Social Science : Demography

Fred Moten investigates the provocative connections between jazz, sexual identity, and radical black politics. He focuses in particular on the brilliant improvisatory jazz of John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Albert Ayler, Eric Dolphy, Charles Mingus, and others, arguing that all black performance—culture, politics, sexuality, identity, and blackness itself—is improvisation. more...

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Preface. PART I: Growth and Economic Reforms. 1. Distinguishing Four Phases. 2. Phase I (195165): Takeoff Under a Liberal Regime. 3. Phase II (196581): Socialism Strikes with Vengeance. 4. Phase III (198188): Liberalization by Stealth. 5. Phase IV (19882006): Triumph of Liberalization. 6. A Tale of Two Countries: India and the Republic of Korea. PART II: Poverty, Inequality, and Economic Reforms. 7. Declining Poverty: The Human Face of Reforms. 8. Inequality: A Lesser Problem. PART III: Macroeconomics. 9. Deficits and Debt: Is a Crisis around the Corner?. 10. The External Sector: On the Road to Capital Account Convertibility. 11. The Financial Sector: Why Not Privatize the Banks?. PART IV: Transforming India. 12. International Trade: Carrying Liberalization Forward. 13. Industry and Services: Walking on Two Legs. 14. Modernizing Agriculture. PART V: The Government. 15. Tax Reform: Toward a Uniform Goods and Services Tax. 16. Tackling Subsidies and Reforming the Civil Service. 17. Telecommunications and Electricity: Contrasting Experiences. 18. Transportation: A Solvable Problem. 19. Health and Water Supply and Sanitation: Can the Government Deliver?. 20. Education: Expenditures or Transfers?. Appendix 1. Appendix 2 more...

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Examines the phenomenon of cultural tourism in its broadest sense, combining a rigorous and academic theoretical framework with practical case-studies and real-life examples, drawn from both the developed and developing world. more...

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This volume provides an essential key to understanding the issues which characterise post-colonialism, explaining what it is, where it is encountered and why it is crucial in forging new cultural identities. As a subject, post-colonial studies stands at the intersection of debates about race, colonialism, gender, politics and language. In the language of post-colonial studies, some words are new, others are familiar words charged with new significance. more...

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In 2003, Latinos became the largest minority group in the United States and according to the Census Bureau they will represent close to 25 percent of the population by 2050. Latinos currently have the highest rate of employment of any U. S. minority and in five years their role in the American labor force will be even more prominent than it is now. Latino Culture is the first book to fully explore the nuances of Latino culture in the workplace. Written by Nilda Chong – recently named as one of 80 ''Elite Latinas'' by Hispanic Business magazine – and Francia Baez, Latino Culture is for mainstream managers, supervisors, and employees who work with Latinos. First-generation Latinas and successful professionals, Chong and Baez bring a profound understanding of the experience of working with Latinos as well as working as Latinos in the United States. Chong and Baez provide valuable insights into key aspects of Latino Culture, such as: -Latino values: personalismo, simpatia, respeto and more -Communication styles, personal distance, self-disclosure, disagreements -Gender issues in the workplace: machismo, marianismo and paternalism -Relationship to supervisors, to coworkers and to employees -The issue of speaking Spanish at work -Striking differences in behavior and experience between generations. Colorful vignettes, real life stories and Cultural Pointers reveal the diversity of Latino culture, illuminating differences in values, education, country of origin and many other factors. Latino Culture celebrates an extremely diverse and important population. more...

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