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The aid triangle [[electronic resource] ] : recognizing the human dynamics of dominance, justice and identity / / Malcolm MacLachlan, Stuart C. Carr and Eilish McAuliffe
| The aid triangle [[electronic resource] ] : recognizing the human dynamics of dominance, justice and identity / / Malcolm MacLachlan, Stuart C. Carr and Eilish McAuliffe |
| Autore | MacLachlan Malcolm |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (184 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.90091724 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
CarrStuart C
Mc AuliffeEilish |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic assistance - Sociological aspects
Economic assistance - Political aspects Economic assistance - Developing countries Economic development - Developing countries Development studies Economics |
| ISBN |
1-350-25092-9
1-282-73871-2 9786612738715 1-84813-835-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | About the authors -- Tables, figures and boxes -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 1 Oxfamming the world -- 2 Philanthropy vs the generosity of the taxpayer -- The idea of development -- Relational development -- A systems triangle -- Figure 1.1 The aid triangle -- Our approach -- 2 Aid -- The idea of aid -- Table 2.1 Some emphatic and emotive book titles attesting to problemsin international aid -- The political economy of aid -- The new millennium -- Inclusive development -- Conclusion -- 3 Dominance -- Dominance in 'knowing what is best for' development -- It's the contradiction, stupid -- What about the 'underdeveloped' guys? -- No, I'm not going to show you the money! -- Table 3.1 Planning balance sheet for project aid and direct budget support -- Dominance behind insinuations of 'corruption' -- Dominance, governance and the tangle of accountability -- Celebrity as dominance -- Box 3.1 Some thoughts on celebrity and international aid -- Table 3.2 Causes associated with most popular celebrities -- Dominance in organizations -- Dominance in institutions -- Figure 3.1 An inverse resonance effect in Tanzania -- Dominance against individuals -- Figure 3.2 Perceived social dominance in different countries -- The system -- Context -- Socialization -- Expatocracy -- A culture myth -- Dominance is not everything -- Conclusion -- 4 Justice -- More corruption -- Types of justice -- Table 4.1 A taxonomy of work justice -- Functionality -- From justice to productivity -- Figure 4.1 Relationship between job satisfaction and managerial consideration -- Figure 4.2 Degree of job satisfaction related to satisfaction with different aspects of the job -- Interventions -- Project aid -- Coping strategies -- Figure 4.3 Theoretical coping strategies in aid projects -- Table 4.2 Items on which pay groups differed -- Box 4.1 Indicative quotes from qualitative research in the Solomon Islands -- Interventions -- Conclusion -- 5 Identity -- Soul wounds -- Group identity -- Institutional identity -- Individual identity -- Figure 5.1 Navigating the dynamics of aid and development -- Inclusion -- Exclusion -- Reactance -- Conversion -- Capacity and capability -- Case example -- Case analysis -- Identity and civil society -- Brand aid -- Conclusion -- 6 Learning -- Capabilities and justice -- Organizational learning theory -- Table 6.1 A taxonomy of organizational learning -- Table 6.2 Principles to facilitate learning in partnerships -- Box 6.1 Reported Irish NGO activity in Africa, circa 2005 -- Recognizing complexity -- Conclusion -- 7 Conclusion -- Contemporary grand narratives -- Incremental improvement -- The scale and rate of change -- Personal transformation and the aid triangle -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Anthropology and development : understanding contemporary social change / / Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan ; translated by Antoinette Tidjani Alou
| Anthropology and development : understanding contemporary social change / / Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan ; translated by Antoinette Tidjani Alou |
| Autore | Olivier de Sardan Jean-Pierre |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , ©2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.4/096 |
| Soggetto topico |
Applied anthropology - Africa
Social change - Africa Development studies |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-350-21850-2
1-84813-613-7 1-78032-755-2 1-281-25875-X 9786611258757 1-84813-055-4 |
| Classificazione |
73.02
MS 1290 MS 9350 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction : the three approaches in the anthropology of development -- Socio-anthropology of development : some preliminary statements -- Anthropology, sociology, Africa, and development : a brief historical overview -- A renewal of anthropology? -- Stereotypes, ideologies, and conceptions -- Is an anthropology of innovation possible? -- Developmentist populism and social science populism : ideology, action, knowledge -- Relations of production and modes of economic action -- Development projects and social logic -- Popular knowledge and scientific and technical knowledge -- Mediations and brokerage -- Arenas and strategic games -- Conclusion : the dialogue between social scientists and developers. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996203975603316 |
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| London, England : , : Zed Books, , ©2005 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Anthropology and development : understanding contemporary social change / / Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan ; translated by Antoinette Tidjani Alou
| Anthropology and development : understanding contemporary social change / / Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan ; translated by Antoinette Tidjani Alou |
| Autore | Olivier de Sardan Jean-Pierre |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , ©2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.4/096 |
| Soggetto topico |
Applied anthropology - Africa
Social change - Africa Development studies |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-350-21850-2
1-84813-613-7 1-78032-755-2 1-281-25875-X 9786611258757 1-84813-055-4 |
| Classificazione |
73.02
MS 1290 MS 9350 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction : the three approaches in the anthropology of development -- Socio-anthropology of development : some preliminary statements -- Anthropology, sociology, Africa, and development : a brief historical overview -- A renewal of anthropology? -- Stereotypes, ideologies, and conceptions -- Is an anthropology of innovation possible? -- Developmentist populism and social science populism : ideology, action, knowledge -- Relations of production and modes of economic action -- Development projects and social logic -- Popular knowledge and scientific and technical knowledge -- Mediations and brokerage -- Arenas and strategic games -- Conclusion : the dialogue between social scientists and developers. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910172258803321 |
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Olivier de Sardan Jean-Pierre
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| London, England : , : Zed Books, , ©2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Beyond colonialism, development and globalization : social movements and critical perspectives / / edited by Dominique Caouette and Dip Kapoor
| Beyond colonialism, development and globalization : social movements and critical perspectives / / edited by Dominique Caouette and Dip Kapoor |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London [England] : , : Zed Books, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (306 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.484 |
| Soggetto topico |
Social movements
Globalization Economic development Development studies Migration, immigration & emigration |
| ISBN |
1-350-21861-8
1-78360-586-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front Cover; About the Editors; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Beyond Colonialism, Development and Globalization; Introduction; Beyond development and globalization: constructivism, post-development, postcolonial and subaltern studies and indigenous perspectives; The book: beyond development and globalization; References; Part I: Indigenous and Peasant Movement Perspectives; 2 Subaltern Social Movements and Development in India; Introduction; Accelerated development and subaltern displacement, dispossession and assertions in India. Lok Adhikar Manch (LAM), Orissa and SSM post-mortems of developmentSSM articulations and the prospects for radical political praxis; Concluding reflections; Note; References; 3 Democratic Hopes, Neoliberal Transnational Government(re)ality; Introduction; Topographic power and transnational governmentality in Africa; Grounding the discussion: defending the salt flats of Songor; Being held in trust: a constitution for the people?; Notes; References; 4 Indigenous Movement Politics in Bolivia; Introduction; Contemporary Bolivia; Explaining the rise of the indigenous movement; Decolonization. Building a plurinational stateConclusion; Notes; References; Part II Acting across Borders; 5 What Are Peasants Saying about Development?; Introduction; The cultural politics of radical social movements; Building unity within diversity; Food sovereignty: 'feeding the world and cooling the planet'; Conclusion; Notes; References; 6 Debunking the Productivist Myth; Introduction; Productivism; Global assault on farmers; Pushing back: food sovereignty; Sustainable Uruguay; Conclusion; Notes; References. 7 Neoliberal Immigration and Temporary Foreign Worker Programmes in a Time of Economic Crisis -- Introduction; Neoliberal immigration management; Canada's brand of global capitalism pushing people to migrate; Free trade, unfree labour; Resistance through crisis: local and global; Conclusion; References; 8 Working for a Day Off; Introduction; Fighting for a day off; Links in different national contexts; Efficacy of transnational activism; Conclusion; Notes; References; 9 The Alter-globalization Movement: A New Humanism?; Introduction; Basic conception of humanism. The WSF as a humanist movement: key featuresThe rigidity and contradictions in defining the actual role of an 'open space'; The question of a political strategy; The resources problem; Conclusions; Notes; References; Part III Reflections on Critical Knowledge, Culture and Pedagogy; 10 Liberating Development from the Rule of an Episteme; Introduction; Ruling culture; Counting the productivity of cultural work; Conclusion; Notes; References; 11 Neoliberal Globalization as Settler Colonialism the Remix; Introduction; Mapping the neoliberal order; Indigenizing Harvey. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798096103321 |
| London [England] : , : Zed Books, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Beyond colonialism, development and globalization : social movements and critical perspectives / / edited by Dominique Caouette and Dip Kapoor
| Beyond colonialism, development and globalization : social movements and critical perspectives / / edited by Dominique Caouette and Dip Kapoor |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London [England] : , : Zed Books, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (306 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.484 |
| Soggetto topico |
Social movements
Globalization Economic development Development studies Migration, immigration & emigration |
| ISBN |
1-350-21861-8
1-78360-586-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front Cover; About the Editors; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Beyond Colonialism, Development and Globalization; Introduction; Beyond development and globalization: constructivism, post-development, postcolonial and subaltern studies and indigenous perspectives; The book: beyond development and globalization; References; Part I: Indigenous and Peasant Movement Perspectives; 2 Subaltern Social Movements and Development in India; Introduction; Accelerated development and subaltern displacement, dispossession and assertions in India. Lok Adhikar Manch (LAM), Orissa and SSM post-mortems of developmentSSM articulations and the prospects for radical political praxis; Concluding reflections; Note; References; 3 Democratic Hopes, Neoliberal Transnational Government(re)ality; Introduction; Topographic power and transnational governmentality in Africa; Grounding the discussion: defending the salt flats of Songor; Being held in trust: a constitution for the people?; Notes; References; 4 Indigenous Movement Politics in Bolivia; Introduction; Contemporary Bolivia; Explaining the rise of the indigenous movement; Decolonization. Building a plurinational stateConclusion; Notes; References; Part II Acting across Borders; 5 What Are Peasants Saying about Development?; Introduction; The cultural politics of radical social movements; Building unity within diversity; Food sovereignty: 'feeding the world and cooling the planet'; Conclusion; Notes; References; 6 Debunking the Productivist Myth; Introduction; Productivism; Global assault on farmers; Pushing back: food sovereignty; Sustainable Uruguay; Conclusion; Notes; References. 7 Neoliberal Immigration and Temporary Foreign Worker Programmes in a Time of Economic Crisis -- Introduction; Neoliberal immigration management; Canada's brand of global capitalism pushing people to migrate; Free trade, unfree labour; Resistance through crisis: local and global; Conclusion; References; 8 Working for a Day Off; Introduction; Fighting for a day off; Links in different national contexts; Efficacy of transnational activism; Conclusion; Notes; References; 9 The Alter-globalization Movement: A New Humanism?; Introduction; Basic conception of humanism. The WSF as a humanist movement: key featuresThe rigidity and contradictions in defining the actual role of an 'open space'; The question of a political strategy; The resources problem; Conclusions; Notes; References; Part III Reflections on Critical Knowledge, Culture and Pedagogy; 10 Liberating Development from the Rule of an Episteme; Introduction; Ruling culture; Counting the productivity of cultural work; Conclusion; Notes; References; 11 Neoliberal Globalization as Settler Colonialism the Remix; Introduction; Mapping the neoliberal order; Indigenizing Harvey. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814226503321 |
| London [England] : , : Zed Books, , 2015 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Biofuels, land grabbing and food security in Africa / / edited by Prosper B. Matondi, Kjell Havnevik and Atakilte Beyene
| Biofuels, land grabbing and food security in Africa / / edited by Prosper B. Matondi, Kjell Havnevik and Atakilte Beyene |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , ©2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | xii, 230 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 307.720967 |
| Collana | Africa now |
| Soggetto topico |
Energy crops industry - Social aspects - Africa
Land use, Rural - Africa Food security - Africa Development studies |
| ISBN |
1-350-21867-7
1-84813-881-4 1-283-17200-3 9786613172006 1-84813-880-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Grabbing of African lands for energy and food : implications for land rights, food security and smallholders / Kjell Havnevik -- Biofuel governance : a matter of discursive and actor intermesh / Marie Widengård -- Peak oil and climate change : triggers of the drive for biofuel production / Rune Skarstein -- Attracting foreign direct investment in Africa in the context of land grabbing for biofuels and food security / Prosper B. Matondi and Patience Mutopo -- Smallholder-led transformation towards biofuel production in Ethiopia / Atakilte Beyene -- Biofuel, land and environmental issues : the case of SEKAB's biofuel plans in Tanzania / Kjell Havnevik and Hanne Haaland -- Agro-investments in Zimbabwe at a time of redistributive land reforms / Prosper B. Matondi -- Competition between biofuel and food? : evidence from a jatropha biodiesel project in Northern Ghana / Festus Boamah -- Conclusion : land grabbing, smallholder farmers and the meaning of agro-investor-driven agrarian change in Africa / Prosper B. Matondi, Kjell Havnevik and Atakilte Beyene. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910540328303321 |
| London, England : , : Zed Books, , ©2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Broadcasting the end of apartheid : live television and the birth of the new South Africa / / by Martha Evans
| Broadcasting the end of apartheid : live television and the birth of the new South Africa / / by Martha Evans |
| Autore | Evans Martha |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina |
968.064
302.23450968 |
| Soggetto topico |
Apartheid in mass media
Television and politics - South Africa - History - 20th century Development studies |
| ISBN |
0-7556-1906-4
0-85773-583-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Timeline -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Media Events and South African National Identity -- 2.Events Envy: South Africa's Exclusion from the Media Events of the '60s, '70s and '80s -- 3.The Shamanizing Ayatollah: Mandela and the Dismantling of Apartheid -- 4. Disrupting the Centre: 'Liveness' and the Negotiation of Disaster During the Transition -- 5. The Televised Birth of the Rainbow Nation: The Election and Mandela's Inauguration -- 6.Consolidation: South Africa's Return to the Global Fold and the Making of Madiba -- Conclusion -- References. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910154882303321 |
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Evans Martha
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| London : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2014 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Business, Politics, and the State in Africa : Challenging the Orthodoxies on Growth and Transformation / / Tim Kelsall
| Business, Politics, and the State in Africa : Challenging the Orthodoxies on Growth and Transformation / / Tim Kelsall |
| Autore | Kelsall Tim |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (147 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.96 |
| Soggetto topico | Development studies |
| ISBN |
1-350-21881-2
1-78032-333-6 1-283-92415-3 1-78032-332-8 |
| Classificazione | 83.30 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
About the author; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: growth, governance, and economic transformation in Africa; The debate about African growth; The role of industrial policy in development; Rents and economic development; Neo-patrimonialism and the problem of African governance; Developmental patrimonialism?; 1 Developmental Patrimonialism?; Rent management and development -- a model; Figure 1.1 A typology of rent management; Rent management and economic performance in Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, and Malawi.
Table 1.1 Regimes, rent management, and economic performanceConclusions; 2 Tanzania: growth without poverty reduction; Historical context; Rents, industrial policy, and investment; Sectoral examples; Economic performance; Conclusions; 3 Ghana: a star but static performer; Historical context; Rents, industrial policy, and the investment climate; Sector evidence; Economic performance; Conclusions; 4 Ethiopia: rent-seekers and productive capitalists; Historical context; Rents, industrial policy, and investment; Sectoral examples; Economic performance; Conclusions. 5 Rwanda: the party leads, the market followsHistorical context; Rents, industrial policy, and investment; Sectoral examples; Economic performance; Conclusions; 6 Conclusion: challenging the orthodoxies on business and politics in Africa; Revisiting our argument; Reflections on our cases and our model; Table 6.1 Selected economic indicators: Tanzania, Ghana, Ethiopia, Rwanda; Figure 6.1 Mixed rent management -- the new African modal type; Beyond the model; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786095603321 |
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Kelsall Tim
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| London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2013 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Business, Politics, and the State in Africa : Challenging the Orthodoxies on Growth and Transformation / / Tim Kelsall
| Business, Politics, and the State in Africa : Challenging the Orthodoxies on Growth and Transformation / / Tim Kelsall |
| Autore | Kelsall Tim |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (147 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.96 |
| Soggetto topico | Development studies |
| ISBN |
1-350-21881-2
1-78032-333-6 1-283-92415-3 1-78032-332-8 |
| Classificazione | 83.30 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
About the author; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: growth, governance, and economic transformation in Africa; The debate about African growth; The role of industrial policy in development; Rents and economic development; Neo-patrimonialism and the problem of African governance; Developmental patrimonialism?; 1 Developmental Patrimonialism?; Rent management and development -- a model; Figure 1.1 A typology of rent management; Rent management and economic performance in Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, and Malawi.
Table 1.1 Regimes, rent management, and economic performanceConclusions; 2 Tanzania: growth without poverty reduction; Historical context; Rents, industrial policy, and investment; Sectoral examples; Economic performance; Conclusions; 3 Ghana: a star but static performer; Historical context; Rents, industrial policy, and the investment climate; Sector evidence; Economic performance; Conclusions; 4 Ethiopia: rent-seekers and productive capitalists; Historical context; Rents, industrial policy, and investment; Sectoral examples; Economic performance; Conclusions. 5 Rwanda: the party leads, the market followsHistorical context; Rents, industrial policy, and investment; Sectoral examples; Economic performance; Conclusions; 6 Conclusion: challenging the orthodoxies on business and politics in Africa; Revisiting our argument; Reflections on our cases and our model; Table 6.1 Selected economic indicators: Tanzania, Ghana, Ethiopia, Rwanda; Figure 6.1 Mixed rent management -- the new African modal type; Beyond the model; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823484403321 |
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Kelsall Tim
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| London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2013 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Causal Mechanisms in the Global Development of Social Policies
| Causal Mechanisms in the Global Development of Social Policies |
| Autore | Kuhlmann Johanna |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, : Springer International Publishing AG, 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (462 p.) |
| Disciplina | 361.61 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | NullmeierFrank |
| Collana | Global Dynamics of Social Policy |
| Soggetto topico |
Central government policies
Social work Development studies |
| Soggetto non controllato |
welfare state
pensions health care social assistance social insurance social security |
| ISBN | 3-030-91088-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910571783103321 |
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Kuhlmann Johanna
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| Cham, : Springer International Publishing AG, 2022 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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