Development studies Books
Bristol University Press Recasting Workers' Power: Work and Inequality in
Book SynopsisMuch of the debate on the future of work has focused on responses to technological trends in the Global North, with little evidence on how these trends are impacting work and workers in the Global South. Drawing on a rich selection of ethnographic studies of precarious work in Africa, this innovative book discusses how globalisation and digitalisation are drivers for structural change and examines their implications for labour. Bringing together global labour studies and inequality studies, it explores the role of digital technology in new business models, and ways in which digitalisation can be harnessed for counter mobilisation by the new worker.Table of Contents1. The End of Labour? Rethinking the Labour Question in the Digital Age 2. Precarious Work after Apartheid: Experimenting with Alternative Forms of Representation in the Informal Sector - with Kally Forrest 3. Neo-liberalism comes to Johannesburg: Changing the Rules of the Game 4. Divided Workers, Divided Struggles: Entrenching Dualisation and the Struggle for Equalisation in South Africa’s Manufacturing Sector - Lynford Dor 5. Authoritarian Algorithmic Management: The Double-edged Sword of the Gig Economies - with Fikile Masikane 6. Crossing the Divide: Informal Workers and Trade Unions - with Carmen Ludwig 7. Global Capital, Global Labour: The Possibilities of Transnational Activism - with Carmen Ludwig 8. Changing Sources of Power and the Future of Southern Labour
£77.39
Bristol University Press Recasting Workers' Power: Work and Inequality in
Book SynopsisMuch of the debate on the future of work has focused on responses to technological trends in the Global North, with little evidence on how these trends are impacting work and workers in the Global South. Drawing on a rich selection of ethnographic studies of precarious work in Africa, this innovative book discusses how globalisation and digitalisation are drivers for structural change and examines their implications for labour. Bringing together global labour studies and inequality studies, it explores the role of digital technology in new business models, and ways in which digitalisation can be harnessed for counter mobilisation by the new worker.Table of Contents1. The End of Labour? Rethinking the Labour Question in the Digital Age 2. Precarious Work after Apartheid: Experimenting with Alternative Forms of Representation in the Informal Sector - with Kally Forrest 3. Neo-liberalism comes to Johannesburg: Changing the Rules of the Game 4. Divided Workers, Divided Struggles: Entrenching Dualisation and the Struggle for Equalisation in South Africa’s Manufacturing Sector - Lynford Dor 5. Authoritarian Algorithmic Management: The Double-edged Sword of the Gig Economies - with Fikile Masikane 6. Crossing the Divide: Informal Workers and Trade Unions - with Carmen Ludwig 7. Global Capital, Global Labour: The Possibilities of Transnational Activism - with Carmen Ludwig 8. Changing Sources of Power and the Future of Southern Labour
£23.75
Bristol University Press Refugees, Self-Reliance, Development: A Critical
Book SynopsisEvan Easton-Calabria’s critical history of refugee self-reliance assistance brings new dimensions to refugee and international development studies. The promotion of refugee self-reliance is evident today, yet its history remains largely unexplored, with good practices and longstanding issues often missed. Through archival and contemporary evidence, this book documents a century of little-known efforts to foster refugee self-reliance, including the economic, political, and social motives driving this assistance. With five case studies from Greece, Tanzania, Pakistan, Uganda, and Egypt, the book tracks refugee self-reliance as a malleable concept used to pursue ulterior interests. It reshapes understandings of refugee self-reliance and delivers important messages for contemporary policy making. The first chapter is available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: Why Refugee Self-Reliance? Chapter 2: Self-Sufficiency out of Necessity: Refugee Self-Reliance Assistance in Interwar Greece Chapter 3: Socialism and Self-Reliance: Refugee Self-Reliance Assistance in Post-Colonial East Africa Chapter 4: Warriors of Self-Reliance: Refugee Self-Reliance Assistance in Cold War Pakistan Chapter 5: Dignity in Informality? Urban refugee self-reliance assistance in Kampala, Uganda Chapter 6: Livelihoods 2.0? Refugee Self-Reliance and the Digital Gig Economy Chapter 7: Conclusion
£76.50
Bristol University Press Refugees, Self-Reliance, Development: A Critical
Book SynopsisEvan Easton-Calabria’s critical history of refugee self-reliance assistance brings new dimensions to refugee and international development studies. The promotion of refugee self-reliance is evident today, yet its history remains largely unexplored, with good practices and longstanding issues often missed. Through archival and contemporary evidence, this book documents a century of little-known efforts to foster refugee self-reliance, including the economic, political, and social motives driving this assistance. With five case studies from Greece, Tanzania, Pakistan, Uganda, and Egypt, the book tracks refugee self-reliance as a malleable concept used to pursue ulterior interests. It reshapes understandings of refugee self-reliance and delivers important messages for contemporary policy making. The first chapter is available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: Why Refugee Self-Reliance? Chapter 2: Self-Sufficiency out of Necessity: Refugee Self-Reliance Assistance in Interwar Greece Chapter 3: Socialism and Self-Reliance: Refugee Self-Reliance Assistance in Post-Colonial East Africa Chapter 4: Warriors of Self-Reliance: Refugee Self-Reliance Assistance in Cold War Pakistan Chapter 5: Dignity in Informality? Urban refugee self-reliance assistance in Kampala, Uganda Chapter 6: Livelihoods 2.0? Refugee Self-Reliance and the Digital Gig Economy Chapter 7: Conclusion
£25.64
Bristol University Press The Rise of the Infrastructure State: How
Book SynopsisTensions between the US and China have escalated as both powers seek to draw countries into their respective political and economic orbits by financing and constructing infrastructure. Wide-ranging and even-handed, this book offers a fresh interpretation of the territorial logic of US–China rivalry, and explores what it means for countries across Eurasia, Africa, and Latin America. The chapters demonstrate that many countries navigate the global infrastructure boom by articulating novel spatial objectives and implementing political and economic reforms. By focusing on people and places worldwide, this book broadens perspectives on the US–China rivalry beyond bipolarity. It is an essential guide to 21st century politics.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Geopolitics, Infrastructure, and the Emergent Geographies of US–China Competition - Jessica DiCarlo and Seth Schindler Part I: Grounding Infrastructural Rivalry 2. Mediating the Infrastructure State: The Role of Local Bureaucrats in East Africa’s Infrastructure Scramble - Charis Enns, Brock Bersaglio, and Masalu Luhula 3. Roads, Debt, and Kyrgyzstan’s Quest for Geopolitical Kinship - Rune Steenberg, Ulan Shamshiev, and Farzana Abdilashimova 4. Chinese Investment Meets Zambian Policy: The Planning and Design of Multifacility Economic Zones in Lusaka - Dorothy Tang 5. Infrastructure as Symbolic Geopolitical Architecture: Kenya’s Megaprojects and Contested Meanings of Development - Wangui Kimari and Gediminas Lesutis Interlude: The Emergence of a Sino-Centric Transnational Capitalist Class? - Steve Rolf Part II: Infrastructural Governance and State Restructuring 6. Contradictory Infrastructures and Military (D)Alliance: Philippine Elite Coalitions and Their Response to US–China Competition - Alvin Camba, Jerik Cruz, and Guanie Lim 7. Infrastructure-Led Development with Post-Neoliberal Characteristics: Buen Vivir, China, and Extractivism in Ecuador - Nicholas Jepson 8. Centralizing Infrastructure in a Fragmenting Polity: China and Ethiopia’s ‘Infrastructure State’ - Zhengli Huang and Tom Goodfellow 9. Radioactive Strategies: Geopolitical Rivalries, African Agency, and the Longue Durée of Nuclear Infrastructures in Namibia - Meredith J. DeBoom 10. Argentina and the Spatial Politics of Extractive Infrastructures under US–China Tensions - Marcelo I. Saguier and Maximiliano F. Vila Seoane 11. Turkey Between Two Worlds: EU Accession and the Middle Corridor to Central Asia - Mustafa Kemal Bayırbağ and Seth Schindler 12. Multipolar Infrastructures and Mosaic Geopolitics in Laos - Jessica DiCarlo and Micah Ingalls Interlude: Locating Host-Country Agency and Hedging in Infrastructure Cooperation - Cheng-Chwee Kuik Part III: Geopolitics and State Spatial Strategies 13. Himalayan Geopolitical Competition and the Agency of the Infrastructure State in Nepal - Dinesh Paudel and Katharine Rankin 14. Indonesia’s ‘Beauty Contest’: China, Japan, the US, and Jakarta’s Spatial Objectives - Angela Tritto, Mary Silaban, and Alvin Camba 15. Vietnam’s Spatial and Hedging Strategies in Response to Chinese and Japanese Infrastructural Statecraft - Jessica C. Liao 16. Diversifying Dependencies? Hungary, the EU, and the Multifaceted Geopolitics of Chinese Infrastructure Investments - Ferenc Gyuris 17. 'No One Stole Anyone Else’s Cheese’: The Politics of Infrastructural Competition in Kazakhstan - Jessica Neafie 18. Outer Space Infrastructures - Julie Klinger 19. Conclusion: 21st-Century Third Worldism? - Seth Schindler and Jessica DiCarlo
£86.39
Bristol University Press The Rise of the Infrastructure State: How
Book SynopsisTensions between the US and China have escalated as both powers seek to draw countries into their respective political and economic orbits by financing and constructing infrastructure. Wide-ranging and even-handed, this book offers a fresh interpretation of the territorial logic of US–China rivalry, and explores what it means for countries across Eurasia, Africa, and Latin America. The chapters demonstrate that many countries navigate the global infrastructure boom by articulating novel spatial objectives and implementing political and economic reforms. By focusing on people and places worldwide, this book broadens perspectives on the US–China rivalry beyond bipolarity. It is an essential guide to 21st century politics.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Geopolitics, Infrastructure, and the Emergent Geographies of US–China Competition - Jessica DiCarlo and Seth Schindler Part I: Grounding Infrastructural Rivalry 2. Mediating the Infrastructure State: The Role of Local Bureaucrats in East Africa’s Infrastructure Scramble - Charis Enns, Brock Bersaglio, and Masalu Luhula 3. Roads, Debt, and Kyrgyzstan’s Quest for Geopolitical Kinship - Rune Steenberg, Ulan Shamshiev, and Farzana Abdilashimova 4. Chinese Investment Meets Zambian Policy: The Planning and Design of Multifacility Economic Zones in Lusaka - Dorothy Tang 5. Infrastructure as Symbolic Geopolitical Architecture: Kenya’s Megaprojects and Contested Meanings of Development - Wangui Kimari and Gediminas Lesutis Interlude: The Emergence of a Sino-Centric Transnational Capitalist Class? - Steve Rolf Part II: Infrastructural Governance and State Restructuring 6. Contradictory Infrastructures and Military (D)Alliance: Philippine Elite Coalitions and Their Response to US–China Competition - Alvin Camba, Jerik Cruz, and Guanie Lim 7. Infrastructure-Led Development with Post-Neoliberal Characteristics: Buen Vivir, China, and Extractivism in Ecuador - Nicholas Jepson 8. Centralizing Infrastructure in a Fragmenting Polity: China and Ethiopia’s ‘Infrastructure State’ - Zhengli Huang and Tom Goodfellow 9. Radioactive Strategies: Geopolitical Rivalries, African Agency, and the Longue Durée of Nuclear Infrastructures in Namibia - Meredith J. DeBoom 10. Argentina and the Spatial Politics of Extractive Infrastructures under US–China Tensions - Marcelo I. Saguier and Maximiliano F. Vila Seoane 11. Turkey Between Two Worlds: EU Accession and the Middle Corridor to Central Asia - Mustafa Kemal Bayırbağ and Seth Schindler 12. Multipolar Infrastructures and Mosaic Geopolitics in Laos - Jessica DiCarlo and Micah Ingalls Interlude: Locating Host-Country Agency and Hedging in Infrastructure Cooperation - Cheng-Chwee Kuik Part III: Geopolitics and State Spatial Strategies 13. Himalayan Geopolitical Competition and the Agency of the Infrastructure State in Nepal - Dinesh Paudel and Katharine Rankin 14. Indonesia’s ‘Beauty Contest’: China, Japan, the US, and Jakarta’s Spatial Objectives - Angela Tritto, Mary Silaban, and Alvin Camba 15. Vietnam’s Spatial and Hedging Strategies in Response to Chinese and Japanese Infrastructural Statecraft - Jessica C. Liao 16. Diversifying Dependencies? Hungary, the EU, and the Multifaceted Geopolitics of Chinese Infrastructure Investments - Ferenc Gyuris 17. 'No One Stole Anyone Else’s Cheese’: The Politics of Infrastructural Competition in Kazakhstan - Jessica Neafie 18. Outer Space Infrastructures - Julie Klinger 19. Conclusion: 21st-Century Third Worldism? - Seth Schindler and Jessica DiCarlo
£26.59
Bristol University Press Transitioning Vocational Education and Training
Book SynopsisEPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. The transition to more just and sustainable development requires radical change across a wide range of areas and particularly within the nexus between learning and work. This book takes an expansive view of vocational education and training that goes beyond the narrow focus of much of the current literature and policy debate. Drawing on case studies across rural and urban settings in Uganda and South Africa, the book offers a new way of seeing this issue through an exploration of the multiple ways in which people learn to have better livelihoods. Crucially, it explores learning that takes place informally online, within farmers’ groups, and in public and private educational institutions. Offering new insights and ways of thinking about this field, the book draws out clear implications for theory, policy and practice in Africa and beyond.Trade Review"This is a must-read book for anyone interested in the future of vocational education and training on the African continent. The book is beautifully written by a team of leading experts on VET in Africa. Rich in empirical evidence and theoretical insight, the book develops an important argument about the urgent need to radically transform VET so as to achieve more sustainable futures on the continent." Leon Tikly, University of Bristol"This is a thoughtfully detailed and committed edited volume which employs the “social ecosystem for skills” model as a basic foundation for successful transition of vocational education and training in Africa, in the spirit of lifelong learning. Readers in African countries will find this book useful and timely for application in VET institutions." International Review of EducationTable of Contents1. Introducing VET Africa 4.0 - Heila Lotz-Sisitka and Simon McGrath 2. VET and Skills in Africa: A Historical Sociology - Simon McGrath 3. Water, Transport, Oil and Food: A Political–Economy–Ecology Lens on Changing Conceptions of Work, Learning and Skills Development in Africa - Heila Lotz-Sisitka 4. Towards an Expanded Notion of Skills Ecosystems - Presha Ramsarup and Jo-Anna Russon 5. Social Ecosystem for Skills Research: Inclusivity, Relationality and Informality - Luke Metelerkamp and David Monk 6. Vocational Teachers as Mediators in Complex Ecosystems - Jo-Anna Russon and Volker Wedekind 7. Challenges in Transition Processes - Presha Ramsarup and Jo-Anna Russon 8. The Role of the University as Mediator in a Skills Ecosystem Approach to VET - Heila Lotz-Sisitka, George Openjuru and Jacques Zeelen 9. Implications for VET Research, Policy and Practice - Simon McGrath Afterword: Towards a More Just and Sustainable Research Practice - VET Africa 4.0 Collective
£23.74
Bristol University Press China’s COVID-19 Vaccine Supplies to the Global
Book SynopsisThis book unpacks the political economy of China’s COVID-19 vaccine supplies to the Global South. Examining the political and economic forces at play, the book demonstrates how China’s vaccine provisions have been determined by a complex set of commercial interests, domestic politics and geopolitical relationships. The book sheds light on how domestic interests shape China’s role in global governance and its international economic engagement. Its analysis contributes to broader academic debates on the politics and economics of crises, as well as offering new insights on how pre-existing political and market forces shape aid and trade in the context of crisis.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Contextualizing China’s Position in Global Health 3. ‘Vaccine Diplomacy’ 4. Market Forces and Commercial Chinese Vaccine Sales 5. Conclusion: Between Politics and Business
£40.50
Bristol University Press Poverty and Prejudice: Religious Inequality and
Book SynopsisEPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Freedom of religion and belief is crucial to any sustainable development process, yet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) pay little attention to religious inequalities. This book offers a comprehensive overview of how efforts to achieve SDGs can be enhanced by paying greater attention to freedom of religion and belief. In particular, it illustrates how poverty is often a direct result of religious prejudice and how religious identity can shape a person’s job prospects, their children’s education and the quality of public services they receive. Drawing on evidence from Asia, the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa, the book foregrounds the lived experiences of marginalized communities as well as researchers and non-state actors.Table of Contents1. Confronting Poverty, Prejudice and Religious Inequality: Ensuring No One Is Left Behind – Mariz Tadros, Philip Mader and Kathryn Cheeseman Part 1: Health and Wellbeing 2. The Intersection of Religion With the Health and Wellbeing SDG – Jill Olivier 3. How the Pandemic Impacted Religious Minorities in Iraq, and How Inclusive Journalism Helped – Salam Omer 4. Religion and Confidence in COVID-19 Vaccination: The Trust Deficit – Claire Thomas, Mayya Kelova and Albashir Mohamed 5. Religious Inequality and Health: Taking the Pulse Through a Global Review of the Literature – Ghazala Mir 6. Health and Wellbeing Alongside Belief Systems at the Patient Care Coalface: How Does Policy Fit in? – Somnath Mukhopadhyay and Haitham Abul-Eis Part 2: Education 7. Religion, Religiosity and Educational Progress – Elizabeth M. King 8. Training Iraqi Teachers To Become Effective Promoters of FoRB Principles in Primary Education – Haidar Lapcha and Yusra Mahdi 9. Advancing Freedom of Religion or Belief Through Religiously Inclusive Education – Knox Thames Part 3: Gender 10. Interrogating the Gender and Religious Equality Nexus – Mariz Tadros 11. Dire Conditions for Hazara Shia Pilgrims During COVID-19 Quarantine in Pakistan – Sadiqa Sultan 12. The ‘Messy’ World of Women and Religious Inequality – Kate Ward 13. Empty Chairs: FoRB’s Gender Problem – Andrea Mari and Kathryn Cheeseman Part 4: Water and Sanitation 14. Freedom of Religion or Belief, and Access to Safe Water – Kate Bayliss 15. How Clean Drinking Water in Joseph Colony Addresses Religious Inequalities and SDGs – Ali Abbas Zaidi and Bariya Shah 16. Why Do Religious Minorities in Pakistan Receive Less Water? – Mary Gill and Asif Aqeel 17. Drinking Water, Sanitation and the Religion Paradox in India – Nitya Jacob Part 5: Infrastructure and the Economy 18. How Digital Discrimination Affects Sustainable Development for Religious and Ethnic Minorities – Kevin Hernandez and Becky Faith 19. Poverty, Prejudice and Technology – Nighat Dad and Shmyla Khan 20. Beyond the Rhetoric of Freedom: Religious Inequity in Nigeria – Chris Kwaja 21. Religious Identity-Based Inequality in the Labour Market: Policy Challenges in India – Surbhi Kesar and Rosa Abraham Part 6: Inequalities 22. Religious Inequality and Economic Opportunity: Implications for SDG10 – Simone Schotte 23. The Justice Gap: Religious Minorities, Discrimination and Accountability Challenges – Claire Thomas and Mary Gill 24. Disability and Religious Inequality Intertwined: Double Discrimination Against Deaf Jehovah’s Witnesses in Uzbekistan – Dilmurad Yusupov 25. What Is Distinctive About Religious Inequality? Challenges and Opportunities for Development Policy – Michael Woolcock Part 7: Cities and Communities 26. Religious Inequalities, Inclusive Cities and Sustainable Development – Francesca Giliberto 27. ISIS Attack on the Divinely Protected City of Mosul: The Assault of Terrorism on Diversity and Peace – Omar Mohammed 28. Renaming Places in India: Conjuring the Present by Exorcising a Past – Rachna Mehra 29. Urban Development for Religious Equality: The Case of Youhanabad in Pakistan – Amen Jaffer Part 8: Climate and Nature 30. Religious Inequality and Environmental Change – Shilpi Srivastava and Vinitha Bachina 31. Discrimination Against Minorities and Its Detrimental Effect on Biodiversity Conservation: Lessons From the Batwa ‘Pygmies’ Around Semuliki National Park, Western Uganda – Moses Muhumuza 32. A Wounded Landscape and the Right To Protest at the River Club Site – Rifqah Tifloen 33. Climate Justice for the Religiously Marginalised – Lyla Mehta Part 9: Peace and Justice 34. The Significance of Freedom of Religion or Belief for Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions – W. Cole Durham Jr. 35. Recovering From the Trauma of Insurgency in Northern Nigeria – Maji Peterx 36. Religion, Caste and Marginality: Reflections on the Indian Criminal Justice and Prison System – Devangana Kalita 37. Key Blindspots in Thinking Around Peacebuilding Policy Makers and Practitioners Need To Address – Katharine Thane Part 10: Partnership 38. Partnerships and Religious Inequality – Amro Hussain 39. The Need for Secular-Religious Engagement – Kishan Manocha 40. Co-Creation for Freedom of Religion or Belief – Mike Battcock 41. Promoting FoRB in Fragile Contexts: Emerging Lessons From CREID on Legitimacy – Mariz Tadros 42. Epilogue – Mariz Tadros, Philip Mader and Kathryn Cheeseman
£27.54
Bristol University Press The Creation of Poverty and Inequality in India:
Book SynopsisPoverty in India is intimately connected with caste, untouchability, colonialism and indentured servitude, inseparable from the international experience of slavery and race. Focusing on historical and modern practices, this book goes beyond traditional economic approaches to poverty and demonstrates its genesis in exclusion, isolation, domination and extraction resulting in the removal of human and economic rights. Examining cash and asset transfers, as well as the enhancement of women’s rights, primary health and education, it scrutinizes inadequacies in compensatory policies for redressing the balance. This is an original interdisciplinary contribution that offers bold domestic and international policies anchored in human radicalism to eradicate poverty.Table of Contents1. Introduction Part 1: Macro-Economy and Human Development 2. Macro-Economic Indicators: A Backdrop 3. Population, Poverty and Happiness 4. National Income, Human Development and Inequality Part 2: Sources of Inequality and Poverty 5. Racism, Colonialism and Slavery as International Practices 6. India’s Caste Structure 7. Untouchability: Ambedkar and Early Reformers Part 3: Sectoral Effects 8. The Rural-Urban Divide 9. Women, Children and Demographic Dividend 10. Nutrition, Health, Sanitation, Water and Climate Change Part 4: Radical Humanism 11. Blueprint for Addressing Poverty and Inequality
£76.50
Bristol University Press Assembling Comparison: Understanding Education
Book SynopsisThis book combines assemblage theory and policy mobilities to inform the study of comparative and international education (CIE), focusing on education policy and how such policy moves are enacted. These approaches challenge taken-for granted and universalizing concepts in policy research and policy work in CIE – such as the nation-state, policy making/policy enactment, global/local, Global North/Global South – and highlight how policy is contingent on emerging through complex relations between people and places. Using illustrative cases drawn from research and practice in CIE and education development, the book demonstrates how these ideas can be used in the analysis of policy and the application of this approach in real life.Table of Contents1. Why Policy, Why Comparison? 2. Policy Mobilities and Assemblage Theory: Key Concepts 3. Policy Mobilities and Assemblage Theory: A Conjoined Approach 4. Where (and When) Is Policy? 5. What Is Policy? 6. Why Is Policy? 7. How to Research Policy? 8. (Re)assembling Comparison
£40.50
Bristol University Press Data Power in Action: Urban Data Politics in
Book SynopsisEPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Drawing on the study of different cities in the Global South, this book explores how the intensive use of data changes politics, power relations, and everyday life in contemporary cities. Across the volume, expert contributors show how urban actors, from the state to activists, are increasingly using data as a resource to empower their actions and support their claims, while also demonstrating how times of crisis are moments when the power of data is made visible. Focusing on the different dimensions of data power and politics in the urban realm, this is an important contribution to our understanding of how datafication transforms the places in which we live and how we experience them.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Urban data Politics in Times of Crisis - Ola Söderström and Ayona Datta Part 1: Framing Urban Data Politics 1. Urban data, governmentality, capitalism, ethics and justice - Rob Kitchin 2. Platforms as states: The rise of governance through data power - Petter Törnberg 3. Data Ethics in Practice: Rethinking scales, trust and autonomy - Alison Powell 4. The contingencies of urban data: between the interoperable and inoperable - AbdouMaliq Simone Part 2: Strategies 5. Experiments in practice: New directions in municipal data policy and governance - Sarah Barns 6. Webinars and War-rooms: Techno-politics of data in shaping COVID19 narratives - Ayona Datta and Ola Söderström 7. The Smartmentality of Urban Data Politics: Evidence from Two Chinese Cities - Robin Xu Ying, Federico Caprotti and Crison Chien Part 3: Tactics 8. Platform work, everyday life, and survival in times of crisis: views and experiences from Nairobi - Prince K Guma 9. An urban data politics of scale: Lessons from South Africa - Jonathan Cinnamon 10. Beyond ‘data positivism’. Civil society organizations’ data and knowledge tactics in South Africa - Evan Blake, Nancy Odendaal, Ola Söderström Epilogue: Data, crisis, and learning - Orit Halpern
£26.59
Bristol University Press Detroit after Bankruptcy: Are There Trends
Book SynopsisDetroit is the first city of its size to become bankrupt and some policy makers have argued that, since then, it has entered a ‘new beginning’. This book critically examines the evidence for and against this claim. Joe T. Darden analyzes whether Detroit’s patterns of race and class neighborhood inequality have persisted or whether investments have led to improvements in academic achievement, homeownership, employment, and reductions in poverty and violent crime. He measures, quantitatively, the benefits and disadvantages of staying in urban Detroit or moving to the suburbs, and provides evidence to answer whether Detroit, after bankruptcy, is becoming an inclusive city.Table of Contents1. Antecedents to Bankruptcy 2. Detroit Bankruptcy: The Characteristics of the Decision-Makers and the Differential Benefits Afterwards 3. Post-bankruptcy Social and Spatial Structure of Metropolitan Detroit: Anatomy of Class and Racial Residential Segregation 4. Gentrification: A New Method to Measure Where the Process is Occurring by Neighborhoods 5. Uneven Distribution of Economic Redevelopment: Which Neighborhoods are Excluded? 6. Black and Hispanic Underrepresentation of Business Ownership in a Majority Black City 7. Racial Inequality Between Student Academic Achievement: A Neighborhood Solution to the Problem 8. Unequal Exposure to Crime in the City: a New Method to Measure Exposure by the Characteristics of Neighborhoods 9. Solving the Problem of Extreme Race and Class Inequality: Implementing the Spatial Mobility Alternative 10. Conclusions: The Status of Residents of Detroit After Bankruptcy
£71.99
Fordham University Press Humanitarian Fictions: Africa, Altruism, and the
Book SynopsisHumanitarianism has a narrative problem. Far too often, aid to Africa is envisioned through a tale of Western heroes saving African sufferers. While labeling white savior narratives has become a familiar gesture, it doesn’t tell us much about the story as story. Humanitarian Fictions aims to understand the workings of humanitarian literature, as they engage with and critique narratives of Africa. Overlapping with but distinct from human rights, humanitarianism centers on a relationship of assistance, focusing less on rights than on needs, less on legal frameworks than moral ones, less on the problem than on the nonstate solution. Tracing the white savior narrative back to religious missionaries of the nineteenth century, Humanitarian Fiction reveals the influence of religious thought on seemingly secular institutions and uncovers a spiritual, collectivist streak in the discourse of humanity. Because the humanitarian model of care transcends the boundaries of the state, and its networks touch much of the globe, Humanitarian Fictions redraws the boundaries of literary classification based on a shared problem space rather than a shared national space. The book maps a transnational vein of Anglophone literature about Africa that features missionaries, humanitarians, and their so-called beneficiaries. Putting humanitarian thought in conversation with postcolonial critique, this book brings together African, British, and U.S. writers typically read within separate traditions. Paustian shows how the novel—with its profound sensitivity to narrative—can enrich the critique of white saviorism while also imagining alternatives that give African agency its due.Table of ContentsIntroduction: The White Savior Narrative and the Third Sector Novel | 1 1. The Moral Cause | 33 2. The Emancipated African | 67 3. The Universal Human | 101 4. The Benevolent Gift | 134 5. The Nongovernmental Organization | 169 Epilogue: Rearticulating the Humanitarian Atlantic | 207 Acknowledgments | 215 Notes | 219 Works Cited | 251 Index | 267
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Wilfrid Laurier University Press Aid and Ebb Tide: A History of CIDA and Canadian
Book SynopsisAid and Ebb Tide: A History of CIDA and Canadian Development Assistance examines Canada's mixed record since 1950 in transferring over $50 billion in capital and expertise to developing countries through ODA. It focuses in particular on the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the organization chiefly responsible for delivering Canada's development assistance. Aid and Ebb Tide calls for a renewed and reformed Canadian commitment to development co-operation at a time when the gap between the world's richest and poorest has been widening alarmingly and millions are still being born into poverty and human insecurity.Trade Review``Reviews and assessments of Canada's aid program have been numerous....not until the publication of David Morrison's Aid and Ebb Tide has there been a comprehensive review of its history, allowing a more fully informed assessment. The book is an important achievement, chronicling the evolution of Canada's aid program since its origins in support of the Colombo plan in 1950, to the end of the 20th century. It provides a level of details not previously captured, which will serve both students of aid as well as practitioners and analysts. It is a history long overdue, given the continued importance of aid in Canadian foreign policy efforts. It provides a particular vantage for reflections on new directions and prospects for Canadian aid program, as Canada heads into a new century of unquestionable levels of global poverty and inequity.'' -- Gauri Sreenivasan -- Canadian Journal of Development Studies``David Morrison's book has long been anticipated. It does not disappoint. It is marked by the most careful scholarship, a clear and accessible literary style, a telling sensitivity for apt quotations, nuanced theoretical and normative judgements, and a sure touch when dealing with politics and personalities. Aid and the Ebb Tide is and will for long remain absolutely indispensable for anyone interested in Canada's relations with the developing world, in the making of public policy in Canada, and in the complexity of any serious effort to give expresssion in Canadian foreign policy to the underlying social values that, though under strain, are still central to the Canadian political culture.'' -- Cranford Pratt, Emeritus Professor ofPolitical Science, University of Toronto``...this volume of over 600 pages, including almost 2,000 bibliographical references, constitutes the most comprehensive study of Canadian aid ever published....Written in clear and elegant prose, Morrison's work is impressive from several points of view. On the empirical level, it is comprehensive inasmuch as it deals with practically every facet of a half-century of Canadian aid. The book is especially effective in its treatment of the evolution of administrative structures, the substance of policies and the bureaucratic games behind the major changes of direction undergone by CIDA. Morrison also provides data that are helpful for comparing Canada's behavior with that of other industrialized countries. On the theoretical level, his book offers a fresh outlook. It demonstrates how nonstate actors -- especially the NGOs -- carry more weight than what statist and dominant-class approaches suggest....we ought to thank him for having had the stamina to see his marathon project through to the end. His book is an all-too-rare model of scholarship. It will certainly be an indispensable and enduring reference for every student of Canadian development assistance policy.'' -- Jean-Philippe Thérien, University of Montreal, Recensions``Aid and Ebb Tide is indispensable for anyone interested in CIDA, Canada's development assistance programs, and the policy-making process. Elegantly written and free of jargon, it is a pleasure to read.'' -- Robert O. Matthews, University of Toronto, University of Toronto QuarterlyTable of ContentsTable of Contents for Aid and Ebb Tide: A History of CIDA and Canadian Development Assistance by David R. Morrison List of Tables and Figures List of Acronyms Chronology of Key Events List of Ministers and Senior Officials Preface 01. Defining Canadian Development Assistance 02. The Early Years, 1950â66 03. Maurice Strong and the Creation of CIDA, 1966â70 04. Global Expansion and Growing Pains, 1970â77 05. Retrenchment and Reorientation, 1977â80 06. Rethinking the Mission, 1980â83 07. Multiple Mandates and Partners, 1983â89 08. A Jolt of Fresh Energy? ODA Policy Reviewed, 1984â89 09. Shifting Gears, 1989â93 10. Ebb Tide, 1993â98 11. Explaining Canadian ODA Appendices A. Canadian Official Development Assistance: Selected Components, Total, and ODA/GNP Ratio, 1949â50 to 1996â97 B. Percentage Distribution of Canadian Government-to-Government ODA by Region, Ten-Year Cumulative Totals, 1950â60, and Five-Year Cumulative Totals, 1960â95 C. Top Twenty Recipients of Canadian Government-to-Government ODA at Five-Year Intervals, 1960â61 to 1995â96 D. Core/Category I and Non-Core/Category II Countries, 1978, 1981, 1986 E. Publicly Financed Technical Assistance Personnel and Students and Trainees Supported by Canadian ODA, Five-Year Intervals, 1965â95 F. Canadian ODA: Proportion of DAC Effort and Comparative Standing, Five-Year Intervals, 1960â95 G. Percentage Distribution of All Attributable Country-to-Country Aid by Region, Canada and DAC Donors, 1970â71, 1980â81, and 1995â96 H. Percentage Distribution of Attributable Country-to-Country Aid by Country Income Level, Canada and All DAC Donors, 1970â71, 1980â81, and 1995â96 I. Canadian Multilateral ODA: Proportion of DAC Effort and Comparative Standing, Selected Years Notes Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Growth and Development From an Evolutionary
Book SynopsisThe central purpose is to borrow and on occasion adapt the various tool kits offered to improve our current understanding of the development process which we see, in Simon Kuznets' terminology, as a transition from agrarianism to modern economic growthTrade Review"The really attractive thing about this book is that it discusses economic development in an evolutionary perspective, with a very detailed catalog of ideal types, but always in a unified theoretical framework. The student will learn a lot about historical development paths, and even more about economic theory." Robert M. Solow, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyTable of ContentsList of Figures. List of Tables. Preface. Part I: Introduction:. 1. Growth and Development: An Overview. Part II: Agrarianism and Dualism:. 2. From Closed and Open Agrarianism to Modern Dualism. 3. Development of the Closed Dualistic Economy: A Bird's Eye View. Part III: The Analytics of Growth and Development:. 4. The Neoclassical Production Function, Growth and Development. 5. A General Analysis of Growth Systems. 6. Applications to Modern Economic Growth. Part IV: Applications to Growth and Development under Dualism:. 7. Transition Growth in the Closed Dualistic Economy. 8. Transition Growth under Open Dualism. 9. Growth, Equity, and Human Development. Part V: Conclusions for Policy:. 10. Policy and Political Economy in the Transition to Modern Economic Growth. Bibliography. Index.
£99.86
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Empowerment: The Politics of Alternative
Book SynopsisTwo-thirds of the population of the world are poor, and their number is growing in the first as well as in the third world, despite billions of dollars of aid. The economic development policies of the last two decades, and the theory which gave rise to them, have been discredited. The rich are disillusioned, apprehensive or uninterested, while the poor are embittered and without hope, the victims and agents of ignorance, instability and environmental degradation. The need for radical rethinking is urgent: this book makes an important contribution towards that end. John Friedmann argues that poverty should be seen not merely in material terms, but as social, political and psychological powerlessness. He presents the case for an alternative development committed to empowering the poor in their own communities, and to mobilizing them for political participation on a wider scale. In contrast to centralized development policies devised and implemented at the national and international level, alternative development restores the initiative to those in need, on the grounds that unless people have an active role in directing their own destinies long-term progress will not be achieved. The author takes the household as the strategic starting-point - stressing its moral, political and economic potential - as a source of continuity and as a location for production. From this basis he propounds a politics of emancipation that would enable the disempowered poor to assert their rights. Empowerment provides a morally-informed theoretical framework for a development policy that meets the needs of its recipients rather than of its makers.Trade Review"This book is probably the most important contribution to the field of alternative development in the last ten years or so." Ignacy Sachs, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris "As an introduction into 'Alternative' development discourse, Friedman's work is definitely a valuable and timely addition." Community Development Journal "Friedmann's treatment of the subject of development here is highly innovative and should prove of interest to a broad range of planners, geographers, and others concerned with advancing an interdisciplinary perspective of development." Antipode "Interesting for any practitioner concerned with problems in the developing world, problems of local economy, and planning issues in the community." Journal Systems Practice "A worthy attempt to provide an alternative model to mainstream approaches to development. It is written in an accessible style, well punctuated with apt and interesting practical examples of alternative organisation." Capital and Class "Friedmann's work is a significant addition to the literature. It should be invaluable as a textbook for courses on development across disciplines." Development and ChangeTable of Contents1. Alternative Development: Its Origins and Moral Justification. 2. Trajectory: From Exclusion to Empowerment. 3. Rethinking the Economy: The Whole-Economy Model. 4. Rethinking Poverty: The (Dis)Empowerment Model. 5. Political Claims I: Inclusive Democracy and Appropriate Economic Growth. 6. Political Claims II: Gender Equality and Intergenerational Equity. 7. Practice: From Social to Political Power. Epilogue: Some Questions for Rich Countries. Bibliography. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Popular Development: Rethinking the Theory and
Book SynopsisThis book provides a critical evaluation of development approaches, both mainstream and alternative. It considers how theories have been translated into policies, and the practical effects of these policies in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. It seeks to isolate those ideas and methods that have worked in practice and continue to show promise in meeting development requirements. The book opens with an analysis of Keynesian and neoliberal development approaches. The author describes the mixed results of their application in Latin America, Africa, and Asia's newly industrializing countries. He also examines the evolution of postwar development in all major regions, tying together economic, social, political and environmental factors. John Brohman then looks at alternative development theories and practices. He considers both their positive and negative aspects, and focuses on three critical areas: democratic participation and empowerment, women and gender, and environment and sustainability. He concludes by examining whether popular development - a strategy which rejects formal models - can succeed in providing an approach that will meet the needs and interests of people in diverse political, cultural and social conditions. This book is important and timely. It integrates theoretical analysis with practical experience in a wide range of development contexts. Its argument is trenchant, its analysis clear, and its recommendations urgent. It is fully referenced, contains a guide to further reading, and has a comprehensive index.Trade Review"... this ranks with the best books on alternative development... adds to the critical analysis of alternative development and renews it through the notion of popular development. It is one of the most effective, topical and critical books about development theory, which makes it eminently useful as a textbook." Jan Nederveen Pieterse, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. Abbreviations. Introduction. Part I: Mainstream Theories and Practices: . 1. The Postwar Tradition in Theory. 2. Strategies of Growth and Industrialization. 3. The Asian Newly Industrialized Countries. 4. The South (1): Neoliberal Policy and Strategy. 5. The South (2): The Neglect of Politics and People. Part II: Alternative Theories and Practices:. 6. Refocusing on Needs. 7. New Concepts of Planning. 8. Participation and Power. 9. Women and Gender. 10. Environment and Sustainability. 11. Popular Development. Further Reading. References. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Popular Development: Rethinking the Theory and
Book SynopsisThis book provides a critical evaluation of development approaches, both mainstream and alternative. It considers how theories have been translated into policies, and the practical effects of these policies in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. It seeks to isolate those ideas and methods that have worked in practice and continue to show promise in meeting development requirements. The book opens with an analysis of Keynesian and neoliberal development approaches. The author describes the mixed results of their application in Latin America, Africa, and Asia's newly industrializing countries. He also examines the evolution of postwar development in all major regions, tying together economic, social, political and environmental factors. John Brohman then looks at alternative development theories and practices. He considers both their positive and negative aspects, and focuses on three critical areas: democratic participation and empowerment, women and gender, and environment and sustainability. He concludes by examining whether popular development - a strategy which rejects formal models - can succeed in providing an approach that will meet the needs and interests of people in diverse political, cultural and social conditions. This book is important and timely. It integrates theoretical analysis with practical experience in a wide range of development contexts. Its argument is trenchant, its analysis clear, and its recommendations urgent. It is fully referenced, contains a guide to further reading, and has a comprehensive index.Trade Review"... this ranks with the best books on alternative development... adds to the critical analysis of alternative development and renews it through the notion of popular development. It is one of the most effective, topical and critical books about development theory, which makes it eminently useful as a textbook." Jan Nederveen Pieterse, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. Abbreviations. Introduction. Part I: Mainstream Theories and Practices: . 1. The Postwar Tradition in Theory. 2. Strategies of Growth and Industrialization. 3. The Asian Newly Industrialized Countries. 4. The South (1): Neoliberal Policy and Strategy. 5. The South (2): The Neglect of Politics and People. Part II: Alternative Theories and Practices:. 6. Refocusing on Needs. 7. New Concepts of Planning. 8. Participation and Power. 9. Women and Gender. 10. Environment and Sustainability. 11. Popular Development. Further Reading. References. Index.
£48.40
UNIFEM World Survey on the Role of Women in Development
Book SynopsisThis publication focuses on the ways in which the nexus of time and income poverty shapes or constraints the lives of women. It argues that addressing this double bind is critical to achieving sustainable development, particularly in low-income contexts, and presents an integrated policy agenda for doing so. The report finds large gender gaps in extreme poverty rates, especially between the ages of 25 and 34, coinciding with the phase of life oriented around family formation and child-rearing. During this phase, women and their households face increased expenses associated with having children, while also experiencing constraints on the time they have available for engaging in paid work. To address this double bind, public action must be geared towards supporting women at critical stages of their life course in an integrated manner through a combination of gender-responsive social protection and labour market interventions, as well as investments in time-saving public services (e.g. childcare, transport) and basic infrastructure.
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Information Age Publishing Comparative International Perspectives on
Book SynopsisDemocratizing educational access and building capacity in developing countries and amongst indigenous peoples in developed countries may be elusive but are hopeful goals. Many developing countries are striving to reengineer their incoherent education systems at a time when they are most vulnerable, particularly with susceptibility to natural disasters, political unrests, and economic instabilities (UNESCO, 2007). Similarly, indigenous peoples in developed countries are seeking more control over education as they consider the long?term effects of educational policies that have been forced on them.Research on education and social change in developing countries has a long history (Glewwe, 2002; Hanushek, 1995; Sider, 2011). However, there is limited research on educational capacity?building in developing countries such as Kenya, Honduras, Haiti, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Peru, China, and Thailand. Further, the educational frameworks by which Indigenous peoples (M?ori, Canada’s First Nations, and American Indian/Alaska Natives) have been educated have some significant similarities to those encountered in developing countries. The compilation of chapters illuminates research and collaborative initiatives between the authors and local leaders in developing countries’ and Indigenous peoples in developed countries’ efforts to solve the complexity of social inequities through educational access and quality learning. The authors draw on theoretical lens, knowledge bases, and strategies, and identify trends and developments to provide the scope of educational improvement in a globalization context (Brooks & Normore, 2010; Jean?Marie, Normore & Brooks,
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Information Age Publishing Comparative International Perspectives on
Book SynopsisDemocratizing educational access and building capacity in developing countries and amongst indigenous peoples in developed countries may be elusive but are hopeful goals. Many developing countries are striving to reengineer their incoherent education systems at a time when they are most vulnerable, particularly with susceptibility to natural disasters, political unrests, and economic instabilities (UNESCO, 2007). Similarly, indigenous peoples in developed countries are seeking more control over education as they consider the long?term effects of educational policies that have been forced on them.Research on education and social change in developing countries has a long history (Glewwe, 2002; Hanushek, 1995; Sider, 2011). However, there is limited research on educational capacity?building in developing countries such as Kenya, Honduras, Haiti, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Peru, China, and Thailand. Further, the educational frameworks by which Indigenous peoples (M?ori, Canada’s First Nations, and American Indian/Alaska Natives) have been educated have some significant similarities to those encountered in developing countries. The compilation of chapters illuminates research and collaborative initiatives between the authors and local leaders in developing countries’ and Indigenous peoples in developed countries’ efforts to solve the complexity of social inequities through educational access and quality learning. The authors draw on theoretical lens, knowledge bases, and strategies, and identify trends and developments to provide the scope of educational improvement in a globalization context (Brooks & Normore, 2010; Jean?Marie, Normore & Brooks,
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CABI Publishing Agricultural Policies for Poverty Reduction
Book SynopsisThis study addresses the role of agricultural policies in raising incomes in developing countries. Higher incomes are essential for sustained progress on the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG1), which calls for the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger, and includes a specific target of reducing by 50% between 1990 and 2015 the proportion of people living on less than a dollar a day. The aim is to identify ways in which the appropriate set of policies may vary according to a country's stage of development. A synthesis volume will also be published for policy makers. With more than two-thirds of the world's poor living in rural areas, higher rural incomes are needed to sustain poverty reduction and reduce hunger. This volume sets out a strategy for raising rural incomes which emphasises the need to create diversified rural economies with opportunities within and outside agriculture. This means adopting policies that facilitate rather than impede structural change and integrate agricultural policies within the overall mix of policies and institutional reforms that are needed. By investing in public goods, such as infrastructure and agricultural research, and by building effective social safety nets, governments can reduce the pressures related to less efficient policies such as price controls and input subsidies.Table of Contents1: Executive summary 2: Agricultural policies for raising rural incomes: An introduction 2.1: A strategic framework for strengthening rural incomes in developing countries 2.2: Distributional impacts of commodity prices in developing countries 2.3: The distributional implications of agricultural policies in developing countries: Findings from the Development Policy Evaluation Model (DEVPEM) 2.4: Stabilisation policies in developing countries after the 2007-08 food crisis 2.5: The use of input subsidies in low-income countries
£86.94
CABI Publishing Banana Systems in the Humid Highlands of
Book Synopsis‘Banana Systems in the Humid Highlands of Sub-Saharan Africa: Enhancing Resilience and Productivity’ addresses issues related to agricultural intensification in the (sub)humid highland areas of Africa, based on research carried out in the Great Lakes Region by the Consortium for Improving Agriculture-based Livelihoods in Central Africa.Table of ContentsA: Preface B: Acknowledgements Part I: Musa Germplasm Diversity and Evaluation 1: Plantain Collection and Morphological Characterization in Democratic Republic of Congo: Past and Present Activities and Prospects 2: Musa Germplasm Diversity Status across a Wide Range of Agro-ecological Zones in Rwanda, Burundi and Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo 3: Banana Genotype Composition along the Uganda–Democratic Republic of Congo Border: A Gene Pool Mix for Plantain and Highland Bananas 4: Analysis of Farmer-preferred Traits as a Basis for Participatory Improvement of East African Highland Bananas in Uganda 5: Agronomic Evaluation of Common and Improved Dessert Banana Cultivars at Different Altitudes across Burundi 6: Growth and Yield of Plantain Cultivars at Four Sites of Differing Altitude in North Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Part II: Novel Seed Systems 7: Macropropagation of Musa spp. in Burundi: A Preliminary Study 8: Challenges and Opportunities for Macropropagation Technology for Musa spp. among Smallholder Farmers and Small and Medium-scale Enterprises 9: Impact of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Growth of Banana Genotypes in Three Different, Pasteurized and Non-pasteurized Soils of Rwanda 10: Indigenous Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Growth of Tissue-cultured Banana Plantlets under Nursery and Field Conditions in Rwanda Part III: Banana Pests and Diseases 11: Development of ELISA for the Detection of Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum, the Causal Agent of BXW: Banana Xanthomonas Wilt 12: Systemicity and Speed of Movement of Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum in the Banana Plant after Garden Tool-mediated Infection 13: Use of DNA Capture Kits to Collect Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum and Banana Bunchy Top Virus Pathogen DNA for Molecular Diagnostics 14: Banana Xanthomonas Wilt Management: Effectiveness of Selective Mat Uprooting Coupled with Control Options for Preventing Disease Transmission. Case Study in Rwanda and Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo 15: Effect of Length of Fallow Period after Total Uprooting of a Xanthomonas Wilt-infected Banana Field on Infection of Newly Established Planting Materials: Case Studies from Rwanda and Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo 16: Distribution, Incidence and Farmer Knowledge of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt in Rwanda 17: Xanthomonas Wilt Incidence in Banana Plots Planted with Asymptomatic Suckers from a Diseased Field Compared with Plots Using Suckers from a Disease-free Zone in North Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Part IV: Banana Intercropping Systems 18: Coffee/Banana Intercropping as an Opportunity for Smallholder Coffee Farmers in Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi 19: The Use of Trees and Shrubs to Improve Banana Productivity and Production in Central Uganda: An Analysis of the Current Situation 20: Effect of Banana Leaf Pruning on Legume Yield in Banana–Legume Intercropping Systems in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo 21: A Comparative and Systems Approach to Banana Cropping Systems in the Great Lakes Region 22: Agronomic Practices for Musa across Different Agro-ecological Zones in Burundi, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda Part V: Banana Use, Postharvest and Nutrition 23: The Beer Banana Value Chain in Central Uganda 24: Contribution of Bananas and Plantains to the Diet and Nutrition of Musa-dependent Households with Preschoolers in Beni and Bukavu Territories, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Part VI: Surveillance, Adoption and Communicating Knowledge 25: Processes and Partnerships for Effective Regional Surveillance of Banana Diseases 26: Adoption and Impact of Tissue Culture Bananas in Burundi: An Application of a Propensity Score Matching Approach 27: Communication Approaches for Sustainable Management of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt in East and Central Africa 28: A Global Information and Knowledge Sharing Approach to Facilitate the Wider Use of Musa Genetic Resources
£98.68
CABI Publishing Ideological, Social and Cultural Aspects of
Book SynopsisThere is an ever growing importance of events in modern society and until now existing literature on events has been dominated by the economic perspective. Social and Cultural Aspects of Events addresses the social and cultural side of events and explores the role they have in fostering change and community development. It examines the transformatory function of events in the context of development studies - as phenomena that can promote and facilitate human development, including social, societal and individual change. This book provides vital and timely exploration and encourages the study of more diverse themes within event management.Table of ContentsI: Preface Part 1: INTRODUCTORY POINTERS 1: Events as Societal Phenomena 2: Events in the Liquid Modern World: The Call for Fluid Acumen in the Presentation of Peoples, Places, Pasts, and Presents Part 2: IDEOLOGICAL UNDERTONE 3: The Making of Societies through Events: On Ideology, Power and Consent 4: Let There Be Rock! A Tale of Two Christian Music Festivals 5: Exit Festival: Contesting Political Pasts, Impacts on Youth Culture and Regenerating the Image of Serbia and Novi Sad Part 3: CONSTRUCTING VALUES AND COLLECTING VISIONS 6: Social Constructions of Value: Marketing Considerations for the Context of Events and Festivals 7: Transformation and Liverpool European Capital of Culture 2008 8: Re-imagining a Sustainable Future through Artistic Events: A Case study from Wales Part 4: MULTI-CULTURALISL, COMMUNITY AND INTEGRATION 9: Yag'ubi: A Transforming Event that Flowered and Died 10: Mindful of the Mosaic: A Multicultural Approach to Analysing Perceptions of Non-profit Festival Exhibitors at Multi-ethnic events 11: Halifax Greek Fest: The social and cultural significance of hosting a festival for the Halifax Greek community and Halifax society 12: The ‘Community Action Dash’: Resident and Visitor Perceptions of an Inner City Neighbourhood during a Community-Led Event 13: Beyond Economic Benefits: Exploring the Effects of Festivals and Events on Community Capitals 14: VFR Event Tourism and Social Networks at-a-Distance: Rural Community Development through Reunion and Celebration Part 5: CONCLUSION 15: Event Studies and the Crisis of Representation
£79.06
CABI Publishing Capacity Building for Sustainable Development
Book SynopsisCapacity building is a topic of intense focus in many industrialized countries. This book explores the theoretical underpinnings of capacity building to sustain the natural, cultural and human resources of communities. It reviews the extensive literature on capacity-building strategies and policies and examines the implications of sustainable development in communities around the world. The book's approach is both theoretical and applied. It offers methods of operationalizing sustainable development and sustainability theories and explores capacity building methods at different levels of government. Successful practices in non-governmental and governmental agency roles are examined. By considering the path towards embracing whole, or partial, sustainability, it provides a comprehensive analysis and examination of how to build capacity in tackling many development problems, especially those linked to infrastructure accumulation and land-use development. Contributors shed light on the overall impact of globalisation and many concepts related to sustainable development and sustainability of the economic socio-cultural and environmental systems. This book: · Examines the links between environment and sustainable development; · Provides models for capacity building; · Considers the role of globalization in sustainable development; · Renders a theoretical and applied examination of the issues; · Provides multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches. This book is recommended for research libraries, for graduate studies in economic development, sustainable development, environmental management; and undergraduate studies relating to developing and emerging countries. It is also useful for government officials, researchers, decision makers and policy analysts involved in sustainable development.Table of Contents1: Building the Capacities of Developing Countries to Protect the Environment 2: Operationalizing Concepts of Sustainable Development in Africa 3: Sustainability of Agriculture and Food Shortage: A Brief Analysis of the African Condition 4: Globalization and Sustainable Development in Africa: The Imperatives of Capacity Building 5: Understanding Capacity Building for Sustainable Tourism in the Niger Delta, Nigeria 6: The Link Between Environment and Development 7: Capacity Building for Environmental Impact Analysis in Nigeria 8: The Effect of Traditional Land Management Methods on Crop Yield in Betem, Biase Local Government Area of Cross River State Nigeria 9: Empowerment of Women and Sustainable Development in the Twentieth Century: The Yoruba Women Example 10: Capacity Building and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa 11: Business Sector and Global Sustainable Future 12: Empowerment of Women and Sustainable Development 13: Subaltern Hydro-Struggles Against Unsustainable Commercial Diamond-Mining Practices in Chiadzwa, Zimbabwe (2009-2013) 14: Proactive Learning Framework: Educational Model for Capacity-Building and Sustainable Development 15: Can Competitiveness be the Framework for Sustainable Electricity Supply in Nigeria? 16: Energy Production and Consumption for Sustainable Development 17: Climate Change and Coping Strategies for Sustainable Food Production Among Small Scale Farmers in Nigeria 18: Capacity Building for Rural Development in Nigeria: The Case of Rural Road Network 19: Oil, Conflict, and Sustainable Development in Nigeria 20: Energy Production and Consumption and Sustainable Development 21: The Challenges of Climate Change on the Livelihood and Sustainable Development of Selected Coastal Communities in Nigeria’s Niger Delta (1990-2015) 22: Human Rights Violation in a Bid for Sustainable Development: A Case of Tokwe-Mukosi Dam Construction in Chivi District in Masvingo Province in Zimbabwe 23: Relationships of Climate Variability and Change to Development
£46.98
Collective Ink Small Change, Big Deal – Money as if people
Book SynopsisAs we consider the plight of our consumer-driven economy, it is easy to forget that money is about relationship: between individuals and between communities. In our current financial mess, it is worth reminding ourselves of community-based alternatives, and to look closely at microcredit, a model of peer lending to enable people to move out of poverty. From Bangladesh, from South Africa, from Ghana, and from the East End of London, we are given a worm's eye view of small scale work, of personal transformation, and the building of community. Small and local is still beautiful, and has much to teach us.Trade ReviewJennifers book provides a very necessary look at the alternatives to big bank lending. Full of examples and intriguing facts, Jennifer engages you with a fascinating tale of money and microcredit. Recommended. (Jeremy Renals, accountant, lecturer, and writer.) This is a superb and timely book. Thoroughly researched, Jennifer Kavanagh enlivens the insights from data with real-world examples of persons who are bridging the current abyss between "money and relationship," to create new forms of personal and social wealth. In a period of lingering economic crisis, when many people in developed countries are slipping out of the middle class and into poverty, Kavanaghs book provides remedies that are practical, tested, and most of all, empowering. Money works as an asset, not an end: more than a mere exchange of value, money at its core represents the mutual commitment to values that is the basis for trust. By recovering the moral core of economics, Kavanagh has unleashed that most subversive of revolutions in which society achieves the very transformation it originally intended.(John Dalla Costa, Founding Director, Centre for Ethical Orientation Author of The Ethical Imperative: Why Moral Leadership is Good Business)
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Regional Development and Proximity Relations
Book SynopsisThe notion of proximity is increasing in popularity in economic and geographic literature, and is now commonly used by scholars in regional science and spatial economics. Few academic works, however, have explored the link between regional development and proximity relations. This comprehensive book redresses the balance with its assessment of the role of, and obstacles caused by, proximity relations in regional development processes.The expert contributors illustrate that the value of integrating proximity into the regional development analysis framework is due its plasticity and ability to draw connections between spatial, economic and social dimensions. Possible changes for regional and territorial policies are also an outcome of this integration. These areas are addressed via four main paradigms: Proximity and regional development Spatial innovation processes Networks and proximity relations Place-based strategies and proximity relations. Students, academics, researchers and regional development practitioners with an interest in regional proximity will find this highly original book to be an illuminating read.Contributors: A. Bailly, P.A. Balland, H. Bathelt, R. Boschma, O. Bouba-Olga, R. Camagni, R. Capello, P. Cooke, T. Dogaru, M. Ferru, R.D. Fitjar, R. Gibson, M. Grossetti, P. Nijkamp, F. van Oort, A. Rodriguez-Pose, R.J. Stimson, M. Thissen, E. Tranos, A. Torre, F. Wallet, M. de VaanTrade Review'Proximity is a concept increasingly used in the international literature on clusters, knowledge transfers and innovation, as well as in the policies that support these processes. In Regional Development and Proximity Relations, André Torre and Frédéric Wallet have collected contributions from some of the world s leading regional scientists to highlight these topics. They have done a good job.' --Hans Westlund, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden'Over the past decades, proximity has become a leading paradigm in economic geography and beyond. This landmark book marks the latest developments in proximity research, bringing together the leading scholars in the field.' --Koen Frenken, Eindhoven University of Technology, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction: The Role of Proximity Relations in Regional and Territorial Development Processes André Torre and Fred Wallet PART I: PROXIMITY AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: MAIN DEBATES AND CONCEPTUAL PERSPECTIVES 1. Proximity and Endogenous Regional Development Robert J. Stimson 2. Proximity Relations at the Heart of Territorial Development Processes. From Clusters, Spatial Conflicts and Temporary Geographical Proximity to Territorial Governance André Torre 3. Relatedness and Transversality in Spatial Paradigms and Regimes Phil Cooke PART II: THE ROLE OF PROXIMITY IN SPATIAL INNOVATION PROCESSES 4. Proximity and Regional Innovation Process: Is There Space for New Reflections? Roberta Capello 5. When Local Interaction Does Not Suffice: Sources of Firm Innovation in Urban Norway Rune Dahl Fitjar and Andres Rodriguez-Pose 6. How I Met My Partner. Reconsidering Proximities Olivier Bouba-Olga, Michel Grossetti and Marie Ferru PART III: NETWORKS AND PROXIMITY RELATIONS 7. The Formation of Economic Networks: A Proximity Approach Ron Boschma, Pierre Alexandre Balland and Mathijs de Vaan 8. Digital Infrastructure and Physical Proximity Peter Nijkamp and Emmanouil Tranos 9. Proximity Relations and Global Knowledge Flows: Specialization and Diffusion Processes across Capitalist Varieties Rachael Gibson and Harald Bathelt PART IV: PLACE-BASED STRATEGIES AND PROXIMITY RELATIONS 10. The Regional Policy Debate: A Territorial, Place-based and Proximity Approach Roberto Camagni 11. Economic Development, Place-based Development Strategies and the Conceptualization of Proximity in European Urban Regions Teodora Dogaru, Frank van Oort and Mark Thissen PART V: CONCLUSIONS 12. A Challenging Book: Regional Development and Proximity Relations Antoine Bailly Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Regenerative Sustainable Development of
Book SynopsisNow that the Earth has reached the limits of its biophysical carrying capacity, we have to change technologies, social practices and social norms relating to material production and consumption to ensure that we do not further jeopardize the functioning of our planet's life support systems. Through research, education and civic engagement, universities have a pivotal role to play in this transition. This timely book explores how universities are establishing living laboratories for sustainable development, and examines the communication networks and knowledge infrastructures that underpin impact both on and beyond the campus.The expert contributors present case studies of living laboratories being built in leading universities across four continents. Their aim is to cultivate the transition to sustainable development by actively fostering social and technological change to improve use of natural resources and reduce pollution. They are designed to link research, education and practice and to integrate knowledge across disciplines to develop more socially robust approaches to improving sustainability. Directing attention to what enables and constrains learning in communities of multiple and very diverse stakeholders in such laboratories can contribute to a better general understanding of factors influencing the chance of success (or failure), and the institutional arrangements, norms and values that accompany it.Focussing on social learning processes to drive societal change for sustainable development, this fascinating book will prove an invaluable read for academics, researchers, students and policy makers in the fields of higher education, regional and urban studies, public policy and the environment, and development studies.Contributors: B. Baleti , T. Becker, T. Berkhout, A. Campbell, A. Cayuela, S. Chen, M. Dalbro, J. Evans, M. Hesse, J. Holmberg, M. Holme Samsøe, Y. Hua, J.-H. Kain, A. Kildahl, H. Komatsu, A. König, N. Kurata, S. Liao, U. Lundgren, B. Meehan, E. Omrcen, T. Ozasa, M. Polk, C. Powell, J. Robinson, H. Tan, T. UenoTrade Review'This book's case studies from North America, Europe and Asia highlight an enormous, but as yet untapped, potential for achieving social and technological change in cities worldwide. The authors show how university campuses around the world can be ''living laboratories'' to investigate and demonstrate the practicality of ''regenerative sustainability'', which looks beyond environmental damage control to a vision of urban development that actually improves environmental quality and human welfare. If these ideas catch on, they could literally change the world.' --Steve Rayner, Oxford University, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword: A Shared Exploration of ‘Living Laboratories’ for Sustainability Bernd Kasemir and Roland Stulz 1. Introduction: Experimenting for Sustainable Development? Living Laboratories, Social Learning and the Role of the University Ariane König and James Evans PART I: CAMPUS AS LIVING LABORATORY: ENGAGING COMMUNITIES IN EXPERIMENTATION 2. Next Generation Sustainability at The University of British Columbia: The University as Societal Test-bed for Sustainability John Robinson, Tom Berkhout, Alberto Cayuela and Ann Campbell 3. Sustainable Campus as a Living Laboratory for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: The Role of Design Thinking Processes Ying Hua 4. Campus Building Energy Management in Tongji University: An Approach to Achieve Energy Efficiency of Buildings for Sustainability Hongwei Tan and Shuqin Chen 5. Can an Environmental Management System be a Driving Force for Sustainability in Higher Education? A Case from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden Eddi Omrcen, Ullika Lundgren and Marianne Dalbro 6. Creating Change: Building an Environmentally Sustainable Campus Bart Meehan 7. Reconciling the Pursuit of Excellence with Sustainable Development at the University of Hong Kong Ann Kildahl and Sarah Liao 8. What Might a Sustainable University Look Like? Challenges and Opportunities in the Development of the University of Luxembourg and its New Campus Ariane König PART II: THE CHALLENGE FOR UNIVERSITIES TO FOSTER SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS MULTIPLE SCALES 9. Mistra Urban Futures: A Living Laboratory for Urban Transformations Merritt Polk, Jaan-Henrik Kain and John Holmberg 10. Leading by Example: Developing an Effective Energy Efficiency Program for a Campus and Community Christopher Powell 11. How Can Physical Campus Planning Support Universities in their Development and Ultimately Help Cities Change? Bojan Baletić and Mikala Holme Samsøe 12. Campus Planning for Promoting Quality of Life in the Community Naomichi Kurata, Takao Ozasa, Takeshi Ueno and Hisashi Komatsu 13. Building a Sustainable University from Scratch: Anticipating the Urban, Regional and Planning Dimension of the ‘Cité des Sciences Belval’ in Esch-sur-Alzette and Sanem, Luxembourg Tom Becker and Markus Hesse 14. Conclusion: A Cross-cultural Exploration of the Co-creation of Knowledge in Living Laboratories for Societal Transformation Across Four Continents Ariane König Annex A: ISCN/GULF Sustainable Campus Charter Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Asia-Pacific, Regionalism and the Global
Book SynopsisEver since the Asia-Pacific transformed from an 'institutional desert' into one of the most networked areas in the world, questions of the region's future and the future of the global system have become closely intertwined. This volume explores the key issues of regional co-operation, economic and political integration, security relations and international affairs within and across the Asia-Pacific. The expert contributors shed critical light on how significant developments are impacting on the global system. In particular, they consider emerging forms of global governance, and how the Asia-Pacific as a region, individual countries such as China, Japan, South Korea and the US, and regional organizations and forums like APEC are shaping the world. Uniquely, the discussion is not limited to East Asia but also takes Latin America prominently into the equation. This timely book will prove to be a stimulating read for academics, students, researchers and policy makers with an interest in Asian studies, development and agriculture, economics, international studies. Contributors: R.P. Appelbaum, M. Chen, C.M. Dent, H. Dobson, J. Dosch, M. Falck Reyes, Q. Fang, D.S.G. Goodman, J. Henderson, Y. Hong, J.L. Leon-Manriquez, S.A. Oyen, C.H. Park, R. Parker, J. Ravenhill, J. Reilly, A. Santa-Cruz, C. YaoTrade ReviewDent and Dosch have put together a superb volume that explores new dimensions of the world events for the past five decades and take decrypting the processes of regionalism, global system, and world society to a new height. The contributors have enhanced our understanding of how regionalism has been changing, when a world society will be created, and why East Asia's centrality matters in this unfolding drama. Policymakers, academics, and mass media opinion makers will find the book useful, provocative, and refreshing. --Eul-Soo Pang, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, SingaporeTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. The Asia-Pacific, Regionalism and the Global System: An Introduction Jörn Dosch and Christopher M. Dent PART II: ECONOMIC INTEGRATION: ASIA-PACIFIC AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES 2. Is Japanese Foreign Direct Investment Fostering Production Networks in Mexico? Melba Falck Reyes 3. Managing the Great Recession in South Korea and Mexico: Economic Institutions, Domestic Market and Regional Trade José Luis León-Manríquez 4. On Globalisation and Region-building: The Case of North America Arturo Santa-Cruz PART III: REGIONAL AND GLOBAL MULTILATERALISM 5. The Numbers Game in Asia-Pacific Cooperation John Ravenhill 6. The Principle of ‘Subsidiarity’ and Asian Unification Yao Chaocheng 7. Asia Shaping the Group of 20 or the Group of 20 Shaping Asia? Hugo Dobson 8. From G8 to G20: A Shift of the Dynamics of Global Economic Governance? Hong Yousheng and Fang Qing 9. Regional Answers to the Global Crisis? Asia-Pacific Multilateral Organisations and the Economic Downturn Jörn Dosch 10. Intra-regional Geopolitical Dynamics in Northeast Asia Cheol Hee Park PART IV: EAST ASIA AND GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT 11. China and the Changing Nature of Globalisation Jeffrey Henderson 12. China’s Developmental Experience: Lessons for the Asia-Pacific Minglu Chen and David S.G. Goodman 13. China’s Move to High-tech Innovation: Some Regional Policy Implications Richard P. Appelbaum and Rachel Parker 14. A Northeast Asian Model of ODA? Comparing Chinese, Japanese and Korean Official Development Assistance James Reilly PART V: SOCIETAL PERSPECTIVES 15. The Rise of an Empire: EXPO 2010 as a Symbol of the Ambiguity of Chinese Modernisation Simen Andersen Øyen 16. The Century Belongs to All of Us: East Asian Regionalism and World Society Christopher M. Dent Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Critical Issues in Human Rights and Development
Book SynopsisThis collection addresses human rights and development for researchers, policymakers and activists at a time of major challenges. ‘Critical issues’ in the title signifies both the urgency of the issues and the need for critical rethinking. After exploring the overarching issues of development and economic theory, gender, climate change and disability, the book focuses on issues of technology and trade, education and information, water and sanitation, and work, health, housing and food.The chapters then examine how to operationalize human rights in development through accountability, the right to development, indicators and the Sustainable Development Goals. The conclusion proposes international standards and social mobilization for human rights and sustainable development as normative and policy-oriented tools for addressing the climate emergency, the coronavirus pandemic, social inequality, racial injustice, and the rise of populist authoritarianism and for advancing social justice and the equal value of all human beings.This book is of interest to students of development and human rights studies, international relations, international law and contemporary social issues, as well as professionals working at government, intergovernmental and civil society organizations dealing with these issues.Table of ContentsContents: General introduction and overview to Critical Issues in Human Rights and Development 1 PART I THE INTERSECTING PARADIGMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEVELOPMENT 1 Development theories, old and new and their implications for human rights 10 Balakrishnan Rajagopal 2 Economics and human rights perspectives on development: tensions and compatibilities 21 Stephen P. Marks and Ajay Mahal 3 Gender in development 46 Celestine Nyamu Musembi 4 Climate change, development and human rights 66 Stephen Humphreys 5 A human rights perspective on disability-inclusive development 86 Michael Ashley Stein and Janet E. Lord PART II CRITICAL SOCIAL ISSUES OF DEVELOPMENT FROM A HUMAN RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE 6 Transfer of technology and access to scientific knowledge and applications 108 Calestous Juma 7 Education rights as part of rights-based development 130 David Archer 8 Water and sanitation 152 Sharmila L. Murthy 9 Health priorities for sustainable development 186 Lisa E. Sachs and Jeffrey D. Sachs 10 The human right to adequate housing and land: guaranteeing the dignity to dwell 213 Miloon Kothari 11 Food and nutrition 239 Deborah Hines 12 Right to information 261 Aruna Roy and Suchi Pande 13 Work and conditions of work 282 Gerald B. Rodgers PART III OPERATIONALIZING HUMAN RIGHTS IN DEVELOPMENT 14 Trade, development and human rights 301 Gillian Moon 15 Accountability and human rights 331 Varun Gauri 16 The past and future of the right to development 347 Stephen P. Marks and Rajeev Malhotra 17 Human rights indicators in development: definitions, relevance and current trends 368 Siobhán McInerney-Lankford and Hans-Otto Sano 18 Human rights and the 2030 development agenda 395 Paul Nelson Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Elgar Handbook of Civil War and Fragile States
Book SynopsisThe Elgar Handbook of Civil War and Fragile States brings together contributions from a multidisciplinary group of internationally renowned scholars on such important issues as the causes of violent conflicts and state fragility, the challenges of conflict resolution and mediation, and the obstacles to post-conflict reconstruction and durable peace-building.While other companion volumes exist, this detailed and comprehensive book brings together an unrivalled range of disciplinary perspectives, including development economists, quantitative and qualitative political scientists, and sociologists. Topical chapters include: Post-Conflict and State Fragility, Ethnicity, Human Security, Poverty and Conflict, Economic Dimensions of Civil War, Climate Change and Armed Conflict, Rebel Recruitment, Education and Violent Conflict, Obstacles to Peace Settlements and many others.With detailed and comprehensive coverage, this Handbook will appeal to postgraduate and undergraduate students, policymakers, researchers and academics in conflict and peace studies, international relations, international politics and security studies.Contributors include: P. Aall, T. Addison, P.H. Baker, R.H. Bates, J. Bercovitch, G.K. Brown, H. Buhaug, P. Clark, C.A. Crocker, H. Dorussen, V.P. Fortna, S. Fukuda-Parr, K.S. Gleditsch, N.P. Gleditsch, Y. Guichaoua, F.O. Hampson, C.A. Hartzell, H. Hegre, H. Holtermann, L.M. Howard, P. Justino, A. Langer, R. Licklider, K. Long, C. Lutmar, D.M. Malone, J. McGarry, C. Messineo, N.W. Metternich, R. Muggah, S.M. Murshed, H. Nitzscke, B. O Leary, J. Ohiorhenuan, A. Ruggeri, B.R. Sørensen, F. Stewart, M.Z. Tadjoeddin, O.M. Theisen, H. Urdal, P. Vermeersch, S. WolffTrade Review'The Elgar Handbook of Civil War and Fragile States is an impressive volume. Its distinguished contributors offer a rich menu of courses, ranging from conflict and war to peacemaking, transitional justice, peacekeeping, and powersharing. Encyclopedic in its scope, the volume encompasses many different approaches to stimulate and provoke the careful reader. It serves up a feast for scholars and policymakers alike.' --Donald L. Horowitz, Duke University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Conflict, Post-Conflict, and State Fragility: Conceptual and Methodological Issues Arnim Langer and Graham K. Brown 2. Ethnicity Robert H. Bates 3. Human Security Sakiko Fukuda-Parr and Carol Messineo 4. Poverty and Conflict Håvard Hegre and Helge Holtermann 5. Conflict and the Social Contract Syed Mansoob Murshed 6. Economic Dimensions of Civil War Heiko Nitzschke and David M. Malone 7. Horizontal Inequalities and Conflict Frances Stewart 8. Conflict, Natural Resources and Development Mohammad Zulfan Tadjoeddin 9. Climate Change and Armed Conflict Ole Magnus Theisen, Nils Petter Gleditsch and Halvard Buhaug 10. Demography and Armed Conflict Henrik Urdal 11. Rethinking Durable Solutions for Refugees Katy Long 12. Rebel Recruitment Yvan Guichaoua 13. Violent Conflict and Human Capital Accumulation Patricia Justino 14. Education and Violent Conflict Birgitte Refslund Sørensen 15. International Dimensions of Internal Conflict Nils W. Metternich, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, Han Dorussen and Andrea Ruggeri 16. Theories of Ethnic Mobilization: Overview and Recent Trends Peter Vermeersch 17. Transitions from War to Peace Caroline A. Hartzell 18. Fragile States and Civil Wars: Is Mediation the Answer? Carmela Lutmar and Jacob Bercovitch 19. Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Robert Muggah 20. Obstacles to Peace Settlements Roy Licklider 21. Pitfalls and Prospects in the Peacekeeping Literature Virginia Page Fortna and Lise Morjé Howard 22. Transitional Justice in Post-Conflict Societies Phil Clark 23. Collective Conflict Management Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson and Pamela Aall 24. The Political Economy of Fragile States Tony Addison 25. Conflict Resolution versus Democratic Governance: Can Elections Bridge the Divide? Pauline H. Baker 26. Federations and Managing Nations John McGarry and Brendan O’Leary 27. Post-Conflict Recovery John Ohiorhenuan 28. Gendering Violent Conflicts Birgitte Refslund Sørensen 29. Complex Power Sharing Stefan Wolff References Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Social Protection, Economic Growth and Social
Book SynopsisThis highly original and thought-provoking book examines the recent expansion of social protection in China, India, Brazil and South Africa - four countries experiencing rapid economic growth and social change.The authors explore the developments in each country, analyze the impact of government cash transfers and discuss key future trends. The study reveals that social protection has complemented economic growth and supported development efforts and has been fundamental to promoting equitable and sustainable societies.The book is essential reading for students of social policy, economics, development studies and public administration and will be an important resource for policymakers and administrators everywhere.Contributors: F. Bastagli, M.P. Gomes dos Santos, A. Hall, R. Kattumuri, J. Kruger, B. Li, J. Midgley, L.G. Mpedi, R. Mutatkar, K. Ngok, L. Patel, D. Piachaud, M. Singh, F.V. Soares, S. Soares, Y. ZhuTrade Review‘This book is essential reading for students of social policy, economics, development studies and public administration and will be a useful resource for policymakers and administrators who feel interested to improve social protection schemes.’ -- China Journal of Social Work‘Especially useful is the authors’ critique of the gaps discovered in their work and the proffered recommendations for further study. This proves invaluable for researchers who are interested in this ?eld of study. The book is ideal for anyone interested in social issues as well as social scientist and is highly recommended for social policy majors.’ -- Journal of Human Development and CapabilitiesTable of ContentsContents: PART I: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW 1. Introduction David Piachaud 2. Social Protection in Countries Experiencing Rapid Economic Growth: Goals and Functions James Midgley PART II: CHINA 3. The Transition of Social Protection in China Kinglun Ngok 4. Current Approaches to Social Protection in China Yapeng Zhu 5. Future Trajectories for China Bingqin Li PART III: INDIA 6. Historical Developments and Goals of Social Protection Policies in India Ruth Kattumuri and Manju Singh 7. Social Protection in India: Current Approaches and Issues Rohit Mutatkar 8. Future Prospects of Social Protection in India Rohit Mutatkar PART IV: BRAZIL 9. The Brazilian Social Protection System: History and Present Configuration Maria Paula Gomes dos Santos 10. The Efficiency and Effectiveness of Social Protection Against Poverty and Inequality in Brazil Sergei Soares 11. Political Dimensions of Social Protection in Brazil Anthony Hall 12. The Future of Social Protection in Brazil Francesca Bastagli and Fabio Veras Soares PART V: SOUTH AFRICA 13. Social Protection in South Africa: History, Goals and Strategies Leila Patel 14. Current Approaches to Social Protection in the Republic of South Africa Letlhokwa George Mpedi 15. Social Protection in South Africa – Recent Achievements and Future Prospects John Kruger PART VI: CONCLUSION 16. Conclusion: Experiences, Issues and Future Possibilities David Piachaud and James Midgley Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Environmental Entrepreneurship: Markets Meet the
Book SynopsisIn this innovative book, Laura E. Huggins finds path breaking entrepreneurial solutions to difficult environmental challenges in some of the world's poorest areas.The approaches entrepreneurs are taking to these challenges involve establishing property rights and encouraging market exchange. From beehives to barbed wire, these tools are creating positive incentives and promoting both economic development and environmental improvements. The case studies are from the developing world and reveal where the biggest victories for less poverty and more conservation can be won. The pursuit begins by learning from local people solving local problems.Environmental Entrepreneurship encourages a broad audience to consider secure property rights and free markets as key ingredients to moving out of poverty and improving environmental quality at the same time. It will appeal to academics and students of environmental studies, environmental economics, environmental policy, as well as international development and business. Entrepreneurs and environmental groups such as The Nature Conservancy, Conservation International, and The World Resources Institute will also find a wealth of invaluable information in this book.Contents: 1. Markets Meet the Environment in Unexpected Places 2. Saving Wildlife in Kenya and Sub-Sahran Africa with Shawn Regan and Terry Anderson 3. Fencing Fisheries in Namibia and Beyond 4. Ecosystems at Your Service in South America 5. The Thirsty Dragon 6. Un-American Indian Reservations and Resource Management with Terry Anderson IndexTrade Review‘Presenting five case studies in developing countries and in the US, [the book] reveals how entrepreneurs are finding innovative solutions in order to improve local economies and environmental quality. Laura Huggins' book is well written and well researched, drawing on a significant variety of sources. This book will be valuable to scholars, students, policymakers, activists and citizens in general, and provides excellent insights for those involved in public policy, community development and economic development in the context of sustainability.’ -- Mariza Almeida, Science & Public Policy‘An impressive work of original scholarship (Laura E. Huggins is a Research Fellow at PERC and the Hoover Institutions at Stanford University), Environmental Entrepreneurship: Markets Meet the Environment in Unexpected Places is deftly written and will prove of immense interest to both entrepreneurs and corporate executives, as well as environmentalists and conservationists. . . It is important and very strongly recommended for academic library reference collections.’ -- Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsContents: 1. Markets Meet the Environment in Unexpected Places 2. Saving Wildlife in Kenya and Sub-Sahran Africa with Shawn Regan and Terry Anderson 3. Fencing Fisheries in Namibia and Beyond 4. Ecosystems at Your Service in South America 5. The Thirsty Dragon 6. Un-American Indian Reservations and Resource Management with Terry Anderson Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Recent Developments in Exchange Rate Economics
Book SynopsisProfessor Taylor and Professor Manzur offer in this volume a selection of published articles by leading scholars which are representative of recent key developments in this area of study. With an initial look at earlier papers which lay the groundwork for more recent research, the collection investigates three broad areas, namely, monetary policy and exchange rates, monetary unification, and exchange rates and commodity prices. With an authoritative introduction by these two leading specialists in the field, the collection is an essential reference source for students, researchers and lecturers in international finance and for policymakers. Table of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction Mark P. Taylor and Meher Manzur PART I GROUNDWORK 1. W.E.G. Salter (1959), ‘Internal and External Balance: The Role of Price and Expenditure Effects’ 2. T.W. Swan (1960), ‘Economic Control in a Dependent Economy’ 3. Robert A. Mundell (1961), ‘A Theory of Optimum Currency Areas’ 4. Benjamin J. Cohen (1963), ‘The Euro-Dollar, the Common Market, and Currency Unification’ 5. Kenneth Rogoff (2001), ‘Why Not a Global Currency?’ 6. John B. Taylor (2001), ‘The Rules of Exchange Rate in Monetary-Policy Rules’ 7. Charles Engel and Kenneth D. West (2005), ‘Exchange Rates and Fundamentals’ 8. James Lothian and Mark Taylor (2008), ‘Real Exchange Rates over the Past Two Centuries: How Important is the Harrod-Balassa-Samuelson Effect?’ PART II MONETARY POLICY AND EXCHANGE RATES 9. Michael B. Devereux and Charles Engel (2003), ‘Monetary Policy in the Open Economy Revisited: Price Setting and Exchange-Rate Flexibility’ 10. Jay C. Shambaugh (2004), ‘The Effect of Fixed Exchange Rates on Monetary Policy’ 11. Jordi Galí and Tommaso Monacelli (2005), ‘Monetary Policy and Exchange Rate Volatility in a Small Open Economy’ 12. Jean Imbs, Haroon Mumtaz, Morten O. Ravn and Hélène Rey (2005), ‘PPP Strikes Back: Aggregation and the Real Exchange Rate’ 13. Almuth Scholl and Harald Uhlig (2008), ‘New Evidence on the Puzzles: Results from Agnostic Identification on Monetary Policy and Exchange Rates’ 14. Nelson C. Mark (2009), ‘Changing Monetary Policy Rules, Learning and Real Exchange Rate Dynamics’ 15. Bianca De Paoli (2009), ‘Monetary Policy and Welfare in a Small Open Economy’ 16. Frédérique Bec, Mélika Ben Salem and Marine Carrasco (2010), ‘Detecting Mean Reversion in Real Exchange Rates from a Multiple Regime STAR Model’ 17. José Rodríguez-López (2011), ‘Prices and Exchange Rates: A Theory of Disconnect’ PART III CURRENCY UNIFICATION 18. Alberto Alesina and Robert J. Barro (2002), ‘Currency Unions’ 19. Jeffrey Frankel and Andrew Rose (2002), ‘An Estimate of the Effect of Common Currencies on Trade and Income’ 20. Pierpaolo Benigno (2004), ‘Optimal Monetary Policy in a Currency Area’ 21. David Fielding and Kalvinder Shields (2005), ‘Do Currency Unions Deliver More Economic Integration than Fixed Exchange Rates? Evidence from the Franc Zone and ECCU’ 22. Barry Eichengreen (2006), ‘The Parallel-Currency Approach to Asian Monetary Integration’ 23. John H. Rogers (2007), ‘Monetary Union, Price Level Convergence and Inflation: How Close is Europe to the USA?’ 24. George Selgin and David VanHoose (2007), ‘The Euro and World Inflation’ 25. Helge Berger and Volker Nitsch (2008), ‘Zooming Out: The Trade Effect of the Euro in Historical Perspective’ 26. Thomas D. Willett, Orawan Permpoon and Clas Wihlborg (2010), ‘Endogenous OCA Analysis and the Early Euro Experience’ 27. Eduardo Levy Yeyati, Federico Sturzenegger and Iliana Reggio (2010), ‘On the Endogeneity of Exchange Rate Regimes’ PART IV CURRENCY COMMODITIES AND COMMODITY CURRENCIES 28. Yu-chin Chen and Kenneth Rogoff (2003), ‘Commodity Currencies’ 29. Christian Broda (2004), ‘Terms of Trade and Exchange Rate Regimes in Developing Countries’ 30. Paul Cashin, Luis F. Céspedes and Ratna Sahay (2004), ‘Commodity Currencies and the Real Exchange Rate’ 31. Harry Bloch, A. Michael Dockery and David Sapsford (2006), ‘Commodity Prices and the Dynamics of Inflation in Commodity-Exporting Nations: Evidence from Australia and Canada’ 32. Kenneth W. Clements and Renée Fry (2008), ‘Commodity Currencies and Currency Commodities’ 33. Radhamés A. Lizardo and André V. Mollick (2010), ‘Oil Price Fluctuations and U.S. Dollar Exchange Rates’ 34. Ramazan Sari, Shawkat Hammoudeh and Ugur Soytas (2010), ‘Dynamics of Oil Price, Precious Metal Prices, and Exchange Rate’ 35. Yu-Chin Chen, Kenneth S. Rogoff and Barbara Rossi (2010), ‘Can Exchange Rates Forecast Commodity Prices?’ 36. David S. Jacks, Kevin H. O’Rourke and Jeffrey G. Williamson (2011), ‘Commodity Price Volatility and World Market Integration since 1700’
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Social Policy in a Developing World
Book SynopsisThis volume makes a valuable contribution to the dynamic and expanding field of scholarship on social policy in developing countries. In combining analytical frameworks used in comparative social policy analysis with an examination of key areas of policy and provision in selected countries, it will be a key resource for anyone interested in current debates in international social policy and welfare.'- Nicola Yeates, Open University, UKThere is increasing interest in the significance of social policy in the management of welfare and risk in the developing world.This volume provides a critical analysis of the challenges and opportunities facing social protection systems in the global South, and examines current strategies for addressing poverty and welfare needs in the region. In particular, the text explores the extent to which the analytic models and concepts for the study of social policy in the industrialised North are relevant in a developing country context. The volume analyzes the various institutions, actors, instruments and mechanisms involved in the welfare arrangements of developing countries and provides a study of the contexts, development and future trajectory of social policy in the global South.The book's comparative and interdisciplinary approach will be of interest to anyone involved in social policy research and analysis and current welfare debates.Contributors: B. Deacon, J. Doherty, P. Dornan, D. Lewis, A. McCord, D. McIntyre, C. Meth, A. Nicholls, S. Pellissery, C. Porter, R. Surender, M. Urbina-Ferretjans, A. Vetterlein, R. WalkerTrade Review‘This volume makes a valuable contribution to the dynamic and expanding field of scholarship on social policy in developing countries. In combining analytical frameworks used in comparative social policy analysis with an examination of key areas of policy and provision in selected countries, it will be a key resource for anyone interested in current debates in international social policy and welfare.’ -- Nicola Yeates, Open University, UKTable of ContentsContents: PART I: CONTEXTS AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS 1. Introduction Rebecca Surender 2. The Role of Historical Contexts in Shaping Social Policy in the Global South Rebecca Surender PART II: INSTITUTIONS AND ACTORS 3. The Role of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in Poverty Reduction: Limits of Policy Change Antje Vetterlein 4. Building the Welfare Mix or Sidelining the State? Non-Governmental Organizations in Developing Countries as Social Policy Actors David Lewis 5. The Informal Economy: Dilemmas and Policy Responses Sony Pellissery 6. Addressing the Failings of Public Health Systems: Should the Private Sector be an Instrument of Choice? Jane Doherty and Diane McIntyre PART III: INSTRUMENTS AND MECHANISMS 7. Social Security: Risks, Needs and Protection Robert Walker 8. The Implications of Conditionality in Social Assistance Programmes Paul Dornan and Catherine Porter 9. Work and Welfare in the Global South: Public Works Programmes as an Instrument of Social Policy Anna McCord and Charles Meth 10. The Social Entrepreneurship–Social Policy Nexus in Developing Countries Alex Nicholls PART IV: SCENARIOS AND TRAJECTORIES 11. Globalization and Social Policy in Developing Countries Bob Deacon 12. South–South Cooperation: A New Paradigm for Global Social Policy? Rebecca Surender and Marian Urbina-Ferretjans 13. Conclusion: Towards the Analysis of Social Policy in a Developing World Robert Walker Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook of Research on Development and Religion
Book SynopsisWith eighty percent of the world's population professing religious faith, religious belief is a common human characteristic. This fascinating and highly unique Handbook brings together state-of-the-art research on incorporating religion into development studies literature and research.The expert contributors illustrate that as religious identity is integral to a community's culture, exclusion of religious consideration will limit successful development interventions; it is therefore necessary to conflate religion and development to enhance efforts to improve the lives of the poor. Issues addressed include: key tenets, beliefs and histories of religions; religious response to development concerns (gender, environment, education, microfinance, humanitarian assistance); and the role of faith based organizations and missionaries in the wider development context. Practical case studies of countries across Africa, Eastern Europe and the Pacific (including Australia) underpin the research, providing evidence that the intersection between religion and development is neither new nor static. By way of conclusion, suggestions are prescribed for extensive further research in order to advance understanding of this nascent field.This path-breaking Handbook will prove a thought-provoking and stimulating reference tool for academics, researchers and students in international development, international relations, comparative religion and theology.Contributors: N.A. Alolo, J. Anderson, M. Bano, L. Bi, S. Bradbury, G. Buchanan, M. Clarke, J.A. Connell, B. De Cordier, S. Deneulin, I. Fanany, R. Fanany, X. Fang, S.T. Flanigan, F. Helmiere, G. Hoffstaedter, R. Ireland, M. Jennings, H. Marquette, J. Miller, C. Moe-Lobeda, Y. Narayanan, I. Nolte, L. Rae, J. Rees, P. Riddell, A.W. Sanford, M. Sharpe, C. Starkey, J. Sweet, D.S. Tatla, D. Tittensor, E. Tomalin, A. Ware, V.-A. Ware, J. Wills, A. YuminaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Understanding the Nexus between Religion and Development Matthew Clarke PART I: RELIGIOUS FAITH AND DEVELOPMENT 2. Islam as Aid and Development Peter Riddell 3. Buddhism and Development Emma Tomalin and Caroline Starkey 4. Christianity and International Development Séverine Deneulin 5. Judaism – A Cry for Justice Matthew Clarke 6. Hinduism and Development A. Whitney Sanford 7. Sikhism and Development: A Perfect Match? Darshan S. Tatla 8. Daoism and Development James Miller 9. Confucianism Xiangshu Fang and Lijun Bi 10. Indigenous Religions and Development: African Traditional Religion Namawu Alhassan Alolo and James Astley Connell 11. Name It and Claim It: Prosperity Gospel and the Global Pentecostal Reformation Matthew Sharpe PART II: DEVELOPMENT ISSUES/THEMES AND RELIGION 13. Gender, Religion and Development Emma Tomalin 14. Moral Power at the Religion–Development–Environment Nexus Cynthia Moe-Lobeda with Frederica Helmiere 15. Corruption, Religion and Moral Development Heather Marquette 16. Islamic Education: Historical Evolution and Attempts at Reform Masooda Bano 17. Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding in Development Shawn Teresa Flanigan 18. Religion in the Policy Domains of International Financial Institutions John Rees 19. A Sustainable Islamic Microfinance Model in Poverty Alleviation Aimatul Yumina 20. Religion and Post-Disaster Development Ismet Fanany and Rebecca Fanany 21. Religious Symbolism and the Politics of Urban Space Development Yamini Narayanan 22. Cultural Heritage and Development in South East Asia Jonathan Sweet and Jo Wills PART III: FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND MISSION 23. ‘Do Not Turn Away a Poor Man’: Faith-based Organizations and Development Michael Jennings 24. ‘Pan-Islamism’ as a Form of ‘Alter-globalism’? Hizb Ut-Tahrir and the Islamic Khilafah State Bruno De Cordier 25. Religion and Development: Prospects and Pitfalls of Faith-based Organizations Gerhard Hoffstaedter and David Tittensor 26. Mission, Missionaries and Development Steve Bradbury 27. Why Western-based, Pentecostal Mission Organizations Undertake Community Development in South East Asia Vicki-Ann Ware, Anthony Ware, Matthew Clarke and Grant Buchanan PART IV: CASE STUDIES 28. Religion, Development and Politics in Nigeria Insa Nolte 29. Religion and Development in Brazil, 1950–2010 Rowan Ireland 30. FBOs in Tanzania Michael Jennings 31. Partnership through Translation: A Donor’s Engagement with Religion Jane Anderson 32. The (In)visible Hand of Muhajirat. A Field Observation on Labour Migration, Social Change and Religion in the Vakhsh Valley, Tajikistan Bruno De Cordier 33. Where Shadows Fall Patchwork: Religion, Violence and Human Security in Afghanistan James Astley Connell 34. Australian Development FBOs and NGOs Lindsay Rae and Matthew Clarke Index
£50.30
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Economic and Political Aftermath of the Arab
Book SynopsisThe economies of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have always been characterized by economic volatility and social disparities. The recent Arab Spring wave of protests has increased political uncertainty and instability in the region, and this timely book provides an in-depth analysis of the subsequent changes from economic, political and environmental perspectives.The international contributors provide a comprehensive overview of the situation in the Mediterranean Basin, addressing a wide range of contributing factors including:- productivity and innovation- trade and foreign investment- changing geo-political equilibria- labor markets and the role of women- the environment, climate change and energy sourcing.The book concludes that the key problems shared by MENA countries are the uncertain economic prospects coupled with high levels of unemployment - a combination that, through different channels, limits technological and innovative capacities.This book will prove an enlightening read for scholars, researchers and students in various academic fields including development economics, development studies, political economy, international politics and Islamic studies.Contributors: S. Alessandrini, C. Altomonte, A.H. Bayar, M.G. Bosco, S. Contessi, F. de Nicola, A. Farshbaf, M. Ferrara, L. Li, R. Mavilia, M. Nicolini, J.B. Nugent, S. Porcheri, V. Talbot, H. YoussefTable of ContentsContents: MENA Countries: Economic and Political Perspectives in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring: An Introduction Carlo Altomonte and Massimiliano Ferrara 1. Gulf Monarchies’ Role in the New MENA Region Valeria Talbot 2. Does MENA Trade Too Little, both within the Region and with Other Regions? If so, Why, and if not Why Not? Arian Farshbaf and Jeffrey B. Nugent 3. Employment Creation through inward FDI in the EMFTA and Employment Linkages Within Sectors Sergio Alessandrini 4. International Trade, Female Labor and Entrepreneurship in MENA Countries Silvio Contessi, Francesca di Nicola and Li Li 5. Climate Change Challenges and Policies for the MENA Countries Ali H. Bayar and Hoda Youssef 6. The Energy Sector in Mediterranean and MENA Countries Marcella Nicolini and Simona Porcheri 7. Innovation Performance of MENA Countries. Where do we Stand? Maria G. Bosco and Roberto Mavilia
£100.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook on China and Developing Countries
Book SynopsisUsing original research to address cutting-edge topics, this Handbook explores the rapidly evolving and increasingly multifaceted relations between China and developing countries.Innovative, data-rich analysis by leading experts from around the world critically assesses such timely issues as the 'China model', Beijing's role in international development assistance, World Bank governance, Chinese peacekeeping and South-South relations, and developing countries and the internationalization of China's currency. China's engagement with individual countries and regions throughout the developing world is examined, including Chinese private sector investment in Africa.This unique and comprehensive study is an essential reference for scholars and policy experts alike, with a breadth and depth of coverage that will inform and guide analysis for academics, practitioners and postgraduates.Contributors: L. Austin, A. Bodomo, D. Bräutigam, D.J. Bulman, C. Cheng, G. Chin, C.P. Freeman, M. Gurtov, S. Ho, G.L. Le Pere, B. Mariani, H. Mo, G. Paz, R. Roett, S. Shen, X. Shen, Y. Sun, N.L.P. Swanström, X Tu, M. Turzi, T. Wesley-Smith, Y. Xu, J. Zhang, Q. Zhang, S. ZhaoTrade Review'China's rise transforms its interactions with other developing countries in multiple ways. This volume offers a valuable introduction to this transformation from diverse perspectives.' --Justin Yifu Lin, Peking University, China'China will inevitably become the number one power in the world. In purchasing power parity terms, its economy is already number one. Increasingly, more and more developing countries are hitching their wagons to China's economic locomotive. Hence, this volume addresses a key dimension of our new global order. It could not be more timely or more relevant for both academics and policymakers.' --Kishore Mahbubani, National University of Singapore and author, The Great Convergence: Asia, the West and the Logic of One World'China's emergence as an economic and trading superpower is one of the dominant stories of our time, and its ties with other developing countries are an underappreciated part of this story. In 2011 China was the main trading partner of 124 different countries, most of which are developing. This handbook fills an essential gap in the literature on China's rise, examining China's relations with different regions and how these are reshaping global institutions from UN peace-keeping to IMF fire-fighting. This is an essential resource for the study of China and the global order.' --David Dollar, China Center, Brookings InstitutionTable of ContentsContents: Foreward Deborah Bräutigam 1. Introduction Carla P. Freeman PART I FRAMING CHINA’S RELATIONS WITH DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 2. The China Model: An Authoritarian State-led Modernization Suisheng Zhao 3. China’s Relations with Developing Countries: Patterns, Principles, Characteristics, and Future Challenges Qingmin Zhang 4. China’s Third World Odyssey: Changing Priorities, Continuities, and Many Contradictions Mel Gurtov PART II CHINA’S IDENTITY AND THE DEVELOPING WORLD 5. China’s Developing Country Identity—Challenges and Future Prospects Xinquan Tu and Huiping Mo 6. Another Angle on a New Intimacy: How the Chinese Perceive Africa and Latin America Simon Shen 7. African Traders in Guangzhou: A Bridge Community for Africa-China Relations Adams Bodomo PART III CHINA, THE DEVELOPING WORLD AND THE CHANGING INTERNATIONAL ORDER 8. The World Bank and China: The Long Decade of Realignment Gregory Chin 9. Official Development Finance with Chinese Characteristics: Development Cooperation between China and Africa Cheng Cheng 10. Expanded Privilege, Adjusted Risks: Developing Countries and Renminbi Internationalization David Janoff Bulman 11. China’s Role in UN Peacekeeping Operations Bernardo Mariani 12. Globalizing Grain: How China is Reshaping Global Agriculture Mariano Turzi 13. China’s Oil Industry: Investment in Developing Countries Jin Zhang 14. China as an Environmental Actor in the Developing World – China’s Role in Global Deforestation in Developing Countries Carla P. Freeman and Yiqian Xu PART IV CHINA’S RELATIONS WITH DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND REGIONS 15. The China-Africa Connection: An Ambiguous Legacy? Garth L. Le Pere 16. Searching for Data: Increasing Understanding of China’s Investment in Africa Xiaofang Shen 17. China’s Deepening Middle East Relations Leila Austin 18. China and Greater Central Asia Niklas L.P. Swanstrom 19. Seeing the Forest for the Trees: China’s Shifting Perceptions of India Selina Ho 20. China and the Development of Myanmar Yun Sun 21. China in the Pacific Islands: Impacts and Implications Terence Wesley-Smith 22. China’s Expanding Ties with Latin America Riodan Roett and Guadalupe Paz Index
£200.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook of Alternative Theories of Economic
Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Alternative Theories of Economic Development explores the theories and approaches which, over a prolonged period of time, have existed as viable alternatives to today?s mainstream and neo-classical tenets. With a total of 40 specially commissioned chapters, written by the foremost authorities in their respective fields, this volume represents a landmark in the field of economic development. It elucidates the richness of the alternative and sometimes misunderstood ideas which, in different historical contexts, have proved to be vital to the improvement of the human condition. The subject matter is approached from several complementary perspectives. From a historical angle, the Handbook charts the mercantilist and cameralist theories that emerged from the Renaissance and developed further during the Enlightenment. From a geographical angle, it includes chapters on African, Chinese, Indian, and Muslim approaches to economic development. Different schools are also explored and discussed including nineteenth century US development theory, Marxist, Schumpeterian, Latin American structuralism, regulation theory and world systems theories of development. In addition, the Handbook has chapters on important events and institutions including The League of Nations, The Havana Charter, and UNCTAD, as well as on particularly influential development economists. Contemporary topics such as the role of finance, feminism, the agrarian issue, and ecology and the environment are also covered in depth. This comprehensive Handbook offers an unrivalled review and analysis of alternative and heterodox theories of economic development. It should be read by all serious scholars, teachers and students of development studies, and indeed anyone interested in alternatives to development orthodoxy.Contributors: M. Alacevich, R. Arocena, J.G. Backhaus, E.B. Barbier, R. Bielschowsky, C.N. Biltoft, R. Boyer, L. Burlamaqui, C.P. Chandrasekhar, M. Cimoli, A.M. Daastøl, G. Derluguian, W. Drechsler, S. Endresen, M.S. Erkek, M.S. Floro, J. Ghosh, J.-C. Graz, J.P. Hochard, I. Ianos, P. Jha, A. Kadri, R. Kattel, J.A. Kregel, B.-Å. Lundvall, A.C. Macedo e Silva, J.A. Mathews, L. Mjøset, S. Moyo, R.R. Nelson, G. Omkarnath, E. Özveren, J.G. Palma, P. Patnaik, G. Porcile, E.S. Reinert, S.A. Reinert, P.R. Rössner, A. Saltelli, M. Shafaeddin, A. Singh, I.G. Shivji, J. Sutz, Y. Tandon, E. Thurbon, F. Tregenna, H.S. Ünal, L. Weiss, T. Xu, P. Yeros, X. ZhaoTrade Review'This collection provides some useful insights into the reality of development processes for practitioners in local development.' --Local EconomyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Erik S. Reinert, Rainer Kattel and Jayati Ghosh PART I DEVELOPMENT THINKING ACROSS HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY 1. Giovanni Botero (1588) and Antonio Serra (1613): Italy and The Birth of Development Economics Erik S. Reinert 2. Economic Emulation and the Politics of International Trade in Early Modern Europe Sophus A. Reinert 3. Cameralism and the German Tradition of Development Economics Erik S. Reinert and Philipp R. Rössner 4. Friedrich List: The International Dynamics of Mindpower Arno Mong Daastøl 5. Kathedersozialismus and the German Historical School Wolfgang Drechsler 6. Chinese Development Thinking Ting Xu 7. The Economic Cycle of Imperial China and Its Development Xuan Zhao 8. Islam and Capitalism: Military Routs, not Formal Institutions Ali Kadri 9. Unity and Diversity in the Ottoman School of National Economy: A Reappraisal of Ziya Gökalp and Ethem Nejat Eyüp Özveren, Mehmet Salih Erkek and Hüseyin Safa Ünal 10. Indian Development Thinking Goddanti Omkarnath 11. Latin American Structuralism: The Co-Evolution of Technology, Structural Change and Economic Growth Mario Cimoli and Gabriel Porcile 12. Revisiting the Debate on National Autonomous Development in Africa Issa G. Shivji 13. Development as the Struggle for Liberation from Hegemonic Structures of Domination and Control Yash Tandon 14. The League of Nations and Alternative Economic Perspectives Carolyn N. Biltoft 15. The Havana Charter: When State and Market Shake Hands Jean-Christophe Graz 16. The UNCTAD System of Political Economy Ricardo Bielschowsky and Antonio Carlos Macedo e Silva PART II APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING DEVELOPMENT 17. Marxist Theory and the “Underdeveloped Economies” Prabhat Patnaik 18. Economic Development as an Evolutionary Process Richard B. Nelson 19. Classical Development Economists of the Midtwentieth Century Rainer Kattel, Jan A. Kregel and Erik S. Reinert 20. Development and Régulation Theory Robert Boyer 21. The “Dependency School” and its Aftermath: Why Latin America’s Critical Thinking Switched from One Type of Absolute Certainties to Another José Gabriel Palma 22. Feminist Approaches to Development Maria Sangrario Floro 23. Reading Freeman when Ladders for Development are Gone Rodrigo Arocena and Judith Sutz 24. Albert O. Hirschman Michele Alacevich 25. Michal Kalecki Jayati Ghosh PART III ISSUES IN DEVELOPMENT 26. The Agrarian Question and Trajectories of Economic Transformation: A Perspective from the South Sam Moyo, Praveen Jha and Paris Yeros 27. The Effective Demand Approach to Economic Development Jan A. Kregel 28. Development Planning C.P. Chandrasekhar 29. The Nordic Route to Development Lars Mjøset 30. Competitiveness and Development: A Schumpeterian Approach Mehdi Shafaeddin 31. Innovation Systems and Development: History, Theory and Challenges Bengt-Åke Lundvall 32. Latecomer Industrialisation John A. Mathews 33. The Developmental State in the Late Twentieth Century Elizabeth Thurbon and Linda Weiss 34. Development, Ecology and the Environment Edward B. Barbier and Jacob P. Hochard 35. Competition, Competition Policy, Competitiveness, Globalisation and Development Ajit Singh 36. Knowledge Governance: Intellectual Property Management for Development and the Public Interest Leonardo Burlamaqui 37. Legal Structures and Economic Development: Towards an Ideal Economic Analysis of a Legal Problem Jürgen G. Backhaus 38. Deindustrialisation and Premature Deindustrialisation Fiona Tregenna 39. The Post-Soviet Industrial Extinctions and the Rise of Jihadi Terrorism in the North Caucasus Georgi Derluguian 40. Epilogue: The Future of Economic Development between Utopias and Dystopias Erik S. Reinert, Sylvi Endresen, Ioan Ianos and Andrea Saltelli Index
£305.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook of Alternative Theories of Economic
Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Alternative Theories of Economic Development explores the theories and approaches which, over a prolonged period of time, have existed as viable alternatives to today?s mainstream and neo-classical tenets. With a total of 40 specially commissioned chapters, written by the foremost authorities in their respective fields, this volume represents a landmark in the field of economic development. It elucidates the richness of the alternative and sometimes misunderstood ideas which, in different historical contexts, have proved to be vital to the improvement of the human condition. The subject matter is approached from several complementary perspectives. From a historical angle, the Handbook charts the mercantilist and cameralist theories that emerged from the Renaissance and developed further during the Enlightenment. From a geographical angle, it includes chapters on African, Chinese, Indian, and Muslim approaches to economic development. Different schools are also explored and discussed including nineteenth century US development theory, Marxist, Schumpeterian, Latin American structuralism, regulation theory and world systems theories of development. In addition, the Handbook has chapters on important events and institutions including The League of Nations, The Havana Charter, and UNCTAD, as well as on particularly influential development economists. Contemporary topics such as the role of finance, feminism, the agrarian issue, and ecology and the environment are also covered in depth. This comprehensive Handbook offers an unrivalled review and analysis of alternative and heterodox theories of economic development. It should be read by all serious scholars, teachers and students of development studies, and indeed anyone interested in alternatives to development orthodoxy.Contributors: M. Alacevich, R. Arocena, J.G. Backhaus, E.B. Barbier, R. Bielschowsky, C.N. Biltoft, R. Boyer, L. Burlamaqui, C.P. Chandrasekhar, M. Cimoli, A.M. Daastøl, G. Derluguian, W. Drechsler, S. Endresen, M.S. Erkek, M.S. Floro, J. Ghosh, J.-C. Graz, J.P. Hochard, I. Ianos, P. Jha, A. Kadri, R. Kattel, J.A. Kregel, B.-Å. Lundvall, A.C. Macedo e Silva, J.A. Mathews, L. Mjøset, S. Moyo, R.R. Nelson, G. Omkarnath, E. Özveren, J.G. Palma, P. Patnaik, G. Porcile, E.S. Reinert, S.A. Reinert, P.R. Rössner, A. Saltelli, M. Shafaeddin, A. Singh, I.G. Shivji, J. Sutz, Y. Tandon, E. Thurbon, F. Tregenna, H.S. Ünal, L. Weiss, T. Xu, P. Yeros, X. ZhaoTrade Review'This collection provides some useful insights into the reality of development processes for practitioners in local development.' --Local EconomyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Erik S. Reinert, Rainer Kattel and Jayati Ghosh PART I DEVELOPMENT THINKING ACROSS HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY 1. Giovanni Botero (1588) and Antonio Serra (1613): Italy and The Birth of Development Economics Erik S. Reinert 2. Economic Emulation and the Politics of International Trade in Early Modern Europe Sophus A. Reinert 3. Cameralism and the German Tradition of Development Economics Erik S. Reinert and Philipp R. Rössner 4. Friedrich List: The International Dynamics of Mindpower Arno Mong Daastøl 5. Kathedersozialismus and the German Historical School Wolfgang Drechsler 6. Chinese Development Thinking Ting Xu 7. The Economic Cycle of Imperial China and Its Development Xuan Zhao 8. Islam and Capitalism: Military Routs, not Formal Institutions Ali Kadri 9. Unity and Diversity in the Ottoman School of National Economy: A Reappraisal of Ziya Gökalp and Ethem Nejat Eyüp Özveren, Mehmet Salih Erkek and Hüseyin Safa Ünal 10. Indian Development Thinking Goddanti Omkarnath 11. Latin American Structuralism: The Co-Evolution of Technology, Structural Change and Economic Growth Mario Cimoli and Gabriel Porcile 12. Revisiting the Debate on National Autonomous Development in Africa Issa G. Shivji 13. Development as the Struggle for Liberation from Hegemonic Structures of Domination and Control Yash Tandon 14. The League of Nations and Alternative Economic Perspectives Carolyn N. Biltoft 15. The Havana Charter: When State and Market Shake Hands Jean-Christophe Graz 16. The UNCTAD System of Political Economy Ricardo Bielschowsky and Antonio Carlos Macedo e Silva PART II APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING DEVELOPMENT 17. Marxist Theory and the “Underdeveloped Economies” Prabhat Patnaik 18. Economic Development as an Evolutionary Process Richard B. Nelson 19. Classical Development Economists of the Midtwentieth Century Rainer Kattel, Jan A. Kregel and Erik S. Reinert 20. Development and Régulation Theory Robert Boyer 21. The “Dependency School” and its Aftermath: Why Latin America’s Critical Thinking Switched from One Type of Absolute Certainties to Another José Gabriel Palma 22. Feminist Approaches to Development Maria Sangrario Floro 23. Reading Freeman when Ladders for Development are Gone Rodrigo Arocena and Judith Sutz 24. Albert O. Hirschman Michele Alacevich 25. Michal Kalecki Jayati Ghosh PART III ISSUES IN DEVELOPMENT 26. The Agrarian Question and Trajectories of Economic Transformation: A Perspective from the South Sam Moyo, Praveen Jha and Paris Yeros 27. The Effective Demand Approach to Economic Development Jan A. Kregel 28. Development Planning C.P. Chandrasekhar 29. The Nordic Route to Development Lars Mjøset 30. Competitiveness and Development: A Schumpeterian Approach Mehdi Shafaeddin 31. Innovation Systems and Development: History, Theory and Challenges Bengt-Åke Lundvall 32. Latecomer Industrialisation John A. Mathews 33. The Developmental State in the Late Twentieth Century Elizabeth Thurbon and Linda Weiss 34. Development, Ecology and the Environment Edward B. Barbier and Jacob P. Hochard 35. Competition, Competition Policy, Competitiveness, Globalisation and Development Ajit Singh 36. Knowledge Governance: Intellectual Property Management for Development and the Public Interest Leonardo Burlamaqui 37. Legal Structures and Economic Development: Towards an Ideal Economic Analysis of a Legal Problem Jürgen G. Backhaus 38. Deindustrialisation and Premature Deindustrialisation Fiona Tregenna 39. The Post-Soviet Industrial Extinctions and the Rise of Jihadi Terrorism in the North Caucasus Georgi Derluguian 40. Epilogue: The Future of Economic Development between Utopias and Dystopias Erik S. Reinert, Sylvi Endresen, Ioan Ianos and Andrea Saltelli Index
£57.90
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Gender, Development and Disasters
Book Synopsis'Once in a while a book is published which offers an empirically and theoretically informed analysis of an under-studied topic which helps to carve out a new field of enquiry. Such is the case with Dr Sarah Bradshaw's breathtakingly detailed, richly first-hand informed, and incisive, account of the frequently paradoxical co-option of women into the analysis and practice of ''disaster'' in developing economies. Bradshaw's eminently comprehensive, well-substantiated, perceptive and sensitive treatment of the ''A to Z'' of gender and 'disaster' in developing country contexts constitutes a 21st century volume which will be a definitive benchmark for scholars, policymakers, practitioners, and feminist activists at a world scale.'- Sylvia Chant, London School of Economics, UKThe need to 'disaster proof' development is increasingly recognized by development agencies, as is the need to engender both development and disaster response. This unique book explores what these processes mean for development and disasters in practice.Sarah Bradshaw critically examines key notions, such as gender, vulnerability, risk, and humanitarianism, underpinning development and disaster discourse. Case studies are used to demonstrate how disasters are experienced individually and collectively as gendered events. Through consideration of processes to engender development, it problematizes women's inclusion in disaster response and reconstruction. The study highlights that while women are now central to both disaster response and development, tackling gender inequality is not. By critically reflecting on gendered disaster response and the gendered impact of disasters on processes of development, it exposes some important lessons for future policy.This timely book examines international development and disaster policy which will prove invaluable to gender and disaster academics, students and practitioners.Contents:Introduction 1. What is a Disaster? 2. What is Development? 3. Gender, Development and Disasters 4. Internal and International Response to Disaster 5. Humanitarianism and Humanitarian Relief 6. Reconstruction or Transformation? 7. Case Studies of Secondary Disasters 8. Political Mobilisation for Change 9. Disaster Risk Reduction Conclusion: Drawing the Links: Gender, Disasters and Development Bibliography IndexTrade ReviewGender, Development and Disasters is a valuable and essential call for all parties to be attuned to the enormous complexities involved in incorporating gender into a disaster response... This book implores us to be gender reflective at every level. For those of us working in disaster response, we need to learn from development's positive and negative practices regarding gender, rather than simply lifting gender debates out of development and inserting them into a disaster context - if nothing else, it assumes that gender in development is working. It is a difficult but vital truth: we still aren't getting gender right. This book offers a real chance for us to reflect, and to change.' --Beth Evans, Gender & Development'Disaster research owes a lot to development studies and yet the debt is often not acknowledged. In this scholarly but accessible book by Sarah Bradshaw, we see a very effective linking of gender, disaster and development that will be of value to academics and practitioners working in and across all these domains.' --Maureen Fordham, University of Northumbria, UK'Bringing gender into the foreground in both development and disaster discourse, the author challenges received wisdom and offers cautionary notes about reinforcing inequalities through feminized disaster interventions. The book is an outstanding platform for fundamental change in how we think about and act toward gender in disaster contexts, leaving readers cautiously optimistic. This is one for the top shelf - a book we have been waiting for and must put to use.' --Elaine Enarson, founder, Gender and Disaster Resilience AllianceTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. What is a Disaster? 2. What is Development? 3. Gender, Development and Disasters 4. Internal and International Response to Disaster 5. Humanitarianism and Humanitarian Relief 6. Reconstruction or Transformation? 7. Case Studies of Secondary Disasters 8. Political Mobilisation for Change 9. Disaster Risk Reduction Conclusion: Drawing the Links: Gender, Disasters and Development Bibliography Index
£24.95
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Governance, Democracy and Sustainable
Book SynopsisThe editors of this volume bring together an impressive cast of scholars on the critical relationship of democracy and governance in sustainable development. It offers an outstanding and timely contribution to the literatures in sustainability, political science, and comparative environmental politics.'- Daniel J. Fiorino, American University, US'This very timely and important collection draws together some of the world's leading thinkers on environment and development to debate one of the most important issues of our time: sustainable development. They very usefully remind us all that in order to be politically sustainable, the sustainability transition will have to find a way to maximise policy synergies in a democratically legitimate manner.'- Andy Jordan, University of East Anglia, UKThis insightful book deals with governance of the environment and sustainable development. The contributors explore the difficulties developed countries are experiencing in coming to terms with environmental limits and the resultant challenges to the democratic polity. They engage with different dimensions of the governance challenge including norms, public attitudes, citizen engagement, political conflict, policy design, and implementation, and with a range of environmental problems such as climate change, biodiversity/nature protection, and water management. The book concludes with an essay by William Lafferty that explores the flawed character of the contemporary democratic polity and offers his reflections on possible pathways to reform.This book will interest researchers, academics, and graduate students in environmental politics and public policy. It is ideal for use as supplementary reading in a wide range of university courses, while NGOs and policy-makers will also find it of considerable value.Contributors: C. Aall, S. Baker, E. Bomberg, H.T.A. Bressers, P.-O. Busch, F.H.J.M. Coenen, K. Eckerberg, H. Jörgens, W.M. Lafferty, O. Langhelle, L.J. Lundqvist, J. Meadowcroft, G. Mullally, M. Narodoslawsky, A. Ruud, M.A. SchreursTrade Review‘The editors of this volume bring together an impressive cast of scholars on the critical relationship of democracy and governance in sustainable development. It offers an outstanding and timely contribution to the literatures in sustainability, political science, and comparative environmental politics.’ -- Daniel J. Fiorino, American University, US‘This very timely and important collection draws together some of the world’s leading thinkers on environment and development to debate one of the most important issues of our time: sustainable development. They very usefully remind us all that in order to be politically sustainable, the sustainability transition will have to find a way to maximise policy synergies in a democratically legitimate manner.’ -- Andy Jordan, University of East Anglia, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Governance, Democracy and Sustainable Development: Moving Beyond the Impasse James Meadowcroft, Oluf Langhelle and Audun Ruud 2. A Changing Energy Resource Base and the Re-invention of the Region Michael Narodoslawsky 3. Trends, Drivers and Dilemmas in the Transition Towards Sustainable Water Management Frans H.J.M. Coenen and Hans T.A. Bressers 4. Local Participation and Learning in Nature Protection: A Swedish Success Story Katarina Eckerberg 5. Early Experiences of Local Climate Change Adaptation in Norwegian Society Carlo Aall 6. ‘Think Globally, Act Locally!’ But What on Earth Can Local Governments Do About Global Climate Change? Lennart J. Lundqvist 7. Moving Beyond the Impasse: Climate Change Activism in the US and the EU Elizabeth Bomberg 8. Governance and Participation for Sustainable Development in Ireland: ‘Not So Different After All?’ Gerard Mullally 9. Measuring What? National Interpretations of Sustainable Development – The Case of Norway Oluf Langhelle and Audun Ruud 10. Breaking the Impasse on Global Environmental Protection Miranda A. Schreurs 11. Governance by Diffusion: Exploring a New Mechanism of International Policy Coordination Per-Olof Busch and Helge Jörgens 12. Climate Change, the Common Good and the Promotion of Sustainable Development Susan Baker 13. Pushing the Boundaries: Governance for Sustainable Development and a Politics of Limits James Meadowcroft 14. Governance for Sustainable Development: The Impasse of Dysfunctional Democracy William M. Lafferty Index
£35.95
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Renewable Energy law and Development: Case Study
Book SynopsisThis is a unique book written by one of the leading scholars in the field. It uses detailed case studies to analyze the successes, failures and challenges of renewable energy initiatives in developing and emerging countries.Incorporating the insights and perspectives of researchers who come from the respective countries covered, the study compares some of the most exciting success stories, including: China's meteoric rise from near zero use of renewable energy to being the world leader in solar thermal, solar photovoltaic and wind energy; Brazil's success in becoming the world s top ethanol producer and exporter; and India's pioneering use of a hedge plant to produce biodiesel and its use of animal and human wastes for rural electrification. The book also describes Indonesia s disastrous palm oil program which cut down its forests and excavated its peat bogs. It concludes that good leadership is the largest factor in success, but that it is also critical to include public participation, training, transparency, environmental consideration, fair labor practices, protection against exploitation and enforcement.This book is designed to be helpful to other countries seeking to initiate renewable energy programs. It will appeal to local administrators and policymakers, field personnel from UN agencies and NGOs, and renewable energy funders, as well as to academic researchers.Contents: Preface Introduction 1. Case Studies of Renewable Energy in China with Chen Yitong, Long Xue and Zheyuan Liu 2. Nuclear Power in China: Successes and Challenges with Jingru Feng 3. Renewable Energy in the Philippines with Alvin K. Leong 4. Case Study of the Implementation of the Integrated Solar Combined Cycle Pilot Plant in Aïn Beni Mathar, Morocco with Alexis Thuau 5. Case Study of Biofuels in India with Sayan S. Das 6. Case Study of Renewable Energy in Brazil with Douglas S. Figueiredo and Lia Helena M.L. Demange 7. Case Study of Indonesia's Palm Oil-based Biodiesel Program with Christopher J. Riti 8. Case Study of Renewable Energy in Pakistan with Shakeel Kazmi 9. Conclusion IndexTrade ReviewHalf the world's new electric generating capacity added each year from 2008 onwards has been renewable, mainly now in developing countries. So is the quarter-trillion dollars a year of private investment in modern renewable energy. Organizations like REN21 and Bloomberg New Energy Finance track exciting and accelerating recent progress. But to understand how these renewable energy efforts in major developing countries have been structured and are evolving requires a guidebook with a legal and institutional perspective. Energy veteran Richard Ottinger and his Pace Law School graduate students from many key countries have now provided that guide - clearly written, well-organized, and a great public service. --Amory B. Lovins, Rocky Mountain InstituteRichard Ottinger, a pioneer in the development of national policy to promote renewable energy in the US, and his Pace Law School research assistants have created a unique piece of work on the legal and policy issues behind the global growth of renewable energy. Their book is indispensable as a text for law professors and students and as the definitive reference for lawyers and policymakers about developing and emerging country policies driving renewable energy use around the world. The fact that most of the research assistants are natives of the countries on which they researched and wrote their respective chapters gives the book uniquely credible insights into the legal and policy challenges faced by these countries, providing valuable lessons for others wanting to build renewable energy capacity in their own countries. --Robert Noun, Former Executive Director of Public Affairs, National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Adjunct Professor, University of Denver, Sturm College of LawThis book is unique in the literature on renewable energy law and policy. Firstly, it focuses on developing countries which means it fills the gap in international literature currently lacking on law and policy on renewable energy in developing countries. Secondly, it applies a basic uniform analysis method to each of the case studies. This makes the results of the case studies considerably comparable. Finally, based on the introduction to the related laws, policies and projects of the target countries, the author summarizes their experience and lessons. It is these summaries that reflect the purpose and value of this book. --Wang Xi, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, ChinaTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction 1. Case Studies of Renewable Energy in China with Chen Yitong, Long Xue and Zheyuan Liu 2. Nuclear Power in China: Successes and Challenges with Jingru Feng 3. Renewable Energy in the Philippines with Alvin K. Leong 4. Case Study of the Implementation of the Integrated Solar Combined Cycle Pilot Plant in Aïn Beni Mathar, Morocco with Alexis Thuau 5. Case Study of Biofuels in India with Sayan S. Das 6. Case Study of Renewable Energy in Brazil with Douglas S. Figueiredo and Lia Helena M.L. Demange 7. Case Study of Indonesia’s Palm Oil-based Biodiesel Program with Christopher J. Riti 8. Case Study of Renewable Energy in Pakistan with Shakeel Kazmi 9. Conclusion Index
£95.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Regulatory Worlds: Cultural and Social
Book SynopsisThis is an original and ambitious book that seeks to re-theorise regulation in ways that place embedded social bonds and socio-economic sustainability at the heart of regulatory principle. Findlay and Lim range across a wide landscape of economic history, cultural anthropology and political theory perspectives, weaving them into a unique perspective on regulation that challenges the underlying assumptions of much of the existing literature. Their critical focus on the centrality of private property rights in regulatory theory is a welcome move in this stimulating book that deserves to provoke debate.'- Bronwen Morgan, UNSW, Australia'Mark Findlay and Lim Si Wei explore how economics and governance are socially embedded through deft moves from one part of the globe to another. How can there be regulation that is unresponsive to culturally distinctive East Asian principles of 'face'? How can integrity survive in migrant labour contracts? This is a searing engagement with challenges of inequality in contemporary capitalism that can only be confronted by a principled embedded regulation. The limits of Western models of the national regulator are evocatively exposed with a distinctive theoretical sophistication.'- John Braithwaite, Australian National UniversityThis ambitious book takes up the grand challenge to design regulatory thinking for a global future beyond wealth and growth, and towards social sustainability. Assuming a 'South World' perspective on market regulation and social sustainability, the authors present the options and possibilities for radically repositioning regulatory principle.The analysis of intersections between the market economies of the South and North reconsiders fundamental regulatory relationships and outcomes motivated by sustainability rather than individual wealth creation and economic growth models. The book aims to return economy to society at a critical global juncture, demanding new and creative regulatory intervention outside the regulatory state model. Along with new perspectives on regulation, the analysis offers a better understanding of the problematic future of global regulation by revealing the different reasons for fragmentation within and between very different regulatory spaces.Students of social development and scholars researching market economics and the global crisis will find this book to be a valuable and challenging resource. Policy makers and readers interested in law and regulation will also benefit from the thoughtful discussion presented in this volume.Contents: 1. Reimagining Contemporary Regulatory Principle - Fragmented Regulatory Space 2. Redirecting Analytical Focus - South to North Worlds 3. Social Embeddedness and Market Economies 4. Legal Regulation, Private Property Protection and the Sustainability Project 5. Law's Place in Regulating Migrant Labour Markets 6. Sustainable Markets and Community Inclusion 7. The Truth of Growth IndexTrade Review‘This is an original and ambitious book that seeks to re-theorise regulation in ways that place embedded social bonds and socio-economic sustainability at the heart of regulatory principle. Findlay and Lim range across a wide landscape of economic history, cultural anthropology and political theory perspectives, weaving them into a unique perspective on regulation that challenges the underlying assumptions of much of the existing literature. Their critical focus on the centrality of private property rights in regulatory theory is a welcome move in this stimulating book that deserves to provoke debate.’ -- Bronwen Morgan, UNSW, Australia‘Mark Findlay and Lim Si Wei explore how economics and governance are socially embedded through deft moves from one part of the globe to another. How can there be regulation that is unresponsive to culturally distinctive East Asian principles of 'face'? How can integrity survive in migrant labour contracts? This is a searing engagement with challenges of inequality in contemporary capitalism that can only be confronted by a principled embedded regulation. The limits of Western models of the national regulator are evocatively exposed with a distinctive theoretical sophistication.’ -- John Braithwaite, Australian National UniversityTable of ContentsContents: 1. Reimagining Contemporary Regulatory Principle – Fragmented Regulatory Space 2. Redirecting Analytical Focus - South to North Worlds 3. Social Embeddedness and Market Economies 4. Legal Regulation, Private Property Protection and the Sustainability Project 5. Law’s Place in Regulating Migrant Labour Markets 6. Sustainable Markets and Community Inclusion 7. The Truth of Growth Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook on Agriculture, Biotechnology and
Book SynopsisOver the last two decades one of the great global emerging technological trends has been the shift from chemistry to biology in agriculture. Bitterly contested and enduringly controversial, the shift to biotechnology has nevertheless led to greater sustainability and promises even greater gains in years to come. This Handbook is an invaluable compendium of detailed case study and insight.'- Mark Lynas, Cornell University, US'This important volume analyses the current state of crop biotechnology development and regulation. It establishes a firm basis for understanding the current level of deployment of crops modified by biotechnology and also the uneven and often unscientific bases that have been used to judge their merits for particular regions. This book is an indispensable reference for anyone concerned with the development of this vital area of agriculture.'- Peter H. Raven, Missouri Botanical Garden, US'With interest in biotechnology surging, this book is a must-read for anyone who wants to learn more about the potential that advancements in modern agriculture have to offer, how they've already changed agriculture around the world and what s coming down the pipeline. Agriculture is about economics, the environment and feeding the world; so too, at the heart of it, is biotechnology, as this book so clearly demonstrates. The authors have years of experience with biotechnology and their expertise shines through on each page.'- Lorne Hepworth, CropLife CanadaThis book is a compendium of knowledge, experience and insight on agriculture, biotechnology and development. Beginning with an account of GM crop adoptions and attitudes towards them, the book assesses numerous crucial processes, concluding with detailed insights into GM products. Drawing on expert perspectives of leading authors from 57 different institutions in 16 countries, it provides a unique, global overview of agbiotech following 20 years of adoption. Many consider GM crops the most rapid agricultural innovation adopted in the history of agriculture. This book provides insights as to why the adoption has occurred globally at such a rapid rate.This is a rich and varied collection of research, which will appeal to scholars, academics and practitioners worldwide. An invaluable resource, this book will be a first point of reference to anyone with an interest in agbiotech and studies into agriculture, biotechnology and development.Contributors: A.A. Adenle, P. Aerni, C. Alexander, J.M. Alston, V. Beckmann, J. Bognar, C.G. Borroto, D. Brewin, G. Brookes, J. Carpenter, Y. Carrière, D. Castle, M. Chen, P. Conceição, B. Dayananda, M. Demont, K. Dillen, D. Eaton, E. Einsiedel, J. Falck-Zepeda, J. Fernandez-Cornejo, G.B. Frisvold, C.V. Gonslaves, D. Gonsalves, M. Gouse, G. Graff, R. Gray, A. Gupta, W.O. Hennessey, J.E. Hobbs, W.E. Huffman, L. A. Jackson, C. Juma, N. Kalaitzandonakes, S. Kaplan, V.J. Karplus, W.A. Kerr, G.G. Khachatourians, E.M. Kikulwe, E. Kim, D.E. Kolady, S.P. Kowalski, J. Kruse, L. Levidow, S. Levine, K. Ludlow, X. Ma, A. Magnier, S. Malla, I. Matuschke, J.J. McCluskey, A. McHughen, J. Medlock, D. Miller, L. Nagarajan, A. Naseem, C. Oguamanam, M. Ouattarra, M. Owen, R. Paarlberg, P. W. B. Phillips, M. Qaim, T. Raney, J.M. Reeves, S.D. Rhodes, S.M.H. Rizvi, C.D. Ryan, D. Schimmelpfennig, G.J. Scoles, G. Skogstad, S. J. Smyth, C. Soregaroli, D.J. Spielman, A.J. Stein, J. Thomson, J. Vitale, G. Vognan, G. Waterfield, S. Wechsler, J. Wesseler, A. Williams, W.W. Wilson, L.L. Wolfenbarger, G. Ye, J. Yorobe Jr, D.Z. Zeng, D. ZilbermanTrade Review'This is a timely assessment of the current and possible future status of GMOs, with useful observations on what has been learned along the way and how this knowledge might be applied. Well edited and produced.' -- L. C. Devis, Kansas State University, Choice‘This Handbook covers a contentious topic, so the approach of the editors is refreshing, especially their transparent introduction as to how they organized their work. A key theme is evidence. I have been involved in agro-biotechnology for 25 years, mainly at the international level; I know that evidence is what matters. This is a comprehensive coverage of many aspects of agro-biotechnology but it is easy to navigate through the chapters and follow any number of issues of interest.’ -- – Peter Kearns, OECD, Paris‘This Handbook is a tour de force, providing fascinating insights and nourishments for the mind that will shape views and visions. The rich interplay between science and society, between agriculture and development, comprehensively addressed in this Handbook is a must-read for anyone wishing to make a meaningful contribution to global development.’ -- Anatole Krattiger, Cornell University, US‘Over the last two decades one of the great global emerging technological trends has been the shift from chemistry to biology in agriculture. Bitterly contested and enduringly controversial, the shift to biotechnology has nevertheless led to greater sustainability and promises even greater gains in years to come. This Handbook is an invaluable compendium of detailed case study and insight.’Table of ContentsContents: Editor’s Introduction: Conceptual Framing of the IAD framework and Methods, Models and Metrics 1. Introduction to Agriculture, Biotechnology and Development Stuart J. Smyth, Peter W.B. Phillips and David Castle PART I: EXOGENOUS VARIABLES: THE ENVIRONMENT, ACTORS AND RULES 2. Global Adoption of GM Crops, 1995–2010 Graham Brookes 3. Structure of Public Research Richard Gray and Buwani Dayananda 4. The Private Sector: MNEs and SMEs Jill E. Hobbs 5. Biotechnology in North America: The United States, Canada and Mexico Julia Bognar and Grace Skogstad 6. South American Adopters: Argentina and Brazil Sybil D. Rhodes 7. Africa Jennifer Thomson 8. China Valerie J. Karplus 9. Agricultural Biotechnology in India: Impacts and Controversies Matin Qaim 10. Oceania: Australia, New Zealand, Japan and The Philippines Karinne Ludlow and Jose Yorobe Jr. 11. European Union Policy Conflicts over Agbiotech: Ecological Modernisation Perspectives and Critiques Les Levidow 12. Africa Non-adopters Robert Paarlberg 13. Non-adopters of GM Crops in Latin American Jose Falck-Zepeda 14. The Cuban Context for Agriculture and Innovation Carlos G. Borroto 15. Risk Assessment Frameworks in the Multilateral Setting Lee Ann Jackson 16. The Trade System and Biotechnology William A. Kerr 17. Developing Countries and the Legal Institutions at the Intersection of Agbiotech and Development Chidi Oguamanam 18. Consumer Attitudes and Preferences for GM Products Stuart J. Smyth and David Castle 19. The Motivation and Impact of Organized Public Resistance Against Agricultural Biotechnology Philip Aerni PART II: ACTION ARENAS 20. The Research Pipeline Peter W.B. Phillips 21. Clusters, Innovation Systems and Biotechnology in Developing Country Agriculture David J. Spielman, Douglas Zhihua Zeng and Xingliang Ma 22. Practice Driving Policy: Agbiotech Transfer as Capacity Building William O. Hennessey, Aarushi Gupta and Stanley P. Kowalski 23. The North American Crop Biotech Environment, Actors and Rules David Schimmelpfennig 24. Adoption Decisions Corinne Alexander 25. Co-existence Volker Beckmann, Claudio Soregaroli and Justus Wesseler 26. Biotechnology and the Inputs Industry Anwar Naseem and Latha Nagarajan 27. Market Power in the US Biotech Industry Alexandre Magnier, Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes and Douglas Miller 28. The Dynamic IP System in Crop Genetics and Biotechnology Derek Eaton and Greg Graff 29. Environment Effects LaReesa Wolfenbarger, Yves Carrière and Micheal Owen 30. Labelling of Genetically Modified Foods Wallace E. Huffman and Jill J. McCluskey 31. Biotechnology and Food Security Calestous Juma, Pedro Conceição and Sebastian Levine 32. International Regimes on Plant Intellectual Property Rights and Plant Genetic Resources: Implications for Stakeholders Deepthi Elizabeth Kolady 33. Engaging Publics on Agbiotech: A Retrospective Look Jennifer Medlock and Edna Einsiedel 34. Lessons from the California GM Labelling Proposition on the State of Crop Biotechnology David Zilberman, Scott Kaplan, Eunice Kim and Gina Waterfield 35. Biotechnology Communications, Mythmaking and the Media Camille D. Ryan PART III: OUTCOMES 36. Soybeans Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo and Seth Wechsler 37. Maize/Corn Janet Carpenter, Marnus Gouse and Jose Yorobe Jr. 38. GM Cotton Jeffrey Vitale, Gaspard Vognan and Marc Ouattarra 39. Canola Derek Brewin and Stavroula Malla 40. The Hawaiian Papaya Story Carol V. Gonsalves and Dennis Gonsalves 41. Sugar Beet Koen Dillen and Matty Demont 42. Rice Matty Demont, Mao Chen, Gongyin Ye and Alexander J. Stein 43. Aggregate Effects: Adopters and Non-adopters, Investors and Consumers George B. Frisvold and Jeanne M. Reeves 44. Economic Success but Political Failure? The Paradox of GM Crops in Developing Countries Terri Raney, Ademola A. Adenle and Ira Matuschke 45. The Size and Distribution of the Benefits from the Adoption of Biotech Soybean Varieties Julian M. Alston, Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes and John Kruse 46. Wheat: Status, Outlook and Implications William W. Wilson 47. Small Grains: Barley, Oat and Rye Syed Masood H. Rizvi and Graham J. Scoles 48. Incremental Benefits of Genetically Modified Bananas in Uganda Enoch M. Kikulwe, Jose Falck-Zepeda and Justus Wesseler 49. Biofuels and GM Feedstocks Alphanso Williams and William A. Kerr 50. Non-food GM Crops: Phytoremediation, Industrial Products and Pharmaceuticals George G. Khachatourians 51. Tomatoes, Potatoes and Flax: Exploring the Cost of Lost Innovations Camille D. Ryan and Alan McHughen
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Corruption, Grabbing and Development: Real World
Book Synopsis'Informative and refreshing, these short studies from around the world provide fertile ground for discussion, analysis and positive ways forward. In this book, corrupt practices from around the world are examined by experienced practitioners and researchers who shed light on various forms of corruption.'- Adam Graycar, Australian National UniversityAll societies develop their own norms about what is fair behavior and what is not. Violations of these norms, including acts of corruption, can collectively be described as forms of 'grabbing'. This unique volume addresses how grabbing hinders development at the sector level and in state administration. The contributors - researchers and practitioners who work on the ground in developing countries - present empirical data on the mechanisms at play and describe different types of unethical practices.The book's sixteen case studies explore why certain practices constitute forms of grabbing, what implications they have for the achievement of development goals, and how policy options should take the characteristics of grabbing into account. A broad range of sectors are covered, including extractive industries, construction, ports, utilities, finance, health, pharmaceuticals and education. The authors discuss political checks and balances, democratic elections and the law enforcement system, as well as the government s role in the allocation of land and as a development partner in other countries.The volume's original approach makes it a valuable resource for researchers and students interested in development, economics, governance and corruption. Development aid practitioners, as well as politicians and public officials in developing countries, will find it a useful aid in their work.Contributors: I. Amundsen, J. Andvig, T. Barasa, G. Bel, B. Chinsinga, L. Corkin, A. Estache, R. Foucart, S. Gloppen, S.-E. Helle, K. Hussman, E.G. Jansen, P. Le Billon, I. Lindkvist, J. F. Marteau, M. Poisson, G. Raballand, L. Rakner, J.C. Rivillas, I.A. Skage, A. Strand, A. Tostensen, J. Wells, L. Wren-LewisTrade Review"Grabbing", as defined by Soreide and Williams is about more than corruption. It also includes attempts to benefit unduly at the expense of the state, including overly zealous efforts to limit taxes and regulatory costs and to influence political choices. This fascinating collection of real-world cases, presented crisply and clearly, is organized by sector, country, political influence, and international aid. It will give reformers a context for their own efforts and will help analysts trace general patterns and common pathologies.' --Susan Rose-Ackerman, Yale UniversityThis is a brave publication. I am not aware of a comparable, eclectic, investigative, in-depth book on this topic. Tina Soreide and Aled WIlliams present an informative, indeed refreshing collection of sixteen case studies from all over the world. --Fabian Thiel, ErdkundeTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Tina Søreide and Aled Williams PART I: GRABBING EXPLAINED BY CHARACTERISTICS OF A SECTOR OR STATE FUNCTION 1. Corruption and Collusion in Construction: A View from the Industry Jill Wells 2. Rents Extraction in the Sub-Saharan Africa Port Sector Gaël Raballand and Jean Francois Marteau 3. Resource Grabs Philippe Le Billon 4. Grabbing in the Education Sector Muriel Poisson 5. Courts, Corruption and Judicial Independence Siri Gloppen PART II: GRABBING AT THE LEVEL OF SECTOR AND STATE FUNCTIONS IN A COUNTRY CONTEXT 6. Grabbing by Strangers: Crime and Policing in Kenya Jens Andvig and Tiberius Barasa 7. Grabbing Land in Malawi Blessings Chinsinga and Liam Wren-Lewis 8. Using Salaries as a Deterrent to Informal Payments in the Health Sector Ida Lindkvist 9. Financial Blood-letting in the Colombian Health System: Rent-seeking in a Public Health Insurance Fund Karen Hussman and Juan Carlos Rivillas PART III: WHEN POLITICAL GRABBING PREVENTS THE PERFORMANCE OF A SECTOR OR STATE FUNCTION 10. Transport Infrastructure Failures in Spain: Mismanagement and Incompetence, or Political Capture? Germà Bel, Antonio Estache and Renaud Foucart 11. ‘Pay Up and Off You Go!’ Buying Political Positions in Bangladesh Inge Amundsen 12. Monopolizing Reconstruction: Angolan Elites and Chinese Credit Lines Lucy Corkin 13. ‘Grabbing’ an Election: Abuse of State Resources in the 2011 Elections in Uganda Svein-Erik Helle and Lise Rakner PART IV: RISK OF GRABBING DUE TO INTERACTION WITH INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS 14. Elite Capture of Kabul Bank Arne Strand 15. Don’t Rock the Boat: Norway’s Difficulties in Dealing with Corruption in Development Aid Eirik Gjøstein Jansen 16. When Per Diems Take Over: Training and Travel as Extra Pay Ingvild Aagedal Skage, Tina Søreide and Arne Tostensen Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Environmental Entrepreneurship: Markets Meet the
Book SynopsisIn this innovative book, Laura E. Huggins finds path breaking entrepreneurial solutions to difficult environmental challenges in some of the world's poorest areas.The approaches entrepreneurs are taking to these challenges involve establishing property rights and encouraging market exchange. From beehives to barbed wire, these tools are creating positive incentives and promoting both economic development and environmental improvements. The case studies are from the developing world and reveal where the biggest victories for less poverty and more conservation can be won. The pursuit begins by learning from local people solving local problems.Environmental Entrepreneurship encourages a broad audience to consider secure property rights and free markets as key ingredients to moving out of poverty and improving environmental quality at the same time. It will appeal to academics and students of environmental studies, environmental economics, environmental policy, as well as international development and business. Entrepreneurs and environmental groups such as The Nature Conservancy, Conservation International, and The World Resources Institute will also find a wealth of invaluable information in this book.Contents: 1. Markets Meet the Environment in Unexpected Places 2. Saving Wildlife in Kenya and Sub-Sahran Africa with Shawn Regan and Terry Anderson 3. Fencing Fisheries in Namibia and Beyond 4. Ecosystems at Your Service in South America 5. The Thirsty Dragon 6. Un-American Indian Reservations and Resource Management with Terry Anderson IndexTrade Review‘Presenting five case studies in developing countries and in the US, [the book] reveals how entrepreneurs are finding innovative solutions in order to improve local economies and environmental quality. Laura Huggins' book is well written and well researched, drawing on a significant variety of sources. This book will be valuable to scholars, students, policymakers, activists and citizens in general, and provides excellent insights for those involved in public policy, community development and economic development in the context of sustainability.’ -- Mariza Almeida, Science & Public Policy‘An impressive work of original scholarship (Laura E. Huggins is a Research Fellow at PERC and the Hoover Institutions at Stanford University), Environmental Entrepreneurship: Markets Meet the Environment in Unexpected Places is deftly written and will prove of immense interest to both entrepreneurs and corporate executives, as well as environmentalists and conservationists. . . It is important and very strongly recommended for academic library reference collections.’ -- Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsContents: 1. Markets Meet the Environment in Unexpected Places 2. Saving Wildlife in Kenya and Sub-Sahran Africa with Shawn Regan and Terry Anderson 3. Fencing Fisheries in Namibia and Beyond 4. Ecosystems at Your Service in South America 5. The Thirsty Dragon 6. Un-American Indian Reservations and Resource Management with Terry Anderson Index
£24.95
