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Free Download Gernot Kohler, "The Global Wage System: A Study Of International Wage Differences"
English | ISBN: 1594540942 | 2004 | 85 pages | PDF | 4 MB
International wage differences are important at a time of globalisation; their social and economic consequences are vast, if not devastating. It is astonishing, therefore, that the origins, causes, and determinants of international wage differences are hardly ever discussed. According to a widely held half-truth, international wage differences reflect international productivity differences. This study challenges that belief and shows that international wage differences are due to a mixture of discrimination and various economic factors, just like wage differences between the sexes. The approach of this study is influenced by two strands of socio-economic analysis, namely, by world-system analysis and by the feminist. critique of gender wage differences. The central theme is discrimination versus productivity. Are international wage differences due to productivity differences or are they due to discrimination? The following issues are examined: Data on international wage differences; long-term changes of national wage rates; wage differences due to gender, race, ethnicity, culture, and region; the relationship between wages and GDP per capita; and more.

Free Download Thea Lee, "Field Guide To The Global Economy"
English | 2005 | ISBN: 1565849566 | PDF (Scan) | pages: 79 | 47.1 mb
This fully updated and expanded second edition of The Field Guide to the Global Economy presents the latest facts to help make sense of the rapidly changing international economy. Illustrated throughout with charts, graphs, and cartoons, the book documents new trends, including the foreign "outsourcing" of U.S. service jobs, as well as the increasing influence of mega-firms like Wal-Mart and labor union-free China on workers around the globe.

Free Download Shawn Bender, "Feeling Machines: Japanese Robotics and the Global Entanglements of More-Than-Human Care"
English | ISBN: 1503641155 | 2024 | 254 pages | PDF | 9 MB
In recent years, debates over healthcare have accompanied rapid advances in technology, from the expansion of telehealth services to artificial intelligence driven diagnostics. In this book, Shawn Bender delves into the world of Japanese robots engineered for care. Care robots (kaigo robotto) emerged early in the 21st century, when roboticists began converting assembly line technologies into responsive machines for older adults and people with disabilities. These robots are meant to be felt and programmed to feel. While some greet them with enthusiasm, others fear that they might replace a fundamentally human task. Based on fieldwork in Japan, Denmark, and Germany, Bender traces the emergence of care robots in Japan and examines their impact on therapeutic practice around the world. Social science scholarship on robotics tends to be either speculative-imagining life together with robots-or experimental-observing robot-human interaction in laboratories or through short-term field studies. Instead, Bender follows roboticists developing technologies in Japan, and travels with the robots themselves into everyday sites of care, tracking the integration of robots into institutional care and the connection of care practice to robotics development. By exploring the application of Japanese robotics across the globe,

Free Download Jonathan Matusitz, "Communication in Global Jihad (Politics, Media and Political Communication)"
English | 2020 | ISBN: 0367617072, 0367617064 | EPUB | pages: 242 | 0.6 mb
This book conceptually examines the role of communication in global jihad from multiple perspectives. The main premise is that communication is so vital to the global jihadist movement today that jihadists will use any communicative tool, tactic, or approach to impact or transform people and the public at large. The author explores how and why the benefits of communication are a huge boon to jihadist operations, with jihadists communicating their ideological programs to develop a strong base for undertaking terrorist violence. The use of various information and communication systems and platforms by jihadists exemplifies the most recent progress in the relationship between terrorism, media, and the new information environment.

Free Download Chun-Yi Lee, "Chinese Labour in the Global Economy: Capitalist Exploitation and Strategies of Resistance"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 0367220474, 1138726605 | EPUB | pages: 162 | 0.8 mb
Chinese development is widely considered to be an example of successful developmental catch-up with double-digit growth rates year on year. Some even talk of an emerging power, which may in time replace the US as the global economy’s hegemon. And yet there is a dark underside to this ‘miracle’ in the form of workers’ long hours, low pay and lack of welfare benefits. Increasing levels of inequality have gone hand in hand with super exploitative working conditions. Nevertheless, Chinese workers have not simply accepted these conditions of super-exploitation; they have started to fight back.

Free Download Global Women’s Health: Gynecology and Obstetrics Under Diverse Global Conditions
English | 2024 | ISBN: 3662696991 | 327 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 27 MB
In this book, editors and their co-authors discuss medical topics and their diverse circumstances in the global context. They explore where German standards stand in comparison to global conditions, what is important in women’s healthcare – and what is less so, which standards are universally applicable, and where meaningful regional variations exist.

Free Download Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance by Ali Farazmand
English | PDF (True) | 2022 | 13623 Pages | ISBN : 3030662519 | 199.4 MB

Free Download Marc Bekoff, "Encyclopedia of Human-Animal Relationships: A Global Exploration of Our Connections with Animals, Volume 4: Liv-Z"
English | 2007 | pages: 398 | ISBN: 0313334919 | PDF | 19,8 mb

Free Download Marc Bekoff, "Encyclopedia of Human-Animal Relationships: A Global Exploration of Our Connections with Animals, Volume 3: Eth-Liv"
English | 2007 | pages: 448 | ISBN: 0313334900 | PDF | 26,8 mb
Humans and animals live together on earth, but as we increasingly reshape ecosystems to accommodate larger populations, technology, and increased consumption, animals are greatly affected. The history of civilization shows that humans have used animals for food, clothing, transportation, making a living, and even companionship, as well as subjects for the arts, literature, and within religious beliefs. Renowned animal behaviorist Marc Bekoff and 300 experts from around the globe provide more than 350 essays that discuss such topics as animals and ecology; animals and global warming; animals as food; animals as pets; animals and diseases; animals in research and in education; animals providing assistance; and the influence of animals in art, religion and philosophy, literature, music, dance, and entertainment. Students and all those wanting a better understanding of the reciprocal connections and interdependence of organisms on the planet will benefit from this fascinating and instructive reference work. Bekoff and contributors ranging from scientists and researchers in other disciplines to teachers, writers, and artists along with those who work with animals in service, rescue, and training have provided engaging and thought-provoking entries ranging in length from 500 to more than 5,000 words. Each entry in the encyclopedia ends with recommended further resources, which may include books, articles, Web sites, and videos. Just some of the hundreds of topics covered include Animal welfare Animals-including dogs and cats-as food Archaeology and anthropology and animals Art and animals Biomimicry-imitating animals-in engineering and architectural designs Birdsong and human speechChildren and animals China and changing attitudes toward animals Colonial America and animals Communication among animals and humans Companion animals and the importance of pets Conservation medicine, linking human and animal health to the environment Disaster assistance and animals Diseases (avian flu, hantavirus, AIDS, and others) in animals and humans Domestication of animals Ecotourism Education and animals Elephant and human conflict Environmental change and animals Factory farming Hunting of and by animals India and animals Insects and humans Language research in Great Apes Law and animals Literature and animals Movies and performing arts and animals Native Americans and animals Rehabilitation of animals Religion-Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and others-and animals Research using animals Sports and animals Urban wildlife Veterinary science Witchcraft and animals Wolves and humans Zoos In addition, there are entries on dogs, cats, rabbits, mice and rats, dolphins, foxes, bees, fish, bats, elephants, penguins, bears, cows, pigs, horses, hyenas, prairie dogs, pikas, monkeys, whales, reptiles, snakes, ravens, worms, and more. Among the many distinguished contributors to the volumes are Stephen Alter Arnold Arluke Juliet Clutton-Brock Hank Davis Mark Derr Jim and Jamie Dutcher Richard Foltz Greta Gaard Jane Goodall James L. Gould Donna J. Haraway Donna Hart Linda Hogan Linda Lear Andrew Linzey Ralph H. Lutts Patrick McDonnell Gail F. Melson Sy Montgomery Cynthia Moss Jim Motavalli Anna Peterson Brenda Peterson Dale Peterson Mim Eichler Rivas Terry Root David Rothenberg James A. Serpell Andrew T. Smith Douglas W. Smith Richard Sosis Robert W. Sussman Mary Thurston AdrianTreves Paul Waldau The volumes are illustrated with photographs, drawings, charts, and tables. An extensive bibliography, comprehensive index, and classified lists of entries provide extensive access to the contents of the encyclopedia.

Free Download Marc Bekoff, "Encyclopedia of Human-Animal Relationships: A Global Exploration of Our Connections with Animals, Volume 2: Con-Eth"
English | 2007 | pages: 400 | ISBN: 0313334897 | PDF | 22,8 mb
Humans and animals live together on earth, but as we increasingly reshape ecosystems to accommodate larger populations, technology, and increased consumption, animals are greatly affected. The history of civilization shows that humans have used animals for food, clothing, transportation, making a living, and even companionship, as well as subjects for the arts, literature, and within religious beliefs. Renowned animal behaviorist Marc Bekoff and 300 experts from around the globe provide more than 350 essays that discuss such topics as animals and ecology; animals and global warming; animals as food; animals as pets; animals and diseases; animals in research and in education; animals providing assistance; and the influence of animals in art, religion and philosophy, literature, music, dance, and entertainment. Students and all those wanting a better understanding of the reciprocal connections and interdependence of organisms on the planet will benefit from this fascinating and instructive reference work. Bekoff and contributors ranging from scientists and researchers in other disciplines to teachers, writers, and artists along with those who work with animals in service, rescue, and training have provided engaging and thought-provoking entries ranging in length from 500 to more than 5,000 words. Each entry in the encyclopedia ends with recommended further resources, which may include books, articles, Web sites, and videos. Just some of the hundreds of topics covered include Animal welfare Animals-including dogs and cats-as food Archaeology and anthropology and animals Art and animals Biomimicry-imitating animals-in engineering and architectural designs Birdsong and human speechChildren and animals China and changing attitudes toward animals Colonial America and animals Communication among animals and humans Companion animals and the importance of pets Conservation medicine, linking human and animal health to the environment Disaster assistance and animals Diseases (avian flu, hantavirus, AIDS, and others) in animals and humans Domestication of animals Ecotourism Education and animals Elephant and human conflict Environmental change and animals Factory farming Hunting of and by animals India and animals Insects and humans Language research in Great Apes Law and animals Literature and animals Movies and performing arts and animals Native Americans and animals Rehabilitation of animals Religion-Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and others-and animals Research using animals Sports and animals Urban wildlife Veterinary science Witchcraft and animals Wolves and humans Zoos In addition, there are entries on dogs, cats, rabbits, mice and rats, dolphins, foxes, bees, fish, bats, elephants, penguins, bears, cows, pigs, horses, hyenas, prairie dogs, pikas, monkeys, whales, reptiles, snakes, ravens, worms, and more. Among the many distinguished contributors to the volumes are Stephen Alter Arnold Arluke Juliet Clutton-Brock Hank Davis Mark Derr Jim and Jamie Dutcher Richard Foltz Greta Gaard Jane Goodall James L. Gould Donna J. Haraway Donna Hart Linda Hogan Linda Lear Andrew Linzey Ralph H. Lutts Patrick McDonnell Gail F. Melson Sy Montgomery Cynthia Moss Jim Motavalli Anna Peterson Brenda Peterson Dale Peterson Mim Eichler Rivas Terry Root David Rothenberg James A. Serpell Andrew T. Smith Douglas W. Smith Richard Sosis Robert W. Sussman Mary Thurston AdrianTreves Paul Waldau The volumes are illustrated with photographs, drawings, charts, and tables. An extensive bibliography, comprehensive index, and classified lists of entries provide extensive access to the contents of the encyclopedia.