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The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth CommunityDavid C. Korten In his classic When Corporations Rule the World, David Korten focused on the destructive nature of the global corporate economy and helped to spark a worldwide resistance movement. Now, in The Great Turning, he goes further to argue that the corporate consolidation of power is but one manifestation of what he calls "Empire": the organization of society through hierarchy and violence that More > | |
The Search For Empowerment: Social Capital as Idea and Practice at the World BankAnthony Bebbington, Michael Woolcock, Scott Guggenheim, and Elizabeth Olson, editors Focusing on debates within the World Bank about the value of social capital concepts for the encouragement of more participatory and empowering forms of development, the contributors to this volume offer both an ethnography of a huge development organization and an insightful look at the nature of bureaucracy and organizational change.
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Development Brokers and Translators: The Ethnography of Aid and AgenciesDavid Lewis and David Mosse, editors The contributors to Development Brokers and Translators, all anthropologists with practical experience in development work, show how ethnography can be an indispensable tool for understanding the complex and dynamic relationships among communities, ideas, resources, and development agencies. More > | |
Coming of Age in a Globalized World: The Next GenerationJ. Michael Adams and Angelo Carfagna J. Michael Adams and Angelo Carfagna emphasize the importance of education in a society that constantly faces challenges of change and conflict. Providing a comprehensive survey of current issues in global politics, they argue convincingly that, to succeed in today's environment, individuals must understand the driving forces of globalization and the trends that are likely to shape our future. More > | |
Promoting Independent Media: Strategies for Democracy AssistanceKrishna Kumar Krishna Kumar surveys the nature and significance of international aid designed to build and strengthen independent news media in support of democratization and development.
Providing the first comprehensive coverage of media assistance programs, Kumar discusses the evolution, focus, and overall impact of a range of intervention strategies. He also presents seven in-depth case studies based on More > | |
Policy Analysis for Effective Development: Strengthening Transition EconomiesKristin Morse and Raymond J. Struyk This practical text provides analytic tools and real world examples to equip both students and professionals with the skills they need to develop—and implement—effective public policies.
Focusing on transition economies, Morse and Struyk concentrate on the day to day tasks involved in tackling social and economic policy issues. They thoroughly cover the practicalities of More > | |
Peace in Tatters: Israel, Palestine, and the Middle EastYoram Meital Peace in Tatters was born in a set of questions with which the author, an Israeli scholar, has struggled for some years: What went wrong in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process before the July 2000 Camp David summit and during the crucial negotiations? How have the dominant narratives about the collapse of the peace process been crafted? Does the ongoing crisis mark the end of the road for the More > | |
Bridging the Divide: Peacebuilding in the Israeli-Palestinian ConflictEdy Kaufman, Walid Salem, and Juliette Verhoeven editors In the midst of the continuing violence of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, there are many who remain committed to moving forward on the road to peace. The Palestinian and Israeli contributors to this book, recognizing the great potential of civil society and NGOs for the peacebuilding process, focus on realistic opportunities for conflict transformation.The book includes a directory of More > | |
Fighting Poverty: The Development-Employment LinkRizwanul Islam, editor While it has become abundantly clear that neither overall economic growth nor targeted microlevel interventions inevitably reduce poverty in developing countries, much of the development literature continues to focus on these two approaches. Exploring a third, and more promising, avenue, Fighting Poverty offers a systematic analysis of the link between employment and pro-poor economic growth.
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Electoral Authoritarianism: The Dynamics of Unfree CompetitionAndreas Schedler, editor Today, electoral authoritarianism represents the most common form of political regime in the developing world and the one we know least about. Filling in the lacuna, this new book presents cutting-edge research on the internal dynamics of electoral authoritarian regimes.
Each concise, jargon-free chapter addresses a specific empirical puzzle on the basis of careful cross-national More > |