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Affective Economies: Indigenous Conflict Over Natural Resources In Contemporary India, Jesse Benjamin Mar 2012

Affective Economies: Indigenous Conflict Over Natural Resources In Contemporary India, Jesse Benjamin

Jesse Benjamin

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Building Democracy In Japan, Mary Alice Haddad Dec 2011

Building Democracy In Japan, Mary Alice Haddad

Mary Alice Haddad

How is democracy made real? How does an undemocratic country create new institutions and transform its polity such that democratic values and practices become integral parts of its political culture? These are some of the most pressing questions of our times, and they are the central inquiry of Building Democracy in Japan. Using the Japanese experience as starting point, this book develops a new approach to the study of democratization that examines state-society interactions as a country adjusts its existing political culture to accommodate new democratic values, institutions and practices. With reference to the country's history, the book focuses on …

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Immigration And Social Justice, David Ingram Dec 2001

Immigration And Social Justice, David Ingram

David Ingram

Examines cosmopolitan and communitarian approaches to immigration policy against the backdrop of North/South economic disparities, the oil crisis of the 1970s; the growth of indebtedness in the developing world; and disparities in population growth between developed and undeveloped countries.

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Minority Procurement: Beyond Affirmative Action To Economic Empowerment, Sherri Wallace Dec 1998

Minority Procurement: Beyond Affirmative Action To Economic Empowerment, Sherri Wallace

Sherri L. Wallace

This is an inferential case study of minority procurement activity in Erie County situated in the ambivalent climate regarding the continuation of federal procurement policies to minorities.  

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