ilość książek w kategorii: 16907
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Managing Political Change: Social Scientists and the Third World
ISBN: 9780367005375 / Angielski / Twarda / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For nearly three decades, policymakers and students have been concerned with Third World societies in transition. Conventional interpretations of political change, formalized in studies of political development, have dominated approaches to analyzing such changes. Yet, argues the author, these interpretations have been justly criticized as bankrupt and irrelevant to Third World realities. Why are they reproduced? How can one explain the belief that these approaches remain viable? These are some of the questions addressed in this wideranging review of the literature of political development...
For nearly three decades, policymakers and students have been concerned with Third World societies in transition. Conventional interpretations of poli...
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707,28 |
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Microcomputers in Public Policy: Applications for Developing Countries
ISBN: 9780367008673 / Angielski / Twarda / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book presents a series of perspectives on the use of automation in the formulation and execution of public policy initiatives in developing nations. The focus is the use of the most pervasive new automation technology in the developed world-the microcomputer-as it is introduced and used in countries whose public and private sectors are just beginning to select appropriate automation methodologies. A broad range of topics is examined, including specific system development methods, appropriateness of hardware and software, painful lessons learned, successful training techniques and methods...
This book presents a series of perspectives on the use of automation in the formulation and execution of public policy initiatives in developing natio...
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707,28 |
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Economic Development, Poverty, and Income Distribution
ISBN: 9780367017736 / Angielski / Twarda / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The increasing inequality and poverty that seem inevitably to accompany economic growth in developing countries have become more and more evident in recent years. The search for development paths that lead to growth with equality—all too difficult to find—is now an area of central concern for development economists. One result of their concern is this volume, in which internationally known representatives of a range of disciplines address themselves to ways in which growth with equity might be successfully achieved. The book begins with both empirical and theoretical background to the...
The increasing inequality and poverty that seem inevitably to accompany economic growth in developing countries have become more and more evident in r...
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707,28 |
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Agrarian Reform and Rural Poverty: A Case Study of Peru
ISBN: 9780367020422 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Initiated in 1969 after the establishment of Velasco Alvarado's military government, Peru's program for agrarian reform remains one of the few enduring examples of major planned reform in Latin America. Based on extensive data for land ownership, income distribution, and agricultural production, this book assesses Peru's experience with development planning since 1950 and discusses efforts to improve the standard of living of its rural population through changes in agrarian structure.
Initiated in 1969 after the establishment of Velasco Alvarado's military government, Peru's program for agrarian reform remains one of the few endurin...
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707,28 |
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South-South Cooperation Beyond the Myths: Rising Donors, New Aid Practices?
ISBN: 9781349711956 / Angielski / Miękka / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book, which brings together scholars from the developed and developing world, explores one of the most salient features of contemporary international relations: South-South cooperation. It builds on existing empirical evidence and offers a comparative analytical framework to critically analyse the aid policies and programmes of ten rising donors from the global South. Amongst these are several BRICS (Brazil, India, China and South Africa) but also a number of less studied countries, including Cuba, Venezuela, the United Arab Emirates, Colombia, Turkey, and Korea. The chapters trace the...
This book, which brings together scholars from the developed and developing world, explores one of the most salient features of contemporary internati...
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342,95 |
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China's Local Entrepreneurial State and New Urban Spaces: Downtown Redevelopment in Ningbo
ISBN: 9781349934133 / Angielski / Miękka / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this book, the author seeks to understand China's urban redevelopment from the theoretical perspective of the local entrepreneurial state. China's rapid socio-economic transformations since 1978 have been in large part attributed to China's state transformations. The author closely investigates Ningbo's two downtown redevelopment projects by conducting ethnographic fieldwork and documentary research. It is found that the local entrepreneurial state deploys local state enterprises to undertake strategic urban redevelopment projects, organizes high-profile city/district marketing campaigns...
In this book, the author seeks to understand China's urban redevelopment from the theoretical perspective of the local entrepreneurial state. China's ...
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403,47 |
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International Financial Cooperation: A Framework for Change
ISBN: 9780367019426 / Angielski / Twarda / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book identifies the main sources of dissatisfaction with the international monetary system as a framework for trade and payments. It considers changes in the financial system which might lead to a satisfactory working of the system in the 1980s, from the point of view of the Third World.
This book identifies the main sources of dissatisfaction with the international monetary system as a framework for trade and payments. It considers ch...
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707,28 |
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Human Dignity: Establishing Worth and Seeking Solutions
ISBN: 9781349719457 / Angielski / Miękka / 394 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the concept of dignity from a variety of global perspectives. It scrutinizes how dignity informs policy and practice, and is influenced by international and domestic law, human rights values, and domestic politics. An exciting collection of essays, this edited volume provides an analysis of human rights as they are experienced by real people who have in many cases been forced to take action to further their own interests. Readers will discover an extensive range of issues discussed, from the internet, climate change and disabilities, to globalization, old-age, and migrants'...
This book examines the concept of dignity from a variety of global perspectives. It scrutinizes how dignity informs policy and practice, and is influe...
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342,95 |
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Food Security for Developing Countries
ISBN: 9780367018429 / Angielski / Twarda / 374 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book describes the nature and magnitude of food insecurity in less-developed countries, stressing the various practical problems at the country level. It presents various national and international approaches to coping with food insecurity in these countries.
This book describes the nature and magnitude of food insecurity in less-developed countries, stressing the various practical problems at the country l...
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707,28 |
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Urbanization and Urban Policies in Pacific Asia
ISBN: 9780367212810 / Angielski / Twarda / 390 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is the outcome of the Conference on Population Growth, Urbanization, and Urban Policies in the Asia-Pacific Region, held in Honolulu during 8-12 April 1985. It provides wide attention among development planners, urban managers, and scholars in the field of urban and development planning.
This book is the outcome of the Conference on Population Growth, Urbanization, and Urban Policies in the Asia-Pacific Region, held in Honolulu during ...
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707,28 |
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Economics of the Family and Farming Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: Development Perspectives
ISBN: 9780367012038 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book presents an integrated analysis of the dynamics of the economics of households and farm production in the setting of a polygynous family structure and traditional agriculture in sub-Saharan rural Africa. It focuses on some basic facts about poverty among the farm people of rural Africa.
This book presents an integrated analysis of the dynamics of the economics of households and farm production in the setting of a polygynous family str...
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707,28 |
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Macro Policies for Appropriate Technology in Developing Countries
ISBN: 9780367011666 / Angielski / Twarda / 325 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the effects of macro-policies and determines which policies have best promoted appropriate technology in developing countries. It explores the political economy of macro-policies, examining which groups in society are likely to benefit from alternative policies and technologies.
This book explores the effects of macro-policies and determines which policies have best promoted appropriate technology in developing countries. It e...
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707,28 |
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Macroeconomic Modeling and Policy Analysis for Less Developed Countries
ISBN: 9780367015985 / Angielski / Twarda / 215 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides an overview of macroeconometric modeling for less developed countries, a description of the structure and performance of Guyana's economy, an empirical testing of the model using annual data for Guyana, and a simulation approach to policy evaluation.
This book provides an overview of macroeconometric modeling for less developed countries, a description of the structure and performance of Guyana's e...
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707,28 |
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Towards a Society of Degrowth
ISBN: 9781138543409 / Angielski / Twarda / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Colombia's Slow Economic Growth: From the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century
ISBN: 9783030257545 / Angielski / Twarda / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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221,90 |
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Small and Intermediate Urban Centres: Their Role in Regional and National Development in the Third World
ISBN: 9780367287368 / Angielski / Twarda / 421 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book presents conclusions from the first phase of a collaborative research programme on the potential role of small and intermediate urban centres in the development process. It draws on discussions and work undertaken with the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements in Nairobi, Kenya.
This book presents conclusions from the first phase of a collaborative research programme on the potential role of small and intermediate urban centre...
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707,28 |
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The Women and International Development Annual
ISBN: 9780367273798 / Angielski / Twarda / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This annual series, published in cooperation with the Women and International Development Program at Michigan State University, uses a multi-disciplinary approach to explore women's experiences across a wide range of geographical areas, economic sectors, and social institutions. The articles presented in each volume synthesize a growing body of literature on key issues, suggest priorities for research, and propose changes in development policy and programming. Each volume is divided into three major sections. In the first, contributors distill and interpret research in review articles; in the...
This annual series, published in cooperation with the Women and International Development Program at Michigan State University, uses a multi-disciplin...
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707,28 |
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Refugees from Revolution: U.S. Policy and Third World Migration
ISBN: 9780367285418 / Angielski / Twarda / 463 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book relates social constraints and opportunities to micro-level exile decision making. It focuses on Cuban, Indo-Chinese, Ethiopian, Eritrean and Iranian exile communities in the United States. The book analyzes the origins of these large groups of exiles and their treatment under US policy.
This book relates social constraints and opportunities to micro-level exile decision making. It focuses on Cuban, Indo-Chinese, Ethiopian, Eritrean an...
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707,28 |
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Technical Change and Social Conflict in Agriculture: Latin American Perspectives
ISBN: 9780367289560 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Incorporating case studies of technological change in six Latin American countries, this book presents the results of a large cooperative research project (PROTAAL) that has led to a new interpretation of the process of technical change in agricultural development. The contributors contrast the perspective emerging from PROTAAL with two other views of technical change in agriculture: the theory of induced innovation and the political economy approach. They then describe the methodology developed by PROTAAL, which is highlighted in their analysis of the case studies. In the concluding...
Incorporating case studies of technological change in six Latin American countries, this book presents the results of a large cooperative research pro...
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438,95 |
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Rural Transport in Developing Countries
ISBN: 9780367286415 / Angielski / Twarda / 145 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book improves understanding of the nature of the transport needs of rural people in developing countries. It contributes to the development of practical policies to provide transport facilities which will better meet the needs of rural communities.
This book improves understanding of the nature of the transport needs of rural people in developing countries. It contributes to the development of pr...
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707,28 |