Debt Crisis and Popular Social Protest in Sri Lanka
Title | Debt Crisis and Popular Social Protest in Sri Lanka PDF eBook |
Author | S. Janaka Biyanwila |
Publisher | Emerald Group Publishing |
Pages | 275 |
Release | 2023-10-17 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1837970246 |
Fusing the regional with the global, this book widens its perspective from a distinct, national moment to an international interdependency with the power to ripple across every corner of the globe.
Free Markets and Food Riots
Title | Free Markets and Food Riots PDF eBook |
Author | John K. Walton |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 398 |
Release | 2008-09-15 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0470712716 |
This book describes and explains the extraordinary wave of popular protest that swept across the so-called Third World and the countries of the former socialist bloc during the period from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, in response to the mounting debt crisis and the austerity measures widely adopted as part of economic "reform" and "adjustment". Explores this general proposition in a cross-national study of the austerity protests, or the 'IMF Riots' that have affected so many debtor nations since the mid-1970s Argues that modern austerity protests, like the classical "bread riots" in eighteenth-century Europe are political acts aimed at injustice, but acts that are an integral part of the process of international economic and political restructuring Evaluates how modern food riots are most important for what they reveal about global economic transformation and its social, and political, consequences Provides a general framework (drawing on comparative and historical material) and then trace the cycle of uneven development, debt, neo-liberal reform, and protest in Latin America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe Focusses on the role of women in structural adjustment and protest politics and the features of seemingly anomalous cases which qualify the general argument
Social Sector Development and Inclusive Growth in India
Title | Social Sector Development and Inclusive Growth in India PDF eBook |
Author | Ishu Chadda |
Publisher | Emerald Group Publishing |
Pages | 245 |
Release | 2023-09-01 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1837531862 |
Social Sector Development and Inclusive Growth in India examines whether growth strategies based on the human development approach render growth inclusive. This comprehensive study considers all components of the social sector in aggregate and also covers both the financial and physical aspects.
Social Constructions of Migration in Nigeria and Zimbabwe
Title | Social Constructions of Migration in Nigeria and Zimbabwe PDF eBook |
Author | Kunle Musbaudeen Oparinde |
Publisher | Emerald Group Publishing |
Pages | 163 |
Release | 2024-09-24 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1835491685 |
Examining this pressing field of study in an underexplored regional context, this book takes a refreshing new angle to deepen our understanding around the causes and effects of migration.
The Socially Constructed and Reproduced Youth Delinquency in Southeast Asia
Title | The Socially Constructed and Reproduced Youth Delinquency in Southeast Asia PDF eBook |
Author | Jason Hung |
Publisher | Emerald Group Publishing |
Pages | 125 |
Release | 2023-09-14 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1837538883 |
Analysing the causes and effects of a variety of youth delinquent behaviours, both digital and conventional, this book aligns insightful sociological inquiry with an ongoing regional phenomenon.
Critical Reflections on the Internationalisation of Higher Education in the Global South
Title | Critical Reflections on the Internationalisation of Higher Education in the Global South PDF eBook |
Author | Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis |
Publisher | Emerald Group Publishing |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 2024-04-26 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1804557781 |
If you are involved in academia, policy-making, or are simply curious about the complex features of internationalisation in the Global South, this work is your roadmap to deeper, more critical reflections on the internationalisation of higher education.
Gendered Perspectives of Restorative Justice, Violence and Resilience
Title | Gendered Perspectives of Restorative Justice, Violence and Resilience PDF eBook |
Author | Bev Orton |
Publisher | Emerald Group Publishing |
Pages | 189 |
Release | 2023-08-22 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1803823836 |
Providing an in-depth, international perspective of women’s resilience, Gendered Perspectives of Restorative Justice, Violence and Resilience: An International Framework shines crucial visibility on a diverse, gendered lens of intervention, empowerment and understanding of violence and resilience.