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Development studies
Hardback. The world's arid and semiarid lands are plagued by serious environmental problems and are deteriorating in their ability to sustain conventional crops. The authors discuss the plight of deteriorating arid lands and, more importantly, offer practical solutions for improved land and water usage and the use of alternative new crops for food, chemicals, and energy production. Num Pages: 253 pages, illus. BIC Classification: GTF; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231066129
- ISBN
- 9780231066129
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.27€ 72.38
€ 94.27
€ 72.38
Hardback. Local initiatives, local control and local ownership are increasingly characteristic of Africa's petroleum sector, as Ovadia sets out in his book. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; KNBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849044769
- ISBN
- 9781849044769
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Condition: New
€ 53.03€ 52.46
€ 53.03
€ 52.46
Hardcover. Explores the conceptual and methodological dimensions of participatory research and the politics and practice of participation in development. Editor(s): Cornwall, Andrea. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: GTF; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842774021
- ISBN
- 9781842774021
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Condition: New
€ 100.16€ 90.93
€ 100.16
€ 90.93
Paperback. Invites policymakers, practitioners, academics, students, and others to think about three commanding contemporary issues - war, development, and youth - in new ways. The starting point is the following irony: while African youth are demographically dominant, many act as if they are members of an outcast minority. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 black & white photographs, 2 diagrams, 2 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; JFSP2; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820348858
- ISBN
- 9780820348858
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Condition: New
€ 41.94
€ 41.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 black & white tables. BIC Classification: GTF; JP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 10th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138685215
- ISBN
- 9781138685215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 116.34
€ 116.34
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526117212
- ISBN
- 9781526117212
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.06€ 66.88
€ 106.06
€ 66.88
Hardback. Once marginalized in the world economy, Africa today is a major global supplier of crucial raw materials like oil, uranium and coltan. China's part in this story has loomed particularly large in recent years, and the American military footprint on the continent has also expanded. Num Pages: 326 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; KCM; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 174 x 284 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509507078
- ISBN
- 9781509507078
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.29
€ 78.29
Paperback. Once marginalized in the world economy, Africa today is a major global supplier of crucial raw materials like oil, uranium and coltan. China's part in this story has loomed particularly large in recent years, and the American military footprint on the continent has also expanded. Num Pages: 326 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; KCM; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 195 x 26. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509507085
- ISBN
- 9781509507085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.60
€ 25.60
Paperback. A first look at how the world's rising powers began international oil empires amidst one of Africa's longest and deadliest civil war. Num Pages: 356 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HBS; GTF; KNBP; RNFY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 146 x 29. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849042949
- ISBN
- 9781849042949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.86
€ 43.99
€ 38.86
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Practical Action Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853399657
- ISBN
- 9781853399657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.63
€ 43.99
€ 43.63
Paperback. Edited with authority by the influential and respected Stephen Chan, this unique collection of essays gathers together for the first time both African and Chinese perspectives on China's place in Africa. Editor(s): Chan, Stephen. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1H; GTF; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 197 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780325668
- ISBN
- 9781780325668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.77
€ 30.77
The Migration-Development Nexus. A Transnational Perspective.
Faist, Thomas; Fauser, Margit; Kivisto, Peter
paperback. "This book examines current policy discussions around the migration-development nexus and subjects them to rigorous conceptual and empirical criticism through a transnational lens, placing the current re-discovery of migrants as agents of development nexus into theoretical and historical perspective."-- Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFN; JFSL; KCP; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 315.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349310142
- ISBN
- 9781349310142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.69
€ 53.69
Paperback. This twentieth-century history of Guatemala begins with an analysis of the Grand Tikal Futura, a postmodern shopping mall with a faux-Mayan facade that is surrounded by a landscape of gated subdivisions, evangelical churches, motels, Kaqchikel-speaking villages, and some of the most poverty-stricken ghettos in the hemisphere. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8 photographs, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; GTF; HBJK; HBLW; JFFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5906 x 3971 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822351313
- ISBN
- 9780822351313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.81
€ 36.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. In 1935 Venezuela consolidated its position as the world's major oil exporter, establishing South America's longest-lasting democratic regime. This text examines key transformations in Venezuela's polity, culture and economy, recasting theories of development for other postcolonial nations. Num Pages: 464 pages, 18 halftones, 25 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; GTF; JHM; JPHV; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Ed.
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226116020
- ISBN
- 9780226116020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.48
€ 40.99
€ 31.48
Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; JFFA; JKSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 30. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199937875
- ISBN
- 9780199937875
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.13
€ 33.99
€ 31.13
Paperback. An all-encompassing Marxist assessment of the economics and politics of the Latin American Left from 1990-2015 Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTF; JP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745399539
- ISBN
- 9780745399539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.46
€ 23.99
€ 16.46
paperback. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; GTF; HBJH; JPHL; JPHV; JPQ; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190680527
- ISBN
- 9780190680527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.49
€ 61.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 9. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTF; JFFM; JHBL; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press New York
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801486241
- ISBN
- 9780801486241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.32
€ 43.99
€ 39.32
Hardcover. Explains the nature of the Kurdish north transformation, once an isolated outpost for the Iraqi army and local militia, now an internationally recognized autonomous region, and how it has influenced the relationship between the Kurdistan region and Iraq's Series: Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East. Num Pages: 186 pages, 11 illustrations, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815632177
- ISBN
- 9780815632177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.78
€ 29.78
Paperback. Shows how regional and international interventions, combined with piracy, have compounded pre-existing tensions in the Horn of Africa. Editor(s): Bereketeab, Redie. Num Pages: 224 pages, five illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 3JM; GTF; GTJ; JPS; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 135 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745333113
- ISBN
- 9780745333113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.46
€ 40.99
€ 31.46