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Neoliberalism 2.0: Regulating and Financing Globalizing Markets:A Pigovian Ap…
In today's increasingly globalized environment, many economic fundamentals need to be reconsidered in order to regain stability in the global marketplace. One such consideration is the failing dynamics of the international tax infrastructure. Neoliberalism 2.0 brings a 21st century assessment of the Pigovian taxes, considering a completely new calibration of the international tax systems, inspi…
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- 978-1-137-53554-2
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- X, 513
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Nature Policies and Landscape Policies:Towards an Alliance
The book focuses on the relationship between nature conservation policies and landscape policies. This is a relevant subject due to the current need of reviving nature conservation policies, which are today affected by a general effectiveness deficiency. To this end, landscape policies can play a crucial role, bridging nature and culture, fostering more integrated approaches to nature conservat…
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- 978-3-319-05409-4
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- XXX, 497
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- Urban and Landscape Perspectives
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Multicultural China
With its easy-to-use format, this book provides a collection of annual data on China’s 56 ethnic groups. It is a resource book that profiles the demography, employment and wages, livelihood, agriculture, industry, education, science and technology, culture, sports, and public health for each of these ethnic groups. This material, which is compiled from a variety of sources, will be of great v…
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- 2194-7937
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- XIX, 434
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- Current Chinese Economic Report Series
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Natural Killer Cells
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the discovery of Natural Killer (NK) cells, this volume focuses on the recent advances in our understanding of NK cell development and differentiation and their acquisition of functional properties, as well as the latest models for NK-cell analysis in mice and applications in clinical medicine. NK cells have travelled a circuitous path from their initial des…
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- 978-3-319-79554-6
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- VIII, 247
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- Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
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Modeling and Simulation in the Systems Engineering Life Cycle
This easy to read text provides a broad introduction to the fundamental concepts of modeling and simulation (M&S) and systems engineering, highlighting how M&S is used across the entire systems engineering lifecycle. Features: reviews the full breadth of technologies, methodologies and uses of M&S, rather than just focusing on a specific aspect of the field; presents contributions from speciali…
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- 978-1-4471-5633-8
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- XIX, 410
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- Simulation Foundations, Methods and Applications
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The Socioeconomic Evolution of the European Union Exploring the Electronic F…
This volume explores the role of territory in the creation, maintenance and extension of a new type of frontier, the electronic frontier, from a social and economic point of view. It departs from the earlier concepts of borders – state, social, economic, ethnic, religious, etc. – to investigate the fluidity of borders and their shift towards an axis-based paradigm within the free-movement …
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- 978-3-319-40304-5
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Miracle of Education
"Finnish pupils’ success in international student assessment tests and the characteristics of the Finnish educational system are the focus of interest all around in the world. The significance of Finnish educational policy and societal atmosphere are continuously discussed. This book provides explanations, answers and reflections to these questions. Over 30 expert authors have contributed to …
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- 978-94-6300-776-4
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- XIV, 292
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Mindfulness and Educating Citizens for Everyday Life
Mindfulness and Educating Citizens for Everyday Life invites readers to explore the role mindfulness can play in mediating how we enact social life in today’s increasingly challenging and challenged world. The educators and researchers who have contributed to this book use mindfulness as a lens to address and untangle what is becoming a profoundly complicated way of being within the reality o…
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- 978-94-6300-570-8
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- X, 280
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- Bold Visions in Educational Research
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Military Recruiting in High Schools
This book focuses exclusively on specific education policy instead of general military recruiting in high schools. "When the George W. Bush administration passed its landmark education legislation in 2001, dubbed the No Child Left Behind Act, legislators included a small section containing strict military recruiting mandates for public high schools. The law had two main provisions. First, a dat…
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- 978-94-6300-518-0
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- X, 146
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Microsoft Azure
Written for IT and business professionals, this book provides the technical and business insight needed to plan, deploy and manage the services provided by the Microsoft Azure cloud. Find out how to integrate the infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) models with your existing business infrastructure while maximizing availability, ensuring continuity and safety of y…
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- 978-1-4842-1043-7
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- XXVIII, 426
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