“…This reprint also presents a set of practical solutions for various sectors, from tourism to agriculture, covering several countries, from Latin America to Asia to Europe. The various chapters present very diverse methodological approaches…”

“…This book covers a series of points that interconnect and oscillate between theories and narratives at the interface between neoliberalism, drugs and the production of cities in Latin America. For Hilderman Cardona Rodas, professor at the Universidad de Medellín (Colombia), this is an "excellent work in terms of document review, fieldwork and the author's intersubjective commitment in his argumentation. …”

“…First, the Lawson Doctrine — according to which current account deficits that result from a shift in private-sector behaviour should not be a public policy concern — has been discredited by recent currency crises in Latin America and Asia. Second, it is possible to define the size of current account deficits that should be sustainable in the long run. …”

“…The focus is on the prehistory of Scandinavia and the Low Countries, but also includes an excursion to huge prehistoric mounds in the southeast of North America. One contribution presents new evidence on how the immediate environment of Neolithic Funnel Beaker (TRB) culture megaliths was ordered, another one discusses the role of remarkable single and double post alignments around Bronze and Iron Age burial mounds. …”

“…The book also has the broadest possible geographical coverage as it explores emerging business practices in Africa; TNCs from Latin America; the emergence of Vietnam, Indonesia, and Turkey as business forces to reckon with; and foreign trade in India. …”

“…Further essays address aspects of the transmission, preservation, and elaboration of Aristotle's thought in subsequent phases of the history of philosophy (from the Judeo-Arabic reception to debates in Europe and North America), and look forward to potential future directions for the study of his thought. …”

“…Alexis de Tocqueville is widely cited as an authority on civil society, religion and American political culture, yet his thoughts on democratization outside the West and the challenges of a globalizing age are less known and often misunderstood. …”
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“…Golden Country, Jennifer Gilmore's masterful and irreverent reinvention of the Jewish American novel, captures the exuberance of the American dream while exposing its underbelly -- disillusionment, greed, and the disaffection bred by success. …”

“…Regional case studies, on Europe, East and Southeast Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, illuminate the Cold War's global reach. …”