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Macroeconomics of Development Finance
A Kaleckian Analysis of the Semi-Industrial Economy
Inbunden, 1992
1688 kr
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This book provides vital theoretical underpinnings for the emerging 'neo-structuralist' reading of macroeconomics based on the heterogeneous accumulation behaviour of public and private sectors. The work of Kalecki is used to build up a rigorous analysis of the semi-industrial economy which is not …
Nuclear Revolution and the End of the Cold War
Forced Restraint
Av Godfried van Bentham van den Bergh
Inbunden, 1992
1095 kr
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This book studies the impact of the nuclear revolution on the course of the rivalry between the former USSR and the USA. It explains why it has been so different from great power rivalry in prenuclear times, in avoiding war and leading first to a co-operative relationship and then ending …
Regaining Marxism
Av Ken Post
Inbunden, 1995
1639 kr
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This book responds to recent events by proposing a radical reshaping of Marxist theory. Taking the core problem as that of the historical subject, it conceptualises human life in terms of four interrelated practices. It explores these in turn in the context of a capitalism divided into 'centre' and …
African Industry in Decline
The Case of Textiles in Tanzania in the 1980s
Inbunden, 1996
1128 kr
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This book analyzes the factors behind the poor industrial performance in African countries under structural adjustment policies in the eighties and discusses prospects for recovery and further industrialization in the nineties. The focus is on the African textile sector in a worldwide comparative …
Regaining Marxism
Av Ken Post
Häftad, 1995
1639 kr
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This book responds to recent events by proposing a radical reshaping of Marxist theory. Taking the core problem as that of the historical subject, it conceptualises human life in terms of four interrelated practices. It explores these in turn in the context of a capitalism divided into 'centre' and …
Revolution’s Other World
Communism and the Periphery, 1917–39
Av Ken Post
Inbunden, 1997
1128 kr
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This book examines the 'turn to the East' by the international communist movement in fostering world revolution after the success in Russia in 1917, which led to communism's greatest gains after the Second World War. Based on a theorisation of the building of revolutionary movements, this study …
World Orders in the Making
Humanitarian Intervention and Beyond
Inbunden, 1998
551 kr
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This text considers humanitarian intervention from the point of view of political economy, public administration, international relations, international law, the military, political theory, sociology, culture and media studies. Chapters include discussions of experiences across Bosnia, Rwanda, …
World Orders in the Making
Humanitarian Intervention and Beyond
Häftad, 1998
551 kr
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Humanitarian action confronts us with the dilemmas of international relations in the age of globalization. The approach in this book is holistic, comparative and analytical. Humanitarian intervention is considered from the point of view of political economy, public administration, international …
Development Dilemma
Displacement in India
Inbunden, 1999
1128 kr
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The social, economic and political contexts in which development projects in India are implemented, and consequences to people displaced by such projects, are analyzed in this book. Development, displacement, resettlement and rehabilitation processes related to three major reservoir bases' …
Gender Negotiations among Indians in Trinidad 1917–1947
Av P. Mohammed
Inbunden, 2002
1095 kr
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This book is about the struggles of female and male descendants of Indian indentured migrants in Trinidad in the first half of the twentieth century, each desiring to preserve some aspects of the gender system brought from India between 1845 and 1917, which were important to their continued …
Women and Work in Northern Nigeria
Transcending Boundaries
Av R. Pittin
Inbunden, 2002
1095 kr
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Women and Work in Northern Nigeria is a study of the social and economic opportunities open to and seized upon by Muslim Hausa women, primarily in the city of Katsina, Nigeria, over the course of the past three decades. In the context of multiple political regimes, the turmoil of the Nigerian …
Sexual Politics in Indonesia
Av S. Wieringa
Inbunden, 2002
551 kr
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This book analyzes the interaction between nationalism, feminism and socialism in Indonesia since the beginning of the twentieth century until the New Order State of President Suharto. The focus is on the communist women's organization Gerwani, which was by 1965 the largest communist women's …
Development Administration in the Caribbean
Independent Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago
Av J. Walker
Inbunden, 2002
551 kr
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A detailed and historical account of both theory and practice, this book attempts to make sense of the loose and little understood field of development administration. The book focuses on development administration over forty years and identifies key attributes of public bureaucracy which are …
Non-Market Controls and the Accountability of Public Enterprises in Tanzania
Häftad, 1994
551 kr
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Locates the inefficiencies of the traditional public enterprise model within its management and contextual factors. The former include overprotection from consumer liability, statutory power to commit wrongs with impunity, and legal limitations on their liability for negligence.
State and Domestic Agricultural Markets in Nicaragua
From Interventionism to Neo-Liberalism
Av Max Spoor
Häftad, 1995
551 kr
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The book examines in depth the problematic effects of state intervention in agricultural markets of developing countries against the background of the current transition of interventionism to neo-liberalism. The fascinating case of Nicaragua is explored, focusing on the 1979-1990 interventionist …
Confronting State, Capital and Patriarchy
Women Organizing in the Process of Industrialization
Av Amrita Chhachhi, Reneé Ilene Pittin
Häftad, 1996
551 kr
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Confronting State, Capital and Patriarchy brings together documentation of women's struggles in the process of industrialisation, within and outside traditional workers' organizations. With contributions from researchers and activists particularly in Asia, Africa and Latin America, the volume gives …
African Industry in Decline
The Case of Textiles in Tanzania in the 1980s
Häftad, 1996
1128 kr
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This book analyzes the factors behind the poor industrial performance in African countries under structural adjustment policies in the eighties and discusses prospects for recovery and further industrialization in the nineties. The focus is on the African textile sector in a worldwide comparative …
Revolution’s Other World
Communism and the Periphery, 1917–39
Av Ken Post
Häftad, 1997
1128 kr
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Ken Post examines the 'turn to the East' by the international communist movement in fostering world revolution after the success in Russia in 1917, which led to communism's greatest gains after the Second World War. Based on a theorisation of the building of revolutionary movements, this study …
Land and Labour Relations in South-West Bangladesh
Resources, Power and Conflict
Häftad, 1998
551 kr
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This book analyses different forms of relations between labourers and employers in rural areas, and the bases of such relations, in order to show how the various forms of labour relations are used as mechanisms of control and as a means of exploitation by the employers in rural areas of Bangladesh. …
Development Dilemma
Displacement in India
Häftad, 1999
1128 kr
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The social, economic and political contexts in which development projects in India are implemented, and consequences to people displaced by such projects, are analyzed in this book. Development, displacement, resettlement and rehabilitation processes related to three major reservoir bases' …
Aggregate Behaviour of Investment in China, 1953–96
An Analysis of Investment Hunger and Fluctuation
Av Laixiang Sun
Häftad, 2001
1095 kr
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In China, aggregate investment levels have been high and the cycles of investment growth rate have been remarkable. In order to reveal the mechanisms which drive investment hunger and cycles, this book develops an integrated growth-cycle framework which integrates the standard theory of socialist …
Gender Negotiations among Indians in Trinidad 1917–1947
Av P. Mohammed
Häftad, 2002
1204 kr
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This book is about the struggles of female and male descendants of Indian indentured migrants in Trinidad in the first half of the twentieth century, each desiring to preserve some aspects of the gender system brought from India between 1845 and 1917, which were important to their continued …
Sexual Politics in Indonesia
Av S. Wieringa
Häftad, 2002
551 kr
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This book analyzes the interaction between nationalism, feminism and socialism in Indonesia since the beginning of the twentieth century until the New Order State of President Suharto. The focus is on the communist women's organization Gerwani, which was by 1965 the largest communist women's …
