Developing & Emerging Countries

Explaining changes in the political consciousness of the oppressed using the ideas of Paulo Freire, Albert Memmi, and Jungian psychology, this original book explores how psychological bonds of oppression are broken and offers a psychopolitical theory for...

Who should provide food, and through what relationships? Whose livelihoods should be protected? For over 20 years the peasant farmers of La Via Campesina have been engaged in the fight against injustice, hunger and poverty under the banner of food...

The debt crisis in Greece has sparked lively debates about the origins of the crisis and policy measures to be adopted in order to fix it. The authors offer the first original and comprehensive narrative on Greece.Book InformationISBN 9781349445233Author...

Epidemics know no borders and are often characterized by a high level of uncertainty, causing major challenges in risk governance. The author shows the emergence of global risk governance processes and the key role that the World Health Organization...

A critical analysis of Australia's neoliberal state and role in the American imperial project in Asia. In exposing the causal mechanisms for violence and prospects for more wars it argues for emancipatory alternatives to the existing dominant and...

This collection is concerned with revisiting and redefining the political economy - both empirical and theoretical - of 'foreign policy' in the South as we approach the twenty-first century: the position of post-colonial states and societies in the...

The book provides a comprehensive analysis of the international development policies of ten Central and Eastern European countries that joined the EU between 2004 and 2007. The contributors offer the first thorough overview of the 'new' EU member states'...

Leadership and Collaboration provides international examples of how leadership of interprofessional education and practice has developed in various countries and examines how interprofessional education and collaborative practice can make a difference to...

Examining peacebuilding through the intersection of security, development and democracy, Castaneda explores how the European Union has employed civilian tools for supporting peacebuilding in conflict-affected countries by working at the same time with...

This book explains some of the ways in which deteriorated socioeconomic conditions (inequality in particular) and institutional limitations (corruption, electoral exclusion, and a weak rule of law, among others) affect political stability in extremely...

This fully revised edition of the same authors' Governance, Administration and Development is the ideal introduction to public management and the policy process in developing countries. With a new chapter on issues of law and order, it also covers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798887839011Author John LokFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint Notion Press, Inc.Publisher Notion Press, Inc.Weight(grams) 322g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780906156209Author Latin America BureauFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Latin America BureauPublisher Latin America BureauWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853394201Author James BlackburnFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams) 360g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853390234Author Rakesh BasantFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams) 169g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853396403Author Matthew LockwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 201Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853390371Author Bertrand SchneiderFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams) 420g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853390241Author Bosse KramsjoFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams)...

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As the concept of community resilience moves from the margins of practice and theoretical research to more mainstream scholarship, critical issues of conceptualization and use emerge. This is particularly true at the intersection of community development...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853391262Author Peter FraenkelFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams)...

In the wake of the Panama Papers scandal and similar leaks, tax havens are now firmly in the spotlight. Today, roughly half of all global trade still passes through tax haven jurisdictions, costing millions in lost revenue to countries around the world...

This book is the annual report of the development of Beijing, the capital of China. The book provides an overview of the rapid development that Beijing has seen in a wide range of areas in 2020, both by itself and as an integral part of a larger region,...

Malawi is one of the poorest countries on the globe. Subsistence agriculture remains at the very heart of its social fabric, and also lies at the root of its tremendous poverty. Yet while Malawi is among the worst performers in terms of per capita income...

Malawi is one of the poorest countries on the globe. Subsistence agriculture remains at the very heart of its social fabric, and also lies at the root of its tremendous poverty. Yet while Malawi is among the worst performers in terms of per capita income...

Why did some countries grow rich while others remained poor?Human history unfolded differently across the globe. The world is separated in to places of poverty and prosperity. Tracing the long arc of human history from hunter gatherer societies to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853393433Author Jacob LevitskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint ITDG PublishingPublisher ITDG PublishingWeight(grams) 351g

In the wake of the Panama Papers scandal and similar leaks, tax havens are now firmly in the spotlight. Today, roughly half of all global trade still passes through tax haven jurisdictions, costing millions in lost revenue to countries around the world...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781843800385Author M. SohailFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint WEDCPublisher WEDC

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781843800163Author Andrew CottonFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint WEDCPublisher WEDCWeight(grams) 146g

Peasants are a majority of the world's poor. Despite this, there has been little effort to bridge the fields of peasant and poverty studies. Peasant Poverty and Persistence in the Twenty-first Century provides a much-needed critical perspective linking...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781843800361Author M. SohailFormat PaperbackPage Count 86Imprint WEDCPublisher WEDC

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853395208Author Barrie AxtellFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams)...

Why do some development projects succeed where others fail? This book looks at some macro and some less known micro success stories and considers what enabled them to bring change in some of the world's most deprived communities. Using case studies from...

By demonstrating that Western conceptions of 'civil society' have provided the framework for interpreting societies in the Global South, Decolonizing Civil Society in Mozambique argues that it is only through a critical deconstruction of these concepts...

Shortlisted for the Fage and Oliver Prize 2018 In 2013, the Central African Republic was engulfed by violence. In the face of the rapid spread of the conflict, journalists, politicians, and academics alike have struggled to account for its origins. In...

Genetically modified crops have become a key element of development strategies across the global South, despite remaining deeply controversial. Proponents hail them as an example of 'pro-poor' innovation which has the potential to transform the lives of...

Globetrotting or Global Citizenship? explores the broad range of international experiential learning options available to Canadian students, as well as the opportunities and the ethical dilemmas that come with them. Combining practical advice with...

Foreign aid is about charity. International development is about technical fixes. At least that is what we, as donor publics, are constantly told. The result is a highly dysfunctional aid system which mistakes short-term results for long-term...

For years economists have spoken of 'Africa rising', and despite the global financial crisis, Africa continues to host some of the fastest growing economies in the world. Africa's Shadow Rise however argues that the continent's apparent economic 'rise'...