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2050 China Becoming a Great Modern Socialist Country

This book is arranged and developed around the theme of “2050 China,” it analyzes the factors and advantages of the Chinese ...

African Land Reform Under Economic Liberalisation : States, Chiefs, and Rural Communities

This book offers unique in-depth, comprehensive, and comparative analyses of the motivations, context, and outcomes of recent ...

Agroecology Now! Transformations Towards More Just and Sustainable Food Systems

This book develops a framework for advancing agroecology transformations focusing on power, politics and governance. It ...

Between Peace and Conflict in the East and the West Studies on Transformation and Development in the OSCE Region

This book features various studies on democratization, transformation, socio-economic development, and security issues in ...

Building the Inclusive City Governance, Access, and the Urban Transformation of Dubai

This book is an anthropological urban study of the Emirate of Dubai, its institutions, and their evolution. It provides ...

Creating Resilient Futures : Integrating Disaster Risk Reduction, Sustainable Development Goals and Climate Change Adaptation Agendas

This excellent text recognises that efforts towards improving development outcomes must work in concert with strategies which ...

Education for Sustaining Peace through Historical Memory

This is a necessary exercise in deconstruction and reconstruction that challenges conventional and critical approaches to ...

Equitable Research Partnerships

This book offers insights into the development of the ground-breaking Global Code of Conduct for Research in Resource-Poor ...

Feminist Methodologies : Experiments, Collaborations and Reflections

This book gives insights into feminist methodologies in theory and practice. By foregrounding the experiential and embodied ...

Financing Clean Energy Access in Sub-Saharan Africa Risk Mitigation Strategies and Innovative Financing Structures

This book analyses barriers and challenges associated with the financing of clean energy access in sub-Saharan Africa. By ...

Food Anxiety in Globalising Vietnam

This book approaches the anxieties inherent in food consumption and production in Vietnam. The country’s rapid and recent ...

Methodological Approaches to Societies in Transformation How to Make Sense of Change

This book provides methodological devices and analytical frameworks for the study of societies in transformation. It explores ...

One Hundred Years of Social Protection The Changing Social Question in Brazil, India, China, and South Africa

As the first in-depth study of the ideational foundations of social protection policies and programmes in these four countries, ...

Psychosocial Experiences of African Migrants in Six European Countries A Mixed Method Study

This book provides an empirical account of the psychological and social experiences of 3500 African migrants to 6 European ...

Re-Inventing Africa's Development

This book analyses the development problems of sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) from the eyes of a Korean diplomat with knowledge ...

Reflections on African Cities in Transition: Selected Continental Experiences

Describes African cities in transition, and the economic, socio-political, and environmental challenges resulting from rapid ...

Russia's Turn to the East

This book explores if and how Russian policies towards the Far East region of the country – and East Asia more broadly ...

SDGs, Transformation, and Quality Growth : Insights from International Cooperation

The primary objective of this book is to seek out insights into the concept of high-quality growth (HQG). It explores the ...

Social Development in the World Bank Essays in Honor of Michael M. Cernea

This book honors the work of Michael Cernea, who was the World Bank’s first professional sociologist, by taking on and ...

Sustainable Energy Access for Communities : Rethinking the Energy Agenda for Cities

This open access book examines the transition to sustainable energy systems in emerging cities. Experts from around the world ...

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