"The book is a key reading which provides a comprehensive and systematic overview of the contemporary Asian economy. The book focuses on the structural changes that are rapidly transforming the regional economic landscape in the 21st century. It highlights the concomitant challenges that have...

Climate change tends to increase the frequency and intensity of weather-related disasters, which puts many people at risk. Economic, social and environmental impacts further increase vulnerability to disasters and tend to set back development, destroy livelihoods, and increase disparity...

Homeland impacts of developing country immigrants : an overview / by Susan Eckstein -- Migration and development : reconciling opposite views / by Alejandro Portes -- How overseas Chinese spurred the economic "miracle" in their homeland / by Min Ye -- Immigrants? : globalization of the Indian...

"This book consists of several theoretical and empirical papers. It is written by distinguished authors working in social and engineering sciences at different universities. Studies show the developments that may occur regarding the new normal life with the effect of Covid-19. The book aims to...

"Since the 1970s, the closure of mines, mills, and factories has marked a rupture in working-class lives. The Deindustrialized World interrogates the process of industrial ruination, from the first impact of layoffs in metropolitan cities, suburban areas, and single-industry towns to the shock...

The legacies of communism : an introductory essay / Ivan Volgyes -- Marginality reinforced / Bennett Kovrig -- The economic legacies of communism / Ivan Volgyes -- The sociological legacies of communism / Jane L. Curry -- The environmental legacies of communism / Barbara Jancar-Webster -- The...