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State-Led Privatization in China The Politics of Economic Reform

State-Led Privatization in China The Politics of Economic Reform

Large-scale privatization did not emerge spontaneously in China in the late 1990s. Rather the Chinese state led and carefully “planned” ownership transformation with timetables and measurable privatization quotas not for the purpose of extracting the state from the economy but in order to strengthen the rule of the Party. While it is widely believed that authoritarian regimes are better suited than democracies to carry out economic reform this book provides a more nuanced understanding of reform in China demonstrating that the Chinese state’s capacity to impose unpopular reform is contingent on its control over local state agents and its adaptability to societal demands. Building on rich fieldwork data gathered in three Chinese cities (Shenyang Shanghai and Xiamen) this book offers the first comparative study of China’s privatization processes at the local level. Instead of focusing solely on political elites Jin Zeng adopts a multi-level interaction approach to examine how the complex interplay of the central leadership grassroots officials and state-owned enterprise managers and workers shaped the contour of privatization in China. The book advances three central arguments. First local economic structure and cadre evaluation system mediated local officials’ incentives to initiate privatization. Second local officials relied on mobilization campaigns and various appeasement measures to implement privatization. Finally the dynamics of privatization were fundamentally driven by the central government’s reactions to social opposition and by the subsequent responses of local officials to the changed political-regulatory environment. As a detailed analysis of the dual transformation of the property regime and state–society relations in China this book will be invaluable to students and scholars of Chinese politics economic reform as well as those interested in comparative political economy and economic development more broadly. | State-Led Privatization in China The Politics of Economic Reform

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Public Administration in Hong Kong Dynamics of Reform and Executive-Led Public Policy

Public Administration in Hong Kong Dynamics of Reform and Executive-Led Public Policy

This book investigates the case of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of People’s Republic of China mapping the changing patterns of political-administrative relations affected by the sovereignty change and structural reforms. It identifies the conditions that account for the varied political-administrative relations resulting from these changes and develops an analytical framework that integrates and adapts theories and models from Western contexts to explain varied political-administrative relations in Hong Kong policymaking. The book tests its hypotheses through a qualitative comparative analysis of 18 cases occurring during the period of 1997–2012. It also conducts a comparative case analysis which identified alternative causal conditions that were missing in the original framework. The book concludes that civil servants no longer dominate policymaking in Hong Kong after the regime change and structural reforms. While senior civil servants have sustained influence over policymaking processes through codified rules and political appointment some of them have adapted to the changes in political environment that require more proactive policy styles and more hierarchical loyalty to the Central People’s Government of China than before. The first-hand interview materials presented in the book provide insights about internal political-administrative dynamics rarely accessible from the public domain. These insights provide inside knowledge of the actors structure and processes of local policymaking in a context of post-colonial transition and will be of interest to public administration scholars. | Public Administration in Hong Kong Dynamics of Reform and Executive-Led Public Policy

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Macroeconomic Principles and Problems A Pluralist Introduction

Macroeconomic Principles and Problems A Pluralist Introduction

Macroeconomic Principles and Problems: A Pluralist Introduction offers a comprehensive overview of the major topics in modern macroeconomics from mainstream and heterodox perspectives. This textbook examines the key macroeconomic problems and policy debates facing contemporary society including economic crises sustainability fiscal and monetary policy government debt state-led vs. market-led approaches for growth and unregulated trade vs. protectionism. Written in an engaging style and focused on real-world examples this textbook brings macroeconomics to life. Multiple examples of how each economic model works coupled with critical analysis of the assumptions behind them enable students to develop a sophisticated understanding of the material. Digital supplements are also available for students and instructors. Macroeconomic Principles and Problems offers the most contemporary and complete package for any pluralist macroeconomics principles class. | Macroeconomic Principles and Problems A Pluralist Introduction

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Electrical Installation Work

Electrical Installation Work

This highly successful book is now updated in line with the Amendment 2-2022 of 18th Edition of the Wiring Regulations. It provides a topic-by-topic progression through the areas of electrical installations including how and why electrical installations are designed installed and tested. This tenth edition contains new material on batteries LED and ELV lighting data cabling and renewable electricity generation and distribution with some focus on medical locations and a glossary of terms. The guidance on tools used and safety legislation has also been brought up to date. Brian Scaddan’s subject-led approach makes this a valuable resource for professionals and students on both City & Guilds and EAL courses. This approach also makes it easy for those who are learning the topic from scratch to get to grips with it independently of any particular course. The book is widely used in education and training across the UK and has been published for almost 40 years. | Electrical Installation Work

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Guardians of the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest: Environmental Organizations and Development

Guardians of the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest: Environmental Organizations and Development

The Amazon region is the focus of intense conflict between conservationists concerned with deforestation and advocates of agro-industrial development. This book focuses on the contributions of environmental organizations to the preservation of Brazilian Amazonia. It reveals how environmental organizations such as Greenpeace Friends of the Earth WWF and others have fought fiercely to stop deforestation in the region. It documents how the history of frontier expansion and environmental struggle in the region is linked to Brazil’s position in an evolving capitalist world-economy. It is shown how Brazil’s effort to become a developed country has led successive Brazilian governments to devise development projects for Amazonia. The author analyses how globalization has led to the expansion of international commodity chains in the region particularly for mineral ores soybeans and beef. He shows how environmental organizations have politicized these commodity chains as weapons of conservation through boycotting certain products while other pro-development groups within Brazil claim that such organizations threaten Brazil's sovereignty over its own resources. | Guardians of the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest: Environmental Organizations and Development

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Video Production Handbook

Video Production Handbook

This brand new edition walks students through the full video production process from inception of idea to final distribution. Concentrating on the techniques and concepts behind the latest equipment the book demonstrates the fundamental principles needed to create good video content on any kind of budget. Interviews with industry professionals provide insights into how the field really works and over 300 full color images of onsite work demonstrate how to achieve the techniques discussed. Ideal for students the new edition features fully updated information on the latest DSLR and cinema cameras LED lighting digital distribution and much more. | Video Production Handbook

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Chemical Reactor Design

Chemical Reactor Design

Featuring case studies and worked examples that illustrate key concepts in the text this book contains guidelines for scaleup of laboratory and pilot plant results methods to derive the correct reaction order activation energy or kinetic model from laboratory tests and theories correlations and practical examples for 2- and 3-phase reaction systems including bubble columns slurry reactions trickle-led reactors and fluidized beds. A comprehensive reference the book offers strategies to analyze and interpret kinetic data for homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions practical design procedures rate equations and analytical models for improved reactor performance. | Chemical Reactor Design

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Geomicrobiology

Geomicrobiology

Geomicrobiology is a combination of geology and microbiology and includes the study of interaction of microorganisms with their environment such as in sedimentary rocks. This is a new and rapidly-developing field that has led in the past decade to a radically-revised view of the diversity and activity of microbial life on Earth. Geomicrobiology examines the role that microbes have played in the past and are currently playing in a number of fundamental geological processes. The present book is of great importance for researchers working in the field of microbiology biotechnology geology and environmental biotechnology. It can be a major reference book for students as well as researchers.

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Food Allergy Molecular and Clinical Practice

Food Allergy Molecular and Clinical Practice

Food allergy is an adverse immunological reaction to allergens present in food. Up to 4% adults and 8% children are affected by food allergy. The increase in allergic diseases to food has led to the need for better diagnostics and more effective therapeutic approaches. This book describes the molecular biology and immunology of major food allergens from laboratory based science to clinical immunology encompassing novel characterisation and quantification methods the application of recombinant food allergens in molecular diagnosis and the development of novel therapeutics. This book is the ideal reference tool for researchers students and allergy clinicians to accurately diagnose and manage food allergies. | Food Allergy Molecular and Clinical Practice

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Understanding Cultural Policy

Understanding Cultural Policy

Understanding Cultural Policy provides a practical comprehensive introduction to thinking about how and why governments intervene in the arts and culture. Cultural policy expert Carole Rosenstein examines the field through comparative historical and administrative lenses while engaging directly with the issues and tensions that plague policy-makers across the world including issues of censorship culture-led development cultural measurement and globalization. Several of the textbook’s chapters end with a ‘policy lab’ designed to help students tie theory and concepts to real world practical applications. This book will prove a new and valuable resource for all students of cultural policy cultural administration and arts management.

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Swahili The Rise of a National Language

Swahili The Rise of a National Language

Originally published in 1969 this book examines the factors which at different historical periods led people to use one language (Swahili) rather than another or within a given period to use a particular language in one set of circumstances. The national language of Tanzania and much of East Africa Swahili is unique among African languages in its verse literature which dates back to the 18th Century and was written in the Arabic script. This book traces the remarkable expansion of Swahili which was linked with the expansion of trace missionary activities and the establishment of Colonial administrations and the development of education. | Swahili The Rise of a National Language

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Music Festivals and the Politics of Participation

Music Festivals and the Politics of Participation

The spread of UK music festivals has exploded since 2000. In this major contribution to cultural studies the lid is lifted on the contemporary festival scene. Gone are the days of a handful of formulaic large events dominating the market place. Across the country hundreds of ’boutique’ gatherings have popped up drawing hundreds of thousands of festival-goers into the fields. Why has this happened? What has led to this change? In her richly detailed study industry insider Dr Roxy Robinson uncovers the dynamics that have led to the formation and evolution of the modern festival scene. Tracing the history of the culture as far back as the fifties this book examines the tensions between authenticity and commerce as festivals grew into a widespread professionalized industry. Setting the scene as a fragmented yet highly competitive market Music Festivals and the Politics of Participation examines the emergence of key trends with a focus on surrealist production and popular theatricality. For the first time the transatlantic relationship between British promoters and the social experiment-come-festival Burning Man is documented uncovering its role in promoting a politics of participation that has dramatically altered the festival experience. Taking an in-depth approach to examining key events including the fastest growing independent music festival in recent years (Hampshire’s BoomTown Fair) the UK market is shown to have produced a scene that champions co-production and the democratization of festival space. This is a vital text for anyone interested in British culture.

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The Regulation of Dietary Supplements A Historical Analysis

The Regulation of Dietary Supplements A Historical Analysis

This book documents the long still ongoing battle between the US Food and Drug Administration and the dietary supplement industry. It presents the complex often subtle and sometimes overlooked series of events that had a major impact on how dietary supplements are manufactured marketed sold and used today. While the first few chapters focus on some background topics the remaining chapters walk the reader through timeline of events legislative actions FDA proposed and final rules and judicial decisions that led to our current dietary supplement regulatory framework. Interwoven in narrative are examples of the roles of science social and public policy politics and popular media. | The Regulation of Dietary Supplements A Historical Analysis

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Autodesk AutoCAD 2024 Fundamentals

Autodesk AutoCAD 2024 Fundamentals

Autodesk AutoCAD 2024 Fundamentals is designed to be used during instructor led training in an eight week course. It is an introductory level textbook intended for new AutoCAD 2024 users. This book covers all the fundamental skills necessary for effectively using AutoCAD and will provide a strong foundation for advancement. This textbook applies the use of AutoCAD as it pertains to mechanical drafting. Knowing how to draw a line in AutoCAD is not the same as understanding which line type is required when creating technical drawings. This text not only provides the necessary information to operate AutoCAD 2024 but also provides the skills to use AutoCAD as a tool to work proficiently as a drafter or designer.

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Autodesk AutoCAD 2021 Fundamentals

Autodesk AutoCAD 2021 Fundamentals

Autodesk AutoCAD 2021 Fundamentals is designed to be used during instructor led training in an eight-week course. It is an introductory level textbook intended for new AutoCAD 2021 users. This book covers all the fundamental skills necessary for effectively using AutoCAD and will provide a strong foundation for advancement. This textbook applies the use of AutoCAD as it pertains to mechanical drafting. Knowing how to draw a line in AutoCAD is not the same as understanding which line type is required when creating technical drawings. This text not only provides the necessary information to operate AutoCAD 2021 but also provides the skills to use AutoCAD as a tool to work proficiently as a drafter or designer.

GBP 57.00
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Autodesk AutoCAD 2023 Fundamentals

Autodesk AutoCAD 2023 Fundamentals

Autodesk AutoCAD 2023 Fundamentals is designed to be used during instructor led training in an eight week course. It is an introductory level textbook intended for new AutoCAD 2023 users. This book covers all the fundamental skills necessary for effectively using AutoCAD and will provide a strong foundation for advancement. This textbook applies the use of AutoCAD as it pertains to mechanical drafting. Knowing how to draw a line in AutoCAD is not the same as understanding which line type is required when creating technical drawings. This text not only provides the necessary information to operate AutoCAD 2023 but also provides the skills to use AutoCAD as a tool to work proficiently as a drafter or designer.

GBP 66.00
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Handbook of Solid-State Lighting and LEDs

Handbook of Solid-State Lighting and LEDs

This handbook addresses the development of energy-efficient environmentally friendly solid-state light sources in particular semiconductor light emitting diodes (LEDs) and other solid-state lighting devices. It reflects the vast growth of this field and impacts in diverse industries from lighting to communications biotechnology imaging and medicine. The chapters include coverage of nanoscale processing fabrication of LEDs light diodes photodetectors and nanodevices characterization techniques application and recent advances. Readers will obtain an understanding of the key properties of solid-state lighting and LED devices an overview of current technologies and appreciation for the challenges remaining. The handbook will be useful to material growers and evaluators device design and processing engineers newcomers students and professionals in the field. | Handbook of Solid-State Lighting and LEDs

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Analysis of Repeated Measures

Analysis of Repeated Measures

Repeated measures data arise when the same characteristic is measured on each case or subject at several times or under several conditions. There is a multitude of techniques available for analysing such data and in the past this has led to some confusion. This book describes the whole spectrum of approaches beginning with very simple and crude methods working through intermediate techniques commonly used by consultant statisticians and concluding with more recent and advanced methods. Those covered include multiple testing response feature analysis univariate analysis of variance approaches multivariate analysis of variance approaches regression models two-stage line models approaches to categorical data and techniques for analysing crossover designs. The theory is illustrated with examples using real data brought to the authors during their work as statistical consultants. | Analysis of Repeated Measures

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Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering

Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering

The field of environmental engineering is rapidly emerging into a mainstream engineering discipline. For a long time environmental engineering has suffered from the lack of a well-defined identity. At times the problems faced by environmental engineers require knowledge in many engineering fields including chemical civil sanitary and mechanical engineering. Increased demand for undergraduate training in environmental engineering has led to growth in the number of undergraduate programs offered. Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering provides an introductory approach that focuses on the basics of this growing field. This informative reference provides an introduction to environmental pollutants basic engineering principles dimensional analysis physical chemistry mass and energy and component balances. It also explains the applications of these ideas to the understanding of key problems in air water and soil pollution.

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The Critical Point A Historical Introduction To The Modern Theory Of Critical Phenomena

The Critical Point A Historical Introduction To The Modern Theory Of Critical Phenomena

The relationship between liquids and gases engaged the attention of a number of distinguished scientists in the mid 19th Century. In a definitive paper published in 1869 Thomas Andrews described experiments he performed on carbon dioxide and from which he concluded that a critical temperature exists below which liquids and gases are distinct phases of matter but above which they merge into a single fluid phase. During the years which followed other natural phenomena were discovered to which the same critical point description can be applied - such as ferromagnetism and solutions. This book provides an historical account of theoretical explanations of critical phenomena which ultimately led to a major triumph of statistical mechanics in the 20th Century - with the award of the Nobel Prize for Physics | The Critical Point A Historical Introduction To The Modern Theory Of Critical Phenomena

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Design and Emotion

Design and Emotion

There is considerable interest in and growing recognition of the emotional domain in product development. The relationship between the user and the product is paramount in industry which has led to major research investments in this area. Traditional ergonomic approaches to design have concentrated on the user's physical and cognitive abilities. However new approaches also take into consideration the user's emotional relationship with their belongings. Design and Emotion is an edited collection of papers given at the 3rd Design and Emotion Conference 2002. These contributions outline the latest developments findings and techniques in industrial applications and in research bringing you up-to-date with the current thinking in this field. As a forum for discussing the latest ideas in emotion-driven design this book will prove to be essential reading for all human factors specialists involved in design.

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Fiber-Reinforced Cements and Concretes

Fiber-Reinforced Cements and Concretes

The concept of reinforcing brittle materials like cement paste mortar or concrete with fibers has been known since ancient times. For example baked clay reinforced with straw was used to build mud huts and mortars for masonry were reinforced with animal hair. The wide variety of fiber types available in the 20th century has led to the development of a specialization in modern concrete technology based upon creating composites incorporating one or more types of fiber into the matrix of cement paste mortar or concrete. This book summarizes and simplifies the results of a considerable body of research and practical experience with a wide range of fiber-reinforced cementitious composites. This information will prove invaluable to engineers architects concrete contractors and others working in design construction or product manufacture who may be unfamiliar with this technology. | Fiber-Reinforced Cements and Concretes

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