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Our trade deficit increases by $2 billion a day. Pharmaceutical companies and their lobbyists have such influence in Washington that Medicare, by current law, is not allowed to negotiate lower drug ……続きを見る

This book assesses the potential of insects as food and feed and gathers existing information and research on edible insects. The assessment is based on the most recent and complete data available f……続きを見る

Malnutrition in all its forms undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, and overweight and obesity imposes unacceptably high economic and social costs on countries at all income levels. The State ……続きを見る

Plant genetic resources are a strategic resource at the heart of sustainable crop production. Their e·cient conservation and use is critical to safeguard food and nutrition security, now and in the ……続きを見る

American presidents often engage in intensive campaigns to obtain public support for their policy initiatives. This core strategy for governing is based on the premise that if presidents are skilled……続きを見る

Public housing projects were the original form of government supported housing for low-income residents. Over the last fifty years many projects have struggled with high crime rates and numerous soc……続きを見る

O desemprego tornou-se tão extenso que conduziu a uma maior sensibilização face aos problemas que gera e, concomitantemente, à necessidade de desenhar intervenções no domínio das políticas públicas.……続きを見る

This book is an authentic historical document, supported by extensive analytical information, in which former Fiat top manager Giorgio Garuzzo passionately recounts his experience within Fiat betwee……続きを見る

Este livro debruça-se sobre a relação dos jovens portugueses com a cultura das celebridades, procurando compreender as suas diferentes posições de audiência. Tornou-se um lugar-comum citar Andy Warh……続きを見る

Because statistical confidentiality embraces the responsibility for both protecting data and ensuring its beneficial use for statistical purposes, those working with personal and proprietary data ca……続きを見る

Not long ago, conventional wisdom held that ADHD was a disorder of childhood onlyーthat somewhere during puberty or adolescence, the child would outgrow it. Now we know better: the majority of child……続きを見る

The underlying idea and motive for the book is that the notion of complexity may humanize the social sciences, may conceive the complex human being as more human, and turn reality as assumed in our ……続きを見る

В докладе «Положение дел в связи с отсутствием продовольственной безопасности в мире – 2014» представлены самые последние оценки масштабов недоедания и ход работы по достижению целей в области разви……続きを見る

Long recognized as a pioneering work in the ethnohistory of California, Chiefs and Challengers, when it first appeared, overturned the stereotype of Indian victimhood and revealed a complex politica……続きを見る

As one of only eight senators to vote against bank deregulation, Byron Dorgan warned America that a free-market system left unchecked is like a driving a car at ninety miles per hour without brakes.……続きを見る

Проблема недоедания во всех ее проявлениях недостаточное питание, дефицит питательных микроэлементов, избыточный вес и ожирение ведет к недопустимо высоким экономическим и социальным издержкам во вс……続きを見る

Charitable giving is on the rise in America. Despite the lingering effects of the economic downturn, Americans continue to give generously of their time, talent, and money – more than $335 billion i……続きを見る

The use of comparisons to explain, analyze and understand social and economic phenomena is recognized as a valuable social science tool. This textbook deals with the differences in management and or……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1961 and revised in 1964, is both a critical study of a body of thought and an historical account of how Marxist theory arose from the context of European history in th……続きを見る

In this scholarly volume, each of the living Slavonic languages are analysed and described in depth, together with the two extinct languages - Old Church Slavonic and Polabian. In addition, the vari……続きを見る

Since 2010, the debt and bank crises in the European area have presented the greatest challenge to the EU since its foundation. This book illustrates in a compact manner, how the currency union was ……続きを見る

Food is essential to southern culture, and collard greens play a central role in the South’s culinary traditions. A feast to the famished, a reward to the strong, and a comfort to the weary, collard……続きを見る

Provides a new understanding of the recurrent rhetorical need to employ conservative rhetoric in support of a radical cause The Women’s Social and Political Union, the militant branch of the English……続きを見る

From the time of its original publication in France, this cultural history (first published in English in 1966) by an international authority has stood apart from other histories of South East Asia.……続きを見る

Shape-Shifting Capital: Spiritual Management, Critical Theory, and the Ethnographic Project is positioned at the intersection of anthropology, critical theory, and philosophy of religion. First, Gon……続きを見る

Discover the thrilling, mysterious history of the shipwrecks found beneath the waves of Rehoboth Beach. Under the hot summer sun, vacationers stroll the Rehoboth Beach boardwalk, chewing saltwater t……続きを見る

A Europa moderna - e a formac?o da Uni?o Europeia - foram concebidas para minimizar as tens?es existentes que originaram as guerras catastroficas, mas como Friedman demonstra, aqueles planos falhara……続きを見る

În perioada 20002015, Uniunea Europeană a intrat întro nouă etapă semnificativă a devenirii sale, comparabilă cu începuturile Comunităților Europene din anii 1950 și cu trecerea de la comunități eco……続きを見る

The constructivist approach is the most important new school in the field of postcold war international relations. Constructivists assume that interstate and interorganizational relations are always……続きを見る

Seldom considered is whether markets do an adequate job of shaping our tastes. David George argues that they do not, and that the standard economic definition of efficiency can be used to demonstrat……続きを見る