Описание: By the dawn of the 21st century, more than half of the world`s population was living in urban areas. This volume explores the implications of this unprecedented expansion in the world`s most urbanized region, Latin America, exploring the new urban reality, and the consequences for both Latin America and the rest of the developing world.
Описание: All of Africa in a single volume. Not since John Gunther has the real Africa appeared between two covers. And, the continent is a puzzle for most people. This book answers questions about who and what is African, about climate change, about war, about how Africans make their living, about health and schooling, and much more.
Описание: Chapter 1: Introduction: Democracy, Innovation and Growth.- Chapter 2: Making China Work for Innovation.- Chapter 3: China: Comparative Advantages and Risks of Result-Oriented, Centrally Planned Transformative Strategies.- Chapter 4: Italy: Simultaneous Crisis of Democracy, Innovation and Economic Efficiency.- Chapter 5: Knowledge Democracy as Key to the Twenty-First Century.
How moving beyond GDP will improve well-being and sustainability
Never before in human history have we produced so much data, and this empirical revolution has shaped economic research and policy profoundly. But are we measuring, and thus managing, the right things--those that will help us solve the real social, economic, political, and environmental challenges of the twenty-first century? In Measuring Tomorrow, Eloi Laurent argues that we need to move away from narrowly useful metrics such as gross domestic product and instead use broader ones that aim at well-being, resilience, and sustainability. By doing so, countries will be able to shift their focus away from infinite and unrealistic growth and toward social justice and quality of life for their citizens.
The time has come for these broader metrics to become more than just descriptive, Laurent argues; applied carefully by private and public decision makers, they can foster genuine progress. He begins by taking stock of the booming field of well-being and sustainability indicators, and explains the insights that the best of these can offer. He then shows how these indicators can be used to develop new policies, from the local to the global.
An essential resource for scholars, students, and policymakers, Measuring Tomorrow covers all aspects of well-being--including health, education, and the environment--and incorporates a broad range of data and fascinating case studies from around the world: not just the United States and Europe but also China, Africa, the Middle East, and India.
Автор: Claes Brundenius Название: Reflections on Socialism in the Twenty-First Century ISBN: 303033919X ISBN-13(EAN): 9783030339197 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 22359.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: The book considers this question as it examines a range of countries where socialism (in one form or another) has arisen, or where democratic socialism could be possible, including Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Sweden and the United States.
Автор: Sбtyro Natбlia, del Pino Eloнsa, Midaglia Carmen Название: Latin American Social Policy Developments in the Twenty-First Century ISBN: 3030612694 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783030612696 Издательство: Springer Цена: 18167.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book explores the scope of reforms and changes in the social protection systems in Latin America that have started at the beginning of the 21st century.
Автор: Liu, Xiaming Название: Sustaining China`s Economic Growth in the Twenty-first Century ISBN: 0415297265 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415297264 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22202.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Barry G. Rabe, Michael E. Kraft, Norman J. Vig Название: Environmental Policy: New Directions for the Twenty-First Century ISBN: 1544378017 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781544378015 Издательство: Sage Publications Рейтинг: Цена: 12038.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Authoritative and trusted, Environmental Policy once again brings together top scholars to evaluate the changes and continuities in American environmental policy since the late 1960s and their implications for the twenty-first century. Students will learn to decipher the underlying trends, institutional constraints, and policy dilemmas that shape today`s environmental politics.
Название: Development economics in the twenty-first century ISBN: 0367668572 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367668570 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 6430.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Development Economics in the Twenty-First Century brings together an international contributor team in order to explore the origins and evolution of development economics. This book highlights the different elements of `high development theory` through a precise reconstruction of the different theoretical approaches that develop
Автор: Francesco Grillo; Raffaella Y. Nanetti Название: Democracy and Growth in the Twenty-first Century ISBN: 3030020134 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783030020132 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 13974.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Is democracy still the best political regime for countries to adapt to economic and technological pressures and increase their level of prosperity? While the West seems to have stagnated in an environment of political mistrust, increasing inequality and low growth, the rise of the East has shown that it may not be liberal democracy that is best at accommodating the social mutations that technologies have triggered.
The cases of China and Italy form the research focus as two extremes in growth performance. China is the star of globalisation in the East, while Italy is the laggard of globalisation in the West and a laboratory of creeping political meltdown now shared by other major Western economies. But is this forever?
Introducing the ‘innovation paradox’ as the main challenge to the West and the notion of ‘knowledge democracy’ as key to sustainable growth, this book presents a new side to the debate on the Fourth Industrial Revolution (or fifth as the authors argue). It is a vital reading for all those questioning what kind of democracy positively impacts innovation as the force whose speed and direction transforms societies and economies.
Автор: Zeleza Paul Tiyambe Название: Africa and the Disruptions of the Twenty-first Century ISBN: 2869789971 ISBN-13(EAN): 9782869789975 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 10197.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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This collection of essays interrogates the repositioning of Africa and its diasporas in the unfolding disruptive transformations of the early twenty-first century. It is divided into five parts focusing on America's racial dysfunctions, navigating global turbulence, Africa's political dramas, the continent's persistent mythologisation and disruptions in higher education. It closes with tributes to two towering African public intellectuals, Ali Mazrui and Thandika Mkandawire, who have since joined the ancestors.
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