Skip to main content
Search Button
Librairie Kobo Canada Cartes cadeau Aide

Kobo Rakuten

Ma liste d'envies

Panier

Vous profitez des avantages réservés aux VIP !

Article(s) non disponible(s) à la vente
Veuillez vérifier votre panier. Vous pouvez supprimer le ou les articles qui ne sont pas disponibles maintenant ou nous les supprimerons automatiquement au moment du règlement de la commande.
articlesarticle
articlesarticle

Recommandé pour vous

Loading...


Meilleures séries dans ce pays : Canada

1-12 sur 12 résultats pour « thayer scudder »
Skip side bar filters

  • Aswan High Dam Resettlement of Egyptian Nubians

    par Thayer Scudder ...
    Collections series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book highlights the long-term resettlement process of the Egyptian Nubian people along the Aswan High Dam. Assessing the resettlement of 48,000 Egyptian Nubians in connection with the High Dam is especially important for three main reasons: firstly, this resettlement process is one of the rare cases in which research begun before the dam was built has continued for over forty years. Secondly, ... En savoir plus

    $64.99 CAD

  • Large Dams

    Long Term Impacts on Riverine Communities and Free Flowing Rivers

    par Thayer Scudder ...
    Collections series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book highlights the first comparative long-term analysis of the negative impacts of large dams on riverine communities and on free-flowing rivers in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Following the Foreword by Professor Asit K. Biswas, the first section covers the 1956–1973 period, when the author believed that large dams provided an exceptional opportunity for integrated river basin ... En savoir plus

    $115.99 CAD

  • Chronicling Cultures

    Long-Term Field Research in Anthropology

    par Robert V. Kemper, Wade Pendleton, T Scarlett Epstein, Ulla C. Johansen, Douglas R. White, Louise Lamphere, Evon Z. Vogt, Richard B. Lee, Megan Biesele0, Thayer Scudder1, Elizabeth Colson2, Lisa Cliggett3, George M. Foster4, Peter S. Cahn5 ...
    Some field sites have hosted anthropologists for as long as half a century. Chronicling Cultures collects articles from principals of many of the longest and best-known anthropology projects from four continents-the Kung, Harvard Chiapas Project, Gwembe Valley, Tzintzuntzan, and Navajo among others. These projects have brought a new understanding of change and persistence in communities over time. ... En savoir plus

    $63.99 CAD

  • The Future of Large Dams

    Dealing with Social, Environmental, Institutional and Political Costs

    par Thayer Scudder ...
    Viewed by some as symbols of progress and by others as inherently flawed, large dams remain one of the most contentious development issues on Earth. Building on the work of the now defunct World Commission on Dams, Thayer Scudder wades into the debate with unprecedented authority.Employing the Commission's Seven Strategic priorities, Scudder charts the 'middle way' forward by examining the impacts ... En savoir plus

    $142.90 CAD

Les lecteurs de ces romans ont aussi aimé

  • Activists beyond Borders

    Advocacy Networks in International Politics

    par Margaret E. Keck, Kathryn A. Sikkink ...
    Valuable reading for anyone concerned with contemporary dynamics of social change. â• International AffairsMargaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink examine a type of pressure group that has been largely ignored by political analysts: networks of activists that coalesce and operate across national frontiers. Their targets may be international organizations or the policies of particular states. ... En savoir plus

    $16.99 CAD

  • Indigenous and Decolonizing Studies in Education

    Mapping the Long View

    Modifié par Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Eve Tuck, K. Wayne Yang ...
    Collections series Indigenous and Decolonizing Studies in Education
    Indigenous and decolonizing perspectives on education have long persisted alongside colonial models of education, yet too often have been subsumed within the fields of multiculturalism, critical race theory, and progressive education. Timely and compelling, Indigenous and Decolonizing Studies in Education features research, theory, and dynamic foundational readings for educators and educational ... En savoir plus

    $96.18 CAD

  • Culture and Development in a Globalizing World

    Geographies, Actors and Paradigms

    Modifié par Sarah Radcliffe ...
    Using recent research on development projects around the world, this book argues that culture has become an explicit tool and framework for development discourse and practice. Providing a theoretical and empirically informed critique, this informative book includes conceptual overviews and case studies on topics such as:development for indigenous peoplenatural resource managementsocial capital and ... En savoir plus

    Gratuit

  • Where the River Ends

    Contested Indigeneity in the Mexican Colorado Delta

    par Shaylih Muehlmann ...
    Living in the northwest of Mexico, the Cucapá people have relied on fishing as a means of subsistence for generations, but in the last several decades, that practice has been curtailed by water scarcity and government restrictions. The Colorado River once met the Gulf of California near the village where Shaylih Muehlmann conducted ethnographic research, but now, as a result of a treaty, 90 ... En savoir plus

    $35.99 CAD

  • Land Education

    Rethinking Pedagogies of Place from Indigenous, Postcolonial, and Decolonizing Perspectives

    Modifié par Kate McCoy, Eve Tuck, Marcia McKenzie ...
    This important book on Land Education offers critical analysis of the paths forward for education on Indigenous land. This analysis discusses the necessity of centring historical and current contexts of colonization in education on and in relation to land. In addition, contributors explore the intersections of environmentalism and Indigenous rights, in part inspired by the realisation that the ... En savoir plus

    $96.99 CAD

  • Contention in Context

    Political Opportunities and the Emergence of Protest

    Modifié par James M. Jasper, Jeff Goodwin ...
    Despite extensive theoretical debates over the utility of "political opportunities" as an explanation for the rise and success of social movements, there have been surprisingly few serious empirical tests. Contention in Context provides the most extensive effort to date to test the model, analyzing a range of important cases of revolutions and protest movements to identify the role of political ... En savoir plus

    $30.99 CAD

  • Indigenous Language Revitalization in the Americas

    Modifié par Serafín M. Coronel-Molina, Teresa L. McCarty ...
    Focusing on the Americas – home to 40 to 50 million Indigenous people – this book explores the history and current state of Indigenous language revitalization across this vast region. Complementary chapters on the USA and Canada, and Latin America and the Caribbean, offer a panoramic view while tracing nuanced trajectories of "top down" (official) and "bottom up" (grass roots) language planning ... En savoir plus

    $100.99 CAD

  • Decolonising Indigenous Rights

    Modifié par Adolfo de Oliveira ...
    Collections series Routledge Studies in Anthropology
    Covering a wide range of issues relating to the topic, this book examines the experiences and perceptions of indigenous peoples in the context of the national states and political systems that have been externally imposed and implemented upon them.Fascinating and incisive, the text discusses a range of areas such as:indigenous territoriesconcepts of political autonomy and sovereignty that have ... En savoir plus

    $114.04 CAD