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  • Africa

    Why Economists Get It Wrong

    de Morten Jerven ...
    Series series African Arguments
    'A valuable corrective to the fraying narrative of [African] failure.'Foreign AffairsNot so long ago, Africa was being described as the hopeless continent. Recently, though, talk has turned to Africa rising, with enthusiastic voices exclaiming the potential for economic growth across many of its countries.What, then, is the truth behind Africa's growth, or lack of it? In this provocative book, ... Leer más

    $22.19 USD

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  • Fighting for Darfur

    Public Action and the Struggle to Stop Genocide

    de Rebecca Hamilton, Mia Farrow ...
    Around the world, millions of people have added their voices to protest marches and demonstrations because they believe that, together, they can make a difference. When we failed to stop the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, we promised to never let such a thing happen again. But nine years later, as news began to trickle out of killings in western Sudan, an area known as Darfur, the international ... Leer más

    $0.99 USD

  • NoNonsense International Development

    Illusions and Realities

    de Maggie Black ...
    "Development" is often misunderstood and can embrace everything from large infrastructure projects to small-scale environmental initiatives. The idea can often mask confusion, contradiction, deceit and corruption. This book is essential reading for anyone wanting to know what development actually is. It covers all the key themes and critically suggests ways to bring the poor and marginalised into ... Leer más

    $9.79 USD

  • Reinventing Prosperity

    Managing Economic Growth to Reduce Unemployment, Inequality, and Climate Change

    de Graeme Maxton, Jorgen Randers ...
    "An important contribution to the global debate about growth, equality, climate change, and the path to a viable human future." —David Korten, international bestselling author of When Corporations Rule the WorldThe biggest challenges facing human wellbeing today—widening income inequality, continuing global poverty, and environmental degradation—may be simple to solve in theory. But, because we ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Transitions to Sustainable Development

    New Directions in the Study of Long Term Transformative Change

    de John Grin, Jan Rotmans, Johan Schot ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Sustainability Transitions
    Over the past few decades, there has been a growing concern about the social and environmental risks which have come along with the progress achieved through a variety of mutually intertwined modernization processes. In recent years these concerns are transformed into a widely-shared sense of urgency, partly due to events such as the various pandemics threatening livestock, and increasing ... Leer más

    $65.99 USD

  • Mapping Subaltern Studies and the Postcolonial

    de David Arnold, C.A. Bayly, Tom Brass, Dipesh Chakrabarty ...
    Series series Mappings Series
    Inspired by Antonio Gramsci’s writings on the history of subaltern classes, the authors in Mapping Subaltern Studies and the Postcolonial sought to contest the elite histories of Indian nationalists by adopting the paradigm of “history from below.” Later on, the project shifted from its social history origins by drawing upon an eclectic group of thinkers that included Edward Said, Roland Barthes, ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • Land and Sustainable Development in Africa

    Edición de Kojo Sebastian Amanor, Sam Moyo ...
    This book links contemporary debates on land reform with wider discourses on sustainable development within Africa. Featuring chapters and in-depth case studies on South Africa and Zimbabwe, Malawi, Kenya, Botswana and West Africa, it traces the development of ideas about sustainable development and addresses a new agenda based on social justice.The authors critically examine contemporary ... Leer más

    $34.79 USD

  • Neoliberalism, Interrupted

    Social Change and Contested Governance in Contemporary Latin America

    de Mark Goodale, Nancy Postero ...
    In the 1980s and 1990s, neoliberal forms of governance largely dominated Latin American political and social life. Neoliberalism, Interrupted examines the recent and diverse proliferation of responses to neoliberalism's hegemony. In so doing, this vanguard collection of case studies undermines the conventional dichotomies used to understand transformation in this region, such as neoliberalism vs. ... Leer más

    $24.59 USD

  • India's Reluctant Urbanization

    Thinking Beyond

    de P. Tiwari, R. Nair, P. Ankinapalli, M. Gulati, P. Hingorani, Jyoti Rao ...
    Through a close examination of India's policies, economic system, social systems and politics, this study explores the numerous perspectives and debates on India's urbanization. The authors link contemporary urban issues with emerging challenges associated with policies and city management. ... Leer más

    $89.09 USD

  • Governance Transfer by Regional Organizations

    Patching Together a Global Script

    de Tanja A. Börzel ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This volume explores the conditions under which regional organizations engage in governance transfer in and to areas of limited statehood. The authors argue that a global script of governance transfer by regional organizations is emerging, where regional and national actors are adapting governance standards and instruments to their local context. ... Leer más

    $49.49 USD

  • A Comparative Analysis of Tax Administration in Asia and the Pacific

    2016 Edition

    de Asian Development Bank ...
    Series series Comparative Analysis of Tax Administration in Asia and the Pacific
    This comparative analysis report, the second in a series, is part of ADB’s regional research and development project on tax administration that analyzes the administrative frameworks, functions, and performance of 21 economies in Asia and the Pacific. The initial version of this report was published in 2014. The primary objective of the series is to motivate governments and revenue officials by ... Leer más

    $5.39 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • AIDS in Pakistan

    Bureaucracy, Public Goods and NGOs

    de Ayaz Qureshi ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This book is the first full-length study of HIV/AIDS work in relation to government and NGOs. In the early 2000s, Pakistan’s response to HIV/AIDS was scaled-up and declared an area of urgent intervention. This response was funded by international donors requiring prevention, care and support services to be contracted out to NGOs - a global policy considered particularly important in Pakistan where ... Leer más

    $89.09 USD