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  • Qazaq Pastoralists in Western Mongolia

    Institutional Change, Economic Diversification and Social Stratification

    by Peter Finke ...
    Series series Routledge Series on Economic and Social Transformations in Central and Inner Asia
    Taking the case of Qazaq Pastoralists in Western Mongolia, this book looks at the universal human requirement to balance individual flexibility and strategies designed to make a living with the social expectations that impose particular rules of conduct but also enable mutual trust and cooperation to emerge.Pastoralists in Western Mongolia have experienced dramatic changes in recent decades, ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • Modelling Soil Development Under Global Change

    by Peter Finke ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Quantitative assessments of the effects of global change on soil development are mostly focused on soil carbon, some nutrients, pollutants and soil water. Soil however is a complex entity with interacting biological, physical and chemical processes that are rarely modelled in its entirety. Additionally, for the sake of simplicity various soil properties are considered constants whereas in reality ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD

  • The Emotionally Intelligent Physician Leader

    by Susan Fink Childs ...
    In today's fast-paced world of healthcare, physicians require effective tools to help manage, adapt, and get ahead in their careers. As a physician leader, it's no secret that emotional intelligence (EI) and an emotional quotient (EQ) is critical to career and life success. Knowing how to use EI can improve relationships with your patients and interactions with your colleagues.Embracing emotional ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Medically Unexplained Symptoms, Somatisation and Bodily Distress

    Developing Better Clinical Services

    Edited by Francis Creed, Peter Henningsen, Per Fink ...
    Medically unexplained symptoms and somatisation are the fifth most common reason for visits to doctors in the USA, and form one of the most expensive diagnostic categories in Europe. The range of disorders involved includes irritable bowel syndrome, chronic widespread pain and chronic fatigue syndrome. This book reviews the current literature, clarifies and disseminates clear information about the ... Read more

    $140.99 CAD

  • Constructing the Uzbek State

    Narratives of Post-Soviet Years

    by Marlene Laruelle, Sergey Abashin, Peter Finke, Matteo Fumagalli, Alisher Ilkhamov, Svetlana Peshkova, Sebastien Peyrouse, Johan Rasanayagam, Noah Tucker, Rustamjon Urinboyev0, Russell Zanca1, Morgan Y. Liu2, Nick Megoran3, Rano Turaeva-Hoehne4, Maria Louw5 ...
    Series series Contemporary Central Asia: Societies, Politics, and Cultures
    Over the past three decades, Uzbekistan has attracted the attention of the academic and policy communities because of its geostrategic importance, its critical role in shaping or unshaping Central Asia as a region, its economic and trade potential, and its demographic weight: every other Central Asian being Uzbek, Uzbekistan’s political, social, and cultural evolutions largely exemplify the ... Read more

    $168.99 CAD

  • Practices of Traditionalization in Central Asia

    Series series Central Asian Studies
    Practices of Traditionalization in Central Asia focuses on how tradition is ‘everyday-ified’ in contemporary Central Asia, including Tatarstan and Tibet, and what people seek to achieve in its name. The case studies range from political demonstrations and industrial workers’ gatherings to institutions of religious education, minority communities, weddings, and the Internet.In this volume we regard ... Read more

    $86.99 CAD

  • Migration and Economy

    Global and Local Dynamics

    by Ricardo Perez, Dolores Koenig, Jeffrey Cohen, Meltem Sancak, Peter Finke, Sasha Newell, Silvia Grigolini, Stephen Lubkemann, Robyn Eversole ...
    Series series Society for Economic Anthropology Monograph Series
    Trager and her coauthors focus on migration not as a single event but as a dynamic process that responds to and is shaped by broader economic, cultural and social forces. Individual essays consider issues of international and internal migration, of voluntary migration and forced movements due to civil conflicts and environmental degradation, and of macro-level forces and micro-level institutions. ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD

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  • Planet of Slums

    by Mike Davis ...
    Series series Essential Mike Davis
    THE BEST-SELLING MODERN CLASSIC: The world’s leading urbanist offers a “profound . . . brilliant” account of the rise of the world’s slums and the failures of modern urbanization (Arundhati Roy, activist and Booker Prize–winning author).According to the United Nations, more than one billion people now live in the slums of the cities of the South. In this brilliant and ambitious book, Mike Davis ... Read more

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  • HBR's 10 Must Reads 2018

    The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review (with bonus article “Customer Loyalty Is Overrated”) (HBR’s 10 Must Reads)

    by Harvard Business Review, Robert S. Kaplan, Michael E. Porter, Roger L. Martin, Daniel Kahneman ...
    Series series HBR's 10 Must Reads
    A year's worth of management wisdom, all in one place.We've reviewed the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to keep you up-to-date on the most cutting-edge, influential thinking driving business today. With authors from Michael E. Porter to Daniel Kahneman and company examples from P&G to Adobe, this volume brings the most current and important ... Read more

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    A Structural Genocide

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    Series series HBR's 10 Must Reads
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