Land, Law and Politics in Africa
Land, Law and Politics in Africa

Author: Jon Abbink

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2011-11-18

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 9004218068

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This volume presents a wide selection of studies on the issues of law, land dispute and conflict (mediation) in Africa, reconsidering the role of state agents and other actors in these matters. The focus is on analyzing how citizens, state institutions and concerned (inter)national actors aim to find solutions to disputes, tension and conflict that are part of social life. The authors have approached the subject of Land, Law and Politics in Africa from a variety of disciplinary angles. The issues at stake comprise land access and land use, state politics and democratization efforts, the relationship between constitutional/state law and customary law, the challenges of urban and rural conflicts, border issues and the conceptions of (human) rights. On the basis of new empirical studies, the authors plead for a more holistic perspective on the above issues and on developmental policy in general. The book has 15 chapters in four thematic parts, focusing on historical and cultural aspects of politics and authority; land law and land disputes; constitutionalism and politics; and conflict studies. The volume is also a tribute to the work of Gerti Hesseling (1946-2009), a Dutch Africanist with a successful career as a scholar of constitutional and land law, focusing on West Africa.

Innovation and the Social Economy
Innovation and the Social Economy

Author: Marie J. Bouchard

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2013-01-01

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 1442642904

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Through robust theoretical and in-depth empirical studies, this book offers the first opportunity to English-language readers to learn about the Québec experience of a social economy system.

Le Sud... Et le Nord dans la mondialisation
Le Sud... Et le Nord dans la mondialisation

Author: Abdou Salam Fall

Publisher: PUQ

Published: 2004-10-14T00:00:00-04:00

Total Pages: 407

ISBN-13: 2760518132

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Quelle analyse peut-on faire de la conjoncture internationale? Comment se pose le développement aujourd'hui? Quelle est la portée réelle des pratiques économiques alternatives issues des communautés locales, mais aussi des gouvernements locaux et même de certains États? En réponse à ces questions, les auteurs scrutent ces expériences inédites dans plus d'une dizaine de pays du Sud (Brésil, Mali, Haïti...) et du Nord (Canada, France), mettant en lumière non seulement leurs potentiels, mais aussi leurs limites.

Patents and Innovation Trends and Policy Challenges
Patents and Innovation Trends and Policy Challenges

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2004-02-02

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 926402672X

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Few systematic economic evaluations have been carried out on patent system to better inform policy choices. This report, which covers a range of areas, and highlights some issues that policy makers should address in the near future, including ...

Oases and Globalization
Oases and Globalization

Author: Emilie Lavie

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-03-25

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 3319507494

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This book is a reference work about the study of oases in the context of globalization. It is based on selected papers presented at the international colloquium entitled Oases in the Globalization, Ruptures and Continuities in Paris (December 16-17th, 2013). The main issue was to understand how oases have been excluded from or included into the process of globalization. In this context, the present book proposes firstly a discussion about the definition(s) of oasis and secondly several case studies analysing socio-spatial mutations in the oasis structure. The third part deals with the compelling globalization at different spatial scales, using two entries: the water management and local impacts of external control.

Science and Empires
Science and Empires

Author: P. Petitjean

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 419

ISBN-13: 9401125945

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SCIENCE AND EMPIRES: FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM TO THE BOOK Patrick PETITJEAN, Catherine JAMI and Anne Marie MOULIN The International Colloquium "Science and Empires - Historical Studies about Scientific De velopment and European Expansion" is the product of an International Colloquium, "Sciences and Empires - A Comparative History of Scien tific Exchanges: European Expansion and Scientific Development in Asian, African, American and Oceanian Countries". Organized by the REHSEIS group (Research on Epistemology and History of Exact Sciences and Scientific Institutions) of CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research), the colloquium was held from 3 to 6 April 1990 in the UNESCO building in Paris. This colloquium was an idea of Professor Roshdi Rashed who initiated this field of studies in France some years ago, and proposed "Sciences and Empires" as one of the main research programmes for the The project to organize such a colloquium was a bit REHSEIS group. of a gamble. Its subject, reflected in the title "Sciences and Empires", is not a currently-accepted sub-discipline of the history of science; rather, it refers to a set of questions which found autonomy only recently. The terminology was strongly debated by the participants and, as is frequently suggested in this book, awaits fuller clarification.