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Embodied Working Lives: Manual Laboring in Maharashtra, India
ISBN: 9780739108765 / Angielski / Twarda / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Embodied Working Lives explores the work-a-day of seasonal migrant laborers in India through a nexus of embodiment theories to enhance our understanding of what constitutes the intense, lived, and physical experience of such work. Echoing constructive explorations of labor science (Bernard Doray) but in the sentiment and with the intense rigor of contemporary phenomenology and labor studies, Louise Waite gives us unique and original ethnographic research to help enhance our understanding of laboring bodies and the policies that effect them.
Embodied Working Lives explores the work-a-day of seasonal migrant laborers in India through a nexus of embodiment theories to enhance our understandi...
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513,24 zł |
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African Renaissance in the Millennium: The Political, Social, and Economic Discourses on the Way Forward
ISBN: 9780739122525 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book brings into sharp focus some of the major political, social, and economic issues that might impede Africa's development project in the 21st century. It debates and suggests ways that policy makers might tackle these issues in order to promote the vision of the continent's transformation in the millennium.
The book brings into sharp focus some of the major political, social, and economic issues that might impede Africa's development project in the 21st c...
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229,32 zł |
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Cultivating Development: An Ethnography Of Aid Policy And Practice
ISBN: 9780745317991 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Development agencies and researchers are preoccupied with policy; with exerting influence over policy, linking research to policy and with implementing policy around the world.
But what if development practice is not driven by policy? Suppose that the things that make for 'good policy' - policy that legitimises and mobilises political support - in reality make it impossible to implement? By focusing in detail on the unfolding activities of a development project in western India over more than ten years, as it falls under different policy regimes, this book takes a close look at the... Development agencies and researchers are preoccupied with policy; with exerting influence over policy, linking research to policy and with implementin...
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464,10 zł |
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Caught Between Borders: Response Strategies of the Internally Displaced
ISBN: 9780745318189 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Internally displaced persons are those who have been forced to flee their homes and who do not cross an internationally recognized border. There are an astounding 28 million people around the world who currently qualify as IDPs. Unlike refugees, they have no organisation to deal with their plight. Very little is known about how people respond to the experience of displacement. In economic terms, the presence of the internally displaced is obvious. What are less obvious are the informal protection mechanisms that enable people to cope with the experience of displacement: the information...
Internally displaced persons are those who have been forced to flee their homes and who do not cross an internationally recognized border. There are a...
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163,75 zł |
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Children of AIDS: Africa's Orphan Crisis
ISBN: 9780745320755 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First paperback edition of this acclaimed title. 'This brave and moving book forces us to open our eyes to the full extent of the devastation that AIDS is causing in Africa.' Susan Sarandon
First paperback edition of this acclaimed title. 'This brave and moving book forces us to open our eyes to the full extent of the devastation that AID...
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136,45 zł |
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Globalization, Development and the Mass Media
ISBN: 9780761961611 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book gives a comprehensive and critical account of the theoretical changes in communication studies from the early theories of development communication through to the contemporary critiques of globalization. It looks at the ways in which the media can be used to effect change and development, and traces the evolution of thinking from attempts to spread 'modernity' by way of using the media through to alternative perspectives based on encouraging participation in development communication. It explores the theory of media imperialism, the criticisms that it provoked, and its replacement...
This book gives a comprehensive and critical account of the theoretical changes in communication studies from the early theories of development commun...
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835,11 zł |
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The Labors of Sisyphus: The Economic Development of Communist China
ISBN: 9780765806611 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Almost a half century has passed since the inception of the People's Republic cf China. In that time a charismatic leader has ruled and died, leaving a wake of .Destruction in his quest to transform China. In that time, too, the PRC's most powerful ally and mentor, the Soviet Union, has dismantled and announced that jcmmunism had failed. Today, China fluctuates between tradition and modernity, ideology and pragmatism, between an antiquated collectivist ethic and a new spirit rf individualism. It is a country precariously suspended between past and future. Maria Hsia Chang's... Almost a half century has passed since the inception of the People's Republic cf China. In that time a charismatic leader has ruled and die... |
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103,69 zł |
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Making Development Work: Development Learning in a World of Poverty and Wealth
ISBN: 9780765809155 / Angielski / Miękka / 317 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Worldwide, the number of poor people increased during the past decade, despite technological improvements, more open trade, and improved policy frameworks in developing countries. Regional conflicts, adverse shifts in terms of trade, and marginalization of poor countries in the new global economy explain this outcome. This highlights the need to reform development assistance and improve its effectiveness. Making Development Work examines the four key principles of the Comprehensive-Development Framework, a World Bank initiative currently being piloted in twelve developing...
Worldwide, the number of poor people increased during the past decade, despite technological improvements, more open trade, and improved policy framew...
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222,99 zł |
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Fertility: Current South African Issues of Poverty, HIV/AIDS and Youth: Seminar Proceedings
ISBN: 9780796920355 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collaborative volume details fertility trends in post-apartheid South Africa.
This collaborative volume details fertility trends in post-apartheid South Africa.
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70,71 zł |
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Arab Human Development Report 2004 : Towards Freedom in the Arab World
ISBN: 9780804751841 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Connection with the UNDP-RBAS Since 1990, the United Nations Development Program has been providing annual -Human Development Reports- that set out the basic social and economic indicators for the nations of the world. The Arab Human Development Report, which is focused exclusively on the twenty-two Arab states, provides a comprehensive and comparative examination of the region. Filled with charts, tables, and sidebars, the book provides analysis of the current situation, compares Arab performance with other world areas, and provides an agenda for action. Past AHDRs have focused on...
In Connection with the UNDP-RBAS Since 1990, the United Nations Development Program has been providing annual -Human Development Reports- that set out...
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124,44 zł |
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Telecommunications Politics : Ownership and Control of the information Highway in Developing Countries
ISBN: 9780805817522 / Angielski / Twarda / 366 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume addresses telecommunications policy in developing countries, ranging from low-income countries with overburdened, rural roads in south Asia and Africa, to digitalized fibre-optic super highways in middle-income countries such as Singapore.
This volume addresses telecommunications policy in developing countries, ranging from low-income countries with overburdened, rural roads in south Asi...
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466,78 zł |
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Rethinking Freire : Globalization and the Environmental Crisis
ISBN: 9780805851144 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This landmark collection of essays by Third World activists highlights two major world changes which, they argue, have been neglected by Freire and his many followers: the Third World grass-roots cultural resistance to economic globalization, and the ecological crisis.
One source of the activist-authors' criticisms of Freire's pedagogy is rooted in their attempts to combine consciousness raising with literacy programs in such diverse cultural settings as Bolivia, Peru, India, Southern Mexico, and Cambodia, where they discovered that Freire's pedagogy is based on western assumptions that... This landmark collection of essays by Third World activists highlights two major world changes which, they argue, have been neglected by Freire and hi...
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700,25 zł |
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Feeding a Hungry Planet: Rice, Research, and Development in Asia and Latin America
ISBN: 9780807845936 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rice is the food crop the world depends on most. In Feeding a Hungry Planet, James Lang demonstrates how research has benefited rice growers and increased production. He describes the life cycle of a rice crop and explains how research is conducted and how the results end up growing in a farmer's field. Focusing on Asia and Latin America, Lang explores lowland and upland rice systems, genetics, sustainable agriculture, and efforts to narrow the gap between yields at research stations and those on working farms. Ultimately, says Lang, the ability to feed growing populations and protect...
Rice is the food crop the world depends on most. In Feeding a Hungry Planet, James Lang demonstrates how research has benefited rice growers an...
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228,85 zł |
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Verandahs of Power: Colonialism and Space in Urban Africa
ISBN: 9780815629726 / Angielski / Twarda / 221 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work focuses on the creation of, and struggle over, urban order in four cities in Eastern and Southern Africa, namely Nairobi, Lusaka, Zanzibar, and Lilongwe, and the workings of power in the planning processes for each city. It covers colonial rule and postcolonial inheritance in these cities
This work focuses on the creation of, and struggle over, urban order in four cities in Eastern and Southern Africa, namely Nairobi, Lusaka, Zanzibar, ...
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185,37 zł |
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Transforming the Development Landscape: The Role of the Private Sector
ISBN: 9780815711247 / Angielski / Miękka / 143 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Private sector activity is crucial for development. It shapes the investment climate, mobilizes innovation and financing in areas such as global health, and can either cause or mitigate social and environmental harm. Yet so far, the international development debate has not focused on the role of the private sector. This volume --written by members of the private sector, philanthropic organizations, and academia --investigates ways to galvanize the private sector in the fight against global poverty. Using a bottom-up approach, they describe how the private sector affects growth and... Private sector activity is crucial for development. It shapes the investment climate, mobilizes innovation and financing in areas such as global he... |
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103,69 zł |
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India: Emerging Power
ISBN: 9780815715016 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Steve Cohen examines India's security and military strategy, and the dramatic changes which have taken place in it since independence. He looks at not just India's history, but it relations with Pakistan and the US.
Steve Cohen examines India's security and military strategy, and the dramatic changes which have taken place in it since independence. He looks at not...
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167,84 zł |
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Global Trade and Poor Nations: The Poverty Impacts and Policy Implications of Liberalization
ISBN: 9780815736714 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This thoughtful volume assesses the likely impact of reformed trade policies on the poorest of the poorthose on the bottom economic rungs in developing nations. The focus on a spectrum of poor nations across different regions provides some helpful and hopeful guidelines regarding the likely impacts of a global trade reform, agreed upon under the auspices of the World Trade Organization, as well as the impact of such reforms on economic development. In order to facilitate lesson-drawing across different regions, each country study utilizes a similar methodology. They combine information on... This thoughtful volume assesses the likely impact of reformed trade policies on the poorest of the poorthose on the bottom economic rungs in develo... |
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136,50 zł |
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Progress Against Poverty: Sustaining Mexico's Progresa-Oportunidades Program
ISBN: 9780815752219 / Angielski / Miękka / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1997, Mexico launched a new incentive-based poverty reduction program to enhance the human capital of those living in extreme poverty. This book presents a case study of Progresa-Oportunidades, focusing on the main factors that have contributed to the program's sustainability, policies that have allowed it to operate at the national level, and future challenges.
In 1997, Mexico launched a new incentive-based poverty reduction program to enhance the human capital of those living in extreme poverty. This book... |
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167,84 zł |
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A Half Penny on the Federal Dollar: The Future of Development Aid
ISBN: 9780815764458 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Spending on U.S. foreign affairs, which constitutes only about one percent of the federal budget, is being sharply reduced. Under the President's 1996 budget plan, it will decline by just as great a percentage as defense between 1990 and 2002--and by substantially more than defense over the 1980-2002 period. No other major category of federal spending will undergo a real cut over either time period. The shrinking budget, totaling about $19 billion in 1997, will still have to fund the State Department, international broadcasting and educational exchanges, trade subsidies and investment...
Spending on U.S. foreign affairs, which constitutes only about one percent of the federal budget, is being sharply reduced. Under the President's 1996...
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125,96 zł |
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African Poverty at the Millennium: Causes, Complexities, and Challenges
ISBN: 9780821348673 / Angielski / Miękka / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Poverty is a large and growing problem in Africa resulting in an immense amount of avoidable suffering, foreshortened lives, frustrated potentials, and joyless existences. The poverty trap is more than just an economic phenomenon but a social phenomenon as well. 'African Poverty at the Millennium: Causes, Complexities, and Challenges' is confined to the sub-Saharan region of Africa. The analysis found in Part I of this book, emphasizes the many-sided nature of poverty and the importance of going beyond generalizations about the poor. Part II looks at the various causes of poverty in Africa,...
Poverty is a large and growing problem in Africa resulting in an immense amount of avoidable suffering, foreshortened lives, frustrated potentials, an...
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143,90 zł |