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Asianization of Migrant Workers in the Gulf Countries

Springer, 2019

This edited volume contains sixteen chapters by eminent scholars on one of the largest migration corridors in the world i.e., between South and South-East Asia and the Gulf region. Asia’s trade and cultural contact with the Gulf date back to ancient historical times. Since the 1970s, the economic rise of the Gulf Cooperation...

Protecting Victims of Human Trafficking From Liability: The European Approach (Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

This books demonstrates the difficulty of protecting victims of human trafficking from being held liable for crimes they were compelled to commit in the course, or as a consequence, of being trafficked, under current European law. The legislation remains vague and potentially inadequate to recognise victimhood, safeguard the human...

Ruling the Root: Internet Governance and the Taming of Cyberspace

MIT Press, 2004

In Ruling the Root, Milton Mueller uses the theoretical framework of institutional economics to analyze the global policy and governance problems created by the assignment of Internet domain names and addresses. “The root” is the top of the domain name hierarchy and the Internet address space. It is the only point of...

Cisco IOS Access Lists

O'Reilly, 2001

Cisco IOS Access Lists takes a methodical approach to access lists and their capabilities, and is ideal for administrators of Cisco equipment who have configured access lists before but feel as if they're not taking full advantage of their capabilities (which, author Jeff Sedayao proves, extend well beyond security). Much of what Sedayao...

Financial Structure and Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Comparison of Banks, Markets, and Development

MIT Press, 2001

This is the first broad cross-country assessment of the ties between financial structure -- the mix of financial instruments, institutions, and markets in a given economy -- and economic growth since Raymond Goldsmith's 1969 landmark study. Most studies focus on developed countries and compare bank-based and market-based systems. Debates over the...

Challenges And Risks Of Genetically Engineered Organisms (Biological Resource Mangement in Agriculture)

OECD, 2004

This book discusses the often diverging risks and opportunities associated with genetically engineered organisms in terms of the environment, food safety, and economics and trade. These issues were raised at the OECD Workshop on Challenges and Risks of GMOs - What Risk Analysis is Appropriate? Options for Future Policy Making Towards...

The Accessibility Handbook

O'Reilly, 2012

Many people ask me how a developer who was working on the back-end for websites got involved in accessibility. After all, it wasn’t technically a part of my job description. It wasn’t going to make our sites faster (though I later found out it could have that side affect). I didn’t have a...

Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease (Modern Nutrition in Health & Disease (Shils))

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005

The Tenth Edition of this widely acclaimed book is a complete, authoritative reference on nutrition and its role in contemporary medicine, dietetics, nursing, public health, and public policy. Distinguished international experts provide in-depth information on historical landmarks in nutrition, specific dietary components,...

The Democracy Fix: How to Win the Fight for Fair Rules, Fair Courts, and Fair Elections

New Press, 2019

The former special assistant for legislative affairs to President Clinton, president of the American Constitution Society, and author of the "damn fine" (Elle) Under the Bus shows how the left can undo the right's damage and take the country back

Despite representing the beliefs of a minority...

Using Community Informatics to Transform Regions

Idea Group Publishing, 2003

Text develops an integrative, cross-sectoral approach in the use of Community Informatics to increase social and cultural capital as a means to increased sustainability for regional communities. For policy developers, researchers, and students. Hardcover, softcover available from the publisher. DLC: Community...

American Economic Policy in the 1990s

MIT Press, 2002

The 1990s saw the best economic performance in the United States in three decades. Strong economic growth and falling unemployment were accompanied by low inflation and rising budget surpluses. Although personal bankruptcies climbed, the personal saving rate fell, and the trade deficit expanded, overall, U.S. economic performance during the 1990s...

Scholarship in the Digital Age: Information, Infrastructure, and the Internet

MIT Press, 2007

Scholars in all fields are taking advantage of the wealth of online information, tools, and services to ask new questions, create new kinds of scholarly products, and reach new audiences. The Internet lies at the core of an advanced scholarly information infrastructure to facilitate distributed, data- and information-intensive collaborative...

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