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Documents the history and rapid globalization of Belize as it confronts postmodernity.

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Documents the history and rapid globalization of Belize as it confronts postmodernity.

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This classic text shows how both state-driven and market-led development models have failed and argues for a completely new kind of agenda.

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Several factors impact a developing nation's ability to manage its political and related security affairs. The author relates the state to the international environment as well as to substate elements, and analyzes the role of intra-country conflict in explaining the state's vulnerability to external intervention.

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This study examines how Puerto Rico's industrial development process has shaped and been shaped by the state, relations with Washington, and Puerto Rican society, especially in light of the economic crises of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Examines the social control of new media and the implications of access to new media in a controlled environment.

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This book exposes the transformation of capacity building as a concept of practice within development through an examination of USAID's work in Afghanistan and Pakistan from 1977 to 2017.

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It exposes the transformation of capacity building as a concept of practice within development through an examination of USAID's work in Afghanistan and Pakistan from 1977 to 2017. It has implications for future of rights-based approaches to development, the international management of global security threats, sustainability of donor investments

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All aspects of the basic needs approach to development are considered in the various chapters of this volume: issues, implications, impact, planning and policy, and requisite technology, among others. Both theoretical models and case studies outline and analyze the thorny issues inherent to the basic needs approach to development.

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Presents the results of three years of research into the unique social and political geography of the Torres Strait borderland. The Torres Strait Treaty between Australia and Papua New Guinea serves to construct a complex institutional layering, a tiered economy and a hierarchy of identities.

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A study of the land, people, and politics of Venezuela.

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An essential framework for assessing success in international development, challenging how we view fragile states, conflict zones, and the ability of international agencies to take effective action.

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An essential framework for assessing success in international development, challenging how we view fragile states, conflict zones, and the ability of international agencies to take effective action.

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Answers questions such as: How did the industrialized nations of North America and Europe come to be seen as the appropriate models for post-World War II societies in Asia, Africa, and Latin America How did the postwar discourse on development actually create the so-called Third World And what will happen when development ideology collapses

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Exposes the attempts by developed countries to 'kick away the ladder' from developing countries trying to join the economic elite.

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Discover a world beneath the waves that is teeming with life, from tiny graceful seahorses to darting tropical fish and from electric eels to humpback whales. A colourful array of sea creatures is brought to life by award-winning illustrator Britta Teckentrup in this delightful peep-through picture book.

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Alana Mann explores the food sovereignty campaigns of civil society organisations in Chile, Mexico and Spain in the context of their membership of global social movement La Via Campesina.

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This volume examines some of the greatest challenges facing the twenty-first century: security and conflict, technological innovation, energy, resources and the environment. It provides grounding in current development politics and encourages readers to consider future development policy and international relations.

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In this urgent yet optimistic new work, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Wangari Maathai provides a unique perspective on the fate of Africa. Informed by her three decades as an environmental activist and campaigner for democracy, The Challenge for Africa celebrates the enduring potential of the human spirit, and reminds us that change is always possible.

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(Paperback, 5th edition)

A landmark work which both defined and transformed the field of development studies.

(Paperback, 3rd edition)

This classic text shows how both state-driven and market-led development models have failed and argues for a completely new kind of agenda.

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