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Development Matters e-Bøker Serie

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  • Science and Technology for Development

    av James Smith ...
    Serie serien Development Matters
    How can science realize its potential and help us tackle global inequality, environmental change and crippling poverty? How can more appropriate technologies be developed for those most in need? Science has long promised much -- new crops, new medicines, new sources of energy, new means of communication -- but the potential of new technologies has frequently bypassed the poorest people and the ... Les mer

    250,59 kr

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  • The Big Truck That Went By

    How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster

    av Jonathan M. Katz ...
    On January 12, 2010, the deadliest earthquake in the history of the Western Hemisphere struck the nation least prepared to handle it. Jonathan M. Katz, the only full-time American news correspondent in Haiti, was inside his house when it buckled along with hundreds of thousands of others. In this visceral, authoritative first-hand account, Katz chronicles the terror of that day, the devastation ... Les mer

    105,00 kr

  • Development Projects Observed

    av Albert O. Hirschman, Michele Alacevich ...
    Serie serien A Brookings Classic
    Originally published in 1967, the modest and plainly descriptive title of Development Projects Observed is deceptive. Today, it is recognized as the ultimate volume of Hirschman's groundbreaking trilogy on development, and as the bridge to the broader social science themes of his subsequent writings. Though among his lesser-known works, this unassuming tome is one of his most influential.It is in ... Les mer

    208,99 kr

  • Can NGOs Make a Difference?

    The Challenge of Development Alternatives

    Redigert av Anthony J. Bebbington, Samuel Hickey, Diana C. Mitlin ...
    Can non-governmental organisations contribute to more socially just, alternative forms of development? Or are they destined to work at the margins of dominant development models determined by others? Addressing this question, this book brings together leading international voices from academia, NGOs and the social movements. It provides a comprehensive update to the NGO literature and a range of ... Les mer

    340,40 kr

  • Urban Revolt

    State Power and the Rise of People's Movements in the Global South

    Redigert av Trevor Ngwane, Immanuel Ness, Luke Sinwell ...
    How do individuals and organizations move beyond the boundaries of constitutional or legal constructs to challenge neoliberalism and capitalism? As major urban areas have become the principal sites of poor and working-class social upheaval in the early twenty-first century, the chapters in this book explore key cities in the Global South. Through detailed cases studies, Urban Revolt unravels the ... Les mer

    133,99 kr

  • Capitalism in the Age of Globalization

    The Management of Contemporary Society

    av Samir Amin ...
    Serie serien Critique Influence Change
    Samir Amin remains one of the world's most influential thinkers about the changing nature of North-South relations in the development of contemporary capitalism. In this highly prescient book, originally published in 1997, he provides a powerful analysis of the new unilateral capitalist era following the collapse of the Soviet model, and the apparent triumph of the market and globalization.Amin's ... Les mer

    195,53 kr

  • Museums, Heritage and International Development

    Redigert av Paul Basu, Wayne Modest ...
    Serie serien Routledge Studies in Culture and Development
    While many claims are made regarding the power of cultural heritage as a driver and enabler of sustainable development, the relationship between museums, heritage and development has received little academic scrutiny. This book stages a critical conversation between the interdisciplinary fields of museum studies, heritage studies and development studies to explore this under-researched sphere of ... Les mer

    738,46 kr

  • Moving People

    Sustainable Transport Development

    av Peter Cox ...
    The local and global environmental impacts of transport are more apparent than ever before. Moving People provides an attention-grabbing introduction to the problems of transport and the development of sustainable alternatives, focusing on the often misunderstood issue of personal mobility, as opposed to freight. Re-assessing the value and importance of non-motorized transport the author raises ... Les mer

    329,39 kr

  • Precarious Enterprise on the Margins

    Work, Poverty, and Homelessness in the City

    av Jessica Gerrard ...
    Serie serien Social Sciences (R0)
    This book explores the contemporary conditions of marginal work within the context of persistent unemployment, poverty, and homelessness in wealthy nations. Drawing from research concerning three cities—Melbourne, San Francisco, and London—Jessica Gerrard offers a rich account of one of the most precarious informal forms of work: selling homeless street press (The Big Issue and Street Sheet). ... Les mer

    860,59 kr

  • Feminist Activism, Women's Rights, and Legal Reform

    Redigert av Mulki Al-Sharmani ...
    Serie serien Feminisms and Development
    This ground-breaking collection investigates the relationship between feminist activism and legal reform as a pathway to gender justice and social change.Since the advent of feminist movements legal reform has been a popular and yet contentious vehicle for seeking women's rights and empowerment. This important book looks at comparative insights drawn from field-based research on the processes, the ... Les mer

    291,09 kr

  • Naypyidaw: The New Capital of Burma

    av Dulyapak Preecharushh ...
    Naypyidaw: The New Capital of Burma examines the possible factors involved in the current relocation of the capital in order to enrich and enhance understanding about contemporary Burma/Myanmar in various aspects - including History, Geography, Political Science, Military Science, Economics, Sociology and Urban Architecture. This pioneering work makes the argument that moving the capital from ... Les mer

    94,21 kr eller gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Global Institutions and the HIV/AIDS Epidemic

    Responding to an International Crisis

    av Franklyn Lisk ...
    Serie serien Global Institutions
    Written by a leading expert in the field, this book provides a clear and incisive analysis of the different perspectives of the global response to HIV/AIDS, and the role of the different global institutions involved. The text highlights HIV/AIDS as an exceptional global epidemic in terms of the severity of its impact as a humanitarian tragedy of unprecedented proportion, its multi-dimensional ... Les mer

    542,69 kr