Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this text focuses on survival strategies developed at local levels in response to changing cultural, political and economic structures in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
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Elites have a disproportionate impact on development outcomes. While a country's endowments constitute the deep determinates of growth, the trajectory they follow is shaped by the actions of elites. But what factors affect whether elites use their influence for individual gain…
The Oxfam gender training manual
by Williams, Suzanne, Seed, Janet, Mwau, Adelina, Oxfam
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This manual includes activities which explore : Gender awareness and self-awareness for women and men ; Gender roles and needs ; Gender-sensitive appraisal and planning ; Gender and major global issues ; Working with counterparts on gender issues ; and Strategies for change.
La investigación tiene la finalidad de contribuir al estudio de la relación que existe entre los factores socioeconómicos que puedan estar relacionados con la situación de violencia que existe en México para resolver la pregunta ¿Cuál es la relación entre desigualdad y violencia…
Throughout Colombia’s early Twentieth Century, university students carved out political importance and played a critical role in precipitating major political events. The student mobilizations in 1909 toppled a regime, while helping end the Conservative Party’s control of the st…
Why are adivasis fighting the Narmada dam and other development projects in India today? Are adivasis 'ecologically noble savages' living in harmony with nature? What is the tribal relationship with nature today? How do people, whose struggles are the subject of theories of libe…
This book offers a ringside view of the lives of the world's poorest, and shows that creating a world without poverty begins with understanding the daily decisions facing the poor.
Social Determinants of Health: A Comparative Approach introduces the various elements that determine the health of individuals in their communities. The text takes a macro-level approach, focusing on population health in "Anglo-American" countries and examines social, economic, …
This book on winter tourism consists of three parts. Part I is addressed to current challenges in winter tourism including regional planning, socio-cultural conditions, climate change and economic challenges. Part II gives an overview of behavioural research in winter tourism. T…
Winter tourism is reforming as a result of increased levels of investment with new ski destinations developing and traditional skiing destinations merging to reduce economic risks. Also, environmental issues in many established ski resorts are a growing area of consideration as …
This research seeks to determine the socioeconomic impact that Hezekiah's preparations for rebellion had on Judah in the late eighth century B.C. In 705 B.C. Hezekiah rebelled against the Assyrian Empire. While the biblical texts focus on Hezekiah's preparations in Jerusalem, th…
This study examines the socioeconomics of state formation in medieval Afghanistan in historical and historiographic terms. It outlines the thousand year history of Ghaznavid historiography by treating primary and secondary sources as a continuum of perspectives, demonstrating th…
