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Prospects for the Professions in China
Av William P Alford, William Kirby m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
2585 kr
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Professionals are a growing group in China and increasingly make their presence felt in governance and civil society. At the same time, however, professionals in the West are under increasing pressure from commercialism or scepticism about their ability to rise above self-interest. This book …
Prospects for the Professions in China
Av William P Alford, William Kirby m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
936 kr
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Professionals are a growing group in China and increasingly make their presence felt in governance and civil society. At the same time, however, professionals in the West are under increasing pressure from commercialism or scepticism about their ability to rise above self-interest. This book …
In Search of Chinese Democracy
Civil Opposition in Nationalist China, 1929-1949
Av Edmund S. K. Fung, William Kirby
Häftad, 2006
653 kr
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Why modern China has been unable to institutionalize democracy is a long-standing topic of debate and the ultimate subject of this book. The greatest momentum for democracy, Edmund Fung contends, emerged between 1929 and 1949 with civil opposition to the one-party rule of the Guomindang. This …
Social Engineering and the Social Sciences in China, 1919-1949
Av Yung-chen Chiang, William Kirby
Häftad, 2006
569 kr
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In this 2001 book Yung-chen Chiang tells the story of the origins, hopes, visions and achievements of the social sciences movement in China during the first half of the twentieth century. He focuses on the efforts of social scientists at three institutions - the Yanjing Sociology Department, Nankai …
Chinese Professionals and the Republican State
The Rise of Professional Associations in Shanghai, 1912-1937
Häftad, 2006
721 kr
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Xiaoqun Xu makes a compelling and original contribution to the study of China's modernization with this book on the rise of professional associations in Republican China in their birthplace of Shanghai, and of their political and socio-cultural milieu. This 2001 book is rich in detail about the key …
Power and Wealth in Rural China
The Political Economy of Institutional Change
Av Susan H. Whiting, William Kirby
Häftad, 2006
687 kr
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China's rural industrial sector has been the engine driving much of the Chinese economy's dynamism during the reform period. The nature and development of this sector, also referred to as township and village enterprises (TVEs) defy easy explanation. Across regions, there is dramatic variation in …
The Making of the Chinese Industrial Workplace
State, Revolution, and Labor Management
Av Mark W. Frazier, William Kirby
Häftad, 2006
586 kr
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State workers in China have until recently enjoyed the 'iron rice bowl' of comprehensive cradle-to-grave benefits and lifetime employment. This central institution in Chinese politics emerged over the course of various crises that swept through China's industrial sector prior to and after …
Banking in Modern China
Entrepreneurs, Professional Managers, and the Development of Chinese Banks, 1897-1937
Av Linsun Cheng, William Kirby
Häftad, 2007
938 kr
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This book documents the evolution of modern Chinese banking, from the establishment in 1897 of the first Chinese bank along a Western model, to the abrupt interruption of professional banking by the Japanese invasion in 1937. Drawing from original documents of major Chinese banks, Linsun Cheng …
Red Capitalists in China
The Party, Private Entrepreneurs, and Prospects for Political Change
Av Bruce J. Dickson, William Kirby
Häftad, 2003
569 kr
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It has become a truism that continued economic reform in China will contribute to political change. Policy makers as well as many scholars expect that formation of a private sector will lead, directly or indirectly through the emergence of a civil society, to political change and ultimately …
China's Use of Military Force
Beyond the Great Wall and the Long March
Av Andrew Scobell, William Kirby
Häftad, 2003
569 kr
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In this 2003 study of China's militarism, Andrew Scobell examines the use of military force abroad - as in Korea (1950), Vietnam (1979), and the Taiwan Strait (1995-6) - and domestically, as during the Cultural Revolution of the late 1960s and in the 1989 military crackdown in Tiananmen Square. …
Party vs. State in Post-1949 China
The Institutional Dilemma
Av Shiping Zheng, William Kirby
Häftad, 1997
569 kr
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This book provides the most comprehensive analysis of one of the most important issues in China today: the tensions between the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese state legislative, judicial, administrative, and military institutions. Taking the 'neo-institutionalist' approach, the author …
Women's Work in Rural China
Change and Continuity in an Era of Reform
Av Tamara Jacka, William Kirby
Häftad, 1997
536 kr
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Since 1978, reform policies introduced in rural China have had a profound impact on women's work and gender divisions of labour. This book provides detailed information on shifts in women's work patterns. It explains how and why these shifts have come about, and how they relate to women's position …
Power and Wealth in Rural China
The Political Economy of Institutional Change
Av Susan H. Whiting, William Kirby
Inbunden, 2000
1928 kr
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China's rural industrial sector has been the engine driving much of the Chinese economy's dynamism during the reform period. The nature and development of this sector, also referred to as township and village enterprises (TVEs) defy easy explanation. Across regions, there is dramatic variation in …
Forging Reform in China
The Fate of State-Owned Industry
Av Edward S. Steinfeld, William Kirby
Inbunden, 1998
1723 kr
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The greatest economic challenge facing China in the post-Deng era is the reform of unprofitable, state-owned enterprises (SOEs) which threaten to drag down the rest of the economy. Despite an array of well-intentioned, market-oriented reform measures, these firms have never truly been forced to …
Streetlife China
Av Michael Dutton, Michael Dutton m. fl.
Häftad, 1999
471 kr
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This imaginative and incisive collection of pieces about life in contemporary China reveals, like a series of snapshots, a picture of the lives of ordinary people and the rules and rituals that govern their daily existence. Key themes surface: in particular, the emergence of a consumer culture …
China in the World Market
Chinese Industry and International Sources of Reform in the Post-Mao Era
Av Thomas G. Moore, William Kirby
Häftad, 2002
623 kr
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This book reframes our thinking about the nature of China's reform and opening. Thomas Moore argues that the structuring impact of the international political economy represents one of the most theoretically important yet inadequately studied issues concerning change in post-Mao China. After …
Social Engineering and the Social Sciences in China, 1919-1949
Av Yung-chen Chiang, William Kirby
Inbunden, 2001
1628 kr
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In this 2001 book Yung-chen Chiang tells the story of the origins, hopes, visions and achievements of the social sciences movement in China during the first half of the twentieth century. He focuses on the efforts of social scientists at three institutions - the Yanjing Sociology Department, Nankai …
Forging Reform in China
The Fate of State-Owned Industry
Av Edward S. Steinfeld, William Kirby
Häftad, 2000
670 kr
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The greatest economic challenge facing China in the post-Deng era is the reform of unprofitable, state-owned enterprises (SOEs) which threaten to drag down the rest of the economy. Despite an array of well-intentioned, market-oriented reform measures, these firms have never truly been forced to …
Chinese Urban Life under Reform
The Changing Social Contract
Av Wenfang Tang, William L. Parish m. fl.
Häftad, 2000
716 kr
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This book provides a rare glimpse into how the Chinese urban population is experiencing the rapid shift from a planned to a market economy. The authors, using a dozen recent national social surveys, give voice to workers, civil servants, intellectuals, and women, who report their grievances and …
Chinese Professionals and the Republican State
The Rise of Professional Associations in Shanghai, 1912-1937
Inbunden, 2000
1677 kr
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Xiaoqun Xu makes a compelling and original contribution to the study of China's modernization with this book on the rise of professional associations in Republican China in their birthplace of Shanghai, and of their political and socio-cultural milieu. This 2001 book is rich in detail about the key …
Human Rights in Chinese Thought
A Cross-Cultural Inquiry
Av Stephen C. Angle, William Kirby
Inbunden, 2002
1856 kr
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What should we make of claims by members of other groups to have moralities different from our own? Human Rights in Chinese Thought gives an extended answer to this question in the first study of its kind. It integrates a full account of the development of Chinese rights discourse - reaching back …
Selling China
Foreign Direct Investment during the Reform Era
Av Yasheng Huang, William Kirby
Inbunden, 2002
1514 kr
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In this book, Yasheng Huang makes a provocative claim: the large absorption of foreign direct investment (FDI) by China is a sign of some substantial weaknesses in the Chinese economy. The primary benefits associated with China's FDI inflows are concerned with the privatization functions supplied …
Red Capitalists in China
The Party, Private Entrepreneurs, and Prospects for Political Change
Av Bruce J. Dickson, William Kirby
Inbunden, 2003
1628 kr
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It has become a truism that continued economic reform in China will contribute to political change. Policy makers as well as many scholars expect that formation of a private sector will lead, directly or indirectly through the emergence of a civil society, to political change and ultimately …
Chien d'or/The Golden Dog, Critical Edition
A Legend of Quebec
Av Mary Jane Edwards, William Kirby
E-bok, 2012
1159 kr
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William Kirby''s Le Chien d''or / The Golden Dog, a dramatic historical romance that vividly details the intertwined French and English foundations of Canada, is one of the nation''s best-known pieces of nineteenth-century literature. A complicated publishing history, however, resulted in severe …
Introduction To Entomology
Or, Elements Of The Natural History Of Insects: Comprisng An Account Of Noxious And Useful Insects, Of Their Metamorphoses, Food, Strategems, Habitations, Societies, Motions, Noises, Hybernation, Instinct, Etc. Etc,
Av William Kirby, William Spence
Inbunden, 2022
455 kr
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Introduction To Entomology
Or, Elements Of The Natural History Of Insects: Comprisng An Account Of Noxious And Useful Insects, Of Their Metamorphoses, Food, Strategems, Habitations, Societies, Motions, Noises, Hybernation, Instinct, Etc. Etc,
Av William Kirby, William Spence
Häftad, 2022
323 kr
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Golden Dog (Le Chien D'or)
A Romance of the Days of Louis Quinze in Quebec
Inbunden, 2022
590 kr
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Golden Dog (Le Chien D'or)
A Romance of the Days of Louis Quinze in Quebec
Häftad, 2022
459 kr
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Fauna Boreali-Americana, Or, the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America
Containing Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected On the Late Northern Land Expedition, Under Command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N
Av William Kirby, William Swainson m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
455 kr
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Fauna Boreali-Americana, Or, the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America
Containing Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected On the Late Northern Land Expedition, Under Command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N
Av William Kirby, William Swainson m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
323 kr
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