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The emergence of a global economy has led to the erosion of local
autonomy and national sovereignty with an associated emphasis on
the spread of liberal, free-market economics. A clear divide is
appearing between those benefiting from and those disadvantaged by
this process. Among the most important consequences are changes in
the patterns of health and the prevalence of disease. While infant
mortality is declining in most countries, and many formerly
prevalent diseases are being successfully tackled, the move from
subsistence to cash economies brings with it changes in diet,
alcohol consumption and high levels of smoking; with the result
that non-communicable, 'lifestyle illnesses' such as heart disease
and diabetes are spreading rapidly. Similarly, growing divisions of
wealth add to the problem, bringing diseases relating to poverty
and malnourishment as well as those caused by affluence and
over-consumption. Issues covered in this book include equitable and
sustainable modernization, the determinants of health, the process
of marginalization, and survival strategies on the periphery. The
authors draw on primary case study material, largely from societies
in the Pacific region undergoing modernization, to provide
invaluable information for tracking and assessing the full impacts
of these changes.
Understanding of the theories that underpin international political
economy (IPE), and their practical applications, is crucial to the
study of international relations, politics, development and
economics. This is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to
the field, with an engaging and coherent foundation to the subject.
It considers traditional and alternative approaches to IPE, and in
doing so elucidates key concepts, assumptions and the intellectual
and historical context in which they arose and developed. At all
times, it makes clear their relevance to issues from trade, finance
and government, to environment, technology, health, labour,
security, migration, development and culture. The book encourages
independent reflection and critical thinking through a range of
in-text guiding features. In addition, each chapter presents
theoretical analysis alongside contemporary issues, helping the
reader to relate to the real world of IPE and to better understand
how theory helps inform interpretation of it. New to this edition:
comprehensively updated to include key coverage of the post-2015
framework of the Sustainable Development Goals, the financial
crisis and international government responses - successful or
otherwise - to recent challenges; fully updated data, reflective
questions, recommended readings, concept and example boxes, and
illustrations; new chapters on health, migration and labour;
additional coverage of trade theories and key contemporary issues,
such as national versus human security, economic versus human
development and illegal networks in global trade.
Understanding of the theories that underpin international political
economy (IPE), and their practical applications, is crucial to the
study of international relations, politics, development and
economics. This is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to
the field, with an engaging and coherent foundation to the subject.
It considers traditional and alternative approaches to IPE, and in
doing so elucidates key concepts, assumptions and the intellectual
and historical context in which they arose and developed. At all
times, it makes clear their relevance to issues from trade, finance
and government, to environment, technology, health, labour,
security, migration, development and culture. The book encourages
independent reflection and critical thinking through a range of
in-text guiding features. In addition, each chapter presents
theoretical analysis alongside contemporary issues, helping the
reader to relate to the real world of IPE and to better understand
how theory helps inform interpretation of it. New to this edition:
comprehensively updated to include key coverage of the post-2015
framework of the Sustainable Development Goals, the financial
crisis and international government responses - successful or
otherwise - to recent challenges; fully updated data, reflective
questions, recommended readings, concept and example boxes, and
illustrations; new chapters on health, migration and labour;
additional coverage of trade theories and key contemporary issues,
such as national versus human security, economic versus human
development and illegal networks in global trade.
Title: South Carolina as a royal province, 1719-1776.Author: W Roy
SmithPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph
Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana,
1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and
other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to
the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of
discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the
U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans,
slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana
offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere,
encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North
America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th
century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and
South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights
the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary
opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to
documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts,
newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and
more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of
original works are available via print-on-demand, making them
readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars,
and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from
various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this
title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to
insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington
LibraryDocumentID: SABCP00263000CollectionID:
CTRG10166351-BPublicationDate: 19030101SourceBibCitation: Selected
Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to
AmericaNotes: Collation: xix, 441 p.; 22 cm
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
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