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This book investigates how knowledge is conceived and explored within the African context. Epistemology, or the theory of knowledge, has historically been dominated by the Western approach to the discourse of knowledge. This book however shines a much-needed spotlight on knowledge systems originating within the African continent. Bringing together key voices from across the field of African philosophy, this book explores the nature of knowledge across the continent and how they are rooted in Africans' ontological sense of being and self. At a time when moves to decolonize curricula are gaining momentum, this book shows how understanding the specific ways of knowing that form part of the every day life of the African, will play an important part in rebalancing studies of philosophy globally. Employing critical, conceptual and rigorous analyses of the nature and essence of knowledge as understood by indigenous African societies, the book ultimately asks what could pass as an Af

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Taylor & Francis Ltd The European Union and Global Development

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Book SynopsisThis book systematically analyses the EU's commitment to a human rights-based approach to development through the lens of global justice theory. It identifies limits to the EU's approach and discusses how standardised policies, particularly in the case of human rights sanctions, may be perceived as neo-colonially intrusive and can come at the cost of recognizing the experiences and interests of vulnerable groups and allowing for partner countries' democratic ownership of their own development trajectory. Engaging with primary sources including official documents, reports, and 45 semi-structured interviews with EU and member state officials, the book also presents a novel explanation for why the EU, at times, steps out of its commitment to rights-based development and chooses differentiated foreign policy responses to similar situations. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of EU foreign policy, EU development policy human rights, and internationalTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Rights-based approaches: A framework for analysis 3. The EU’s development policy post-2020: Continuity or change? 4. Rights-based vanguards? Paradoxes in the like-minded member-states’ aid effectiveness policy 5. The EU’s human rights clause: 25 years of aid conditionality 6. Rights-based approaches and vulnerable groups: The case of LGBTI human rights 7. Norm collision in the EU’s approach to Rwanda 8. Conclusion: The EU’s development policy in a shifting global order

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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Wonderful Circles of Oz

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Book SynopsisWith the world's economies impacted by coronavirus, billions are feeling social, environmental, and economic injustices. The call for a new, more just, more distributive economic story and system is louder and more urgent than ever. The Wonderful Circles of Oz provides both the framework and solutions for navigating towards an effective circular economy the gateway to an abundant, autonomous, and democratic future.Widely regarded as one of the world's most engaging circular economy thought leaders, Ken Webster, together with creative writer, Alex Duff, use a storytelling approach based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to offer a new, accessible, and compelling narrative about the future direction of our economy.The harder you work, the more you'll improve your lot.' That's the simple story we've been sold over the last 40 years to justify how today's economy works. Yet extreme inequality, the devastation of our natural world, and the erosion of our commTrade Review"This book is a breath-taking journey into intellectual allegories and metaphors of a powerful story… In an era of increasing inequalities, social anxieties and neo-materialism, we need more than ever a story to feed our imagination, a journey to discover sustainable futures, where ideas are the key currency."Stefano Pascucci, Professor in Sustainability and Circular Economy, & Head of Sustainable Futures, University of Exeter Business School"In these days of a dominance of audio-visual information, the skill of storytelling is one of the keys to get listeners’ and readers’ attention. By spinning "the golden thread of ‘digitally connected systems’ to transform our economy" in this book, Ken and Alex prove they are masters in this domain."Walter Stahel, Visiting Professor, University of Surrey, & Full Member of the Club of Rome"Just as The Wizard of Oz was an allegory critiquing the Gold Standard, The Wonderful Circles of Oz allegorically introduces us to the actual ways in which money is created, and how they might be harnessed to enable us to create a sustainable economy."Steve Keen, Honorary Professor, UCL, & Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute for Strategy, Resilience and Security "There is an ongoing debate on resource efficiency in most regions of the world, notably in Europe. Moving from a linear to a circular production model is a primary objective. But to do that the economic policy framework – if not the economic model itself – has to be changed. The incentives structure of today is flawed and for circularity to happen the policy frameworks have to be re-thought. The Wonderful Circles of Oz presents a most appealing new narrative which covers the economy as a whole – income distribution, taxation, the right of property owners, debt issues, production and consumption systems, financial system, the digital society and its pros and cons... All in all a very compelling narrative and much needed as inspiration for people around the world who look for solutions to the sustainability dilemma(s)."Anders Wijkman, Honorary President, Club of RomeTable of ContentsPart 1: A fictional world. The Wonderful Circles of Oz. Rewriting the allegory. 1. Weathering extremities 2. From poor to paws 3. From straw for brains to wise owls 4. Heartless: If only AI had EI 5. Making the lion’s share enough to go around 6. Locked in the past 7. Technological wizardry or trickery? 8. The wonderful Emerald City 9. The magical festival of urban food 10. The nightmare of Oz the Terrible 11. Meeting the wonderful Wizard of Oz 12. Back home 13. Chasing rainbows 14. Official correspondence of The Wizard’s Office, Oz Part 2: A real-world framework. An imaginary for the 21st century. 15. An introduction to this ‘Imaginary for today’s real world’ from Ken & Alex 16. An overview: The Wonderful Circles of Oz framework and its sigil for resetting the rules of the game 17. Today’s economic narrative 18. Worldview pre-science 19. Shifting the metaphor: From machine to metabolism 20. The productive cycle: Four rules for materials to flow not fail our economy 21. Uncovering the big players: Active but hidden in plain sight 22. The gatekept cycle: Four rules for money to circulate not clot our economy 23. The liberation and terrors of a digital world 24. A flourishing democracy – the path to a flourishing economy Part 3: A ‘golden’ path between the fiction, the framework, and real-world applications 25. Story as a strategy for sharing real world complex ideas 26. Weathering extremities - real world themes 27. From poor to paws - real world themes 28. From straw for brains to wise owls - real world themes 29. Heartless: If only AI had EI – real world themes 30. Making the lion’s share enough to go around – real world themes 31. Locked in the past - real world themes 32. Technological wizardry or trickery - real world themes 33. The wonderful Emerald City - real world themes 34. The magical festival of urban food - real world themes 35. The nightmare of Oz the Terrible - real world themes 36. Meeting the wonderful Wizard of Oz - real world themes 37. Back home and Chasing rainbows - real world themes

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Taylor & Francis Ltd Deepening Democracy

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the renewed interest and commitment that countries across the world have shown in recent decades towards adopting models of decentralising, or downsizing the state, and moving towards more participatory models of government.It examines systems of decentralised development such as self-managing co-operatives from a global and comparative perspective with a focus on developing countries. Drawing on examples from Kerala and a few other states in India, as well as Cuba, Bangladesh and South Africa among other countries, the book offers critical perspectives on the positive impacts of these experiments and the promises these offer for the future. It discusses the challenges of implementing these models, how well these work in coordination with the civil society and the state, issues of transparency and democratic oversight as well as corruption and capture of power due to entrenched structures of inequality. The volume analyses welfare and development models andTable of Contents1. Introduction: Experiments of Deepening Democracy Through Decentralized Governance: An Overview Part I - Concepts and Visions: Some Reflections 2. Embedded Democracy 3. Socialist Construction and Commoning 4. Thinking Beyond Capitalism 5. Covid 19 Context in India and Working Towards Alternative Paradigms 6. Citizenship and Social Suffering in the Context of Covid 19 Part II - Decentralized Governance and Development in Comparative Perspective 7. Roles of NGOs, State and For-Profit Organizations in Improving Maternal and Child Sector in Bangladesh: Towards a Division of Labour 8. Comparative Notes on the Pros and Cons of Decentralization in the Context of the Corona Crisis 9. The Cure Remains a Symptom: Sub-National Government, Democracy and Development in South Africa 10. Democratic Decentralization in Kerala: A Critique of Recent Experience 11. The Capacity Conundrum, Decentralization and Local Governance: How Kerala Tackles It 12. Employment Creation at Decentralized Level Through Construction of Niche Structure and Promotion of Self-Organization Part III - Experiments in Cooperativism, Decentralized Governance and Self-Management 13. Workers’ Self-Management in Argentina: Contesting Neo-Liberalism by Occupying Companies, Creating Cooperatives, and Recuperating Autogestión 14. Factory Takeovers for Production Under Self-Management: Three Examples From Europe 15. Cooperativism to Manage Covid 19 16. From Agricultural Cooperatives to Farmer Producing Companies – Analyzing the Transition of Cooperativism in India Part IV - Conclusion

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Taylor & Francis Ltd Foreign Aid

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Book SynopsisForeign Aid: Policy and Practice offers a complete overview of the basics of foreign aid. Who is it for? Who pays for it? Why does it exist? What is it spent on? How much is it? And most important, does it work?The aid debate has been flooded by academic studies and popular books that either challenge or champion the effectiveness of aid. Most presume that the reader already knows the basic facts and characteristics of the aid industry. This book provides readers with a comprehensive summary of the background, actors, core principles and policies, and intended (and unintended) outcomes of foreign aid, followed by a more informed and balanced treatment of the key controversies and trends in aid today. Drawing on the author's 25 years' experience in development practice and 15 years in teaching, the book reflects on recent efforts to accelerate aid's impact and concludes by taking a look at the future of aid and the headwinds it will face in the first half of thTrade Review"An important and timely book as Foreign Aid is being rethought to account for climate change and pandemics. Prof. Pomerantz offers a magistral sweep of the who, why, what, and how of foreign aid and its transformation over six decades, informed by her long experience as practitioner and academic. The book provides both students and practitioners with a clear analysis of the debates on aid modalities and effectiveness. A must read for anyone interested in international affairs."Jean-Louis Sarbib, Former Senior Vice President, The World Bank"Aid is often considered an arcane subject, debated by econometricians and decided by high-level policymakers. This book brings the subject down to earth. Written in an engaging style, the book covers the many controversies surrounding foreign aid and development, while giving the reader a sense of how decisions actually get made. Phyllis Pomerantz distills her experience as a development practitioner and professor to give students knowledge, skills and, most importantly, the ability to make a difference."Shantayanan Devarajan Professor of the Practice of International Development, Georgetown University, USA"Phyllis Pomerantz brings the calm wisdom of an experienced veteran to the polarized debate on foreign aid. She shuns panaceas, because she deeply understands the nuances on how to make aid work better. This is required reading for aid practitioners and those who care about world poverty." William Easterly is Professor of Economics at New York University and Co-director of the NYU Development Research Institute, USA"This excellent introduction to foreign aid covers all of the key issues, from its basic logic and procedures, to the evolution of the international institutions that have sought to coordinate aid policies, and to recent economic debates about how to make aid more effective. Balanced, clear and readable, this is likely to become the standard text book on the topic." Nicolas van de Walle, Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Government, Cornell University, USATable of ContentsPart I The Basics of Foreign Aid 1. Introduction 2. Setting the Context 3. The Main Actors: Recipients and Donors 4. How Aid Works Part II Effective Aid: Debates and Trends 5. Judging Donors’ Performance 6.: The Great Aid Effectiveness Debate 7. Opening the "Black Box" of Aid Effectiveness 8. The Rocky Road Towards Aid Effectiveness 9. Summing Up and Looking Ahead

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Taylor & Francis Ltd Homelessness

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Book SynopsisThis book provides insights into the experiences of homelessness', while exploring its psychological and socio-economic dimensions. Hunger, addiction, and disability, which often accompany homelessness, are brought into focus and discussed within the frameworks of promoting social welfare and enabling human capability in this volume.Based on the author's ethnographic and quantitative research on homeless families living on the streets of Delhi, this book identifies some of the most acute problems associated with homelessness. It analyzes the causes of homelessness and draws connections between social bonds and family, socio-economic status, and psychopathology. It also includes personal accounts of hardship and trauma which quantify the systematic discrimination and marginalization that people living on the streets face. The volume offers policy recommendations to protect the right to self-determination, dignity, and self-efficacy of the homeless and helTable of ContentsList of Figures. List of Tables. Preface. Part I: Issues and Problems. 1. The Home and Homelessness 2. Causes and Correlates 3. Survival Behaviours 4. Trauma, Marginalization and Citizenship 5. Deprivation 6. Fostering Human Development Part II: The Field Study 7. The Enquiry 8. The Journey 9. Housing 10. The Demolition 11. Health Care 12. Results and Discussion Part III: The Road Ahead 13. Bridging the Gap 14. Epilogue. References. Index.

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Taylor & Francis Ltd Digital Innovations for a Circular Plastic

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Book SynopsisPlastic pollution is one of the biggest challenges of the twenty-first century that requires innovative and varied solutions. Focusing on sub-Saharan Africa, this book brings together interdisciplinary, multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder perspectives exploring challenges and opportunities for utilising digital innovations to manage and accelerate the transition to a circular plastic economy (CPE).This book is organised into three sections bringing together discussion of environmental conditions, operational dimensions and country case studies of digital transformation towards the circular plastic economy. It explores the environment for digitisation in the circular economy, bringing together perspectives from practitioners in academia, innovation, policy, civil society and government agencies. The book also highlights specific country case studies in relation to the development and implementation of different innovative ideas to drive the circular plastic economy across theTable of Contents1 Introduction: A Digitally Enabled Circular Plastic Economy for Africa; PART I The Environment for Digitisation in the Circular Plastic Economy 2 Enabling a Successful Transition to a Circular Plastic Economy in Africa; 3 Digital Technologies and the Regime Complex for Plastics in Nigeria; 4 From Polymers to Microplastics: Plastic Value Chains in Africa; 5 Digital Innovation Ecosystem for the Circular Plastic Economy; PART II Digitisation in Action 6 Utilising Plastic Waste to Create 3D-Printed Products in Sub-Saharan Africa; 7 Blockchains for Circular Plastic Value Chains; 8 Transitioning to a Circular Plastic Economy in West Africa through Digital Innovation: Challenges and the Way Forward; 9 A Multi-stakeholder, Multi-sectoral Approach to a Circular Plastic Economy in Eastern Africa; 10 The Application of Digital Technology in Circular Plastic Economy in Southern Africa: Case Studies of Waste Management Start-ups from Namibia and Zambia; PART III A Digitally Enabled Circular Plastic Economy 11 BIG-STREAM: A Framework for Digitisation in Africa’s Circular Plastic Economy; 12 A Plastic Data Exchange Platform for Africa’s Circular Plastic Economy Transition; 13 Enhancing Decentralised Recycling Solutions with Digital Technologies; 14 Assessing Plastic Circular Economy Policies and the Use of Digital Technology in Africa; 15 Gender and Digital Innovation on Circular Plastic Economy in Africa; 16 Conclusion: The Future of Digitisation for the Circular Plastic Economy in Africa

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Taylor & Francis Ltd Omniconomics

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Book SynopsisOmniconomics shows how we can make human society intrinsically sustainable, harmonically embedded in nature, with the help of a completely new approach in which traditional economics is transformed.Citing the fallacies of existing economic approaches as directly responsible for many of the environmental and social threats faced by society today, Niko Roorda presents a new, interdisciplinary science: omniconomics. This framework has its foundations in an innovative, joined-up approach, in which all aspects of the natural and social sciences are inextricably linked. It will better allow for new solutions to tackling urgent issues, including climate change, deforestation, environmental and economic inequality, dehumanization, and crumbling social cohesion.Inspiring new thinking, this book aims to:Inspire a public, scientific and political debate about the role of present-day economics, its status as no more than a protoscience, and the consequences foTrade Review"This is an important contribution to thoughtful engagement with sustainability in a context of major economic reformation. The author presents a breakthrough concept, underlined with engaging pedagogy, that identifies sustainability fault lines while suggesting comprehensive ideas to address systemic shortcomings. Omniconomics is a very current and truly innovative book!" Charles Hopkins, UNESCO Chair in Reorienting Education towards Sustainability, York University, Canada "It is no longer difficult to analyze the shortcomings of economics as a protoscience. One only has to look at the environmental destruction, cultural devastation, economic inequality, and social agony it has wrought. The challenge is to imagine what can replace it and guide us to deep intrinsic sustainability in balance with nature. Niko Rooda has done it again— given us a theoretical and imaginative update on sustainable development and provided us a much-needed critique of economics at the same time! May this sustainability narrative of new systematics help to replace the old thinking." Peter Blaze Corcoran, Professor Emeritus, Environmental Studies and Environmental Education, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida Table of Contents1. The Problem and the Plan Part I: The Problem: Economics is not Science 2. Towards the Roots 3. Four Spheres 4. Intrinsic Sustainability 5. Impetus Words 6. Protoscience 7. Myths 8. The Unsustainable Success of Economics 9. Homo Solitarius, the Lonesome Human 10. Collapse 11. Proto-economics Part II: The Plan: Omniconomics, the New Science 12. Buying Time 13. Understanding 14. Science Creation 15. The Eightfold Path to Science 16. Characteristics of Omniconomic Science 17. The Complex Omniconomic World 18. Tegular Unification 19. On the Road to Success: Evolution towards Sustainability 20. Participatory Democracy: Society directs Science

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Taylor & Francis Ltd Unequal Development and Labour in Brazil

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Book SynopsisThis book is about unequal development and labour in Brazil, with particular reference to the economic and social development of the Northeast region, which has suffered persistent disadvantage. It combines a historical approach, which shows how economic, social and political institutions have been restructured over time, with an analysis of changes in the pattern of production, employment, unemployment and inequality up to the present day. It draws on detailed case studies to examine the connections between local and national production systems and critical labour market outcomes such as informality in employment, precarious work and disparities between genders, races and regions. The case of the Brazilian Northeast illustrates processes, relationships and policy debates that are important not only in Brazil but also elsewhere. The book will be of interest to teachers, researchers and students in economics, sociology, labour and development; public officials and policy-makers; the Trade ReviewThis book is the result of a long-term and thorough collaborative research project thatneeds to be praised. [...] I would recommend the reading of this book as a priority for all social scientistsinterested by the economic, social, and political situation of Brazil and its Northeast regionbut also, more widely, to all those working on development policies, regional inequalityissues and the determinant role of labour market and employment conditions to reducepoverty.Jean-Luc Maurer, Honorary Professor in Development Studies, The Graduate Institute of International andDevelopment Studies, GenevaThis fine book provides an assessment and analysis of the pattern of unequal development in Brazil, with specific reference to Brazil’s Northeast region, which has historically been significantly less developed and poorer than other regions. It is a fascinating, rich and insightful account of both the historical processes that contributed to the “persistent disadvantage” of this region compared with other parts of Brazil, as well as a careful and penetrating analysis of recent policies that either reduced this disadvantage (during the 2003–14 period) or once again led to increasing inequalities (in the period after 2016, in particular). Clearly, therefore, this book will be essential reading for anyone concerned with Brazil’s economic development and the living conditions of its people, especially in the Northeast. In fact, the book is much more than that and deserves an even wider audience, providing an object lesson in how to study inequality, both horizontal and vertical. The thoughtful political economy approach and the recognition of the intermingling of different forces are both admirable.Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USATable of ContentsList of map and graphs. List of tables. Preface. Acronyms. Chapter 1. A focus on the Northeast. Chapter 2. The historical trajectory. Chapter 3. The labour regime. Chapter 4. Diversity in production systems and labour relations. Chapter 5. Towards a more equal development. Index.

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Taylor & Francis Ltd Young People in the Global South

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Book SynopsisYoung People in the Global South: Voice, Agency and Citizenship explores the spatial, relational, affective and material dimensions of adolescents' and young people's civic engagement and political participation in lower- and middle-income contexts. This textbook questions how the everyday politics' of exercising voice and agency is experienced at different scales, from the interpersonal to the global.It explores how structural inequalities and marginalisation, as well as social norms and attitudes, shape how voice, agency and participation are expressed by diverse young people in particular contexts with unique histories. Contributing authors focus on the experiences of young people who are marginalised based on age, gender, sexuality, disability, citizenship status and geographical location. Together they show how ageing through adolescence enables or constrains agency and voice. Textbook features include case studies on Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin AmericTrade ReviewThis book is an important contribution to documenting the vital role that young people in all their diversity play in pushing progress towards the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals. They are not passively waiting for change to happen. They innovate, mobilize and advocate for a more equal, just, and sustainable world, but are too often excluded when decisions are made. I hope readers are left with a strong conviction to ensure their meaningful participation and put youth-led action at the forefront.Jayathma Wickramanayake, United Nations Secretary General’s Envoy on YouthThe voice and agency of adolescent girls is often overlooked in work on young people’s civic engagement and politics, where there has traditionally been more attention to young men and boys. This book addresses this gap by focusing explicitly on gender-related constraints and accelerators to young people’s full participation in civic and political life. The book includes a rich range of case studies and pieces by young researchers themselves –from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. We learn of how social norms specifically constrain girls’ mobility, learning – including use of technologies- and how these can be overcome. Importantly, this book presents practical policy and programme solutions to support girls to exert their leadership, voice and agency on issues that matter to them, including to tackle gender-based violence, refugee education rights and more. This book is relevant to policymakers, researchers and development practitioners alike; articulating the power and potential of girls and boys to influence change in their communities and in the world at large. Lauren Rumble, Associate Director for Gender Equality, UNICEFWhile much is said about the importance of assuring that the voices and perspectives of young people are integrated into the work we professionals do on their behalf, the reality is more reflected in lip service than action. This volume by Jones and colleagues digs deeply into what youth engagement means for policies, programs, research and so much more. Here youth are neither tokens nor the subject of our work but are partners every step of the way. It operationalizes the slogan: “Nothing about us without us!”Robert Blum, Professor and Chair of the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, John Hopkins UniversityContext is everything, and yet there are common predicaments, processes and insights that link and illuminate the lives of young people growing up in precarious environments. This important volume helps us work between the particular (in terms of local knowledge, meanings and tactics) and the global (in terms of policies, programmes and strategy). Drawing on interdisciplinary and embedded research, the collection centres the voices and agency of young people; proposing a new agenda for evidence and advocacy that takes seriously the significance of gender, age and participation. Unusually, the book draws on longitudinal insights, showing how change and maturity emerge in dynamic settings. Covering the time period before, during and after the Covid -19 pandemic and drawing case study material from Africa, Asia, MENA and Latin America the volume is up-to-date and conceptually nuanced while attending to the categories and demands of contemporary governance and investment agendas. A must-read for policy makers and practitioners concerned with young people in the global south and a rich resource for students and researchers for years to come.Rachel Thomson, Professor of Childhood & Youth Studies, University of SussexThis book is a superb resource that advances our knowledge of the experience and influence of young people in the global South. Each of the four sections delivers a useful literature-informed overview followed by rich examples of initiatives written by practitioners and, consistent with the book’s theme, by young people themselves.Nicola Ansell, Professor of Human Geography, Brunel UniversityPeople working with and for adolescents realize that young people are talented, powerful, and full of potential. The delightful publication of Young People in the Global South: Voice, Agency and Citizenship is a brilliantly conceptualized work based on strong evidence and extended global experience of working with adolescents. The book echoes the recent and enlarging focus on the need to utilize the adolescents' power of change in civic engagement, especially among less privileged populations. It fits exactly with their slogan “Nothing for us, without us!”Mamdouh Wabha, Head of the Arab Coalition for Adolescent Health and MedicineThis is an outstanding volume. Its novel approach and structure weaves discussion and case-studies together to create a book bursting with engaging ideas about citizenship, activism, agency, politics and participation. The editors' commitment to youth voice is clear through the fantastic chapter contributions from young people themselves. A wonderful text that centres young people's lives and animates debates on civic engagement for academic researchers and practitioners.Professor Sarah Mills, Professor of Human Geography, Loughborough UniversityTable of ContentsSECTION I Research methods to explore young people’s voice, agency and civic engagement; Introduction: Adolescent and young people’s voice, agency and citizenship in the Global South; Section overview: Research methods to explore young people’s voice, agency and civic engagement; Measuring adolescent voice and agency: An overview of quantitative and mixed-methods approaches; Empowerment in the age of Covid-19: A mixed-methods study of voice and decision-making on four continents; Giving voice to children and adolescents in Chile: Lessons from the participatory research Mosaic approach; Youth contribution: Changing perceptions, changing roles exploring self, peer and public perceptions and changing roles and responsibilities of street-connected peer researchers and advocates in Kolkata during the Covid-19 pandemic; Youth contribution: Our child-led research makes child activists’ voices stronger in Brazil; Youth contribution: How we are working to reduce teenage pregnancy in our community in Sierra Leone; SECTION II Listening to young people: Negotiating gendered perspectives on voice and agency; Youth contribution: ‘When a girl says something, I learn from her’; Section overview: Listening to young people: Negotiating gendered perspectives on voice and agency; Exercising agency on the periphery: Brazilian children and young people’s understanding of agency and choice within contexts of inequality; ‘Children have the right to be controlled by their parents’: Children’s voice in rural Sierra Leone; Exploring the lived realities of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) youth in Bangladesh; Youth contribution: When children and young people participate, it is possible to make a change; Youth contribution: Reflections of a young feminist navigating the promise of sustainable development by world leaders; Youth contribution: Pressure around sex in exchange for necessities is a setback in the fight against HIV among adolescent girls living in fishing communities in Kenya’s Lake Victoria region; SECTION III Understanding young people’s citizenship: Marginalisation, agency and the political Imagination; Youth contribution: ‘Although the camp has changed as compared to the old times, I don’t think it has changed enough’; Section overview: Understanding young people’s citizenship: marginalisation, agency and the political imagination; Street youth as human billboards – a paradox of performed street citizenship: Novel political participation by street youth in Ghana; Informality, gender, and alternative citizenship: The lives and livelihoods of rural migrant youth in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Youth movements and political protest: Opportunities and limitations of Ethiopia’s Qeerroo movement in affecting transformative change; Youth contribution: Negotiating everyday life in a Delhi slum as a Muslim girl; SECTION IV Young people’s voice, agency and participation ‘beyond borders’; Youth contribution: My revolution footprint in Zambia; Section overview: Young people’s voice, agency and participation ‘beyond borders’; Patterning, enablers and barriers to adolescents’ participation in protracted crises: A case study of adolescents’ mobility and safe access to public spaces in the Gaza Strip; Adolescents mobilising in real life and online: The Bangladesh context; Youth contribution: Youth climate leaders: What are the major barriers facing young people in climate action and how can these be overcome?; Youth contribution: ‘Being part of the military wing gives you authority here in the camp’; SECTION V Policies and programming for voice, agency and civic participation; Youth contribution: ‘My mother does not allow me to go out of this camp’: Reflections on experiences as an internally displaced adolescent girl in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia; Section overview: Policies and programming for voice, agency and civic participation; Supporting adolescent voice, agency and civic participation in the context of forced displacement: The role of the Makani/‘My Space’ programme one-stop centres in Jordan; Negotiating meaningful dialogue: Scaffolding safe spaces for street-connected young people’s participation in Kenya; Youth contribution: Youth citizenship and advocacy: Perspectives and challenges facing Peruvian youth leaders; Youth contribution: ‘We give our views but our suggestions are not implemented’: Experiences of school parliaments in Batu, Ethiopia; Youth contribution: The Khuluma Mentor programme: Young people’s experiences of running a digital peer-led psychosocial support intervention in South Africa; Final reflections and next steps for policy, programming and research

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Taylor & Francis Ltd Women in Educational Leadership and Community

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Book SynopsisThis book foregrounds the voices of women in educational leadership to draw on the power of diverse perspectives and to create an environment that better embraces a broad range of leadership styles.Chapters explore formal and informal women''s educational leadership practices and examine the methods and approaches used by successful women leaders across West Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and Australia. The book examines how best to humanize educational leadership in a way that invests in the unique skills and talents that women leaders possess, and it identifies a leadership model that is situated within a range of intersecting theoretical frameworks that revolve around collective leadership, transformation theories, and community partnerships. In doing so, the book elevates education into the sphere of comprehensiveness, inclusion, equity, sustainability, and social justice.By sharing the lived experience of women leaders using a multi-perspectTrade Review‘Women in Educational Leadership and Community Building: Voices Across the Globe provides an outstanding collection of and valuable addition to research on women in educational leadership that expands the conversation on women leaders in countries typically underrepresented. This multicultural tapestry makes a critical yet constructive examination of the progress, successes, and challenges women leaders face as they strive for equity and justice. The authors explore women's experiences in a variety of educational leadership positions, highlighting their courage and hope for women globally. I highly recommend this important work for all scholars and practitioners to expand on and amplify the voices of women in education leadership.’- Elizabeth C. Reilly, Chair International SIG, AERA, Professor, Educational Leadership and Administration, School of Education, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, USA‘This book makes a timely and long overdue contribution to research on women and leadership. It moves beyond the 'anglosphere' where much of the research has engaged and in doing, provides a unique and fresh lens on this topic. This book is a 'must-read' for all those committed to equity and social justice in education.’ - Professor Jane Wilkinson, Monash University, Joint editor, Journal of Education Administration and History. ‘Brilliant book that is well overdue and gives voice to the many women that are still to be heard.’ - Victoria Showunmi, Associate Professor of Education, University College London. ‘The voice of women leaders in education sing out in this book. The authors explore educational leadership through the lens of underrepresented groups with a welcome inclusion of Islamic and Eastern education systems. Individual voices share how they overcome cultural and ethnic barriers. Their collective voice recognizes women leaders need to be supported and celebrated from where they stand. A glorious way to disrupt the status quo!’- Vivienne Porritt, OBE, Co-founders and Strategic Leaders of WomenEdTable of Contents1. Women in educational leadership and community building: An introduction 2. Women leaders: Space, place, role, and change 3. Women enhancing change through social justice 4. Women's collective leadership: A comprehensive transformation 5. Women and power dynamics: A covert revolution 6. A new wave of women’s educational leadership 7. Beyond education: Empowerment model 8. Women’s educational leadership: Concluding thoughts

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Taylor & Francis Ltd SouthNorth Dialogues on Democracy Development and

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Book SynopsisThis book shows how bringing together experts from the Global South and the Global North can help us to understand and combat global economic, political, and social inequalities. For too long, the world's problems have been viewed through the narrow conceptual lenses of the Global North. This book lays the groundwork for a new approach a truly global approach to political economy.We are currently facing multiple and overlapping international crises. The current economic crisis, characterized by deepening inequalities, is closely intertwined with intensifying geopolitical rivalries and the environmental crisis. The dialogues in this book aim to move beyond the Eurocentric tradition and bring voices from the Global South to the forefront of the debate. Covering 11 key themes drawn from the United Nations' Agenda 2030, the book conceptualizes democracy, development, and sustainability not only as strategies, but also as values that are integrated into the same Table of ContentsPREFACE ANDREAS BIELER & MARCIO POCHMANN INTRODUCTION CRISTINA REIS & TATIANA BERRINGER DIALOGUES 1. Geopolitics and political economy in the 21st century GIORGIO ROMANO SCHUTTE & VIJAY PRASHAD 2. Neoliberalism, Democracy, Authoritarianism and Resistance TATIANA BERRINGER & ALFREDO SAAD FILHO 3. Internet and the risks to democracy CLAUDIO PENTEADO & EVA CAMPOS-DOMINGUEZ 4. Urban development and justice LUCIANA TRAVASSOS & HILDE HEYNEN 5. Challenges of the Global South from a decolonial perspective CAROLINA ALVES & FERNANDA CARDOSO 6. Dependency in a world system of global value chains led by transnational corporations CRISTINA REIS & INGRID KVANGRAVEN 7. The deindustrialization of the Brazilian economy: theoretical aspects and empirical evidence GABRIEL ROSSINI & GUILHERME MAGACHO 8. Global Environmental Crisis LEONARDO MELLO, SUSANA ADAMO & SARA DE PAULA 9. .Articulating local and global processes to ensure the governance of food systems ARILSON FAVARETO & PATRICK CARON 10. Embodied political ecologies of water, gender, and urban space in India and Brazil VANESSA EMPINOTTI & YAFFA TRUELOVE 11. Productive transformations, interstate conflicts and environmental degradation: the non-white youth and asymmetries in the Global South RAMATIS JACINO FINAL REMARKS CRISTINA REIS, TATIANA BERRINGER & RODOLFO V. AGUIAR

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Taylor & Francis Ltd Cultural Complexes of Latin America

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Book SynopsisCultural Complexes of Latin America: South and the Soul explores the theory and embodied reality that cultural complexes are powerful determinants in the attitudes, behaviour, and emotional life of individuals and groups.The contributing authors, all from several Latin American countries, present compelling historical, anthropological, sociological, mythological, psychological, and personal perspectives on a part of the world that is full of promise and despair. Latin America is a region marked with psychic fault lines that cause disturbances in its populations on issues of social class, ethnicity, race, religion, gender, and even geography. Many of these fault lines appear to have their origins in the basic fault that occured with the conquest and colonization of the region, primarily by the Spanish and Portuguese. This basic fault and its subsequent fault lines reside not only in various groups that compete for status, power, wealth, and meaning but Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Latin America Introduction Part 1: Brazil 1. South and the Soul 2. Cordial Racism: Race as a Cultural Complex 3. Non Ducor, Duco, I am not led, I lead 4. São Paulo and the Cultural Complexes of the City: Seeing through Graffiti 5. The Cultural Skin in Latin America Part 2: Chile 6. At the Far End of the World: Exploring the Chilean Cultural Isolation Complex Part 3: Colombia 7. In the Shadow of the Virgin Mary Part 4: Mexico 8. The Right to Exist: Mexico's Spiritual Colonization 9. The Broken Bridge: Exploring the Mythic Core of Mexican Cultural Complexes Part 5: Uruguay 10. The Official Story of Uruguay: Cultural Complexes Underlying What Was and Was Not Included Part 6: Venezuela 11. The Gringo Complex 12. Latin America: A Region Split by its Cultural Complexes 13. Venezuela: Cultural Complexes in Contemporary Context

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Taylor & Francis Public Diplomacy and Civil Society Organisations

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the roles of civil society organisations (CSOs) when engaging in public diplomacy activities and their impact on community development and change. It provides up-to-date analysis of the challenges and constraints facing CSOs involved in diplomatic missions and working with foreign donors.Bringing together case studies from Cameroon, Egypt, Poland, Palestine, Lebanon and Libya, this edited collection reflects on how external calls for proposals in the fields of womenâs empowerment, community development, education, training, exchange programmes, democracy, human rights and peacebuilding influence the way civil society organisations contribute, deliver, intervene and position themselves in various societies. It explores the lessons learnt by various CSOs in identifying societal problems, understanding grassroots demands, prioritising development agendas and campaigning for peacebuilding. Grounded in a firm theoretical framework and based on up-to-date empiricTable of Contents1. Introducing Public Diplomacy in Civil Society Organisations 2. Exploring New Concepts and Practices of Civil Society Organisations’ Public Diplomacy 3. Historical review of public diplomacy: Milestones for civic engagement and business 4. Public Diplomacy and Civil Society Penetration: The New ‘scramble for Africa’ 5. Being at the forefront: Polish CSOs’ contribution to public diplomacy and development cooperation efforts 6. Barriers to CSOs’ public diplomacy: Failure of Multilateral Intervention, Conflict, Violence and Militarism 7. Civil society organisations’ public diplomacy and youth political participation in Egypt 8. Challenges to civil society Organisations’ public diplomacy: Militarism, restrictions and violence in Libya and Lebanon 9. Concluding Thoughts: New Directions for Civil Society Organisations’ Public Diplomacy

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Taylor & Francis Ltd African Ethics and Death

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Book SynopsisThis book analyzes the concepts of moral status and human dignity in African philosophy and applies them to the moral problems associated with death.The book first challenges the criticism and rejection of moral status in African philosophy and then continues to consider how moral personhood is defined in African ethical theories, investigating which entities have full moral status or moral personhood and are therefore worthy of full ethical consideration. It then applies this theory to the problems associated with death. In the medical context, will an African theory of moral status permit or forbid euthanasia? Do we have moral obligations towards dead human bodies? Overall, the book provides an important African axiological contribution to debates on global ethics and moral philosophy.Providing an important overview of the ethical problems associated with the biological fact of death, this book will be of interest to researchers across the fields of philosophy and AfTable of ContentsPart 1: African Moral Philosophy 1. Introduction to Moral Status and Death in African Ethics 2. A Defence of Moral Status in African Philosophy 3. Ubuntu Ethics, ubuntu and Moral Status 4. Ubuntu, Empathy and Moral Status Part 2: African Applied Ethics 5. Ubuntu Ethics and Voluntary Euthanasia 6. Ubuntu Ethics and the Moral Status of Dead Human Bodies

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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and the Nile

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Book SynopsisThe Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) will not only be Africa's largest dam, but it is also essential for future cooperation and development in the Nile River Basin and East African region. This book, after setting out basin-level legal and policy successes and failures of managing and sharing Nile waters, articulates the opportunities and challenges surrounding the GERD through multiple disciplinary lenses. It sets out its possibilities as a basis for a new era of cooperation, its regional and global implications, the benefits of cooperation and coordination in dam filling, and the need for participatory and transparent decision making. By applying law, political science and hydrology to sharing water resources in general and to large-scale dam building, filling and operating in particular, it offers concrete qualitative and quantitative options that are essential to promote cooperation and coordination in utilising and preserving Nile waters. The book incorporatesTrade Review"The multidisciplinary volume The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and the Nile Basin: Implications for Transboundary Water Cooperation is published at the right time to take a closer look at the impacts of the GERD on the Nile and its riparians from the perspectives of law, political science, economics and hydrology.[The book] serves as an initial platform for the urgently needed analysis and discussion of pertinent problems and potential solutions for transboundary water cooperation in the Eastern Nile Basin at a crucial point in time. By providing ample space for varying views within and between disciplines, it makes a valuable contribution to the future resolution of conflicts and the fostering of cooperation on the sharing of the Nile waters in the future." - Götz Reichert in the Ethiopian Yearbook of International Law 2017 "This important and unique collection captures a living experiment in the Nile Basin. Ethiopia shattered the basin's status quo by launching construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Africa's largest hydroelectric project. Important precedents in managing transboundary resources may be set as Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia thrash out sharing benefits as well as water. The contributors address the legal issues, the regional politics and the projected economic impact of Ethiopia's unilateral action." - John Waterbury, President Emeritus, the American University of Beirut, Lebanon 'This important volume examines the impacts of the GERD project through an interdisciplinary lens, incorporating insights from the fields of law, political science, economics and hydrology. As the contributors show, the game-changing nature of the GERD may introduce a new era of cooperation on the Nile." - Stephen McCaffrey, Distinguished Professor of Law, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, USA"Cooperative management of transboundary fresh waters is a great challenge of our time – nowhere more so than in the Nile basin, with eleven riparian nations and the world’s longest river. This scholarly book makes an invaluable contribution at a turning point in Nile history. The authors, many with long experience studying Nile issues, have woven together an important interdisciplinary study of the risks and opportunities arising from the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile, linking Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt." - David Grey, Visting Professor of Water Policy, University of Oxford, UKTable of Contents1. A Multi-disciplinary Analysis of the Risks and Opportunities of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam for Wider Cooperation in the Nile 2.The Nile Basin Cooperative Framework Agreement: Disentangling the Gordian Knot? 3.Agreement on Declaration of Principles on the GERD: Levelling the Nile Basin Playing Fields? 4.International Law developments on the Sharing of Blue Nile Waters: a fairness perspective 5.Changing cooperation dynamics in the Nile Basin and the role of the GERD 6. GERD and hydropolitics in the Eastern Nile: from water to benefit sharing? 7. Analyzing the Economy-Wide Impacts on Egypt of Alternative GERD Filling Policies 8. Economic Impact Assessment of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Under Different Climate and Hydrological Conditions 9. From Projecting Hydroclimate Variability to Filling the GERD: Upstream Hydropower Generation and Downstream Releases 10. Managing risks while filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

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Taylor & Francis Ltd Planning Sustainable Cities

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Book SynopsisPlanning Sustainable Cities: An infrastructure-based approach provides an analytical framework for urban sustainability, focusing on the services and performance of infrastructure systems. The book approaches infrastructure as a series of systems that function in synergy and are directly linked with urban planning. This method streamlines and guides the planning process, while still highlighting detail, each infrastructure system is decoded in four system levels. The levels organize the processes, highlight connections between entities and decode the high-level planning and decision making process affecting infrastructure. For each system level strategic objectives of planning are determined. The objectives correspond to the five focus areas of the Zofnass program: Quality of life, Natural World, Climate and Risk, Resource Allocation, Leadership. Developed through the Zofnass Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, this approach integrates the key inTable of ContentsPart 1. Sustainability, Infrastructure and Cities 1. The Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure 2. Planning Infrastructure Part 2. Sustainable Infrastructure Planning Guidelines 3. General Framework 4. Landscape as Infrastructure 5. Transportation Infrastructure 6. Water Infrastructure 7. Energy Infrastructure 8. Solid Waste Infrastructure 9. Information as Infrastructure 10. Food as Infrastructure Part 3. Examples of Planning with the Guidelines11. New City in Asia 12. City Expansion in Europe

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Taylor & Francis Ltd Women of Asia

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Book SynopsisWith thirty-two original chapters reflecting cutting edge content throughout developed and developing Asia, Women of Asia: Globalization, Development, and Gender Equity is a comprehensive anthology that contributes significantly to understanding globalization's transformative process and the resulting detrimental and beneficial consequences for women in the four major geographic regions of AsiaEast Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Eurasia/Central Asiaas it gives voice to women and provides innovative ways through which salient understudied issues pertaining to Asian women's situation are brought to the forefront.Table of ContentsPreface; Part I: Introduction and Overviews of Women in Asia; Chapter 1: Globalization, Development, and Gender Equity: A Thematic Perspective on Women of Asia; Chapter 2: Gender Equality, Women’s Empowerment, and the Sustainable Development Agenda in Asia; Chapter 3: Gendering Aid and Development Policy: Official Understanding of Gender Issues in Foreign Aid Programs in Asia; Part II: East Asia; Chapter 4: Globalization and Gender Equity in China; Chapter 5: China’s "State Feminism" in Context: The All-China Women’s Federation From Inception to Current Challenges; Chapter 6: Gender Equality and the Limits of Law in Securing Social Change in Hong Kong; Chapter 7: Women’s Experiences of Balancing Work and Family in South Korea: Continuity and Change; Chapter 8: Gender Equality in the Japanese Workplace: What Has Changed Since 1985?; Chapter 9: Addressing Women’s Health through Economic Opportunity: Lessons from Women Engaged in Sex Work in Mongolia; Part III: Southeast Asia; Chapter 10: Women, Globalization, and Religious Change in Southeast Asia; Chapter 11: Adapting Human Rights: Gender-Based Violence and Law in Indonesia; Chapter 12: Experiences of Financial Vulnerability and Empowerment among Women who were Trafficked in the Philippines; Chapter 13: Women as Natural Caregivers? Migration, Healthcare Workers, and Eldercare in Singapore; Chapter 14: Elected Women Politicians in Singapore’s Parliament: An Analysis of Socio-Demographic Profile; Chapter 15: Globalization and Increased Informalization of Labor: Women in the Informal Economy in Malaysia; Chapter 16: Women Politicians in Cambodia: Resisting and Negotiating Power in a Newly "Implemented" Democracy; Chapter 17: Freedom to Choose? Marriage and Professional Work among Urban Middle-Class Women in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam; Chapter 18: Entrepreneurial Women in Lao PDR; Chapter 19: Persisting Inequality, Rural Transformation, and Gender Relations in the Northeast of Thailand; Chapter 20: Challenging Gender Inequalities through Education and Activism: Exploring the Work of Women's Organizations in Myanmar's Transition; Part IV: South Asia; Chapter 21: Young Women’s Situation and Patriarchal Bargains: The Story of a Son-Less Family in Rural Bangladesh; Chapter 22: Livelihoods, Households, and Womanhood in Nepal; Chapter 23: Negotiating Gendered Violence in the Public Spaces of Indian Cities: Globalization and Urbanization in Contemporary India; Chapter 24: The Promises and Pitfalls of Microfinance in Pakistani Women’s Lives; Chapter 25: Afghan Women: The Politics of Empowerment in the Post-2001 Era; Part V: Eurasia and Central Asia; Chapter 26: Women in Azerbaijan: Decades of Change and Challenges; Chapter 27: Female Religious Leaders in Uzbekistan: Recalibrating Desires and Effecting Social Change; Chapter 28: Project Kelin: Marriage, Women, and Re-Traditionalization in Post-Soviet Kazakhstan; Chapter 29: "Women Move the Cradle with One Hand and with the Other, the World!" Methodological Reflections on "The Woman Question" in Tajikistan; Chapter 30: Tradition, Islam, and the State: International Organizations and the Prevention of Violence against Women in Tajikistan; Chapter 31: Rural Women’s Encounters with Economic Development in Kyrgyzstan; Chapter 32: Women as Change Agents: Gender in Post-Soviet Central Asia; Notes on Contributors

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Taylor & Francis Ltd Agriculture and Rural Development in a

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Book SynopsisRapid structural transformation and urbanization are transforming agriculture and food production in rural areas across the world. This textbook provides a comprehensive review and assessment of the multi-faceted nature of agriculture and rural development, particularly in the developing world, where the greatest challenges occur. It is designed around five thematic parts: Agricultural Intensification and Technical Change; Political Economy of Agricultural Policies; Community and Rural Institutions; Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health; and Future Relevance of International Institutions. Each chapter presents a detailed but accessible review of the literature on the specific topic and discusses the frontiers in research and institutional changes needed as societies adapt to the transformation processes. All authors are eminent scholars with international reputations, who have been actively engaged in the contemporary debates around agricultural developTrade Review"How do agriculture and rural development practices need to adapt to meet the needs of a world experiencing rapid globalisation and urbanisation? Such a broad but timely question demands in-depth and wide-ranging analysis, and this volume in Earthscan's Food and Agriculture series provides just that." - Spore (the newsletter of CTA), number 185Table of Contents1. Introduction Prabhu Pingali and Gershon Feder Part 1: Agricultural Intensification and Technical Change 2. Modern Agricultural Technology Adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Four-Country Analysis Gershon Feder and Sara Savastano 3. Revisiting the Farm Size–Productivity Relationship: New Evidence from Sub-Saharan African Countries Pasquale Lucio Scandizzo and Sara Savastano 4. From Land Grabs to Land Development: The Past and Potential of Private Investment in Frontier Agriculture Derek Byerlee, William A. Masters, and Daniel S. Robinson 5. Staples Production: Efficient "Subsistence" Smallholders Are Key to Poverty Reduction, Development, and Trade Michael Lipton Part 2: Political Economy of Agricultural Policies 6. Transforming African Economies and the Evolving Structure of African Agriculture Johann Kirsten and Frikkie Liebenberg 7. Origins and Some Empirical Tests of Theories of Agricultural Evolution John Murray McIntire 8. Toward More Evidence-based Decision-making in the Land Sector: Can It Help to Close Implementation Gaps? Klaus Deininger 9. Food Price Changes, Domestic Price Insulation, and Poverty (When All Policymakers Want to Be Above Average) Kym Anderson, William J. Martin, and Maros Ivanic 10. Institutional Constraints and Options for Expanding the Biotechnology Revolution in Developing Countries Greg Traxler Part 3: Community and Rural Institutions 11. Beyond Hype: Another Look at Index-based Agricultural Insurance Peter Hazell and Ulrich Hess 12. Beyond Water Markets: Second-best Water Allocation Policy? Mark W. Rosegrant, Man Li, and Wenchao Xu 13. Reflections on Community-Driven Development Jacomina de Regt Part 4: Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health 14. Agricultural Change and Health and Nutrition in Emerging Economies Joachim von Braun 15. Understanding the Multidimensional Nature of the Malnutrition Problem in India Prabhu Pingali and Tanvi Rao Part 5: Future Relevance of International Institutions 16. Structural Transformation and the Transition from Concessional Assistance to Commercial Flows: The Past and Possible Future Contributions of the World Bank Uma Lele, Sambuddha Goswami, and Gianluigi Nico 17. The Relevance of the CGIAR in a Modernizing World: Or Has It Been Reformed ad infinitum into Dysfunctionality? Alex F. McCalla

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Taylor & Francis Ltd Participatory Networks and the Environment

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Book SynopsisSeeking innovative answers to global sustainability challenges has become an urgent need with the onslaught of environmental and ecological degradation that surrounds us today. More than ever, there is a need to carve new ways for citizens and different industries and institutions to unite to cooperate, communicate and collaborate to address growing global sustainability concerns.This book examines one such global collaboration called The BGreen Project (BGreen): a transnational participatory action research project that spans the United States and Bangladesh with the aim of addressing environmental issues via academiccommunity engagement. By analysing and unpacking the architecture of BGreen, Hasan teases out the key factors that are required for the continued momentum of environmentally focused, academiccommunity partnership projects in order to present a workable model that could be applied elsewhere. This model is based around a unique conceptual framework developed by tTrade Review"Can education through participatory research be transformative? This highly engaging and accessible book wrestles with the question by documenting how those traditionally researched (youth in the US and Bangladesh) became participatory researchers, built an international NGO to address global environmental concerns, and became leaders and activists along the way." -- Leda Cooks, Professor & Graduate Program Director, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA"Fadia Hasan tackles ‘big’ problems in a ‘big’ way. This multi-faceted and subtle démasqué of the architecture of participation in the case of the BGreen Project is a must read for both environmental activists and academics." – Jan Servaes, Professor Emeritus"Fadia Hasan provides an innovative comparative assessment of emerging transnational networks for social change involving youth organizations, academia, State, and the corporate sector… As the Global North and its surrogates in the South continue to advance an environmental and economic order that is not sustainable, Hasan’s task as an engaged researcher is to empower marginalized voices so that they are acknowledged in policy circles… [She] interrogate[s] the viability of paternalistic, market driven Bangladeshi and U.S. educational systems by confronting long established hierarchies of knowledge and exclusionary political practices. I expect this text will contribute to this line of scholarship, and do so with a great deal of insight." -- Henry Geddes, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USATable of ContentsForeword List of figures Chapter Introduction Theory and method Transnational political economic realities and its impacts on social transformation The networked architecture of the BGreen Experience Multi-media amplification of the BGreen Project Youth reflections, growth and sustenance of BGreen Participatory Network Conclusion

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Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge Handbook of NGOs and International

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Book SynopsisOffering insights from pioneering new perspectives in addition to well-established traditions of research, this Handbook considers the activities not only of advocacy groups in the environmental, feminist, human rights, humanitarian, and peace sectors, but also the array of religious, professional, and business associations that make up the wider non-governmental organization (NGO) community. Including perspectives from multiple world regions, the book takes account of institutions in the Global South, alongside better-known structures of the Global North. International contributors from a range of disciplines cover all the major aspects of research into NGOs in International Relations to present: a comprehensive overview of the historical evolution of NGOs, the range of structural forms and international networks coverage of major theoretical perspectives illustrations of how NGOs are influential in every prominent issue-areaTrade Review"This timely and important book provides a comprehensive and compelling look at the role of NGOs in international relations. Pushing against disciplinary silos, it brings together a first rate group of scholars to reflect upon the role of NGOs in a vast number of issue areas and regions of the world. It is essential reading for everyone interested in ‘politics beyond the state’." Erin Hannah, King's University College, Western University, Canada. "An comprehensive and timely collection of essays about the growing and crucial role of non-state actors in world politics. Routledge Handbook of NGOs and International Relations has insights for politicians, pundits, and the public as well as analysts of global governance. This excellent overview provides one-stop shopping for a phenomenon that challenges the contours of our understanding about contemporary transnational interactions." Thomas G. Weiss, The CUNY Graduate Center, New York, USA. Table of ContentsIntroducing NGOs and International Relations PART I: History and Contributions 1. The Emergence of NGOs as Actors on the World Stage 2. NGOs’ Interactions with States 3. NGOs in Global Governance 4. Transnational Non-State Politics PART II: Theory and Analysis 5. Constituting NGOs 6. Rationalist Explanations for NGOs 7. NGOs and Post-Positivism: Two Likely Friends? 8. NGOs in Constructivist International Relations Theory 9. The Aesthetic Politics of NGOs 10. NGOs and Social Movement Theory 11. International NGOs in Development Studies 12. NGOs and Management Studies 13. NGOs in International Law: Reconsidering Personality and Participation (again) 14. Voluntaristics: Global Research on NGOs and the Non-Profit Sector 15. Primary Data on NGOs: Pushing the Bounds of Present Possibilities PART III: Issue-Areas and Sectors 16. Feminist Politics and NGO Mobilization: Can NGOs Degender Global Governance? 17. NGOs and Labour 18. NGOs and Human Rights 19. Humanitarian NGOs 20. Five Generations of NGOs in Education: From Humanitarianism to Global Capitalism 21. The Roles of the Citizen Sector in Health and Public Health 22. NGOs and Peace 23. NGOs and the Environment 24. Civil Society, Expert Communities, and Private Standards 25. An Uncomfortable Relationship: NGOs, Trade Associations, and the Development of Industry Self-Regulation 26. NGOs and Global Trade 27. NGOs and Professions 28. Religiously Affiliated NGOs PART IV: Regional Perspectives 29. Transnational NGOs in the United States 30. NGOs in the European Union 31. The Non-Profit Sector in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia 32. NGOs in East and Southeast Asia 33. NGOs, Democracy and Development in Latin America 34. Civil Societies and NGOs in the Middle East and North Africa: The Cases of Egypt and Tunisia 35. NGOs in Sub-Saharan Africa: Potentials, Constraints and Diverging Experiences 36. NGOs in South Asia PART V: Contemporary Challenges 37. Democracy and NGOs 38. NGOs and Authoritarianism 39. NGOs and Security in Conflict Zones 40. NGOs and the Challenge of Global Terrorism 41. International NGO Legitimacy: Challenges and Responses 42. NGO Accountability

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Taylor & Francis Ltd Contemporary Issues in Development Finance

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Book SynopsisContemporary Issues in Development Finance provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of theoretical and policy issues in development finance from both the domestic and the external finance perspectives and emphasizes addressing the gaps in financial markets.The chapters cover topical issues such as microfinance, private sector financing, aid, FDI, remittances, sovereign wealth, trade finance, and the sectoral financing of agricultural and infrastructural projects. Readers will acquire both breadth and depth of knowledge in critical and contemporary issues in development finance from a philosophical and yet pragmatic development impact approach. The text ensures this by carefully integrating the relevant theoretical underpinnings, empirical assessments, and practical policy issues into its analysis. The work is designed to be fully accessible to practitioners with only a limited theoretical economic background, allowing them to deeply engage with the book Trade Review“This book provides an excellent overview of the challenges of financial sector development in developing countries. The different chapters touch on all the relevant dimensions, including international capital flows, microfinance and financial inclusion. An important contribution to our field!” – Thorsten Beck, Professor of Banking and Finance, The Business School (formerly Cass), University of London, UK“An abundance of literature exists in development finance, but this book will be an important ‘one stop shop’ for researchers, teachers, and policy makers. It is thematic and coherent. The underpinning is on contemporary theories and empirics linking finance and development with emphasis on inclusive development. This is because financial sector development alone does not ensure inclusive finance that is vital for inclusive development. The financial instruments considered are also wide ranging; so are the actors who can help bridge the financial development gap.” – Lemma Senbet, The William E. Mayer Chair Professor of Finance, University of Maryland, USA; Immediate Past Executive Director/CEO, African Economic Research ConsortiumTable of Contents1. Introduction to contemporary issues in development finance 2. Finance, economic growth, and development 3. Microfinance and development 4. Private capital flows and economic growth 5. Remittances and development 6. Foreign aid and economic development 7. Global financial architecture: emerging issues and agenda for reforms 8. Sovereign wealth management 9. Sovereign debt management 10. Financial inclusion and economic growth 11. Financing agriculture for inclusive development 12. Financing sustainable development: new insights for the present and the future 13. International trade, finance, and development 14. Infrastructure financing and economic development 15. Finance and economic development: the role of the private sector

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Taylor & Francis NonGovernmental Organizations and Development

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Book SynopsisThis book is an introduction to the wide-ranging topic of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and development, combining a critical overview of the main research literature with a set of up-to-date theoretical and practical insights drawn from experience in Asia, Europe, Africa and elsewhere.The revised second edition highlights the continuing importance of NGOs in development, while fully engaging with the criticisms that their increased profile now attracts. It considers issues such as securitization, changing technologies, and recent concerns about safeguarding as well as going into more detail around topics such as market-based development and social enterprise. The diversity of NGOs and their roles is discussed against the broader historical background of struggles for social justice in different societies, as well as within the shifting ideological contexts of neoliberalism and populism. Using a broad range of short case studies of both successful and unsuccessful intTable of Contents1. Introduction: what are non-governmental organizations? 2. Understanding development NGOs in historical context 3. NGOs and development theory 4. NGOs and development: from alternative to mainstream? 5. NGO roles in contemporary development practice 6. NGOs and civil society 7. NGOs and globalization 8. NGOs and the aid system 9. NGOs and international humanitarian action 10. Development NGOs in perspective

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Taylor & Francis Latin American Economic Development

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Book SynopsisLatin America is one of the most intriguing parts of the world. The regionâs illustrious history, culture, and geography are famous internationally, but in terms of economics, Latin America has been generally associated with problems. For many, the combination of a resource-rich region and poor economic conditions has been a puzzle.This extensively revised and updated third edition of Latin American Economic Development continues to provide the most up-to-date exploration of why the continent can be considered to have underperformed, how the various Latin American economies function, and the future prospects for the region. The book addresses the economic problems of Latin America theme by theme.Changes and new features in this new edition include: a new chapter on economic growth that reflects the new understanding of slow growth in the region; two new appendices on basic microeconomics and macroeconomics; Table of ContentsContents List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Preface Chapter 1 Latin America and the world economy Chapter 2 Latin American economic history Chapter 3 Economic Growth and Latin America Chapter 4 Limits to Growth in Latin America Chapter 5 Growth and the environment in Latin America Chapter 6 Latin America and primary commodities Chapter 7 Import substitution in Latin America Chapter 8 Latin American trade policy Chapter 9 Exchange Rate Policy Chapter 10 Financing current account deficits Chapter 11 Macroeconomic policy in Latin America Chapter 12 Macroeconomic stability Chapter 13 Poverty and inequality Chapter 14 Economic policy debates in Latin America Appendix: Demand and Supply Appendix: Basic Macroeconomics Index

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Taylor & Francis Ltd Residential Satisfaction and Housing Policy

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Book SynopsisThis book explores residential satisfaction and housing policy trends in developing nations by using subsidised low-income housing examples in South Africa, Ghana and Nigeria as case studies. While there has been much documentation on the formation of residential satisfaction and the evolution of housing policy in developed nations, relatively little has been written about these topics in developing nations. This book provides readers with two major practical insights: The first is focused on the theoretical underpinning of residential satisfaction and the formation of residential satisfaction in subsidised low-income housing through the development of a conceptual framework, while the second is focused on housing policy evolution and its trends in South Africa. In this section of the book, comparative overviews of public housing in two West African countries are provided with an emphasis on the philosophical basis for its development in these countries. The centralTable of ContentsPart I The Fundamentals Chapter One: Introduction Part II Housing Theories and Policy Development Chapter Two: Theoretical Perspectives of Housing Studies Research Chapter Three: Housing Policy Evolution and Development Part III Housing Policy and Development in Africa Chapter Four: Housing Development in Ghana Chapter Five: Housing Development in Nigeria Chapter Six: Housing Development in South AfricaPart IV Residential Satisfaction Theories and Research Chapter Seven: Residential Satisfaction Theories Chapter Eight: Conceptual Perspective of Residential Satisfaction Formation

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Taylor & Francis Ltd Censuses and Census Takers

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Book SynopsisThis book analyses the international development of the census by comparing the history of census taking on all continents and in many countries. The timeframe is wide, from male censuses in the Bible to current censuses covering the whole population. There is a focus on the efforts and destinies of census takers and the development of methods used to collect information into the census questionnaires. The book highlights international cooperation in census taking, as well as how computerized access to census data facilitates genealogical studies and statistical research on both historical and contemporary societies. It deals with such questions as Why did the French and British gentry block efforts at census taking in the 18th century?; What role did German censuses play during Holocaust?; Why were the Soviet census directors executed as part of the Moscow processes?; Why did US states sue the Census Bureau in the 1970s?; How do wars and revolutions affect census taking?Table of Contents1. Introduction and Pre-Censuses 2. Revolutionary Census Taking 3. Numeric censuses during the Restoration Period from 1815 4. The Nominative Census Revived 5. International Cooperation and Comparison 6. Into the 20th century - ups and downs of census taking 7. Towards a Global Census? 8. Census technology 9 The Historical Census References

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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Globalization of Foreign Aid

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Book SynopsisWhy do aid agencies from wealthy donor countries with diverse domestic political and economic contexts arrive at very similar positions on a wide array of aid policies and priorities? This book suggests that this homogenization of policy represents the effects of common processes of globalization manifest in the aid sector. Drawing on both quantitative and qualitative analysis of policy adoption, the book argues that we need to examine macro-level globalizing influences at the same time as understanding the micro-level social processes at work within aid agencies, in order to adequately explain the so-called emerging global consensus' that constitutes the globalization of aid.The book explores how global influences on aid agencies in Canada, Sweden, and the United States are mediated through micro-level processes. Using a mixed-methods approach, the book combines cross-national statistical analysis at the global level with two comparative case studies which look at the adoptiTrade Review"This long-awaited book provides a compelling account of why foreign aid donors engage in herd behaviour and how the process plays out in specific cases. In it, Liam Swiss makes a very insightful and nuanced contribution to the literature on foreign aid and policy diffusion." — Stephen Brown, School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa, Canada"Based on sustained personal and professional experience, Liam Swiss provides a meticulous analysis of the many forces that produce convergence in international development policy, norms and priorities. Swiss manages the rare combination of compelling detail, clarity, and theoretical innovation." — Emma Mawdsley, Reader in Human Geography, University of Cambridge, UK"Combining mixed-methods research with his insights as a former international aid worker, Swiss offers a compelling explanation of how donors get stuck in inflexible approaches to development. This books gives us a glimpse into both the dark side of global consensus, and how to break free of it." — Elizabeth Heger Boyle, Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota, USA"This book is an indispensable contribution to our understanding of how aid works. Swiss deftly explores the challenges faced by the development industry today and blazes new trails into the global politics of bilateral assistance. I know of no other comparative study of aid agencies that takes a sociological approach as sophisticated as this." — Jeffrey T. Jackson, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Mississippi, USA, and author of The Globalizers: Development Workers in ActionTable of ContentsPART I: Emerging Global Consensus? 1. The Globalization of Foreign Aid? 2. Global Influences and the Diffusion of Aid Priorities PART II: Donors Think Alike? 3. The Donors: Canada, Sweden, and the United States 4. Women and Gender: World Society and Bureaucrat Agency 5. Security Sector Reform: Catalytic Policy Processes and Donor Autonomy PART III: Globalization’s Influence on Aid Agencies 6. Processes of Globalization: Linking Micro and Macro 7. The Globalization of Aid: Conclusions on Consensus

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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Global NorthSouth Atlas

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Book SynopsisThis innovative atlas deconstructs the contemporary image of the NorthSouth divide between developed and underdeveloped countries which was established by the 1980 Brandt Line, and advocates the need for the international community to redraw the global map to be fit for the 21st century.Throughout the book a range of colorful maps and charts graphically demonstrate the ways in which the world has changed over the last 2,000 years. The atlas first analyzes the genesis and characteristics of the Brandt Line's NorthSouth divide, before going on to discuss its validity through the centuries, especially before and after 1980, and demonstrating the many definitions and philosophies of development that exist or may exist, which make it difficult to define a single notion of a Global North and South. The book concludes by proposing new schemes of categorization between developed and developing countries which might better fit our contemporary global society.This book will servTrade ReviewExcerpt from book review in Hungarian Geographical Bulletin, Vol. 69 No.1, 2020"This book…contextualises and modulates the problem of what humanity thinks of development, progression, and well-being…The Brandt Line has a place in political and economic history rather than contemporary 21st-century atlases. Solarz’s work explores the geographic aspects of development in great detail, focusing on the discourse around the Brandt Line. By contributing to the discussion, he resolves the opposition of the global South and North with multiple approaches and offers new alternatives for presenting development on a global scale." -- Géza Barta, Doctorate School of Earth Sciences, Eötvös Loránd, University (ELTE), Budapest, HungaryTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Brandt Line: political or developmental boundary; 1 Mapping global change: differences in development and wealth from the 1st to the 21st century; 2 Different philosophies of development: different development boundary lines; 3 Towards a new global line?; 4 Conclusions; Bibliography; Index

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