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1. Privatization and Transition in Russia in the Early 1990s

   By Carol Scott Leonard, David Pitt-Watson

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History

   Few economic events have caused such controversy as the privatization process in Russia. Some see it as the foundation of political and economic freedom. For others it was economics gone wrong, and ended in "Russians stealing money from their own country". As Russia reasserts itself, and its new...

   To Be Published June 4th 2013 by Routledge
2. The Engaged University

   International Perspectives on Civic Engagement

   By David Watson, Robert Hollister, Susan E. Stroud, Elizabeth Babcock

   Series: International Studies in Higher Education

   The Engaged University is a comprehensive empirical account of the global civic engagement movement in higher education. In universities around the world, something extraordinary is underway. Mobilizing their human and intellectual resources, institutions of higher education are directly tackling...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
3. Ethanol and the Liver

   Mechanisms and Management

   By David Sherman, Ronald Ross Watson

   Distilling the available knowledge on ethanol-induced liver damage and directly complementing the available bio-medical literature, Ethanol and the Liver covers pathogenic and clinical aspects of alcoholic liver disease. Providing broader coverage of the subject than any available monograph, the...

   Published May 29th 2002 by CRC Press
4. Lifelong Learning and the University

   A Post-Dearing Agenda

   By Richard Taylor, David Watson

   The Report of the National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education chaired by Sir Ron Dearing was published in July 1997. It represents the first officially sponsored systematic examination of the United Kingdom's system of higher education since the Robbins Report over 25 years ago. This book...

   Published March 30th 1998 by Routledge
5. Natural Toxicants in Food

   A manual for Experimental Foods, Dietetics and Food Scientists

   Edited by David H. Watson

   Series: Sheffield Food Technology

   Natural toxicants, for which there is no standard definition, are generally understood to be chemicals with potentially toxic effects on human beings as a result of their natural occurrence in food. Natural Toxicants in Food covers areas of current interest related to naturally occurring toxicants...

   Published March 18th 1998 by Blackwell