Interdisciplinarity and climate change : transforming knowledge and practice for our global future / / edited by Roy Bhaskar. [and others]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910792385003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• ISBN: 1-136-99669-9; 1-136-99670-2; 1-282-56987-2; 9786612569876; 0-203-85531-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (278 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): BhaskarRoy <1944->
• Disciplina: 363.73874; 551.6
• Soggetti: Climatic changes; Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge; Globalization
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1 Contexts of interdisciplinarity: Interdisciplinarity and climate change; 2 Critical realist interdisciplinarity: A research agenda to support action on global warming; 3 Seven theses on CO2- reductionism and its interdisciplinary counteraction; 4 The dangerous climate of disciplinary tunnel vision; 5 Consumption - a missing dimension in climate policy; 6 Global warming and cultural/media articulations of emerging and contending social imaginaries: A critical realist perspective; 7 Climate change: Brokering interdisciplinarity across the physical and social sciences8 The need for a transdisciplinary understanding of development in a hot and crowded world; 9 Knowledge, democracy and action in response to climate change; 10 Technological idealism: The case of the thorium fuel cycle; 11 Food crises and global warming: Critical realism and the need to re-institutionalize science; 12 Towards a dialectics of knowledge and care in the global system; 13 Epilogue: the travelling circus of climate change: A conference tourist and his ; confessions; Further reading; Biographical notes on contributorsIndex
• Sommario/riassunto: Interdisciplinarity and Climate Change is a major new book addressing one of the most challenging questions of our time. Its unique standpoint is based on the recognition that effective and coherent interdisciplinarity is necessary to deal with the issue of climate change, and the multitude of linked phenomena which both constitute and connect to it. In the opening chapter, Roy Bhaskar makes use of the extensive resources of critical realism to articulate a comprehensive framework for multidisciplinarity, interdisciplinarity, transdisciplinarity and cross-disciplinary

Rethinking economic growth : towards productive and inclusive Arab societies

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910954073903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Beirut, : ILO Regional Office for the Arab States, 2012
• ISBN: 92-2-126780-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (152 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.917; 330.9174927
• Soggetti: Economic development - Arab countries; Arab countries Economic conditions; Arab countries Social conditions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title page; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of text boxes; Foreword; Background papers; Acronyms; List of definitions; OVERVIEW Summary of findings and policy directions; Introduction; The labour demand side:binding macroeconomic policy constraints; The supply side: more education but low labour force participation; The labour market inaction: mixed results across the region; Quality of employment, poverty, inequality and social ; protection; Prospects; General policy directions; 1. Macroeconomic policy coherence aimed at economic growth and shared benefits; 2. Promotion of participatory and inclusive social dialogue 3. Expansion of coverage and increased effectiveness of social protection; Specific policies; 4. Improved migration management; 5. Well-designed employment policies and active labour market programmes; 6. Increased quality and greater relevance of education and training; 7. Better statistics and effective monitoring and evaluation of policies and programmes; Chapter 1 Output and employment growth; Introduction; Slow growth but fast employment creation; Figure 1.1: Arab countries had low GDP per capita growth in the 1980's and 1990's; Figure 1.2: GDP growth in the Arab region accelerated after 2000 but was still slower than other regions Sectoral changes in employment: resilient agriculture and expanding services; Figure 1.3: The employment response to output growth was significant; Figure 1.4: Productivity gains have been small in the Arab region; Figure 1.5: In relation to incomes, employment growth in agriculture is still high in the Arab region; The private sector: still constrained after the reforms; Figure 1.6: Labour reallocation across sectors contributed negatively to productivity growth in the Arab region; Figure 1.7: Most employment gains were in the services sector Figure 1.8: Selected indicators for the private sector; Figure 1.9: Investments in manufacturing led to sizeable employment creation; Figure 1.10: Access to land is a major or severe constraint on investment; Table 1.1 Private sector priority constraints from enterprise surveys 2000's; The key role of migration in the region; Table 1.2: Employment growth (number) Jordan, 2000-2009; Social unrest: the ingredients were present; Text box 1.1: From regional economic champion to leader of the political transformation; Figure 1.11: Income growth and voice and accountability have been low in the Arab states Text box 1.2: Liberalisation and employment; Post-2010 policies: a strategic approach required; Table 1.3: Country responses to the Arab spring by employment measure, post-2010; Text box 1.3: Labour standards, economic performance and inequality; Concluding remarks; Chapter 2 Population, labour, supply, employment and unemployment; Introduction; Figure 2.1: Population and labour force pressures have declined in the last 20 years; Figure 2.2: Ratio of youth-to-adult population declined continuously...; Figure 2.3: Demographic dependency has declined
• Sommario/riassunto: This report traces the consequences of the ""Arab Spring"" for labour markets in the wake of a surge in commodity and energy prices; the impacts of a global recession on public revenues; increased uncertainty for investors; a rise in unemployment; and greater demands for social justice. It concludes that economic growth in the next decade hinges on good governance to enable structural and institutional reforms.