Development studies Books
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Sustainability And Development In Asia And The
Book SynopsisThe UN Sustainable Development Goals provide a common global agenda for development. However, the emerging policy issues vary greatly across the world.With 32 contributors, this volume provides a timely, research-based overview for the need for policy interventions to improve the sustainability and development models of the ten selected countries in Asia and the Pacific. The volume is firmly positioned at the cusp between research, policy and practice.
£130.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Critical Issues In Asset Building In Singapore's
Book SynopsisSingapore's progress as an independent nation and the uplifting of its people's livelihood have been made possible by stable social and political conditions. A more important factor in driving these positive changes lies with people-centric leadership. One can contrast the case of Singapore with societies led by self-serving leaders whose lack of honesty and integrity brings about immense social and economic hardships to various communities. When people suffer under undesirable circumstances, they often migrate to seek better future for themselves and their families.This book reveals how Singapore's governance grounded on the principle of asset building facilitates the country's growth and development. Policies being discussed in this volume include multi-culturalism, accessible housing, social mobility for low-income families, water resource management, and national conscription.Highly relevant for students, policy makers and the general public interested in socio-political and economic development issues, this unique piece of work not only gives readers a documentary account of what has been undertaken to empower and assist citizens in the last 50 years or so, but also prompts them to reflect on Singapore's future trajectory.Related Link(s)Table of ContentsAbout the Contributors; List of Tables; List of Figures; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction (S Vasoo and Bilveer Singh); Challenges in Asset Building in Singapore (Michael Sherraden); Investments for Social Sector to Tackle Some Key Social Issues (S Vasoo); Singapore's Multiculturalism: An Asset for Nation Building (Norshahril Saat); Political Innovations and Stabilisers as Strategic Assets in Singapore (Bilveer Singh); Housing as Asset Building in Singapore (Hongbo Jia and S Vasoo); Asset-Building Challenges with Low-Income Families (Irene Y H Ng); Water Policies as Assets (Yishu Zhou and Ching Leong); Conscription and Its Contribution to Singapore (Bernard F W Loo); Conclusion (S Vasoo and Bilveer Singh); Select Bibliography; Index;
£76.00
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Interpreting Zhejiang's Development: Cultural And
Book SynopsisThis book explores the development of Zhejiang province, an eastern coastal province of China. Since China's reform and opening-up, Zhejiang has become one of China's forerunners in economic, social and political transformation. This province has prioritized and encouraged entrepreneurship, and the private sector has played an important role in boosting the regional economy. This book analyzes Zhejiang's transformation from an underdeveloped region to one of the richest regions in China with unique cultural and social perspectives. It also highlights the impact of the Belt and Road Initiative on Zhejiang and its role in this initiative.
£126.00
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Human Security: From Concept To Practice - Case
Book SynopsisHuman security is a new paradigm for security, development and justice. Since it was first proposed in the 1990s, there has been an endless debate between its proponents and critics, and even among its advocates, over the meaning and utility of the concept. What is important now is to move the concept beyond the realm of theory and explore its practical applications, considering possible policy perspectives and implications. This book suggests new practical applications of the human security concept, such as human security mapping, the human security governance index and human security impact assessment. Using Northeast India and Orissa as case studies, the methodology introduced in this path-breaking book can be applied to conflict zones worldwide. By designating the individual rather than the state as the referent object of security, human security is emerging as a framework that can serve as a means to evaluate threats, foresee crises, analyze causes of discord and propose solutions entailing a redistribution of responsibilities.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Human Security from Concept to Practice (A Acharya et al.); Constructing a Human Security Governance Index for Northeast India (K Das); Human Security Mapping in Conflict Zones: The Case of Northeast India (N G Mahanta); Conflict and Development in the Context of Human Security in Northeast India (D Sharma); A Human Security Index for Orissa, India (Madhyam Foundation); Human Security Impact Assessment (HSIA): A Suggested Methodology (Madhyam Foundation); People's Perception of Human Security Threat: A Survey of Three Naxal-Affected Districts in Orissa, India (S K Singhdeo).
£82.65
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Globalization And Localization: The Chinese
Book SynopsisThe aim of this book is to provide the international readership a collection of articles authored by Chinese scholars on the subject of globalization and localization. In a world where no country is an island isolated from others, globalization is bound to be contested, debated, and de- and re-constructed at different levels across the international community. For this very reason, it is important to present this concept as developed, interpreted and discussed by the Chinese community.The scope of book is broad, ranging from theoretical reflection to more concrete opinions given by the Chinese academic community, and finally to case studies on globalization and localization. It includes eleven articles by leading Chinese scholars in the past decades.Table of ContentsTheoretical Reflections: Universalism and Critique of Ideology in Global Politics; Toward the True World Culture: The Multiple Universalities in the Era of Globalization; Economic Globalization and Cultural Pluralism; Chinese Perspectives on Globalization: Premise Analysis of the Fundamental Tasks of China's Contemporary Legal Philosophy: "The World Structure" as a Historic Condition; China's Perspective on the Globalization Research; Chinese World Outlook: All-Under-Heaven System; The Dialectic and Historical Determination of Cultural Subjectivity; Globalization and Localization: Case Study: China: A Society of Intra-Systems; The Chinese Model of Development: An International Perspective; Globalization: Production of Culture and Cultural Identity: Ethnic Group, Local Society and Transnational Cultural Circle; Globalization and Regional Income Inequality Empirical Evidence from Within China.
£93.60
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Dreams And Reality: New Era Of China's Reform
Book SynopsisThis book is a detailed study on the future development trends of China by well-known Chinese and foreign scholars. The emphasis is on the study of the development of relations between China and the world, from both the micro and macro points of view. Besides China's external relations, the authors also present succinctly the key problems that China encounters today.
£85.50
NUS Press The Oil Palm Complex: Smallholders, Agribusiness
Book SynopsisThe oil palm industry has transformed rural livelihoods and landscapes across wide swathes of Southeast Asia, generating wealth along with economic, social, and environmental controversy. Who benefits and who loses from oil palm development? Can oil palm development provide a basis for inclusive and sustainable rural development?This book considers the impacts of specific communities and plantations. It analyses the regional political economy of oil palm, examining how the oil palm industry in Malaysia and Indonesia work as a complex, in which land, labour and capital are closely connected. It unpicks the dominant policy narratives, business strategies, models of land acquisition and labour-processes.Understanding this oil palm complex is a prerequisite to developing improved strategies to harness the oil palm boom for a more equitable and sustainable pattern of rural development.Trade Review"...provides scholarship that elucidates the complexities of oil palm production, and the challenges presented by peatland agriculture as well as peatland restoration."-The Jakarta Post
£26.31
ISEAS Pursuing Open and Integrated Development for
Book SynopsisThe Singapore Lecture series was inaugurated in 1980 by the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute (formerly Institute of Southeast Asian Studies) with a founding endowment from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), and augmented by a generous donation in 1983 from ExxonMobil Asia Pacific.The Singapore Lecture is one of the intellectual highlights of Singapore. It provides an opportunity for distinguished statesmen and leaders to reach a wider audience in Singapore. The presence of such eminent personalities will allow members of the civil service, business community, diplomatic corps, academic community, media, and other interested parties, the opportunity to hear from leading world figures speak on topics of international and regional interest.The 44th Singapore Lecture was delivered by His Excellency Li Keqiang, Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, on 13 November 2018 under the distinguished Chairmanship of Mr Teo Chee Hean, Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security, Singapore.
£20.45
ISEAS Living with Myanmar
Book SynopsisSince 2011, Myanmar has experienced many changes to its social, political and economic landscape. The formation of a new government in 2016, led by the National League for Democracy, was a crucially important milestone in the country’s transition to a more inclusive form of governance. And yet, for many people everyday struggles remain unchanged, and have worsened in recent years. Key economic, social and political reforms have stalled, conflict persists, and longstanding issues of citizenship and belonging remain. The wide-ranging challenges of living with Myanmar are the subject of this volume. Each other offers a different perspective on the socio-political and economic mutations occurring in the country and the challenges that still remain. The book is divided into six sections, and covers critical issues ranging from gender equality and identity politics to agrarian reform and the representative role parliament. Collectively, these voices raise key questions concerning the institutional legacies of military rule and their ongoing role in subverting the country’s reform process. However, they also offer insights in the creative and productive ways the Myanmar’s activists, civil society, parliamentarians, bureaucrats and everyday people attempt to engage with and reform those legacies.
£26.96
Langaa RPCID Sovereignty Becoming Pulvereignty: Unpacking the
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£28.21
Fountain Publishers Professional Social Work in East Africa. Towards Social Development, Poverty Reduction and Gender Equality
£33.44
NUS Press From the Blue Windows: Recollections of Life in
Book SynopsisTan Kok Yang grew up in a small public housing estate in Queenstown during the 1960s and early 1970s. Queenstown is one of the earliest public housing estates in Singapore and over the years, has gone through immense changes. It was home to a group of low-rise government rental flats where the windows were fitted with unique blue louvers, hence the title of the book. This account of the games, festivities, customs and lifestyle of the area as seen through the eyes of an inquisitive boy will arouse memories in many older Singaporeans.While the stories touch on the effects of race riots and student unrest during the 1960s, their purpose is neither political nor academic. Rather they are a reminder of a simple but fulfilling way of life that has all but vanished from modern Singapore.
£12.30
United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (Unu-Inra) Collaborative Governance in Extractive Industries
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£29.26
Sub-Saharan Publishers Reclaiming the Human Sciences and Humanities Through African Perspectives. Volume I
£83.60
Sub-Saharan Publishers Reclaiming the Human Sciences and Humanities Through African Perspectives. Volume II
£83.60
Forum for Social Studies Challenges and Opportunities for Inclusive
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£46.53
Nova Science Publishers Inc The Long Way to Crisis: Unraveling Peculiarities
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£113.59
