wyszukanych pozycji: 17
Fractures and Reconnections: Civic Action and the Redefinition of African Political and Economic Spaces : Studies in Honor of Piet J.J. Konings
ISBN: 9783643902566 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This volume contains original studies on civic action and socio-political behavior in contemporary Africa, ranging from young entrepreneurship in traditional medicine and confidence trickster practices to (in)formal labor relations and the problems of democratization and electoral authoritarianism. The book thus connects to themes that are predominant in the work of Dr. Piet Konings, a sociologist of development and Africanist who had a distinguished research career at the African Studies Center in Leiden and made major contributions to Ghana Studies and Cameroon Studies. The chapters address...
This volume contains original studies on civic action and socio-political behavior in contemporary Africa, ranging from young entrepreneurship in trad...
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168,99 zł |
The Anthropology of Elites: Power, Culture, and the Complexities of Distinction
ISBN: 9781349450602 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. Offering insightful anthropological-historical contributions to the understanding of elites worldwide, this book helps us grasp their ways of life and role in times of contested global inequalities. Case studies include the Polish gentry, the white former colonial elite of Mauritius, professional elites, and transnational (financial) elites.
Offering insightful anthropological-historical contributions to the understanding of elites worldwide, this book helps us grasp their ways of life and...
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191,40 zł |
A Decade of Ethiopia: Politics, Economy and Society 2004-2016
ISBN: 9789004345881 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has gone through a decade of significant economic change and political contestation since 2004. The ruling EPRDF party has redefined the country as a 'developmental state' and has tried to increase its presence on the African and world stage. Preceded by a new Introduction casting a broader perspective on some underlying trends, this monograph presents a chronology for 2004 to 2016, compiling the chapters on Ethiopia previously published in the Africa Yearbook. Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara. A list of further reading...
The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has gone through a decade of significant economic change and political contestation since 2004. The ruling...
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94,14 zł |
The Environmental Crunch in Africa: Growth Narratives vs. Local Realities
ISBN: 9783319771304 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. This book discusses the problems and challenges of environmental-ecological conditions in Africa, amidst the current craze of economic growth and `development'.
This book discusses the problems and challenges of environmental-ecological conditions in Africa, amidst the current craze of economic growth and `dev...
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535,99 zł |
The Anthropology of Elites: Power, Culture, and the Complexities of Distinction
ISBN: 9781137290540 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. Offering insightful anthropological-historical contributions to the understanding of elites worldwide, this book helps us grasp their ways of life and role in times of contested global inequalities. Case studies include the Polish gentry, the white former colonial elite of Mauritius, professional elites, and transnational (financial) elites.
Offering insightful anthropological-historical contributions to the understanding of elites worldwide, this book helps us grasp their ways of life and...
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191,40 zł |
The Environmental Crunch in Africa: Growth Narratives vs. Local Realities
ISBN: 9783030083779 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. |
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382,84 zł |
Election Observation and Democratization in Africa
ISBN: 9780312223946 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. This book offers an authoritative study of election observation in Africa and its relation with democratization processes. Election observation is a hotly debated issue in contemporary international relations and in political science. It is seen by donor- countries and the international community as a means to enhance democratization, but has been controversial with regard to the mandates' of the observers, the cases of its misappropriation by authoritarian governments and its masking of other donor-country interests. The book addresses fundamental issues of elections and democrat-ization in...
This book offers an authoritative study of election observation in Africa and its relation with democratization processes. Election observation is a h...
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382,84 zł |
Alternative Assets (Bloomberg)
ISBN: 9781576603680 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. An insightful guide to making strategic investment allocation decisions that embraces both alternative and conventional assets
In this much-needed resource, alternative and portfolio management expert John Abbink demonstrates new ways of analyzing and deploying alternative assets and explains the practical application of these techniques. Alternative Assets and Strategic Allocation clearly shows how alternative investments fit into portfolios and the role they play in an investment allocation that includes traditional investments as well. This book also describes innovative... An insightful guide to making strategic investment allocation decisions that embraces both alternative and conventional assets
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354,90 zł |
Reconfiguring Ethiopia: The Politics of Authoritarian Reform
ISBN: 9781032925820 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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207,43 zł |
Reconfiguring Ethiopia: The Politics of Authoritarian Reform
ISBN: 9780415813877 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book takes stock of political reform in Ethiopia and the transformation of Ethiopian society since the adoption of multi-party politics and ethnic federalism in 1991. Decentralization, attempted democratization via ethno-national representation, and partial economic liberalization have reconfigured Ethiopian society and state in the past two decades. Yet, as the contributors to this volume demonstrate, democracy in Ethiopia has not changed the authority structures and the culture of centralist decision-making of the past. The political system is tightly engineered and controlled from... This book takes stock of political reform in Ethiopia and the transformation of Ethiopian society since the adoption of multi-party politics and et... |
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700,25 zł |
Rhetoric and Social Relations: Dialectics of Bonding and Contestation
ISBN: 9781789209778 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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555,01 zł |
Vanguard or Vandals: Youth, Politics and Conflict in Africa
ISBN: 9789004142756 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This book contains a range of original studies on one of the major challenges in Africa today: the controversial role of youth in politics, conflict and rebellious movements. The issue is not only the drafting of child soldiers into insurgent armies or predatory militias, as in Somalia, Sierra Leone or Congo, but, more generally, that of the problematic insertion of large numbers of young people in the socio-economic and political order of post-colonial Africa. Even educated youths are being confronted with a lack of opportunities, blocked social mobility, and despair about the future. Many...
This book contains a range of original studies on one of the major challenges in Africa today: the controversial role of youth in politics, conflict a...
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235,36 zł |
Land, Law and Politics in Africa: Mediating Conflict and Reshaping the State
ISBN: 9789004217386 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 386 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This volume presents a wide selection of studies on the issues of law, land dispute and conflict (mediation) in Africa, reconsidering the role of state agents and other actors in these matters. The focus is on analyzing how citizens, state institutions and concerned (inter)national actors aim to find solutions to disputes, tension and conflict that are part of social life. The authors have approached the subject of Land, Law and Politics in Africa from a variety of disciplinary angles. The issues at stake comprise land access and land use, state politics and democratization efforts, the...
This volume presents a wide selection of studies on the issues of law, land dispute and conflict (mediation) in Africa, reconsidering the role of stat...
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248,20 zł |
Rethinking Resistance: Revolt and Violence in African History
ISBN: 9789004126244 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 370 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "Rethinking Resistance" analyzes revolts from the nineteenth century and early colonial Africa, post-colonial rebellions and recent conflicts in African history by reinterpreting resistance studies in the light of current scholarly thought and linking them to new conceptual perspectives on the changing nature of violence.
"Rethinking Resistance" analyzes revolts from the nineteenth century and early colonial Africa, post-colonial rebellions and recent conflicts in Afric...
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235,36 zł |
Africa Yearbook Volume 13: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2016
ISBN: 9789004355903 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 526 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The Africa Yearbook covers major domestic political developments, the foreign policy and socio-economic trends in sub-Sahara Africa – all related to developments in one calendar year. The Yearbook contains articles on all sub-Saharan states, each of the four sub-regions (West, Central, Eastern, Southern Africa) focusing on major cross-border developments and sub-regional organizations as well as one article on continental developments and one on African-European relations. While the articles have thorough academic quality, the Yearbook is mainly oriented to the requirements of a large range...
The Africa Yearbook covers major domestic political developments, the foreign policy and socio-economic trends in sub-Sahara Africa – all related to...
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676,13 zł |
Africa Yearbook Volume 14: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2017
ISBN: 9789004367616 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 534 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The Africa Yearbook covers major domestic political developments, the foreign policy and socio-economic trends in sub-Sahara Africa – all related to developments in one calendar year. The Yearbook contains articles on all sub-Saharan states, each of the four sub-regions (West, Central, Eastern, Southern Africa) focusing on major cross-border developments and sub-regional organizations as well as one article on continental developments and one on African-European relations. While the articles have thorough academic quality, the Yearbook is mainly oriented to the requirements of a large range...
The Africa Yearbook covers major domestic political developments, the foreign policy and socio-economic trends in sub-Sahara Africa – all related to...
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676,13 zł |
Africa Yearbook Volume 12: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2015
ISBN: 9789004314788 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 516 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The Africa Yearbook covers major domestic political developments, the foreign policy and socio-economic trends in sub-Sahara Africa - all related to developments in one calendar year. The Yearbook contains articles on all sub-Saharan states, each of the four sub-regions (West, Central, Eastern, Southern Africa) focusing on major cross-border developments and sub-regional organizations as well as one article on continental developments and one on African-European relations. While the articles have thorough academic quality, the Yearbook is mainly oriented to the requirements of a large range...
The Africa Yearbook covers major domestic political developments, the foreign policy and socio-economic trends in sub-Sahara Africa - all related to d...
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637,61 zł |