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Unequal Development and Labour in Brazil (Paperback): Gerry Rodgers, Roberto Veras de Oliveira, Janine Rodgers Unequal Development and Labour in Brazil (Paperback)
Gerry Rodgers, Roberto Veras de Oliveira, Janine Rodgers
R1,097 Discovery Miles 10 970 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book is about unequal development and labour in Brazil, with particular reference to the economic and social development of the Northeast region, which has suffered persistent disadvantage. It combines a historical approach, which shows how economic, social and political institutions have been restructured over time, with an analysis of changes in the pattern of production, employment, unemployment and inequality up to the present day. It draws on detailed case studies to examine the connections between local and national production systems and critical labour market outcomes such as informality in employment, precarious work and disparities between genders, races and regions. The case of the Brazilian Northeast illustrates processes, relationships and policy debates that are important not only in Brazil but also elsewhere. The book will be of interest to teachers, researchers and students in economics, sociology, labour and development; public officials and policy-makers; the international development community; and the general public interested in Latin American affairs. They will find in the book an original and systematic analysis of the factors underlying unequal development and how they respond to different policy regimes and suggestions about the issues that need to be addressed in the future.

The Humanitarian Exit Dilemma - The Moral Cost of Withdrawing Aid (Hardcover): Chin Ruamps The Humanitarian Exit Dilemma - The Moral Cost of Withdrawing Aid (Hardcover)
Chin Ruamps
R1,485 Discovery Miles 14 850 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

How should humanitarian organisations respond when their aid goes awry? Should they stay and remain engaged with the needy, or should they withdraw and leave? Investigating the choices involved and the judgements required when tackling these questions, this book investigates the unique 'Humanitarian Exit Dilemma' that confronts humanitarian organisations. Humanitarian practitioners often are too concerned with the outcome of action but fail to recognise that there are other equally weighty moral considerations they should consider. Focusing simply on the results of projects, such as the number of lives saved alone, is inadequate. In order to address this problem, this book highlights three value-based normative considerations namely, humanitarian aid workers' special relationships with those whom they are assisting, humanitarian organisations' causal responsibility to assist those they have made vulnerable, and humanitarian organisations' obligations to fulfil reasonable expectations of those assisted. Together, these three non-instrumental reasonings serve as the main arguments of the author's value-based normative account, the 'Non-Consequentialist Approach', to address the Humanitarian Exit Dilemma. Offering a unique perspective on how humanitarian organisations should navigate the Humanitarian Exit Dilemma, this book will be of interest to scholars and practitioners in the field of Humanitarian Studies, African Studies, Refugee Studies, political philosophy, humanitarian action and human rights.

Silver, Sword, and Stone - Three Crucibles in the Latin American Story (Paperback): Marie Arana Silver, Sword, and Stone - Three Crucibles in the Latin American Story (Paperback)
Marie Arana
R591 R494 Discovery Miles 4 940 Save R97 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Caring Cash - Free Money and the Ethics of Solidarity in Kenya (Paperback): Tom Neumark Caring Cash - Free Money and the Ethics of Solidarity in Kenya (Paperback)
Tom Neumark
R524 Discovery Miles 5 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The idea of giving cash, no-strings-attached, to the poor has become popular in the 21st century. While hardly a radical form of global redistribution, these cash grants, often known as unconditional cash transfers, claim to offer a new type of care that is less paternalistic than other forms of assistance. Caring Cash explores the caring practices that these grant experiments produced in the Nairobi ghetto of Korogocho. After receiving the grants, people there did not only look after themselves and their family, friends, lovers, clients and patrons, but also maintained the bonds that held them all together. Putting his interlocutors' lives in conversation with ideas around care, ethics and economies, Tom Neumark argues that for those in the ghetto, caring for relationships is as important as the care that takes place within relationships. Seeing care in this way reveals the importance of managing one's proximity, distance and detachment to others, and raises questions about the disquieting decisions that allow people to live together amidst violence and poverty.

Informed Cities - Making Research Work for Local Sustainability (Hardcover): Marko Joas, Kate Theobald, David McGuinness,... Informed Cities - Making Research Work for Local Sustainability (Hardcover)
Marko Joas, Kate Theobald, David McGuinness, Cristina Garzillo, Stefan Kuhn
R5,232 Discovery Miles 52 320 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Informed Cities looks at the knowledge brokerage processes between cities and higher education institutions, and in particular evaluates governance mechanisms for monitoring local sustainability and the role of research within this. The first part of the book provides an analysis of tools for governing sustainable cities and develops a typology of existing tools. It then considers approaches to monitor local sustainability on a European level, focusing on a number of key tools such as the Covenant of Mayors, Reference Framework for Sustainable Cities, and Green Capital Award. The second part of the book introduces an explorative application of two tools that the author team have used in practice to monitor local sustainability, Urban Ecosystems Europe and Local Evaluation 21, presenting and evaluating European level data collected from local governments. The third part of the book looks deeper into a number of case studies discussing how a working and rewarding city-university connection can be created and nourished in an administrative and political setting. Finally, the last part of the book reflects on lessons learned from the application of the tools and accompanying research process and makes recommendations for further developing monitoring tools for urban sustainability on a European level. This book will be essential reading for professionals in urban and regional planning who are tasked with monitoring the effects of sustainability policies, as well as for graduate students in planning, environmental governance, sustainable development and related disciplines.

The Humanitarian Fix - Navigating Civilian Protection in Contemporary Wars (Paperback): Joe Cropp The Humanitarian Fix - Navigating Civilian Protection in Contemporary Wars (Paperback)
Joe Cropp
R1,149 Discovery Miles 11 490 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book investigates how humanitarians balance the laws and principles of civilian protection with the realities of contemporary warzones, where non-state armed actors assert cultural, political and religious traditions that are often at odds with official frameworks. This book argues that humanitarian protection on the ground is driven not by official frameworks in the traditional sense, but by the relationships between the complex mix of actors involved in contemporary wars. The frameworks, in turn, act as a unifying narrative that preserves these relationships. As humanitarian practitioners navigate this complex space, they act as unofficial brokers, translating the official frameworks to align with the often-divergent agendas of non-state armed actors. In doing so, they provide an unofficial humanitarian fix for the challenges inherent in applying the official frameworks in contemporary wars. Drawing on rich ethnographic observations from the author's time in northern Iraq, and complemented by interviews with a range of fieldworkers and humanitarian policy makers and lawyers, this book will be a compelling read for researchers and students within humanitarian and development studies, and to practitioners and policy makers who are grappling with the contradictions this book explores.

Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal 2022, Issue No. 1 (Paperback): United Nations Economic and Social Commission for... Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal 2022, Issue No. 1 (Paperback)
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
R1,174 Discovery Miles 11 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal (APSDJ) is published twice a year by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). It is the continuation of UNESCAP's Asia Pacific Development Journal (APDJ) with explicit recognition of sustainable development in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). APSDJ provides a platform for policymakers to share their experiences. It also offers opportunities to academics and researchers in their early careers to develop their capacity for policy-oriented and applied research.

The Universal Social Safety-Net and the Attack on World Poverty - Pressing Need, Manageable Cost, Practical Possibilities,... The Universal Social Safety-Net and the Attack on World Poverty - Pressing Need, Manageable Cost, Practical Possibilities, Favourable Spillovers (Hardcover)
Anthony Clunies-Ross, Mozammel Huq
R4,210 Discovery Miles 42 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This text is concerned with strategy and tactics for directing that small slice of world income into filling the gap. This must be done country by country, on the initiative of each country's government: with the maximum involvement of its own civil society, and with the rich world also making a contribution. To add momentum, the international community needs to adopt targets far more specific than the fifty percent extreme 'poverty reduction' of the first Millennium Development Goal.

The Routledge Handbook of Comparative Global Urban Studies (Hardcover): Patrick Le Galès, Jennifer Robinson The Routledge Handbook of Comparative Global Urban Studies (Hardcover)
Patrick Le Galès, Jennifer Robinson
R5,852 Discovery Miles 58 520 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Routledge Handbook of Comparative Global Urban Studies is a timely intervention into the field of global urban studies, coming as comparison is being more widely used as a method for global urban studies, and as a number of methodological experiments and comparative research projects are being brought to fruition. It consolidates and takes forward an emerging field within urban studies and makes a positive and constructive intervention into a lively arena of current debate in urban theory. Comparative urbanism injects a welcome sense of methodological rigor and a commitment to careful evaluation of claims across different contexts, which will enhance current debates in the field. Drawing together at least 50 international scholars and practitioners, this book offers an overview of key ideas and practices in the field and extends current thinking and practice. The book is primarily intended for scholars and graduate students for whom it will provide an invaluable and up-to-date guide to current thinking across the range of disciplines which converge in the study of urbanism, including geography, sociology, planning, and urban studies.

Business and Sustainable Development in Africa - Medicine or Placebo? (Hardcover): Uwafiokun Idemudia, Francis Xavier Dery... Business and Sustainable Development in Africa - Medicine or Placebo? (Hardcover)
Uwafiokun Idemudia, Francis Xavier Dery Tuokuu, Tahiru Azaaviele Liedong
R3,838 Discovery Miles 38 380 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The book offers new critical insights into the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainable development in Africa. The extent to which CSR initiatives can contribute to sustainable development in Africa remains debatable. This book examines in a very clear structure how, when, and whether CSR initiatives are able to contribute to the realization of the sustainable development goals, peace, and environmental sustainability at the micro-levels of society. It also explores some macro-level issues such as the relationship between taxation and CSR, CSR and human rights, and CSR and public governance and, in so doing, challenges existing CSR dogmas. With themes aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this book provides useful practical guidance for policymakers and business leaders seeking to better understand the strength and limitations of CSR as a vehicle for advancing sustainable development in Africa. It will also appeal to scholars, researchers, and students of African studies, development studies, international business, strategic management, and business and society.

Triple Value Leadership - Creating Sustainable Value for Your Business, Your Customers and Society (Paperback): Sander Tideman Triple Value Leadership - Creating Sustainable Value for Your Business, Your Customers and Society (Paperback)
Sander Tideman
R1,008 Discovery Miles 10 080 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

A playbook that will significantly enhance the capabilities of every organization, in three dimensions of sustainable business transformation: strategy formation, leadership development and performance management Supported by case studies, models, tools and practices, which will help leaders to reimagine their business model in a way that supports sustainable business transformation Best practice cases include include Unilever (consumer goods), DSM (chemicals), Philips (electronics), Ikea (furniture), Migros (retail) and Google (data), as well as smaller sustainability pioneers such as Patagonia, Interface, Triodos Bank, Chobany, Eosta, Ben and Jerry's, Greyston Bakery, Allbrids, and Tony Chocolonely's

Understanding Urban Cycling - Exploring the Relationship Between Mobility, Sustainability and Capital (Paperback): Justin... Understanding Urban Cycling - Exploring the Relationship Between Mobility, Sustainability and Capital (Paperback)
Justin Spinney
R1,215 Discovery Miles 12 150 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Academic interest in cycling has burgeoned in recent years with significant literature relating to the health and environmental benefits of cycling, the necessity for cycle-specific infrastructure, and the embodied experiences of cycling. Based upon primary research in a variety of contexts such as London, Shanghai and Taipei, this book demonstrates that recent developments in urban cycling policy and practice are closely linked to broader processes of capital accumulation. It argues that cycling is increasingly caught up in discourses around smart cities that emphasise technological solutions to environmental problems and neoliberal ideas on individual responsibility and bio-political conduct, which only results in solutions that prioritise those who are already mobile. Accordingly, the central argument of the book is not that the popularisation of cycling is inherently bad, but that the manner in which cycling is being popularised gives cause for social and environmental concern. Ultimately the book argues that cycling has now become a vehicle for sustaining pro-growth agendas rather than subverting them or shifting to sustainable no-growth/de-growth and less technologically driven visions of modernity. This book makes an innovative contribution to the fields of Cycling Studies, Mobilities and Transport and will be of interest to students and academics working in Human Geography, Transport Studies, Urban Studies, Urban Planning, Public Policy, Sociology and Sustainability.

Rethinking African Agriculture - How Non-Agrarian Factors Shape Peasant Livelihoods (Paperback): Goran Hyden, Kazuhiko... Rethinking African Agriculture - How Non-Agrarian Factors Shape Peasant Livelihoods (Paperback)
Goran Hyden, Kazuhiko Sugimura, Tadasu Tsuruta
R1,228 Discovery Miles 12 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Rethinking African Agriculture argues that rural communities in Africa are still shaped by non-agrarian factors both in livelihood strategy and social formation. This volume renews and deepens the research on the African peasantry by offering a fresh perspective drawn from the hitherto largely unknown Japanese research on the subject. The ethnographic fieldwork focuses not only on the micro environment of the producers but also the broader historical context in which they live and work. The contributors argue that, in comparison with other regions of the world, Africa has never passed through an agrarian revolution that would effectively change the mode of production from within. Modernization efforts from the outside have fallen far short of the ambition to transform agriculture in Africa. Rural Africa is still largely a natural society characterized by "non-agrarian" features as evident in people’s livelihood, social organization, and farming systems. This book will be of interest to social scientists and anthropologists focusing on African development, agriculture and agrarian societies,

Post-Colonial Globalization - Law, Power and Actors in the 21st Century (Paperback): Yonit Manor-Percival, Janet Dine Post-Colonial Globalization - Law, Power and Actors in the 21st Century (Paperback)
Yonit Manor-Percival, Janet Dine
R1,159 Discovery Miles 11 590 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

With the globalist project immersed in conflicts and adversity, Post-Colonial Globalisation offers an insight into the actors who animate it and the power dynamics which run through it. Using the law as the prism through which these are examined, and fusing historical with contemporary perspectives, the book contributes to understanding the crisis in which we find ourselves as a moment of both existential danger and an opportunity. This book is in two parts. The first part charters capitalism’s historical progression to globalism through the lens of the act of taking. Taking has risen to institutional prominence as a core concept in the legal lexicon of foreign investment protection to denote deprivation of private property. Post-Colonial Globalisation advances a broader notion of taking as a tool of social criticism. From enclosures, to colonial settlement to an empire of unequal exchanges, to contemporary land grabs, private property, now so vigorously protected against taking, was itself born out of taking. The second part focuses on the ecological dimension of neoliberal globalisation and its hallmarks of unlimited growth and excessive extraction. It has negatively impacted the climate, the earth and its human and non-human inhabitants to the point of putting their continued existence at risk. Central to this is the deification of property. Our understanding of proprietary relations and the rights they confer must be revisited if our interface with the planet is to be reconfigured. The emerging doctrine of rights of nature offers one route which may lead us in this direction. The two parts complement each other. One looks at taking by members of the human species from each other. The other looks at taking by the human species from nature.

Anthropogeomorphology of Bhagirathi-Hooghly River System in India (Paperback): Balai Chandra Das, Sandipan Ghosh, Aznarul... Anthropogeomorphology of Bhagirathi-Hooghly River System in India (Paperback)
Balai Chandra Das, Sandipan Ghosh, Aznarul Islam, Suvendu Roy
R1,869 Discovery Miles 18 690 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The Bhagirathi-Hooghly Basin in India is one of the most densely populated regions in the world and is undergoing rapid transformation of its natural landscape induced by human interventions, such as mushrooming of dams and barrages, deforestation, and urbanization. Human activities and interventions on basin landforms and the processes that shape those landforms have accelerated at an alarming rate. This book uses spatio-temporal analysis to understand the major anthropogenic signatures on land use and land cover changes and the impact these activities have on the landforms and processes of the Bhagirathi-Hooghly River and its sub-basins. It answers the what, where, why, and how of the anthropogenic signatures involved. Recent case studies on the impact of anthropogenic signatures on fluvial forms and processes make this book a useful resource for students and researchers in the earth sciences, local governments, urban planners, and all concerned with rural developments. Features: Explores for the first time the new concept of anthropogeomorphology for the river basin-an emerging field Analyses the impact of anthropogenic activities, especially the construction of dams and reservoirs, and urbanization on major fluvial landscapes using advanced geospatial modelling techniques Investigates human interference in river systems, their effects on the dynamics of the river, and the livelihoods of the people residing along the river Addresses issues related to geology, geomorphology, geography, planning, land use, and land management areas Fills the need for data-driven governance and policy decisions for the future of urban-industrial growth in India.

Assessing the Demographic Impact of Development Projects - Conceptual, methodological and policy issues (Hardcover): A.S. Oberai Assessing the Demographic Impact of Development Projects - Conceptual, methodological and policy issues (Hardcover)
A.S. Oberai
R2,683 Discovery Miles 26 830 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

First published in 1992, Assessing the Demographic Impact of Development Projects based on studies in developing countries focuses on conceptual, methodological and policy issues related to development projects. It considers whether demographic effects can be assessed and why development planners should be interested in such an assessment. A.S. Oberai examines the extent to which economic and social changes generated by specific development interventions have influenced demographic behaviour in a particular context. He suggests how desired effects can be enhanced and undesired effects minimized by policy makers and planners in developing countries in order to deal with problems of population growth and its distribution. The major shortcomings of existing methodologies are identified, and the author indicates the future direction which research might take in order to be more scientifically valid and useful to policy makers. This book is a must read for scholars and researchers of development studies, political economy and labour economy.

An Alternative Development Agenda for India (Hardcover): Sanjay Kaul An Alternative Development Agenda for India (Hardcover)
Sanjay Kaul
R3,554 Discovery Miles 35 540 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book provides a revamped, transformative, and fiscally sustainable developmental agenda for India to radically improve the well-being and livelihoods of its citizens. Grounded in a 'people first' approach, this alternative agenda focuses on seven vital development and inter-connected areas, including health, education, food and nutrition, child development, gender, livelihood and jobs, and urbanization. The volume highlights the systemic issues plaguing these sectors and offers pragmatic and implementable solutions to address them. The author takes cognizance of the COVID-19 pandemic and draws attention to the limitations of the current public policies and suggests cost-effective interventions and strategies that focus on the poor. The volume discusses crucial themes of universalizing healthcare, battling malnutrition and food insecurity, ensuring quality schooling, unshackling gendered mindsets, enhancing livelihoods and improving the urban quality of life to spell out a pragmatic and workable development agenda for India. Accessible and reader-friendly, the book will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of development studies, economics, public policy, governance, development policy, public administration, political studies, South Asia studies. It will also be of interest to professionals in the development sector.

Systemic Changes in the German and Japanese Economies - Convergence and Differentiation as a Dual Challenge (Paperback): Werner... Systemic Changes in the German and Japanese Economies - Convergence and Differentiation as a Dual Challenge (Paperback)
Werner Pascha
R1,363 Discovery Miles 13 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Should Japan and Germany strive to restructure their institutional fabric and arrangements to make them more similar to Anglo-American standards? Where will systemic change lead? This book offers fresh insights by collecting Japanese and German contributions to this scholarly discussion both from theoretical and empirical viewpoints. A major conclusion of several papers is that the forces of differentiation are frequently underestimated. Important thematic issues include: contingency, path dependence and complementarity. Examinations of economic globalisation and rapidity of technological change pose questions about the nature of socio-economic system analysis in the future.

Development in an Era of Neoliberal Globalization (Hardcover): Henry Veltmeyer Development in an Era of Neoliberal Globalization (Hardcover)
Henry Veltmeyer
R4,353 Discovery Miles 43 530 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book analyses the progress and failures of capitalist development against the backdrop of an increasingly globalised world economy organised on neoliberal principles. It brings together eminent writers on the political economy of international development such as Kari Polanyi-Levitt, Norman Girvan, Osvaldo Sunkel, Paul Bowles, Manfred Bienefeld and Walden Bellos, to examine from a critical perspective the contemporary dynamics of a system in crisis--issues of capitalist development and globalization within the neoliberal world order. The essays, written in tribute to Surendra Patel for his contribution to the field of development studies, cover subjects including the financial crisis of 2008, the regional dynamics of neoliberal globalization, democracy and development, the political economy of natural resource extraction, and the formation of a postneoliberal state oriented towards a new economic model. Drawing on an analysis of the development process in the Caribbean, Latin America, Africa and the Philippines, it considers the historical foundations that impact on economic growth and technological transformation, and evaluates the relationship between capital and the state, and the role of NGOs and social movements in the context of the debate on neoliberal globalization. Development in an Era of Neoliberal Globalization will be of interest to students and scholars of international politics and economic development, the political economy of globalisation, the sociology and politics of development, and developments in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Geographies of Development in the 21st Century - An Introduction to the Global South (Paperback, Annotated edition): Sylvia... Geographies of Development in the 21st Century - An Introduction to the Global South (Paperback, Annotated edition)
Sylvia Chant, Cathy Mcllwaine
R1,188 Discovery Miles 11 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Written by two widely published academics with many years' experience in university teaching, research and consultancy, Geographies of Development in the 21st Century provides a concise yet informative introduction to development in the contemporary Global South. Incorporating field research from Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Colombia, El Salvador, the Philippines, Botswana and The Gambia, Sylvia Chant and Cathy McIlwaine bring alive a body of fascinating subject matter extending across gender, family, poverty, employment, household livelihoods, the informal economy, housing, migration, civil society, conflict and violence. Reflecting both authors' enduring interests in the academic-policy interface, the book is also informed by assignments they have undertaken for various international organisations such as the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, UNDP, UNICEF, ILO and the Commonwealth Secretariat. This timely and engaging volume will be an essential companion for undergraduate students taking introductory courses in development and globalisation as well as a useful reference and repository of teaching and learning ideas for those lecturing on the subject. Students will not only find this resource refreshingly accessible and user-friendly, but will be able to further their knowledge guided by annotated readings, key internet sources and a range of learning activities.

A Politics of Patent Law - Crafting the Participatory Patent Bargain (Hardcover): Kali Murray A Politics of Patent Law - Crafting the Participatory Patent Bargain (Hardcover)
Kali Murray
R4,200 Discovery Miles 42 000 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

There has been much written on the impact of international treaties like the Trade Related Aspects on Intellectual Property (TRIPS), which laments the failure of patent systems to respond to the interests of a diverse set of non-profit, public interest, and non-corporate entities. This book examines how patent law can accommodate what James Boyle terms a "politics," that is, "a conceptual map of issues, a rough working model of costs and benefits, and a functioning coalition-politics of groups unified by common interests perceived in apparently diverse situations."

A Politics of Patent Law provides a substantive account of the ways in which various types of participatory mechanisms currently operate in patent law, and examines how these participatory mechanisms can be further developed, particularly within a regional and international context. In exploring this, Murray highlights the emergence of constitutional law in international intellectual property law as being at the centre of the patent bargain and goes so far as to argue that the constitutional tradition in intellectual property law is as important as TRIPS. Ultimately, the book sets forth a "tool-box" of participatory mechanisms which would allow for, and foster third party participation in the patent process. This book will be of particular interest to academics, students and practitioners in the field of IP Law.

War, Peace and Progress in the 21st Century - Development, Violence and Insecurity (Paperback): Mark Berger, Heloise Weber War, Peace and Progress in the 21st Century - Development, Violence and Insecurity (Paperback)
Mark Berger, Heloise Weber
R1,364 Discovery Miles 13 640 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The history of development is one marked by insecurities, violence, and persistent conflict. It is not surprising, therefore, that development is now thought of as one of the central challenges of world politics. However, its complexities are often overlooked in scholarly analysis and among policy practitioners, who tend to adopt a technocratic approach to the crisis of development and violence. This book brings together a wide range of contributions aimed at investigating different aspects of the history of development and violence, and its implications for contemporary efforts to consolidate the development-security nexus. From environmental concerns, through vigilante citizenship, to the legacies of armed conflicts during and after decolonization, the different chapters reconstruct the contradictory history of development and critically engage contemporary responses and their implications for social and political analyses. In examining violence and insecurity in relation to core organising principles of world politics the contributors engage the problems associated with the nation state and the inter-state system and underlying assumptions of the promises of progress. The book offers a range of perspectives on the contradictions of development, and on how domination, violence and resistance have been conceived. At the same time it exemplifies the relevance of alternative methodological and conceptual approaches to contemporary challenges of development. This book was published as a special issue of Third World Quarterly.

Health Transitions and the Double Disease Burden in Asia and the Pacific - Histories of Responses to Non-Communicable and... Health Transitions and the Double Disease Burden in Asia and the Pacific - Histories of Responses to Non-Communicable and Communicable Diseases (Hardcover)
Milton J. Lewis, Kerrie L. MacPherson
R4,373 Discovery Miles 43 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Chronic diseases-cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes-are not only the principal cause of world-wide mortality but also are now responsible for a striking increase in the percentage of sickness in developing countries still grappling with the acute problems of infectious diseases. The "double disease burden" - the onset of significant mortality from chronic, non-communicable diseases while mortality from communicable diseases remains high - is a problem of developing countries. Developed countries had the historical "luxury" of dealing with chronic diseases after the weight of communicable diseases had largely lifted. However, in both developed and developing countries old and new communicable diseases such as tuberculosis or HIV/AIDS enhance morbidity and mortality, and some infectious diseases may lead to chronic disease; for example, the papilloma virus and cervical cancer. Exposure to environmental pollutants particularly prenatal or in infancy is clearly recognized as a major driver of later chronic ill-health. Double health burdens in Asia and the Pacific and the problems that this poses for health care regimes, resource allocation, strategies for prevention and control and the need for integrated approaches to both non-communicable and infectious diseases will challenge the future viability of the region. The primary aim of this book is to offer a historical picture of the development of a leading global health problem and policy responses to it in the context of a demographically, economically and politically very significant region of the world with a view to better understanding of the double disease burden and the development of more effective health policy to deal with it.

A Turning Point for Chinese Higher Education - Developing Hybrid Education at Tsinghua University (Paperback): Hamish Coates,... A Turning Point for Chinese Higher Education - Developing Hybrid Education at Tsinghua University (Paperback)
Hamish Coates, Yu Zhang, Manli Li, Zhou Zhong
R1,113 Discovery Miles 11 130 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

- Presents the first research by a major Asian university on the seismic shift to online learning in higher education due to the pandemic - Offers insights direct from global university leaders on the leadership of higher education institutes through the pandemic - Provides students, academics and policy makers with research and policy implications for the wider higher education sector.

A Turning Point for Chinese Higher Education - Developing Hybrid Education at Tsinghua University (Hardcover): Hamish Coates,... A Turning Point for Chinese Higher Education - Developing Hybrid Education at Tsinghua University (Hardcover)
Hamish Coates, Yu Zhang, Manli Li, Zhou Zhong
R3,833 Discovery Miles 38 330 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

- Presents the first research by a major Asian university on the seismic shift to online learning in higher education due to the pandemic - Offers insights direct from global university leaders on the leadership of higher education institutes through the pandemic - Provides students, academics and policy makers with research and policy implications for the wider higher education sector.

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