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Previous edition, 1st, published in 2005.
Economic Development, Inequality and War shows how economic decline, income inequality, pervasive rent seeking by ruling elites, political authoritarianism, military centrality and competition for mineral exports contribute to war and humanitarian emergencies. Economic regress and political decay bring about relative deprivation, perception by social groups of injustice arising from a growing discrepancy between what they expect and get. Nafziger and Auvinen indicate that both economic greed and social grievances drive contemporary civil wars. Finally, the authors also identify policies for preventing humanitarian emergencies.
In this book, Janne Hukkinen takes a highly innovative approach in focusing on interactions among scientists in the important field of environmental management and protection and the emergence and application of policies. The author’s approach is critical of the various scientific actors and how they assert their positions and work towards their goals. His critique is used to propose constructive actions that could overcome the apparent conflicts that exist in sustainable development regimes.
Public policy has a dynamic effect on multiple facets of modern society. Methods for managing and engaging the public sphere continue to change conceptually across the globe, impacting the ways that governments and citizens interact both within and across borders. Management and Participation in the Public Sphere is a definitive reference source for the latest scholarly research on the interplay of public affairs and the domestic realm, providing innovative methods on managing public policy across various nations, cultures, and governments. Featuring expansive coverage on a multitude of relevant topics in civic involvement, information technology, and modes of government, this publication is a pivotal reference source for researchers, students, and professionals seeking current developments in novel approaches to public policy studies. This publication features timely, research-based chapters on the critical issues of public policy including, but not limited to, archival paradigms, Internet censorship, media control, civic engagement, virtual public spaces, online activism, higher education, and public-private partnerships.
With a focus on governmental institutions, this book explores the ways in which EU membership has altered the balance of power among key political actors. The authors discuss cultural adaptation to integration, as well as examining the views of the elite and voters. The transformation in national identity, sovereignty and neutrality are also examined.
This book analyses the legal literacy, knowledge and skills of people in premodern and modernizing Europe. It examines how laymen belonging both to the common people and the elite acquired legal knowledge and skills, how they used these in advocacy and legal writing and how legal literacy became an avenue for social mobility. Taking a comparative approach, contributors consider the historical contexts of England, Finland, France, Germany, Italy and Sweden. This book is divided into two main parts. The first part discusses various groups of legal literates (scriveners, court of appeal judges and advocates) and their different paths to legal literacy from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century. The second part analyses the rise of the ownership and production of legal literature – especially legal books meant for laymen – as means for acquiring a degree of legal literacy from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century.
Conflict and Compromise, Volume 3: Finland examines historical and developmental patterns during the Swedish, Russian and post-independence periods of Finland's history. McRae outlines Finland's changing social structures, showing how the language groups have evolved within these structures in the twentieth century. He compares how Finnish-speaking and Swedish-speaking citizens perceive themselves and other language groups, as well as the similarities and differences in their views on political and social issues. Further, the book describes in detail the constitutional and institutional arrangements for languages in Finland's political and administrative system, as well as in education and the mass media.
"The рurpose of this book is to diѕсuѕѕ the different aspects of leaderѕhiр traitѕ in detail .... Good leaderѕ are develoрed through a never ending рroсeѕѕ of ѕelf-ѕtudy, eduсation, training, and exрerienсe." -From the Introduction In this insightful book, Dr. Oforchukwu explores all dimensions of leadership traits. He presents a paradigm shift in leadership. Thiѕ ѕhift requires thаt ѕuссeѕѕful leаderѕ оf the future will develор а greаter degree оf true leаderѕhiр ѕkills. The essential values of good leaders include integrity and honesty. Trust is an essential ingredient in Perspectives on Leadership. In this book, the author believes that leadership principles can be taught. This book would be used as a core textbook in Leadrship and Management Studies at Spiritan University Nneochi (SUN) as well as studies in Politics, Ethics, Business and Administration.
This is an introduction to the secrets of Urban Design Management (UDM). The book examines the roles of the players involved in land-use projects and describes good collaborative methods of practice in project-based urban design and planning, putting emphasis on the creative co-operative skills and the wide knowledge of the participants in a working group. The role of the architect is examined in relation to design, planning and project management with particular emphasis on collaboration and negotiation skills. Specific issues considered include: The make-up of a good project team Ways to make the project team function together Objectives and benefits of project-orientated planning The need...
S. 113-404: Papers presented at the workshop "Socio-economic sustainability of forestry" in Petrozavodsk, Russia, June 2000.