Stalin's constitution: Soviet participatory politics and the discussion of th…

Citizenship and a social contract : the drafting of the 1936 Constitution -- Daily life in Kirov in the 1930's -- Local realities : the implementation of the discussion of the draft constitution --Validators of Socialist victory : the discussion in the local press -- Popular voices : interpreting citizens' rights and duties -- Integration, exclusion, and accountability -- The constitution, the …

The biology of the first 1,000 days

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Multilateral Banks and the Development Process: Vital Links in the Results Chain

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. When the links in the chain represent development projects, if individual projects fail to achieve their purpose, the development program's effectiveness is compromised. When the chain's links are strong and well-connected, the results are improved for the sector, country, and region. The role of multilateral banks is crucial; they inform the impac…

Animal movement: statistical models for telemetry data

chapter 1. Introduction -- chapter 2. Statistics for spatial data -- chapter 3. Statistics for temporal data -- chapter 4. Point process models -- chapter 5. Discrete-time models -- chapter 6. Continuous-time models -- chapter 7. Secondary models and inference.

Cities and local governments in Central Asia: administrative, fiscal, and pol…

This book presents the changing roles of urban governments and how local governments struggle to gain administrative, fiscal, and political power to combat current urban challenges in Kazakhstan. Focusing on the cities and regions selected by the national government of Kazakhstan to be the drivers of national economic development, the author analyses the impact of decentralization on the rol…

Enabling the city : interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary encounters in res…

Enabling the City is a collaborative book that focuses on how interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary processes of knowledge production may contribute to urban transformation at a local level in the 21st century, striking a balance between enthusiastic support for such transformational potential and a cautious note regarding the persistent challenges to the ethos as well as the practice of inte…

Towards the ethics of a green future: the theory and practice of human rights…

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World Population and World Food Supplies

Originally published in 1954. This great work surveys the distribution of the world’s population and the food production of all countries chosen as important by reason of either their demands on the world food market or their contributions to it. The author concludes that the more advanced countries can be reasonably assured of food supplies for an indefinite period. The less advanced countri…

The Routledge history of fashion and dress, 1800 to the present

The time span covered by The Routledge History of Fashion and Dress starts in the nineteenth century, with the aftermath of the consumers’ revolution, and reaches all the way to the present. The fashion and garment industries have been international from the beginning and, as such, this volume looks at the history of fashion and dress through the lenses of both international and global histor…

The psychology of fake news: accepting, sharing, and correcting misinformation

This volume examines the phenomenon of fake news by bringing together leading experts from different fields within psychology and related areas, and explores what has become a prominent feature of public discourse since the first Brexit referendum and the 2016 US election campaign. Dealing with misinformation is important in many areas of daily life, including politics, the marketplace, heal…