This book is an important intervention in the debate between economic and social development. It makes the case for understanding development in economic terms as well as in terms of well-being, empowerment and participation.

This book is an important intervention in the debate between economic and social development. It makes the case for understanding development in economic terms as well as in terms of well-being, empowerment and participation.

How could the sport that gave us Jackie Robinson become so irrelevant to Black America just a few decades later? While the NFL and NBA have risen triumphantly on the wings of great African-American athletes, baseball finds itself left in the dust. It was the likes of Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, and Bob Gibson that fueled baseball's growth, but such premium Black athletes have long since fled to football and basketball. Baseball is the only sport to become slower and less athletic since the early 1980s; its television ratings sinking to new lows with every season. More than ever, baseball needs Black America to reinvigorate its sport both on the field and in the turnstiles. Former major league scout Anup Sinha spent much of his career investigating the causes of baseball's "black-out" which is exposed for all in Curse of the Black Bambino. This book is loaded with new research and the additional insight of players, coaches, scouts, and league executives. Sinha weaves both the historical and the anecdotal to illustrate the genesis of the issue at large. Included is a surefire plan to reclaim African-American athletes and take the sport to new heights in both entertainment value and popularity.

The attempt to sensitize the business practitioner and the public-policy planner, as well as students of business management and the social sciences, to the concept of sustainable development in an easily comprehensible manner. This book analyzes sustainable development from the perspective of economics. Environmental and social challenges are shaping policies and consumer preferences to facilitate sustainable development. This concept has become an integral part of global business strategy. However, these trends are not always backed up by an adequate understanding of the complexities of the concept, and their implications for decision-making. It is important to appreciate the economic logic under- lying both the necessity and the difficulty of moving to a world that can be sustained over time. The inter-relationship between the activities of human societies and nature lies at the core of sustainable development. Understanding this inter-relationship goes beyond the domain of conventional economics, into more interfaced terrains of ecological economics and environmental science