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Linking Conservation and Poverty Reduction: Landscapes, People and Power
ISBN: 9781844076369 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This highly accessible book, developed from the IUCN report 'Poverty and Conservation' offers a grand overview of the issues and a conceptual framework for addressing poverty reduction in the context of conservation, and conservation in the context of poverty reduction.
This highly accessible book, developed from the IUCN report 'Poverty and Conservation' offers a grand overview of the issues and a conceptual framewor...
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The Military and Modernization
ISBN: 9780202363059 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There is a growing body of work on the military in developing countries. Few studies, have explored in-depth questions concerning the social origins of offi cers and enlisted men or trace career patterns within the armed forces of the developing world. With the exception of Latin America, it has been rare for a study to assess the performance of ruling, or non-ruling, militaries for political development and modernization of their societies. Th is oversight is exactly what Henry Bienen addresses in this collection.
There is a growing body of work on the military in developing countries. Few studies, have explored in-depth questions concerning the social origins o...
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Water Current Turbines: A Fieldworker's Guide
ISBN: 9780946688272 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A description of Intermediate Technology's experience with the current turbine and an economic assessment of it.
A description of Intermediate Technology's experience with the current turbine and an economic assessment of it.
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Cultural Heritage and Tourism in the Developing World : A Regional Perspective
ISBN: 9780415776219 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first book of its kind to synthesize global and regional issues, challenges, and practices related to cultural heritage and tourism, specifically in less-developed nations. Most of the empirical chapters are authored by the individuals who live or have lived in the various regions.
This is the first book of its kind to synthesize global and regional issues, challenges, and practices related to cultural heritage and tourism, speci...
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Integrated Water Resources Management in Latin America
ISBN: 9780415487887 / Angielski / Twarda / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is now widely accepted that the world is likely to face a major water crisis unless the present management practices are improved very significantly. Promoted extensively by donors and international institutions over the past 15 years, integrated water resources management (IWRM) has been assumed explicitly to be 'the' solution for managing the limited water resources of the world.Hundreds of millions of dollars have now been spent in promoting IWRM in developing countries. However, no serious and objective analysis has ever been undertaken as to whether IWRM has made water management more...
It is now widely accepted that the world is likely to face a major water crisis unless the present management practices are improved very significantl...
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Global Maya: Work and Ideology in Rural Guatemala
ISBN: 9780816526888 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the central highland Maya communities of Guatemala, the demands ofthe global economy have become a way of life. This book explores how ruralpeoples experience economic and cultural change as their country joins theglobal market, focusing on their thoughts about work and sustenance as a way oflearning about Guatemala s changing economy.
For more than a decade, Liliana Goldin observed in highland towns boththe intensification of various forms of production and their growing links towider markets. In this first book to compare economic ideology across a rangeof production systems, she... In the central highland Maya communities of Guatemala, the demands ofthe global economy have become a way of life. This book explores how ruralpeoples...
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Insecurity and Welfare Regimes in Asia, Africa and Latin America: Social Policy in Development Contexts
ISBN: 9780521087995 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written by a team of internationally respected experts, this book explores the conditions under which social policy--defined as the public pursuit of secure welfare--operates in the poorer regions of the world. Making an important contribution by breaking away from the traditional focus on Europe and North America, it develops a new conceptual framework for understanding different types of welfare regimes in a range of countries of Asia, Latin America and Africa.
Written by a team of internationally respected experts, this book explores the conditions under which social policy--defined as the public pursuit of ...
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Self-Development and Social Transformations?: The Vision and Practice of the Self-Study Mobilization of Swadhyaya
ISBN: 9780739111987 / Angielski / Twarda / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Self-development of individuals and societies is an epochal challenge now but surprisingly very little has been written about this in the vast field of development studies and social sciences. The present book is one of the first efforts in this field and explores in detail the dynamics of pursuits of self-development and the accompanying contradictions in the self-study mobilization called Swadhyaya. Giri is one of the pioneers in bringing self-development to the core of theory and ethnographic multiverse of humanities and development studies.
Self-development of individuals and societies is an epochal challenge now but surprisingly very little has been written about this in the vast field o...
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Gender Equality, Hiv, and AIDS: A Challenge for the Education Sector
ISBN: 9780855985868 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The feminization of HIV epidemics has been steadily increasing worldwide. In sub-Saharan Africa, 75 per cent of young people infected are women and girls. Gender disparities in education contribute to social conditions that facilitate the spread of HIV. This book will help government policymakers and NGO practitioners improve their understanding of how schools can practice gender equality and provide HIV and AIDS education.
Researchers, NGOs, and donors contribute case studies and research from around the world. They show the extreme importance of educating girls--who are less... The feminization of HIV epidemics has been steadily increasing worldwide. In sub-Saharan Africa, 75 per cent of young people infected are women and gi...
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Global AIDS Crisis: A Reference Handbook
ISBN: 9781851096558 / Angielski / Twarda / 283 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Global AIDS Crisis" scrutinizes the scourge of HIV and the AIDS virus throughout the world through the eyes of one of the top AIDS researchers in the world. From Botswana and sub-Saharan Africa to Thailand, Romania, and Brazil, an exploration of developing countries with limited access to healthcare and scarce resources reveals how such factors as tourism, international travel, war, and mobility have facilitated the insidious spread of HIV and AIDS. Candid discussions of sensitive issues such as stigma and its effects on morale and health complement scientific and medical inquiries... "Global AIDS Crisis" scrutinizes the scourge of HIV and the AIDS virus throughout the world through the eyes of one of the top AIDS researchers in ... |
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Flammable: Environmental Suffering in an Argentine Shantytown
ISBN: 9780195372939 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Surrounded by one of the largest petrochemical compounds in Argentina, a highly polluted river that brings the toxic waste of tanneries and other industries, a hazardous and largely unsupervised waste incinerator, and an unmonitored landfill, Flammable's soil, air, and water are contaminated with lead, chromium, benzene, and other chemicals. So are its nearly five thousand sickened and frail inhabitants. How do poor people make sense of and cope with toxic pollution? Why do they fail to understand what is objectively a clear and present danger? How are perceptions and misperceptions shared...
Surrounded by one of the largest petrochemical compounds in Argentina, a highly polluted river that brings the toxic waste of tanneries and other indu...
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Flammable: Environmental Suffering in an Argentine Shantytown
ISBN: 9780195372946 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Surrounded by one of the largest petrochemical compounds in Argentina, a highly polluted river that brings the toxic waste of tanneries and other industries, a hazardous and largely unsupervised waste incinerator, and an unmonitored landfill, Flammable's soil, air, and water are contaminated with lead, chromium, benzene, and other chemicals. So are its nearly five thousand sickened and frail inhabitants. How do poor people make sense of and cope with toxic pollution? Why do they fail to understand what is objectively a clear and present danger? How are perceptions and misperceptions shared...
Surrounded by one of the largest petrochemical compounds in Argentina, a highly polluted river that brings the toxic waste of tanneries and other indu...
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Case Studies in Food Policy for Developing Countries: Policies for Health, Nutrition, Food Consumption, and Poverty
ISBN: 9780801475542 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The food problems now facing the world scarcity and starvation, contamination and illness, overabundance and obesity are both diverse and complex. What are their causes? How severe are they? Why do they persist? What are the solutions? In three volumes that serve as valuable teaching tools and have been designed to complement the textbook Food Policy for Developing Countries by Per Pinstrup-Andersen and Derrill D. Watson II, they call upon the wisdom of disciplines including economics, nutrition, sociology, anthropology, environmental science, medicine, and geography to... The food problems now facing the world scarcity and starvation, contamination and illness, overabundance and obesity are both diverse and complex. ... |
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Case Studies in Food Policy for Developing Countries: Domestic Policies for Markets, Production, and Environment
ISBN: 9780801475559 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The food problems now facing the world scarcity and starvation, contamination and illness, overabundance and obesity are both diverse and complex. What are their causes? How severe are they? Why do they persist? What are the solutions? In three volumes that serve as valuable teaching tools and have been designed to complement the textbook Food Policy for Developing Countries by Per Pinstrup-Andersen and Derrill D. Watson II, they call upon the wisdom of disciplines including economics, nutrition, sociology, anthropology, environmental science, medicine, and geography to... The food problems now facing the world scarcity and starvation, contamination and illness, overabundance and obesity are both diverse and complex. ... |
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Case Studies in Food Policy for Developing Countries: Institutions and International Trade Policies
ISBN: 9780801475566 / Angielski / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The food problems now facing the world scarcity and starvation, contamination and illness, overabundance and obesity are both diverse and complex. What are their causes? How severe are they? Why do they persist? What are the solutions? In three volumes that serve as valuable teaching tools and have been designed to complement the textbook Food Policy for Developing Countries by Per Pinstrup-Andersen and Derrill D. Watson II, they call upon the wisdom of disciplines including economics, nutrition, sociology, anthropology, environmental science, medicine, and geography to... The food problems now facing the world scarcity and starvation, contamination and illness, overabundance and obesity are both diverse and complex. ... |
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Governance and Crisis of the State in Africa: The Context and Dynamics of the Conflicts in West Africa (Hb)
ISBN: 9781906704094 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Spreading the Word Further: Guidelines for Disseminating Development Research
ISBN: 9781843800477 / Angielski / Miękka / 58 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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African Culture and Global Politics: Language, Philosophies, and Expressive Culture in Africa and the Diaspora
ISBN: 9780415713023 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The rest of the world often relegates the continent of Africa as a place that must be "saved," failing to examine Africans' long history of agency and political ideas that may inform present and future attempts at attaining stability throughout the continent. This book addresses the ways in which Africans are actively engaging in domestic and international policy debates through music, literature, art, and philosophies that shape both the politics of daily life and international discourses on development.
The rest of the world often relegates the continent of Africa as a place that must be "saved," failing to examine Africans' long history of agency ... |
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Understanding Climate Change Adaptation: Lessons from community-based approaches
ISBN: 9781853396830 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Poor people living in regions affected by fluctuating temperatures and rainfall, sea level rise, flooding and drought bear the brunt of climate change. These communities have no choice but to continue to use the resources at their disposal to adapt and survive. Yet in order to adapt people need to appreciate that potentially profound changes are in store and that future impacts are deeply uncertain.
Understanding Adaptation to Climate Change addresses these issues and provides responses to important questions for the international aid community as it seeks to address the... Poor people living in regions affected by fluctuating temperatures and rainfall, sea level rise, flooding and drought bear the brunt of climate change...
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Tanzania Country Brief
ISBN: 9780821378687 / Angielski / Miękka / 70 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The World Bank has developed a new annual series of World Bank Country Briefs. Tanzania the first report in the series is a concise introduction to the most important aspects of Tanzania's economic and social development over the past 5-10 years, including tracking progress toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals. These short, country-specific reports examine the economic, social, environmental, and business landscape of developing countries, focusing on issues critical to development."
The World Bank has developed a new annual series of World Bank Country Briefs. Tanzania the first report in the series is a concise introduction to th...
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