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  • Structural Change in Africa

    Misperceptions, New Narratives and Development in the 21st Century

    by Carlos Lopes, George Kararach ...
    Series series New Regionalisms Series
    Debates on African development continue to downplay the achievement of the continent: economic achievements are diminished and the perception of a conflict prone continent continues. Many of the policy prescriptions externally imposed on African countries have done little to transform the continent largely because they have been conceived and applied without context.Using literature from diverse ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Information and Communication Overload in the Digital Age

    Edited by Rui Pedro Figueiredo Marques, Joao Carlos Lopes Batista ...
    Advances in communication technologies have created an overabundance of available information and knowledge to people in contemporary society. Consequently, it has become pivotal to develop new approaches for information processing and understanding. Information and Communication Overload in the Digital Age is a comprehensive reference source for the latest scholarly material on the increased ... Read more

    $166.49 USD

  • Africa's Contemporary Challenges

    The Legacy of Amilcar Cabral

    Edited by Carlos Lopes ...
    This book reviews Cabral’s intellectual contribution to current debates on race, identity, nation building, democracy, leadership and ethics. The key leader of the national liberation movements of former Portuguese African colonies is considered to be one of their foremost intellectuals the continent has produced. This rare combination of freedom fighter, operational campaigner and astute ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Guinea Bissau

    From Liberation Struggle To Independent Statehood

    by Carlos Lopes ...
    This book addresses whether Guinea-Bissau is a nation or a nation in formation; what the political and ideological foundations of the national liberation movement are; and how one should characterize the historical transition from a national liberation movement to a state. ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Ownership Leadership and Transformation

    Can We Do Better for Capacity Development

    by Thomas Theisohn, Carlos Lopes ...
    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 ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Macroeconomic Policy Framework for Africa's Structural Transformation

    Edited by Adam Elhiraika, Carlos Lopes, Abdalla Hamdok ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    The main objective of this book is to identify the key sources of growth which have played a significant role in Africa's recent robust growth as well as its efforts towards economic transformation. The book assesses to what extent the existing macroeconomic frameworks among African countries have been streamlined to the countries' development priorities in order to achieve long-term growth and ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

  • Capacity for Development

    New Solutions to Old Problems

    by Carlos Lopes, Khalid Malik, Sakiko Fukuda-Parr ...
    'The United Nations system was a pioneer in the field of technical cooperation, and capacity development is its central mandate. UNDP has long played an important leadership role in both, as a source of technical cooperation funds and advisory services and as the home of innovative intellectual research and analysis on how to make them more efficient and effective. This book [presents] a vision ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • The Self-Deception Trap

    Exploring the Economic Dimensions of Charity Dependency within Africa-Europe Relations

    by Carlos Lopes ...
    This book examines the economic relationship between Africa and Europe. It highlights the stigmatized narratives about Africa and analyses how they influence a range of key actors and processes. This is illustrated by the actions of European actors who reinforce negative narratives through replacing real economic transformation and development with charity, while African leaders compete to ... Read more

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  • Populism

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Cas Mudde, Cristobal Rovira Kaltwasser ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
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    $7.99 USD

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    His ideology-fuelled attack on Canadian society and values, and how we can now work to create the country we want

    by Ed Finn ...
    Most Canadians know that Stephen Harper has had a tremendous impact on the country since becoming prime minister in 2006. But few have the in-depth knowledge of how far his transformation has gone -- what has already been done, and what the consequences will be in the future.This book brings together Canadian experts in a wide variety of areas. They document key changes put in place by the Harper ... Read more

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  • The Portuguese Revolution

    State and Class in the Transition to Democracy

    by Ronald H. Chilcote ...
    Building on decades of research, leading scholar Ronald H. Chilcote provides a definitive analysis of the 1974–1975 Portuguese revolution, which captured global attention and continues to resonate today. His study revisits a key historical moment to explain the revolution and its aftermath through periods of authoritarianism and resistance as well as representative and popular democracy. Exploring ... Read more

    $49.99 USD