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Development in Practice Books Serie de eBooks

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  • Child Protection in Development

    Edición de Michael Bourdillon, William Myers ...
    Series series Development in Practice Books
    Every day millions of children in developing countries face adversities of many kinds, yet there is a shortage of sound evidence concerning their plight and an urgent need to identify the most appropriate and effective policy responses from among the multiple approaches that exist. This collection of journal papers aims to engage with researchers and debates in the field so as to understand better ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD

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  • Fixing Failed States

    A Framework for Rebuilding a Fractured World

    de Ashraf Ghani, Clare Lockhart ...
    Today between forty and sixty nations, home to more than one billion people, have either collapsed or are teetering on the brink of failure. The world's worst problems--terrorism, drugs and human trafficking, absolute poverty, ethnic conflict, disease, genocide--originate in such states, and the international community has devoted billions of dollars to solving the problem. Yet by and large the ... Leer más

    $17.09 USD

  • The Future of Development

    A Radical Manifesto

    de Gustavo Esteva, Salvatore J. Babones, Philipp Babcicky ...
    On January 20, 1949 US President Harry S. Truman officially opened the era of development. On that day, over one half of the people of the world were defined as "underdeveloped" and they have stayed that way ever since. This book explains the origins of development and underdevelopment and shows how poorly we understand these two terms. It offers a new vision for development, demystifying the ... Leer más

    $32.99 USD

  • Integrating Science and Policy

    Vulnerability and Resilience in Global Environmental Change

    Edición de Roger E Kasperson ...
    Series series The Earthscan Science in Society Series
    As progress towards a greater knowledge in sustainability science continues, the question of how better to integrate scientific progress with actual decisions made by practitioners remains paramount. This book aims to help close the gap between science and practice. Based on a two year collaborative project between Harvard and Clark Universities, the book takes as its focus the vulnerability and ... Leer más

    $94.99 USD

  • Peace Corps Fantasies

    How Development Shaped the Global Sixties

    de Molly Geidel ...
    Series series Critical American Studies
    To tens of thousands of volunteers in its first decade, the Peace Corps was “the toughest job you’ll ever love.” In the United States’ popular imagination to this day, it is a symbol of selfless altruism and the most successful program of John F. Kennedy’s presidency. But in her provocative new cultural history of the 1960s Peace Corps, Molly Geidel argues that the agency’s representative ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD

  • The Earthscan Action Handbook for People and Planet

    de Miles Litvinoff ...
    Series series Environmentalism and Politics Set
    We have poisoned the air and water on which our lives depend. Poor countries exhaust their land in the struggle to survive while rich countries demand more and more.The Earthscan Action Handbook spells out why things have gone so terribly wrong and what each of us can do to clean up the mess. Each chapter deals with one of the major problems people and the planet now face: meeting the human needs ... Leer más

    $62.99 USD

  • Positioning Malaysia in the International Arena

    Perdana Discourse Series, #5

    de Perdana Leadership Foundation, Universiti Teknologi MARA ...
    Series Libro 5 - Perdana Discourse Series
    From the time of independence, Malaysia has sought to strengthen its international presence, and has positioned itself by focusing on areas such as international trade, globalisation's impact on developing economies, and development policies. Currently, Malaysia is one of the world's most globalised economies, with its trade 1.3 times greater than its gross domestic product. Her export-led ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Protection and Promotion of Human Security in East Asia

    de B. Howe ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Although many of the states of East Asia have achieved startling success, not all have benefited from the region's development. Many of the most vulnerable sections of East Asian populations still face tremendous challenges in their daily lives, have yet to enjoy the rewards of the Asian Century, and may even be further imperiled as a result of the forces of development. Brendan Howe examines the ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD

  • Politics and Power in Haiti

    Edición de K. Quinn, P. Sutton ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Examining the political legacies of the Duvalier period and after, and revisiting the work of the late David Nicholls, Politics and Power in Haiti provides some of the keys to understanding the turbulent world of Haitian politics and the persistent challenges at home and from abroad which have distorted development. ... Leer más

    $49.49 USD

  • Business, Government and Sustainable Development

    de Gerard Keijzers ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies
    The range of sustainability objectives has now developed from relatively simple issues of environmental protection to a full array of interwoven social, economic and ecological issues, nationally and internationally. The involved process of sustainable development has now become a permanent and increasingly complex process. In this insightful book, ... Leer más

    $33.99 USD

  • Getting to Scale

    How to Bring Development Solutions to Millions of Poor People

    Edición de Laurence Chandy, Akio Hosono, Homi Kharas, Johannes Linn ...
    The global development community is teeming with different ideas and interventions to improve the lives of the world's poorest people. Whether these succeed in having a transformative impact depends not just on their individual brilliance but on whether they can be brought to a scale where they reach millions of poor people.Getting to Scale explores what it takes to expand the reach of development ... Leer más

    $29.99 USD

  • Sustainability and Health

    Supporting Global Ecological Integrity in Public Health

    de Valerie A. Brown, John Grootjans, Jan Ritchie, Mardie Townsend, Glenda Verrinder ...
    Radical changes in the biosphere and human interaction with the environment are increasingly impacting on the health of populations across the world. Diseases are crossing the species barrier, and spreading rapidly through globalised transport systems. From new patterns of cancer to the threat of global pandemics, it is imperative that public health practitioners acknowledge the interdependence ... Leer más

    $80.99 USD