Recursos Etiquetado: Social Conditions
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A bold and incisive analysis of Nepal's society, and its attempts to develop and respond to change, from someone who is both an insider and an outsider to Nepal. At an early age Dor Bahadur Bista travelled all over Nepal in the compny of the leading anthropologist Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf...
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1/1/1961 A pioneering work from a visionary anthropologist,The Children of Sanchezis hailed around the world as a watershed achievement in the study of poverty—a uniquely intimate investigation, as poignant today as when it was first published. It is the epic story of the Sánchez family, told entirely by...
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The Uses of Haititells the truth about uncomfortable matters—uncomfortable, that is, for the structures of power and the doctrinal framework that protects them from scrutiny. It tells the truth about what has been happening in Haiti, and the US role in its bitter fate.—Noam Chomsky, from the...
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These lecture notes are comprised of several sections. The first deals with the concept of evaluation and the need for sociolgical evaluation. The second examines the variables which generally form an integral part of sociological evaluation. The section discusses in more detail three factors:...
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Remarkably accurate understanding. Like earlier editions the new From Nyet to Da illuminates the dynamics of traditional Russian culture in the framework of contemporary events. With a new preface, a completely rewritten chapter Whither Russia?, and updates and revisions throughout, From Nyet to...
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20/1/2011 International financing agencies and borrower governments have committed themselves, through the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), to pro-poor growth and proactive investment in poverty reduction, food security and nutrition. Most have also committed themselves to social development goals,...
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In this completely revised and updated edition of the most authoritative book on world hunger, three of our foremost experts on food and agriculture expose and explode the myths that prevent us from effectively addressing the problem. Drawing on and distilling the extensive research of the...
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In this volume Esther and Mortimer Arias, citizens of Bolivia, delineate the present-day realities of Latin America. Despite the continent's vast natural wealth and swift economic growth, they point out, one fact dominates its peoples' lives: the top one-fifth of the population enjoy two-thirds...
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This publication, excerpted from Dr. Wilson's and Dr. Ramphele's recent book, Uprooting Poverty: The South African Challenge, provides a searching look at the system of apartheid and its systematic denial of opportunity for Africans in South Africa; a framework of thinking to guide the...
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A senior writer for Christianity Today offers a compelling and finely crafted inspirational biography to bring us the story of Keith Jasper, an American entrepreneur with a desire to help rebuild a nation nearly destroyed by greed and neglect. Includes stirring photographs from an award-winning...