Media Piracy in Emerging Economies is the first independent, large-scale study of music, film and software piracy in emerging economies, with a focus on Brazil, India, Russia, South Africa, Mexico and Bolivia.

Slow job growth, declining home values, a diminishing tax base, and concentrated poverty are but a few of the growing obstacles for well-established but struggling cities. Challenged by decades of globalization, technological change, and dramatic demographic shifts away from the urban core, these former industrial powerhouses—particularly in the Northeast and Midwest—have been eclipsed by burgeoning American cities with a viable niche in the new economy.

Confronted with businesses facing a long-term shortage of skilled workers and evaluations showin that job training for the poor over the past 25 years had produced only meager results, a number of groups throughout the country have sought to find a more effective approach.  The efforts of these partnerships, which editor Robert Giloth calls "workforce intermediaries," are characterized by a focus on improving business productivity and helping low-income individuals not just to find a job, but to advance over time to jobs that enable them to support themselves and their fa

As a core unit of society, families can play a vital role in bringing America to greater unity. Yet even the definition of "family" is a source of great division. The very meaning of the word family has changed in the last thirty years. It no longer always refers to a married man and woman with children. To many, the traditional family is an ideal to be protected and encouraged. To others, the very notion of the traditional family is highly problematic, or fails to represent their reality.