Télécharger le livre :  Building Civil Society in Authoritarian China

How is modern civil society created? There are few contemporary studies on this important question and when it is addressed, scholars tend to emphasize the institutional environment that facilitates a modern civil society. However, there is a need for a new perspective...
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Télécharger le livre :  Frederic W. Harmer: A Scientific Biography

Comprising the first definitive account of the geological and palaeometeorological studies made by the British geologist, Frederic W. Harmer (1835-1924) this book contributes a previously missing chapter to the history of science. The main objective of the author is to...
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Télécharger le livre :  The Practice of Research on Migration and Mobilities

The migration process is interpreted in a different way when researchers live in so-called societies of origin, than when it is interpreted from societies of destination—even when research work is multi-situated.The localization of researchers in this field involves...
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Télécharger le livre :  Is Local Beautiful?

Based on the swisspeace annual conference 2012, the publication examines the delicate balance between external interventions and locally-led initiatives. It addresses the question of what “local” means in the peacebuilding and development context; which actors on the...
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Parution : 2013-12-17
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Télécharger le livre :  Expanding Peace Ecology: Peace, Security, Sustainability, Equity and Gender

This book has peer-reviewed chapters by scholars from Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, Mexico and the USA that were presented to the Ecology and Peace Commission (EPC) of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA) in November 2012 in Japan. The chapters...
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Télécharger le livre :  Governments' Responses to Climate Change: Selected Examples From Asia Pacific

This multidisciplinary volume articulates the current and potential public policy discourse between energy security and climate change in the Asia-­Pacific region, and the efforts taken to address global warming.This volume is unique as it analyses two important issues...
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Télécharger le livre :  The Impact of Displaced People's Temporary Shelters on their Surrounding Environment

This book is one of four volumes on a major empirical migration study by leading Thai migration specialists from Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok) for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).this volume discusses the environmental impact of temporary shelters...
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Parution : 2013-11-26
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Télécharger le livre :  Temporary Shelters and Surrounding Communities

This book is one of four volumes on a major empirical migration study by leading Thai migration specialists from Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok) for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).This volume reviews the livelihood opportunities for displaced persons...
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Télécharger le livre :  Resettlement of Displaced Persons on the Thai-Myanmar Border

This book is one of four volumes on a major empirical migration study by leading Thai migration specialists from Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok) for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The camps on the Thai–Myanmar border are the result of the world’s...
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Télécharger le livre :  Humanitarian Assistance for Displaced Persons from Myanmar

This book is one of four volumes on a major empirical migration study by leading Thai migration specialists from Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok) for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).This volume examines the protracted refugee situation at the...
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Parution : 2013-11-23
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Télécharger le livre :  Soil Security for Ecosystem Management

The term "Soil Security" is used in the context of maintaining the quality and quantity of soil needed in order to ensure continuous supplies of food and fresh water for our society. Topics in this unique book on the management of soil sustainability in the...
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Parution : 2013-08-27
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Télécharger le livre :  Global and Regional Approaches to Arms Control in the Middle East

Since the end of the Cold War, the Middle East has been the focus of various projects for the establishment of arms control (including CBMs) regimes. Whereas some of these projects were initiated at the global level, others were discussed and debated at the regional...
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Parution : 2013-07-11
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Télécharger le livre :  The Interplay between Urban Development, Vulnerability, and Risk Management

Natural disasters are increasingly affecting the world, taking lives unexpectedly and leaving many others injured and homeless. Moreover, disasters disrupt local, national and even global economies, instantly changing the direction of development. In the first half of...
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Parution : 2013-06-19
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Télécharger le livre :  Anthropological Perspectives on Intangible Cultural Heritage

A decade after the approval of the UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), the concept has gained wide acceptance at the local, national and international levels. Communities are recognizing and celebrating their Intangible...
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Télécharger le livre :  Human and Water Security in Israel and Jordan

The work aims at answering the question as to how far discourses on human security are present in Jordan and Israel, if they converge and if political solutions for the issue of water security could be derived.The analysis is based on the assumption that from human...
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Parution : 2012-10-28
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Télécharger le livre :  Rethinking Energy Security in Asia: A Non-Traditional View of Human Security

Traditional notions of security are premised on the primacy of state security. In relation to energy security, traditional policy thinking has focused on ensuring supply without much emphasis on socioeconomic and environmental impacts. Non-traditional security (NTS)...
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Télécharger le livre :  Energy and Non-Traditional Security (NTS) in Asia

Traditional notions of security are premised on the primacy of state security. In relation to energy security, traditional policy thinking has focused on ensuring supply without much emphasis on socioeconomic and environmental impacts. Non-traditional security (NTS)...
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Parution : 2012-06-07
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