Developing & Emerging Countries

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906704575Author Hilary U NwokeabiaFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Adonis & Abbey Publishers LtdPublisher Adonis & Abbey Publishers...

The contributors explore diverse contexts of performance to discuss peoples' own reflections on political subjectivities, governance and development. The volume refocuses anthropological engagement with ethics, aesthetics, and politics to examine the...

The use of regional organizations to mitigate and respond to disasters has become a global trend. This book examines the role regional organizations play in managing disaster risk through a comparative study of ten regional organizations, demonstrating...

This book examines the nature of the marketization of corporate boards following the introduction of the split share reform, corporate board and shareholder relations, corporate performance, and risk-taking conduct in China. The chapters cover topics...

This book investigates the politics of transatlantic trade, specifically the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations. Using a novel approach, the authors analyze the rhetorical choices made by opponents and supporters of an agreement,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782490931194Author Diasporas NoiresFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Diasporas Noires EditionsPublisher Diasporas Noires EditionsWeight(grams) 148g

With inevitable major economic and political transformations ahead, NGOs need to acknowledge and manage their policy dilemmas so that they can anticipate the many inevitable problems that consistently arise in attempting to avoid the return of war by...

This book sheds light on Africa’s development performance and dynamics arising from the interface between corruption and sustainable development on the one hand and the challenges that poses for peace, security and stability. Corruption also contributes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789991642628Author Romie Vonkie NghitevelekwaFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Univ. of Namibia PressPublisher Univ. of Namibia PressWeight(grams) 170g

Drawing on the experiences of more than 100 developing country negotiators and the insights of leading academic studies, this guide brings together practical advice and lessons on ways to negotiate effectively with larger parties, and avoid common...

The authors challenge psychological perspectives on happiness and subjective wellbeing. Highlighting the politics of quantitative and qualitative methodologies, case studies across continents explore wellbeing in relation to health, children and youth,...

An analysis of the new physical presence of Chinese companies operating in Latin America and the Caribbean, the associated challenges that they face, and how they are impacting the region and its relationship with the PRC.Book InformationISBN...

This book explores the process of policymaking and implementation in the finance, energy and security sectors in the United Arab Emirates. It looks at the role of informal advisory networks in a nascent private sector, federal politics, and historical...

Case studies written by anthropologists, geographers, political scientists, and sociologists provide empirical detail and analytical insight into states' and communities' relations to natural resource sectors, and show how resource dependencies continue...

This book discusses development and land acquisitions in India and analyzes a conceptual framework based on "paradox of values" and "plural value of land." The research links the issue of valuation to its roots in classic economic...

In this revealing book Timothy Frasca uncovers the enormous cultural changes which have taken place throughout Latin America as a result of the disease. He brings issues such as sexuality, class, and religious beliefs into the open for the first time...

This book gives a comprehensive overview of the literature on development in Sub-Saharan Africa, and challenges the notions of African public officials presented there. It focuses on public audit institutions and offers rich empirical research results,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781426907678Author ALFRED A.R. LATIGO PhDFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Trafford PublishingPublisher Trafford PublishingWeight(grams) 229g

This book highlights how the human security aspect has been affected by the global pandemic, based on specific case study, field data, and evidences. COVID-19 has exemplified that the pandemic is global, but its responses are local. The responses depend...

This book argues that the overlooked ideas of Jose Marti and Ernesto 'Che' Guevara explain recent politics in Latin America and the Caribbean but also, even more significantly, offer a defensible alternative direction for global development ethics.Book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783030650698Author Yasmine BerrianeFormat PaperbackPage Count 298Imprint Palgrave MacMillanPublisher Palgrave MacMillanWeight(grams) 390g

Minns argues that the industrial transformations of Mexico, South Korea and Taiwan were based on the existence of powerful developmentalist states in each. It explores the origins of such states and their dynamics and connects the form of autonomy they...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853395550Author Smail KhennasFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint ITDG PublishingPublisher ITDG PublishingWeight(grams) 124g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789956550982Author Munyaradzi MawereFormat PaperbackPage Count 382Imprint Langaa RPCIDPublisher Langaa RPCIDWeight(grams) 508g

This book explores and reflects on peacebuilding, which emerges from the experiences and realities of women's lives in East Africa, specifically, in Uganda. The author argues that often these community based peacebuilding efforts are responses to women's...

This book select successful cases of poverty reduction and alleviation in the Guizhou province of China, which reflects the highest number and widest distribution of people living in poverty. The local government seeks to achieve sustainable development...

'Development' is what most people see as progress in the places where they live and in the ways they live. It has to do with public services, the ways to complain when these are not delivered properly, and the spaces to change power structures. It is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789994450619Author Asnake KefaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint Forum for Social StudiesPublisher Forum for Social StudiesWeight(grams) 286g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789171066374Author Olawale IsmailFormat PaperbackPage Count 50Imprint Nordic African InstitutePublisher Nordic African InstituteWeight(grams) 97g

Violent Neoliberalism explores the complex unfolding relationship between neoliberalism and violence. Employing a series of theoretical dialogues on development, discourse and dispossession Cambodia, this study sheds significant empirical light on the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781899365241Author Trish O'KaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint Latin America BureauPublisher Latin America BureauWeight(grams) 277gDimensions(mm) 220mm...

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have played a major role in focusing policy since their original incarnation in the mid to late 1990s but what happens when we no longer have the MDGs - what will guide policy after 2015? This book discusses the...

This collection is an engaging exploration of how Bourdieu's key concepts - field, habitus and capital - help us re-think the status of childhood. The authors are committed to improving the social status and well-being of childhood in social, economic...

This book presents the first-ever close and up-to-date look at how American diplomats working at our embassies abroad communicate with foreign audiences to explain US foreign policy and American culture and society. Projecting an American voice abroad...

The author focuses on the research-policy nexus in development studies, highlighting reciprocal orientations and interactions between the domains of social research and of policy and politics. He looks at instances where these domains are complementary...

The authors investigate the phenomenon of highly skilled Chinese returnees and their impact on the development of the Chinese economy and society, and on the transformation of China into a key player on the global stage. They analyse the reasons why...

This book explores the process of policymaking and implementation in the finance, energy and security sectors in the United Arab Emirates. It looks at the role of informal advisory networks in a nascent private sector, federal politics, and historical...

This book examines the increasing role of development organizations in securitization processes and argues that the new security-development counter piracy framework is (re)shaping political geographies of piracy by promoting disciplinary strategies...

Through the analysis of examples taken from America, the Caribbean and Western and East-Central Europe, this book addresses one of the greatest challenges for the immediate future: the impact of migration, displacement and minority cultures and peoples...

This book suggests that our notions of civil society have undergone radical changes-including structural changes in the nature of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Such massive structural changes greatly...