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Monday, October 18, 2010 2:45:21 PM
Shivu Ishwaran replied to wobine's discussion about The Fly Away Kite: Toronto Island Picnic:
Shivu said, "Hi Wobine,
My children love this book, and Caroline's illustrations are fantastic!"
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 1:05:57 PM
Shivu Ishwaran added Work, Occupations and Professionalization to his Bookshelf
Shivu said, "Work is increasingly dependant upon credentialism, special skills, experience, and education. Regulatory bodies set standards of professionalism, employment, and practice that are officially recognized in laws, regulations, and policies. This book contrib"
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 1:05:10 PM
Shivu Ishwaran added Russian Transnational Entrepreneurs: Ethnicity, Class and Capital to his Bookshelf
Shivu said, "How did immigrants who grew up in a state-controlled communist system learn to become so adept at starting businesses in the North American market economy? Follow the emergence of successful cosmopolitan entrepreneurs after the collapse of the former"
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 1:03:41 PM
Shivu Ishwaran added Gender and Globalization: Patterns of Women's Resistance to his Bookshelf
Shivu said, "Neoliberal globalization has a detrimental impact on most women and their families in the global South or Third World. The authors reveal that not only does globalization exacerbate their already subordinate position in the global political economy, but a"
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 1:01:56 PM
Shivu Ishwaran added The Insatiable Gorge: An Existentialist View of Opiate Addiction and It's Treatment to his Bookshelf
Shivu said, "This book presents an innovative method for the treatment of drug addicts and their rehabilitation that has brought remarkable success rates. The method is based on the existentialist approach, which holds that the therapist should enter the realm of"
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 1:01:26 PM
Shivu Ishwaran added The Promethean Bridge to his Bookshelf
Shivu said, "This is not a work on physics, nor is it a tract on personality"
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 1:00:57 PM
Shivu Ishwaran added China After The 16th Party Congress: Prospects And Challenges (International Studies in Social Science,) to his Bookshelf
Shivu said, "This volume examines the various aspects of Chinese society that the new leadership will have to confront, including political reform, human rights, the economy, WTO, state-owned and private enterprises, social change, unemployment, health issues, housing"
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 1:00:29 PM
Shivu Ishwaran added Administrative Culture in a Global Context to his Bookshelf
Shivu said, "This book provides an overview of the administrative challenges facing various nations. While bureaucratic structures among nations appear similar, the methods of conducting government business vary from nation to nation. It is clear, however, that the pr"
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 12:59:58 PM
Shivu Ishwaran added Unfolding State: The Transformation of Bangladesh to his Bookshelf
Shivu said, "How do nation-states form in developing societies? In what ways does conflict between contending social forces affect the capacity of the state? What influence does the global economic system have over the state? How does the transformation of the state o"
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 12:59:30 PM
Shivu Ishwaran added Through the Eyes of Women: Gender, Social Networks, Family and Structural Change in Latin America and the Caribbean (International Studies in Social Science,) to his Bookshelf
Shivu said, "This volume examines the effects of neoliberal reforms on daily life in Latin America and the Caribbean, as seen through the eyes of women. The contributions in this volume situate women in their sociocultural milieus, so that women's perceptions and asse"
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 12:59:00 PM
Shivu Ishwaran added The Cappuccino Principle: Health, Culture and Social Justice in the Workplace to his Bookshelf
Shivu said, "…a wonderfully broad panorama of the field of nursing studies. It challenges the increasingly prevalent liberal and multicultural rhetoric regarding race, gender and equality in the workplace. ~L.A. Visano. Professor, York University Jacobs combin"
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 12:58:25 PM
Shivu Ishwaran added Poverty, Growth, And Safety Nets: A Comparative Regional Perspective (International Studies in Social Science,) to his Bookshelf
Shivu said, "This volume focuses on the dimensions and determinants of poverty in Asia. Contributions from Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen and others cover issues such as democratic practice and social inequality in India, Thailand, the Philippines, Pakistan, and Vietnam."
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 12:57:57 PM
Shivu Ishwaran added Poverty, Gender, And Human Development: Context-Effective Cooperative Approaches to his Bookshelf
Shivu said, "This book advocates a context-effective approach to development which can ensure, or allow, significant changes toward economic growth with social justice. Not all developing countries are able to attract foreign investment or technical assistance"
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 12:57:10 PM
Shivu Ishwaran added Phases Of Conflict In Africa (International Studies in Social Science,) to his Bookshelf
Shivu said, "This volume is based on a workshop on "War and Peace in Contemporary Africa" organized and hosted by the African Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania on January 31, 2003. At this workshop were panels dedicated to conflict in central, west, and"
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 12:56:30 PM
Shivu Ishwaran added New Directions in Military Sociology to his Bookshelf
Shivu said, "This edition brings together military sociologists from eight countries to discuss and illustrate new directions for military sociology. As the roles and even the meaning of the armed forces are evolving rapidly, the authors present alternate ways of look"
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 12:22:56 PM
Shivu Ishwaran added Islam, Gender, Culture, and Democracy (International Studies in Social Science,) to his Bookshelf
Shivu said, "The 2000-2001 WVS has an unprecedented range of African and Islamic societies, extending from Morocco to Indonesia. This volume includes articles analyzing Islamic worldviews, the relationship between culture and democratic institutions, and the changing"
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 12:22:29 PM
Shivu Ishwaran added Inter-American Relations in an Era of Globalization to his Bookshelf
Shivu said, "This collection provides new information and analytical perspectives on how the forces of globalization and regional integration are altering the basic nature of interactions between the states, non-state actors and peoples of the Americas. The authors ex"
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 12:21:57 PM
Shivu Ishwaran added Globalization And Post-apartheid South Africa (International Studies in Social Science) to his Bookshelf
Shivu said, "This volume examines the progress made toward greater equality in South Africa in spite of the conflicting demands made by global capital and the population of South Africa on a weakened state structure. Investigating such issues as African identities in"
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 12:21:29 PM
Shivu Ishwaran added Globalization And Development In Latin America (International Studies in Social Science) to his Bookshelf
Shivu said, "This volume critically examines the effects of globalization and neoliberal development policies on economic, social, and political conditions in contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean. The contributors provide a series of complementary perspectives"
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 12:20:53 PM
Shivu Ishwaran added Ethnicity, Ethnic Conflicts, Peace Processes: Comparative Perspectives to his Bookshelf
Shivu said, "This volume addresses a set of problems that have retained global salience after the demise of the Soviet world. They are problems related to the cohesion and integration of nation-states having multiple ethnic groups competing for national identity and s"
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 12:19:56 PM
Shivu Ishwaran added Transnational Crime (International Studies in Social Science) to his Bookshelf
Shivu said, "Transnational crime will impact the twenty-first century much in the same way that earlier technological developments changed the face of crime in the twentieth century. This volume assembles seven contributions on important dimensions of transnational"
Monday, October 18, 2010 3:14:44 PM
Shivu Ishwaran made friends with Diana Levin