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Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorTax Justice Network-Africa promotes socially just, democratic and progressive taxation systems in Africa, that are favourable to the poor and finance public goods. It challenges tax policies and practices that favour t.

Zustand: New. KlappentextThe capitalist world manoeuvres to control agricultural production in developing countries where neoliberalism has already decreased food security. But the northern justifications for unequal trade are fallacious. Unless the l.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book is unique in exploring from an African perspective the dilemmas and complexities involved in addressing past human rights violations to enable a society move to a more peaceful future. While challenging current transitional justice narratives, which have inadequately addressed the concerns of post-conflict societies in Africa, it also emphasises the need to avoid representing African issues as 'exotic' and 'exceptional'. The authors consider the core debates about how to develop a transitional justice agenda and assess the potential of localised justice models to contribute to justice systems. They show the importance of pursuing locally forged processes that take account of the dynamic and complex challenges of post-conflict societies in Africa and of involving stakeholders in developing policies and practices that affect them. This important new publication also addresses frankly the tension between justice, peace and reconciliation and deepens comprehension of the ever-changing boundaries of transitional justice.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - There has been an explosion of attention given to China's interests and activities in Africa and on the wide spectrum of Chinese actors involved in countries across the continent, but the terms and implications of the China-Angola partnership remain unclear. This book focuses on the increased co-operation between Angola and China and shows that although relations with China might have bolstered regime stability and boosted the international standing of the Angolan government, China is not regarded as a long term strategic partner. Offering a rich overview of relations from the perspectives of foreign policy, public policy, energy, industry, infrastructure and labour issues, the authors examine some of the labour, infrastructure and policy issues arising from Chinese involvement in Angola's oil, construction, retail and wholesale sectors. A survey of Angolan workers' perceptions of Chinese corporate practices shows the need for better local control to tackle the shortcomings and foster the benefits stemming from cultural, economic and professional interchange. The involvement of Chinese firms in Angola's costly centralised housing programme in the post-war era shows how the needs and capacities of Angolans have consistently been ignored. The book also explores Chinese perceptions of Angola and their relationship, discerns some notable shifts since the early 1980s and demonstrates the importance of grassroots interactions which have often been overlooked in accounts of China-Angola relations.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - With governance high on the agenda in Africa, many governments are using information and communications technologies (ICTs) to introduce innovations in their structure, practices and capacities as well as in the ways they use human capital and deliver services to citizens. But the potential for e-governance in Africa remains largely unexploited. Progress requires infrastructure improvement, the enactment of appropriate laws and policies, and capacity and content development. This book addresses the lack of evidence on ICTs in local governance in Africa. At its heart lies the conviction that ICT can enable local governments to engage citizens to participate in democratic processes and to engage in public sector management so creating socio-economic developments at local and national levels. It provides an important collection of studies and analyses on the transformative potential of ICT: citizens in Ethiopia use it to pay tax and complete legislative documents; in Mozambique the SchoolNet project has increased the secondary school literacy rate. Other studies in Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Morocco, South Africa and Uganda explore service delivery, financial management, citizen registration, land management, local economic development and political inclusion. The book provides a synthesis of the findings and a roadmap to assist government decision makers in implementing and evaluating their own e-local governance projects. With information and communications technologies increasingly available in Africa, this timely book speaks to the current issues.…

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorMarie-Helene Mottin-Sylla is a researcher at ENDA (Dakar, Senegal), and has published on women, gender, excision and information and communication technologies in Francophone West Africa. JoA lle Palmieri is a politica.

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorDr Jacques Depelchin is an intellectual, academic, and activist for peace, democracy, transparency and pro-people politics in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He was educated at Lovanium University in Kinshasa, the Un.

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorETC Group are the Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration. They are dedicated to the conservation and sustainable advancement of cultural and ecological diversity and human rights. Diana Bronson, Hope Sh.

Zustand: New. InhaltsverzeichnisPart 1: A Rear View 1. Introduction: The pull of Africa 2. Africa is Rich Part 2: The Scramble and the Grabbing 3. The Wheels of Progress 4. The Steps of the Advisors 5. Destructive Extraction 6. Enforced Immune Defi.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorEmma Mawdsley is a senior lecturer in geography at Cambridge University and a fellow at Newnham College. She has written on critical development politics, including accounts of knowledge and power in transnational NGO .

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New. KlappentextDebates about security governance in Africa and about the place of women within it have moved in parallel despite their interconnection. The authors align them, locating African-specific and feminist analysis within the securi.

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorThe contributors are members of the Institute for African Transitional Justice which is a collaboration between The Refugee Law Project in Makerere University, the African Transitional Justice Research Network, and the.

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorMarcus Power is a reader in the department of geography at the University of Durham Ana Cristina Alves is a senior researcher with the Global Powers and Africa programme at the South African Institute of African Affai.

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorTimothy Mwololo Waema is an Associate Professor in the School of Computing and Informatics in the University of Nairobi. Edith Ofwona Adera has extensive experience managing innovative ICT4D projects that improve, gove.

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorJorgen Johansen is a freelance academic, a trainer, a writer, and an activist. He is a regular lecturer at several universities and has published six books and hundreds of articles in 11 languages on topics including n.

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorSylvia Tamale is a Ugandan feminist lawyer and academic. She has been a visiting professor at the University of Cape Town African Gender Institute and is dean of the Faculty of Law and Jurisprudence at Makerere Univers.

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Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | It is not possible, in Africa or elsewhere, to think about the issue of female genital mutilation (FGM) - excision - in the same way as 25 years ago. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are no longer a novelty, and increased access to information and ideas has contributed to wider discussion. Beliefs and practices are shifting, particularly among young people. FGM is no longer the private concern only of women - it is a social and political issue that concerns both men and women. How can we re-examine the impact of 25 years of concerted action aimed at eliminating FGM in Francophone West Africa? Why, how, by whom and for whom has the digital revolution been used over the past 10 years to achieve that end? If young people - both female and male - are the big winners in the digital revolution, how were they involved in this undertaking that concerns them intimately as victims, subjects, objects, actors, citizens, leaders and family and community stakeholders? What gender issues do excision and ICTs raise? Why and how would it be appropriate and even essential to incorporate them into a strategic vision of citizen, public, private and personal development? In this age of the internet, the task of abolishing FGM in Africa and constructing a tradition worthy of being passed on must include young people - whose way of living in this world is by being connected, by moving to and fro between the local and the global. This book reports on an innovative research and action project amongst girls and boys in Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal to explore whether young people's use of information technology could contribute to the abandonment of FGM. It shows how, in the era of 'globalised citizenship', a cross-sectional vision that puts young people and gender at the centre of development can produce real change.…

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Zustand: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | This three-part book 'pulls back the curtain on disturbing technological and corporate trends that are already reshaping our world and that will become crucial battlegrounds for civil society in the years ahead.'Vandana Shiva, Founder, Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology'Geopiracy' analyses how Northern governments and corporations are cynically using growing concerns about the ecological and climate crisis to propose geoengineering 'quick fixes'. These threaten to wreak havoc on ecosystems, with disastrous impacts on the people of the global South. As calls for a 'greener' economy mount and oil prices escalate, corporations are seeking to switch from oil-based to plant-based energy.'The New Biomassters' exposes how a biomass economy based on using gene technologies to reprogramme living organisms to behave as microbial factories will facilitate the liquidation of ecosystems. This constitutes a devastating assault of the peoples and cultures of the South, accelerating the wave of land grabs that are becoming common in Africa, Asia and Latin America.'Capturing Climate Genes' shows how the worlds largest agribusiness companies including Monsanto, BASF, Dupont and Syngenta are pouring billions of dollars into, and claiming patents on, what are claimed to be 'climate-ready crops'. Far from helping farmers adjust to a warming world - something peasant farmers already know how to manage - these crops will allow industrial agriculture to expand plantation monocultures into lands currently cultivated by poor peasant farmers. These crops are not a solution to growing hunger, they will feed only the gluttony of corporate shareholders for profits.…

Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 382 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Impatient, provocative, and prolific in his pursuit of peace through research, publishing, and commentary, the influential Johan Galtung turned 80 on October 24, 2010, without the slightest sign of slowing down. This collection of essays celebrates peace in honor of this milestone. The wide range of essays explores issues including the eradication of violence, conflict transformation, resistance to taxation for the military, global terrorism and global hegemony, nonviolent revolutions, learning from nature, sport and conflict transformation, diplomacy, the financial crisis, prejudice towards schizophrenia, Obama's Nobel Peace Prize speech, peace journalism, and moving from violent to peace-oriented masculinities. Also included are commentaries on Galtung's own work and local studies on Colombia, Nepal, and Thailand.…