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Book SynopsisWhat leads to national progress? The growing consensus in the social sciences is that neither capital flows, nor the savings rate, nor diffuse values are the key, but that it lies in the quality of a nation's institutions. This book shows how real institutions affect national development.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments 1. Institutions and Development: A Conceptual Reanalysis Alejandro Portes 2. The Comparative Study of Institutions: The "Institutional Turn" in Development Studies: A Review Alejandro Portes and Lori D. Smith 3. Institutional Change and Development in Argentina Alejandro Grimson, Ana Castellani, and Alexander Roig 4. Institutional Change and Development in Chilean Market Society Guillermo Wormald and Daniel Brieba 5. The Colombian Paradox: A Thick Institutional Analysis Cesar Rodriguez-Garavito 6. Development Opportunities: Politics, the State, and Institutions in the Dominican Republic in the Twenty-First Century Wilfredo Lozano 7. The Uneven and Paradoxical Development of Mexico's Institutions Jose Luis Velasco 8. Conclusion: The Comparative Analysis of the Role of Institutions in National Development Alejandro Portes and Lori D. Smith Appendix: Investigators Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThe rise of China and its status as a leading global factory are altering the way people live and consume. This book probes Chinese, European, and American eco-desire and eco-technological dreams, and examines the solutions they offer to environmental degradation in this age of global economic change.Trade Review"Julie Sze has written a perceptive and engaging account of the hopes and dreams embodied in Dongtan and why the project was such an abysmal failure. A mix of critique and reportage, the weaving of a theoretical approach with that of a traveler whose father coincidentally grew up on Chongming, Sze masterfully unpicks the strands of what was intended as the world's largest new environmental city... An impressive achievement in looking through new eyes at China's efforts to deal with its environmental challenges." -- Mark L. Clifford Asian Review of Books "Sze's exploration of the official self-delusion and public eco-desires that sustain fantasies such as Dongtan is compelling... What Sze's exploration of the narratives of eco-modernism shows well is how flexible the creed of environmentalism can be - and how that quality can be manipulated." -- Fred Pearce New Scientist "Recommended reading for both those trying to get to grips with green purchasing in developing countries, as well as those interested in what the people on the street think of planning green and thinking huge. It is also a refreshing read compared to media coverage on the issue, which tends to label developments as 'hilarous' or 'bizarre', or just interview the big names involved, without providing much on-the-ground insight." -- Michael Veale LSE Review of Books "Carbon-neutral, zero-waste and home to 500,000 people: the Chinese eco-city of Dongtan seemed a radical urban dream. But the city, to be sited near Shanghai on Chongming - the world's biggest alluvial island - remains a blueprint. As Julie Sze argues in this thoughtful ... analysis of Chinese "eco-desire", the culprit could be irreconcilable beliefs in harmony with nature, and the ability of autocratic political structures to enact radical change." -- Barbara Kiser Nature "A fascinating story for readers interested in modern China, urban history, and global studies of ecology and the environment!" -- Carla Nappi New Books Network/New Books in East Asian Studies "A thought-provoking new book." -- Jan McGirk China Dialogue "It is easy to paint a black-and-white picture of China's environmental policies. But in Fantasy Islands, Julie Sze is able to bring a more nuanced view... In Fantasy Islands, the author raises some excellent questions about global efforts to deal with climate change through technological solutions." -- Joan Mooney Urbanland "Fantasy Islands accessibly introduces paradoxes of greening China's future." -- G. W. McDonogh CHOICETable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Fear, Loathing, Eco-Desire: Chinese Pollution in a Transnational World 2. Changing Chongming 3. Dreaming Green: Engineering the Eco-City 4. It's a Green World After All? Marketing Nature and Nation in Suburban Shanghai 5. Imagining Ecological Urbanism at the World Expo Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Select Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Pressâs mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1982.

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Book Synopsis* Gathers together key readings on the major themes in the study of development and culture. * Structured clearly and supported by editorial material in order to aid teaching. * Can be used alongside Culture and Development: A Critical Introduction (Blackwell Publishers, 2000). .Trade Review"Schech and Haggis' collection is a very good starting point for those interested in teaching and researching the culture and development." South African Geographical JournalTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction: Pathways to culture and development: Jane Haggis and Susanne Schech. Part I: Modernizing Cultures:. 1. The Grocer and the Theif: A Parable: Daniel Lerner. 2. Modernization Ideals: Gunnar Myrdal. 3. A Universal Civilization? Modernization and Westernization: Samuel P Huntington. 4. Divided Market Cultures in China. Gender, Enterprise and Religion: Robert P Weller. Part II: Culture/Power/Knowledge:. 5. Orientalism: Edward W Said. 6. The West and the Rest: Discourse and Power: Stuart Hall. 7. Black Bodies, White Bodies: Toward an Iconography of Female Sexuality in Late Nineteenth Century: Sander L Gilman. Part III: Development as Discourse:. 8. The Problematisation of Poverty: The Tale of Three Worlds and Development: Arturo Escobar. 9. The Constitution of the Object of "Development" - Lesotho as a "Less Developed Country": James Ferguson. 10. Becoming a Development Category: Nanda Shrestha. 11. Knowledge for Development: The World Bank. Part IV: Development Culture and Human Rights:. 12. Universalism, Particularism and the Question of Identity: Ernesto Laclau. 13. Human Rights as Cultural Practice: Ann Belinda Preis. 14. Women's Rights, Human Rights and Domestic Violence in Vanuatu: Margaret Jolly. Part V: Global/Local:. 15. Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy: Arjun Appadurai. 16. Capitalisms, Crises and Cultures II: Notes on Local Transformation and Everyday Cultural Struggles: Alan Pred. 17. Narratives of Masculinity and Transnational Migration: Filipino Workers in the Middle East: Jane A Margold. 18. Learning to be Local in Belize. Global Systems of Commom Difference: Richard Wilk. Part VI: Place and Space:. 19. Geography as Destiny: Cities, Villages and Khmer Rouge Orientalism: Kevin McIntyre. 20. Contesting Cultures: Westernization, Respect for Cultures and Third-World Feminists: Uma Narayan. 21. Gender, Place and Networks. A Political Ecology of Cyberculture: Arturo Escobar. 22. Maya Hackers and the Cyberspatialized Nation-State: Modernity, Ethnostalgia and a Lizard Queen in Guatemala: Diane M Nelson. 23. CyberResistance: Saudi Opposition Between Globalization and Localization: Mamoun Fandy. Part VII: Multiple Modernities:. 24. The Invention of Tradition Revisited: The Case of Colonial Africa: Terence Ranger. 25. Contentious Traditions: The Debate of Sati in Colonial India: Lata Mani. 26. "When the Earth is Female and the Nation is Mother". Gender, the Armed Forces and Nationalism in Indonesia: Saraswati Sunindyo. 27. The Objects of Soap Opera: Egyptian Television and the Cultural Politics of Modernity: Lila Abu-Lughod. 28. The Credible and the Credulous: The Question of "Villagers' Beliefs" in Nepal: Stacy Leigh Pigg. 29. Modernizing the Malay Mother: Maila Stivens. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe Cold War–era experiments of the Global South make clear that socialism is more than Stalinism. Jeremy Friedman looks to Indonesia, Chile, Tanzania, Angola, and Iran to understand how socialism has worked in practice. Each state developed its own socialism, pragmatically addressing local needs and shaping the horizons of socialism today.Trade ReviewImpressive…Although the pursuit of socialism in the global South generally ended in failure, Friedman argues that it left lasting legacies across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. -- Maria Lipman * Foreign Affairs *Impressive…[Ripe for Revolution] reveals much that we did not know—and have been desperate to learn—about Soviet involvement in, and evaluations of, the Third World. -- Tanya Harmer * H-Diplo *A brilliantly original study of how communism was transformed by its encounter with the postcolonial world, forging a model of socialist development that shapes our world down to the present. In an era overshadowed by talk of a new Cold War, Ripe for Revolution is essential reading. -- Adam Tooze, author of Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the WorldAn illuminating exploration of the power of the concept of socialism, especially in the developing world, that provides clues to today’s challenges—from Xi Jinping’s ‘socialism with Chinese characteristics’ to Bernie Sanders’s ‘socialism with American characteristics.’ -- Graham Allison, author of Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?An outstanding book. By showing how and why socialism became a preferred model for state building and social transformation in countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, Friedman reestablishes the centrality of non-capitalist models of development and illuminates what made scientific socialism so attractive for so many in the postcolonial world. -- Odd Arne Westad, author of Empire and Righteous Nation: 600 Years of China-Korea RelationsOriginal and lucid, Ripe for Revolution confirms Friedman’s standing as one of our foremost practitioners of Cold War international history. His book deepens our understanding of the winding path of Soviet promotion of socialism, incisively revealing strains of pragmatic calculation within ideological parameters. It not only has fresh implications for understanding the postwar communist realm but also illuminates Western Cold War calculations. -- James G. Hershberg, author of Marigold: The Lost Chance for Peace in VietnamFriedman strides confidently around the world to the hotspots of late Cold War socialism, from Tanzania to Chile and Angola to Indonesia, to show the many ways in which Marx, Lenin, and Mao were put into practice. With a dazzling array of sources about the local varieties of socialism, Friedman never loses track of geopolitics. The result is a tour de force of Cold War history on a global scale. -- David C. Engerman, author of The Price of Aid: The Economic Cold War in IndiaTransforming how we see the Cold War and its legacies, Friedman punctuates standard narratives of capitalist diffusion as he tracks the variety of policies and institutions across different socialist states alongside their stubborn independence from patrons in Moscow and Beijing. Anyone interested in understanding political development in the Global South must read this revealing book. -- Jeremi Suri, author of The Impossible Presidency: The Rise and Fall of America’s Highest Office

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Book SynopsisObstetrics and Gynecology in Low-Resource Settings provides practical guidelines for ensuring quality care to women in locations where facilities are inadequate, equipment and medications are in short supply, and medical staff are few. This reference will be an essential companion to health care providers throughout the world.Trade ReviewUnder Nawal Nour’s guidance and gentle tutelage, this book lays out current knowledge about the ranking threats—from obstetric fistula and genital cutting to obstructed labor and stillbirths, cervical cancer, HIV, and malaria in pregnancy—to the health and well-being of hundreds of millions of women. Nor are gender-based violence and access to contraception scanted, as so often in medical texts. Obstetrics and Gynecology in Low-Resource Settings: A Practical Guide will prove indispensable to students, trainees, and clinicians seeking to span such divides in order to improve and save lives. It’s a go-to reference for all those who care about the role of gender equity in the broader struggle for global health equity. And that should mean all of us. -- Paul E. Farmer, Kolokotrones University Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and cofounder of Partners In HealthDr. Nour has gathered the foremost experts in obstetrics and gynecology to address the most devastating health issues faced by women in low-resource settings. Practical and easy to read, this book is essential for health providers working in low-resource regions of the world, and indispensable for individuals committed to improving the health and well-being of women everywhere. Not only meant to improve women’s lives, this publication will no doubt save women’s lives. -- Christy Turlington Burns, global maternal health advocate and founder of Every Mother CountsObstetrics and Gynecology in Low-Resource Settings: A Practical Guide is the first book of its kind to describe a broad range of applications to women’s health worldwide. As a resource for not only physicians, but also non-physician women’s health providers, this volume will have a broad appeal. Of importance is the inclusion of information regarding the need to learn cultural sensitivity and an appreciation of the need to highlight social determinants of maternal mortality and morbidity, including gender-based violence. -- Douglas W. Laube, past president, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

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Book SynopsisOver the decades, there has been a widespread movement from authoritarian to democratic rule among developing countries, often occurring against a backdrop of severe economic crises and the adoption of market-oriented reforms. This title explores this relationship, addressing a variety of questions.Trade Review"Haggard and Kaufman...bring a fresh perspective to the study of the political economy of democratic transitions by reminding us that institutional landscapes are important in determining policy preferences, choices, and outcomes in 'transition' societies."--Omar G. Encarnacion, Comparative PoliticsTable of ContentsList of Figures and TablesPreface and AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Political Economy of Democratic Transitions3Ch. 1The Political Economy of Authoritarian Withdrawals25Ch. 2Economic Crisis and Authoritarian Withdrawal45Ch. 3Surviving Crises, Withdrawing in Good Times75Ch. 4Comparing Authoritarian Withdrawals109Ch. 5Democratic Transitions and Economic Reform151Ch. 6New Democracies and Economic Crisis183Ch. 7Economic Management in Non-crisis Democracies228Ch. 8Economic and Political Reform in Dominant-Party Systems: Mexico and Taiwan267Ch. 9Economic Reform and Democratic Consolidation309Ch. 10Institutions, Democratic Consolidation, and Sustainable Growth335Conclusion: Comparing Democratic Transitions365Index381

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"The authors argue persuasively that some regimes are capable of moving from authoritarian forms of government to democracy."---Warren I. Cohen, Washington Post"From Development to Democracy offers an engaging and novel theoretical argument that the authors present in a lucid and highly readable manner. . . . The book makes an important contribution to democratization studies, but it might also interest area specialists and historians of Asia. I recommend it thoroughly."---Etienne Hanelt, Democratization

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Book SynopsisA group of specialists trace the origins and development of political parties, explore their impact on the system in which they exist, and raise new questions about the potential role of parties. Originally published in 1966. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print boTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Foreword, pg. v*Contents, pg. vii*1. The Origin and Development of Political Parties, pg. 3*2. Parties, Elites, and Political Developments in Western Europe, pg. 43*3. Parties and Nation-Building in America, pg. 79*4. The Development of Parties in Turkey, pg. 107*5. European Political Parties: The Case of Polarized Pluralism, pg. 137*6. The Transformation of the Western European Party Systems, pg. 177*7. The Decline of the Party in Single-Party African States, pg. 201*8. Political Recruitment and Participation in Egypt, pg. 217*9. Electoral Mobilization, Party Competition, and National Integration, pg. 241*10. Parties and National Integration in Africa, pg. 267*11. Political Parties and the Crisis of Succession in the United States: The Case of 1800, pg. 303*12. Political Parties and Policy-Making in Latin America, pg. 331*13. Party Systems and National Development in Asia, pg. 369*CONCLUSION. The Impact of Parties on Political Development, pg. 399*A Selected Bibliography, pg. 439*Contributors, pg. 465*Index, pg. 471

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Book SynopsisVolume 5 in the Studies in Political Development Series. Originally published in 1965. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books whilTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface and Acknowledgments, pg. vii*Contents, pg. ix*1. Introduction: Political Culture and Political Development, pg. 1*2. Japan: The Continuity of Modernization, pg. 27*3. England: The Traditionally Modern Political Culture, pg. 83*4. Germany: The Remaking of Political Culture, pg. 130*5. Turkey: The Modernity of Tradition, pg. 171*6. India: Two Political Cultures, pg. 199*7. Ethiopia: Identity, Authority, and Realism, pg. 245*8. Italy: Fragmentation, Isolation, and Alienation, pg. 282*9. Mexico: The Established Revolution, pg. 330*10. Egypt: The Integrative Revolution, pg. 396*11. Soviet Russia: Orthodoxy and Adaptiveness, pg. 450*12. Conclusion: Comparative Political Culture, pg. 512*Contributors, pg. 561*Index, pg. 565

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Book SynopsisEssential reading for anyone wanting to understand Britain and the United States’ true role in the worldTrade Review'A powerful, compelling book ... It leaves the reader outraged at the hypocrisy and duplicity of British politicians and officials' -- Race and Class'Demonstrates how Britain remains the key supporting player in US domination, and how far from benign that domination is in its impact on the rest of the world' -- Victoria Brittain'Essential reading for anyone wanting to understand Britain and the United States' true role in the world and the so-called order imposed by the Anglo-American alliance' -- John Pilger'His findings are damning' -- London Review of BooksTable of ContentsIntroduction Part One: Foreign Policy 1. Postwar Foreign Policy and the Special Relationship 2. Foreign Policy Under the Democrats and Labour Part Two: Development 3. The 'Development' System 4. The Prevention of Development Part Three: the Middle East 5. Controlling the Modern Middle East 6. The Gulf Part Four: the United Nations 7. The Us, Britain and the Un in History 8. Current Policy, Intervention and the Case of Rwanda Notes Index

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Book SynopsisAn urgent demand for a People's Green New Deal, foregrounding global agricultural transformation and climate justice for the Global SouthTrade Review'Hands-down the best book yet on the Green New Deal. Courageous, bold, refreshing - Ajl pushes the horizons of progressive thought and envisions an ecosocialist transition that is rooted in principles of global justice' -- Jason Hickel, author of 'Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World''An amazing text, truly inspirational. There are few books in which nearly every sentence is urgent and quotable, but this is one. Lucid and profound, it assembles the elements that are necessary for an actual political program of survival and renewal' -- Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, author of 'An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States' (Beacon Press, 2014)'You cannot purchase your way out of climate change the same way you cannot pick a 'Green New Deal' brand that suits your personal preferences. Anti-imperialism and anti-capitalism are not by-gone projects, they're very much alive in the Global South. Left climate movements in the North would be better served by following their example as well as reading this critical work' -- Nick Estes, author of 'Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance' (Verso, 2019)‘Ajl guides us with an authority steeped in scholarship but also with panache. If you really want to learn what'll be necessary for our species to survive climate apocalypse, read this book. You'll then know the ways by which humanity's very fate can be won’ -- Rob Wallace, author of 'Dead Epidemiologists: On the Origins of COVID-19' (Monthly Review Press, 2020)'Anyone wanting to understand the limitations of the Green New Deal, and how it is being employed as a tool to rationalize Green Capitalism, and sanitize its advance within the capitalist system must read this critical work' -- Kali Akuno, Executive Director of Cooperation Jackson"In this urgent book, Max Ajl poses the question “What would visions for sustainability in Global North look like if they were anti-imperial, reparative, socialist and agroecological?” The answer, he argues, looks radically different from – and more liberating than - the Green New Deals on the table today" -- Raj Patel, co-author of 'A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet' (Verso, 2020)'An exceedingly important and powerful book, a uniquely comprehensive report about climate change, its politics and injustices' -- Judith Deutsch, ‘Counterpunch’‘A bracing and thought-provoking call for those of us in the Global North to reconsider how we fight for social and climate justice’ -- ‘ROAR’‘A refreshing and rich scholarly alternative to how an ideal green new deal should be imagined … an exquisite sketch of ideal avenues towards eco-socialism’ -- ‘Developing Economics’‘Provides a comprehensive survey of the nuanced issues a red-green alliance must confront and resolve’ -- ‘System Change not Climate Change’'An exceedingly important and powerful book, a uniquely comprehensive report about climate change, its politics and injustices'. -- ‘Socialist Project’‘A magnificent work that should be at the top of reading lists for anyone remotely concerned about the climate crisis' -- ‘Canadian Dimension’Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part I: Capitalist Green Transitions 1. Green Transition - or Fortress Eco-Nationalism? 2. Change Without Change: Eco-Modernism 3. Energy Use, Degrowth, and the Green New Deal 4. Green Social Democracy or Eco-Socialism? Part II: A People's Green New Deal 5. The World We Wish to See 6. A Planet of Fields 7. Green Anti-Imperialism and the National Question Conclusion Notes Index

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive historical tracing of how the contemporary finance-poverty-development nexus emergedTrade Review'Nick Bernards has crafted the definitive account of the history of poverty finance, skilfully revealing its entanglements with the uneven development of capitalism' -- Susanne Soederberg, Professor of Global Political Economy at Queen's University, Canada‘In this outstanding history of poverty finance, Nick Bernards show that financial exclusion persists not because of a lack of design or fancy technology but because the problem of uneven development is persistent and structural’ -- Andrew Leyshon, Emeritus Professor of Economic Geography at the University of Nottingham'A much-needed book that should be read by anyone interested in the expansion of finance into everyday life. Rich with empirical details and comprehensive in its theoretical engagement with the interrelationship between finance and social justice, it throws into sharp relief how impoverished the conception of poverty reduction is when it relies on financial inclusion to improve welfare of people' -- Johnna Montgomerie, Professor of International Political Economy at King's College London'In this exemplary study, Nick Bernards shows why so many were seduced into wrongly believing that poverty finance might be the key to eradicating global poverty. In fact, its deployment was about advancing the narrow enrichment priorities of the powerful. A major contribution in the study of the politics of finance' -- Milford Bateman, author of 'Why Doesn't Microfinance Work? The Destructive Rise of Local Neoliberalism'Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Acronyms Introduction Part I. Poverty finance and the antinomies of colonialism 1. A colonial problem 2. Poverty finance and nascent neoliberalism 3. Structural adjustment, backlash, and the turn to the local: Explaining the rise of microfinance Part II. Making markets for poverty finance 4. Commercialising community: Experiments with marketisation 5. From microcredit to financial inclusion Part III. Innovation to the rescue? 6. The forever-latent demand for microinsurance 7. Fintech and its limits Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe essays in this volume illuminate key conditions for autonomy and development: the definition and redefinition of national territories as cultural orders clash and mix; control of resource bases upon which northern economies depend; and renewal and reworking of cultural identity.Table of ContentsForeword and Acknowledgments1 Introduction: On Autonomy and Development / Colin H. Scott2 Healing the Past, Meeting the Future / Peter PenashuePart One: (Re)defining Territory3 Shaping Modern Inuit Territorial Perception and Identity in the Quebec-Labrador Peninsula / Ludger Müller-Wille4 Writing Legal Histories on Nunavik / Susan G. Drummond5 The Landscape of Nunavik/The Territory of Nouveau-Québec / Peter Jacobs6 Aboriginal Rights and Interests in Canadian Northern Seas / Monica E. Mulrennan and Colin H. Scott7 Territories, Identity, and Modernity among the Atikamekw (Haut St-Maurice, Québec) / Sylvie PoirierPart Two: Resource Management and Development Conflicts8 Voices from a Disappearing Forest: Government, Corporate, and Cree Participatory Forestry Management Practices / Harvey Feit and Robert Beaulieu9 Conflicts between Cree Hunting and Sport Hunting: Co-Management Decision-Making at James Bay / Colin H. Scott and Jeremy Webber10 Becoming a Mercury Dealer: Moral Implications and the Construction of Objective Knowledge for the James Bay Cree / Richard T. Scott11 Media Contestation of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement: The Social Construction of the Cree Problem / Donna Patrick and Peter Armitage12 Low-level Military Flight Training in Quebec-Labrador: The Anatomy of a Northern Development Conflict / Mary Barker13 The Land Claims Negotiations of the Montagnais or Innu of the Province of Quebec and the Management of Natural Resources / Paul CharestPart Three: Community, Identity, and Governance14 Community Dispersement and Organization: The Case of Ouje-bougoumou / Abel Bosum15 Gathering Knowledge: Reflections on the Anthropology of Identity, Aboriginality, and the Annual Gatherings in Whapmagoostui, Quebec / Naomi Adelson16 Building a Community in the Town of Chisasibi / Sue Jacobs17 Cultural Change in Mistissini: Implications for Self-Determination and Cultural Survival / Catherine James18 The Decolonization of the Self and the Recolonization of Knowledge: The Politics of Nunavik Health Care / Josée G. Lavoie19 Country Space as a Healing Place: Community Healing at Sheshatshiu / Cathrine Degnen20 The Concept of Community and the Challenge for Self-Government / Hedda Schuurman21 The Double Bind of Aboriginal Self-Government / Adrian Tanner22 Afterword: Reflections on Strategy / Colin H. ScottIndex

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Book SynopsisThe Mediterranean, a region of uneven globalization, offers clues to understanding the future of democracy in North Africa and the Near East.Table of ContentsPreface to Series / Preface to the English EditionIntroduction / Yassine Essid and William D. ColemanPart 1: Adapting and Integrating -- Governing in Globalization1 Globalization, Governance, and Autonomy / Abdeljabbar Bsaies2 Globalization, Autonomy, and the Euro-Mediterranean Space: The Issues of Regional Cooperation and the Challenges of Sovereignty / Faika Charfi and Sameh ZouariPart 2: Globalization in the Great Texts3 ‘Asabiyya, Market, and Society: The Contemporary Relevance of Ibn Khaldun’s Vision of Social Change / Olivia Orozco de la Torre4 Transmission of Texts and Globalization of Knowledge: Inter-religious Dialogue in Castile in the Fifteenth Century / Sonia FellousPart 3: Religions and Globalization5 Islam: Globalization, Autonomy, and Internationality / Mohamed Yassine Essid6 Muslim Women in the Mediterranean Region: Discriminatory Autonomy / Latifa LakhdharPart 4: Cultural Autonomy -- Music and Food7 Local Tunisian Music and Globalization: Between Musical Autonomy and Commercial Autonomy / Myriem Lakhoua8 Globalization and Food Autonomy in the Mediterranean Region / Amado A. Millán Fuertes9 The Fuentes de Ebro Sweet Onion: Autonomy through Globalization / Rulof Kerkhoff10 Globalization of Food Practices in Amman / Almudena Hasan Bosque11 Food Globalization and Autonomy Strategies: The Case of Meat in Tunisia / Paula Durán MonfortPart 5: Cultural Autonomy -- Languages and Education12 Globalized Literature and Autonomy: The Arabic Novel in the West / François Zabbal13 The Use of English in North Africa: From Globalization to Autonomy / Mongi Bahloul14 Globalization, Autonomy, and Higher Education: The French and Tunisian Cases / Houda Ben HassenPart 6: Globalization and Autonomy -- The Economic Question15 The Economics of Globalization and Autonomy in the Mediterranean Region / Lotfi Bouzaïane16 Globalization and Autonomy in the Mediterranean Region: The Roles of the Main Stakeholders / Rim Ben Ayed Mouelhi17 The Challenge of Financial Globalization in Countries South of the Mediterranean Basin / Samouel Béji18 Industrial Policy in the Mediterranean Region and Capacities for Autonomy in a Context of Globalization / Jihen Malek19 The South Mediterranean Countries and Economic Opening: The State of Affairs / Nizard Jouini20 The Mediterranean and Outsourcing / Fatma SarrajEpilogue21 Globalization and Autonomy: The Individual in the Maghreb / Interview with Dr. Hashmi DhaouiNotes; Works Cited; Index

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Book SynopsisThe Mediterranean, a region of uneven globalization, offers clues to understanding the future of democracy in North Africa and the Near East.Table of ContentsPreface to Series / Preface to the English EditionIntroduction / Yassine Essid and William D. ColemanPart 1: Adapting and Integrating -- Governing in Globalization1 Globalization, Governance, and Autonomy / Abdeljabbar Bsaies2 Globalization, Autonomy, and the Euro-Mediterranean Space: The Issues of Regional Cooperation and the Challenges of Sovereignty / Faika Charfi and Sameh ZouariPart 2: Globalization in the Great Texts3 ‘Asabiyya, Market, and Society: The Contemporary Relevance of Ibn Khaldun’s Vision of Social Change / Olivia Orozco de la Torre4 Transmission of Texts and Globalization of Knowledge: Inter-religious Dialogue in Castile in the Fifteenth Century / Sonia FellousPart 3: Religions and Globalization5 Islam: Globalization, Autonomy, and Internationality / Mohamed Yassine Essid6 Muslim Women in the Mediterranean Region: Discriminatory Autonomy / Latifa LakhdharPart 4: Cultural Autonomy -- Music and Food7 Local Tunisian Music and Globalization: Between Musical Autonomy and Commercial Autonomy / Myriem Lakhoua8 Globalization and Food Autonomy in the Mediterranean Region / Amado A. Millán Fuertes9 The Fuentes de Ebro Sweet Onion: Autonomy through Globalization / Rulof Kerkhoff10 Globalization of Food Practices in Amman / Almudena Hasan Bosque11 Food Globalization and Autonomy Strategies: The Case of Meat in Tunisia / Paula Durán MonfortPart 5: Cultural Autonomy -- Languages and Education12 Globalized Literature and Autonomy: The Arabic Novel in the West / François Zabbal13 The Use of English in North Africa: From Globalization to Autonomy / Mongi Bahloul14 Globalization, Autonomy, and Higher Education: The French and Tunisian Cases / Houda Ben HassenPart 6: Globalization and Autonomy -- The Economic Question15 The Economics of Globalization and Autonomy in the Mediterranean Region / Lotfi Bouzaïane16 Globalization and Autonomy in the Mediterranean Region: The Roles of the Main Stakeholders / Rim Ben Ayed Mouelhi17 The Challenge of Financial Globalization in Countries South of the Mediterranean Basin / Samouel Béji18 Industrial Policy in the Mediterranean Region and Capacities for Autonomy in a Context of Globalization / Jihen Malek19 The South Mediterranean Countries and Economic Opening: The State of Affairs / Nizard Jouini20 The Mediterranean and Outsourcing / Fatma SarrajEpilogue21 Globalization and Autonomy: The Individual in the Maghreb / Interview with Dr. Hashmi DhaouiNotes; Works Cited; Index

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Book SynopsisGlobalization, Poverty, and Income Inequality uses diverse empirical approaches to reveal the sometimes unexpected effects of trade and globalization on poverty and inequality.Table of Contents1 Indonesia: Economic History, Growth, Poverty, Income Inequality, and Trade / Richard Barichello2 Globalization and Inequality: Causes, Consequences, and Cures / James W. Dean and Colin McLean3 Trade Expansion in Indonesia: The Impact on Poverty and Income Inequality / Teguh Dartanto, Yusuf Sofiyandi, and Nia Kurnia Sholiha4 Is Globalization Associated with Income Inequality? The Case of Indonesia / Yessi Vadila and Budy P. Resosudarmo5 A Child’s Growth is a Nation’s Growth: Children’s Well-being and Inequality in Indonesia / Santi Kusumaningrum, Arianto Patunru, Clara Siagian, and Cyril Bennouna6 Reducing Rural Poverty through Trade? Evidence from Indonesia / Richard Barichello and Faisal Harahap7 Is Greater Openness to Trade Good? What are the Effects on Poverty and Inequality? / Arianto Patunru8 Coffee Eco-Certification: New Challenges for Farmers’ Welfare / Bustanul Arifin9 Understanding Visual Disability as a Development and Global Human Rights Issues: A Demographic Perspective in Indonesia / Evi Nurvidya Arifin and Aris Ananta10 Urban Property Rights: A View from Jakarta / Michael Leaf11 Indonesia: The Links between Globalization, Poverty, and Income Inequality / Richard SchwindtList of Contributors; Index

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Book SynopsisThis collection of essays focuses on development in India to explore the emergence of regional modernities in ways that are distinct from a so-called global modernity and its myriad local variations. Individual essays present case studies of development across India.Trade Review"This is a well-conceived and well-executed anthropological collection of essays." -- Lakshmi R. Iyer * United States Department of Agriculture *"This collection sets a very high standard of scholarship in the social science literature on development and modernity. Individually and collectively, the essays in this volume will challenge and provoke scholars engaged in the critique of development in India and elsewhere." -- Journal of Asian Studies

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Book SynopsisThis book re-evaluates debates on education, modernity, and social change in India through reference to the strategies of educated un/under-employed young men in western Uttar Pradesh.Trade Review"Overall, the book makes an excellent and original contribution in furthering our understanding of the heterogeneous pathways to masculinities for men from different social locations. It makes an important contribution by illustrating the significance of understanding the relationship between various forms of power in a community shaped by the intersections of caste, class, and religion and their impact on the construction of masculinities in North India in the era of globalization."—Ramaswami Mahalingam, Men and Masculinities"Not since Paul Willis's classic Learning to Labour has a scholarly work conveyed so eloquently the promises and betrayals of formal schooling. Everyone who cares about social justice and development and how, as social scientists and practitioners, we should approach these goals, must read this superb study."—Amita Baviskar, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi"With verve, clarity, and apt theoretical engagement, this study describes the place of education in youthful imagination and performance, and sociopolitical change in the aftermath of economic liberalization. It's a compelling read, brimming with insight, tinged with humor, a compassionate record of how education, civility, and aspiration become entangled in the reproduction of social inequality in both familiar and new ways."—K. Sivaramakrishnan, Yale University"The focus on masculinity, education, modernity, and social status among rural young men in northern India highlights the problems with education in India. The authors explore the mindset of those for whom rural education is a system that often fails, demonstrating a volatile mix of disenfranchisement on the one hand and underemployment on the other."—Susan S. Wadley, Syracuse University"The book thus offers us a deep and thoughtful analysis of the socio-political transformations and reproduction of socio-economic inequality which are propelled by the promises of formal education in a terrain of uneven social and economic reality The book captures reflectively the spatial and social transformation occurring in familiar and novel ways."—Progress in Development Studies"The book is important for both academics and policy makers: 'we question accounts of education as an unproblematic social good within development academia'. Not quite the condemnation of education as causing the problem, but a warning that education on its own will not achieve its goals, and that with some people in some contexts, it can have its 'dark side'."—Alan Rogers, University of East Anglia"[T]hrough close ethnographic work, the authors throw new light on larger debates about development, education and employment in India, and raise important issues and questions that demand further exploration and debate by sociologists and policymakers alike."—Economic & Political Weekly"The authors of this book do a magnicent job of analyzing the cultural and political terrain in which the potential benets of education are mediated by social and cultural capital, within highly politicized contexts and uneven economies. Degrees Without Freedom? is a model of excellent research and writing, speaking to critical debates in a number of elds, and I recommend it very highly."—Annals of the Association of American Geographers

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Book SynopsisThe U.S.-led intervention in Afghanistan mobilized troops, funds, and people on an international level not seen since World War II. Hundreds of thousands of individuals and tens of billions of dollars flowed into the country. But what was gained for Afghanistanor for the international community that footed the bill? Why did development money not lead to more development? Why did a military presence make things more dangerous? Through the stories of four individualsan ambassador, a Navy SEAL, a young Afghan businessman, and a wind energy engineerNoah Coburn weaves a vivid account of the challenges and contradictions of life during the intervention. Looking particularly at the communities around Bagram Airbase, this ethnography considers how Afghans viewed and attempted to use the intervention and how those at the base tried to understand the communities around them. These compelling stories step outside the tired paradigms of 'unruly' Afghan tribes, an effective Taliban resistance, and Trade Review"Coburn's experienced eye demonstrates that understanding local culture is a two way street. Highly recommended for Afghans, or anyone puzzled by the policies of international military and civilian institutions and in need of practical advice on how to cope with their strange ways of thinking." -- Thomas Barfield * Boston University *"Rich in description and thick with ironies, Losing Afghanistan reveals the insanities of a war run by and for contractors, and by soldiers posing as development agents. In this first-hand account of war-time Afghanistan, Coburn navigates the various and sometimes shared assumptions of walled off foreigners and the world they created in which Afghans play but minor parts. A quiet indictment." -- Catherine Lutz * Brown University *"Losing Afghanistan provides a unique window into the longest, most costly US and international intervention since the Second World War. Having spent over a decade researching and writing about Afghanistan, living with ordinary Afghans, and a bewildering array of international actors, Coburn illuminates the chasm between what ordinary Afghans think and want, and what international actors assume and do, and the frustration and disillusionment that resulted." -- Michael Keating, Associate Director, Chatham House, and Former UN Deputy Envoy to Afghanistan * Kabul *"Though it receives little regard in the conference rooms where policy decisions are arrived at, anthropology in the person of field ethnographers like Noah Coburn provides a much-needed perspective that is almost always ignored or only turned to after the fact. In its careful attention to pinpointing the places where abstract policy gets stuck in practice, Losing Afghanistan demonstrates why anthropology is desperately needed as both counsel and corrective, and why its small-scale but critical truths are so often ignored." -- David Edwards * American Anthropologist *"Coburn convincingly shows that any anthropological understanding of the international intervention in Afghanistan needs to describe the specific subculture of the foreign military, humanitarian workers, consultants, or journalists who flocked into the country in the aftermath of the Taliban regime's fall....Coburn's compelling book is a must-read for everybody interested in Afghanistan and more generally in peacebuilding interventions." -- Noah Coburn * Anthropological Quarterly *Table of ContentsContents and Abstracts1Surveying the Intervention from Above chapter abstractThis chapter looks at the scale of the international intervention from some of the biggest projects to some of the smallest. It introduces Bagram Airbase, located in the center of Afghanistan, and one of the most important international bases used during the intervention. The chapter looks at some of the agricultural communities around the base and considers the potential for conflict between these communities and the base. It also introduces a company, owned in part by an American engineer, designed to build small-scale wind projects across the country and asks why certain projects receive funding, while others do not. 2Intervening chapter abstractThis chapter charts the move of the anthropologist from a small town in the mountains of Afghanistan to the busy diplomatic circles of Kabul. It considers some of the literature that has been produced about the intervention thus far and argues that much of the thinking about the intervention had a circular nature that derived from the narrow views that many people had. Thus, diplomats tended to support diplomatic solutions, military officers, military ones and development workers were always arguing for more funds. Thus, it suggest that a more holistic, ethnographic approach is required to truly understand the multiple dimensions of the intervention. In particular, it suggests an approach that focuses on individual stories has much to offer and introduces the reader to a Navy SEAL in charge of liaising with the Afghan National Army to demonstrate such an approach. 3The Exotic Tribes of the Intervention chapter abstractThis chapter considers whether the international community should be considered a 'community' and what such a community would look like. It argues that while incredibly diverse in origins and in jobs preformed, as funds increasingly enter the country, the international community was united by the language it used, the places they lived and their common worldview. It also asks what many of the Afghans who worked specifically with the international community had in common and introduces one young merchant who owned a small logistics company that was expanding rapidly. 4Before the Invasion chapter abstractThis chapter looks at the history of the area around Bagram Airbase, as well as the history of the international community in Afghanistan more generally. It begins by focusing on the invasion of Alexander the Great and various other conflicts that shaped the complex ethnic and political composition of the area. It then considers the period of jihad against the Soviet backed government, when most of the international aid community was based in Pakistan. It then considers how these elements have contributed to the lasting conflict around Bagram. Through this period it also tracks the life of Ronald Neumann, whose father was ambassador of Afghanistan, a position his son would hold thirty years later. 5A New Era? chapter abstractThis chapter looks at the recent history of the coalition airbase at Bagram and the international project in Afghanistan more generally since the US-led invasion in 2001. In particular it looks at the case of a Navy SEAL to demonstrate the ways in which for many, despite the long history of conflict in Afghanistan, the intervention really began with the September 11 attacks. Initial momentum in Afghanistan was lost, however, as the international focus shifted to Iraq. With President Obama's announcement of both a surge in troop levels and development spending, there was newfound hope, particularly for small-scale development projects. This was especially apparent in the attempts at electrifying much of the country, which led to large wasteful projects, like the Kajaki Dam and generator projects in Kandahar. The chapter concludes by outlining the history of one small wind energy company and its struggle to secure funding. 6Contracting the Intervention chapter abstractThis chapter looks at one particularly effective, small-scale, sustainable energy project and asks why it failed during the surge years when so much funding was available. It considers the contracting model that was the basis for how much of the development money in the country was distributed and argues that in many cases, smaller NGOs were simply not asking for enough money. This led to a pattern of large scale, inefficient contractors, with little on-the-ground knowledge often beat out small competitors for international funds, creating patterns of waste and corruption. In addition, it considers the ways in coalition soldiers attempted to reach out to local communities using development funds, particularly as the counterinsurgency approach called on soldiers to 'win hearts and minds.' 7Climbing over the Wall chapter abstractThis chapter focuses on ways that the airbase at Bagram attempted to reach out to local communities. It begins by looking at why development was slow in the area and how high risk made Afghan businessmen unlikely to invest in long-term projects. These led to a boom in cheap construction projects, which were an easy way to make money rapidly. As the base increasingly failed to provide either services or security to the communities around it, officials turn to hiring local labor. This proved more difficult than expected, however, due to the complex logistics of contact labor on the base. 8The Merchant-Warlord Alternative chapter abstractWhile many in the communities around Bagram were gaining little from the international presence, there was a small group of young merchants who were able to monopolize much of the easy money coming off the base through contracts. This led to a new form of leader: the merchant-warlord. These figures often relied on bribing lower level coalitions soldiers to falsify bills of sale, steal fuel and countless other schemes. US government auditors worked relentlessly to track down these schemes, but rarely ended up prosecuting anyone but those on the lowest rung of the organizational ladder. This led to some embarrassing cases, including an Afghan driver who was lured to the United States and detained at great cost, despite the fact that it was clear that he had no real knowledge of his company's organization. 9Warlord Density and its Discontents chapter abstractThis chapter looks at local communities' growing resentment of Bagram Airbase. As the intervention went on, rumors spread about what was happening inside the base and stories circulated about the lack of cultural sensitivity of troops. All of this climax in a series of riots outside of the base following the burning of several Korans confiscated from the prison inside Bagram. These protests spread quickly across the country, creating a major rift between the Afghan government and international diplomats. Tensions between these two groups centered in particular on control over detainees who were held often outside the Afghan legal system. 10How to Host Your Own Shura chapter abstractIn response to the sense that the international military was not doing enough to engage local communities, the military increasingly attempt to hold community consultations based upon the tradition of Afghan elders meeting on shuras or councils. The chapter recounts how this led to a series of training programs that actually taught soldiers how to host meetings of elders. The chapter studies one specific case of internationally-sponsored shuras that were used to release Afghan detainees. Another aspect of these types of programs was the Human Terrain program made up of social scientists embedded with the military. All of these projects ultimately had limited impact since, in part, none of them actually built relationships between Afghan leaders and those in the international community. 11The Pieces Left Behind chapter abstractThis chapter looks at the question of whether the intervention in Afghanistan was "worth it." It asks how we measure such a thing and argues that the cross-purposes and constantly changing agenda of the international community was what ultimately doomed it to waste and inefficiency. The intervention was simultaneously a counterinsurgency, a counterterrorist operation, a development project, a state-building enterprise and a human rights mission. And, as a result, was ultimately none of these. The chapter reflects on how the international community might learn lessons more effectively and what this means both for Afghanistan and future potential interventions.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Coburn's experienced eye demonstrates that understanding local culture is a two way street. Highly recommended for Afghans, or anyone puzzled by the policies of international military and civilian institutions and in need of practical advice on how to cope with their strange ways of thinking." -- Thomas Barfield * Boston University *"Rich in description and thick with ironies, Losing Afghanistan reveals the insanities of a war run by and for contractors, and by soldiers posing as development agents. In this first-hand account of war-time Afghanistan, Coburn navigates the various and sometimes shared assumptions of walled off foreigners and the world they created in which Afghans play but minor parts. A quiet indictment." -- Catherine Lutz * Brown University *"Losing Afghanistan provides a unique window into the longest, most costly US and international intervention since the Second World War. Having spent over a decade researching and writing about Afghanistan, living with ordinary Afghans, and a bewildering array of international actors, Coburn illuminates the chasm between what ordinary Afghans think and want, and what international actors assume and do, and the frustration and disillusionment that resulted." -- Michael Keating, Associate Director, Chatham House, and Former UN Deputy Envoy to Afghanistan * Kabul *"Though it receives little regard in the conference rooms where policy decisions are arrived at, anthropology in the person of field ethnographers like Noah Coburn provides a much-needed perspective that is almost always ignored or only turned to after the fact. In its careful attention to pinpointing the places where abstract policy gets stuck in practice, Losing Afghanistan demonstrates why anthropology is desperately needed as both counsel and corrective, and why its small-scale but critical truths are so often ignored." -- David Edwards * American Anthropologist *"Coburn convincingly shows that any anthropological understanding of the international intervention in Afghanistan needs to describe the specific subculture of the foreign military, humanitarian workers, consultants, or journalists who flocked into the country in the aftermath of the Taliban regime's fall....Coburn's compelling book is a must-read for everybody interested in Afghanistan and more generally in peacebuilding interventions." -- Noah Coburn * Anthropological Quarterly *Table of ContentsContents and Abstracts1Surveying the Intervention from Above chapter abstractThis chapter looks at the scale of the international intervention from some of the biggest projects to some of the smallest. It introduces Bagram Airbase, located in the center of Afghanistan, and one of the most important international bases used during the intervention. The chapter looks at some of the agricultural communities around the base and considers the potential for conflict between these communities and the base. It also introduces a company, owned in part by an American engineer, designed to build small-scale wind projects across the country and asks why certain projects receive funding, while others do not. 2Intervening chapter abstractThis chapter charts the move of the anthropologist from a small town in the mountains of Afghanistan to the busy diplomatic circles of Kabul. It considers some of the literature that has been produced about the intervention thus far and argues that much of the thinking about the intervention had a circular nature that derived from the narrow views that many people had. Thus, diplomats tended to support diplomatic solutions, military officers, military ones and development workers were always arguing for more funds. Thus, it suggest that a more holistic, ethnographic approach is required to truly understand the multiple dimensions of the intervention. In particular, it suggests an approach that focuses on individual stories has much to offer and introduces the reader to a Navy SEAL in charge of liaising with the Afghan National Army to demonstrate such an approach. 3The Exotic Tribes of the Intervention chapter abstractThis chapter considers whether the international community should be considered a 'community' and what such a community would look like. It argues that while incredibly diverse in origins and in jobs preformed, as funds increasingly enter the country, the international community was united by the language it used, the places they lived and their common worldview. It also asks what many of the Afghans who worked specifically with the international community had in common and introduces one young merchant who owned a small logistics company that was expanding rapidly. 4Before the Invasion chapter abstractThis chapter looks at the history of the area around Bagram Airbase, as well as the history of the international community in Afghanistan more generally. It begins by focusing on the invasion of Alexander the Great and various other conflicts that shaped the complex ethnic and political composition of the area. It then considers the period of jihad against the Soviet backed government, when most of the international aid community was based in Pakistan. It then considers how these elements have contributed to the lasting conflict around Bagram. Through this period it also tracks the life of Ronald Neumann, whose father was ambassador of Afghanistan, a position his son would hold thirty years later. 5A New Era? chapter abstractThis chapter looks at the recent history of the coalition airbase at Bagram and the international project in Afghanistan more generally since the US-led invasion in 2001. In particular it looks at the case of a Navy SEAL to demonstrate the ways in which for many, despite the long history of conflict in Afghanistan, the intervention really began with the September 11 attacks. Initial momentum in Afghanistan was lost, however, as the international focus shifted to Iraq. With President Obama's announcement of both a surge in troop levels and development spending, there was newfound hope, particularly for small-scale development projects. This was especially apparent in the attempts at electrifying much of the country, which led to large wasteful projects, like the Kajaki Dam and generator projects in Kandahar. The chapter concludes by outlining the history of one small wind energy company and its struggle to secure funding. 6Contracting the Intervention chapter abstractThis chapter looks at one particularly effective, small-scale, sustainable energy project and asks why it failed during the surge years when so much funding was available. It considers the contracting model that was the basis for how much of the development money in the country was distributed and argues that in many cases, smaller NGOs were simply not asking for enough money. This led to a pattern of large scale, inefficient contractors, with little on-the-ground knowledge often beat out small competitors for international funds, creating patterns of waste and corruption. In addition, it considers the ways in coalition soldiers attempted to reach out to local communities using development funds, particularly as the counterinsurgency approach called on soldiers to 'win hearts and minds.' 7Climbing over the Wall chapter abstractThis chapter focuses on ways that the airbase at Bagram attempted to reach out to local communities. It begins by looking at why development was slow in the area and how high risk made Afghan businessmen unlikely to invest in long-term projects. These led to a boom in cheap construction projects, which were an easy way to make money rapidly. As the base increasingly failed to provide either services or security to the communities around it, officials turn to hiring local labor. This proved more difficult than expected, however, due to the complex logistics of contact labor on the base. 8The Merchant-Warlord Alternative chapter abstractWhile many in the communities around Bagram were gaining little from the international presence, there was a small group of young merchants who were able to monopolize much of the easy money coming off the base through contracts. This led to a new form of leader: the merchant-warlord. These figures often relied on bribing lower level coalitions soldiers to falsify bills of sale, steal fuel and countless other schemes. US government auditors worked relentlessly to track down these schemes, but rarely ended up prosecuting anyone but those on the lowest rung of the organizational ladder. This led to some embarrassing cases, including an Afghan driver who was lured to the United States and detained at great cost, despite the fact that it was clear that he had no real knowledge of his company's organization. 9Warlord Density and its Discontents chapter abstractThis chapter looks at local communities' growing resentment of Bagram Airbase. As the intervention went on, rumors spread about what was happening inside the base and stories circulated about the lack of cultural sensitivity of troops. All of this climax in a series of riots outside of the base following the burning of several Korans confiscated from the prison inside Bagram. These protests spread quickly across the country, creating a major rift between the Afghan government and international diplomats. Tensions between these two groups centered in particular on control over detainees who were held often outside the Afghan legal system. 10How to Host Your Own Shura chapter abstractIn response to the sense that the international military was not doing enough to engage local communities, the military increasingly attempt to hold community consultations based upon the tradition of Afghan elders meeting on shuras or councils. The chapter recounts how this led to a series of training programs that actually taught soldiers how to host meetings of elders. The chapter studies one specific case of internationally-sponsored shuras that were used to release Afghan detainees. Another aspect of these types of programs was the Human Terrain program made up of social scientists embedded with the military. All of these projects ultimately had limited impact since, in part, none of them actually built relationships between Afghan leaders and those in the international community. 11The Pieces Left Behind chapter abstractThis chapter looks at the question of whether the intervention in Afghanistan was "worth it." It asks how we measure such a thing and argues that the cross-purposes and constantly changing agenda of the international community was what ultimately doomed it to waste and inefficiency. The intervention was simultaneously a counterinsurgency, a counterterrorist operation, a development project, a state-building enterprise and a human rights mission. And, as a result, was ultimately none of these. The chapter reflects on how the international community might learn lessons more effectively and what this means both for Afghanistan and future potential interventions.

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Book SynopsisStreet food vendors are both a symbol and a scourge of Mumbai: cheap roadside snacks are enjoyed by all, but the people who make them dance on a razor''s edge of legality. While neighborhood associations want the vendors off cluttered sidewalks, many Mumbaikers appreciate the convenient bargains they offer. In The Slow Boil, Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria draws on his long-term fieldwork with these vendors to make sense of the paradoxes within the city and, thus, to create a better understanding of urban space in general.Much urban studies literature paints street vendors either as oppressed and marginalized victims or as inventive premoderns. In contrast, Anjaria acknowledges that diverse political, economic, historic, and symbolic processes create contradictions in the vendors'' everday lives, like their illegality and proximity to the state, and their insecurity and permanence. Mumbai''s disorderly sidewalks reflect the simmering tensions over livelihood, democracy, and rTrade Review"A must-read for anyone who wants to understand the contested local forms of participation in the creation of global urbanisms. Theoretically sophisticated and historically informed, Anjaria's sensitive ethnography shows that the lives of urban street hawkers are characterized not by transience and distance, but by deep relationships with the state." -- Lisa Mitchell * University of Pennsylvania *"In this highly readable book, Anjaria demonstrates the power of ethnography to go beyond universalist arguments about neoliberal displacement of the poor from the city. What he offers us instead is finely-observed data that compels surprising arguments about the nature of citizenship and informality in the megalopolis of Mumbai." -- Akhil Gupta * University of California, Los Angeles *"Is street vending Mumbai's lifeblood or affliction? This question animates the battles over space and rights in Anjaria's book. A compelling treatise against dystopic urban theory and determinist readings of the law, this rich ethnography illuminates Mumbai as a terrain of spirited maneuver, rather than outright exclusion." -- Ajantha Subramanian * Harvard University *Table of ContentsContents and Abstracts1Introduction chapter abstractThe introduction examines what is at stake for a study of spatial contestations in Mumbai. It outlines three theoretical conversations with which this book engages. Firstly, it discusses how the themes of inequality and urban citizenship are explored in the literature on conflicts over space. Secondly, it discusses how transnationally circulating concepts of streets and public space shape cities in the present. And lastly, it shows how conflicts over urban transformations must contend with the incongruities of the "everyday state" and the varied forms of political recognition it offers. In doing so, this chapter offers a broad outline of the legal, political and social context of the Mumbai hawker controversy. 2The Unruly City chapter abstractThe municipal government has dealt with the "hawker nuisance" at least since the 1880s. And yet, scholars often treat demolitions, dispossessions of the poor, and elite-oriented development as effects of a new logic of urban governance associated with neoliberalism. This chapter show that, for over two centuries, the authorities in Mumbai have struggled to control a landscape of encroachments and illegalities. The chapter provides an account of the history of informality in Mumbai to challenge this assumption of novelty. Drawing from various historical documents—including official publications, travelogues and early twentieth-century newspapers—this chapter shows that for over a century, people's encounters with state functionaries have been characterized by compromise, co-option, and negotiation rather than anonymity and disciplining. What is new about the contemporary urban moment is not spatial contestation itself but its broader significance as a site for negotiating the form and content of rights. 3Occupied Streets chapter abstractThis chapter provides an account of how street vendors inhabit the city, its streets and its public spaces. In doing so, the chapter answers the questions: What does it mean to work on the side of the road without a license? And, is it is an act of urban exclusion or of rebellion? Writings on informal economies typically fall into one camp or the other. By contrast, this chapter shows how hawkers occupy a contradictory existence—inhabiting a vulnerable legal existence while deeply enmeshed in the daily life of a neighborhood. It argues that this space between precarity and possibility offers a model for urban ethnography: attention to political economic processes and affective experiences is not mutually exclusive—with one more "real" than the other—but exist in a generative tension that is constitutive of urban life. 4Managing Illegality chapter abstractStreet vendors' spatial claims are secured through cultivating relationships—sometimes intimate ones—with state functionaries, often through unofficial payments called hafta, but also through counter-surveillance, social interactions and public protest. This chapter examines these encounters with the state. It shows how, despite being unlicensed, hawkers' everyday experiences are marked by proximity to the state rather than distance. Street vendors' protracted encounters with BMC officials, clerks, workers, and the police challenge the language of abandonment and abjection that informs much scholarship on urban marginality. As I demonstrate, the street is not only a product of the disciplinary techniques of rational governance but an outcome of a negotiated process: in the eyes of the everyday state, unlicensed hawkers are not simply outside the law, but exist in a spectrum of illegality. This spectrum opens up possibilities for negotiation. 5Estranged Citizens chapter abstractWhen civic activists brought attention to the "hawker problem" in the 1990s, they raised new questions concerning urban citizenship, corruption, and the proper form of democratic politics. This activism demonstrated that the question of whose voice is heard in urban governance was inseparable from the question of how to speak to the state. This chapter shows how middle-class residents' engagement with the informal life of the street produces a sensibility of the "estranged citizen." This sensibility reflects a feeling of alienation from traditional circuits of power. To civic activists, street vendors symbolize state corruption and inefficiency, but also powerlessness in face of the illiberal rights claims of the poor. However this chapter argue that as a sensibility, the subjectivity of the estranged citizen is irreducible to a single political. This ambivalent subjectivity has the potential for open-ended politics that goes beyond efforts to appropriate urban space. 6Improvisational Urbanism chapter abstractWhereas to civic activists Mumbai's fluid, ad hoc, streetscapes represent a problem, to architects, designers, students, and writers around the world, these features are increasingly celebrated as a virtue. This concluding chapter examines the new place of the ad hoc streetscape within transnational architectural discussions on the megacity. Thirty years ago, Mumbai's landscape of squatters, slums, and informality was seen as an embarrassment; now these characteristics are often celebrated in exhibits, blogs, and films as signs of innovation, ingenuity, and small-scale entrepreneurialism. Resignifying "underdeveloped" urban landscapes as instances of "makeshift" or "tactical" urbanism raises new empirical questions such as, how does informality figure in the "branding" of cities? And, how is this new way to read urban landscapes recalibrating the relationships between the universal and the particular taken for granted in postcolonial theory?

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Elsenhans and Babones critique development orthodoxies with aplomb, providing clear guidance on what can be done at a policy level. The authors' knowledge of relevant theory and debates, brought together with original data, results in an impressive synthesis of argument and evidence."—Robert Holton, Trinity College Dublin"Covering a wide range of theory and empirical evidence, this concise, critical survey chronicles the rise of the BRICS and the policy dilemmas that they face. Highly recommended."—Ray Kiely, Queen Mary University of London, author of The BRICs, US "Decline" and Global Transformations"This is a wonderful introduction to the critical policy problems facing the BRICS and to the wide-ranging and deeply insightful global political economy of Hartmut Elsenhans, one of the undersung giants in the field."—Craig N. Murphy, Wellesley College"This remarkable book provides a practical road map with theoretical underpinnings about how BRICS countries, despite enormous differences in their socio-political systems, can coalesce for the common goal of escaping the 'low or middle income trap.' The intellectual challenge that the authors pose to conventional market-oriented wisdom is a must-consider for concerned economists and politicians."—Amit Bhaduri, Jawaharlal Nehru University"This is a well-written book on a very important subject: the BRICS. At times provocative and controversial, it is most interesting and highly readable."—Lim Chong Yah, National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University"Are the BRICS caught in the middle-income 'trap,' facing a structural 'barrier' to further development? Through a detailed examination of the recent slowdown in these economies, this book offers a compelling theoretical analysis and a clear, actionable set of policies to overcome the barrier."—Jan Kregel, Director of Research, Levy Economics Institute, Bard CollegeTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The BRICS Trajectories: Economic, Political, and Social 2. The Role of the State in Economic Development 3. Mass Demand as the Basis of Growth 4. Selective Links to the World Market Conclusion

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Book Synopsis Between 1890 and 1920, the forces accompanying industrialization sent the familiar nineteenth-century world plummeting toward extinction. The traditional countryside with its villages and family farms was eclipsed by giant corporations and sprawling cities. America appeared headed into an unknown future. In lively, accessible prose, John Chambers incorporates the latest scholarship about the social, cultural, political, and economic changes which produced modern America. He illuminates the experiences of blacks, Asians, Latinos, as well as other working men and women in the cities and countryside as they struggled to improve their lives in a transformed economy. He explores the dimensions of the new consumer society and the new information and entertainment industries: newspapers, magazines, the movies. Striding these pages are many of the prominent individuals who shaped the attitudes and institutions of modern America: J. P. Morgan and corporate reorganization; JanTable of ContentsPreface to the 2000 Edition Preface to the Second Edition Crisis of the 1890s A New Kind of Growth The Age of Industrialism Prelude to the Twentieth Century New Jobs, New Roles The Weakened Spring of Government Politics in the Depression Decade The Taste of Empire The Challenge of Change The Corporate Revolution The Great Merger Movement The Mass Production, Mass Consumption Society Changes in Work and the Work Force Productivity and Pain in Agriculture The New Corporate Economy A Changing Society and Culture A Growing Nation Class and Status in American Society Women, the Family, and Sexuality Modernism and Institutions: Schools, Hospitals, Places of Worship The Challenge of the City A New Mass Consumption Culture Aviation and the Promise of Technology Modernism in Thought and Art The Progressive Impulse The Great Light Progressives as Interventionists The Progressive Agenda The Development of Nationwide Reform Voluntarism as a Middle Way Reform in the Cities Progressivism in the States The Progressive Impulse The Washington Whirligig The Death of a President Theodore Roosevelt: The Warrior as President The Square Deal, 1901 -- 1909 Taft versus the Insurgents, 1909 -- 1913 Woodrow Wilson: The Scholar as Chief Executive The New Freedom, 1913 -- 1916 Political Modernization Taking the Flag Overseas The Road to Interventionism Roosevelt's Big-Stick Diplomacy Taft's Dollar Diplomacy Wilson's Missionary Diplomacy World War I: U.S. Neutrality, 1914 -- 1916 The Road to Belligerency, 1916 -- 1917 The Debate over American Entry World War I and the Search for a New World Order, 1917 -- 1920 America Goes to War Mobilizing the Home Front Workers and War: Organized Labor, Women, and Minorities Victory in France, Defeat in the Soviet Union The Diplomacy of Peacemaking and the Rejection of the League Domestic Discord and Repression The Meaning of the Progressive Era The Interventionist Impulse ``Modernization'' in World Perspective Cycles of Reform The Legacy of the Progressive Era The Progressive Era and the Nature of Modern America Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis While many older American cities struggle to remain vibrant, New Brunswick has transformed itself, adapting to new forms of commerce and a changing population, and enjoying a renaissance that has led many experts to cite this New Jersey city as a model for urban redevelopment. Featuring more than 100 remarkable photographs and many maps, New Brunswick, New Jersey explores the history of the city since the seventeenth century, with an emphasis on the dramatic changes of the past few decades. Using oral histories, archival materials, census data, and surveys, authors David Listokin, Dorothea Berkhout, and James W. Hughes illuminate the decision-making and planning process that led to New Brunswick’s dramatic revitalization, describing the major redevelopment projects that demonstrate the city’s success in capitalizing on funding opportunities. These projects include the momentous decision of Johnson & Johnson to build its world headquarteTrade Review“A fascinating look at the City of New Brunswick and its urban decline and rebirth. A book on this subject could not have been better written.” * New Jersey Studies *"Overall, the book does a good job at bringing together multiple perspectives on redevelopment processes and specific projects and is a valuable contribution to many disciplines and fields, including planning, public policy, urban studies, community development, sociology, political science, architecture, historical preservation, history, and geography." * Journal of Planning Education and Research *Table of ContentsPreface and AcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations1. The Economy of New Brunswick: A City Reinventing Itself from Inian’s Ferry to the Information Age Photo Essay: The Corner of Albany and George Streets2. The People of New Brunswick: Population and Resident Profile over Time3. The National Context of Urban Revitalization4. New Brunswick Transformation: Challenge and Strategic Response Photo Essay: The Transformation of Seminary Hill5. New Brunswick Transformation: Critical Projects in a Multi-Decade Revitalization6. Looking to the Past and Future of New Brunswick and National Urban RevitalizationAppendix A. New Brunswick Oral History Interviews, 2009–2015: Biographical InformationAppendix B. New Brunswick Redevelopment and Economic History: A TimelineAppendix C. MapsNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisCollection of anthropological essays studying radical social transformation - including violence - and its effects on the everyday lives of people in a variety of world regions.Trade Review“Ethnography in Unstable Places is a profound exercise in ethnographic reflexivity. It seeks to consider new possibilities, new challenges, new horizons—at once conceptual, political, ethical—for an old anthropological method by taking it precisely where it was not designed to go: into everyday worlds radically transformed by hitherto unimaginedsocial conditions, unimaginable political circumstances, altered states, economies, subjectivities. Expansive in their scope, provocative in their theoretical implications, even poetic in their treatment of human lives, the essays in this volume show ‘where past has gone, where the future will come from’;the past and future, that is, of both anthropology and the worlds with which it concerns itself.”—John Comaroff, University of Chicago“Beyond being topical, this groundbreaking collection represents precisely the kind of inquiry that contemporary anthropology should be dedicating itself to—one brave enough to abide, ethnographically and theoretically, in the interstices of knowledge-based and experiential models, in the gaps between individual and collective agency, in realms of historical and cultural contingency.”—Debbora Battaglia, Mount Holyoke CollegeTable of ContentsIntroduction: Altered States, Altered Lives / Carol J. Greenhouse Part One: Law against Culture Ghettos in the Holocaust: The Improvisation of Social Order in a Culture of Terror / Carroll McC. Lewin Unsettled Settlers: Internal Pacification and Vagrancy in Namibia / Robert J. Gordon Judges without Courts: The Legal Culture of German Reunification / Howard J. De Nike Part Two: Ethnographies of Agency in the Fissures of the State Ethnography in/of Transnational Processes: Following Gyres in the Worlds of Big Science and European Integration / Stacia E. Zabusky The Composite State: The Poor and the Nation in Manila / Phillip C. Parnell Domestic Matters: Feminism and Activism Among Palestinian Women in Israel / Elizabeth Faier “Best Interests” and the Repatriation of Vietnamese Unaccompanied Minors / James M. Freeman and Nguyen Dinh Huu Part Three: Resistance and Remembrance Beating the Bounds: Law, Identity, and Territory in the New Europe / Eve Darian-Smith “Honest Bandits” and “Warped People”: Russian Narratives about Money, Corruption, and Moral Decay / Nancy Ries Trance Against the State / Judy Rosenthal Part Four: Conclusion The Perfidy of Gaze and the Pain of Uncertainty: Anthropological Theory and the Search for Culture / Elizabeth Mertz Toward in Anthropology of Fragments, Instabilities, and Incomplete Transitions / Kay B. Warren Contributors Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisDrawing from ethnographic fieldwork and postcolonial theory, Sarah A. Radcliffe centers the experiences of rural indigenous women in Ecuador to show how the efforts of development agencies to reduce social and economic equality fail because they do not reckon with the legacies of colonialism.Trade Review"Radcliffe’s book, well grounded in theory and research, is an important read for scholars of Latin American development and gender. Highly recommended." -- E. E. O'Connor * Choice *"Sarah Radcliffe's recent book offers a rich ethnography of indigenous women in Ecuador which specifically addresses how they encounter and experience development interventions." -- Jessica Hope * Journal of Development Studies *"Dilemmas of Difference represents a timely contribution to the critical literature on indigenous women and development and to the debate of neoliberal instrumentalization of difference.... Overall, with a genealogy of development frameworks contrasted with indigenous women’s experience, Radcliffe demonstrates the persistence of postcolonial stereotypes and colonial assumptions of social difference that produce indigenous women’s dissatisfaction with development." -- María Moreno * American Anthropologist *"Radcliffe’s book represents a powerful contribution to critical development studies and the discipline of geography." -- Emily Billo * Journal of Latin American Geography *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction. Development and Social Heterogeneity 1 1. Postcolonial Intersectionality and the Colonial Present 37 2. The Daily Grind: Ethnic Topographies of Labor, Racism, and Abandonment 75 Interlude I 121 3. Crumbs from the Table: Participation, Organization, and Indigenous Women 125 4. Politics, Statistics, and Affect: "Indigenous Women in Development" Policy 157 Interlude II 189 5. Women, Biopolitics, and Interculturalism: Ethnic Politics and Gendered Contradictions 193 6. From Development to Citizenship: Rights, Voice, and Citizenship Practices 225 7. Postcolonial Heterogeneity: Sumak Kawsay and Decolonizing Social Difference 257 Notes 291 Glossary 295 Bibliography 329 Index 359

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Book SynopsisThis unique collection contains essays by Duke University undergraduates in which they recount their experiences initiating small research and development projects in Togo. Of interest to students and teachers involved in service learning and study abroad, Doing Development in West Africa provides a relatable and intimate look into student-initiated development projects.Trade Review"Students are refreshingly candid about the nature and multitude of problems they faced and the need to scale back their expectations. As Piot notes, development is hard work. Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty." -- S. Paul * Choice *"Doing Development in West Africa constitutes an impressive practical and scholarly accomplishment. . . . Contributions and challenges, strengths and limitations, joys and frustrations find articulate and compelling voices in this forthright treatment of selected small-scale student projects undertaken over the past eight years." -- Peter H. Koehn * Journal of Modern African Studies *"Doing Development in West Africa will be a valuable book for courses in international development, African studies, and development anthropology, and provides good 'hands-on' guidance for students preparing for summer projects in Africa, Asia, or Latin America. While written for undergraduates, the book also provides important lessons for development practitioners who often fail to appreciate the importance of local context, history, and knowledge systems, and then wonder why their development efforts go awry." -- Peter D. Little * African Studies Review *"This is an unusual and unusually useful volume. . . . Clearly, this little volume can be used to advantage not only in courses on development but also in applied anthropology and qualitative methods courses." -- Constance deRoche * General Anthropology *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction / Charles Piot 1 Part I. Personal Reflections 1. Students Reflect / Stephanie Rotolo, Allie Middleton, Kelly Andrejko, Benjamin Ramsey, Maria Cecilia Romano 19 Part II. Research Articles 2. The Social Life of Medicine / Allie Middleton 43 3. Biomedicine and Traditional Healing / Stephanie Rotolo 67 4. Rural Medicines in an Urban Setting / Kelly Andrejko 83 5. Village Health Insurance / Cheyenne Allenby 99 6. Youth Migration / Maria Cecilia Romano 113 7. Cyber Village / Connor Cotton 137 8. Computer Classes / Sarah Zimmerman 153 9. Microfinancing Teens / Emma Smith 165 10. The Farendé Writers' Society / Caitlin Moyles 187 Epilogue / Charles Piot 205 Index 213

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Book SynopsisThe Left's Dirty Job compares the experiences of recent socialist governments in France and Spain, examining how the governments of Francois Mitterrand (1981-1995) and Felipe Gonzalez (1982-1996) provide a key test of whether a leftist approach to industrial restructuring is possible.

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Book SynopsisAzan on the Moon is an in-depth anthropological study of people's lives along the Pamir Highway in eastern Tajikistan. In the wake of China's rise in Central Asia, people along the Pamir Highway strive to reconcile a modern future with a modern past.

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Book SynopsisThe years since World War II have brought unprecedented social change to Micronesia. Now, drawing on over four decades of experience living and working in the region, the author assess the most striking changes to have swept over the islands since the 1950s.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on a decade of ethnographic research on the Philippine island of Siquijor, this volume explores myths, meanings, and practices of development and its counterparts, progress and modernization. It does so not only by considering development as planned, community-wide interventions aimed at society-wide improvements in living standards, but by recognizing that development is personal.

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Book SynopsisThis book analyzes the functions, content, methods, findings, and impacts of social and cultural researchcarried out by the worldwide network of 16 International Agricultural Research Centers of the CGIAR(Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research). Its two main parts -"insiders" and "outsiders"-bring together the perspectives of over 50 eminent scholars and social researchers from 30 countries,working within the Centers or within outside academic and development institutions. The authorsexamine critically the priorities, strengths, and weaknesses of research on the socio-structural, behavioural,cultural, and institutional variables of developing agriculture, forestry, livestock, and fisheries. The studiesfocus on farmers' values, needs and knowledge, their patterns of social organization, issues of food security,natural resource management and poverty reduction. Alternative models of multidisciplinary research,reuniting biological, natural, economic and social sciences Table of Contentsa: In Memoriam: Tribute to Robert K Merton b: Foreword, Emil Q Javier and Per Pinstrup-Andersen c: Stock Taking and New Challenges in Social Research. Editors' Preface, M M Cernea and A H Kassam d: Acknowledgements PART 1: SOCIAL RESEARCH FOR AGRICULTURALPOLICIES 1: Rites of Entrance and Rights of Citizenship: The Uphill Battle for Social Research in a Technological Environment, M M Cernea 2: Agricultural Institutions and Receptivity to Social Research:The Case of the CGIAR, A H Kassam 3: Who Are the Social Researchers of the CGIAR System?E Rathgeber, University of Ottawa, Canada PART 2: THE INSIDERS' VIEWS: SOCIAL RESEARCH INTHE CGIAR SYSTEM 4: Rice for the Poor: The Call and Opportunity for SocialResearch, T R Paris, DAPO, Philippines, S Morin, F G Palis, andM Hossain 5: Understanding Forests-People Links: The Voice of SocialScientists, C J Pierce Colfer, CIFOR, Indonesia with E Dounias,M Goloubinoff, C Lopéz,and W Sunderlin 6: Humanizing Technology Development in the GreenRevolution's Home, M R Bellon, CIMMYT, Mexico, M Morris,J Ekboir, E Meng, H De Groote, and G Saín 7: Water to Thirsty Fields: How Social Research CanContribute, M Samad, International Water ManagementInstitute, Sri Lanka and D J Merrey 8: Rootcrops in Agricultural Societies: What Social Research hasRevealed, G Prain, CGIAR System-wide Initiative on Urban &Peri-urban Agriculture, Lima, Peru,G Thiele,O Ortiz, and D Campilan 9: Why the 'Livestock Revolution' Requires Research on People,D Romney, ILRI, Nairobi, Kenya and B Minjauw 10: Aquatic Resources: Collective Management Patterns and Governance forthe World's Fish Wealth, K Kuperan Viswanathan, World FishCenter, Dhaka, Bangladesh, M Ahmed,P Thompson, P Sultana, M Dey, and M Torell 11: Tropical Agriculture and Social Research: An AnalyticalPerspective, D Holland, Greening Australia, Inc, Australia,J Ashby, M Mejía, and J Voss 12: Dry Areas and the Changing Demands for Social Research,A A Aw-Hassan, International Center for Agricultural Researchin the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Syria and M Abdelali-Martini 13: Agricultural Biodiversity and How Human Culture is ShapingIt, P Eyzaguirre, IPGRI, Italy 14: Studying Property Rights and Collective Action: A System-Wide Program, R Meinzen-Dick, CGIAR, USA 15: Crafting Food Policy with Social Science Knowledge ,R Meinzen-Dick, M Adato, M Cohen, C Farrar, L Haddad,and A Quisumbing PART 3: THE OUTSIDERS' VIEW: ISSUES,EXPECTATIONS, AND AGENDAS 16: Not Just One Best System: The Diversity of Institutions forCoping with the Commons, E Ostrom, Indiana University, USA 17: Social Research and Researchers in the CGIAR: anUnderused Potential, R Chambers, University of Sussex, UK 18: The Rockefeller Foundation and Social Research in Agriculture,G Conway, The Rockefeller Foundation, USA, A Adesina,J Lynam, and J Moock 19: A Donor Perspective on the Accomplishments, Limitations,and Opportunities for Social Research, S Bode,USAID/EGAT/ESP/IRB,USA and D Rubin 20: Seeking Half our Brains: Constraints and Incentives in theSocial Context of Interdisciplinary Research, R E Rhoades,University of Georgia, USA 21: Roots: Reflections of a 'Rocky Doc' on Social Science inCGIAR, S Guggenheim, The World Bank, USA 22: Social Science Knowledge as Public Good for Agriculture,D G Dalrymple, US Agency for International Development,USA e: Contributors f: List of Abbreviations g: Index

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Book SynopsisWith eighty percent of the world’s population professing religious faith, religious belief is a common human characteristic.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Understanding the Nexus between Religion and Development Matthew Clarke PART I: RELIGIOUS FAITH AND DEVELOPMENT 2. Islam as Aid and Development Peter Riddell 3. Buddhism and Development Emma Tomalin and Caroline Starkey 4. Christianity and International Development Séverine Deneulin 5. Judaism – A Cry for Justice Matthew Clarke 6. Hinduism and Development A. Whitney Sanford 7. Sikhism and Development: A Perfect Match? Darshan S. Tatla 8. Daoism and Development James Miller 9. Confucianism Xiangshu Fang and Lijun Bi 10. Indigenous Religions and Development: African Traditional Religion Namawu Alhassan Alolo and James Astley Connell 11. Name It and Claim It: Prosperity Gospel and the Global Pentecostal Reformation Matthew Sharpe PART II: DEVELOPMENT ISSUES/THEMES AND RELIGION 13. Gender, Religion and Development Emma Tomalin 14. Moral Power at the Religion–Development–Environment Nexus Cynthia Moe-Lobeda with Frederica Helmiere 15. Corruption, Religion and Moral Development Heather Marquette 16. Islamic Education: Historical Evolution and Attempts at Reform Masooda Bano 17. Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding in Development Shawn Teresa Flanigan 18. Religion in the Policy Domains of International Financial Institutions John Rees 19. A Sustainable Islamic Microfinance Model in Poverty Alleviation Aimatul Yumina 20. Religion and Post-Disaster Development Ismet Fanany and Rebecca Fanany 21. Religious Symbolism and the Politics of Urban Space Development Yamini Narayanan 22. Cultural Heritage and Development in South East Asia Jonathan Sweet and Jo Wills PART III: FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND MISSION 23. ‘Do Not Turn Away a Poor Man’: Faith-based Organizations and Development Michael Jennings 24. ‘Pan-Islamism’ as a Form of ‘Alter-globalism’? Hizb Ut-Tahrir and the Islamic Khilafah State Bruno De Cordier 25. Religion and Development: Prospects and Pitfalls of Faith-based Organizations Gerhard Hoffstaedter and David Tittensor 26. Mission, Missionaries and Development Steve Bradbury 27. Why Western-based, Pentecostal Mission Organizations Undertake Community Development in South East Asia Vicki-Ann Ware, Anthony Ware, Matthew Clarke and Grant Buchanan PART IV: CASE STUDIES 28. Religion, Development and Politics in Nigeria Insa Nolte 29. Religion and Development in Brazil, 1950–2010 Rowan Ireland 30. FBOs in Tanzania Michael Jennings 31. Partnership through Translation: A Donor’s Engagement with Religion Jane Anderson 32. The (In)visible Hand of Muhajirat. A Field Observation on Labour Migration, Social Change and Religion in the Vakhsh Valley, Tajikistan Bruno De Cordier 33. Where Shadows Fall Patchwork: Religion, Violence and Human Security in Afghanistan James Astley Connell 34. Australian Development FBOs and NGOs Lindsay Rae and Matthew Clarke Index

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Book SynopsisThis thought-provoking book explores both the origins and future of the global sustainable development movement, and provides an original overview of the driving forces of sustainable development, including market forces and past and future trends.Trade Review'This book is state-of-the-art. The authors present refreshing ideas about sustainability. It is a challenging approach to the conceptualization, measurement and ranking of sustainable development. This goes far beyond technicalities, discussing political, managerial and spiritual aspects of societal change.' --Jan Pronk, International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: THE CORE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 1. Sustainable Development: Taking Responsibility for the Whole Kees Zoeteman 2. A Short History of Sustainable Development Kees Zoeteman and Jaco Tavenier 3. The Mission Reflected in the Sustainable Development Concept: Uplifting Society Kees Zoeteman and Hans Mommaas 4. Can Sustainable Development be Measured? Kees Zoeteman PART II: LEADERSHIP AND INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT 5. Leadership and Sustainability Attitudes in Personal Life Kees Zoeteman 6. Individual and Organizational Development Phases Towards Sustainability Margarete van den Brink PART III: NATIONS, BUSINESSES AND MARKETS 7. Ranking of Nations Kees Zoeteman, Wouter Kersten and Lieke van de Voort 8. Drivers of Corporate Social Responsibility Johan Graafland and Hugo Smid 9. Understanding Differences in Business Sectors Kees Zoeteman 10. Sustainability Attitudes in Local Area Development in the Netherlands Jules Hinssen PART IV: NGOs AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 11. NGOs and Sustainability Attitudes Wouter Kersten, Elena Akdanova and Kees Zoeteman 12. The Sustainability Movement Paul van Seters 13. The Case of the Center for Human Emergence Netherlands Lisette Schuitemaker, Peter Merry and Anne-Marie Voorhoeve PART V: PAST AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS 14. Building Consensus for Sustainable Development Lawrence Susskind and Mattijs van Maasakkers 15. Trends, Crises and Sustainability Kees Zoeteman 16. The Conflict of Our Time Otto Scharmer Index

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Book SynopsisIn the last forty years or so the research field exploring the relationship and interaction between transport and development has developed rapidly.Trade Review'The role of transport in the development of cities and regions is a topic of immense importance. The editors have brought together authors from all over the world with experience of the methods needed to assess the impact of transport and analysis of the evidence of a varied range of projects. The result is a genuine Handbook of the state of the art, but with clear insights into future problems. It is highly recommended reading for researchers, policy makers and politicians.' --Roger Vickerman, University of Kent, UK'This timely compendium offers some of the best, up-to-date knowledge on how transport and development, richly defined, jointly shape each other. Written by some of the most authoritative voices in the field and encyclopedic in its coverage, the Handbook on Transport and Development brings together fresh, grounded insights from across the globe, at multiple geographic scales, and for everything from bikeways to fast inter-city trains. It is a wonderful reference and must-have library addition to anyone who cares about charting sustainable urban, regional, and mobility futures.' --Robert Cervero, University of California, Berkeley, US'For more than a century cities have been urged to integrate the two fields of urban planning and transport planning. But too often these professional fields have evolved in their own institutional silos. Now they are beginning to grow together again in a new joint practice. This book will be a foundational text for the real practice of transport and urban development planning. It contains contributions from all the principal scholars in the field, and examines all the main issues and fields of inquiry. It does fine justice to the legacy of Professors Sir Peter Hall and Piet Rietveld. To practitioners and researchers I say, "Have this book to hand on your shelf".' --Nicholas Low, University of Melbourne, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: PART I AN INTRODUCTION TO TRANSPORT AND DEVELOPMENT 1. The Transport and Development Relationship Robin Hickman, Moshe Givoni, David Bonilla and David Banister PART II URBAN STRUCTURE AND TRAVEL 2. Urban Structure and Travel Philip Stoker, Susan Petheram and Reid Ewing 3. Urban Passenger Transport Energy Consumption and Carbon Dioxide Emissions: A Global Review and Assessment of Some Reduction Strategies Peter Newman and Jeff Kenworthy 4. Homes, Jobs and Commuting: Development Location and Travel Outcomes Peter Headicar 5. New Household Location and the Commute to Work: Changes over Time Robin Hickman and David Banister 6. Spatial Structure and Travel: Trends in Commuting and Non-commuting Travels in US Metropolitan Areas Peter Gordon and Bumsoo Lee 7. New Urbanism and Travel Marcial Echenique and Alastair Donald 8. Residential Location and Travel: Hangzhou and Copenhagen Compared to Studies in Cities Worldwide Petter Naess 9. Public Transport-Orientated Development and Network Effects Carey Curtis 10. The Effects of Neighbourhood Type and Self-Selection on Driving: A Case Study of Northern California Xinyu (Jason) Cao 11. The Role of Attitudes in Accounting for Self-Selection Effects Bert Van Wee and Patricia Mokhtarian 12. How Stable are Preferences for Neighbourhood Type and Design in Residential Moves? Kevin J. Krizek, Ahmed El-Geneidy and Ryan Wilson 13. Community Design and Active Travel Susan Handy 14. Street Networks Wesley Marshall, Norman Garrick and Stephen Marshall PART III TRANSPORT AND SPATIAL IMPACTS 15. Transport and Urban Development Piet Rietveld and Frank Bruinsma 16. Methods for Estimating the Economic Impact of Transportation Improvements: An Interpretive Review Michael Iacono and David Levinson 17. Transport Projects and Wider Economic Impacts Torben Holvad and Steen Leleur 18. Urban Freight: Freight Strategy, Transport Movements and the Urban Spatial Economy David A. Hensher and Zheng Li 19. Spatial Implications of Public Transport Investments in Metropolitan Areas: Some Empirical Evidence Regarding Light Rail and Bus Rapid Transport Eran Feitelson and Orit Rotem-Mindali 20. High-Speed Trains and Spatial-Economic Impacts. A British-French Comparison on Two Scales: Intra- and Inter-Regional Chia-Lin Chen and Peter Hall 21. Assessing the Wider Impacts of the Jubilee Line Extension in East London Peter Jones 22. The Developmental Impacts of the Madrid Metro Line 12 on Retail Activities Around Stations Lucia Mejia Dorantes 23. Bus Rapid Transit and Buses with High Levels of Service: A Global Overview Dario Hidalgo and Juan Carlos Muñoz 24. The Expansion of Large International Hub Airports Andrew R. Goetz 25. Decision Making and Major Transport Infrastructure Projects: The Role of Project Ownership Chantal C. Cantarelli and Bent Flyvbjerg 26. Road Pricing, Impacts and Cost Effectiveness Jan Anne Annema 27. Incomes, Accessibility and Transport Poverty Gordon Stokes 28. Development and Social Policy: The Role of Transport in Social Development, in the UK Context Susan Kenyon 29. The Car in the Neighbourhood: Residential Design and Social Outcomes in Southern Germany Iqbal Hamiduddin 30. Accessibility: Theory and Practice in the Netherlands and UK Karst Geurs and Derek Halden PART IV WIDER DIMENSIONS IN TRANSPORT AND DEVELOPMENT 31. More Than A to B: Cultures of Mobilities and Travel Ole B. Jensen 32. Car Fixation, Socialization and Opportunities for Change Ellen Matthies and Christian A. Klöckner 33. Telecommunications and Travel Galit Cohen-Blankshtain 34. E-Retailing, The Network Society and Travel Orit Rotem-Mindali 35. Parents, Children and Automobility: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities Robyn Dowling 36. Old Age and the Importance of the Car in Maintaining Activity Patterns in Scandinavia Randi Hjorthol and Susanne Nordbakke 37. Ageing Populations and Travel Gamze Dane, Anna Grigolon, Soora Rasouli, Harry Timmermans and Dujuan Yang 38. Investigating Urban Oil Vulnerability Jago Dodson, Neil Sipe and Terry Li 39. Troublesome Leisure Travel: Counterproductive Sustainable Transport Policies Erling Holden and Kristin Linnerud 40. The Future of Transport and Development in the New Millennium: The Inescapable Implications of Climate Change Mayer Hillman 41. The Value of Transition Management for Sustainable Transport Harry Geerlings and Flor Avelino 42. The Regional Tram-Train of Kassel, Germany: How Regional Responsibility Leads to Local Success Helmut Holzapfel and Rainer Meyfahrt 43. The Making of European Transport Policy Dominic Stead 44. Understanding Process. Can Transport Research Come to Terms with Temporality? Tim Schwanen PART V SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 45. Transport and Development – What Next? David Banister, David Bonilla, Moshe Givoni and Robin Hickman Index

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Book SynopsisThomas Marois’ groundbreaking interpretation of banking and development in Mexico and Turkey builds on a Marxian-inspired framework premised on understanding states and banks as social relationships alongside crisis and labor as vital to finance today.Trade ReviewMarois has provided us with a fascinating, rigorous and important study of the rise and persistence of finance capitalism in Mexico and Turkey. Drawing on an innovative historical materialist lens, Marois' analysis reveals the struggles, contradictions, and continued significance of the banking sector in defining and redefining neoliberal-led development in these so-called ''emerging markets''. This is a very welcome addition to critical understandings of the role of finance and states in the global South. --Susanne Soederberg, Queen's University, CanadaThis book attempts to provide a critique of neoclassical and liberal political economists as well as the much-hyped and influential ''varieties of capitalism'' approach, a variant of institutionalist political economy, by claiming that they are dismissive of ''the structural power of financial capital''. In this regard, it makes an important contribution to the critical political economy tradition with its detailed analysis of the relations between the state, finance capital and labour in the context of two ''emerging capitalisms'', Mexico and Turkey. Thereby, it enhances our understanding of how the financial crises function as driving forces of neoliberal transformation by initiating new forms of state specific to peripheral capitalism. --Galip Yalman, Middle East Technical University, TurkeyFinancialization is as financialization does. It is a mix of the universal characteristics of finance within capitalism, its contemporary powerful hold over, even defining feature of, the neoliberal age, and the myriad of specific global markets and countries into which it has penetrated. In a stunning work of comparative political economy, Marois brilliantly weaves together these aspects of finance drawing on both innovative theoretical insights and primary case study evidence from Turkey and Mexico to furnish what will become a classic and original contribution to the understanding of financialization in the developing world, highlighting both the role of the state in the era of putatively free markets and the possibility, indeed, necessity of alternatives. --Ben Fine, University of London, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introducing Emerging Finance Capitalism 2. States, Banks, and Crisis in Emerging Finance Capitalism 3. States, Banks, and the History of Postwar Development in Mexico and Turkey 4. Neoliberal Idealism, Crisis, and Banking in Mexico’s State-led Structural Transformation, 1982–94 5. Crisis and the Neoliberal Idealism of State and Bank Restructuring in Turkey, 1980–2000 6. Another Round of Tequila? Interpreting the Costs and Benefits of Emerging Finance Capitalism in Mexico 7. Richer than Croesus? Understanding the Subordination of State and Banks to Emerging Finance Capitalism in Turkey 8. Comparing Alternatives in an Era of Emerging Finance Capitalism Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review‘This fascinating book by Christian Le Bas unveils a radical change in the direction of product innovation: frugal innovation. New frugal products, “more durable, simple, effective, essential" compete with more sophisticated but more expensive goods. This is critical for developing economies but is becoming crucial for a large share of the demand of developed ones. The author has opened a new Pandora's box in the economics of innovation.’ -- Cristiano Antonelli, University of Torino and Collegio Carlo Alberto, Italy‘This is a fresh and important addition to the literature on frugal innovation. Christian Le Bas has done an excellent job in bringing key elements of the economics of frugal innovation together. This book will be a reference on any economics of innovation bookshelf.’ -- Alexander Brem, University of Stuttgart, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction: frugal innovation as a Schumpeterian innovation of transformative change 1. What frugal innovation is: defining frugal innovation and delineating its forms through cases studies with Sana Khan 2. Frugal innovation as a new technological paradigm: an interpretation 3. The economics of the frugal direction of technological change: resource constraints scheme, induced direction models, and demand-side approaches 4. Frugal innovation as environmental innovation: analytical frame and diffusion factors 5. Frugal innovation and sustainability, exploring the empirical relevance of a new taxonomy: fully versus weakly sustainable frugal innovation with Sana Khan 6. What type of innovator is a frugal innovator? An econometric exercise with Mounir Amdaoud 7. Frugal innovation and the process of disruption with Souhaila Kammoun 8. Frugal innovation and economic dynamics in developing economies Conclusion to The Economics of Frugal Innovation References Index

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Book SynopsisThis expansive Companion examines the relationship between food systems and sustainability, exploring why transforming the food system is a vital step in achieving sustainability that extends beyond the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Book SynopsisThis prescient book explores global challenges in the field of sustainable development, examining the key factors identified by the UN Pact for the Future. Expert contributors discuss the commitments outlined in the UN Common Agenda and suggest future pathways towards the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Book SynopsisA critical study of university-driven development from the neighborhood resident's perspectiveTrade Review"[B]y posing a challenge to one of higher education's most revered models of university engagement, Etienne has opened the gates for ongoing study of this mostly unexamined yet critical area of activity."-AcademeTable of ContentsIntroduction: "Cities and their Universities: Logical Places to Search for Hope"; I: "West Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Rough Road to Revival and Cooperation"; II: "Making University City: The Prolonged Quest for the Diverse and Integrated University Community"; III: "Early Returns on Dramatic Efforts to Change: The West Philadelphia Initiatives, 990-2005"; IV: "The Dual Nature of Revitalization in the 21st Century"; V: "Comparative Views of Contemporary University-Driven Neighborhood Change"; Conclusion: "Lessons from West Philadelphia".

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Book SynopsisThis book explains the origins of development and underdevelopment and offers a new vision for development, demystifying the statistics that international organizations use to measure development and introducing the alternative concept of buen vivir: the state of living well.Trade Review"This book is highly accessible, informative, and potentially inspiring ... The book approaches familiar debates on development – including population growth, food scarcity and environmental degradation – from a perspective that is both original and thought provoking." Nitsan Chorev, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Brown University“By radically challenging what they call the colonizing virulence of underdevelopment, the authors of The future of development provide a clarion call to arms, a radical manifesto, for unthinking the development enterprise.” Adam David Morton, Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (CSSGJ), University of Nottingham"Elucidates the contradictions in development approaches very effectively." Journal of Social Policy“Esteva, Babones and Babcicky provide a clarion call to think and act in the world without the frames of `development’ and `underdevelopment’. By problematising conceptual and statistical lenses that convert the world to a singular development enterprise, they re-open our minds and vision to social actions and values that defy a reductionist development paradigm. This is a timely and inspiring intervention.” Philip McMichael, Cornell University, Editor, Contesting Development: Critical Struggles for Social Change (2010)“This concise book pursues critical alternatives to mainstream claims about development. The authors expose the façade of economic development, and reveal that cultural development is an exciting and important path for new research. The authors, in their public intellectual lives and here in their manifesto, show us how diversity can lead to unity, especially as they reveal the deeper problems with consumption. There are only a handful of books that can reach a diverse group of readers with such an important and exciting message. Yes, a truly remarkable book.” Pat Lauderdale, Arizona State University."This short and highly readable book is strongly recommended. It covers a broad range of material on development in a concise yet comprehensive way, and relates this to the need for concrete alternatives in today's messy world. It should be read by activists, students and scholars in the field." Ray Kiely, Professor of International Politics, Queen Mary University of London.Table of ContentsThe Birth of Development and Underdevelopment; Development Statistics and What They Tell Us; Buen Vivir: An Alternative to the Cult of Growth; There is Enough for Everyone; Reorganizing Society from the Bottom Up; The Reclamation of the Commons; Epilogue: A Role for Development Scholars and Practitioners.

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