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“erika lisboa”

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  • The Brazilian Way of Doing Public Administration

    Brazil with an 's'

    Edited by Erika Lisboa, Ricardo Corrêa Gomes, Humberto Falcão Martins ...
    Brazil is a pioneer in the development of participation policies, with the most advanced banking systems in the world and a health system that serves the majority of a population scattered over more than 8.5 million square kilometres. However, Brazil also displays one of the highest rates of social and economic inequality worldwide, unable to fight illiteracy, school dropout, lack of basic ... Read more

    $129.99 CAD

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  • Towards a Comparative Analysis of Social Inequalities between Europe and Latin America

    Edited by Pedro López-Roldán, Sandra Fachelli ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This open access volume identifies the common and specific aspects of social mechanisms that generate inequalities, through comparative analyses of different dimensions in which inequalities are expressed. It includes studies on social inequalities in 5 European and 5 Latin American countries, along 11 thematic axes: inequalities in the labour market and labour trajectories; asymmetries in the ... Read more

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  • Implementing Deeper Learning and 21st Century Education Reforms

    Building an Education Renaissance After a Global Pandemic

    Edited by Fernando M. Reimers ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This open access book is a comparative analysis of recent large scale education reforms that broadened curriculum goals to better prepare students for the 21st century. The book examines what governments actually do when they broaden curriculum goals, with attention to the details of implementation. To this end, the book examines system level reforms in six countries at various levels of ... Read more

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  • Root-Cause Regulation

    Protecting Work and Workers in the Twenty-First Century

    by Michael J. Piore, Andrew Schrank ...
    Work is now more deadly than war, killing approximately 2.3 million people a year worldwide. The United States, with its complex regulatory system, has one of the highest rates of occupational fatality in the developed world, and deteriorating working conditions more generally. Why, after a century of reform, are U.S. workers growing less safe and secure? Comparing U.S. regulatory practices to ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Impact of Information Society Research in the Global South

    Edited by Arul Chib, Julian May, Roxana Barrantes ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    The second volume in the SIRCA book series investigates the impact of information society initiatives by extending the boundaries of academic research into the realm of practice. Global in scope, it includes contributions and research projects from Asia, Africa and Latin America. The international scholarly community has taken a variety of approaches to question the impact of information society ... Read more

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  • Managing Human Resources in Latin America

    An Agenda for International Leaders

    Edited by Marta Elvira, Anabella Davila ...
    Series series Global HRM
    In addition to providing the reader with a thorough overview of the trends in HR strategies and practice and the challenges faced by HR executives in Latin America, this book also explores cultural issues critical to conducting business and understanding human resource management in this region.Structured in two distinct parts, Davila and Elvira's comprehensive book moves from a general overview ... Read more

    $104.99 CAD

  • The Brazilian Legal Profession in the Age of Globalization

    The Rise of the Corporate Legal Sector and its Impact on Lawyers and Society

    Edited by Luciana Gross Cunha, Daniela Monteiro Gabbay, José Garcez Ghirardi, David M. Trubek, David B. Wilkins ...
    This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of globalization's impact on the Brazilian legal profession. Employing original data from nine empirical studies, the book details how Brazil's need to restructure its economy and manage its global relationships contributed to the emergence of a new 'corporate legal sector' - a sector marked by increasingly large and sophisticated law firms and ... Read more

    $48.99 CAD

  • Best Human Resource Management Practices in Latin America

    Edited by Anabella Davila, Marta M. Elvira ...
    Latin America today presents a dynamic but challenging business landscape. Although foreign investment in the region has risen, Asia’s increasing role in the global economy is a challenge to Latin America’s competitiveness. At the same time, Translatina firms – Latin American trans-national companies – continue to grow in capital and influence.This original collection explores the tensions between ... Read more

    $117.99 CAD

  • Knowledge Society and Education in the Asia-Pacific

    Recent Trends and Future Challenges

    Edited by José Ernesto Rangel Delgado, Antonina Ivanova Boncheva ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book explores recent trends in the knowledge-based society and education field in Asia-Pacific and discusses future challenges in the region. It presents studies on the development of scientific thought in the field on the knowledge-based society in the Pacific Circle. This book explores the theoretical framework of the knowledge-based society framed by the borders imposed by the Pacific ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • Mexican Business Culture

    Essays on Tradition, Ethics, Entrepreneurship and Commerce and the State

    Edited by John T. Hyatt, Carlos M. Coria-Sánchez ...
    Western business owners and managers are increasingly interested in doing business in Mexico. Yet few have thoroughly investigated the country's business climate and culture. This collection of new essays by contributors who work in and research the business culture of Mexico takes a combined academic and real-world look at the country's vibrant and dynamic commerce. Topics include business and ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Humanistic Governance in Democratic Organizations

    The Cooperative Difference

    Edited by Sonja Novković, Karen Miner, Cian McMahon ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This open access edited book brings together a number of theories under the umbrella of humanistic governance to develop a persuasive alternative perspective on governance, particularly for democratic organisations such as co-operatives. It examines how we can move beyond a profit-first approach to governance, into a framework that prioritises human dignity in all aspects of an operation. This ... Read more

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  • The Right Privatization

    Why Private Firms in Public Initiatives Need Capable Governments

    by Sergio G. Lazzarini ...
    The public debate is rife with polarized views of how to deliver essential services such as education, health, and security. While some tout privatization as a way to supplant bad governments, others warn that private firms maximize profits at the expense of socially oriented service attributes. In reality, all forms of service delivery—public, private and hybrid public private-collaborations—have ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD