Reception or Interpretation studies / Audience Theory Books

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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Book SynopsisThis book presents a comprehensive exploration of the state of infrastructure in Africa and provides an integrated analysis of the challenges the sector faces, based on extensive fieldwork across the continent, providing an important resource for researchers, students, policymakers and NGOs.Trade Review"Connectivity in terms of physical and financial system infrastructure is indispensable in realising the full benefits of regional integration and wider development of Africa. This book provides much needed ample insight into the conundrum of infrastructure development on the African continent." Louis Kasekende (PhD.), Deputy Governor Bank of Uganda"As Africa’s population doubles in the next two decades, it is vital that infrastructure keeps up, or stays ahead. Transport, sanitation, water, electricity, communications technology and social infrastructure are all vital to ensure flourishing communities across the continent. This book spells out that the development of each is challenging but within reach.” Ngaire Woods, Dean of Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford"Everybody agrees that Africa has an infrastructure deficit, but there is less agreement on how it should be filled, which sectors to prioritize, at which level, and how it should be financed. This comprehensive and wide-ranging book addresses all these questions, contributing both rigor and balance to the debate." Shantayanan Devarajan, Chief Economist, Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank“With continued interest from foreign investors and the regional appetite for PPPs, Africa is poised to ride out the oil crisis and meet its infrastructure development goals. This book addresses some of the pressing issues of African infrastructure.” Jean-Claude Bastos de Morais, Founder and Chairman of the Advisory Board, Quantum Global GroupTable of ContentsIntroduction: Infrastructure in African development ~ M. Ncube, C.L. Lufumpa and G. Kararach; Part 1: Spatial and demographic contexts; Infrastructure development index ~ C.L. Lufumpa, N. Letsara and S. Saidi; Rapid urbanization and the growing demand for urban infrastructure in Africa ~ C.L. Lufumpa and T. Yepes; Infrastructure for the growing middle class in Africa ~ M. Mubila and T. Yepes; Infrastructure and rural productivity in Africa ~ M. Mubila and T. Yepes; Part 2: Sector-specific issues; Water and sanitation in Africa: current status, trends, challenges and opportunities ~ G. Kararach and T. Yepes; Africa’s prospects for infrastructure development and regional integration: energy sector ~ E. Teljeur; M. Chetty and M. Hendriksz; Africa’s prospects for infrastructure development and regional integration: transport sector ~ T. Chaponda and D. Lishman; Africa’s prospects for infrastructure development and regional integration: ICT sector ~ L. Adam and M. Mubila; Part 3. Regional issues; The state of infrastructure in East Africa ~ T. Yepes and C.L Lufumpa; Integrated approaches for infrastructure ~ C.L Lufumpa, M. Mubila and T. Yepes; Regional integration and infrastructure connectivity in Africa ~ M. Mubila and T. Yepes; Part 4: Financing issues; Infrastructure deficit and opportunities in Africa ~ A. Mafusire, Z. Brixiova, J. Anyanwu and Q. Meng; Comparative analysis of costs of some selected infrastructure components across Africa ~ O. Chinganya; A. Adam and M. Kouakou; Infrastructure deficit and the financing needs in Africa ~ M. Ncube; Innovative financing for infrastructure: Africa50 fund issues ~ G. Kararach; Part 5: Concluding remarks; Infrastructure, political economy and Africa’s transformational agenda ~ M. Ncube, C.L. Lufumpa and G. Kararach

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Book SynopsisThis important book looks beyond the Millennium Development Goals to highlight 12 major public policy conversations about the continent post-2015, arguing that Africa as a continent must work on developing a society that is socially, economically and politically inclusive.Trade Review"In exploring the multiple dimensions of the Post-2015 development agenda for Africa, this clear, well-structured, and compelling collection by leading African and international scholars offer promising but realistic policy choices for addressing the region’s challenges" Francis Owusu, Iowa State University, USA"A valuable and wide-ranging discussion of the achievements and challenges of African development that demonstrates the importance of a `developmental state’ in enabling Africans to take charge of their own destiny." Professor Diane Elson, Department of Sociology, University of Essex, UK"A refreshing and comprehensive political economy perspective on Africa’s socio-economic transformation within the post-2015 development agenda. It is a must read for both economists and non-economists who yearn for freedom from the `Africa rising’ mantra. A highly compelling and wonderfully readable story." Dr Khabele Matlosa, African Union Commission, EthiopiaTable of ContentsIntroduction: Development policy, agency and Africa in the post-2015 development agenda ~ George Kararach, Hany Besada, Timothy M Shaw and Kristen Winters; The post-2015 development agenda: building global convergence on policy options ~ James Wakiaga; Debating post-2015 development-oriented reforms in Africa: agendas for action? ~ George Kararach; Public diplomacy for developmental states: Implementing the African mining vision ~ Timothy M Shaw and Leah McMillan Polonenko; The role of gender and development: where do boys count? ~ Frannie Leautier; Service-oriented government: the developmental state and service delivery in Africa after 2015 - are capacity indicators important? ~ George Kararach; Employment creation for youth in Africa: the role of extractive industries ~ Bernadette Dia Kamgnia and Victor Murinde Murinde; Financing the Post-2015 Development Agenda: Domestic revenue mobilization in Africa ~ Aniket Bhushan, Yiagadeesen Samy and Kemi Medu; Economic performance and social progress in Sub-Saharan Africa: the effect of least developed countries and fragile states ~ Manmohan Agarwal and Natasha Pirzada; From regional integration to regionalism in Africa: Building capacities for the post-Millennium Development Goals Agenda ~ Cristina D'Alessandro; Reforming the Development Banks’ Country Policy and Institutional Assessment as an aid allocation tool: the case for country self-assessment ~ George Kararach, Abbi Kedir, Frannie Léautier and Victor Murinde; Development and sustainability in a warming world: Measuring the impacts of climate change in Africa ~ Hany Besada, Fatima Denton and Ben O’Bright; African development through peace and security to sustainability ~ Karolina Werner; Conclusion: African development, political economy and the road to Agenda 2063 ~ George Kararach, Hany Besada, and Timothy M Shaw.

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Book SynopsisThis important book looks beyond the Millennium Development Goals to highlight 12 major public policy conversations about the continent post-2015, arguing that Africa as a continent must work on developing a society that is socially, economically and politically inclusive.Trade Review"In exploring the multiple dimensions of the Post-2015 development agenda for Africa, this clear, well-structured, and compelling collection by leading African and international scholars offer promising but realistic policy choices for addressing the region’s challenges" Francis Owusu, Iowa State University, USA"A valuable and wide-ranging discussion of the achievements and challenges of African development that demonstrates the importance of a `developmental state’ in enabling Africans to take charge of their own destiny." Professor Diane Elson, Department of Sociology, University of Essex, UK"A refreshing and comprehensive political economy perspective on Africa’s socio-economic transformation within the post-2015 development agenda. It is a must read for both economists and non-economists who yearn for freedom from the `Africa rising’ mantra. A highly compelling and wonderfully readable story." Dr Khabele Matlosa, African Union Commission, EthiopiaTable of ContentsIntroduction: Development policy, agency and Africa in the post-2015 development agenda ~ George Kararach, Hany Besada, Timothy M Shaw and Kristen Winters; The post-2015 development agenda: building global convergence on policy options ~ James Wakiaga; Debating post-2015 development-oriented reforms in Africa: agendas for action? ~ George Kararach; Public diplomacy for developmental states: Implementing the African mining vision ~ Timothy M Shaw and Leah McMillan Polonenko; The role of gender and development: where do boys count? ~ Frannie Leautier; Service-oriented government: the developmental state and service delivery in Africa after 2015 - are capacity indicators important? ~ George Kararach; Employment creation for youth in Africa: the role of extractive industries ~ Bernadette Dia Kamgnia and Victor Murinde Murinde; Financing the Post-2015 Development Agenda: Domestic revenue mobilization in Africa ~ Aniket Bhushan, Yiagadeesen Samy and Kemi Medu; Economic performance and social progress in Sub-Saharan Africa: the effect of least developed countries and fragile states ~ Manmohan Agarwal and Natasha Pirzada; From regional integration to regionalism in Africa: Building capacities for the post-Millennium Development Goals Agenda ~ Cristina D'Alessandro; Reforming the Development Banks’ Country Policy and Institutional Assessment as an aid allocation tool: the case for country self-assessment ~ George Kararach, Abbi Kedir, Frannie Léautier and Victor Murinde; Development and sustainability in a warming world: Measuring the impacts of climate change in Africa ~ Hany Besada, Fatima Denton and Ben O’Bright; African development through peace and security to sustainability ~ Karolina Werner; Conclusion: African development, political economy and the road to Agenda 2063 ~ George Kararach, Hany Besada, and Timothy M Shaw.

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Book SynopsisThis volume answers fundamental questions about how human development is fostered; How to overcome unjust societies with better distribution of opportunities to flourish; How can human development be revitalized in countries where social welfare is put into question?Trade Review“this well-researched volume can function as a model for any author who might wish to research capabilities-enhancing policies in other social policy fields.” Citizen’s Income"The capability approach has the remarkable ability to bring thinkers from substantially different places in this world together - and so does this book." René Lehwess-Litzmann, Soziologisches Forschungsinstitut Göttingen an der Georg-August-Universität (SOFI), Germany"This book represents a sound picture of the current understanding and use of the Capability Approach. The book deserves a wide readership - academics, students, practitioners and policy makers." Niels Rosendal Jensen, Danish School of Education (EDU), Aarhus University, DenmarkTable of ContentsIntroduction: Human development, capabilities and the ethics of policy ~ Hans-Uwe Otto, Melanie Walker and Holger Ziegler Part 1: Conceptual challenges What political liberalism and the welfare state left behind: chance and gratitude ~ Reiko Gotoh The capability approach, agency and sustainable development ~ Elise Klein and Paola Ballon Public policy: from welfare to empowerment of women in India ~ Indira Mahendravada The contribution to human development of social policies in the Central American integration system ~ Guillermo Bornemann-Martínez, Pedro Caldentey and Emilio J. Morales-Fernándes Part 2: Modalities of structure and civil society A framework for urban integration: the case of Buenos Aires ~ Séverine Deneulin, Eduardo Lépore, Ann Mitchell and Ana Lourdes Suárez Culture, equity and social wellbeing in New York City ~ Mark J. Stern and Susan C. Seifert The third sector and capability-promoting policies ~ Giuseppe Acconcia, Enrica Chiappero-Martinetti and Paolo R. Graziano Informal workers and human development in South Africa ~ Ina Conradie Part 3: Children, youth and education; The capability approach: what can it offer child protection policy and practice in England? ~ Brid Featherstone and Anna Gupta The capability approach and a child standpoint ~ Sharon Bessell Capabilities and the challenge to inclusive schooling ~ Franziska Felder Early childhood educational curricula: implications of the capability approach ~ Antoanneta Potsi Education for all? Providing capabilities for young people with special needs ~ Christian Christrup Kjeldsen The instrumental values of education in the Southern Cone ~ Xavier Rambla Conclusion: What is to be done about capability-promoting policies? ~ Hans-Uwe Otto, Melanie Walker and Holger Ziegler

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Book SynopsisLeading scholars and practitioners from a range of backgrounds and regions use area-specific case studies to critically assess the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) project and its impact.Trade Review"Assessing the MDGs is a vital undertaking. Consideration of its success, failures and lessons will light the way forward." Professor Matthew Clarke, Deakin UniversityTable of ContentsForeword ~ Timothy M Shaw; Introduction: Meeting Future Challenges with Past Lessons ~ Leah McMillan Polonenko and Hany Besada; Part One: Global Challenges; Antipoverty Transfers and Zero Extreme Poverty Targets ~ Armando Barrientos; Fragile and Conflict-affected Situations and the post-2015 Development Agenda ~ Clare Lockhart and Samuel Vincent; The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Millennium Development Goal Attainment in Africa ~ Leah McMillan Polonenko; Resource Geographies in Urban Spaces: Insights from Developing Countries in the Post-2015 Era ~ Cristina D'Alessandro; Part Two: Minority Groups; The Millennium Development Goals, Disability Rights and Special Needs Education in Ethiopia: A Case Study of the Oromiya Region ~ Jeff Grischow; Facing the Global Challenge of Youth Employment ~ Ragui Assaad and Deborah Levison; Women’s Role in Economic Development: Overcoming the Constraints ~ Sarah Bradshaw with Joshua Castellino and Bineta Diop; Marginalised Minorities in Conflict: Women and Millennium Development Goals ~ Sarah Hoesch and Alireza Saniei-Pour; Part Three: Micro Challenges Ideas from Early Childhood Development Approaches to Contribute to Millennium Development Goals’ Achievements in Latin America ~ Laura Agosta; Exploring the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS) as a micro-Millennium Development Goals’ Framework in Nigeria ~ Adebusuyi Isaac Adeniran; Developmental Crises affecting the United Nations Millennium Development Goals Achievements in Bangladesh: A Critical Perspective ~ Saleh Ahmed; Between Progress, Stasis and Reversals: An Analysis of the Millennium Development Goals in Nigeria ~ Olabanji Akinola; North Africa and Middle East: Economic Performance and Social Progress ~ Manmohan Argarwal and Badye Essid; Part Four: Looking Forward; United Nations Millennium Development Goals (UN MDGs) and the Arab Spring: Shedding Light on the Preludes? ~ M. Evren Tok, Nancy Elbassiouny, Sofia Samper and Mohammed Sayeed Showkath; Food Security, Inclusive Growth, Sustainability, and the Sustainable Development Agenda ~ Craig Hanson with contributions from Tim Searchinger, Richard Waite, Betsy Otto, Brian Lipinski and Kelly Levin; Outlook for Global Development Finance – Excess or Shortage? ~ Andrew Sheng; Conclusion ~ Jason McFarlane, Hany Besada, Kathryn Anne Brunton and Alireza Saniei-Pour.

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Book SynopsisThe strengths, weaknesses and enforcement of concepts of international human rights receive a new social policy perspective in this insightful review of a pressing debate. Drawing on examples from around the world, it sets out the evolving role of universal rights in domestic and international policy and human welfare.Trade Review“’...A timely compendium enabling a fruitful dialogue between the human rights theory and social policy practice in global development.” Social Policy & AdministrationTable of ContentsIntroduction ~ Gerard McCann and Féilim Ó hAdhmaill Part 1: International Human Rights: Context The Historical Development of the Concept of Rights ~ Peter Herrmann and Féilim Ó hAdhmaill The United Nations and the International Oversight of Human Rights ~ Féilim Ó hAdhmaill and Gerard McCann The Council of Europe, the European Convention on Human Rights and the Social Charter ~ Liz Griffiths The European Union and Human Rights ~ Gerard McCann and Nadia Makaryshyn Human Rights and the USA ~ Peter Collins International Humanitarian Law: Protecting Rights and Promoting Welfare during War? ~ Diana Buttu and Féilim Ó hAdhmaill Part 2: Key Issues for Universal Human Rights-Based Approaches The European Union, Human Rights and International Development Policy ~ Gerard McCann Socio-economic Rights ~ Giovanni Farese Cultural Rights ~ Adam Nowakowski Migration and Refugees: Applying Human Rights to ‘Everyone’? ~ Michal Cenker and Daniel Holder Conflict, ‘Terrorism’ and Non-State Actors ~ Féilim Ó hAdhmaill and Michael Ritchie Gender and Human Rights ~ Birgit Schippers Part 3: Human Rights Approaches to Social Policy Development Human Rights-based Approaches to Social Policy Development ~ Margaret Buckley and Fiona Dukelow The Right to Education ~ Benjamin Mallon The Right to Healthcare ~ Ann-Marie Gray (Ulster University) The Right to Housing ~ Dessie Donnelly, Joe Finnerty and Cathal O’Connell Children’s Rights and Social Policy ~ Fiona Donson The Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities ~ Charles O’Mahony and Shivaun Quinlivan The Right to Development ~ Stephen McCloskey Conclusion: Human Rights in a Brave New World: The Shape of Things to Come? ~ Fred Powell

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Book SynopsisUses a wide range of international case studies form the Global South to examine the stark repercussions of colonial conquest on children's lives and childhood policy today. Liebel shows the work that we must do to decolonize childhoods globally and ensure that children's rights are better promoted and protected.Trade Review"This is a seminal book which works as a textbook, a teaching resource and a highly significant contribution to knowledge. It is characterized by authority and enthusiasm." Heather Montgomery, The Open UniversityTable of ContentsPreface Introduction Part I ~ How to Understand Childhoods in the Postcolonial Context Childhoods From Postcolonial Perspectives Colonialism and Colonization of Childhoods Postcolonial Theories From the Global South Part II ~ Children Under Colonial and Postcolonial Rule State violence against children in British Empire and settler colonies Racist civilization of children in Latin America Pitfalls of postcolonial education and child policies in Africa Part III ~ Children’s Rights and the Decolonization of Childhoods Postcolonial Dilemmas of Children’s Rights Beyond Paternalism: Plea for the De-Paternalization of Children’s Protection and Participation Social Movements of Children As Citizenship From Below Epilogue: Childhoods and Children’s Rights Beyond Postcolonial Paternalism

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Book SynopsisHow can local communities effectively build peace and reconciliation before, during and after open violence? This trailblazing book gives practical examples, from the Global North and Global South, on communities alleviating conflict and enabling transformation in divided societies.Table of ContentsIntroduction ~ John Eversley, Sinéad Gormally and Avila Kilmurray Everyday Peace as a Community Development Approach ~ Anthony Ware, Vicki-Ann Ware, and Leanne Kelly Peacebuilding with Youth: Experience in Cúcuta, Colombia ~ Nohora Constanza Niño Vega Dialogues to develop civil movements in the Caucasus ~ Larissa Sotieva and Juliet Schofield Working for Social Justice through Community Development in Nigeria ~ Samir Halliru Memory, truth, and hope: long journeys of justice in Eastern Sri Lanka ~ Sarala Emmanuel and P.B. Gowthaman Brazil: Public Security as a human right in the favelas ~ Eliana Sousa Silva and Lidiane Malanquini, Redes da Maré Nepal: Working with community-based women to influence inclusion and peacebuilding ~ Susan Risal Palestinian storytelling: authoring their own lives ~ Patricia Sellick Community-based action in Northern Ireland: Activism in a violently contested society ~ Monina O’Prey Everyday Peace: After Ethnic Cleansing in Myanmar’s Rohingya Conflict ~ Vicki-Ann Ware, Anthony Ware and Leanne Kelly Drawing the threads together ~ John Eversley, Sinéad Gormally and Avila Kilmurray

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Book SynopsisAround the world, border walls and nationalisms are on the rise as people express the desire to take back sovereignty. The contributors to this collection use ethnographic research in disputed and exceptional places to study sovereignty claims from the ground up. While it might immediately seem that citizens desire a stronger state, the cases of compromised, contested, or failed sovereignty in this volume point instead to political imaginations beyond the state form. Examples from Spain to Afghanistan and from Western Sahara to Taiwan show how calls to take back control or to bring back order are best understood as longings for sovereign agency. By paying close ethnographic attention to these desires and their consequences, The Everyday Lives of Sovereignty offers a new way to understand why these yearnings have such profound political resonance in a globally interconnected world. Contributors: Panos Achniotis, Jens Bartelson, Joyce Dalsheim, Dace DzenovskTable of ContentsIntroduction: Toward an Anthropology of Sovereign Agency, by Rebecca Bryant and Madeleine Reeves 1. Sovereignty in the Skies: An Anthropology of Everyday Aeropolitics, by Rebecca Bryant 2. Sovereignty as Generator of Inconsistent State Desire in Northeastern Central African Republic, by Louisa Lombard 3. "Because I Have a Hookup": Cheating Citizens and the Unbearable State in Post-Dayton Bosnia-Herzegovina, by Azra Hromadžić 4. Aspirational Sovereignty and Human Rights Advocacy: Audience, Recognition, and the Reach of the Taiwan State, by Sara Friedman 5. Gender, Violence, and Competing Sovereign Claims in Afghanistan, by Torunn Wimpelmann 6. Everyday Sovereignty in Exile: People, Territory, and Resources among Sahrawi Refugees, by Alice Wilson 7. Existential Sovereignty: Latvian People,Their State, and the Problem of Mobility, by Dace Dzenovska 8. Sovereign Days: Imagining and Making the Catalan Republic from Below, by Panos Achniotis 9. The False Promises of Sovereignty: Enclaves, Exclaves, and Impossible Politics in the Jewish State, by Joyce Dalsheim 10. Signs of Sovereignty: Mapping and Countermapping at an "Unwritten" Border, by Madeleine Reeves Epilogue: The Ironies of Misrecognition, by Jens Bartelson

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an important lens for understanding how interlocking humanitarian crises caused by armed conflict, natural disasters, forced displacement and, more recently, a global health pandemic have adversely impacted teaching and learning.

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Book SynopsisAvailable Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence digitallyThis book explores the link between government debt and women's rights. Experts highlight how economic policies worsen gender inequalities and propose a feminist approach to debt issues. It is an essential resource for comprehending the intricate connection between economics and gender.

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Book SynopsisThis thought-provoking book is a major examination of female entrepreneurship in China and India. It discusses gender inequalities, explores to what extent socio-economic factors determine access to entrepreneurial opportunities, and uses historical and contemporary employment patterns to challenge stereotypes surrounding female entrepreneurship.

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Book SynopsisExploring ethical approaches to inclusive development, this book navigates challenges and strategies, empowering readers to foster resilient, equitable communities in the ever evolving 21st century.

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Book SynopsisThe 'Chipko Movement' drew world attention to the struggle over forest rights. Arguing that the hype took control away from local people, this book says that issues of forest control and sustainable forest use have to be seen in the context of concerns about social and economic development, regional autonomy and the futures of the local people.

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Book SynopsisTraces the trajectory of the Department for International Development (DFID) from its origins to its unravelling, distilling timely lessons for government aid institutions in the UK and beyond. Informed by the authors' experiences at DFID and interviews with former ministers and staff, the book offers an insider's view into a unique department.

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Book Synopsis1. Interrogating wellbeing through a narrative frame.- 2. Wellbeing in a world of want.- 3. Secularisation, wellness industries, and nonreligious spiritual health care.- 4. Narratives of health and wellness in the construction of place: The case of Palm.- 5. Narrativising spirituality, wellness, and planetary wellbeing.- 6. Uprooting and grounding: Migrant gardeners, urban food cultivation, and cultural wellbeing.- 7. Living through back-to-back public health crises in Samoa: Mutual narrative creation and research practices.- 8. From sickness unto life: How community and belonging can bolster wellbeing during serious illness and end-of-life care.- 9. Uncle Lou turning over': Demedicalising wellbeing through the trans-masculine community archives.- 10. Gutpela sindaun: Narratives of wellbeing in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville.- 11. The land is life: Contesting food security and development initiatives through gendered narratives of wellbeing in urban and peri-urban Vanuatu.- 12. Answering the call: Narrative of authenticity, identity, and connection in wellness tourism' advertising.- 13. From magical thinking to being pragmagic': Narratives of wellbeing in health and social care in England.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction.- Dairy Farming in Bangladesh.- General Description and Background of the Villages.- Women’s Empowerment through Small Scale Dairy Farming.- Involvement in Dairy Farming and Women Empowerment.- Conclusions and Policy Implication.- Assessing the Determinants and Outcomes of Modern Dairy Farming Practices.

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Book SynopsisPart I: Voices for Societal Change.- Chapter 1: Youth Movements in Authoritarian Asia: The Responsibility to Protest.- Chapter 2: Rising Up in Thailand: Youth-led Protests and State Repression since 2020.- Chapter 3: As a Karen, I have no Leader: Youth, Conflict, and Generational Change in Hpa-An, Karen State.- Chapter 4: Discarding Objects: The Transition to a Consumer Society and the Littering Problem among the Naga, Northeast India.- Chapter 5: The Limits of Political Situation for Societal Change in Thailand.- Chapter 6: Impact of Climate Change and Anthropogenic Pressure on Agro-based Riverine System: The Lower Floodplain of Ganga, India.- Chapter 7: Ecological Democracy and Environmental Justice: Political Ecology of Disasters in India.- Chapter 8: Highland Community Development and Sustainable Opium Reduction: The Case of Northern Thailand.- Chapter 9: Financial Stability of Microfinance Institutions in the Post-Global Financial Crisis: A Case of South Asia.- Part II: Democratic Struggle and Impact.- Chapter 10: Homo Diplomaticus and the Power of Demos: The Paradox and Progress of Democratic Foreign Policy in the Cold War Thailand.- Chapter 11: What Does it Mean When Burma is a Sideshow in World Politics.- Chapter 12: A Political Marathon With(out) Happy Ending: Poland's Democratization and Conclusions for Burma/Myanmar.- Chapter 13: Ne Win's Burmanization Narratives and the Prospects for Peace in Today's Myanmar.- Chapter 14: The Career Prospects of Sadists: Attrition, Collapse, and Myanmar's Military.- Chapter 15: Myanmar: A Totalitarian State.- Chapter 16: The Ancient Origins of Democracy in India.- Chapter 17: Civil Society Organizations and Their Role in Building Democracy in Myanmar: The Case of the Kachin Women's Association Thailand.- Chapter 18: Rethinking: Foreign Aid and Democratic Dilemma.

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