The Non Human Primates and Human Evolution: In Memory of Ernest Albert Hooton, 1887-1954, Gavan James A., Lasker Gabriel
Автор: Bromilow Gavan Название: The Bird of Time ISBN: 0987506366 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780987506368 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2757.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Overseas volunteering has exploded in numbers and interest in the last couple of decades. Every year, hundreds of thousands of people travel from wealthier to poorer countries to participate in short-term volunteer programs focused on health services. Churches, universities, nonprofit service organizations, profit-making "voluntourism" companies, hospitals, and large corporations all sponsor brief missions. Hoping to Help is the first book to offer a comprehensive assessment of global health volunteering, based on research into how it currently operates, its benefits and drawbacks, and how it might be organized to contribute most effectively. Given the enormous human and economic investment in these activities, it is essential to know more about them and to understand the advantages and disadvantages for host communities.
Most people assume that poor communities benefit from the goodwill and skills of the volunteers. Volunteer trips are widely advertised as a means to "give back" and "make a difference." In contrast, some claim that health volunteering is a new form of colonialism, designed to benefit the volunteers more than the host communities. Others focus on unethical practices and potential harm to the presumed "beneficiaries." Judith N. Lasker evaluates these opposing positions and relies on extensive research—interviews with host country staff members, sponsor organization leaders, and volunteers, a national survey of sponsors, and participant observation—to identify best and worst practices. She adds to the debate a focus on the benefits to the sponsoring organizations, benefits that can contribute to practices that are inconsistent with what host country staff identify as most likely to be useful for them and even with what may enhance the experience for volunteers. Hoping to Help illuminates the activities and goals of sponsoring organizations and compares dominant practices to the preferences of host country staff and to nine principles for most effective volunteer trips.
Автор: Mccormack, Gavan Norimatsu, Satoko Oka Название: Resistant islands ISBN: 1538115573 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781538115572 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 13728.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Resistant Islands offers the first comprehensive overview of Okinawan history from earliest times to the present, focusing especially on the history of colonization by Japan, its disastrous fate during World War II, and its current status as a glorified US military base, supported by its client state Japan. This revised and expanded edition includes a substantive update in which the authors comprehensively analyze the dramatic events of the five years since the book was first published, including the deployment of MV-22 Ospreys, the Okinawa governor`s approval of the new base, and the emergence and challenges of the "all-Okinawa movement."
Автор: Lasker Gabriel Ward Название: The Processes of Ongoing Human Evolution ISBN: 1258656663 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781258656669 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 4589.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
