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This book re-evaluates the importance of social policies in shaping well-being and combating exclusion, and... Læs mere
This book draws on case studies of social, economic and political governance policies from Latin America, Africa and Asia to examine the circumstances in which governments and societies produce policies that overcome initial opposition to meet their aims.
Many social entrepreneurs struggle to take successful, innovative programs that address social problems on a local or limited basis and scale them up to expand their... Læs mere
It brings together the best of recent research on Zambia's mining industry from eminent scholars in history, geography,... Læs mere
Travel, Humanitarianism, and Becoming American in Africa uses observations of American travelers to southern Africa to ask: why is Africa so important to Americans? These travel stories show how encounters with Africans lead to a problematic desire to save Africa.
Reading texts in relation to feminist, queer, and race theory and Buddhist philosophy, this book argues that an understanding of spirit is critical to explaining the power that social movements have to change hearts, minds, and social structures.
Following a group of people as they make the transition from homeless to 'housed' , this book presents a new perspective on homelessness, the... Læs mere
This book explores country case studies and works that detail the exact transmission mechanisms through which financial development can... Læs mere
This collection brings together a diverse range of analyses to interrogate policy changes and to grapple with the on-going transformations of neoliberalism in both North America and various Latin American states.
The book evaluates alternative policy options for the African countries to overcome the... Læs mere
This book presents research findings from across the global South that substantively improves our understanding of time-use, poverty and gender equalities, to shed light on why unpaid work is indispensable to economic analysis and effective policy making.
An analysis of the production and consumption of the communications of Make Poverty History , a high profile episode of social movement protest in... Læs mere