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  • Pursuing Alternative Development

    Indigenous People, Ethnic Organization and Agency

    by M. Saiful Islam ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Drawing upon ethnographic descriptions of three grassroots ethnic organizations, which work for indigenous peoples in promoting economic livelihood, education and strive for social justice, this book investigates the possibilities and challenges of alternative development. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • Development Cooperation

    Challenges of the New Aid Architecture

    by S. Klingebiel ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    The aims of and motives for development cooperation have changed significantly in recent times. Besides pursuing short- and longer-term objectives in their own economic, foreign policy and other interests, donors usually have a recognisable and genuine interest in assisting countries in their processes of development. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • English and Development

    Policy, Pedagogy and Globalization

    Edited by Elizabeth J. Erling, Philip Seargeant ...
    Series Book 17 - Critical Language and Literacy Studies
    This book investigates the relationship between English and personal and national development, as this is both discursively promoted (particularly through language policy) and practically realized in developing societies. It addresses the effects that the increased use of English and the promotion of English-language education are having in developmental contexts, and their impact on broader ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • The Global Hunger Crisis

    Tackling Food Insecurity in Developing Countries

    by Majda Bne Saad ...
    For billions across the world, the daily challenge is to find enough to eat to survive. Hunger is on the rise globally with more than 1.2 billion people suffering from food insecurity and poverty and rising food prices increasingly jeopardising access to food. But what are the causes for global hunger? And as the global population soars, what are the key food challenges?In this deeply informative ... Read more

    $33.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • NGOs under Pressure in Partial Democracies

    by Palgrave Macmillan ...
    Over the past decade, international human rights organizations and think tanks have expressed a growing concern that the space of civil society organizations around the world is under pressure. This book examines the pressures experienced by NGOs in four partial democracies: Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia and the Philippines. ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Stakeholder Politics

    Social Capital, Sustainable Development, and the Corporation

    by Robert Boutilier ...
    The war is over. The largest corporations in the world are now committed to sustainability. But, behind the public relations gloss, corporate executives and managers are perplexed. The majority of them have a genuine desire to work in an ethical and sustainable manner. Yet, when they engage with their stakeholders for that purpose, they unexpectedly encounter a world of hardball politics full of ... Read more

    Was $56.99 USD Now $47.99 USD

  • Dot.compradors

    Power and Policy in the Development of the Indian Software Industry

    by Jyoti Saraswati ...
    Series series IIPPE
    'India Shining' has become the brand name for a new India presented in Bollywood films, adverts and books. A key part of this image is the software industry, held up as the symbol of prosperity and post-modernity.Dot.compradors reveals the darker reality behind 'India Shining', providing a history of the industry from the 1970s to the present. Jyoti Saraswati punctures the myth of a free-market ... Read more

    $29.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • An Introduction to the Politics of Tropical Africa

    by Richard Hodder-Williams ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Development
    This wide-ranging and informative introduction to politics in tropical Africa, first published in 1984, is essential reading to students, businessmen, government officials and economic advisers alike. Situating the contemporary scene firmly in its historical context, which stresses both pre-colonial and colonial heritages, he emphasizes how politicians are constrained by the past, the physical ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Growing Pains

    Environmental Management in Developing Countries

    Edited by Walter Wehrmeyer, Yacob Mulugetta ...
    Environmental management is a global phenomenon, embracing all businesses in all countries, whether or not there already exists an organised response to managing environmental impacts.Today, there are gross inequalities between the world's richest and poorest nations in terms of income distribution, consumption patterns, access to resources and environmental impact. Yet both the developed north ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • International Development Organizations and Fragile States

    Law and Disorder

    by Marie von Engelhardt ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book addresses a conundrum for the international development community: The law of development cooperation poses major constraints on delivering aid where it is needed most. The existence of a state with an effective government is a basic condition for the transfer of aid, making development cooperation with ‘fragile’ nations particularly challenging. The author explores how international ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • When the State Fails

    Studies on Intervention in the Sierra Leone Civil War

    Edited by Tunde Zack-Williams ...
    Compared with Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo, the recent western intervention in Sierra Leone has been largely forgotten. When the State Fails rectifies this, providing a comprehensive and critical analysis of the intervention.The civil war in Sierra Leone began in 1991 and was declared officially over in 2002 after UK, UN and regional African military intervention. Some claimed it as a case of ... Read more

    $33.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Urban Social Movements in the Third World

    Edited by Frans Schuurman, Ton Van Naerssen ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Development
    This reissue, initially published in 1989, considers the upsurge of locally-based movements attempting to improve living conditions in Third-World cities throughout the 1980s. The book presents qualitative, comparative research on the dynamics and constraints of these urban social movements, in a cross-cultural framework, using case studies from a variety of Latin American, African and Asian ... Read more

    $65.99 USD