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Romance on a global stage pen pals, virtual ethnography, and "mail-order" marriages / by Constable, Nicole

Table of Contents: “…Making introductions -- Ethnography in imagined virtual communities -- Feminism and myths of "mail-order" marriages -- Fairy tales, family values, and the global politics of romance -- Political economy and cultural logics of desire -- Women's agency and the gendered geography of marriage -- Tales of waiting : history, immigration, and the state -- Conclusion : marriage, migration, and transnational families.…”
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Becoming bourgeois merchant culture in the South, 1820-1865 / by Byrne, Frank J., 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Merchant culture and the political economy of the old South -- The antebellum merchant in southern society -- The merchant family in the antebellum South -- Secession, merchant-soldiers and the Civil War, 1860-1863 -- Merchants and their families in the Confederacy, 1861-1863 -- The merchant family and the fall of the Confederacy, 1864-1865 -- Conclusion: merchant culture in the slave south and beyond.…”
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The land of too much American abundance and the paradox of poverty / by Prasad, Monica

Table of Contents: “…The farmers' tour -- Comparing capitalisms -- A demand-side theory of comparative political economy -- The agrarian regulation of taxation -- The land of too much -- Progressive taxation and the welfare state -- The agrarian regulation of finance -- The democratization of credit -- The credit-welfare state trade-off -- Conclusion: American mortgage Keynesianism -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index.…”
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Arguments that count physics, computing, and missile defense, 1949-2012 / by Slayton, Rebecca, 1974-

Table of Contents: “…Software in the "Safeguard" Debate -- The Politics of Complex Technology -- The Political Economy of Software Engineering -- Nature and Technology in the Star Wars Debate -- Conclusion: Complexity Unbound -- Unpublished Sources and Notations.…”
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Energy and the politics of the North Atlantic / by Gonzalez, George A., 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Energy and Europe -- The political economy of energy -- Urban sprawl in the U.S. and the creation of the Hitler regime -- Urban sprawl, the Great Depression, and the start of World War II -- The Cold War and U.S. oil policy -- Energy depletion and world politics -- Conclusion: oil depletion and the viability of the North Atlantic Alliance -- End notes -- Bibliography.…”
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Environmental sociology from analysis to action /

Table of Contents: “…Imagining nature -- pt. II. Political economy -- pt. III. Environmental inequalities -- pt. …”
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Labor, class formation, and China's informationized policy of economic development by Hong, Yu, 1978-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Political economy of Chinese ICT development in the globalization era -- The composition of ICT workforces and its indications of China's developmental strategy -- Procurement, management, and discipline -- Practices and identities of migrant workers : between lived experiences and past memories -- Will Chinese ICT workers unite? …”
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Empires of entertainment media industries and the politics of deregulation, 1980-1996 / by Holt, Jennifer, 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the foundation of empires -- 1980-1983 : film vs. cable -- 1983-1985 : broadcast and the blueprints of empires -- 1984-1986 : outsiders moving in : Murdoch and Turner -- 1986-1988 : golden era redux -- 1989-1992 : big media without frontiers -- 1993-1995 : the last mile -- Conclusion : 1996 and beyond : the political economy of transformation.…”
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(Post-)colonial Archipelagos : Comparing the Legacies of Spanish Colonialism in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines /

Table of Contents: “…The Past and Present of the Political Economy and Authority in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines -- Part 3. …”
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An impossible living in a transborder world culture, confianza, and economy of Mexican-origin populations / by Vélez-Ibañez, Carlos G., 1936-

Table of Contents: “…The transborder and transnational dimensions of culture and political economy -- Confianza: building block of social exchange and the operational cycles of ROSCAs -- Social and cultural dimensions and dynamics of their class contexts -- Living at a slant in the midst of megascripts in the transborder Southwest North American region: dos mujeres sin fin -- Crossing divisions and social borders: ROSCAs as transborder practices and their functions -- Conclusions.…”
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Philosophy of the information society proceedings of the 30. International Ludwig Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria 2007. Volume 2 /

Table of Contents: “…Philosophy of the internet = Philosophie des Internets -- section 3. Ethics and political economy of the information society = Ethik und politische Ökonomie der Informationsgesellschaft -- section 4. …”
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Mountain of paradise : reflections on the emergence of greater California as a world civilization / by Chytry, Josef

Table of Contents: “…: the California fifties as watershed -- California political economy : the emotional environments of Walt Disney -- Metaglobal California : California irredenta -- Epilogue : California and the Paradiso.…”
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Developing independent media as an institution of accountable governance a how-to guide / by Kalathil, Shanthi

Table of Contents: “…Who this handbook is for -- Understanding media development: a key part of governance reform -- Grasping the fundamentals: the building blocks of an independent media sector -- Getting from assessment to program concept: a tool for political economy analysis -- Getting from concept to design: putting the program together -- Other factors to consider -- Monitoring and evaluation: finding what works -- Practical considerations for donors: getting the work done.…”
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Conceiving the future pronatalism, reproduction, and the family in the United States, 1890-1938 / by Lovett, Laura L.

Table of Contents: “…Maxwell and the homecroft movement -- The political economy of sex : Edward A. Ross and race suicide -- Men as trees walking : Theodore Roosevelt and the conservation of the race -- Fitter families for future firesides : Florence Sherbon and popular eugenics -- American pronatalism.…”
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From rebellion to reform in Bolivia class struggle, indigenous liberation, and the politics of Evo Morales / by Webber, Jeffery R.

Table of Contents: “…From rebellion to reform, 2000-2007 -- Domestic class structure, Latin American trends, and capitalist imperialism -- Revolutionary epoch, combined liberation, and the December 2005 elections neoliberal continuities, the autonomist right, and the political economy of indigenous struggle -- Dynamite in the mines and bloody urban clashes -- Consolidating reform, 2007-2010 -- The ideological structures of reconstituted neoliberalism -- The economic structures of reconstituted neoliberalism -- Conclusion.…”
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Crossover stars in the Hindi film industry : globalizing Pakistani identity / by Khdair, Dina

Table of Contents: “…A historical legacy -- Globalization, new political economies, and cultural change -- Aspirational affects and boundary crossing : Ali Zafar, the Pakistani 'Prince of Pop' -- A crossover romance : female fandom and Fawad Khan, Pakistan's 'reel' gentleman -- I am not your feminist : Mahira Khan and the re-scripting of Pakistani womanhood, Islam and globalization -- A fragile union : moving forward, facing backward.…”
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The regulatory aftermath of the global financial crisis by Ferran, Eil�is

Table of Contents: “…/ Jennifer G. Hill -- The political economy of Dodd-Frank : why financial reform tends to be frustrated and systemic risk perpetuated / John C. …”
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The politics of equity finance in emerging markets by Lavelle, Kathryn C.

Table of Contents: “…Politics and the extension of equity finance to emerging markets -- Equity finance in historical perspective -- Financing joint-stock companies in the colonial era -- New states, new state involvement -- Globalization without integration : international considerations -- Privatization and share supply in emerging markets -- Case studies of stock exchanges in regional perspective -- Latin America and the Caribbean -- Asia and the Pacific -- Russia and Eastern Europe -- Africa and the Middle East -- Conclusion -- Stock markets in the global political economy.…”
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T.R. Malthus the unpublished papers in the collection of Kanto Gakuen University. Vol. II / by Malthus, T. R. (Thomas Robert), 1766-1834

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Collapse of an empire lessons for modern Russia / by Gaĭdar, E. T. (Egor Timurovich)

Table of Contents: “…The grandeur and the fall of empires -- Modern economic growth and the era of empires -- Crisis and the dismantling of overseas empires -- Problems of dissolving territorially integrated empires -- The yugoslav tragedy -- Authoritarian regimes: the causes of instability -- Challenges in the early stages of modern economic growth and authoritarianism -- The instability of authoritarian regimes -- Mechanics of the collapse of authoritarianism -- The oil curse -- The Spanish prologue -- Resource wealth and economic development -- Specifics of the oil market -- Regulating the oil market in the twentieth century -- Challenges related to price fluctuations of commodities: Mexico and Venezuela -- In search of a way out: a response to the dangers of unstable commodity pricing -- Cracks in the foundation: the Soviet Union in the early 1980s -- Growing problems and bad decisions -- Food supply problems -- Food shortages-a strategic challenge -- The USSR as the largest importer of food -- Oil in Western Siberia: the illusion of salvation -- A drop in oil prices: the final blow -- The collapse of the USSR: the unexpected becomes the rule -- The political economy of external shocks -- Deteriorating conditions for foreign trade: political alternatives -- The ussr and the drop in oil prices: the essence of the choice -- A series of mistakes -- Mounting problems in the soviet economy -- The hard currency crisis -- Economic and political liberalization against the background of the hard currency and financial problems -- Development of the crisis of the socialist system -- Political credits -- The price of compromise -- The crisis of the empire and the nationality question -- Loss of control over the economic and political situation -- The currency crisis -- From crisis to catastrophe -- "Extraordinary efforts" instead of reforms -- On the brink of default -- On the path to state bankruptcy -- The grain problem -- Prices skyrocket -- Money and the fate of the empire -- The fall -- The political economy of the failed coup -- Political death throes -- Political disintegration: economic consequences -- A civilized divorce.…”
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