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White gold : the commercialisation of rice farming in the lower mekong basin
This open access book is about understanding the processes involved in the transformation of smallholder rice farming in the Lower Mekong Basin from a low-yielding subsistence activity to one producing the surpluses needed for national self-sufficiency and a high-value export industry. For centuries, farmers in the Basin have regarded rice as “white gold”, reflecting its centrality to their…
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- 9789811509988
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- XXVIII, 456 p. ; ill.
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- 633.18
Civil Society Elites in the Italian Third Sector : A Comparative Perspective
This open access book unveils the hidden elite of Italy's third sector, offering a rare glimpse into the lives and minds of civil society's most influential leaders. Bridging elite and civil society studies, it presents pioneering research on these powerful yet understudied figures. Through in-depth analysis, the chapters reveal surprising insights about the elite's composition, attitudes, care…
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- 1
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- 9783031714443
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- XI, 152 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Civil Society Elites : Exploring the Composition, Reproduction, Integration, …
This open access book introduces a groundbreaking concept - civil society elites - and serves as an essential resource for scholars, researchers and students interested in the complexities of power and influence within contemporary civil societies. Through a series of unique empirical studies, the authors offer a comprehensive examination of the individuals occupying the upper echelons of influ…
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- 1
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- 9783031401503
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- XXII, 332 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Resourceful Civil Society : Navigating the Changing Landscapes of Civil Socie…
This open access book examines how civil society organizations in Poland, Russia, and Sweden (re)act to transformations of opportunities and limitations in access to various forms of resources. The volume’s contributions discuss the constraints associated with different types of resources as well as organizations’ capacities to generate resources—or compensate for their lack—as they neg…
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- 1
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- 9783030990077
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- XIX, 366 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Antisemitism in North America: New World, Old Hate
In Antisemitism in North America, the editors have brought together an impressive array of scholars from diverse disciplines and political orientations to assess the condition of the Jews in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean. The contributors do not always agree with each other, but they offer perspectives of why the Jewish experience in North America has neither been free fr…
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- Volume: 26
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- 9789004307148
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Antique Dealing and Creative Reuse in Cairo and Damascus 1850-1890: Intercult…
The commodification of Islamic antiques intensified in the late Ottoman Empire, an age of domestic reform and increased European interference following the Tanzimat (reorganisation) of 1839. Mercedes Volait examines the social life of typical objects moving from Cairo and Damascus to Paris, London, and beyond, uncovers the range of agencies and subjectivities involved in the trade of architectu…
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- Volume: 12
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- 9789004449886
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Antiquarianismus in Rom
The open access publication of this book has been published with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation. Die vorliegende Monographie entwirft eine literaturgeschichtliche Gesamtdarstellung des römischen Antiquarianismus vom 2. Jahrhundert v. Chr. bis zum 3. Jahrhundert n. Chr. Ausgangspunkt ist die begrifflich-konzeptuelle Neuprofilierung des Phänomens. Dieses wird als ei…
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- Volume: 484
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- 9789004705890
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The Business of Hope: Professional Fundraising in Neoliberal Canada : Profes…
This open access book contributes to research on the ascendance of neoliberalism in Canada through the vantage point of professional fundraising in the 1990s and 2000s. Fifty high-ranking fundraisers from across Canada were interviewed through 2008 and 2009 about changes they had witnessed since starting their careers. Fundraising as an occupation was burgeoning in this period in response to th…
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- 1
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- 9783031188374
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- XVII, 120 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Sowing Legume Seeds, Reaping Cash : A Renaissance within Communities in Sub-S…
This open access book shares impact stories – testimonies from various value chain actors who have been part of the Tropical Legumes (TL) projects, over the past twelve years. The Tropical Legumes projects led by ICRISAT in three parts (TLI, TLII and TLIII), constitute a major international initiative supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and jointly implemented by the Inter…
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- 9789811508455
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- XVI, 106 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Refugees and Asylum Seekers in East Asia : Perspectives from Japan and Taiwan
This edited volume fills a gap in current research on asylum seekers and refugees. By focusing on two East Asian countries, Japan and Taiwan, this volume offers material for comparison and reflection on an area of the world in which this theme is still relatively underdeveloped. By approaching the theme through the different perspectives of human rights, social construction through media repres…
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- 1
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- 9789819728671
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- XIX, 399 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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