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A work by the author of several books on women's issues, this excellent investigative study traces the vulnerable situation of Honduran women who have migrated to Spain, their exploitation, and their struggle to send remittances back to their families

Today the question of the moral foundations of democracy is more important then ever. In this book, the author helps to explain when and why democracy is important and also gives us guidance as to how democracies ought to be shaped.

The author employs careful empirical studies of the biotechnology and software industries in the United States and several European economies, to examine the relative success of policies aimed at cultivating the 'Silicon Valley model' of organising and financing companies in Europe

Presenting an original and illuminating study of Hegel's hugely influential but notoriously difficult 'Phenomenology of Spirit' the author shows that a proper understanding of this work must be founded on an understanding of its relationship to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason'

Contents -- About the Author -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Toward a Population History: A Basis for Comparisons -- Chapter 2. Immigrant Wages Then and Now -- Chapter 3. Second-Generation Schooling -- Chapter 4. Second-Generation Economic Outcomes -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index

Chile and Latin America in a globalized world -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Challenge of Globalization -- 3. The Objectives of Chilean Foreign Policy -- 4. Latin America and "Open Regionalism" -- 5. Five Dialogues -- 6. The Asia-Pacific Basin -- About the author.

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- 1. Religion in America -- 2. Ethnicity and Religion -- 3. Facets of Lived Religion -- 4. What Does Race Have to Do with Religion? -- 5. Religious Oppression -- 6. Case Studies -- Epilogue -- APPENDIX -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR

The author shares his experiences as an apprentice to one of Maine's last independent commercial fisherman, capturing the lore, excitement, and danger of life on a small fishing boat at sea and revealing the lives of New England's fishing communities.

Attempts to expose the hidden underside of Western nationalism. Arguing that the true history of the nation began earlier, the author shows how state builders set about deliberately constructing a sense of national solidarity to support their burgeoning authority

Intro -- Cover -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Acknowledgments -- Sources and Chapter Notes -- Bibliography -- Searchable Terms -- About the Author -- Also by Christopher Andersen -- Credits -- Copyright -- About the Publisher.

The author develops a range of rough estimates of the benefits and costs of a U.S. counterterrorism effort in the context of moderate (based on Northern Ireland in 1999), severe (recent Israeli experience), and nuclear terrorist attacks against the United States

Conventional wisdom suggests that the Platonist philosophers of late antiquity, from Plotinus (3rd century) to the 6th-century schools in Athens and Alexandria, neglected the political dimension of their Platonic heritage in concentrating on an otherworldly life. The author presents a reappraisal

Drawing on the work of a variety of other fields and disciplines - from the ancient Mediterranean to colonial Spain, and from anthropology to psychology - the author argues that colonialism in Africa needs to be understood through the medium of writing

Using a social-historical approach, the author focuses on the mercenaries the corporations enlisted in their anti-union efforts and considers the paramilitary methods unions developed to counter them. The book also traces the economic restructuring which transformed corporate anti-unionism.

This pioneering monograph integrates the major research findings of the past four decades and offers a new model for the study of human sexuality. The author examines the empirical literature on sexuality for the developmental stages of childhood, adolesc