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Provides information on internal displacement induced by conflict situations in 48 countries from the late 1990s to 2002. Analyses the causes and conditions of displacement and examines the humanitarian response. Includes chapters on the development of the Global IDP Project ele…
Monografie waarin de Amerikaanse econoom stelt dat de toekomstige economie van de Verenigde Staten wordt belemmerd als de welvaartsverschillen tussen groepen mensen in de samenleving te groot wordt.
Gated Communities presents a collection of new writing by an international and interdisciplinary group of contributors, which provides a historic, socio-political and contemporary cultural perspective of gated communities. The book provides a different lens through which to view…
"Indigenous peoples constitute a large and distinct portion of Latin America's population. They are more likely to be poor than any other group. This book documents their socioeconomic situation, and trends over the last decade, and shows that while progress has been achieved in…
In recent decades, the lives of people in their late teens and twenties have changed so dramatically that a new stage of life has developed. In his provocative work, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett has identified the period of emerging adulthood as distinct from both the adolescence that …
Monograph on the social and cultural anthropology of urban development under colonialism, with particular reference to the role of UK in India - discusses political aspects, urbanization and living conditions, the urban planning of new delhi, etc. Bibliography pp. 300 to 315, di…
Examines how women from different social backgrounds encountered the counter-reformation in the northern German city of Münster, which was exposed to powerful Protestant influences but returned to Catholicism after the defeat of radical reformers.
Essay on living conditions of retired workers and retirement issues in France - discusses effects of economic recession on the standard of living and life styles of retired workers; examines financial difficulties of pension schemes (as a result of the recession and low fertilit…
In 2002, as Sierra Leone prepared to announce the end of its brutal civil war, the anthropologist, poet, and novelist Michael Jackson returned to the country where he had intermittently lived and worked as an ethnographer since 1969. While his initial concern was to help his old…
What Politics? Youth and Political Engagement in Africa' examines the diverse experiences of being young in today's Africa. It offers new perspectives to the roles and positions young people take to change their life conditions both within and beyond the formal political structu…
Examines various aspects of modern life and analyzes changes that are occurring in such areas as the economy, politics, sexual attitudes, family life, and technology, and discusses the effect of these changes upon individuals and nations.
This book focuses on the lives and experiences of young people in Africa. On agents who, willingly or unwillingly, see themselves as belonging to the socio-generational category of youth and the ways in which they seek to shape and unfold their lives in a positive manner. Rather…