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  • Deadly Secret of the Lusitania

    by Ivan Light ...
    On May 7, 1915, a German submarine torpedoed and sank the Lusitania, a British ocean liner, eleven miles off the southern coast of Ireland, causing the deaths of 1,200 civilian passengers, including a hundred children. As 128 Americans were among the dead, this horrifying war crime caused a storm of protest in the United States, and it began a chain of events that plunged the U.S. into World War I ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Entrepreneurs and Capitalism since Luther

    Rediscovering the Moral Economy

    by Ivan Light, Léo-Paul Dana ...
    In Entrepreneurs and Capitalism since Luther: Rediscovering the Moral Economy, Ivan Light and Léo-Paul Dana study the history of business, capitalism, and entrepreneurship to examine the values of social and cultural capital. Six chapters evaluate case studies that illustrate contrasting relationships between social networks, vocational culture, and entrepreneurship. Light and Dana argue that, in ... Read more

    $36.49 USD

  • Immigrant and Refugee Entrepreneurs

    History, Cases, and Frontiers

    Edited by Ivan Light, Leo-Paul Dana, Didier Chabaud ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    In this broad-based, imaginative and challenging volume by front-runners in the domain of immigrant and refugee entrepreneurship, Ivan Light, Leo-Paul Dana and Didier Chabaud contribute a near boundless magnitude to our understanding of this realm of scholarship, agency, endurance, and survivorship. Their insights into the saliency of these forms of collective effort are as impressive as they are ... Read more

    $179.09 USD

  • Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Immigrants in the United States and Israel

    Edited by Ivan Light, Richard E. Isralowitz ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1997, This book now opens the unduly delayed discussion about how Israel and the USA deal with immigration and how they are transformed by it. Approaching the discussion from the point of view of contemporary immigration research, this book prioritizes the economic processes of immigrant insertion in Israel and the USA, immigrant absorption and assimilation in both countries, ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    Series series Maarif Global Education Series
    This open access book explores the agenda of education policies in the 21st century. In the first part of the book, education is handled from a historical and political framework, and the effects of the change of states and policies on education are examined. In the second part, the effects of changes in the economy on education policies and economies’ demands from educational institutions are ... Read more

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  • Cultural Evolution

    by Ronald F. Inglehart ...
    Cultural Evolution argues that people's values and behavior are shaped by the degree to which survival is secure; it was precarious for most of history, which encouraged heavy emphasis on group solidarity, rejection of outsiders, and obedience to strong leaders. For under extreme scarcity, xenophobia is realistic: if there is just enough land to support one tribe and another tribe tries to claim ... Read more

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  • Chambers of Horror

    by John Marlowe ...
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  • The Accumulation of Freedom

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    by Michael Albert, Iain McKay ...
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  • The Politics of Authoritarian Rule

    by Milan W. Svolik ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
    What drives politics in dictatorships? Milan W. Svolik argues authoritarian regimes must resolve two fundamental conflicts. Dictators face threats from the masses over which they rule - the problem of authoritarian control. Secondly from the elites with whom dictators rule - the problem of authoritarian power-sharing. Using the tools of game theory, Svolik explains why some dictators establish ... Read more

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  • The Entrepreneurial Society

    A Reform Strategy for the European Union

    by Niklas Elert, Magnus Henrekson, Mark Sanders ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This open access book builds on the European Union’s (EU) Horizon 2020 project ‘Financial and Institutional Reforms for an Entrepreneurial Society’ (FIRES). The authors outline how Europe can move towards more inclusive, innovative and sustainable growth through reforms that will rekindle its entrepreneurial spirit. Based on decades of research and countless discussions with stakeholders, the book ... Read more

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  • Wretched Refuse?

    The Political Economy of Immigration and Institutions

    by Alex Nowrasteh, Benjamin Powell ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
    Economic arguments favoring increased immigration restrictions suggest that immigrants undermine the culture, institutions, and productivity of destination countries. But is this actually true? Nowrasteh and Powell systematically analyze cross-country evidence of potential negative effects caused by immigration relating to economic freedom, corruption, culture, and terrorism. They analyze case ... Read more

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  • Global Cities

    A Short History

    by Greg Clark ...
    Series series The Short Histories
    Why have some cities become great global urban centers, and what cities will be future leaders?From Athens and Rome in ancient times to New York and Singapore today, a handful of cities have stood out as centers of global economic, military, or political power. In the twenty-first century, the number of truly global cities is greater than ever before, reflecting the globalization of both economic ... Read more

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