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11. Corporate Social Responsibility, Human Rights and the Law

    Multinational Corporations in Developing Countries

    By Olufemi Amao

    Series: Routledge Research in Corporate Law

    The control of multinational corporations is an area of law that has attracted immense attention both at national and international level. In recognition of the importance of the subject matter, the United Nations Secretary General has appointed a special representative to work in this area. The...

    Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
12. Re-conceiving Property Rights in the New Millennium

    Towards a New Sustainable Land Relations Policy

    Edited by Ben Chigara

    This book constitutes Volume II of a set of two Volumes. Volume II considers the possibility of a new, sustainable land relations policy for Southern African Development Community States (SADC) that are currently mired up in land disputes that have become subject of domestic, regional and...

    Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
13. Southern African Development Community Land Issues Volume I

    Towards a New Sustainable Land Relations Policy

    Edited by Ben Chigara

    This book constitutes Volume I of a set of two Volumes. Volume I attempts a holistic inter-disciplinary evaluation of the legitimacy of colonial and emergent post-colonial rule property rights in affected States of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in light of intensifying...

    Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
14. Migrants, Borders and Global Capitalism

    West African Labour Mobility and EU Borders

    By Hannah Cross

    Series: Routledge Research on the Global Politics of Migration

    People from West Africa are risking their lives and surrendering their citizenship rights to enter exploitative labour markets in Europe. This book offers an explanation for this phenomenon that is based on close analysis of the contradictory economic and political agendas that create and constrain...

    Published April 10th 2013 by Routledge
15. Reconfiguring Ethiopia: The Politics of Authoritarian Reform

    Edited by Jon Abbink, Tobias Hagmann

    This book takes stock of political reform in Ethiopia and the transformation of Ethiopian society since the adoption of multi-party politics and ethnic federalism in 1991. Decentralization, attempted democratization via ethno-national representation, and partial economic liberalization have...

    Published April 7th 2013 by Routledge
16. Social Protection in Developing Countries

    Reforming Systems

    Edited by Katja Bender, Markus Kaltenborn, Christian Pfleiderer

    Series: Routledge Explorations in Development Studies

    Providing universal access to social protection and health systems for all members of society, including the poor and vulnerable, is increasingly considered crucial to international development debates. This is the first book to explore from an interdisciplinary and global perspective the reforms...

    Published April 3rd 2013 by Routledge
17. Water and Climate Change in Africa

    Challenges and Community Initiatives in Durban, Maputo and Nairobi

    Edited by Patricia E. Perkins

    Series: Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research

    In the coming decades, countries around the world will face increasingly severe challenges related to global climate change. While the details vary from country to country, the impacts will be especially grave for marginalized people, whose access to food, potable water, and safe shelter may be...

    Published April 3rd 2013 by Routledge
18. Afro-Nordic Landscapes

    Engaging Blackness in Northern Europe

    Edited by Michael McEachrane

    Series: Routledge Studies on African and Black Diaspora

    This volume examines the growing presence of Africans in Northern Europe in relation to national narratives, racism, and the African Diaspora, mapping the emerging multicultural realities of Europe....

    Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
19. Bilingual Education and Language Policy in the Global South

    Edited by Jo Arthur Shoba, Feliciano Chimbutane

    Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Multilingualism

    This volume considers a range of ways in which bilingual programs can make a contribution to aspects of human and economic development in the global South. The authors examine the consequences of different policies, programs, and pedagogies for learners and local communities through recent...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
20. Formal Peace and Informal War

    Security and Development in Congo

    By Zoë Marriage

    Series: Routledge Explorations in Development Studies

    Northern interventions into African countries at war are dominated by security concerns, bolstered by claims of shared returns and reinforcing processes of development and security. As global security and human security became prominent in development policy, Congo was wracked by violent rule,...

    Published March 20th 2013 by Routledge