The Regional Organizations of the Asia Pacific: Exploring Institutional Change
ISBN: 9781403903631 / Angielski / Twarda / 247 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection examines change within the major regional organisations of the Asia Pacific: The Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF). It has two simultaneous foci: the nature of institutional change in regional organisations, and the process of regionalism in the Asia Pacific. It combines the views of both officials and practitioners, providing new insights into both its major questions.
This collection examines change within the major regional organisations of the Asia Pacific: The Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Association of Sout...
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194,08 zł |
The Struggle for International Consensus on Population and Development
ISBN: 9781403972873 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tracing the population assistance movement from its tentative beginnings to the present day, this book employs history to examine the new paradigm created from the Cairo Conference--the "road map" for the population policy future. The authors consider the paradigm, take stock of its current state and progress, and explore policies and strategies for the future.
Tracing the population assistance movement from its tentative beginnings to the present day, this book employs history to examine the new paradigm cre...
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194,08 zł |
Globalization, Self-Determination and Violent Conflict
ISBN: 9781403987945 / Angielski / Twarda / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The authors show that with violent conflict in the developing world as the critical issue for the twenty-first century, and conflict prevention a central security problem for the developed and developing world, self-determination movements can only be understood, and conflict prevented, in the context of global economic and cultural forces
The authors show that with violent conflict in the developing world as the critical issue for the twenty-first century, and conflict prevention a cent...
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388,20 zł |
The Capability Approach and the Praxis of Development
ISBN: 9781403999337 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen has shifted the welfare foundations of economic theory by assessing human well-being in terms of 'freedoms'. This has led to a new paradigm in development economics: development is about expanding the freedoms that people have reason to choose and value. Individual agency, expressed through political participation, is central to promoting these freedoms. The book examines the extent to which this conception of 'development as freedom' can be a guide for development policy and for addressing poverty effectively. The book argues that, if it is to be such a guide, the...
Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen has shifted the welfare foundations of economic theory by assessing human well-being in terms of 'freedoms'. This has led t...
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388,20 zł |
African Urban Economies: Viability, Vitality or Vitiation?
ISBN: 9781403999474 / Angielski / Twarda / 353 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Are Africa's most populous and economically dominant cities a force to reckon with in the twenty-first century? This book analyzes the economies of East and Southern Africa's 'apex' cities, probing how they have altered structurally over time and their current sources of economic vitality and vulnerability at local, national and international levels. Case study chapters focusing on Johannesburg, Chitungwiza, Gaborone, Maputo, Dar es Salaam, Mombasa, Nairobi, Kampala and Mogadishu shed new light on contemporary African urban prospects and problems.
Are Africa's most populous and economically dominant cities a force to reckon with in the twenty-first century? This book analyzes the economies of Ea...
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388,20 zł |
Politics and Society in the Developing World
ISBN: 9781405824408 / Angielski / Miękka / 488 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In a world seemingly surfing a wave of unprecedented affluence it is sobering to be reminded that only thirty out of nearly two hundred countries can really be classified as advanced industrialized countries. Eighty per cent of the world's population lives in the developing world. In this popular, concise introduction the authors take a clear-eyed look at this world, its varied political institutions and the key social, economic and environmental issues at the heart of contemporary debates. Wide-ranging and clearly written, Politics and Society in the... In a world seemingly surfing a wave of unprecedented affluence it is sobering to be reminded that only thirty out of nearly two hundred countries c... |
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Swimming to Cambodia
ISBN: 9781559362542 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A reissue of Spalding Gray's masterpiece.
A reissue of Spalding Gray's masterpiece.
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68,17 zł |
Except-Africa: Remaking Development, Rethinking Power
ISBN: 9781560003991 / Angielski / Twarda / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is a commonplace that the problems of African rural development are becoming increasingly complex--that is, they have grown more numerous, interrelated, and varied. This complexity has generated a multitude of development scenarios. Such scenarios encourage decision making along rigid and narrow patterns that ignore the diversity of local situations and national cultures. Among these is the doomsday scenario, applied to every nation on the continent, best captured in the phrase -Everything worksAexcept in Africa.- Emery Roe argues that crisis scenarios generated by an expert (usually...
It is a commonplace that the problems of African rural development are becoming increasingly complex--that is, they have grown more numerous, interrel...
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186,70 zł |
Rethinking Indian Political Institutions
ISBN: 9781843310808 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Modern India is emerging as a global power within which the Indian state plays a critical role in delivering economic development and maintaining the integrity and unity of society. By drawing upon informed essays from scholars and researchers engaged in the field, this volume provides critical, empirical and conceptual insights into state-society relationships over issues as diverse as cable TV networks, urban planning, garbage collection, economic liberalization, coalition politics, provincial political rhetoric, individual rights and political participation and the management of village... Modern India is emerging as a global power within which the Indian state plays a critical role in delivering economic development and maintaining t... |
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170,73 zł |
Energy for Development
ISBN: 9781843312239 / Angielski / Twarda / 509 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This comprehensive text offers a rare and insightful investigation into the energy sector of the developing world. 'Energy for Development' provides comparative case studies of countries going through the reform process, evaluates reform experience, discusses the lessons that can be learned and identifies challenges faced by these countries at the national and global level. A topical and timely book which seeks to explore the anxieties and insecurities of the global energy sector since 2001. This comprehensive text offers a rare and insightful investigation into the energy sector of the developing world. 'Energy for Development' provide... |
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682,05 zł |
Inclusive Aid: Changing Power and Relationships in International Development
ISBN: 9781844070329 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rapid and profound changes are taking place in international development. There has been a rise in the ideals of participation and partnership, and attempts to enable the voices of the poor to be heard. Yet embedded traditions, vested interests and bureaucratic inertia mean that old behaviours persist and planning continues as though free of chaotic interactions among stakeholders. This book exposes the need to recognize the complex, non-linear nature of development assistance and how bureaucratic procedures and power relations hinder poverty reduction in the new aid environment. A host of...
Rapid and profound changes are taking place in international development. There has been a rise in the ideals of participation and partnership, and at...
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656,16 zł |
Inclusive Aid: Changing Power and Relationships in International Development
ISBN: 9781844070336 / Angielski / Miękka / 237 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rapid and profound changes are taking place in international development. The past two decades have promoted the ideals of participation and partnership, yet key decisions affecting people's lives continue to be made without sufficient attention to the socio-political realities of the countries in which they live. Embedded working traditions, vested interests and institutional inertia mean that old habits and cultures persist among the development community. Planning continues as though it were free of unpredictable interactions among stakeholders. This book is about the need to recognise the...
Rapid and profound changes are taking place in international development. The past two decades have promoted the ideals of participation and partnersh...
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196,79 zł |
The Challenge of Slums: Global Report on Human Settlements 2003
ISBN: 9781844070367 / Angielski / Twarda / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A comprehensive assessment of the world's cities and a reference tool for academics, researchers, planners, public authorities and civil society organizations around the world. The 2003 report addresses the growing problems presented by slums in an increasingly globalized world. Using extensive case studies, it analyses the factors behind the creation of slums and reviews the policies taken towards them. It demonstrates that to meet the UN's Millennium Goals of significantly improving the lives of over 100 million slum dwellers by 2020, policies must go beyond traditional infrastrucutral...
A comprehensive assessment of the world's cities and a reference tool for academics, researchers, planners, public authorities and civil society organ...
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706,63 zł |
The Earthscan Reader in Environment Development and Rural Livelihoods
ISBN: 9781844070527 / Angielski / Twarda / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the past decade the relationship between humans and the environment has taken centre stage in the quest for development that supports both ecological integrity and sustainable livelihoods. This new Reader brings together for the first time a core selection of recently published key articles that have helped define the emerging field of 'environment and development'. The first of three sections covers the ways in which the environment and environmental change have been conceptualized or (mis)understood, with impacts for both scientific understandings of the environment and the growing...
In the past decade the relationship between humans and the environment has taken centre stage in the quest for development that supports both ecologic...
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807,58 zł |
The Earthscan Reader in Environment, Development and Rural Livelihoods
ISBN: 9781844070534 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the past decade the relationship between humans and the environment has taken centre stage in the quest for development that supports both ecological integrity and sustainable livelihoods. This new Reader brings together for the first time a core selection of recently published key articles that have helped define the emerging field of 'environment and development'. The first of three sections covers the ways in which the environment and environmental change have been conceptualized or (mis)understood, with impacts for both scientific understandings of the environment and the growing...
In the past decade the relationship between humans and the environment has taken centre stage in the quest for development that supports both ecologic...
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216,98 zł |
Ownership, Leadership and Transformation: Can We Do Better for Capacity Development?
ISBN: 9781844070589 / Angielski / Miękka / 355 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The third and final in a series, this text bridges the conceptual foundations of capacity development and the difficulties and practical realities in the field. It demystifies the process of capacity development to make it more user-friendly.;The book has two parts. The first shows how long-standing development dilemmas can be turned into opportunities for capacity development and societal transformation. It proposes a set of principles to guide the search for context-specific approaches as the norm, and based on these default principles the authors explore relevant issues in comprehensible...
The third and final in a series, this text bridges the conceptual foundations of capacity development and the difficulties and practical realities in ...
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The New Accountability: Environmental Responsibility Across Borders
ISBN: 9781844070664 / Angielski / Twarda / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The growth of pollution that crosses national borders represents a significant threat to human health and ecological sustainability. Various international agreements exist between countries to reduce risks to their populations, however there is often a mismatch between national territories of state responsibility and transboundary hazards. All too often, state priorities do not correspond to the priorities of the people affected by pollution, who often have little recourse against major polluters, particularly transnational corporations operating across national boundaries. Drawing on case...
The growth of pollution that crosses national borders represents a significant threat to human health and ecological sustainability. Various internati...
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Survival for a Small Planet: The Sustainable Development Agenda [With CDROM]
ISBN: 9781844070770 / Angielski / Miękka / 359 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Experts from around the world analyse the prospects for sustainable develoment on all the major policy fronts following the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg. Topics range from security to finance, from urban governance to radical partnerships, migration and health to access to resources and the role of the market. They examine the contributions that governments, business and civil society can each make to improving our prospects and set out the agenda for those working to achieve sustainability. The book comes with a free CD-ROM of Civil Society documents on the World...
Experts from around the world analyse the prospects for sustainable develoment on all the major policy fronts following the World Summit on Sustainabl...
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247,26 zł |
The Age of Commodity: Water Privatization in Southern Africa
ISBN: 9781844071340 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As globalization and market liberalization march forward unabated the global commons continue to be commodified and privatized at a rapid pace. In this global process, the ownership, sale and supply of water is increasingly a flashpoint for debates and conflict over privatization, and nowhere is the debate more advanced or acute than in Southern Africa. The Age of Commodity provides an overview of the debates over water in the region including a conceptual overview of water 'privatization', how it relates to human rights, macro-economic policy and GATS. The book then presents case studies of...
As globalization and market liberalization march forward unabated the global commons continue to be commodified and privatized at a rapid pace. In thi...
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Governance for Sustainable Development: A Foundation for the Future
ISBN: 9781844072088 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. * A new Stakeholder Forum book that builds on the hugely successful Earth Summit 2002 and How to Lobby at Intergovernmental Meetings
* First book of its kind to provide a "baseline" of information on international governance frameworks for sustainable development and cover the five critical areas of Water, Energy, Health, Agriculture, and Biodiversity * Must-have for all decisionmakers, NGOs, and practitioners working with the Sustainability Agenda As the process of globalization continues, and power imbalances between decisionmaking institutions... * A new Stakeholder Forum book that builds on the hugely successful Earth Summit 2002 and How to Lobby at Intergovernmental Meetings
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201,84 zł |