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Anti-Democratic Thought

Imprint Academic

Edited by Erich Kofmel, Exeter and Charlottesville

This book marks the start of a daring new debate and re-introduces anti-democratic thought and practice to the academic discourse and into the syllabus. It wishes to offer a serious discussion of anti-democratic thought,

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Rethinking International Development Series

Palgrave Macmillan

Series Editors: Andy Sumner, Fellow of the Vulnerability and Poverty Research Team, Institute of Development Studies, UK.

Ray Kiely, Professor of International Politics, Queen Mary University of London, UK.

The core aims of the series are to present critical work that:

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Progress in Development Studies - Call for Book Reviewers

UEA

Message from Dr Catherine Locke (Review Editor, Progress in Development Studies):

We are currently seeking reviewers for a number of recently published volumes, listed below, for Progress In Development Studies book reviews.  We encourage contributions to our book reviews from established

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Conflict and Development: Development Matters

Zed Books

Eleanor O' Gorman

June 2011

During the 1990s the drive of liberal peace efforts in the form of humanitarian intervention transformed the ways in which traditional development assistance operated in war and post-war situations. From Somalia and Rwanda to Bosnia

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Conflict, Security and Development: an introduction

Routledge

By Danielle Beswick and Paul Jackson

Combines academic teaching and approaches with practical policy experience to provide an overview of the connections between security and development, before, during and after conflict.

More information.

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Environmental protection, climate change and human rights

DIKE

The book is the outcome of the contribution of scholars, practitioners and judges of more than ten different countries, providing new insights in climate change, environmental protection and human rights. The book is divided into three different sections. The first

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Uncertain Futures

Practical Action Publishing

Adapting development to a changing climate
Jonathan Ensor (Practical Action, UK)

‘This is a fascinating and timely book. It deals with a set of highly complex issues surrounding the practical dimensions of tackling community-based adaptation.’
Emily Boyd, School of Earth and Environment, University

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Small Farmers, Big Change

Practical Action Publishing

Small Farmers, Big Change: Scaling up impact in smallholder agriculture
Edited by David Wilson (Consultant, UK), Kirsty Wilson (Oxfam GB, UK) and Claire Harvey (Oxfam GB, UK)

‘The cases in this important book show that when small farmers are given

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Gender, Faith and Development

Practical Action Publishing

Gender, Faith and Development
Edited by Emma Tomalin (University of Leeds, UK)

‘Emma Tomalin’s edited volume starts with a keen appreciation of the importance, complexity, and sensitivity of the topic, and the rich array of chapters probe different dimensions of

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In Good Company: An Anatomy of Corporate Social Responsibility

Stanford University Press

In Good Company: An Anatomy of Corporate Social Responsibility
By Dinah Rajak.

Rajak is Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Sussex, UK.

Under the banner of corporate social responsibility (CSR), corporations have become increasingly important players in international development. These days,

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