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- Islamism, Secularism and Human Rights in the Middle East
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Author: Monshipouri, Mahmood Issue: Volume 9, ...
Book review - admin - 2009-12-08 09:19
- Westernising the Third World: the Eurocentricity of Economic Development Theories
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Author: Mehmet, Ozay Issue: Volume 6, Number ...
Book review - admin - 2009-12-22 08:32
- Split Decisions: How and Why to Take a Break from Feminism
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Author: Halley, Janet Publisher: Princeton, NJ and Oxford: Princeton Universi ...
Book review - admin - 2009-12-10 08:56
- Gender, energy, and empowerment: a case study of the Rural Energy Development Program in Nepal
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Rural women in general, and mountain women in particular, are greatly involved in managing household energy systems in Nepal. Alternative energy technologies have a high potential to reduce women's workloads and improve their health status, as well as i ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2011-08-05 16:05
- Using participatory impact diagrams to evaluate a community development project in Kenya
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Participatory approaches for impact assessment are increasingly becoming popular with development organisations for engaging multiple stakeholders. We present our use of participatory impact diagrams as an evaluation tool within a mixed methods impact a ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2013-02-25 16:11
- Mayan dress as a text: contested meanings
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This article focuses on the importance, complexity and ambiguity of the symbolic terrain both in everyday life and in social struggle. Taking Mayan women's traditional dress or traje as a text, the author reflects upon the multiple and contested meanings ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:42
- Gender in the rural environment
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The Institute of Rural Management at Anand (IRMA) in Gujarat, India, convened a workshop in April 1993 involving social scientists, environmentalists and gender experts, from India and the UK. Discussions centred on the application of gender analysis to t ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:54
- The community re-integration of Romanian orphanage graduates
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In 1994, the authors conducted research in the Iasi district of Romania, and present here findings about institutionalised children's aspirations, education, level of family contact and their assessment of the problems they face. The research provides som ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:57
- Alternative microfinance institutions and vulnerability
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The author argues, using the example of microfinance institutions, that it is essential to build genuinely solid and alternative institutions if development is to take its direction from the poor and vulnerable. He sets out his view of the characteristics ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:01
- Development-induced forced migration: a practical example
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Based on primary research, this paper describes the negative human, occupational, and environmental impacts of the Kiraz Dere dam project in Turkey, concluding that financial compensation for people who are displaced by such projects is unlikely in itself ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:05
