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Bread and Autocracy focuses on the political role of food in post-Soviet Russia. In less than twenty years, Putin's Russia moved from heavily relying on imports to feed the population to being one of the world's leading food exporters. The authors provide a comprehensive analysis of this transformation, as well as its causes and consequences for Russia's domestic politics and foreign policy. They argue that Russia's food independence agenda is an outcome of a deliberate, decades-long policy to better prepare the country for a confrontation with the West. Moreover, they show that for the Kremlin, nutritional self-sufficiency and domestic food production is a crucial pillar of state security and regime survival.

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. This book explores analytic induction, an approach to the analysis of cross-case evidence on qualitative outcomes that has deep roots in sociology. A popular research technique in the early decades of empirical sociology, analytic induction differs fundamentally as a method of social research from conventional variation-based approaches. In Analytic Induction for Social Research, Charles C. Ragin demonstrates that much is gained from systematizing analytic induction. The approach he introduces here offers a new template for conducting cross-case analysis and provides a new set of tools for answering common research questions that existing methods cannot address

"This comprehensive Handbook illustrates the wide range of approaches to teaching and learning social research methods in the classroom, online, in the field and in informal contexts. Bringing together contributors from varied disciplines and nations, it represents a landmark in the development of pedagogical culture for social research methods. Spanning qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research, this Handbook covers all aspects of teaching and learning, from introductory research methods courses to post-doctoral learning. Offering practical guidance, research evidence and reflective insights, it addresses some of the biggest challenges facing teachers and learners. It further advances ongoing debates, such as facilitating experiential learning online, supporting the development of reflexivity, embedding quantitative methods learning in university programmes and challenging orthodoxies with feminist, anti-racist, and decolonising pedagogies. This Handbook will be an invaluable resource for teachers of research methods across the social sciences, and for research methods training organisations looking to improve their courses. Researchers and students of pedagogy in higher education will also find it an enlightening read"--

This book uses an economic approach to analyze the socioeconomic causes and consequences of mental health disorders in China, with a special focus on mental depression. Based on a nationally representative dataset, we first investigate the prevalence and distribution of depression and depressive symptoms among Chinas adult population, and then use several econometric methods to estimate the multi-dimensional disease burden of the mental disorder, such as its direct medical costs, its indirect economic costs, and its hidden costs on social trust and life satisfaction. In addition, we specifically address the socioeconomic determinants of mental health by examining how the relative and absolute economic status may determine peoples mental depression. Lastly, we propose an analytical framework to evaluate the four major hurdles that cause the treatment gaps of mental health care, and discuss the policy options to overcome such hurdles and to address the unmet mental healthcare needs in China and other developing countries. The book may facilitate our understanding on the complex determinants and implications of the rising prevalence of mental health disorders in developing countries like China. In addition to the students, teachers, and researchers in the fields of health economics and public health, the book may also be of interest to health policy makers and non-government agencies who are concerned with addressing the global mental healthcare challenges using economic policy tools

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- About the Authors -- I: Introduction -- 1 Population Growth, Population Pressure, and Political Stability in Latin America -- Population Growth in Mexico -- Border Problems in the Hemisphere: Past and Potential -- The Effect of Rural-Urban Migration on the Political Stability of Latin American Nations -- 2 Population, National Power, and Security: The United States and Latin America -- Determinants of National Power Potential -- The National Power Potential Score -- National Power Potential Distribution and Change -- Implications for U.S. Security -- References -- II: Demographic Dimensions -- 3 Medium-Range Prospects for Fertility Reduction in Latin America -- Long-Range Projections -- Medium-Range Projections -- The Drift toward Optimism -- Has Fertility Really Declined? -- Are Family Planning Programs Really Working? -- Conclusions -- References -- 4 Population Growth and Labor Absorption in Latin America, 1970-2000 -- Labor Supply in Latin America -- Labor Demand in Latin America -- Population Trends in Mexico -- Trends in Economic Activity in Mexico -- Summary and Conclusion -- Appendix: Information about the Projections -- References -- 5 Population Growth and Emigration in Latin America: What Is the Nature of the Problem -- Population Growth and Emigration Trends -- Determinants of Emigration: A Complex Nexus -- Employment Generation and Labor-Force Growth -- Social Change -- Ethnic Colonies -- U.S. Immigration Regulations and Family Reunifications -- The American Labor Market -- Population Growth and Emigration: A Comprehensive View -- Prospects for Latin American and Caribbean Emigration -- Potential U.S. Policy Initiatives to Reduce Emigration Pressures -- References.

Traveling Bodies analyzes the central role bodies have in the experience and mediation of travel. Presenting Asian, European, and American perspectives, the case studies focus on historical and contemporary travel narratives, (new) media (e.g., film, travel apps), surf culture, and tattoo art.

Front Cover -- Hydro-Meteorological Hazards, Risks, and Disasters -- Hydro-Meteorological Hazards, Risks, and Disasters -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- I - Floods -- 1 - Flood processes and hazards -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Flood types and their processes -- 1.2.1 River floods -- 1.2.2 Flash floods -- 1.2.3 Dam-break floods -- 1.2.4 Ice-jam floods -- 1.2.5 Glacial-lake floods -- 1.2.6 Urban floods -- 1.2.7 Coastal floods -- 1.2.8 Hurricane-related floods -- 1.3 Flood hazard probabilities -- 1.4 Floods in a changing world -- References -- 2 - Paleoflood hydrology: reconstructing rare events and extreme flood discharges -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Paleoflood approaches and methodology -- 2.3 Geological and botanical paleoflood data -- 2.3.1 Sedimentological indicators -- 2.3.2 Botanical-based evidence -- 2.3.2.1 Flood reconstruction based on tree-ring analyses -- 2.3.2.2 Flood reconstruction based on lichenometry -- 2.4 Dating paleoflood evidence -- 2.5 Paleoflood discharge estimation -- 2.6 Flood frequency analysis using paleoflood data -- 2.7 Estimation of paleoflood volume -- 2.8 Applied paleoflood hydrology -- 2.8.1 Paleofloods as an analog of present and future flood disasters -- 2.8.2 Paleoflood hydrology applied to the design of sensitive infrastructures -- 2.8.3 Flood hazards in the context of climate change -- 2.8.4 Floodwater recharge by extreme floods -- 2.9 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 3 - Global and low-cost topographic data to support flood studies -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.1.1 Growing availability of global earth observation data -- 3.1.2 Recent progress on evaluation of global topographic data in supporting flood modeling -- 3.1.3 Uncertainties in inundation modeling and probabilistic flood mapping -- 3.1.4 Different types of data in constraining uncertainty in flood modeling.

Saudi Arabia (1986) is a major study of the political and administrative development of Saudi Arabia following its establishment as a leading world exporter of oil. It looks at the status of oil in the development of the state, as well as the political systems of government in the Kingdom.