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Reprint. Originally published as: Economic growth & fiscal planning: New York in the 1990s. c1991.

Following the demise of communism in the early 1990s, more than 1.6 million Jews from the former Soviet Union emigrated to Israel, the United States, Canada, Germany, and other Western countries. This book relates the saga of their encounter with the economic marketplaces, lifestyles, and everyday cultures of their new homelands, and more.

A study of the history and present state of psychiatry. It compares the oppression of the slave by the master with that of the mental patient by the psychiatrist - one defining domination as liberation from the shackles of ignorance, the other as liberation from the shackles of mental illness.

Collection of papers originally published in the journal Society.

Fashion is all around us: we see it, we buy it, we read about it, but most people know little about fashion as a business. This volume considers the broader significance of fashion in society, the creative process of fashion design, and how fashion unfolds in an organizational context where design is conceived and executed.

Seeks to capture the real purposes of marriage and the unchanging nature of this most vital and fundamental human institution. Confronting contemporary issues and drawing on the natural and social sciences, this book also reaches into the past to find truths grounded in human experience.

International media assistance is a small but important form of international democracy-promotion aid. This work examines the history and practice of media assistance, and argues that the dilemma of media independence and sustainability is best understood as an economic problem rather than one of poor editorial standards or lack of will.

This volume argues that while the media in Africa may be relatively weak they have come to play a much more important role than ever before since independence. They have succeeded in creating new communicative spaces for people who have previously been silent.

At times, it seems as though virtually everything is denounced by some "public health expert" as being bad for people. Why then the almost daily announcements of new public health threats and proclamations of impending crisis? This work addresses such questions.

One of the most significant and obvious examples of how mobile communication influences our understanding of time and space is how we coordinate with one another. Mobile communication enables us to call specific individuals, not general places. This book deals with modern ways of thinking about communication and human interaction.

Provides a detailed study of how changes in social life dating from the sexual revolution of the 1960s have affected the family. Cherry shows that attempts to redefine the family away from the marital union of husband and wife come with real costs: social, emotional, psychological, and financial.

Advances in evolutionary theory and evolutionary psychology have increased humans' capacity as a species to address the question of how to live a life characterized by more positive than negative feelings. Feeling Good reveals anyone can learn how to trigger mechanisms that generate positive feelings and increase positive fitness levels.

Examines key factors for success in today's business environment - finding markets, being vigilant for new trends and changes, exploiting opportunities, and overcoming obstacles. While acknowledging the benefits of technological advances in some areas, John Harte shows how artificial intelligence is limited and often imperfect.

Provides a succinct analysis of contemporary presidential-congressional relations in the post-World War II era. Richard S. Conley underscores what scholars have learned about presidents' interactions with Congress over time, the factors that account for success, and the methodologies that can measure success.

This is a paradigm-shifting work that guides the reader through the evolution of America's War on Poverty and urges policy-makers to eliminate training and education programmes that waste time and money and to adopt a work-first model, while providing job-seekers with the tools and life lessons essential to finding and maintaining employment.