Markets and Bodies: Women, Service Work, and the Making of Inequality in China, Paperback - Eileen M. Otis

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This book analyses the behaviour of ethnic minority groups in China, using the first comprehensive national dataset dedicated to capturing the soci...

Bringing together international case studies, this book offers theoretical and empirical insights into the interaction between social work and soci...

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The first nomadic empire and the making of China has its story told with meticulous research and new archaeological evidence, weighing in on the ci...

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Based on contributions from international experts, this volume provides an up-to-date account of globalization's influences on individual life cour...

A groundbreaking, urgent report from the front lines of dirty work--the work that society considers essential but morally compromisedDrone pilots w...

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Publisher: University of Illinois PressAuthor(s): Falina EnriquezIllustration(s): 11 black & white photographsNumber of pages: 280Publication date:...

Eli Friedman reveals how cities in China have granted public goods to the privileged while condemning poor and working-class migrants to insecurity...

Women and Inequality in the 21st Century examines the continued inequities navigated by women occupying marginalized social positions within a "nex...

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Zelda, Nora, Vera, and now Eileen - this is the story of George Orwell's first wife, a woman who shaped, supported and even saved the life of one o...

Publisher: Copenhagen Business School PressAuthor(s): Bent PetersenNumber of pages: 185Publication date: 2010Dimensions: 227 x 162 x 12Cover type: ...

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Despite growing discussions on the relationship between sustainability and finance, so far little attention has been given to the relation linking ...

The long-awaited follow-up to the internationally bestselling Getting Things Done

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This book tells stories of just how powerful social work can be. At its heart are stories drawn from frontline practice, ranging from first intervi...

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In light of the intertwining logics of military competition and economic interdependence at play in US-China relations, Trading with the Enemy exam...

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