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Farming Systems and Poverty

Improving Farmers' Livelihoods in a Changing World

By: John A. Dixon,David P. Gibbon,Aidan Gulliver,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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Farming Systems and Poverty

Improving Farmers' Livelihoods in a Changing World

By: John A. Dixon,David P. Gibbon,Aidan Gulliver,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

A joint FAO and World Bank study which shows how the farming systems approach can be used to identify priorities for the reduction of hunger and poverty in the main farming systems of the six major developing regions of the world.

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Food & Agriculture Org.

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9251046271

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9789251046272

Gridlock

Why Global Cooperation is Failing when We Need It Most

By: Thomas Hale,David Held,Kevin Young

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Gridlock

Why Global Cooperation is Failing when We Need It Most

By: Thomas Hale,David Held,Kevin Young

The issues that increasingly dominate the 21st century cannot be solved by any single country acting alone, no matter how powerful. To manage the global economy, prevent runaway environmental destruction, reign in nuclear proliferation, or confront other global challenges, we must cooperate. But at the same time, our tools for global policymaking - chiefly state-to-state negotiations over treaties and international institutions - have broken down. The result is gridlock, which manifests across areas via a number of common mechanisms. The rise of new powers representing a more diverse array of interests makes agreement more difficult. The problems themselves have also grown harder as global policy issues penetrate ever more deeply into core domestic concerns. Existing institutions, created for a different world, also lock-in pathological decision-making procedures and render the field ever more complex. All of these processes - in part a function of previous, successful efforts at cooperation - have led global cooperation to fail us even as we need it most. Ranging over the main areas of global concern, from security to the global economy and the environment, this book examines these mechanisms of gridlock and pathways beyond them. It is written in a highly accessible way, making it relevant not only to students of politics and international relations but also to a wider general readership.

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Polity

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0745662382

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9780745662381

Socioeconomic Stress, Health and Child Nutritional Status in Zimbabwe at a Time of Economic Structural Adjustment

A Three Year Longitudinal Study

By: Leon A. Bijlmakers,Mary T. Bassett,David Sanders

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Socioeconomic Stress, Health and Child Nutritional Status in Zimbabwe at a Time of Economic Structural Adjustment

A Three Year Longitudinal Study

By: Leon A. Bijlmakers,Mary T. Bassett,David Sanders

The exact implications of implementing structural adjustment in the social sector in Africa have been hotly disputed and have polarized researchers. Using an empirically-grounded longitudinal study of urban and rural households in Zimbabwe, this report examines the consequences of market-based economic reforms. It focuses on observed changes in the household economy in urban and rural Zimbabwe. The study offers extensive documentation and analysis of shifts in the health status and behavior of the people, as well as changes in health outcomes, especially as they relate to nutritional status and child mortality. The authors make the case for policy reforms that could safeguard the health and well-being of people at a time of continuing economic decline.

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Nordic Africa Institute

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9171064346

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9789171064349

Rethinking Northern Ireland

Culture, Ideology and Colonialism

By: David Miller

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Rethinking Northern Ireland

Culture, Ideology and Colonialism

By: David Miller

Rethinking Northern Ireland provides a coherent and critical account of the Northern Ireland conflict. Most writing on Northern Ireland is informed by British propaganda, unionist ideology or currently popular 'ethnic conflict' paradigm which allows analysts to wallow in a fascination with tribal loyalty. Rethinking Northern Ireland sets the record straight by reembedding the conflict in Ireland in the history of an literature on imperialism and colonialism. Written by Irish, Scottish and English women and men it includes material on neglected topics such as the role of Britain, gender, culture and sectarianism. It presents a formidable challenge to the shibboleths of contemporary debate on Northern Ireland. A just and lasting peace necessitates thorough re-evaluation and Rethinking Northern Ireland provides a stimulus to that urgent task.

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342

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Routledge

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1317884787

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9781317884781

Religion of the People

Methodism and Popular Religion 1750-1900

By: David Hempton

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Religion of the People

Methodism and Popular Religion 1750-1900

By: David Hempton

Taking account of broader patterns of growth, the focus of this book is Methodism in the British Isles. Hempton discusses why Methodism, the most important religious movement in the English-speaking world in the 18th and 19th centuries, grew when and where it did and what was the nature of the Methodist experience for those who embraced it. He also explores the themes of law, politics and gender which lie at the heart of Methodist influence on individuals, communities and social structures.

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Routledge

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1136131566

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9781136131561

Evangelical Protestantism in Ulster Society 1740-1890

By: David Hampton,Myrtle Hull

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Evangelical Protestantism in Ulster Society 1740-1890

By: David Hampton,Myrtle Hull

First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Routledge

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113489905X

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Contemporary Issues in Public Disorder

A Comparative and Historical Approach

By: David Waddington

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Contemporary Issues in Public Disorder

A Comparative and Historical Approach

By: David Waddington

In a comparative study drawing on material from the United States and Britain, this book, first published in 1992, examines how various types of industrial, political, urban and sectarian disorder occur. In the early 1990s public disorder returned to the top of the political agenda, and yet was consistently met with confusion and misunderstanding. Public discussion was superficial and emotive, contributing little helpful enlightenment and creating no prospect of sensible policy change. This book presents the ‘flashpoints’ model, to explain that public disorder is most likely to occur where a group perceives that its rights are being violated or denied. The model is demonstrated in a selection of vivid case studies which are both international and historical in scope, covering British and American inner-city riots, sports spectator violence, and the Troubles in Northern Ireland. In particular it traces the growth of police powers and assesses how effective democratic control over police behaviour actually is. It also considers the assertion that media coverage can have an inflammatory effect on public disorder.

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1000424065

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Introduction to Video Search Engines

By: David C. Gibbon,Zhu Liu

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Introduction to Video Search Engines

By: David C. Gibbon,Zhu Liu

The evolution of technology has set the stage for the rapid growth of the video Web: broadband Internet access is ubiquitous, and streaming media protocols, systems, and encoding standards are mature. In addition to Web video delivery, users can easily contribute content captured on low cost camera phones and other consumer products. The media and entertainment industry no longer views these developments as a threat to their established business practices, but as an opportunity to provide services for more viewers in a wider range of consumption contexts. The emergence of IPTV and mobile video services offers unprecedented access to an ever growing number of broadcast channels and provides the flexibility to deliver new, more personalized video services. Highly capable portable media players allow us to take this personalized content with us, and to consume it even in places where the network does not reach. Video search engines enable users to take advantage of these emerging video resources for a wide variety of applications including entertainment, education and communications. However, the task of information extr- tion from video for retrieval applications is challenging, providing opp- tunities for innovation. This book aims to first describe the current state of video search engine technology and second to inform those with the req- site technical skills of the opportunities to contribute to the development of this field. Today’s Web search engines have greatly improved the accessibility and therefore the value of the Web.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540793372

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9783540793373

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Farming Systems and Poverty

Farming Systems and Poverty

Gridlock

Gridlock

Socioeconomic Stress, Health and Child Nutritional Status in Zimbabwe at a Time of Economic Structural Adjustment

Socioeconomic Stress, Health and Child Nutritional Status in Zimbabwe at a Time of Economic Structural Adjustment

Rethinking Northern Ireland

Rethinking Northern Ireland

Religion of the People

Religion of the People

Evangelical Protestantism in Ulster Society 1740-1890

Evangelical Protestantism in Ulster Society 1740-1890

Contemporary Issues in Public Disorder

Contemporary Issues in Public Disorder

Introduction to Video Search Engines

Introduction to Video Search Engines

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