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Book Review: War, Culture and Media
Virchow, Fabian - eSocialSciences - 2008
Thomas Conroy, Jarice Hanson, eds. Constructing America's War Culture: Iraq, Media, and Images at Home. Lanham …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009250090
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Civil War: A Review of Fifty Years of Research
Blattman, Christopher; Miguel, Edward - eSocialSciences - 2009
A review of several decades of scholarship on civil war, focusing on the answers to key questions: Why do wars begin …? Who fights? How are armed groups organized? How can we end and prevent internal war? A survey of the growing body of … macroeconomic and microeconomic evidence to assess the impacts of civil war on economic growth worldwide is given. This paper seeks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543100
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Afghanistan: Where does all the aid go?
ACHR, Asian Centre for Human Rights - eSocialSciences - 2008
war on Afghanistan since 2001. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487650
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Reconciliation and Development
Brounéus, Karen - eSocialSciences - 2008
the war. Yet, attitudes and behaviors do not change at the moment of declaration of peace. The aim of this background … war. [FES] …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699332
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Journalism in Democracies During Times of War: Examining the Role of Indian and US Media
Sharma, Aradhana - eSocialSciences - 2012
This paper examines the larger issue of how a ‘free’ media performs during times of war with particular reference …€˜patriotic’ tendency to get support for their own agenda. [CCMG Working paper]. URL:[http://jmi.ac.in/upload/menuupload/Aradhana___WAR …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133140
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A Capable State in Afghanistan: A Building Without a Foundation?
Weijer, Frauke de - eSocialSciences - 2013
This paper argues that attempts at state-building in Afghanistan have led to institutions that are not robust. The state institutions and organizations continue to be highly dependent on external resources and technical expertise, and lack of critical mass of people able and willing to maintain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945374
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Making and Unmaking Poverty: Social Science, Social Programmes, and Poverty Reduction in India and Elsewhere
Krishna, Anirudh - eSocialSciences - 2006
How does growth actually trickle down to remove an individual’s poverty? Is it through increases in employment? What other avenues did the benefits of growth travel through before reaching and helping poor people in this country? How do people become poor in the first place? What pathways...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528247
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Globalization and China's 'Race to the Bottom' in Labour Standards
Chan, Anita - eSocialSciences - 2006
Globalization, or integration with the world economy via WTO membership, was expected to increase foriegn investment and benefit the labour intensive manufacturing sector in China. Yet, although foreign investment has been flowing into China and employment in the low-wage industries is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341689
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Achieving Progress for Development Effectiveness in Busan: An Overview of CSO Evidence
Tomlinson, Brian - eSocialSciences - 2011
The global Reality of Aid Network has been working in preparation for Busan alongside CSO colleagues from women’s rights organizations, trade unions, farmers’ organizations, faith-based organizations, and many other CSOs in developing and donor countries. They have been engaging in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323684
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Survey Of Research In Industrial Sociology (1987-2002)
Bhowmik, Sharit - eSocialSciences - 2005
This paper attempts to assess the research done in the field of industrial sociology during the period 1987 and 2002. Only published work have been noted. The review does not cover unpublished M. Phil. and Ph. D. dissertations, nor does it take into account unpublished research reports. While...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528365