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UNINA9910151630303321 |
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Slippery pastimes [[electronic resource] ] : reading the popular in Canadian culture / / edited by Joan Nicks and Jeanette Sloniowski |
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Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2002 |
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1-280-92552-3 |
9786610925520 |
0-88920-666-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (356 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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NicksJoan <1937-> |
SloniowskiJeannette <1946-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Popular culture - Canada |
Electronic books. |
Canada Civilization |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; HERITAGE; TELEVISION; MUSIC; SPORTS; CONTRIBUTORS |
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Sixteen essays, written by specialists from many fields, grapple with the problem of a popular culture that is not very popular - but is seen by most as vital to the body politic, whether endangered by globalization or capable of politically progressive messages for its audiences. Slippery Pastimes covers a variety of topics: Canadian popular music from rock 'n' roll to country, hip-hop to pop-Celtic; television; advertising; tourism; sport and even postage stamps! As co-editors, Nicks and Sloniowski have taken an open view of the Canadian Popular, and contributors have app |
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UNINA9910765994803321 |
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Autore |
Lundahl Mats |
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New Directions in development economics : growth, environmental concerns, and government in the 1990s / / edited by Mats Lundahl and Benno J. Ndulu |
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Taylor & Francis, 2003 |
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London and New York : , : Routledge, , 1996 |
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1-85278-535-7 |
1-134-80881-X |
1-134-80882-8 |
1-280-15833-6 |
0-203-98899-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (420 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge studies in development economics ; ; no. 3 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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LundahlMats <1946-> |
NduluB. J |
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Sustainable development - Developing countries |
Economic development - Environmental aspects |
Development economics |
Developing countries Economic policy |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; SERIES; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FIGURES; TABLES; NOTES ON THE CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; OPENING REMARKS; WELCOME ADDRESS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 MACROPOLICIES FOR THE TRANSITION FROM STABILIZATION TO GROWTH; 3 CONSTRAINTS ON AFRICAN GROWTH; 4 LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH IN SUB SAHARAN; 5 HOW PAINFUL IS THE TRANSITION?; 6 TECHNOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT; 7 DEVELOPMENTAL REGIONALISM; 8 ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; 9 THE CAPTURE OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL VALUE; 10 ENVIRONMENTAL TAX REFORM |
11 THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE WOBBLY12 ROLE OF THE AFRICAN |
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STATE IN BUILDING AGENCIES OF RESTRANT; 13 PARTICIPATION, MARKETS AND DEMOCRACY; 14 STYLIZING ACCUMULATION IN AFRICAN; 15 ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING, COPING; 16 FROM GATT TO WTO; 17 GOVERNMENT, TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL; INDEX |
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New Directions in Development Economics is divided into two parts. The first half considers the dilemna of growth with special reference to its environmental cost. The second half focuses on the role of the state in the context of the growing dominance of the free market argument. The contributors include Paul Collier, Partha Dasgupta, Ronald Findlay and Deepak Lal. |
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