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Russia a long view /
Published 2012Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Modern economic growth -- Modern economic growth -- Economic determinism and the twentieth-century experience -- The general and the particular in modern economic growth -- Agrarian societies and capitalism -- Traditional agrarian society -- A different path -- The phenomenon of antiquity -- Capitalism and the rise of Europe -- The trajectory of Russia's development -- Particular features of Russia's economic development -- The collapse of an empire -- Major issues of the postindustrial world -- The post-socialist crisis and recovery growth -- The dynamics of population and international migration -- The state burden on the economy -- The formation and crisis of systems of social safeguards -- The evolution of education and healthcare systems -- The transformation of the system for manning the armed forces -- On the stability and flexibility of political systems -- Epilogue -- Bibliographical references -- Index.…”
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Russia a long view /
Published 2012Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Modern economic growth -- Modern economic growth -- Economic determinism and the twentieth-century experience -- The general and the particular in modern economic growth -- Agrarian societies and capitalism -- Traditional agrarian society -- A different path -- The phenomenon of antiquity -- Capitalism and the rise of Europe -- The trajectory of Russia's development -- Particular features of Russia's economic development -- The collapse of an empire -- Major issues of the postindustrial world -- The post-socialist crisis and recovery growth -- The dynamics of population and international migration -- The state burden on the economy -- The formation and crisis of systems of social safeguards -- The evolution of education and healthcare systems -- The transformation of the system for manning the armed forces -- On the stability and flexibility of political systems -- Epilogue -- Bibliographical references -- Index.…”
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Social dimensions of climate change equity and vulnerability in a warming world /
Published 2010Table of Contents: “…Equity and vulnerability in a warming world : introduction and overview / Robin Mearns and Andrew Norton -- Vulnerability does not fall from the sky : toward multiscale, pro-poor climate policy / Jesse Ribot -- Implications of climate change for armed conflict / Halvard Buhaug, Nils Petter Gleditsch, and Ole Magnus Theisen -- Climate change and migration : emerging patterns in the developing world / Clionadh Raleigh and Lisa Jordan -- The gender dimensions of poverty and climate change adaptation / Justina Demetriades and Emily Esplen -- The role of indigenous knowledge in crafting adaptation and mitigation strategies for climate change in Latin America / Jakob Kronik and Dorte Verner -- Local institutions and adaptation to climate change / Arun Agrawal -- Climate change for agrarian societies in drylands : implications and future pathways / Simon Anderson, John Morton, and Camilla Toulmin -- Toward pro-poor adaptation to climate change in the urban centers of low- and middle-income countries / Caroline Moser and David Satterthwaite -- Social policies for adaptation to climate change / Rasmus Heltberg, Paul Bennett Siegel, and Steen Lau Jorgensen -- Seeing people through the trees and the carbon : mitigating and adapting to climate change without undermining rights and livelihoods / Andy White ... …”
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Social dimensions of climate change equity and vulnerability in a warming world /
Published 2010Table of Contents: “…Equity and vulnerability in a warming world : introduction and overview / Robin Mearns and Andrew Norton -- Vulnerability does not fall from the sky : toward multiscale, pro-poor climate policy / Jesse Ribot -- Implications of climate change for armed conflict / Halvard Buhaug, Nils Petter Gleditsch, and Ole Magnus Theisen -- Climate change and migration : emerging patterns in the developing world / Clionadh Raleigh and Lisa Jordan -- The gender dimensions of poverty and climate change adaptation / Justina Demetriades and Emily Esplen -- The role of indigenous knowledge in crafting adaptation and mitigation strategies for climate change in Latin America / Jakob Kronik and Dorte Verner -- Local institutions and adaptation to climate change / Arun Agrawal -- Climate change for agrarian societies in drylands : implications and future pathways / Simon Anderson, John Morton, and Camilla Toulmin -- Toward pro-poor adaptation to climate change in the urban centers of low- and middle-income countries / Caroline Moser and David Satterthwaite -- Social policies for adaptation to climate change / Rasmus Heltberg, Paul Bennett Siegel, and Steen Lau Jorgensen -- Seeing people through the trees and the carbon : mitigating and adapting to climate change without undermining rights and livelihoods / Andy White ... …”
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