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Labor Relations in New Democracies explores how democratization has changed the material and political fortunes of workers in the new democracies of Europe, Latin America, and East Asia. It also examines how workers have responded to their newly found environment.
The uniqueness of the book is not only in the care with which the data is examined but also in the emphasis upon interpreting data within a framework oriented towards the monitoring of the satisfaction of basic human needs.
This book assesses the World Bank's interaction with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in projects, policy dialogue and elsewhere.
Through the analysis of examples taken from America, the Caribbean and Western and East-Central Europe, this book addresses one of... Læs mere
With the adoption of a World Bank-sponsored structural adjustment programme in the mid-1980s, Guinea underwent a... Læs mere
The book discusses five examples of NGO action in four countries - Indonesia, Philippines, South Africa and Sri Lanka - with authoritarian regimes.... Læs mere
Cultures, Communities, Identities explores a wide range of cultural strategies to promote participation and empowerment in both First and Third World settings.
The author examines from different perspectives (theological and philosophical as well as socio-political and historical) the significance of the concept of the individual in the ways of thinking of Iranians.
In Religion, Ethnicity and Social Change the author argues that the recent focus on religious fundamentalism in ethnic conflict has obscured the ambiguous role of... Læs mere
This study examines fundamental theoretical and conceptual issues of social change in Latin America in the context of detailed empirical analysis. The... Læs mere
Hans Abrahamsson assesses the current world order and structural change, within an historical framework. Finally, he addresses the circumstances behind the current opportunity for global change, and the social forces and political action required in order to seize it.
These studies of Argentina, Nicaragua and Cuba, alongside comparative discussions of socialism, women's movements and citizenship, examine the complex, and persistent, interaction of states and women's movements, and the diversity of responses engendered.