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  • Women and Credit

    Researching the Past, Refiguring the Future

    Edited by Gail Campbell, Beverly Lemire, Ruth Pearson ...
    Series series Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Women
    Credit can be instrumental in equalizing opportunity and alleviating poverty, yet historically men and women have not had the same access. Partly because of this, women have been excluded from many previous economic histories. This book fills a significant gap in exploring the vexed relationship between the women and credit across time and space.Providing examples of credit agencies and ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Thailand's Hidden Workforce

    Burmese Migrant Women Factory Workers

    by Kyoko Kusakabe, Ruth Pearson ...
    Series series Asian Arguments
    Millions of Burmese women migrate into Thailand each year to form the basis of the Thai agricultural and manufacturing workforce.Un-documented and unregulated, this army of migrant workers constitutes the ultimate 'disposable' labour force, enduring gruelling working conditions and much aggression from the Thai police and immigration authorities. This insightful book ventures into a part of the ... Read more

    $28.39 USD

  • The Women, Gender and Development Reader

    by Valentine Moghadam, Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Sarah White, Diana L. Wolf, Deepa Shankaran, Lourdes Beneria, Aysan Sev'er, Maria Patricia Fernandez-Kelly, Barbara Ehrenreich, Arlie Russell Hochschild, Beth Herzfeld, Aili Mari Tripp, Kalpana Wilson, Susie Jolly, Sylvia Chant, Diane Elson, Gita Sen, Betsy Hartmann, Peggy Antrobus, Elizabeth Barajas-Roman, Jennifer Fluri, Anesu Makina, Isabel Casimiro, Joy Kwesiga, Ruth Needleman, Alice Mungwa, Jean Pyle, Sonia Corra, Ayesha M. Imam, Amy Lind, Jennifer L. Fruri, Samanthi Gunawardana, Haejin Kim, Paula Voos, Gulay Toksoz, Lila Abu-Lughod, Annette Desmarais, Shirin M. Rai, Ruth Pearson ...
    The Women, Gender and Development Reader is the definitive volume of literature dedicated to women in the development process. Now in a fully revised second edition, the editors expertly present the impacts of social, political and economic change by reviewing such topical issues as migration, persistent structural discrimination, the global recession, and climate change. Approached from a ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Listening for God's Voice

    40 Days of Developing Intimacy with God

    by Ruth Pearson ...
    For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. In those days when you pray, I will listen.Jeremiah 29: 1112 NLTIn a world of constant noise, it is no surprise that many of us struggle to tune in to hear what God has to say to us. Yet, God is very interested in every detail of our lives. He still speaks.Do you ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Feminist Visions of Development

    Gender Analysis and Policy

    Edited by Cecile Jackson, Ruth Pearson ...
    In the wake of the 4th World Conference on Women this volume brings together leading gender and development scholars who interrogate the last twenty years of work in this area.Feminist Visions of Development throws fresh light on key issues including:* gender and the environment* education* population* reproductive rights* industrialisation* macroeconomic policy* poverty.Inspired by recent ... Read more

    $115.99 USD

  • Corporate Responsibility and Labour Rights

    Codes of Conduct in the Global Economy

    Edited by Rhys Jenkins, Ruth Pearson, Gill Seyfang ...
    The emergence of voluntary corporate codes of conduct since the early 1990s is both a manifestation of and a response to the process of globalization. They have been part of a more general shift away from state regulation of transnational corporations towards corporate self-regulation in the areas of labour and environmental standards and human rights. This work provides a critical perspective on ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Good Practice in Safeguarding Children

    Working Effectively in Child Protection

    by Dipti Aistrop, Flora Bandele, Jeff Boxer, Sue Peckover, Ruth Pearson, Rosie Jakob, Karen Johnson, Emma Kelly, Gail Gumbrell, Mandy Craig ...
    Series series Good Practice in Health, Social Care and Criminal Justice
    Good Practice in Safeguarding Children considers how front-line professionals can keep the best interests of the child at the heart of their work when statutory guidance, the way agencies are integrated and the delivery of services are changing.Liz Hughes and Hilary Owen have drawn together contributors' experiences of working with safeguarding children on a broad range of issues, including ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • A Journey of Faith: An Eternal Love Story

    by Ruth Pearson ...
    “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1. Faith is based on hope! Many have the wrong image of Father God, and therefore do not feel they can put their hope in Him, especially when they are going through challenging times in their lives. In life, challenges will happen. Things will not go as planned. As a result, these challenges can leave ... Read more

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  • Anthropology and Development

    Culture, Morality and Politics in a Globalised World

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  • The Power of Being Positive

    Enjoying God Forever

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