Entwicklungspolitik

Anthropology, Theatre, and Development

Alex Flynn / Jonas Tinius

The contributors explore diverse contexts of performance to discuss peoples' own reflections on political subjectivities, governance and development. The volume refocuses anthropological engag...

Abschied von der Solidarität?

Andreas Schild

Als Zeitzeuge und Akteur plädiert Andreas Schild für eine neue Orientierung und eine breitere Abstützung der schweizerischen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit. Staatspolitische Interessen, Werte und E...

The Water We Eat

<p>This book pursues a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach in order to analyze the relationship between water and food security. It demonstrates that most of the world’s economies la...

Global Common Good

Die Weltgemeinschaft ist heute mehr denn je mit gewaltigen Herausforderungen konfrontiert. In vielen Regionen der Welt wird diskutiert, welche Entwicklungsparadigmen ethisch verantwortbar, politis...

Origins and Evolution of the US Rebalance toward Asia

This book provides a multifaceted analysis of the so-called US 'rebalance' (or 'pivot') toward Asia by focusing on the diplomatic, military, and economic dimensions of the American...

Strategies Towards the New Sustainability Paradigm

<p>On a historical global turning point, this book offers a thorough exploration of the “New Sustainability Paradigm”, originally developed by the Global Scenario Group (GSG) of the Stoc...

Ethical Engineering for International Development and Environmental Sustainability

<p>Ensuring that their work has a positive influence on society is a responsibility and a privilege for engineers, but also a considerable challenge. This book addresses the ways in which en...

Cultural DNA

Gurnek Bains

<p><b>Develop deeper cultural intelligence to thrive in a globalized world.</b></p> <p><i>Cultural DNA</i> is a thought provoking book for successful enga...

Cultural DNA

Gurnek Bains

Producing Cultural Diversity

Ulrike Niedner-Kalthoff

In ihrer Ethnografie der UNESCO-Verhandlungen zum Schutz der kulturellen Vielfalt beleuchtet Ulrike Niedner-Kalthoff die vielfältigen Prozeduren der Entscheidungsfindung im postnationalen Zeitalt...

Responsible Living

<p>Focusing on the challenges of the transition to responsible, sustainable lifestyles, this book examines developments over the last decade in relation to:</p><p>- the creation ...

Chinesische und westliche Entwicklungshilfe in Afrika im Vergleich: Cui bono?

Stefan Lorenz

Chinas Afrikapolitik wird von vielen westlichen Politikern und Medien äußerst skeptisch betrachtet. Dabei werden häufig verschiedene Vorwürfe laut, die letztlich darauf hinauslaufen, dass die ...

Sicherheitspolitische Entwicklungspolitik - Entwicklungspolitische Sicherheitspolitik? Eine postmoderne Untersuchung deutscher 'Entwicklungszusammenarbeit' in Subsahara-Afrika

Jean A. Charar

Ziel der vorliegenden Studie ist es der Frage nachzugehen, ob und inwiefern sicherheitspolitische Elemente Einfluss auf die klassische - an Armutsbekämpfung und Bildung orientierte - Entwicklungs...

Applied Geoinformatics for Sustainable Integrated Land and Water Resources Management (ILWRM) in the Brahmaputra River basin

<p>The central theme of this book is focused on the analyses and the results which emerged from the international research project BRAHMATWINN sponsored by European Commission (EC) and condu...

Implementing Campus Greening Initiatives

<p>Firmly rooted in the theory and practice of sustainable development, this book offers a comprehensive resource on sustainability, focusing on both industrialized and developing nations. I...

Kultur als Menschenrecht?

Janne Mende

In Menschenrechtsdebatten entzündet sich regelmäßig die Frage, ob es ein kollektives Menschenrecht auf Kultur und Identität gibt. Anhand einer Analyse der Forderungen von indigenen Gruppen in ...

Emerging Bioresources with Nutraceutical and Pharmaceutical Prospects

Seema Patel

​This book introduces some emerging functional foods that are natural resources with tremendous promise as nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals. The author considers biodiversity and bioprospectin...

Transition and Justice

Gerhard Anders / Olaf Zenker

<i>Transition and Justice</i> examines a series of cases from across the African continent where peaceful ‘new beginnings’ were declared after periods of violence and where transit...

Transition and Justice

Gerhard Anders / Olaf Zenker

<i>Transition and Justice</i> examines a series of cases from across the African continent where peaceful ‘new beginnings’ were declared after periods of violence and where transit...

The Growth of Biofuels in the 21st Century

R. Ackrill / A. Kay

This book provides a timely and insightful analysis of the expansion of biofuels production and use in recent years. Drawing on interviews with key policy insiders, Ackrill and Kay show how biofue...