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Development studies
Paperback. Provides a political analysis of education in Africa within the context of democratization. This book argues, with supporting evidence from a wide range of African countries, that schools are an obstacle to education for democracy. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; JNA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781898723684
- ISBN
- 9781898723684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.42
€ 38.99
€ 35.42
Hardcover. Even though sub-Saharan Africa is the region most affected by HIV/AIDS in the world, no new theories have been discovered, and questions about life and death are ignored. This book uses certain selected communication practices to offer the foundations of an African theory of communication, applicable to the crisis of HIV/AIDS. Num Pages: 95 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; H; J. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137491282
- ISBN
- 9781137491282
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.16
€ 63.16
Hardback. The essays in this volume illuminate key conditions for autonomy and development: the definition and redefinition of national territories as cultural orders clash and mix; control of resource bases upon which northern economies depend; and renewal and reworking of cultural identity. Editor(s): Scott, Colin H. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; GTF; JFC; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774808446
- ISBN
- 9780774808446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.98
€ 118.98
Paperback. Editor(s): Almekinders, Conny; Louwaars, Niels. Num Pages: 312 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- Practical Action Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853394669
- ISBN
- 9781853394669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.90
€ 41.99
€ 41.90
Hardback. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMM; GTF; JFFA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403998330
- ISBN
- 9781403998330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.61
€ 64.61
hardcover. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFG; GTF; TVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231065962
- ISBN
- 9780231065962
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.08€ 62.46
€ 81.08
€ 62.46
International Educational Development and Learning Through Sustainable...
Coombs, S.; Potts, M.; Whitehead, J.
Paperback. 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; JNA; JNK; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349468225
- ISBN
- 9781349468225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.64
€ 121.64
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137349972
- ISBN
- 9781137349972
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.61
€ 122.61
Africa's Recovery in the 1990s: From Stagnation and Adjustment to Huma...
Cornia, Giovanni Andrea, Hoeven, Rolph Van De...
Hardcover. Argues that several orthodox adjustment policies are still incongruent with long-term development in Africa. The book goes on to discuss a development strategy which could lead to a much awaited economic recovery and improvement in social conditions in Africa in the 1990s. Num Pages: 396 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 1. Weight in Grams: 669.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333573150
- ISBN
- 9780333573150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.91
€ 123.91
Paperback. Series: ITDG Working Papers. Num Pages: 80 pages, 2 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; GTF; KNAC; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 7. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- ITDG Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853395765
- ISBN
- 9781853395765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.43
€ 27.43
Paperback. Series: Practical Action Working Papers. Num Pages: 64 pages, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFC1; LNKF; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 297 x 6. Weight in Grams: 223.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- ITDG Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853396281
- ISBN
- 9781853396281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.41
€ 33.99
€ 33.41
Hardback. Re-evaluates debates on education, modernity, and social change in contemporary development studies and anthropology. This book offers a perspective on how education affects the rural poor in South Asia. It includes reflection on the politics of modernity, changing rural masculinities, and caste and communal politics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTF; JHM; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804757423
- ISBN
- 9780804757423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.79
€ 124.79
paperback. Re-evaluates debates on education, modernity, and social change in contemporary development studies and anthropology. This book offers a perspective on how education affects the rural poor in South Asia. It includes reflection on the politics of modernity, changing rural masculinities, and caste and communal politics. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTF; JHM; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804757430
- ISBN
- 9780804757430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.02
€ 31.99
€ 29.02
Hardcover. Many people feel that the impact of technology and the pressure of the market economy on alpine communities leads to a loss of biodiversity, authenticity and cultural diversity, affecting animal husbandry, local food production, social networks and traditions. Series: European Anthropology in Translation. Num Pages: 224 pages, 25 ills. BIC Classification: 1DFHA; GTF; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845455378
- ISBN
- 9781845455378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.34
€ 158.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 3JJPN; GTF; TBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 9. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- ITDG Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853391040
- ISBN
- 9781853391040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.11
€ 31.99
€ 31.11
Hardcover. Series: French Politics, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; GTF; JPWH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403945242
- ISBN
- 9781403945242
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.41
€ 64.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: GTF; TVB; TVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 171 x 24. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publisher
- ITDG Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853395772
- ISBN
- 9781853395772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.44
€ 42.44
Paperback. Pasura proposes a framework for understanding African diasporas as core, epistemic, dormant and silent diasporas. The book explores the origin, formation and performance of the Zimbabwean transnational diaspora in Britain and examines how the diaspora is constituted in the hostland and how it maintains connections with the homeland. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFN; JFFS; JFSL; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349459827
- ISBN
- 9781349459827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.06
€ 63.06
Paperback. The first book to examine in detail the ways in which people adapt their understanding and behaviours towards poverty as a direct result to their experiences of poverty in developing countries, including world-leading academics and case studies from China, India, Ethiopia and South Africa. Editor(s): Clark, D. Series: Rethinking International Development Series. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHB; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349347902
- ISBN
- 9781349347902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.46
€ 63.46
Paperback. Development was founded on the belief that religion was not important to development processes. The contributors call this assumption into question and explore the practical impacts of religion by looking at the developmental consequences of Pentecostal Christianity in Africa, and by contrasting Pentecostal and secular models of change. Editor(s): Freeman, D. Series: Non-Governmental Public Action. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; HRA; JFC; JHM; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349437030
- ISBN
- 9781349437030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 143.76
€ 143.76
Paperback. Using approaches from sociology, media and religious studies, David Herbert compares recent public controversies involving or implicating religion in the UK (England and Northern Ireland), the Netherlands and France. Series: Non-Governmental Public Action. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; HRAM; JFD; JHB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349314508
- ISBN
- 9781349314508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.75
€ 63.75
Paperback. This volume explores the strategies available to non-governmental organizations in order to enhance their development work. It reviews appropriate development programmes, plus the likely problems to be encountered in each, and relates them to a range of specific case studies. Editor(s): Edwards, Michael. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: GTF; JKSN1; JKSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408. Library markings to spine, with usual markings inside. However, remains in a good to very good condition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KI20000612
- ISBN
- 9781853831447
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
hardcover. This biography of Sir Hans W. Singer, giving a detailed account of the way in which the "twists of fate" led him to becoming a leading development economist, contains a thematic synthesis of all his major theoretical and conceptual work and of the many initiatives in which he has been involved. Num Pages: 373 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGB; GTF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 148 x 217 x 28. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 373
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2002nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780333711309
- ISBN
- 9780333711309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.54
€ 123.54
Paperback. This book looks ahead to consider the most likely results of the encounter between China and the international system.Environmental, cultural and perceptual matters are considered as well as more traditional economic and military issues. Underpinning the book is the question will the 21st century be 'China's Century', for China and the world?" Series: Global issues series. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; HBJF; JFC; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349358823
- ISBN
- 9781349358823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.36
€ 63.36