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The Elgar Encyclopedia of Development is a ground-breaking resource
that provides a starting point for those wishing to grasp how and
why development occurs, while also providing further expansion
appropriate for more experienced academics. With concise
explorations of over 130 key terms, events, actors, theories,
practices, agencies, and policies in the field, this Encyclopedia
introduces a broader viewpoint to the ever-evolving discipline of
development studies. Entries act as helpful references that clarify
key subjects, identify influential literature and highlight correct
practitioner procedure. Key Features: Interdisciplinary and
international analysis of development Succinct and accessible
entries that illustrate significant historical shifts Authored by
experts and emerging leaders in contemporary areas of study such as
rising powers and green economies Addresses core development issues
such as child labour, class, food security, poverty, sustainability
and urban development This essential Encyclopedia will be an
important reference for students and scholars pursuing disciplines
such as development economics, international politics, development
studies and social policy. Development practitioners looking to
improve existing practices will additionally benefit from its
theoretical foundations and historical trajectories of important
events.
See and appreciate nature like never before with this colouring
book! In this interactive and awesome book, kids will have a blast
colouring and learning about insects and arachnids from around the
world (and the difference between the two!) – from the mighty
Hercules beetle and dangerous black widow spider to venomous
scorpions, speedy millipedes, and so many more! Featuring 40 line
art designs to bring to life, each illustration also includes
fascinating fun facts for kids to read about the creature’s
natural habitat, where it lives in the world, what it eats, how
long it lives, how it contributes to the ecosystem in its region,
and whether it slinks on the ground, soars through the air, or
tunnels underground. This book also includes dozens of full colour
bonus stickers. A great way to teach children about nature and how
to respect all of its amazing inhabitants, this book is a creative
outlet to express themselves that also provides a fun and unique
learning experience!
Frequent references are made to the 'Asian economic miracle' as a
means of describing the wave of GDP growth experienced across the
Asia-Pacific region over the past twenty years. Implicit in this
description is the assumption that the Asia-Pacific region has
progressed at the same rate that GDP has risen over the same
period. But is this truly the case? Employing a Genuine Progress
Indicator as an alternative measure of sustainable welfare, the
contributors to this book aim to answer this question by presenting
case studies of seven Asia-Pacific nations. The results reveal that
all is not as positive as conventional indicators might suggest.
The book shows that the three wealthy nations - Australia, New
Zealand, and Japan - have long reached a level of GDP beyond which
further growth is detrimental to their sustainable welfare while
the four poorer nations - China, India, Thailand, and Vietnam - are
fast approaching a similar situation, but at much lower per capita
levels of sustainable welfare. In view of these results, it is
argued that genuine progress in the Asia-Pacific region requires
the wealthy nations to focus on qualitative improvement
(development) rather than GDP growth. As for the poorer nations, it
is argued that population stabilisation demands urgent attention
while the GDP growth required over the next two to three decades
must be as clean, efficient, and equitable as possible. Sustainable
Welfare in the Asia-Pacific will appeal to a wide audience of
academics and researchers in the areas of ecological, environmental
and natural resource economics, development, green national
accounting, and environmental management. It will also find a
readership in policymakers, environmental managers and NGOs,
particularly in the Asia-Pacific region.
This title offers a constructive appraisal of the relationship
between secular development and Christian mission, demonstrating
the opportunities and problems associated with the work of
faith-based organisations. This book considers the implications,
consequences, opportunities and constraints faced when mission and
development endeavours coincide. This is explored from various
perspectives, including that of history, theology and those
involved in mission work and missionary organizations. Despite
eighty percent of the world's population professing religious
belief, religion has been largely excluded from consideration of
those seeking to aid development in poorer countries. Moreover, the
work of missionaries has often involved the provision of basic
welfare services that in many parts of the world predate the
interventions undertaken by 'professional' secular aid workers. Are
missionaries doing development work or is development a critical
aspect of mission?
Children will love getting creative with dozens of line art designs
that give each car, tractor, and truck a funny face! * Features
dozens of vehicles, including vintage cars, construction vehicles,
taxis, fire engines, farm trucks and tractors * Fun facts outline
what each vehicle does * Includes bonus stickers
This book examines how international aid donors and
Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) can assist countries in the
Asia-Pacific region achieve the Millennium Development Goals. The
book examines the progress countries have made towards the MDGs and
highlights the need to tailor the goals to individual country
circumstances.
With eighty percent of the world's population professing religious
faith, religious belief is a common human characteristic. This
fascinating and highly unique Handbook brings together
state-of-the-art research on incorporating religion into
development studies literature and research. The expert
contributors illustrate that as religious identity is integral to a
community's culture, exclusion of religious consideration will
limit successful development interventions; it is therefore
necessary to conflate religion and development to enhance efforts
to improve the lives of the poor. Issues addressed include: key
tenets, beliefs and histories of religions; religious response to
development concerns (gender, environment, education, microfinance,
humanitarian assistance); and the role of faith based organizations
and missionaries in the wider development context. Practical case
studies of countries across Africa, Eastern Europe and the Pacific
(including Australia) underpin the research, providing evidence
that the intersection between religion and development is neither
new nor static. By way of conclusion, suggestions are prescribed
for extensive further research in order to advance understanding of
this nascent field. This path-breaking Handbook will prove a
thought-provoking and stimulating reference tool for academics,
researchers and students in international development,
international relations, comparative religion and theology.
Contributors: N.A. Alolo, J. Anderson, M. Bano, L. Bi, S. Bradbury,
G. Buchanan, M. Clarke, J.A. Connell, B. De Cordier, S. Deneulin,
I. Fanany, R. Fanany, X. Fang, S.T. Flanigan, F. Helmiere, G.
Hoffstaedter, R. Ireland, M. Jennings, H. Marquette, J. Miller, C.
Moe-Lobeda, Y. Narayanan, I. Nolte, L. Rae, J. Rees, P. Riddell,
A.W. Sanford, M. Sharpe, C. Starkey, J. Sweet, D.S. Tatla, D.
Tittensor, E. Tomalin, A. Ware, V.-A. Ware, J. Wills, A. Yumina
Education and the Fantasies of Neoliberalism revitalizes
conversations about the nature and purpose of education in a global
context characterized by concerns about quality and equity in
education, reflecting wider economic and political anxieties around
declining productivity and social inclusion. The book illustrates
how Lacanian psychoanalytic theory offers a conceptual vocabulary
for exposing and critiquing the fantasmatic nature of policy and
practice, while foregrounding the tensions and contradictions they
seek to conceal. Specifically, the book draws on ideas of lack,
fantasy and desire from Lacanian psychoanalytic theory to gain
insights into the contentious but disavowed politics of reform in
education. The book builds on cutting-edge work in political and
psychoanalytic theory to offer unique insights that challenge and
contest the simplistic and often trivializing readings of education
in contemporary media and political debates. Offering a novel
perspective on education policy reform, this book will be of great
interest to academics, researchers and post-graduate students in
the fields of philosophy of education and educational policy and
politics.
Paradoxes of Democracy, Leadership and Education engages both
critically and creatively with important social, political and
educational issues, and argues that the organisational forms of
contemporary schooling are caught up in politically significant
contradictions. Highlighting the inescapable paradoxes that
educators must grapple with in their thought and practice as they
seek to reconcile democracy and leadership in education, this book
addresses the question of whether socially just democratic futures
can be realised through education. Divided into two parts, the
first part explores theoretical frameworks and concepts, presenting
theory and raising issues and questions, while the second shares
diverse examples of practice, renewing and reanimating the links
between education, leadership and democracy, and providing models
of alternatives. Studying a number of global developments that can
be seen as potentially threatening, such as a growing inequality in
wealth and income and the declining participation and trust in
democratic processes, this text is at the forefront of
international innovations in educational theory and philosophy. A
fascinating and vital read for all researchers and students,
Paradoxes of Democracy, Leadership and Education considers the
opportunities and challenges that are confronting and threatening
education in the modern world.
A novel is among the most intricate of human creations, the result
of thousands of choices and decisions. In How to Reread a Novel,
Matthew Clark explicates the intricacies of fiction writing through
practical analysis of the resources of narration, demystifying some
of the tools novelists use to build worlds. Drawing on classical
philology, the rhetorical tradition, and recent approaches to
narratology, Clark explores reading fiction as a complex experience
of perception, cognition, and emotion, in which the writer of a
narrative attempts to create and control the experience of the
reader through the deployment of narrative techniques. Texts
examined range from the Iliad and the Odyssey to contemporary
literature, including detailed discussions of novels by Jane
Austen, Charles Dickens, Henry James, and Raymond Chandler, as
Clark investigates fundamental methodologies of narrative
storytelling and the effects they employ to form beauty and
meaning. By exploring some of the central techniques of narrative
composition, How to Reread a Novel helps uncover subtleties in a
text that may be missed on a first reading, encouraging readers to
go beyond the surface to see what creates the unique experience of
reading fiction.
Faith-based organisations (FBOs) have long been recognised as
having an advantage in delivering programs and interventions
amongst communities of the same faith. However, many FBOs today
work across a variety of contexts, including with local partners
and communities of different faiths. Likewise, secular NGOs and
donors are increasingly partnering with faith-based organisations
to work in highly-religious communities. Development Across Faith
Boundaries explores the dynamics of activities by local or
international FBOs that cross faith boundaries, whether with their
partners, donors or recipient communities. The book investigates
the dynamics of cross-faith partnerships in a range of development
contexts, from India, Cambodia and Myanmar, to Melanesia, Bosnia,
Ethiopia and Afghanistan. The book demonstrates how far FBOs extend
their activities beyond their own faith communities and how far
NGOs partner with religious actors. It also considers the impacts
of these cross-faith partnerships, including their work on conflict
and sectarian or ethnic tension in the relevant communities. This
book is an invaluable guide for graduates, researchers and students
with an interest in development and religious studies, as well as
practitioners within the aid sector.
Community development is most effective and efficient when it is
situated and led at the local level and considers the social
behaviours, needs and worldviews of local communities. With more
than eight out of ten people globally self-reporting religious
belief, Religion and Development in the Asia-Pacific: Sacred places
as development spaces argues that the role and impact of religions
on community development needs to be better understood. It also
calls for greater attention to be given to the role of sacred
places as sites for development activities, and for a deeper
appreciation of the way in which sacred stories and teachings
inspire people to work for the benefit of others in particular
locations. The book considers theories of 'place' as a component of
successful development interventions and expands this analysis to
consider the specific role that sacred places - buildings and
social networks - have in planning, implementing and promoting
sustainable development. A series of case studies examine various
sacred places as sites for development activities. These case
studies include Christian churches and disaster relief in Vanuatu;
Muslim shrines and welfare provision in Pakistan; a women's
Buddhist monastery in Thailand advancing gender equity; a Jewish
aid organisation providing language training to Muslim Women in
Australia; and Hawaiian sacred sites located within a holistic
retreat centre committed to ecological sustainability. Religion and
Development in the Asia-Pacific demonstrates the important role
that sacred spaces can play in development interventions, covering
diverse major world religions, interfaith and spiritual contexts,
and as such will be of considerable interest for postgraduate
students and researchers in development studies, religious studies,
sociology of religion and geography.
The ancient ritual drink used in religious ceremonies and known as
soma in India and as haoma in the Zoroastrian tradition is praised
in the highest terms - as a kind of deity - in both Zoroastrian and
Vedic texts, which date from around 1,700 - 1,500 BCE. It is said
to provide health, power, wisdom and even immortality. Many
theories have been published about the possible botanical identity
of this 'nectar of immortality', a plant which appears to have
psychedelic/entheogenic properties.Matthew Clark spent several
years researching and travelling widely in his quest of soma. In
his fascinating, original and highly readable book, this modern
explorer of ancient wisdom reviews scholarly research, explores
mythology and ritual and shares his extensive knowledge of
psychoactive plants and fungi. The author suggests that the
visionary soma drink was based on analogues of ayahuasca, using a
variety of plants, some of which can now be identified.Dr. Matthew
Clark is a Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African
Studies (University of London), where he has taught courses on
Hinduism. He has spent many years in India, which he first visited
in 1977. He first engaged with yoga in the mid-1970s and lectures
regularly on yoga and philosophy. He is also a song-writer and
musician (Mahabongo).
The study of Islam since the advent of 9/11 has made a significant
resurgence. However, much of the work produced since then has
tended to focus on the movements that not only provide aid to their
fellow Muslims, but also have political and at times violent
agendas. This tendency has led to a dearth of research on the wider
Muslim aid and development scene. Focusing on the role and impact
of Islam and Islamic Faith Based Organisations (FBOs), an arena
that has come to be regarded by some as the 'invisible aid
economy', Islam and Development considers Islamic theology and its
application to development and how Islamic teaching is actualized
in case studies of Muslim FBOs. It brings together contributions
from the disciplines of theology, sociology, politics and
economics, aiming both to raise awareness and to function as a
corrective step within the development studies literature.
This book studies the relationships between economic growth and
social welfare and the policy implications of these relationships
for development. Understanding the relationships between economic
growth and social welfare is an enduring issue within contemporary
development economics and welfare economics. These relationships
are analysed in this book by operationalising normative social
choice theory. Normative social choice theory is an appropriate
approach as it explicitly incorporates society's preferences,
values and choices in determining how social welfare should be
defined and measured. Two approaches, aggregate and hierarchical,
are developed and empirically applied to Thailand for a twenty-five
year period 1975-1999. This book concludes that in terms of social
welfare, economic growth cannot always be assumed desirable. What
is needed is social welfare enhancing economic growth. A review of
the policy implications of this finding is also undertaken.
Teacher Education and the Political is a striking book which
addresses the nature and purpose of teacher education in a global
context characterised by economic and political anxieties around
declining productivity and social inclusion. These anxieties are
manifested in recent policy developments such as the promotion of
professional standards, the deregulation and marketisation of
teacher education and the imposition of performance-related regimes
that tie teachers' pay to outcomes in high-stakes testing. The book
assesses the implications of such policies for the work of teachers
as well as for teacher educators and those undertaking initial
teacher training. It is argued that these policy moves can be read
as a depoliticising and de-intellectualising of teacher education.
In this context, they illustrate how contemporary theory can
provide a language for critiquing recent developments and imagining
new trajectories for policy and practice in teacher education.
Drawing on the work of theorists from Derrida and Mouffe to Agamben
and Lacan, this book argues for the need to maintain a space for
intellectual autonomy as a critical dimension of the
ethico-political work of teachers. Together these ideas and
analyses provide examples of the power of negative thinking,
illustrating its capacity to unsettle comfortable truths and
foreground the political nature of teacher education. Current
teachers, teacher educators and school leaders will be particularly
interested readers, alongside those concerned with policy in the
wider educational landscape.
Faith-based organisations (FBOs) have long been recognised as
having an advantage in delivering programs and interventions
amongst communities of the same faith. However, many FBOs today
work across a variety of contexts, including with local partners
and communities of different faiths. Likewise, secular NGOs and
donors are increasingly partnering with faith-based organisations
to work in highly-religious communities. Development Across Faith
Boundaries explores the dynamics of activities by local or
international FBOs that cross faith boundaries, whether with their
partners, donors or recipient communities. The book investigates
the dynamics of cross-faith partnerships in a range of development
contexts, from India, Cambodia and Myanmar, to Melanesia, Bosnia,
Ethiopia and Afghanistan. The book demonstrates how far FBOs extend
their activities beyond their own faith communities and how far
NGOs partner with religious actors. It also considers the impacts
of these cross-faith partnerships, including their work on conflict
and sectarian or ethnic tension in the relevant communities. This
book is an invaluable guide for graduates, researchers and students
with an interest in development and religious studies, as well as
practitioners within the aid sector.
Community development is most effective and efficient when it is
situated and led at the local level and considers the social
behaviours, needs and worldviews of local communities. With more
than eight out of ten people globally self-reporting religious
belief, Religion and Development in the Asia-Pacific: Sacred places
as development spaces argues that the role and impact of religions
on community development needs to be better understood. It also
calls for greater attention to be given to the role of sacred
places as sites for development activities, and for a deeper
appreciation of the way in which sacred stories and teachings
inspire people to work for the benefit of others in particular
locations. The book considers theories of 'place' as a component of
successful development interventions and expands this analysis to
consider the specific role that sacred places - buildings and
social networks - have in planning, implementing and promoting
sustainable development. A series of case studies examine various
sacred places as sites for development activities. These case
studies include Christian churches and disaster relief in Vanuatu;
Muslim shrines and welfare provision in Pakistan; a women's
Buddhist monastery in Thailand advancing gender equity; a Jewish
aid organisation providing language training to Muslim Women in
Australia; and Hawaiian sacred sites located within a holistic
retreat centre committed to ecological sustainability. Religion and
Development in the Asia-Pacific demonstrates the important role
that sacred spaces can play in development interventions, covering
diverse major world religions, interfaith and spiritual contexts,
and as such will be of considerable interest for postgraduate
students and researchers in development studies, religious studies,
sociology of religion and geography.
Set in the rapidly changing world of the contemporary United Arab
Emirates and bringing together detailed linguistic analysis with
cutting edge social theory, this book explores the development of
the first cohort of students to complete a new Bachelor of
Education in English language teaching, theorizing the students'
learning to teach in terms of the discursive construction of a
teaching identity within an evolving community of practice. Both a
study of the influence of issues such as gender and nationalism in
language teacher education in the Middle East, as well as of the
power of discourse and community in shaping identity, this book
will be of relevance to anyone working in teacher education as well
as to those with an interest in theorizations of discourse and
identity.
Development and Religion explores how the world's five major
religions - Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam -
understand and practice 'development' through an examination of
their sacred texts, social teaching and basic beliefs. Religious
belief is a common human characteristic with eighty percent of the
world's population professing religious faith. Observable in all
societies, religious belief is pervasive, profound, persuasive and
persistent. The premise of this book is that despite this, religion
has long been ignored within mainstream development paradigms and
by development practitioners (both locally and at the international
level) resulting in sub-optimal development outcomes. Matthew
Clarke argues that each religion offers useful insights into
various issues concerning development that should be considered by
donors, NGOs, and others seeking to improve the lives of the poor.
Undergraduates and postgraduate students of development studies,
religious studies and theology will gratefully welcome this highly
regarded book. Contents: Foreword by Katherine Marshall; Preface;
1. The Religion - Development Nexus; 2. Hinduism - Dharma and
Active Citizenship; 3. Buddhism - A Middle Way for Development; 4.
Judaism - A Cry for Justice; 5. Christianity - Development as an
Option for the Poor; 6. Islam: Equality and Action; 7. Conclusion;
References; Index
On Sunday 26 December 2004, a tsunami of up to 30 metres high hit
the northern tip of Sumatera in Indonesia, causing immediate
destruction and the deaths of at least 130,000 in Indonesia alone.
The scale of the devastation and ensuing human suffering prompted
the biggest response endeavour to any natural disaster in history.
Post-Disaster Reconstruction will be the first major book that
analyses the different perspectives and experiences of the enormous
post-tsunami reconstruction effort. It looks specifically at the
reconstruction efforts in Aceh, one of the regions most heavily-hit
by the tsunami and a province that has until recently suffered
nearly three decades of armed conflict. Positioning the
reconstruction efforts within Aceh's multi-layered historical,
cultural, socio-political and religious contexts, the authors
explore diverse experiences and assessments of the reconstruction.
It considers the importance of the political and religious settings
of the reconstruction, the roles of communities and local
non-government organisations and the challenges faced by Indonesian
and international agencies. From the in-depth examination of this
important case study of disaster reconstruction - significant not
only because of the huge scale of the natural disaster and response
but also the post-conflict issues - the editors draw together the
lessons learned for the future of Aceh and make general
recommendations for post-disaster and post-conflict
reconstruction-making.
The study of Islam since the advent of 9/11 has made a significant
resurgence. However, much of the work produced since then has
tended to focus on the movements that not only provide aid to their
fellow Muslims, but also have political and at times violent
agendas. This tendency has led to a dearth of research on the wider
Muslim aid and development scene. Focusing on the role and impact
of Islam and Islamic Faith Based Organisations (FBOs), an arena
that has come to be regarded by some as the 'invisible aid
economy', Islam and Development considers Islamic theology and its
application to development and how Islamic teaching is actualized
in case studies of Muslim FBOs. It brings together contributions
from the disciplines of theology, sociology, politics and
economics, aiming both to raise awareness and to function as a
corrective step within the development studies literature.
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