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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... »
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... »
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... »
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... »
Blood and Borders: The Responsibility to Protect and the Problem of the Kin-State
Map lines delineating statehood can become blurred by bloodlines of nationhood. Inter-ethnic conflict and genocide have demonstrated the dangers of... »
Realizing the Development Potential of Diasporas
In Realizing the Development Potential of Diasporas, a collection of international experts, including academics, policymakers, practitioners... »
The Dark Side of Globalization
Seen by some as a desirable and irreversible engine of prosperity and progress, globalization is resisted by others as the soft underbelly of a cor... »
