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McGregor, Sue L. T. – Advancing the Consumer Interest, 2000
Discusses the evolution of a consumer society in the newly industrialized countries of Asia, especially Taiwan. Looks at Taiwan's growing consumer presence , emerging consumer policy framework, and evolving family and social structure as well as consumer movement efforts and the impact of international organizations. (Contains 52 references.) (JOW)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Consumer Economics, Consumer Protection, Developing Nations
Ashton, David; Green, Francis; James, Donna; Sung, Johnny – 1999
This book provides a detailed analysis of the development of education and training systems in Asia and the relationship with the process of economic growth. Focus is on four impoverished agrarian economies--Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan--that were transformed in little more than a generation into East Asian "tigers":…
Descriptors: Boomtowns, Case Studies, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Jackson, Ann, Ed.; Jones, David, Ed. – 2000
This document contains 43 papers from a conference on researching inclusion. The following are among the papers included: "Include Me Out: Critique and Contradiction in Thinking about Social Exclusion and Lifelong Learning" (Paul Armstrong); "The Linking of Work and Education To Enable Social Inclusion" (Dave Beck);…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), Admission Criteria