PLA Notes 46: Participatory Processes for Policy Change
Author: International Institute for Environment & Development
Publisher: IIED
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 104
ISBN-13: 9781843694328
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Author: International Institute for Environment & Development
Publisher: IIED
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 104
ISBN-13: 9781843694328
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Publisher: IIED
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 84
ISBN-13: 9781843692508
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Nicole Kenton
Publisher: IIED
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781843695264
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: International Institute for Environment and Development
Publisher: IIED
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9781843695042
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Tom Wakeford
Publisher: IIED
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 156
ISBN-13: 1843697076
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFocuses on those rarely-discussed elements of processes that are disempowering to those with least power.
Author: Theo Papaioannou
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-03-03
Total Pages: 310
ISBN-13: 1317025296
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDoes the state still frame debates about new technology? Can policy-makers ensure the benefits of health developments through genomics while still satisfying the expectations of society and the economic imperatives? In this critique of the new governance agenda for research and innovation in life sciences, the authors discuss the world-wide policy decisions needed, with particular reference to genomics. They suggest the many facets of policy and could be treated as a government-governance continuum, where different aspects of genomics may sit at different points, and co-exist. Their findings offer valuable insights for the future and will help promote a global solution to this problem.
Author: Ian Scoones
Publisher: Orient Blackswan
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9788125029441
DOWNLOAD EBOOKScience, Agriculture and the Politics of Policy examines the intersections of globalisation, technology and politics through a detailed, empirically-based examination of agricultural biotechnology in India. The focus is on Bangalore and Karnataka, a part of India which has seen a massive growth in biotech enterprises, experimentation with GM cotton and a contested policy debate about the role biotechnology should play in economic development. The book asks what does this new suite of technologies mean - for society, for politics and for the way agriculture, food and rural livelihoods are thought about? Can biotech deliver a second Green Revolution, and so transform agriculture and rescue the countryside and its people from crisis and poverty? Or is it more complex than this? Through a detailed case study, the aim of the book is to discuss, question and refine these broader debates, locating an understanding of biotechnology firmly within an understanding of society and politics.
Author: Robert Chambers
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-06-17
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 1136563431
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOur world seems entangled in systems increasingly dominated by power, greed, ignorance, self-deception and denial, with spiralling inequity and injustice. Against a backdrop of climate change, failing ecosystems, poverty, crushing debt and corporate exploitation, the future of our world looks dire and the solutions almost too monumental to consider. Yet all is not lost. Robert Chambers, one of the ?glass is half full? optimists of international development, suggests that the problems can be solved and everyone has the power at a personal level to take action, develop solutions and remake our world as it can and should be. Chambers peels apart and analyses aspects of development that have been neglected or misunderstood. In each chapter, he presents an earlier writing which he then reviews and reflects upon in a contemporary light before harvesting a wealth of powerful conclusions and practical implications for the future. The book draws on experiences from Africa, Asia and elsewhere, covering topics and concepts as wide and varied as irreversibility, continuity and commitment; administrative capacity as a scarce resource; procedures and principles; participation in the past, present and future; scaling up; behaviour and attitudes; responsible wellbeing; and concepts for development in the 21st century.
Author: Melissa Leach
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
Published: 2013-04-04
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 1848137761
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRapid advances and new technologies in the life sciences - such as biotechnologies in health, agricultural and environmental arenas - pose a range of pressing challenges to questions of citizenship. This volume brings together for the first time authors from diverse experiences and analytical traditions, encouraging a conversation between science and technology and development studies around issues of science, citizenship and globalisation. It reflects on the nature of expertise; the framing of knowledge; processes of public engagement; and issues of rights, justice and democracy. A wide variety of pressing issues is explored, such as medical genetics, agricultural biotechnology, occupational health and HIV/AIDS. Drawing upon rich case studies from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe, Science and Citizens asks: · Do new perspectives on science, expertise and citizenship emerge from comparing cases across different issues and settings? · What difference does globalisation make? · What does this tell us about approaches to risk, regulation and public participation? · How might the notion of ‘cognitive justice‘ help to further debate and practice?
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Publisher: IIED
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Total Pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9781843695165
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