How did imported technology contribute to the development of the colony of Singapore? Who were the main agents of change in this process? Was there extensive transfer and diffusion of Western science and technology into the port-city? How did the people respond to change? Examining areas such as...

Main description: "Economists agree about many things--contrary to popular opinion--but the majority agree about culture only in the sense that they no longer give it much thought." So begins the first chapter of Cultures Merging, in which Eric Jones--one of the world's leading economic...

Die Deutschen werden immer älter und immer weniger. Die Folgen für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft sind dramatischer als die der Wiedervereinigung. Angesichts des demographischen Wandels in den Industriegesellschaften wird eine Alterspolitik erforderlich, die mehr als eine Sozialpolitik für...

One of the core assumptions of recent American foreign policy is that China's post-1978 policy of "reform and openness" will lead to political liberalization. This book challenges that assumption and the general relationship between economic liberalization and democratization. Moreover, it...

1. Chapter 1: A historian’s introduction to paleoclimatology -- Chapter 2: A hard row to hoe. Climate change from the crop perspective -- Chapter 3: Who follows the elephant will have problems. Thought on modelling Roman responses to climate (changes) -- Chapter 4: Famines, demographic crises...

Strategic use of context integration capabilities of the industrial designer / T. Ando and K. Yaegashi -- Ethnic prejudice and tolerance in national literature / C.F. Peng -- Exploring the use of 'Wiggio' to support online collaborative learning for adult learners / S.H. Halili, R.A. Razak and...

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedications -- Contents -- A Personal Note -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1 -- Chapter 1: Defining the Common Good -- Chapter 2: Assessing the Impact of Proposed Actions on Human Happiness and Well-Being -- Chapter 3: Protecting and Enhancing Public...