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Which Way Latin America? Hemispheric Politics Meets Globalization
( Print: October 2009
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In this book, some of the world’s leading Latin Americanists explore the ways in which the region has re-engaged globalization. At the time when a new administration in the United States is shifting...
In this book, some of the world’s leading Latin Americanists explore the ways in which the region has re-engaged globalization. At the time when a new administration in the United States is shifting...
Who's Hungry? And How Do We Know? Food Shortage, Poverty, and Deprivation
( Print: March 1998
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Recognizing that any attempt to reduce hunger requires a sound understanding of which people are affected, this publication discusses the difference between food shortage, food poverty and food...
Recognizing that any attempt to reduce hunger requires a sound understanding of which people are affected, this publication discusses the difference between food shortage, food poverty and food...
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Wisdom Years, The
Ageing into the 21st Century
In Japan, one of the richest, most technological and urbanized countries in the world, more than 20% of the population is now over 65. It is at the forefront of a global ageing trend that has serious...
In Japan, one of the richest, most technological and urbanized countries in the world, more than 20% of the population is now over 65. It is at the forefront of a global ageing trend that has serious...
Women and Kinship
Comparative Perspective on Gender in South and South-East Asia
This is the first sustained effort to work out a comparison between South and Southeast Asia in respect of the situation of women. Arguing that kinship systems provide an important context in which...
This is the first sustained effort to work out a comparison between South and Southeast Asia in respect of the situation of women. Arguing that kinship systems provide an important context in which...
Wood Fuel in Kano
( Print: November 1990
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In addition to the consumption, distribution, supply, ecological aspects and the management of wood fuel resources, the authors examine relevant policy issues, including alternative sources of wood...
In addition to the consumption, distribution, supply, ecological aspects and the management of wood fuel resources, the authors examine relevant policy issues, including alternative sources of wood...
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World Religions and Norms of War
( Print: March 2009
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Over more than two millennia, the world’s leading religious traditions have provided the guidance in questions of when war can be justified, and of what methods and targets are permissible in war...
Over more than two millennia, the world’s leading religious traditions have provided the guidance in questions of when war can be justified, and of what methods and targets are permissible in war...
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WTO and Global Governance, The
Future Directions
This book contains a variety of views of prominent people – all influential in their respective areas of international affairs – as to the proper role of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in global...
This book contains a variety of views of prominent people – all influential in their respective areas of international affairs – as to the proper role of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in global...
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WTO and Sustainable Development, The
( Print: October 2005
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This timely book investigates the relationship in between trade and sustainable development. The WTO has evolved into a World Trade and Sustainable Development Organization and many issues now on its...
This timely book investigates the relationship in between trade and sustainable development. The WTO has evolved into a World Trade and Sustainable Development Organization and many issues now on its...
Zaire after Mobutu
A Case of a Humanitarian Emergency
Series: UNU/WIDER Research for Action
( Print: November 1998
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Zaire after Mobutu: A Case of a Humanitarian Emergency evaluates the sources of vulnerability in Zaire on three levels of analysis. Both state and individual levels of analysis help to point out the...
Zaire after Mobutu: A Case of a Humanitarian Emergency evaluates the sources of vulnerability in Zaire on three levels of analysis. Both state and individual levels of analysis help to point out the...