Original reporting and analysis on issues in the news, focusing on the economy, education, the environment, health, international affairs, social trends, and technology. Published weekly, 1991-present.
China
Brill's Encyclopedia of China
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Covers the history, geography, society, economy, politics, science, and culture of China, focusing on the modern period from the mid-XIXth to the XXIst century.
China Academic Journals
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Searchable full-text database of Chinese journals.
BMC and SC subscribed collections: Literature/History/Philosophy and Politics/Military Affairs/Law.
HC subscribed collection: Literature/History/Philosophy.
China Data Online
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Comprehensive database Web site focusing on economic statistics of China, arranged by regions and categories. In addition to statistics, PDFs of yearbooks on social topics are available for download.
Politics and Society in Contemporary China (2012)
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ISBN: 9781588268006
Inequality and Public Policy in China (2008)
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ISBN: 9780521870450
This volume examines trends in inequality in the People's Republic of China. It contains findings on inequality nationwide, as well as within the rural and urban sectors, with an emphasis on public policy considerations.
Cuba
HAPI: Hispanic American Periodicals Index
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Contains citations to scholarly journal articles published in Latin America, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, and to materials that address this region and U.S. Hispanic topics. Covers political, economic, and social issues. Some citations link to full-text articles. Covers 1970-present.
Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS)
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Provides a selective annotated bibliography of scholarly books, journal articles, and other resources dealing with Latin America. Curated by the Library of Congress’ Hispanic Division.
Oxford Bibliographies in Latin American Studies
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Annotated peer-reviwed bibliographies of topics spanning the Latin American studies field, from 16th-Century New Spain to Zapatista Rebellion in Chiapas.
Cuba: A global studies handbook (2007)
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ISBN: 9781851099849
This fascinating work provides an enlightening guided tour of the island of Cuba's historical, political, economic, and sociocultural development from the pre-Columbian period to the present.
Cuban Economic and Social Development (2012)
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ISBN: 9780674062436
In this edited volume, prominent Cuban economists and sociologists present a clear analysis of Cuba's economic and social circumstances and suggest steps for Cuba to reactivate economic growth and improve the welfare of its citizens. These authors focus first on trade, capital inflows, exchange rates, monetary and fiscal policy, and the agricultural sector. In a second section, a multidisciplinary team of sociologists and an economist map how reforms in economic and social policies have produced declines in the social standing of some specific groups and economic mobility for others.
Scandinavia
The Nordic Model of Social Democracy (2013)
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ISBN: 9781137013262
Social Democracy has long been prominent in Nordic politics through the dominant parties and ideological hegemony of the centre-left. This book explores the growth of social democracy and the policy dilemmas that social democrats face today. It breaks new ground by relating recent literature on social democracy in Europe to Scandinavia.
Nordic Welfare States in the European Context (2001)
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ISBN: 041524160X
The sequel to Nordic Social Policy, this work compares social policy and developments since the 1980s in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden with those in Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and other Western European countries. The topics covered in the book include: income distribution, health, gender policies and gender equality, family patterns, and employment. In the context of globalization, ageing populations, changing employment patterns and issues around exclusion, the study offers a discussion of the historical development of European social policy and of its future direction.
The Oxford Handbook of Swedish Politics by Jon Pierre (Editor)
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ISBN: 9780199665679
Publication Date: 2016
The Handbook of Swedish Politics provides detailed accounts of policy making, governance, institutional arrangements, foreign relations, electoral behavior, the party system, the public administration, the constitutional framework, and the welfare state. The Handbook shows how many of the features that once were exceptional to Sweden, for example, the welfare state, the consensual policy making, the historical compromise between capital and labor, and the dominance of social democracy, are less prominent today compared to a few decades ago although they are still certainly present. Global forces, increasing affluence, and an ideological shift towards neo-liberalism have contributed to making Sweden more of an average European industrialized democracy.