Canadians are deeply worried about wait times for health care. Entrepreneurial doctors and private clinics are bringing Charter challenges to existing laws restrictive of a two-tier system. They argue that Canada is an outlier among developed countries in limiting options to jump the queue.This book explores whether a two-tier model is a solution.In Is Two-Tier Health Care the Future?, leading researchers explore the public and private mix in Canada, Australia, Germany, Fra...

With five short stories and a memoir, Zeynep Rade takes the reader through the indoor lives of the Middle East people and the unknown waters of the Bosphorus, to peer into the lives of Istanbulites wrapped in their own tale in her first English book. Rade's stories are bittersweet and have ironic layers... The people in the City of the Blind seem predestined, and yet are searching for justice. Some desire money, some crave power, some simply seek freedom.In this city, everyone is t...

Labor Market Dynamics in Turkey during the Last 100 Years provides a thorough examination of the complex interactions that exist between social changes, economic policies, and the changing labor market environment in Turkey. This book draws on a wealth of historical and modern data to explore important topics including youth employment, unionization, migration, gender inequality, and the effects of economic crises. It also examines government interventions, employment package effi...

Yang Tian was reborn into his 2015 self to compete in the beauty competition on the competition "The Coming One." His striking appearance and collaborations with Jay Chou's songs like "Confession Balloon" and "Seven Miles of Fragrance" catapulted him to fame. After initially declining Wajijiwa's offer, he ultimately signed with an S-sign. During this time, he starred in hit films and television series like "Charlotte's Troubles," "Detective Chinatown," and "A Love So Beautiful." His endors...

Under the wave of globalisation, cities around the world are like shining pearls, exuding unique charm. Girls of different zodiac signs encounter love in these cities with their distinct character traits. Their love stories are not only an intertwining of emotions, but also a reflection of human nature in different situations.

Under the wave of globalisation, cities around the world are like shining pearls, exuding unique charm. Girls of different zodiac signs encounter love in these cities with their distinct character traits. Their love stories are not only an intertwining of emotions, but also a reflection of human nature in different situations.

On the emergence, embodiment, and mediation of voice as skin. How do we build or make a voice together? Can we imagine the voices we make in the form of a skin, a multi-sensory interface that behaves both as a boundary and as a point of connection? What does such a voice capacitate in times of crises and uncertainties? In Building a Voice: Sound, Surface, Skin, Zeynep Bulut explores these questions. She examines the multi-sensory and collective forms of voice making in experimental music, ...

Ari is a man in his mid-thirties. One day, he finds himself descending the stairs of an abandoned apartment building. He begins to recount the events that brought him there.Having lost his mother and father at a very young age, Ari always felt great dissatisfaction with his life. As an adult struggling to maintain his professional and personal relationships, receives an unexpected invitation one day. He is unaware of how an ordinary decision can have consequences. Does Ari know him...

The increasing global competition of knowledge economies has begun a new era of labour migration, as economies chase ‘the best and the brightest’: the movement of highly skilled workers. This book examines the experiences of highly educated migrants subjected to two distinct and incompatible public discourses: one that identifies them in terms of nationality and presupposed religion, and another that focuses on their education and employment status, which suggests that they deserve the bes...

Integrates biochemical, molecular, and cellular health and disease processes into one essential text!Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, and Genetics: An Integrated Textbook by Zeynep Gromley and Adam Gromley is the first to cover molecular biology, cell biology, biochemistry (metabolism), and genetics in one comprehensive yet concise resource. Throughout the book, these topics are linked to other basic medical sciences, such as pharmacology, physiol...

A firsthand account and incisive analysis of modern protest, revealing internet-fueled social movements’ greatest strengths and frequent challengesTo understand a thwarted Turkish coup, an anti–Wall Street encampment, and a packed Tahrir Square, we must first comprehend the power and the weaknesses of using new technologies to mobilize large numbers of people. An incisive observer, writer, and participant in today’s social movements, Zeynep Tufekci explains in this...

From healthcare facilities to call centers, fulfillment centers to factories, and restaurants to retail stores, companies are struggling to find or keep workers, because the jobs they offer are low-paying, stressful, and provide little chance for growth and success.Workers want good jobs, and many leaders want to provide them. But they don't think they can offer higher pay and more motivating work without hurting the bottom line. Most business leaders want to win with customers, bu...