Changing Rural Systems In Oman, Dutton

Автор: Trethewey Laura
Название: Imperiled Ocean: Human Stories from a Changing Sea
ISBN: 1643131982 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781643131986
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On a life raft in the Mediterranean, a teenager from Ghana wonders whether he will reach Europe alive, and if he does, whether he will be allowed to stay. In the North Atlantic, a young chef disappears from a cruise ship, leaving a mystery for his friends and family to solve. A water-squatting community battles eviction from a harbor in a Pacific Northwest town, raising the question of who owns the water.

Imperiled Ocean by ocean journalist Laura Trethewey is a deeply reported work of narrative journalism that follows people as they head out to sea. What they discover holds inspiring and dire implications for the life of the ocean -- and for all of us back on land.

As Imperiled Ocean unfolds, battles are fought, fortunes made, lives lost, and the ocean approaches an uncertain future. Behind this human drama, the ocean is growing ever more unstable, threatening to upend life on land. As we explore with Tretheway, we meet biologist Erin Stoddard tracking sturgeon in the Pacific Northwest. Unable to stop the development and pollution destroying the fish's habitat, Stoddard races to learn about the fish before it disappears. This prehistoric fish has survived more than 300 million years on earth and could hold important truths about how humanity might make itself amenable to a changing ocean. As a fisher and scientist, Erin's ability to listen to the water becomes a parable for what faces the ocean today. By eavesdropping on an imperiled world, he shows a way we can move forward to save the oceans we all share--through listening and discovery.

Название: Oman: Economic, Social and Strategic Developments
ISBN: 1138642134 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138642133
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: Oman is an important country for the West, both as an oil exporter and as a key ally strategically placed at the entrance to the Gulf. This book, first published in 1987, provides an overview of post-war social, political and economic developments in the country. It outlines the historical and geographical background, considers economic developments both in the oil and non-oil sectors, as well as exploring societal changes in Omani culture and education.

Автор: Limbert Mandana
Название: In the Time of Oil: Piety, Memory, and Social Life in an Omani Town
ISBN: 0804756260 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780804756266
Издательство: Wiley EDC
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Описание: Before the discovery of oil in the late 1960s, Oman was one of the poorest countries in the world, with only six kilometers of paved roads and one hospital. By the late 1970s, all that had changed as Oman used its new oil wealth to build a modern infrastructure. In the Time of Oil describes how people in Bahla, an oasis town in the interior of Oman, experienced this dramatic transformation following the discovery of oil, and how they now grapple with the prospect of this resource's future depletion.
Focusing on shifting structures of governance and new forms of sociality as well as on the changes brought by mass schooling, piped water, and the fracturing of close ties with East Africa, Mandana Limbert shows how personal memories and local histories produce divergent notions about proper social conduct, piety, and gendered religiosity. With close attention to the subtleties of everyday life and the details of archival documents, poetry, and local histories, Limbert provides a rich historical ethnography of oil development, piety, and social life on the Arabian Peninsula.

Название: Improving Lives of Rural Communities Through Developing Small Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
ISBN: 9292579312 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789292579319
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: Despite significant economic growth in Asia in recent decades, millions of people in rural Asia still lack access to electricity. A project has been implemented to develop small hybrid renewable energy systems in these areas. This publication highlights the experiences of these pilot projects in five developing member countries. It provides technical guidance and recommendations for the deployment of similar systems in minigrids in remote rural locations and small isolated islands to achieve access to electricity and energy efficiency.

Автор: Schlee Gunther
Название: Changing Identifications and Alliances in North-East Africa
ISBN: 1782383298 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781782383291
Издательство: Berghahn
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Forms of group identity play a prominent role in everyday lives and politics in northeast Africa. Case studies from Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya illustrate the way that identities are formed and change over time, and how local, national, and international politics are interwoven. Specific attention is paid to the impact of modern weaponry, new technologies, religious conversion, food and land shortages, international borders, civil war, and displacement on group identities. Drawing on the expertise of anthropologists, historians and geographers, these volumes provide a significant account of a society profoundly shaped by identity politics and contribute to a better understanding of the nature of conflict and war, and forms of alliance and peacemaking, thus providing a comprehensive portrait of this troubled region.

Название: Ethnicities and Values in a Changing World
ISBN: 1138260142 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138260146
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: Recent debates about national identity, belonging and community cohesion can appear to suggest that ethnicity is a static entity and that ethnic difference is a source of conflict in itself - Ethnicities and Values in a Changing World presents an alternative account of ethnicity. This volume brings together an international team of leading scholars in the field of ethnic studies in order to examine innovative articulations of ethnicity and challenge the contention that ethnicity is static or that it necessarily represents traditional values and cultures. It will appeal not only to sociologists, but to anyone working in the fields of cultural studies, race and ethnicity, globalization, migration and anthropology.

Автор: Howell Signe, Sparkes Stephen
Название: The House in Southeast Asia: A Changing Social, Economic and Political Domain
ISBN: 1138991740 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138991743
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: Explores the concept of `house` in the context of Levi-Strauss` idea of the house as a link between kinship-based societies and class societies.

Автор: Roger T. Ames, Peter D. Hershock
Название: Confucianisms for a Changing World Cultural Order
ISBN: 0824872584 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780824872588
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: Critically explores how the pan-Asian phenomenon of Confucianism offers alternative values and depths of ethical commitment that cross national and cultural boundaries to provide a new response to the challenges of the changing world order.

Автор: Gainsborough
Название: Changing Political Economy of Vietnam
ISBN: 1138122114 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138122116
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: The book explores the way in which the state has become commercialised as party and government officials have gone into business and considers the impact that this has had on politics within Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi.