Primed and Purposeful
Primed and Purposeful

Author: Soliman M. Santos

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13: 9782940415298

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Provides the political and historical detail necessary to understand the motivations and probable outcomes of conflicts in the country. The volume explores relate human security issues, including the willingness of several Filipino armed groups to negotiate political settlements to the conflicts, and to contemplate the demobilization and reintegration of combatants into civilian life. Light is also shed on the use of small arms - the weapons of choice for armed groups - whose availability is maintained through leakage from government arsenals, porous borders, a thriving domestic craft industry, and a lax regulatory regime.

Pro-Poor Land Reform
Pro-Poor Land Reform

Author: Saturnino Borras

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 2007-09-06

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 0776618571

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Using empirical case materials from the Philippines and referring to rich experiences from different countries historically, this book offers conceptual and practical conclusions that have far-reaching implications for land reform throughout the world. Examining land reform theory and practice, this book argues that conventional practices have excluded a significant portion of land-based production and distribution relationships, while they have inadvertently included land transfers that do not constitute real redistributive reform. By direct implication, this book is a critique of both mainstream market led agrarian reform and conventional state-led land reform. It offers an alternative perspective on how to move forward in theory and practice and opens new paths in land policy research.

Child Trafficking in the Philippines
Child Trafficking in the Philippines

Author:

Publisher: International Labor Office

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13:

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The study sought to: (a) review current literature on child trafficking in the country; (b) construct a model that could be used to determine the probability of an area being the source of trafficked children; (c) determine the actual situation in selected areas; and (d) assess the existing institutional arrangements that have been set up to combat child trafficking vis-a-vis international and national commitments.

We Believe in One God
We Believe in One God

Author: Gerald L. Bray

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2009-05-18

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 0830825312

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This volume offers partristic commentary edited by Gerald L. Bray on the first article of the Nicene Creed. Readers will gain insight into the history and substance of what the early church believed about God the Father.

Encyclopedia of Islands
Encyclopedia of Islands

Author: Rosemary G. Gillespie

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2009-08-19

Total Pages: 1110

ISBN-13: 0520256492

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"Islands have captured the imagination of scientists and the public for centuries - unique and rare environments, their isolation makes them natural laboratories for ecology and evolution. This authoritative, alphabetically arranged reference, featuring more than 200 succinct articles by leading scientists from around the world, provides broad coverage of all the island sciences. But what exactly is an island? The volume editors define it here as any discrete habitat isolated from other habitats by inhospitable surroundings. The Encyclopedia of Islands examines many such insular settings - oceanic and continental islands as well as places such as caves, mountaintops, and whale falls at the bottom of the ocean. This essential, one-stop resource, extensively illustrated with color photographs, clear maps, and graphics will introduce island science to a wide audience and spur further research on some of the planet's most fascinating habitats." --Book Jacket.

Whispering Bamboos
Whispering Bamboos

Author: P.N. Mohanty

Publisher: Notion Press

Published: 2019-12-18

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1647339553

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On various occasions, in as many avenues of life, one feels stranded for the right words. Words are known to elude the lips at the right time. Afterthoughts are known to keep haunting the mind but sometimes words cascade down the mind in the form of a poem. Whispering Bamboos looks at the universe through our and also the people around at this juncture of time and life.