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Public Works and Social Protection in Southern Africa:Do Public Works Work for the Poor?
Public Works Programmes (PWPs) are widely implemented throughout Asia, Latin America and Africa, often with funding from major international donor... »
Exorcising the Demons Within: Xenophobia, Violence and Statecraft in Contemporary South Africa
On 11 May 2008, residents of Alexandra Township near Johannesburg turned violently on their neighbours, launching a string of attacks that, two wee... »
Gender-Based Explosions: The Nexus between Muslim Masculinities, Jihadist Islamism and Terrorism
First colonized and now living under political oppression, experiencing peripatetic marginalization, feeling dejected, intimidated and humiliated,... »
HIV/AIDS and the Security Sector in Africa
Throughout recorded history, communicable diseases have devastated armies and weakened the capacity of state institutions to perform core security... »
The Hidden Alternative:Co-operative Values, Past, Present and Future
The proclamation by the United Nations that 2012 would be the International Year of Co-operatives represents a milestone in the history of the inte... »
Satoyama–Satoumi Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes of Japan
Satoyama is a Japanese term which describes mosaic landscapes of different types of ecosystem—secondary forests, farm lands, irrigation ponds and... »
EU Enlargement and Turkish Labour Migration
This book provides an accessible and comprehensive evaluation of labour migration in general and Turkish labour migration to the European Union in... »
Just Transitions: Explorations of Sustainability in an Unfair World
Current economic growth strategies around the world are rapidly depleting the natural resources and eco-system services that we depend on. Just Tra... »
Accountable Government in Africa:Perspectives from Public Law and Political Studies
The book brings together a number of leading experts in the fields of public law, political science and democratisation studies to discuss problems... »
Our Dying Planet: An Ecologist’s View of the Crisis We Face
Coral reefs are on track to become the first ecosystem actually eliminated from the planet. So says leading ecologist Peter F. Sale in this crash c... »
The People vs. the State: Reflections on UN Authority, US Power and the Responsibility to Protect
Professor Ramesh Thakur, former Senior Vice Rector of the United Nations University and UN Assistant Secretary-General, is sometimes described as o... »
Achieving Global Sustainability: Policy Recommendations
The problem of global sustainability is indisputably the most serious issue facing humanity today. One of the biggest factors in the deterioration... »
Civil Society, Conflicts and the Politicization of Human Rights
Civil Society, Conflicts and the Politicization of Human Rights explores violent conflict and peace. The contributors examine how violence is gener... »
Fixing Haiti: MINUSTAH and Beyond
Haiti may well be the only country in the Americas with a last name. References to the land of the “black Jacobins” are almost always followed... »
The Conceptual Politics of Democracy Promotion
The Conceptual Politics of Democracy Promotion explores the way in which the meaning, content and context of ‘democracy’ are interpreted by dif... »
Keeping Watch: Monitoring Technology and Innovation in UN Peace Operations
Knowledge is power. In the hands of the UN peacekeepers it can be a power for peace. Lacking knowledge, peacekeepers often find themselves powerles... »
New Regionalism and the European Union
This book demonstrates that more can and needs to be learned about regional integration all over the world through comparison and reflection on s... »
Establishing a Resource-Circulating Society in Asia: Challenges and Opportunities
This book addresses the wide range of issues associated with sustainable resource-circulating societies. It has a particular focus on Asia, where b... »
