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  • Woman's Role in Economic Development

    by Ester Boserup, Su Fei Tan, Camilla Toulmin ...
    'Boserup's contribution to our thinking on women?s role in development cannot be underestimated. Her keen observations, her use of empirical data and her commitment to greater gender equality are still an inspiration to students, researchers and activists who are interested in a better and more equal world.' From the new Introduction by Nazneen Kanji, Su Fei Tan and Camilla Toulmin 'Women?s Role ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Rock Characterisation, Modelling and Engineering Design Methods

    Edited by Xia-Ting Feng, John A. Hudson, Fei Tan ...
    Rock Characterisation, Modelling and Engineering Design Methods contains the contributions presented at the 3rd ISRM SINOROCK Symposium (Shanghai, China, 18�20 June 2013). The papers contribute to the further development of the overall rock engineering design process through the sequential linkage of the three themes of rock characterisation, model ... Read more

    $395.00 USD

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  • The Land Grabbers

    The New Fight over Who Owns the Earth

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  • Failing to Protect

    The UN and the Politicization of Human Rights

    by Rosa Freedman ...
    Every year tens of millions of individuals suffer grave abuses of their human rights. These violations occur worldwide, in war-torn countries and in the wealthiest states. Despite many of the abuses being well-documented, little seems to be done to stop them from happening. The United Nations was established to safeguard world peace and security, development, and human rights yet it is undeniable ... Read more

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  • Economics in the Twenty-First Century

    A Critical Perspective

    by Robert Chernomas, Ian Hudson ...
    Series series UTP Insights
    Economics has always been nicknamed the “dismal science,” but today the field seems a little more dismal than usual as governments, social movements, and even students complain that the discipline is failing to make sense of the major economic problems of the day.In Economics in the Twenty-First Century, Robert Chernomas and Ian Hudson demonstrate how today’s top young economists continue to lead ... Read more

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  • Agrarian Distress and Farmer Suicides in North India

    by Lakhwinder Singh, Kesar Singh Bhangoo, Rakesh Sharma ...
    This volume provides a comprehensive and detailed socio-economic overview of agrarian distress in India which has manifested in the suicides of farmers and agricultural labourers. Using empirical research and field data from rural India, especially Punjab, this book examines the underlying causes of farmer suicide and steps which can mitigate the crisis.Covering nearly 1,400 rural households, the ... Read more

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  • The Death Penalty in China

    Policy, Practice, and Reform

    Edited by Bin Liang, Hong Lu ...
    Featuring experts from Europe, Australia, Japan, China, and the United States, this collection of essays follows changes in the theory and policy of China's death penalty from the Mao era (1949–1979) through the Deng era (1980–1997) up to the present day. Using empirical data, such as capital offender and offense profiles, temporal and regional variations in capital punishment, and the impact of ... Read more

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  • Democratization in the Global South

    The Importance of Transformative Politics

    Edited by K. Stokke, O. Törnquist ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Given the weaknesses of mainstream democratisation since the 1980s, the authors present a cutting edge examination of dynamics of political change in the direction of more substantive democracy. While focusing on the Global South, they also draw comparisons from historical and contemporary experiences from Scandinavia. ... Read more

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  • Resilience, Development and Global Change

    by Katrina Brown ...
    Resilience is currently infusing policy debates and public discourses, widely promoted as a normative goal in fields as diverse as the economy, national security, personal development and well-being. Resilience thinking provides a framework for understanding dynamics of complex, inter-connected social, ecological and economic systems. The book critically analyzes the multiple meanings and ... Read more

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    Economic Competition and Migration in Multi-Ethnic States

    by Milica Z. Bookman ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Nationalism and Ethnicity
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    Reading a West African Road

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    Series series A Quadrant Book
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