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exclusion and discriminatory policing in drug violence, the authors of this volume show that the association between illegality … and violence cannot be divorced from the inequality that prevails in those countries. This book looks in detail at the … between illegal markets and violence, and they illuminate the need to factor in the way in which those markets are nested in …
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This book provides a historical overview of Chinese economic reform over the past 30 years. From the genesis of the reform to the gradual improvement of the market system, and then to the re-start of the critical stage of the reform, this book includes not only research on the reform process,...
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This fascinating and timely work explores in detail the changes in the Indian banking sector over the last 20 years, and puts them into a comparative perspective with the Chinese banking sector. For this purpose, the author develops a detailed indicator-based framework for assessing the...
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This open access book examines the magnitude, causes of, and reactions to white-collar crime, based on the theories and … research of those who have uncovered various forms of white-collar crime. It argues that the offenders who are convicted … represent only ‘the tip of the iceberg’ of a much greater problem: because white-collar crime is forced to compete with other …
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This book presents the latest research and novel case studies on crime and corruption in the tourism and hospitality …-free mind-set, novelty-seeking behaviour and anonymity - render it highly susceptible to victimisation, crime and corruption …
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This book presents and uses a major, new database of the most serious forms of internal resistance to the Nazi state to study empirically the whole phenomenon of resistance to an authoritarian regime. By studying serious political resistance from a quantitative historical perspective, the book...
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Part I -- PART II: Disordered gambling and related behaviors -- Casinos and drunk driving fatalities -- Gambling, crime … analysis -- Is gambling an “unproductive” activity? -- Casinos and crime: A review of the literature -- Casinos and commercial … revenues, as well as gambling disorders, crime rates, and the impact on other businesses. Readers will come away with a better …
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This book reveals all that can potentially happen when a private company takes over a local water supply system, both the good and the bad. Backed by real life stories of water privatization in action, author Manuel Schiffler presents a nuanced picture free of spin or fear mongering. Inside,...
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This book follows up on the author’s popular previous volume on Indian development planning and policy, published under the UNU WIDER series in development economics. It first introduces an evaluation of the newly mandated policy body of India, National Institution for Transforming India (also...
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This book, a third edition, has been significantly expanded and updated. It revisits the process of institutional change: its characteristics, determinants and implications for economic performance. New chapters address the significance of Post-Communist transition, the differences and...
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