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Total Operations Solutions

Total Operations Solutions

Total Operations Solutions builds on concepts that were introduced in Total Manufacturing Solutions Basu and Wright (1997). It demonstrates how this holistic approach of operational excellence driven by a self-assessment methodology can be applied equally to manufacturing service or public sectors. The text covers an implementation programme to demonstrate how to put the methodology into practice. a differentiating feature ofthe approach will be a critical uopdate impact analysis and comparison with new developments such as e-Business outsourcing Six Sigma EFQM and ISO 9000:2000. It is a step-by-step guide for the application of the appropriate tools to the improvement process. Total Operations Solutions could be used as an essential handbook for all employees in a Six Sigma programme and provide a better understanding of basic tools and techniques to help them to support a quality improvement initiative and sustain a srong competitive position.

GBP 170.00
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Scope of Total Architecture

Scope of Total Architecture

Originally published in 1956 this book provides a non-technical analysis of contemporary building by on the of the world’s greatest architects. Published a few years after the end of WW2 it was an inspiring and constructive picture of what kind of living could lie ahead for Western industrial society. This book the result of many year in the forefront of architectural experiment and achievement by the author outlines in practical terms the road to improved existence through science mass production in building and renewed emphasis on the individual. | Scope of Total Architecture

GBP 90.00
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Planning The Total Landscape A Guide To Intelligent Land Use

Planning The Total Landscape A Guide To Intelligent Land Use

Rapid changes in land use especially in growing metropolitan areas have created problems that increasingly indicate an urgent need for techniques and procedures for making intelligent land-use decisions. This book identifies the potential undesirable effects of land-use changes and provides techniques for estimating and minimizing them. Based on several years of research conducted by a team of thirty-four faculty and assistants the study shows how planners and decision makers can benefit from such contemporary planning tools as remote sensing statistical analysis and computer technology as well as a variety of evaluation procedures. Part 1 describes the problems of contemporary urbanization and offers a set of planning principles and tools for working with the environmental landscape. These principles and tools are the basis of the procedures detailed in Part 2; the assessment procedures in turn are an essential part of the two current planning approaches—the holistic landscape approach and the parametric approach—described in Part 3. | Planning The Total Landscape A Guide To Intelligent Land Use

GBP 130.00
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Fraternal Relations in Monasteries The Laboratory of Love

Fraternal Relations in Monasteries The Laboratory of Love

This is a book about the tensions between Christian ideals of love and the concrete realities of everyday monastic life. Based on a study of Cistercian monasteries in France it develops a novel conceptualization of fraternal relations and addresses how monks and nuns strive to accomplish such relationships within their communities. By focusing on the main interaction contexts of monasteries as a form of voluntary total institution the book shows how attempts to generate collective solidarity relate to other members as equals and avoid preferential relations conflict with practices of everyday life. Although fraternal ideals are similar for monks and nuns the analysis reveals significant gender differences regarding the legitimacy of different forms of interaction and relationships as well as how to control them. The book appeals to readers with an interest in total institutions sociology of religion sociology of friendship sociology of intimacy and also to scholars with an interest in theology of love and practical theology. | Fraternal Relations in Monasteries The Laboratory of Love

GBP 120.00
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Management Ideas

Management Ideas

Management Ideas is a unique guide to the dominant theories influencing management practice in the late 20th century. Kermally explains how some organizations have taken these ideas on board and incorporated them in their strategies in order to survive in today's intensively competitive climate. Management Ideas looks at: Total quality management Benchmarking Customer service Business process re-engineering Performance measurement Empowerment Learning and knowledge-focused organizations The . in brief books provide a critical 'snapshot' of the major management fashions and fads influencing business strategy. They cut through the consultants' jargon and steer a practical common sense course through the theory and hype. They provide managers with a balanced view based on evidence rather than missionary zeal so that they can be better informed. Sultan Kermally is the senior Vice President and the Director of the Economist Conferences. Formerly he was a Senior Group Director at Management Centre Europe Brussels. He designs conferences on leading edge management issues such as Benchmarking Empowerment Process Re-engineering. He is also a part-time lecturer at Durham University Business School. An expanded hardback edition of this book Total Management Thinking is also available - ISBN 0750626143

GBP 175.00
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The Social Role of the Man of Knowledge

The Social Role of the Man of Knowledge

In this seminal contribution to the sociology of knowledge first published in 1940 Florian Znaniecki develops a typology of the variety of specific social roles that scholars have played and investigates the normative patterns that govern their behavior. A central tool for the investigation of these problems is the notion of “social circle” the audience to which intellectuals address themselves. Znaniecki shows that thinkers do not speak to the total society but address selected segments and markets. Specific social circles bestow recognition provide material or psychic support and help shape the self-image of the thinker. | The Social Role of the Man of Knowledge

GBP 110.00
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Solid Gold Popular Record Industry

Solid Gold Popular Record Industry

More than 90 record companies release over 9 000 pop records each year a staggering total of 52 000 songs. Each one competes for the gold record the recording industry's symbol of success that certifies $1 million worth of records have been sold. Solid Gold explains why for each record that succeeds countless others fail. This book follows the progress of a record through production marketing and distribution and shows how a mistake made at any point can mean its doom. Denisoff suggests that a drastic shift in the demographic makeup of the pop music audience during the sixties has resulted in a broader listening public including fans at every level of society. | Solid Gold Popular Record Industry

GBP 130.00
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Ethnomusicology of the Flathead Indians

Ethnomusicology of the Flathead Indians

All people in no matter what culture must be able to place their music firmly in the context of the totality of their beliefs experiences and activities for without such ties music cannot exist. This means that there must be a body of theory connected with any music system - not necessarily a theory of the structure of music sound although that may be present as well but rather a theory of what music is what it does and how it is coordinated with the total environment both natural and cultural in which human beings move. The Flathead Indians of Western Montana (just over 26 000 in number as of the 2000 census) inhabit a reservation consisting of 632 516 acres of land in the Jocko and Flathead Valleys and the Camas Prairie country which lie roughly between Evaro and Kalispell Montana. The reservation is bounded on the east by the Mission Range on the west by the Cabinet National Forest on the south by the Lolo National Forest and on the north by an arbitrary line approximately bisecting Flathead Lake about twenty-four miles south of Kalispell. The area is one of the richest agricultural regions in Montana and fish and game are abundant. The Flathead are engaged in stocking timbering and various agricultural enterprises. For the Flathead the most important single fact about music and its relationship to the total world is its origin in the supernatural sphere. All true and proper songs particularly in the past owe their origin to a variety of contacts experienced by humans with beings which though a part of this world are superhuman and the source of both individual and tribal powers and skills. Thus a sharp distinction is drawn by the Flathead between what they call make-up and all other songs. Merriam's pioneering work in the relationship of ethnography and musicology remains a primary source in this field in anthropology. | Ethnomusicology of the Flathead Indians

GBP 130.00
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The Crisis of Marxist Ideology in Eastern Europe The Poverty of Utopia

The Crisis of Marxist Ideology in Eastern Europe The Poverty of Utopia

First published in 1988 The Crisis of Marxist Ideology in Eastern Europe states that since de-Stalinisation began in Eastern Europe the ‘dead hand’ of institutional Marxism has been eroded by revisionist Marxism with the turn to young Marx and the philosophy of human emancipation to undermine prevailing orthodoxies. But this revisionism clung to the old socialist dogmas and refused a total break with the system and the effort eventually failed. The result was the emergence of a dissident counterculture rejecting the system entirely. Independent social movements (such as unofficial peace groups and trade unions like Solidarity) have given this counterculture a major role in Eastern Europe whilst the ruling elites have responded with confusion. Tismaneanu concludes that the only hope for the anti-totalitarian intellectuals of Eastern Europe is to oppose the regimes with non-Marxist ideas – otherwise they will be permanently reduced to the status of a hopeless albeit heroic minority. This book will be of interest to students of economics political science and international relations. | The Crisis of Marxist Ideology in Eastern Europe The Poverty of Utopia

GBP 90.00
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South Wales Miners: Glowyr de Cymru A History of the South Wales Miners' Federation (1914-1926)

South Wales Miners: Glowyr de Cymru A History of the South Wales Miners' Federation (1914-1926)

First published in 1975 South Wales Miners starts with the War of Empires when nearly 50 000 Welsh miners almost one-fifth of the total manpower of their coalfield responded to the call and voluntarily enlisted in the British armed forces. The author uncovers how the coalowners in the meantime took advantage of the war emergency to deny the remaining miners a fair recompense for their toil and of the bitter strife that followed. The book tells the story of what led up to the General Strike and here the author uses hitherto hidden sources of information. The picture is revealed of what was a virtual conspiracy between the Baldwin-Churchill Government and the mineowners not only to cut wages and lengthen hours but to cripple British trade unionism. When the miners held out through a seven-month lockout the efforts of these highly placed conspirators recoiled on their own heads and on the whole economy of British Empire. This book will be of interest to students of history labour studies economics and political science. | South Wales Miners: Glowyr de Cymru A History of the South Wales Miners' Federation (1914-1926)

GBP 105.00
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The Japanese Economy Strategies to Cope with a Shrinking and Ageing Population

The Japanese Economy Strategies to Cope with a Shrinking and Ageing Population

Japan has many unique strengths but it also faces numerous challenges many of which are related to population ageing. Rapid demographic change is projected to reduce Japan’s population by one-quarter by 2060 while increasing the share of elderly people from 29% of the total population to 38% which would be the highest share among advanced countries. This book analyses the Japanese economy and the challenges it faces and suggests policies to promote wellbeing high living standards fiscal sustainability social inclusion and environmental sustainability. The book’s 24 chapters focus on key aspects of Japan’s economy including the labour market innovation education women in the workforce corporate governance small and medium-sized enterprises the service sector agriculture fiscal and monetary policy income distribution and policies to address climate change. The volume aims to increase understanding of Japan the world’s third-largest economy and a key player in the global economy. It will assist policymakers and serve as a resource for academics and students of economics and public policy. As Japan is a front-runner in population ageing the book’s analysis and policy recommendations are highly relevant to other countries that are or soon will be facing similar challenges. | The Japanese Economy Strategies to Cope with a Shrinking and Ageing Population

GBP 130.00
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The Revolutionary Ascetic Evolution of a Political Type

The Revolutionary Ascetic Evolution of a Political Type

Why have the great revolutionary leaders of modern times from Robespierre to Lenin and Mao Tse-tung‘so often been ascetics austere puritans with few emotional ties? What functions political as well as personal do these ascetic traits perform for the modern revolutionary leader and for his followers?Noted historian and author Bruce Mazlish is convinced that beginning in the nineteenth century the needs of modernizing revolutions have produced a distinct new type of political leader the revolutionary ascetic. This individual's denial of personal pleasures and commitments both enables him to perform politically necessary if personally repulsive revolutionary acts and to command the allegiance of his more worldly followers. Starting with Cromwell and the religious ascetics of the Puritan Revolution Mazlish shows in a series of fascinating personality sketches how this asceticism first became secularized with the French Revolution and then in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries was put to the service of a new kind of total modernizing revolution in Russia China and elsewhere. In two remarkably vivid portraits of Lenin and Mao Tse-tung Mazlish shows us precisely how two of the century's best-known revolutionaries consciously and unconsciously used their personal asceticism to induce revolutionary change. | The Revolutionary Ascetic Evolution of a Political Type

GBP 130.00
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The EU Emissions Trading Scheme

The EU Emissions Trading Scheme

This special issue of the Climate Policy journal outlines the fundamentals of the new European Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) assesses the strategies for and impact of implementation and highlights the scheme's potential including positive aspects and remaining hurdles. The EU Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS) is the first international trading scheme for CO2 in the world. Its aim is to reduce the cost of compliance to existing targets under the Kyoto Protocol. From 1st January 2005 companies in high-energy sectors covered by the scheme must limit their CO2 emissions to allocated levels arranged in two periods: from 2005-2007 and 2008-2012 (to match the first Kyoto commitment period). In practice the scheme is likely to cover over 12 000 installations across the European Union corresponding to approximately 46% of the total EU CO2 emissions. The EU ETS represents a significant development in working at an international level to combat dangerous climate change. The EU Emissions Trading Scheme presents a comprehensive and insightful analysis of the EU ETS written by international experts in the field. The publication includes the latest research on emissions credits the interaction of the trading scheme with national energy policies and the debate on future expansion.

GBP 130.00
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Sustainable Buildings in Practice What the Users Think

Sustainable Buildings in Practice What the Users Think

Current assessment methods of sustainable buildings do not adequately account for the users' needs. Given that over the life of a building total salary costs far outweigh both operating costs and combined capital and rental costs the occupants' needs are not something which should be sensibly ignored. This book presents an unbiased evaluation of thirty of the most cutting-edge sustainable buildings in the world in terms of the users' perceived comfort health and productivity. The author has visited the buildings interviewed the design teams and examined the findings of a sixty-question standardized user questionnaire. The book provides:• thirty case studies covering mixed-mode passive and environmentally sustainable commercial and institutional buildings • detailed insights into the principles underlying the design of sustainable buildings worldwide over several climatic zones and eleven countries together with clear explanations and illustrations of innovative design practice• a discussion of common issues and the lessons that may be learnt from a study of the performance of sustainable buildings in practice from the point of view of the people who use them. This important book will be of great benefit to architects and engineers facility managers of commercial and institutional buildings as well as developers and researchers academics and students in these fields. | Sustainable Buildings in Practice What the Users Think

GBP 175.00
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The History of Experience A Study in Experiential Turns and Cultural Dynamics from the Paleolithic to the Present Day

The History of Experience A Study in Experiential Turns and Cultural Dynamics from the Paleolithic to the Present Day

In a wide arc from the Paleolithic to the present day this book explores the changing structure of human experience and its impact on the dynamics of cultures civilizations and political ideas. The main thesis is a paradigm shift: the structure of human experience is not a universal constant but changes over time. Looking at the entire range of human history there are a total of nine transformations beginning with conscious perception and imagination in the Paleolithic and ending for the time being in modern times with the discovery of the unconscious. In between this book explores six more transformations that took place in different regions and at different times which include a sense of order self-reflection the eye of reason spiritual experience as well as the experience of creativity and of consciousness. As such The History of Experience presents both a cross-cultural and comparative theory of experience and cultural dynamics and an exploration of rich materials from East and West. This book is of great use to upper-level undergraduates postgraduates and scholars interested in the relationship between history human experience culture and political order. | The History of Experience A Study in Experiential Turns and Cultural Dynamics from the Paleolithic to the Present Day

GBP 120.00
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Controlled Drinking

Controlled Drinking

Originally published in 1981 and revised in 1983 Controlled Drinking was the first scholarly review of the literature on a controversial but increasingly practiced approach to the treatment of alcoholism. Nick Heather and Ian Robertson analyse all the pertinent questions that controlled drinking raises starting with the need to examine the ‘disease conception’ of alcoholism and ‘total abstinence’ treatment. They look at the evidence indicating that some people previously diagnosed as alcoholics are able to return to normal controlled patterns of drinking and discuss therapies where controlled drinking is the treatment goal fully reviewing the evidence for their success and failure. Concluding with a discussion of the theoretical and policy implications of controlled drinking the authors recommend that the disease view of alcoholism be finally abandoned. For the revised paperback edition as well as correcting and updating the text and references the authors included an important postscript on the charges of falsification of evidence and their subsequent refutation which made up the Sobell affair. The wealth of other material presented in Controlled Drinking supports the authors’ conclusions even if the Sobells’ work were ignored. However this revised edition was made more useful for student and professional readers by the postscript’s discussion of the controversy surrounding the most widely known and quoted controlled drinking trial at the time.

GBP 105.00
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The High Cost of Free Parking Updated Edition

The High Cost of Free Parking Updated Edition

One of the American Planning Association‘s most popular and influential books is finally in paperback with a new preface from the author on how thinking about parking has changed since this book was first published. In this no-holds-barred treatise Donald Shoup argues that free parking has contributed to auto dependence rapid urban sprawl extravagant energy use and a host of other problems. Planners mandate free parking to alleviate congestion but end up distorting transportation choices debasing urban design damaging the economy and degrading the environment. Ubiquitous free parking helps explain why our cities sprawl on a scale fit more for cars than for people and why American motor vehicles now consume one-eighth of the world's total oil production. But it doesn't have to be this way. Shoup proposes new ways for cities to regulate parking namely charge fair market prices for curb parking use the resulting revenue to pay for services in the neighborhoods that generate it and remove zoning requirements for off-street parking. Such measures according to the Yale-trained economist and UCLA planning professor will make parking easier and driving less necessary. Join the swelling ranks of Shoupistas by picking up this book today. You'll never look at a parking spot the same way again. | The High Cost of Free Parking Updated Edition

GBP 130.00
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COVID-19 and Climate Change in BRICS Nations Beyond the Paris Agreement and Agenda 2030

COVID-19 and Climate Change in BRICS Nations Beyond the Paris Agreement and Agenda 2030

This book provides a quantitative and qualitative overview of the overall impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had on the capacity of Brazil Russia India China and South Africa (BRICS countries) to reshape global climate governance and explore areas for mutual cooperation. BRICS countries account for nearly 40% of the total world population and are thus intrinsic to the global efforts and results for Agenda 2030 the Sustainable Development Goals the Paris Agreement and beyond. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic does not at first appear to be directly related to BRICS’ policies to address climate change but it has influenced the pace and nature of climate action due to the loss of human and financial capital. This book examines this correlation and raises awareness of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impacts and potential solutions on BRICS’ climate strategies. Drawing on case studies from each country the authors use examples from urban governance energy transition strategy foreign investment and more to illustrate how COVID-19 has negatively or positively impacted climate data and draw wider conclusions about the long-term climate policies that may be implemented. This volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of climate change environmental politics and governance and global development studies. | COVID-19 and Climate Change in BRICS Nations Beyond the Paris Agreement and Agenda 2030

GBP 130.00
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Entryism and the Revolutionary Socialist Left in Britain

Entryism and the Revolutionary Socialist Left in Britain

This book examines entryism in the context of the revolutionary socialist left in Britain from the inception of the Communist Party of Great Britain in 1920 to the departure of Militant from the Labour Party in 1992. Entryism is a tactic of penetration of a political party by another aimed at accomplishing objectives the nature of which can change depending on the type of entry. This work shows to what extent there is not one type of entryism but several. The adopted methodology is chronological with introductory chapters that study the context and the previous partial-only attempts to define entryism. The first part of the volume is dedicated to the relationship between the Communist Party of Great Britain and the Labour Party up until the middle of the 20th century. The following two parts are dedicated to British Trotskyists before and after the Second World War. In total 17 organisations that have practiced entryism are examined. Through their objectives practices and results this work intends to formulate an exhaustive typology of the tactic which fills a definitional gap in political science and covers an aspect of Labour’s History that has only been partially covered. This volume will be of use to students and scholars interested in the history of the Labour Party and the Far Left in the United Kingdom. | Entryism and the Revolutionary Socialist Left in Britain

GBP 130.00
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Enjoyment of Laughter

Enjoyment of Laughter

Humor at its best is a somewhat fluid and transitory element but most books about it are illustrated with hardened old jokes from the comic papers or classic witticisms jerked out of their context. Max Eastman in this work avoids this catastrophe by quoting mainly from contemporary American humor. This is not an anthology in that selections have been made with a view to making a point rather than covering the field. The purpose of Eastman's fabled work is to make the reader laugh. Since his early school days it has seemed to him that textbooks are wrongly written in that they are conducted in a way which ignores the natural operation of the mind. As a result the opinion is universal and under the circumstances a fact that in order to learn anything you have to study. Since this introduction to humor is itself near to writing a textbook Eastman uses the very text he constructs to illustrate the manner in which textbooks should be written. Examination and classification of the kinds of humorous experience upon the basis of a theory is a science. As such this work offers a fair chance to illustrate a method of instruction. However the distinction between a good joke and a bad one will not prevent the reader from making bad jokes nor enable one to make good ones. There is an artistic and playful element that simply cannot be taught. Enjoyment of Laughter presents a total view of the science of laughter and draws upon some of the great American humorists to do so.

GBP 145.00
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The Administration of Health Systems Comparative Perspectives

The Administration of Health Systems Comparative Perspectives

In the late 1960s American society entered a period of rapidly accelerating social change. Certainty that U. S. vast scientific and technical capability would be able to find solutions to all problems began to turn to concern as organizational efforts were unable to keep pace with new developments in a variety of areas. The health field with its focus on the well-being of individuals felt the impact of these changes particularly strongly. Medicines became more focused on isolated health practices as the patient's needs were attended to within groups of unrelated biological systems. The emerging thought represented in this collection pushes for the perception of health as a right rather than as something to be earned. It argues that deprivation of life-saving and life-fulfilling opportunities to any populations should not be tolerated. The editors also demand more awareness of the implications of isolated health activities and make the case for a comprehensive total health care system. Health is no longer just a biological function; quality of life is also a concern. First published in 1971 by administrators of health agencies teachers and health personnel this work presents perspectives on problems and interpretations of forces and issues that are of continuing importance to health administrators. The emphasis on the need to focus on the whole patient rather than just their illness and on providing them with a good life not just a disease free one is still as valid today as it was when this volume was initially published. | The Administration of Health Systems Comparative Perspectives

GBP 130.00
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Partnering in the Construction Industry

Partnering in the Construction Industry

Partnering is the most effective way of tackling construction projects. This book explains how clients and construction firms using partnering can achieve ever higher levels of efficiency and certainty to provide world class buildings and infrastructure of all kinds. Detailed guidance about the actions that clients and professionals new to partnering need to take is given followed by advice about the actions individual firms can take to get the maximum benefits from partnering. Finally the book describes how highly developed forms of partnering are developing into strategic collaborative working that turns construction into a genuinely modern industry able to meet all customers needs. The book is designed to be used flexibly by a variety of readers with coloured sections and executive summaries built into the body of the text to enable senior managers to get a quick overview of the guidance provided. The detailed guidance provides those at the workface with the ammunition needed to cooperate with those around them in doing their best work. The guidance is supported by check lists that help ensure everyone involved knows what they need to do to match and then exceed today‘s best practice. Construction clients will learn how to get high quality reliable and fast completion and a firm price that represents best value for money. This book helps everyone in the construction industry be fairly rewarded for delivering best practice. The expert guidance also gives the construction industry the time and resources needed to give proper attention to all aspects of quality including sustainability and total life cycle costs. to match and then exceed today‘s best practice. | Partnering in the Construction Industry

GBP 175.00
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The Economics of Financial Services in Emerging Markets Measuring the Output of the Banking and Insurance Industries

The Economics of Financial Services in Emerging Markets Measuring the Output of the Banking and Insurance Industries

Any enquiry into the nature performance role demerits growth efficiency or other aspects of financial services such as banking and insurance activities requires rigorous estimates of their economic output i. e. the economic contributions made by these firms as well as by the industries as a whole. Accordingly this book condenses several theoretical methodological empirical and philosophical issues in conceptualizing measuring and empirically operationalizing the economic output of the banking and insurance industries. The analytical focus is on both Global and Emerging Markets perspectives. The book synthesizes applied and conceptual evidence to locate the chosen theme's analytical patterns consensus and disagreements. The selected subject matter is studied within the firm-level and aggregate settings bringing literature of varied scopes together. Contributions from various international academics practitioners and policymakers further enrich the narrative. The book concludes with data-driven case studies that analyze the extent to which the critical performance parameters of the banking and insurance industries in the BRIICS economies – including estimation of aggregate industry-level partial factor productivities total factor productivity technical efficiency and returns to scale – vary concerning alternate measures of their output. The present work also provides a brief note on the inputs measurement dimension following which there is a discussion on the limitations future scope and conclusions. This work will be valuable for researchers and policymakers undertaking performance analyses related to banking and insurance activities. It shall provide them with the examination of a plethora of analytical options and related issues on the theory and praxis of output measurement all finely organized into one single volume. | The Economics of Financial Services in Emerging Markets Measuring the Output of the Banking and Insurance Industries

GBP 120.00
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Bitter Waters Life And Work In Stalin's Russia

Bitter Waters Life And Work In Stalin's Russia

One dusty summer day in 1935 a young writer named Gennady Andreev-Khomiakov was released from the Siberian labor camp where he had spent the last eight years of his life. His total assets amounted to 25 rubles a loaf of bread five dried herrings and the papers identifying him as a convicted ?enemy of the people. ? From this hard-pressed beginning Andreev-Khomiakov would eventually work his way into a series of jobs that would allow him to travel and see more of ordinary life and work in the Soviet Union of the 1930s than most of his fellow Soviet citizens would ever have dreamed possible. Capitalizing on this rare opportunity Bitter Waters is Andreev-Khomiakov's eyewitness account of those tumultuous years a time when titanic forces were shaping the course of Russian history. Later to become a successful writer and editor in the Russiangr ommunity in the 1950s and 1960s Andreev-Khomiakov brilliantly uses this memoir to explore many aspects of Stalinist society. Forced collectivization Five Year Plans purges and the questionable achievements of ?shock worker brigades? are only part of this story. Andreev-Khomiakov exposes the Soviet economy as little more than a web of corruption a system that largely functioned through bribery barter and brute force?and that fell into temporary chaos when the German army suddenly invaded in 1941. Bitter Waters may be most valuable for what it reveals about Russian society during the tumultuous 1930s. From remote provincial centers and rural areas to the best and worst of Moscow and Leningrad Andreev-Khomiakov's series of deftly drawn sketches of people places and events provide a unique window on the hard daily lives of the people who built Stalin's Soviet Union. | Bitter Waters Life And Work In Stalin's Russia

GBP 130.00
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Political Economy of Agricultural Development in India

Political Economy of Agricultural Development in India

The book covers Indian agricultural development from the colonial to the present period. It examines how ruling class political ideology determined the agricultural policies from colonial rule. It considers both quantitative and qualitative aspects in all periods: colonial period to pre-green revolution phase post-green revolution phase (early and late stages) and post-globalisation phase after 1991. India has achieved the ability to maintain food security through enough food grain buffer stocks to meet the enormous public distribution system. But with India’s entry into WTO in 1994 euphoria has been created among all types of farmers to adopt commercial crops like cotton cost-intensive inputs. Even food grain crops are grown through use of costly irrigation and chemicalised inputs. But they lacked remunerative prices and so farmers began to commit suicides which crossed 3. 5 lakh. Government of India attributed this agrarian crisis to the technology fatigue and gave scope for second green revolution (GR-II). GR-I was achieved by public sector enterprise whereas the GR-II as gene revolution is a result of private sector enterprise/MNCs. There is fear that opening up of the sector may lead to handover of the family farms to big agri-multinationals. GOI’s proposal to double farmers’ income by 2022 is feasible only when the problems being faced by small marginal and tenant farmers are addressed in agricultural marketing credit and extension services. Now it is time to go for suitable forms of cooperative/collective agriculture as 85 percent of total cultivators are the small and marginal farmers. This book is co-published with Aakar Books New Delhi. Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the print versions of this book in India Pakistan Nepal Bhutan Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. | Political Economy of Agricultural Development in India

GBP 150.00
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