibris Corporation

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1462830951

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9781462830954

Aphina Vampire Nexus

By: Jim Gordon

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Aphina Vampire Nexus

By: Jim Gordon

An epic novel, Aphina Vampire Nexus blends scientific theory into a science fiction, fantasy, and action format to bring the theory to life. The book builds on a unified theory that explains the origin of reptilians, aliens, vampires, extraterrestrials, UFOs, and the building of the pyramids. The action begins with an escape from area 51, and progresses into battles and wars with the "Solar Reich" which is a multi-planet council of Dwarkan, the Illuminated ones, and the reptilians that together have secretly enslaved humanity and stolen mankind's birthright. Due to this she must locate and rejoin the remnant of her people, the Atlantians.

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155

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Trafford Publishing

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1490728104

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9781490728100

One Billion Hungry

Can We Feed the World?

By: Gordon Conway

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One Billion Hungry

Can We Feed the World?

By: Gordon Conway

Hunger is a daily reality for a billion people. More than six decades after the technological discoveries that led to the Green Revolution aimed at ending world hunger, regular food shortages, malnutrition, and poverty still plague vast swaths of the world. And with increasing food prices, climate change, resource inequality, and an ever-increasing global population, the future holds further challenges.In One Billion Hungry, Sir Gordon Conway, one of the world's foremost experts on global food needs, explains the many interrelated issues critical to our global food supply from the science of agricultural advances to the politics of food security. He expands the discussion begun in his influential The Doubly Green Revolution: Food for All in the Twenty-First Century, emphasizing the essential combination of increased food production, environmental stability, and poverty reduction necessary to end endemic hunger on our planet. Conway addresses a series of urgent questions about global hunger: • How we will feed a growing global population in the face of a wide range of adverse factors, including climate change? • What contributions can the social and natural sciences make in finding solutions?• And how can we engage both government and the private sector to apply these solutions and achieve significant impact in the lives of the poor?Conway succeeds in sharing his informed optimism about our collective ability to address these fundamental challenges if we use technology paired with sustainable practices and strategic planning.Beginning with a definition of hunger and how it is calculated, and moving through issues topically both detailed and comprehensive, each chapter focuses on specific challenges and solutions, ranging in scope from the farmer's daily life to the global movement of food, money, and ideas. Drawing on the latest scientific research and the results of projects around the world, Conway addresses the concepts and realities of our global food needs: the legacy of the Green Revolution; the impact of market forces on food availability; the promise and perils of genetically modified foods; agricultural innovation in regard to crops, livestock, pest control, soil, and water; and the need to both adapt to and slow the rate of climate change. One Billion Hungry will be welcomed by all readers seeking a multifaceted understanding of our global food supply, food security, international agricultural development, and sustainability.

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469

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Cornell University Press

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0801466105

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9780801466106

Consuming Hong Kong

By: Gordon Mathews,Tai-lok Lui

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Consuming Hong Kong

By: Gordon Mathews,Tai-lok Lui

Consumption forms an essential part of Hong Kong people's lives today, but until now little serious attention has been paid to it. This book fills this gap, in a fascinating way. The contributors to this volume explore such topics as: - the coming of shopping malls to Hong Kong - tenants' senses of home in cramped public housing - the experiences of movie-going - alcohol as a marker of social class - the pursuit of fashion - Chinese art and identity among Hong Kong collectors - the dream and reality of owning a flat - Lan Kwai Fong and its mystique - the McDonald's Snoopy craze of fall 1998 - cultural identity and consumption in Hong Kong today This book shows how the detailed ehtnographic study of consumption in Hong Kong can lead to a deeper understanding of Hong Kong life as a whole, as well as of consumption in the world at large.

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Hong Kong University Press

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9622095461

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9789622095465

Algebraic Graph Theory

By: Chris Godsil,Gordon F. Royle

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Algebraic Graph Theory

By: Chris Godsil,Gordon F. Royle

This book presents and illustrates the main tools and ideas of algebraic graph theory, with a primary emphasis on current rather than classical topics. It is designed to offer self-contained treatment of the topic, with strong emphasis on concrete examples.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461301637

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9781461301639

Syllable Weight

Phonetics, Phonology, Typology

By: Matthew Gordon

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Syllable Weight

Phonetics, Phonology, Typology

By: Matthew Gordon

The book is the first systematic exploration of a series of phonological phenomena previously thought to be unified under the rubric of syllable weight. Drawing on a typological survey of 400 languages, it is shown that the traditional conception that languages are internally consistent in their weight criteria across weight-based processes is not corroborated by the cross-linguistic survey. Rather than being consistent across phenomena within individual languages, weight turns out to be sensitive to the particular processes involved such that different phenomena display different distributions in weight criteria. The book goes on to explore the motivations behind the process-specific nature of weight, showing that phonetic factors explain much of the variation in weight criteria between phenomena and also the variation in criteria between languages for a single process. The book is unlike other studies in combining an extensive typological survey with detailed phonetic analysis of many languages. The finding that the widely studied phenomenon of syllable weight is not a unified phenomenon, contrary to the established view, is a significant result for the field of theoretical phonology. The book is also an important contribution to the field of phonetically-driven phonology, since it establishes a close link between the phonology of weight and various quantitative phonetic parameters.

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Routledge

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1135922276

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Urbanization and Social Welfare in China

Urbanization and Social Welfare in China

Development Disrupted

Development Disrupted

The Political Economy Of China's Financial Reforms

The Political Economy Of China's Financial Reforms

Mad Woman

Mad Woman

Act of Repentance

Act of Repentance

Aphina Vampire Nexus

Aphina Vampire Nexus

One Billion Hungry

One Billion Hungry

Consuming Hong Kong

Consuming Hong Kong

Algebraic Graph Theory

Algebraic Graph Theory

Syllable Weight

Syllable Weight

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