2010, ISBN: 9781844670451

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Oxford University Press. Very Good. 6.5 x 1.5 x 9.5 inches. Hardcover. 2007. 505 pages.<br>Foreign aid is now a $100bn business and is expandi ng more rapidly today than it has for … Mehr…

Oxford University Press. Very Good. 6.5 x 1.5 x 9.5 inches. Hardcover. 2007. 505 pages.<br>Foreign aid is now a $100bn business and is expandi ng more rapidly today than it has for a generation. But does it w ork? Indeed, is it needed at all? Other attempts to answer this important question have been dominated by a focus on the impact o f official aid provided by governments. But today possibly as muc h as 30 percent of aid is provided by Non-Governmental Organizati ons (NGOs), and over 10 percent is provided as emergency assistan ce. In this first-ever attempt to provide an overall assessment of aid, Roger Riddell presents a rigorous but highly readable acc ount of aid, warts and all. Does Foreign Aid Really Work? sets ou t the evidence and exposes the instances where aid has failed and explains why. The book also examines the way that politics disto rts aid, and disentangles the moral and ethical assumptions that lie behind the belief that aid does good. The book concludes by d etailing the practical ways that aid needs to change if it is to be the effective force for good that its providers claim it is. Editorial Reviews Review Roger Riddell's text provides the sing le best introduction to the history and range of contemporary deb ates associated with foreign aid, including the rise of internati onal NGOs as major actors and the centrality of domestic politics to shaping aid practice.--Foreign Affairs Riddell, a developmen t specialist, attempts to evaluate the effectiveness of foreign a id by surveying official development aid, aid from nongovernmenta l organizations (NGOs), and humanitarian assistance (disaster rel ief and emergency assistance). The book is unique in covering the se three interrelated topics together, with analysis of the latte r two particularly useful. ...this volume is a valuable resource and an important contribution to the literature on foreign aid. H ighly recommended.--CHOICE In this impressive new study, Riddell has surpassed even his distinguished Foreign Aid Reconsidered . It includes rare and much-needed analysis of emergency and volunt ary assistance. Complete and authoritative, the book will have a long life as the definitive account of its important subject.--Pr ofessor Robert Cassen, London School of Economics This book is a heroic achievement. Not only has Roger Riddell mapped out with g reat clarity the arcane world of international aid, in a way that will help the practitioner as much as the general reader, he has also produced visionary and challenging recommendations for refo rm of the system. this book provides a welcome examination of how well we, the aid donors and deliverers, are performing, and sugg ests that we need to make far-reaching changes. The philosophy of development that underpins his argument also provides a welcome antidote to prevailing models of humanitarian intervention and de mocracy-building that risk undermining many of the gains of the l ast 60 years. I hope this book will be read by foreign and securi ty policy-makers, as well as those in the development field. It m ight just help save the world in the 21st century.--Sir Michael A aronson, former Director General of Save the Children UK In his new book, Does Foreign Aid Really Work?, Riddell expands on the t hemes analyzed in his seminal work published twenty years ago The crucial but complex issue of aid effectiveness and its constrain ts is analyzed with a view also towards the future, examining way s in which the impact of aid might be enhanced, improved and incr eased to make a greater difference. Informed by weaknesses in the present system, the book offers ideas that involve radical refor m of the aid delivery system. This book provides an excellent in sight into the challenges with which development co-operation is confronted - a rich source for students of development and develo pment co-operation as well as for policymakers and managers of ai d across the donor-recipient divide.--Olav Stokke, Norwegian Inst itute of International Affairs Riddell provides a compelling and thorough account of the intricacies of foreign aid. The strength of this book is that it establishes the positive attributes of a id without avoiding the need to critically assess its failures. T hrough a combination of personal experience, conceptual insight a nd empirical substance, Riddell demonstrates that investigating w hether foreign aid works could ensure its future, rather than und ermining it.--International Affairs An important and timely cont ribution to the exploding literature on international development ...should be required reading for students, policy-makers, and pr actitioners.--Ethics and International Affairs About the Author With degrees in economics, development studies and theology, Rog er Riddell has been actively involved in development for more tha n 30 years. He has worked for developing country governments, for the private sector and for NGOs, and undertaken work for more th an 10 leading bilateral and multilateral aid agencies and interna tional institutions. He spent almost 15 years as a Research Fello w at the Overseas Development Institute in London. From 1999 to 2 004, he was the International Director of Christian Aid, one of t he UK's largest relief and development NGOs. Among his numerous p ublications, he has written two previous books on foreign aid, in cluding (in 1987) Foreign Aid Reconsidered, widely acclaimed as a leading text on aid and development. Following its Independence in 1980, Mr. Riddell was the Chair of the first Presidential Econ omic Commission in Zimbabwe. ., Oxford University Press, 2007, 3, Methuen, 1912. 18th edition.. Hardback. Cloth, VG. xii+376pp+32pp publishers catalogue, b/w frontis, floral gilt design to the spine bright, corners a little bumped, endpapers browned & with an ownership signature, a nice copy. A historical novel centred on the English conquest of Quebec with James Wolfe and the Marquis de Montcalm as two of the characters. Gilbert Parker [ 1862 - 1932 ] Canadian novelist and British politician, who played a crucial and significant role in British propaganda during World War I with the role of encouraging American intervention on the British side., Methuen, 1912, 0, Palgrave Macmillan, United Kingdom, 2010. Reprint. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 400 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Palgrave Macmillan, United Kingdom, 2010. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine has moderate lean and moderate reading creases. . Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Mark Darrow grew up in a small Ohio town with no real advantages beyond his intelligence and athletic ability. But thanks to the intervention of Lionel Farr - a professor at Caldwell, the local college - Darrow became an excellent student and, later, a superb trial lawyer. Now Farr asks his still-youthful protégé for a life-altering favor. An embezzlement scandal has threatened Caldwell's very existence - would Darrow consider becoming its new president? Darrow accepts, but returning to his alma mater opens old wounds. Sixteen years ago, on the night of his greatest triumph as Caldwell's star quarterback, he discovered the body of a black female student named Angela Hall at the base of the Spire, the bell tower that dominates the leafy campus. His best friend, Steve Tillman, was charged with Angela's murder and ultimately sent to prison for life. But now, even as Darrow begins the daunting task of leading Caldwell, he discovers that the case against his friend left crucial questions unanswered. Despite his new obligations - and his deepening attachment to Farr's beautiful though troubled daughter - Darrow begins his own inquiry into the murder. Soon he becomes convinced that Angela's killer is still at large, but only when another mysterious death occurs does he understand that his own life is at risk. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Thrillers; ISBN/EAN: 9781447208785. Inventory No: 22010134.. 9781447208785, Palgrave Macmillan, 2010, 2.5, London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1989. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book This account of the intervention into the Korean war of the Chinese People's Liberation Army is told from the point of view of the Chinese. The author did much of his research inside China, interviewing participants, and presents vivid portraits of the soldiers and such figures as Mao Zedong and Douglas MacArthur. Korea was the focus of the first great East-West confrontation, and the war cost over 140,000 American lives. The crucial intervention of the Chinese and their near victory brought the super-powers to the brink of nuclear war. Russell Spurr is the author of "A Glorious Way to Die"., Sidgwick & Jackson, 1989, 5, (London: Heinemann, 1979) 0435945238. 215 x 135 mm; printed wrappers; pp. (xx) + 276, incl. index. A little spotting to top edge. Very good condition. "The Rise and Fall of the South African Peasantry is a history of social and economic changes in rural South Africa, concentrating upon the emergence and characteristics of a black peasantry, and its subsequent underdevelopment. Dr Bundy's book is the first systematic account of one of the crucial processes in the making of contemporary South Africa. He analyses the way in which African agriculturists responded to economic pressures and opportunities in the nineteenth century. He goes on to show how that response was inhibited and crushed by the intervention of politically more powerful groups, in particular white farmers and urban employers." ., (London: Heinemann, 1979) 0435945238, 0, Public Affairs, New York, 2008. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 224 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Library stamps etc only on endpapers, half-title page.. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. Since the first days of the Iraqi invasion, supporters of the war have cautioned the public not to view this conflict as another Vietnam. They rightfully point to many important distinctions. There is no unified resistance in Iraq. No political or religious leader has been able to galvanize opposition to U.S. intervention the way that Ho Chi Minh did in Vietnam. However, there are two similarities that may dwarf the thousands of differences. First, in Iraq, like Vietnam, the original rationale for going to war has been discredited and public support has dwindled. Second, in both cases the new justification became building stable societies. There are enormous pitfalls in America's nation building efforts in Iraq as there were in Vietnam. But it is the business we now find ourselves in, and there is no easy retreat from it morally. As American frustration increases, some policy makers are making the deadly mistake of approaching problems in Iraq as if we are facing them for the first time. It is crucial that we apply the lessons of Vietnam wisely and selectively. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Military & Warfare; United States; Modern; History. ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9781586484996. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 8070. . 9781586484996, Public Affairs, 2008, 3, Ny Usa: Verso Books, 2005-11-17. New. Despite the saturation of global media coverage, Osama bin Laden's own writings have been curiously absent from analysis of the "war on terror" Over the last ten years, bin Laden has issued a series of carefully tailored public statements, from interviews with Western and Arabic journalists to faxes and video recordings These texts supply evidence crucial to an understanding of the bizarre mix of Quranic scholarship, CIA training, punctual interventions in Gulf politics and messianic anti-imperialism that has formed the programmatic core of Al QaedaIn bringing together the various statements issued under bin Laden's name since 1994, this volume forms part of a growing discourse that seeks to demythologize the terrorist network Newly translated from the Arabic, annotated with a critical introduction by Islamic scholar Bruce Lawrence, this collection places the statements in their religious, historical and political context It shows how bin Laden's views draw on and differ from other strands of radical Islamic thought; it also demonstrates how his arguments vary in degrees of consistency, and how his evasions concerning the true nature and extent of his own group, and over his own role in terrorist attacks, have contributed to the perpetuation of his personal mythology 320 pp, Verso Books, 2005-11-17, 6<

2005, ISBN: 9781844670451

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London: Sportsmans Book Club, 1967. 192pp., unpaginated, [8 page], candid and action-illustrated b/w halftone plate section. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Leaves cl… Mehr…

London: Sportsmans Book Club, 1967. 192pp., unpaginated, [8 page], candid and action-illustrated b/w halftone plate section. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Leaves clean. Monochrome-illustrated dustjacket mildly edgeworn, with several closed tears and small splash stains. Partial [order form] rear flap removed. A mid-career autobiography of English cricketer, Fred Titmus, b.24 Nov. 1932- .First published [1964], contents include: Prelims., Early years with Middlesex, Combining service with cricket, Milestones reached, First tour, Wet summer, Waiting for the break, Down Under, Pressure is on, Anti-climax, Benefit year, Brighter cricket, The press, Man in the white coat, Professionalism, Appendices, Fred Titmus played first-class cricket from 1949 to 1982, and Test Matches between 1955 and 1974/75. Book weight approx. 300g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Sportsmans Book Club, 1967, 2.75, Aakar Books. Paperback. New. This book argues that the ideology of high growth which has been adopted as the dogma by successive governments at the centre and states are excluding the poor, disenfranchising them from the growth process and destroying their livelihood without creating alternative jobs. This process has distorted parliamentary democracy and reduced it to a level of no choice. The polity's inbuilt insensitivity to poverty and rising inequality has in recent years turned into arrogant defiance of the poor and is now turning into an assault on them, dispossessing them of their land and livelihood, community and culture. Of late, this process is increasingly assuming the form of narrow jingoistic majoritarianism. But it is not all that new as a streak of this narrowness could be seen present in the mainstream nationalism that took shape around the anti-colonial struggle and continued through the course of the post-Independence development process. The book also outlines a proposition to rethink development, democracy and also nationalism., Aakar Books, 6, Aakar Books. Paperback. New. This book argues that the ideology of high growth which has been adopted as the dogma by successive governments at the centre and states are excluding the poor, disenfranchising them from the growth process and destroying their livelihood without creating alternative jobs. This process has distorted parliamentary democracy and reduced it to a level of no choice. The polity's inbuilt insensitivity to poverty and rising inequality has in recent years turned into arrogant defiance of the poor and is now turning into an assault on them, dispossessing them of their land and livelihood, community and culture. Of late, this process is increasingly assuming the form of narrow jingoistic majoritarianism. But it is not all that new as a streak of this narrowness could be seen present in the mainstream nationalism that took shape around the anti-colonial struggle and continued through the course of the post-Independence development process. The book also outlines a proposition to rethink development, democracy and also nationalism., Aakar Books, 6, Despite the saturation of global media coverage, Osama bin Laden's own writings have been curiously absent from analysis of the "war on terror." Over the last ten years, bin Laden has issued a series of carefully tailored public statements, from interviews with Western and Arabic journalists to faxes and video recordings. These texts supply evidence crucial to an understanding of the bizarre mix of Quranic scholarship, CIA training, punctual interventions in Gulf politics and messianic anti-imperialism that has formed the programmatic core of Al Qaeda.In bringing together the various statements issued under bin Laden's name since 1994, this volume forms part of a growing discourse that seeks to demythologize the terrorist network. Newly translated from the Arabic, annotated with a critical introduction by Islamic scholar Bruce Lawrence, this collection places the statements in their religious, historical and political context. It shows how bin Laden's views draw on and differ from other strands of radical Islamic thought; it also demonstrates how his arguments vary in degrees of consistency, and how his evasions concerning the true nature and extent of his own group, and over his own role in terrorist attacks, have contributed to the perpetuation of his personal mythology., Verso Books, 2005-11-17, 0<

2005, ISBN: 9781844670451

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Paperback / softback. New. Is there a geometrical energy system that surrounds our planet? - a super grid involving polyhedral forms, ley lines, earth energy currents and archaeoastronom… Mehr…

Paperback / softback. New. Is there a geometrical energy system that surrounds our planet? - a super grid involving polyhedral forms, ley lines, earth energy currents and archaeoastronomical alignments? From ET flight-paths to anti-gravity, the grid has many claims attached to it. This book unravels the many theories to give an overview of this incredible subject., 6, Aakar Books. Hardcover. New. This book argues that the ideology of high growth which has been adopted as the dogma by successive governments at the centre and states are excluding the poor, disenfranchising them from the growth process and destroying their livelihood without creating alternative jobs. This process has distorted parliamentary democracy and reduced it to a level of no choice. The polity's inbuilt insensitivity to poverty and rising inequality has in recent years turned into arrogant defiance of the poor and is now turning into an assault on them, dispossessing them of their land and livelihood, community and culture. Of late, this process is increasingly assuming the form of narrow jingoistic majoritarianism. But it is not all that new as a streak of this narrowness could be seen present in the mainstream nationalism that took shape around the anti-colonial struggle and continued through the course of the post-Independence development process. The book also outlines a proposition to rethink development, democracy and also nationalism., Aakar Books, 6, Aakar Books. Hardcover. New. This book argues that the ideology of high growth which has been adopted as the dogma by successive governments at the centre and states are excluding the poor, disenfranchising them from the growth process and destroying their livelihood without creating alternative jobs. This process has distorted parliamentary democracy and reduced it to a level of no choice. The polity's inbuilt insensitivity to poverty and rising inequality has in recent years turned into arrogant defiance of the poor and is now turning into an assault on them, dispossessing them of their land and livelihood, community and culture. Of late, this process is increasingly assuming the form of narrow jingoistic majoritarianism. But it is not all that new as a streak of this narrowness could be seen present in the mainstream nationalism that took shape around the anti-colonial struggle and continued through the course of the post-Independence development process. The book also outlines a proposition to rethink development, democracy and also nationalism., Aakar Books, 6, Ny Usa: Verso Books, 2005-11-17. New. Despite the saturation of global media coverage, Osama bin Laden's own writings have been curiously absent from analysis of the "war on terror" Over the last ten years, bin Laden has issued a series of carefully tailored public statements, from interviews with Western and Arabic journalists to faxes and video recordings These texts supply evidence crucial to an understanding of the bizarre mix of Quranic scholarship, CIA training, punctual interventions in Gulf politics and messianic anti-imperialism that has formed the programmatic core of Al QaedaIn bringing together the various statements issued under bin Laden's name since 1994, this volume forms part of a growing discourse that seeks to demythologize the terrorist network Newly translated from the Arabic, annotated with a critical introduction by Islamic scholar Bruce Lawrence, this collection places the statements in their religious, historical and political context It shows how bin Laden's views draw on and differ from other strands of radical Islamic thought; it also demonstrates how his arguments vary in degrees of consistency, and how his evasions concerning the true nature and extent of his own group, and over his own role in terrorist attacks, have contributed to the perpetuation of his personal mythology 320 pp, Verso Books, 2005-11-17, 6<

ISBN: 9781844670451

Paperback / softback. New. Bringing together the various statements issued under Bin Laden's name, this volume forms part of a discourse, including Jason Burke's &quot;Al-Qae… Mehr…

Paperback / softback. New. Bringing together the various statements issued under Bin Laden's name, this volume forms part of a discourse, including Jason Burke's &quot;Al-Qaeda: The True Story of Radical Islam&quot; and Adam Curtis's, &quot;The Power of Nightmares&quot;, that seeks to contextualize, to explain and understand the challenge posed by Al-Qaeda, both to the Islam and to the West., 6<