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Development studies
Hardcover. Against the backdrop of the environmental impact of household electricity consumption and the history of cooling practices, Marlyne Sahakian considers how people keep cool, from Metro Manila to other mega-cities in Southeast Asia. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTF; JFF; RNFY; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137308825
- ISBN
- 9781137308825
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Condition: New
€ 128.19
€ 128.19
Hardback. Politicians, business leaders and citizens look with hope to the Latin American middle class for political stability and purchasing power, but the economic position of the middle class remains vulnerable. The contributors document the remarkable emergence of this middle group in Latin America, whose measurement turns out not to be an easy task. Editor(s): Dayton-Johnson, Jeff. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTF; JFSC; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 425.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137320780
- ISBN
- 9781137320780
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€ 66.76
€ 66.76
Hardcover. Development education is a radical form of learning that addresses the structural causes of poverty and injustice in the global North and South. This volume debates development education practice and the policy environment in which it is delivered. It affirmatively points to the transformative power of education as a means toward social change. Editor(s): McCloskey, Stephen. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 black & white tables, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: GTF; JNAM; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137324658
- ISBN
- 9781137324658
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€ 67.53
€ 67.53
Hardback. Getting Development Right brings together development scholars and practitioners from multiple academic disciplines and policy perspectives to analyze important facets of this triple challenge, to explore interconnections among them and suggest strategies for overcoming the challenges in the current age of globalization. Editor(s): Paus, Eva. Num Pages: 226 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137340757
- ISBN
- 9781137340757
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€ 67.24
€ 67.24
International Educational Development and Learning through Sustainable...
Coombs, Steven, Potts, Mark, Whitehead, Jack
Hardcover. Addressing the debate around what makes a good citizen, this work proposes a new form of post-colonial citizenship education which can be applied in any cultural setting. International educational partnerships provide the opportunity for participants to live out values such as cultural empathy and thus demonstrate their right to citizenship. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JNAM; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137349972
- ISBN
- 9781137349972
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Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Anthropology, Theatre, and Development: The Transformative Potential o...
Flynn, Alex, Tinius, Jonas
Hardcover. 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 transformative potential of political performance, both for individuals and wider collectives. Editor(s): Flynn, Alex; Tinius, Jonas. Series: Anthropology, Change and Development. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: AN; GTF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 28. Weight in Grams: 576.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137350596
- ISBN
- 9781137350596
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€ 127.58
€ 127.58
Hardcover. This collection explores the productive potential of uncertainty for people living in Africa as well as for scholars of Africa. Eight ethnographic case studies from across the continent examine how uncertainty is used to negotiate insecurity, create and conduct relationships, and act as a source for imagining the future. Editor(s): Cooper, Elizabeth; Pratten, David. Series: Anthropology, Change and Development. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFSL3; JHMC; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137350824
- ISBN
- 9781137350824
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Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Hardcover. Combining theoretical and empirical insights, this book provides an in-depth analysis of South Asia's transition in the areas of democracy, political economy and security since the end of the Cold War. It provides a close scrutiny to the state of democracy and political economy in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Editor(s): Chakma, Bhumitra. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FK; GTF; JPS; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137356635
- ISBN
- 9781137356635
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Condition: New
€ 67.53
€ 67.53
Hardcover. Despite various decades of research and claim-making by feminist scholars and movements, gender remains an overlooked area in development studies. Looking at key issues in development studies through the prisms of gender and feminism, the authors demonstrate that gender is an indispensable tool for social change. Editor(s): Verschuur, Christine; Guerin, Isabelle; Guetat-Bernard, Helene. Series: Gender, Development and Social Change. Num Pages: 341 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFSJ; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 546.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137356819
- ISBN
- 9781137356819
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Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
Hardcover. Nadine Godehardt analyzes how Chinese experts define Central Asia when they talk and write about policy issues related to China's immediate western neighbourhood. Series: Politics and Development of Contemporary China. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FC; GTF; JPR; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137359735
- ISBN
- 9781137359735
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. The author investigates the agenda for transformation in contemporary African development studies: policy studies, strategic studies, international relations and economic diplomacy. With a focus on the capacity dimension, he proposes critical policy and action-oriented recommendations on how to overcome present and future emergencies in Africa. Num Pages: 345 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 546.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137360588
- ISBN
- 9781137360588
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Condition: New
€ 67.87
€ 67.87
3D Printing for Development in the Global South: The 3D4D Challenge
Birtchnell, Thomas, Hoyle, William
Hardcover. Birtchnell and Hoyle explore how printers, designs, materials and infrastructures all need to be 'just right' in order for meaningful social change to happen with appropriate scale. The 3D4D Challenge suggests 3D printing could reach scale in the Global South, even perhaps having the same impact as the mobile phone or microfinance in development. Num Pages: 145 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; KCM; KJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137365651
- ISBN
- 9781137365651
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.18
€ 66.18
Hardcover. India's health failures remain visible and pronounced despite high rates of economic growth since the 1980s and more than six decades of democratic rule. The authors address the key issues that emerge from the country's health situation, speculating on what it will take for low-income groups to begin claiming for better social services Num Pages: 145 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPP; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137365743
- ISBN
- 9781137365743
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Condition: New
€ 66.18
€ 66.18
Hardcover. Poor countries do not need Western guidance, but can make good use of Western resources. Eggen and Roland demonstrate how aid must be re-invented to become relevant to future development. Num Pages: 124 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFF; JFFA; JKSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137380319
- ISBN
- 9781137380319
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Condition: New
€ 66.10
€ 66.10
Hardcover. Looking beyond the materialistic boundary of the conventional development paradigm, this book identifies our spiritual underdevelopment which is being reflected as self-centeredness and greed, as the root cause of conventional development's failure to alleviate poverty and inequality, achieve sustainability and deliver happiness to humanity. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; HRAM; JFF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137382757
- ISBN
- 9781137382757
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Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Hardcover. New technologies may have transformed human societies, but not much has been written on how they are impacting people in Africa and other developing regions, in terms of how they use technology to enhance their socioeconomic conditions in everyday life. This book critically examines these issues from theoretical, practical and policy perspectives. Series: Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137389329
- ISBN
- 9781137389329
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Condition: New
€ 67.27
€ 67.27
Hardcover. The aims of and motives for development cooperation have changed significantly in recent times. Besides pursuing short- and longer-term objectives in their own economic, foreign policy and other interests, donors usually have a recognisable and genuine interest in assisting countries in their processes of development. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTF; JKSR; JPS; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 306.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137397874
- ISBN
- 9781137397874
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Condition: New
€ 66.01
€ 66.01
Hardcover. This edited collection presents an alternative set of reflections on India's contemporary global role by exploring a range of influential non-Western state perspectives. Through multiple case studies, the contributors gauge the success of India's efforts to be seen as an alternative global power in the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTF; JPS; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137398659
- ISBN
- 9781137398659
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Case studies of micro-enterprise, girls' education, and population programs suggest that our discourse limits our potential to conceive of development, communication, and gender outside of neoliberal ideologies. Advocacy for global social justice demands a different accountability through critical research. Series: Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137450470
- ISBN
- 9781137450470
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Condition: New
€ 127.40
€ 127.40
Hardback. Editor(s): Khan, Zohra; Burn, Nalini. Series: Gender, Development and Social Change. Num Pages: 333 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, 7 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFSJ1; JPVH; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 333
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137461001
- ISBN
- 9781137461001
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.99
€ 205.99