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In the 1990s, attempted shock therapy generated unemployment much worse than many economists claimed. This book, based on an enterprise survey conducted between 1991 and 1994, examines how factories responded to unprecedented pressures, highlighting employment cuts, changing corporate governance and unanticipated labour market outcomes.

Dual restructuring involves the expansion and strengthening of East-West and North-South value chains. This book focuses upon the difficulty facing companies of industrialized countries and the need to restructure to achieve growth and competitiveness. It investigates new strategic alternatives for both large and small companies in a concise and practical manner and includes case studies and many illustrations.

Peter Dewey considers every aspect of the period in his rich survey, from international trade, changes in landownership and the impact of mass communications and finds a much more positive picture than is often portrayed.

Despite its burgeoning influence, few people truly understand the core beliefs, traditions, and movements of this popular Eastern religion. Robert Thurman, professor of Indo-Tibetan studies at Columbia University, has assembled the first guide to Tibetan Buddhism that introduces the distinctive Tibetan practice through its own rich literature. He includes excerpts from The Book of the Dead as well as lesser known but comparable scriptures.Esse...

Humans have been on the move for millennia, but in modern times migration has accelerated to truly global proportions. The second volume of the Global History series, this book explores the historical

This book offers practical, realistic methods for reversing the effects of environmental catastrophe caused by industry. It defines regenerative design, and describes practical applications to the essential systems of land development: energy flow, water flow, agriculture and land use, and building design.

This book provides a complete presentation of the past, present, and future of professional burnout by bringing together a set of original papers from an international group of leading scholars on burnout.

What will be the future of Germany? Will Germany remain a 'soft power', pursuing a 'bind me, love me'-policy or will we see a new Germany signalling strength and power based on nationalism and German identity? The book, written by well-known German, British, French, Russian, Danish and American scholars, attempts to present contrasting analyses on different levels of the general political dimension and position of the united Germany in Europe.

This book provides a welcome assessment of the wide-ranging impact of Michel Foucault's work upon a number of disciplines within the social sciences and humanities. It offers close textual readings of Foucault's work along with clear overviews of how his work has been taken up in subjects such as history, philosophy and international relations. It also offers original applications of his work to important topics within feminist theory, politic...

Human Lives: Critical Essays on Consequentialist Bioethics is a collection of original papers by philosophers from Britain, the USA and Australia. The aim of the book is to redress the imbalance in moral philosophy created by the dominance of consequentialism, the view that the criterion of morality is the maximization of good effects over bad, without regard for basic right or wrong. This approach has become the orthodoxy over the last few de...

After the Cold War, its history must be reassessed as the opening of Soviet archives allows a much fuller understanding of the Russian dimension. These essays on the classic period of the Cold War (1945-53) use Soviet and Western sources to shed new light on Stalin's aims, objectives and actions, on Moscow's relations with both the Soviet Bloc and the West European Communist Parties, and on the diplomatic relations of Britain, France and Italy...

The years 1955-59 were a vital transitional period for the Anglo-American relationship in the Middle East. British and American leaders sought to protect cold war and oil interests in the region against the background of a renaissance of Arab nationalism personified by the Egyptian leader Nasser. With the aid of extensive declassified official documentation, this study traces the British and American responses to the Turco-Iraqi Pact of 1955, ...

Focusing on good working practice in all aspects of conducting enquiries into alleged child abuse, this book takes a positive approach to improving relationships between the workers and the families involved. Each chapter concentrates on a specific issue, including topics such as gatekeeping, planning an enquiry, interviewing children, medical examinations, and recorded agreements. Practice, research, and procedures are examined critically, fr...

Springers Handbuch der VWL stellt in insgesamt 20 Beiträgen die wichtigsten Gebiete der Volkswirtschaftslehre vor. Die Beiträge enthalten umfassendes, prüfungs- und praxisrelevantes Wissen für Studenten, Praktiker und Wissenschaftler. Es ist ihr Ziel, dem Leser volkswirtschaftliche Fragen, Methoden und Ergebnisse und die Möglichkeiten und Grenzen ökonomischer Analyse zu erläutern und zugleich einen Eindruck davon nahezubringen, warum Volkswirt...

The Relational Systems Model for Family Therapy presents a multi-systems approach to family therapy that teaches the therapist important self-differentiating capacities that set the tone for creating a powerful therapeutic atmosphere. While the model demands no specific treatment procedures, it does rely on the therapist's capacity to adhere to its basic ideas, as she/he is the most vital factor in the model's success.

From a veteran pastor, 30 substantial, insightful devotionals provide encouragement and hope to pastors as they embrace the daily challenges of ministry.