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Following the phenomenal growth and structural changes of the Chinese economy, George C.S Lin examines the important contribution of China's land as a factor of production in both a rural and urban context.

Fought in the wake of a decade of armed struggle against colonialism, the Mozambican civil war lasted from 1977 to 1992, claiming hundreds of thousands of lives while displacing millions more. As conflicts across the globe span decades and generations, Stephen C. Lubkemann suggests that we need a fresh perspective on war when it becomes the context for normal life rather than an exceptional event that disrupts it. Culture in Chaos calls for a new point of departure in the ethnography of war that investigates how the inhabitants of war zones live under trying new conditions and how culture and social relations are transformed as a result. Lubkemann focuses on how Ndau social networks were fragmented by wartime displacement and the profound effect this had on gender relations. Demonstrating how wartime migration and post-conflict return were shaped by social struggles and interests that had little to do with the larger political reasons for the war, Lubkemann contests the assumption that wartime migration is always involuntary. His critical reexamination of displacement and his engagement with broader theories of agency and social change will be of interest to anthropologists, political scientists, historians, and demographers, and to anyone who works in a war zone or with refugees and migrants.

"This collection of articles selected from the Blue Book of Chinese Society 2018, originally published in Chinese, reviews China's social condition from 2017 to 2018. Chapter one offers an overview. Chapters two to seven present China's social conditions in 2017 from six aspects, including urban and rural income and spending, employment for college graduates, social security system, education system, healthcare, and public safety. In chapters eight to nineteen, findings are presented and analyzed from a number of social surveys on topics such as the sharing economy, college students, new white-collar urban workers, online public opinion and others. A statistical overview of China's Social Development in 2017 is given in the last chapter"--

This collection of articles selected from the Blue Book of Chinese Society 2018 , originally published in Chinese, reviews China's social condition from 2017 to 2018. Chapter one offers an overview. Chapters two to seven present China's social conditions in 2017 from six aspects, including urban and rural income and spending, employment for college graduates, social security system, education system, healthcare, and public safety. In chapters eight to nineteen, findings are presented and analyzed from a number of social surveys on topics such as the sharing economy, college students, new white-collar urban workers, online public opinion and others. A statistical overview of China's Social Development in 2017 is given in the last chapter

Agriculture in pending U.S. free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea / Remy Jurenas -- Cuba : issues for the 111th Congress / Mark P. Sullivan -- Cuban migration to the United States : policy and trends / Ruth Ellen Wasem -- Cuba : U.S. restrictions on travel and remittances / Mark P. Sullivan -- El Salvador : political, economic, and social conditions and U.S. relations / Clare Ribando Seelke and Peter J. Meyer -- Honduran-U.S. relations / Peter J. Meyer and Mark P. Sullivan -- Haiti : current conditions and Congressional concerns / Maureen Taft-Morales -- Chile : political and economic conditions and U.S. relations / Peter J. Meyer -- U.S.-Mexico economic relations : trends, issues and implications / M. Angeles Villarreal

Intro -- U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF LATIN AMERICA -- U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF LATIN AMERICA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE* -- Chapter 1 AGRICULTURE IN PENDING U.S. FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS WITH COLOMBIA, PANAMA AND SOUTH KOREA -- ABSTRACT -- BACKGROUND -- KEY AGRICULTURAL ISSUES IN FTAS -- PANAMA -- Overview of Agricultural Trade -- Agricultural Provisions -- Potential Impact on U.S. Agricultural Exports -- Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement -- Outlook for Congressional Consideration -- COLOMBIA -- Overview of Agricultural Trade -- Agricultural Provisions -- Potential Impact on U.S. Agricultural Trade -- SPS Side Letter -- Outlook for Congressional Consideration -- SOUTH KOREA -- Overview of Agricultural Trade -- Agricultural Provisions -- Potential Impact on U.S. Agricultural Trade -- Korea's Rules for U.S. Beef Imports -- Outlook for Congressional Consideration -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 CUBA: ISSUES FOR THE 111TH CONGRESS -- RECENT DEVELOPMENTS -- POLITICAL CONDITIONS -- March 2009 Government Shake-up -- Background to the Succession -- Human Rights -- Overview -- Varela Project -- ECONOMIC CONDITIONS -- Economic Changes under Raul -- CUBA'S FOREIGN POLICY -- U.S. POLICY TOWARD CUBA -- Policy Overview -- Debate on the Directions of U.S. Policy -- Clinton's Administration's Easing of Sanctions -- Bush Administration Policy -- Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba -- U.S. Reaction to Cuba's Political Succession -- Response to Raul's Overtures -- Response to Raul's Official Selection as President -- Obama Administration Policy -- Aftermath of 2008 Hurricanes and Tropical Storms -- Legislative Initiatives -- Restrictions on Travel, Remittances, and Agricultural Exports -- Travel and Remittances -- Agricultural Exports and Sanctions -- Legislative Initiatives