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Understanding Third World Politics

Theories of Political Change and Development

Understanding Third World Politics gives a comprehensive and critical introduction to the main theories of political science used to understand political change in developing countries. It provides an overview of the variety of political institutions and processes in the third world, and critically evaluates the major explanatory frameworks used by political scientist to understand them. The discussion is supported throughout by carefully-chosen, contemporary examples from around the world. The book concludes by considering the political instability that so frequently plagues poor countries and by identifying the conditions required to establish democratic stability. This third edition has been extensively revised and updated throughout and offers a clear and theoretically rigorous introduction to the politics of the third world.

What has held back development is lack of know-how, enterprise, capital and pre
-capitalist social and political ... cause 'shifts in peripheral economic activity and
relations with the metropolis', as when metropolitan interests are 'displaced' from
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Understanding Urban Ecosystems

A New Frontier for Science and Education

Nowhere on Earth is the challenge for ecological understanding greater, and yet more urgent, than in those parts of the globe where human activity is most intense - cities. People need to understand how cities work as ecological systems so they can take control of the vital links between human actions and environmental quality, and work for an ecologically and economically sustainable future. An ecosystem approach integrates biological, physical and social factors and embraces historical and geographical dimensions, providing our best hope for coping with the complexity of cities. This book is a first of its kind effort to bring together leaders in the biological, physical and social dimensions of urban ecosystem research with leading education researchers, administrators and practitioners, to show how an understanding of urban ecosystems is vital for urban dwellers to grasp the fundamentals of ecological and environmental science, and to understand their own environment.

hydrology and atmospheric science also require further development in the new
arena of the metropolis. Again, more refined characterizations of the physical
environment that can be linked to ecological process are needed. Does the water
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Applications of Social Network Analysis for Building Community Disaster Resilience

Workshop Summary

Social Network Analysis (SNA) is the identification of the relationships and attributes of members, key actors, and groups that social networks comprise. The National Research Council, at the request of the Department of Homeland Security, held a two-day workshop on the use of SNA for the purpose of building community disaster resilience. The workshop, summarized in this volume, was designed to provide guidance to the DHS on a potential research agenda that would increase the effectiveness of SNA for improving community disaster resilience. The workshop explored the state of the art in SNA and its applications in the identification, construction, and strengthening of networks within U.S. communities. Workshop participants discussed current work in SNA focused on characterizing networks; the theories, principles and research applicable to the design or strengthening of networks; the gaps in knowledge that prevent the application of SNA to the construction of networks; and research areas that could fill those gaps. Elements of a research agenda to support the design, development, and implementation of social networks for the specific purpose of strengthening community resilience against natural and human-made disasters were discussed.

Analysis. for. Improved. Disaster. Preparedness. and. Intervention. Planning.
Chapter 2 summarized presentations and discussions of the first session of the
workshop regarding case studies and real-world examples of social network
analysis ...

Community Analysis and Planning Techniques

Note The following materials are also available from the author: The Community
Analysis and Planning Programs (CAPP), an integrated set of menu-driven
programs for the IBM Personal Computer and compatible equipment, that
implement ...

Acting on Ethics in City Planning

How do practicing planners understand the ethics of their profession? What do they do when confronted with ethical conflicts in their day-today work? How can the planning profession help planners make ethical decisions? In this insightful, lively, and compassionate book, Elizabeth Howe explores how planners define ethical issues and make ethical choices. Howe is not concerned with a distant or abstract ethics but rather with the actual ethical dilemmas planners face in everyday practice. This book is about real people making difficult choices in real situations. The cases Howe examines derive from nearly 150 hours of personal interviews with 96 professional planners, and responses to follow-up questionnaires. One planner, for example, realized that complete and accurate reporting of a technical analysis would have politically damaging consequences. Another found that her promise of confidentiality to a developer conflicted with her commitment to fairness and an open planning process. For a third, loyalty to elected officials was at odds with his deeply held belief that the public interest would be furthered through construction of affordable housing. To what extent did planners define these as ethical issues, what did they think about them, and how did they act? Howe's answers to these questions are perceptive and revealing. In Part I, she probes the nature of ethical issues through a hierarchy of principles including lawfulness, justice, accountability, and serving the public interest. Part II reveals that planners' actions vary considerably depending on how they view the role of planners (from technician to activist) and on their approach to ethics. She explores the determinants of ethical action in Part III. This book should be read by every practicing planner wondering how others deal with the workaday world. It is required reading for every student seeking a glimpse of the profession outside the classroom. And it will inform and reward all those concerned with the necessity of acting on ethics in an imperfect world.

the application of this framework to the planners' actions does support the idea
that a balanced approach to ethics is the most satisfactory. In order to be ethical,
the planners (1) had to be able to see that an ethical issue existed; (2) had to be ...

The challenge of sustainability

Linking politics, education and learning

This timely and accessible book explores the links between politics, learning and sustainability. Its central focus is the future of people and the planet itself. The challenges that we face in combatting climate change and building a more sustainable world are complex and the book argues that if we are to successfully meet these challenges we need a fundamental change in the way we do politics and economics, embedding a lifelong commitment to sustainability in all learning. We have no option but to make things work for the better. After all, planet earth is the only home we have! The book will be important reading for academics and students in a variety of related subjects, including politics, public policy, education, sustainable development, geography, media, international relations and development studies. It will also be a valuable resource for NGOs and policy makers.

This approach seeks to achieve the sustainable use of ecosystem products and
services through the adoption of a number of key principles.These include:
respecting the biological limits of ecosystem structures; managing ecosystems for
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The Struggle to Constitute and Sustain Productive Orders

Vincent Ostrom's Quest to Understand Human Affairs

This book identifies the criteria for successful constitutions in both theory and practice using the research and methodology of Vincent Ostrom.

A common language is an important principle of aggregation, but it is not
sufficient, even in a united Italy, to achieve self-governing patterns of human
relationship and to prevent domination and exploitation. Finally, the constitutive
dynamics of ...

Handbook of Monetary Policy

"Examines the politics of economic policy, focusing on forecasting, inflation, interest rates, market expectations, financial crises, disruptions in global markets, and tax policy, as well as state and local government budgeting, financial management, and policy initiatives for development and growth."

In doing so, inflation interferes with the provision of investment capital, as well as
its allocation.1 Such interference is then detrimental to long-run capital formation
and to real activity. Moreover, high enough rates of inflation are typically ...

Handbook of Monetary and Fiscal Policy

Examines the politics of economic policy, focusing on forecasting, inflation, interest rates, market expectations, financial crises, disruptions in global markets, and tax policy, as well as state and local government budgeting, financial management, and policy initiatives for development and growth.

In doing so, inflation interferes with the provision of investment capital, as well as
its allocation.1 Such interference is then detrimental to long-run capital formation
and to real activity. Moreover, high enough rates of inflation are typically ...