Global Civil Society 2005/6 (Global Civil Society

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'This fifth Global Civil Society Yearbook continues the intellectual shaping of an emerging global civil society. As the Global Call for Action on Poverty, G-Cap, makes its voice heard under the whiteband symbol, this analysis of current issues of migration, climate change and UN reform, with a focus on gender and social movements, provides a timely intellectual resource to strengthen shared commitments'

- Mary Robinson

'These annual volumes have themselves become an occasion for enacting global civil society: each Yearbook is a project that involves hundreds of people around the world in various ways… and they often fight it out around divergent understandings of critical issues. This volume enters the extreme zones we face today - the growing injustices which increasingly are only addressed by global civil society actors, but also the powerful innovations brought about by new technologies that can construct whole new global spaces for global civil society'

- Saskia Sassen

'It is increasingly difficult to recall memorable analyses of international social movements before GCS. But after half a decade each annual issue is not only a magnum opus but is also definitive, distinctive & comparative. The study of global civil society can never be the same!'

- Timothy M Shaw, Professor of Commonwealth Governance & Development & Director, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London

The annual Global Civil Society Yearbooks provide an indispensable guide to global civil society or civic participation and action around the world. Each yearbook includes commissioned contributions from leading commentators across the social sciences on the latest issues and developments. Each yearbook also explores and presents the latest approaches to measuring and analyzing global civil society and provides a chronology of key global civil society events in the year.

The 2005/6 Yearbook explores the role of gender in global civil society and investigates the core issues of labour migration, climate change and UN reform. In part three, contributions consider the impact of social forums and wireless technology, as well as reviewing the discussion of networks from the 2004/5 Yearbook.

Illustrated throughout with summaries, maps, figures, tables and photographs and encompassing regular features such as updates on previous editions and the annual data reports, the Global Civil Society Yearbook remains the standard work on all aspects of contemporary global civil society for activists, practitioners, students and academics alike. It is essential reading for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the key actors, forms and manifestations of global civil society around the world today.

Executive Report on Strategies in Hong Kong, 2000 edition (Strategic Planning Series)
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Executive Report on Strategies in Hong Kong, 2000 edition (Strategic Planning Series)
Hong Kong Research Group , and The Hong Kong Research Group
Manufacturer: Icon Group International
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Binding: Ring-bound

Strategy & Competition | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
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Hong Kong | Asia | History | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0741827816

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Hong Kong has recently come to the attention to global strategic planners. This report puts these executives on the fast track. Ten chapters provide: an overview of how to strategically access this important market, a discussion on economic fundamentals, marketing & distribution options, export and direct investment options, and full risk assessments (political, cultural, legal, human resources). Ample statistical benchmarks and comparative graphs are given.

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The Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) is widely known as an urban labour movement that has done yeoman service to organize poor, self-employed women and help them achieve self-reliance. Today, SEWA has more than 220,000 members and has set up 16 organizations including the SEWA Bank. What is not so well known, however, is the Association's work in the sphere of rural development. Indeed, three-quarters of its members live in rural areas.

This absorbing book is an anecdotal account of SEWA's initiatives in rural Gujurat. Focusing on the two districts of Banaskantha and Kutch, Daniel Crowell chronicles the Association's rural development programmes and its remarkable success in fostering the economic and social well-being of rural women in the informal sector despite heavy odds such as hostile weather conditions, marginal land, acute scarity of water, and unforgiving environment and limited access to capital.

A unique feature of SEWA's programmes is that they are demand-driven and need-based, so that the women who create, implement and manage them are also those who benefit from them. The author intersperses his narrative with biographies of some of the women he met. He shows how large numbers of women have been able to organize themselves to:

- generate sustainable employment in various spheres, especially dairy development and handicrafts

- develop appropriate infrastructure through micro-finance

- use water as a regenerative resource by employing innovative methods of water harvesting

- augment healthcare and nutrition among both adults and children

- undertake disaster relief and rehabilitation.

Written in a very readable manner, this book contains important pointers for anyone interested in fostering human development. It will attract a wide readership especially among students of rural development, gender studies, social work, micro-finance, social development and labour studies. It will be of equal interest to a broad cross-section of people (including activists and NGOs) interested in the process of rural development.

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nice case studies of peasant women.......2006-09-27

Crowell takes us into the rural hinterlands of Gujurat, and looks at development projects initiated by SEWA. We see accounts of the lives of several women. They often started in very impoverished circumstances. Yet typically, by participating in SEWA programs, they were often able to gain significantly more income. And also to educate other villagers. Thus there was an educational nucleation effect, that multiplied the benefits of SEWA.

A chapter on rural microfinance gives a glimpse into an important escape from poverty. By letting people of very modest means avoid borrowing from a local moneylender. The chapter describes alternative micro-credit schemes and those made by SEWA. Not perfect, because the time taken to approve a loan can be several months. Making it unrealistic for short term unplanned expenses, like food shortages.

The book's most uplifting feature are the case study biographies of women helped by SEWA. Not your standard economics text. Yet the SEWA programs are really not in contradiction to those books. They stress building up the individuals so that they can better take charge of their own lives.

The SEWA Movement and Rural Development ; The Banaskantha and Kutch Experience

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The SEWA Movement and Rural Development ; The Banaskantha and Kutch Experience
Daniel W. Crowell
Manufacturer: Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd.
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 8178291908

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Organizational Communication addresses the impact of technology on the transmission of information and the empowerment of employees within organizations and includes coverage of organizational theory, group communication, leadership, and gender issues. End-of-chapter Case Studies (2 per chapter) and Discussion Questions introduce students to communication situations and issues they are likely to encounter in the workplace.

Organizational Communication ; Empowerment in a Technological Society

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Organizational Communication ; Empowerment in a Technological Society
Richard T. Herschel
Manufacturer: All India Travellers Booksellers (A.I.T.
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 8174730664

Organizational Behavior Experience/Instructors Manual for Activities Manual
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Organizational Behavior Experience/Instructors Manual for Activities Manual
Ricky Griffin
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin College Div
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Binding: Paperback

General | Organizational Behavior | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
Organizational Behavior | Business Management | Professional & Technical | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 039541086X

Fair Lending Enforcement Act of 1990 : report of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, to accompany S. 3049 (SuDoc Y 1.1/5:101-461)
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Fair Lending Enforcement Act of 1990 : report of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, to accompany S. 3049 (SuDoc Y 1.1/5:101-461)
U.S. Congressional Budget Office
Manufacturer: U.S. G.P.O.
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Binding: Unknown Binding

Credit Ratings & Repair | Personal Finance | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B000103ZT2

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While some might find the title's promise of transcendental beatitude a trifle overreaching, The Seven Steps to Nirvana nonetheless provides some excellent insight into the design and implementation of an e-business game plan at "low-tech, smokestack" companies that have heretofore shied away from cyber-strategies. Mohan Sawhney, the McCormick Tribune Professor of Electronic Commerce and Technology at Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management, and Jeff Zabin, a consultant, writer, and speaker, have produced a thought-provoking yet practical entry point for senior managers and other leaders at these firms. The book progresses from creating an overarching initial vision and initiating other critical preliminary preparations to "putting your money where your mouth is, and getting people in the organization to embrace the oft-threatening new world of e-business." Particularly notable are sections on "thinking like an architect (to) open your mind to new possibilities for business innovation" and mitigating channel conflict--or "dissension among the existing institutions"--by making sure the electronic enhancements you are about to append are truly synchronized complements to what you already have. The ideas behind it all are solid and, perhaps most commendably, are anchored to the needs of a real-world customer base. --Howard Rothman

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Today¿s most successful companies never sit still. Even as they introduce their newest e-business initiatives, their next generation of improvements is already near completion. Traditional organizations¿especially larger, low-tech businesses¿must reinvent themselves if they are to hold their positions against these new business competitors.

The Seven Steps to Nirvana leads managers through the systematic stages needed to transform traditional businesses¿regardless of their industries¿into fierce competitors. Combining hard-hitting analyses with case studies of businesses that made the transition, this concrete, practical tour de force opens readers¿ minds to:

Essential differences between e-commerce and e-business
The evolutionary stages of e-business intervention
Strategies to overcome inertia and organize for speed

Written by one of BusinessWeek's 25 most influential e-business innovators, The Seven Steps to Nirvana is a trove of innovative techniques for brick-and-mortar businesses to meet--and overcome--the challenges of today's faster, nimbler e-upstarts.

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The Seven Steps to Nirvana is a compass for senior executives as they embark on the journey of e-business transformation.

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The best about e-business.......2001-12-13

After reading to many books I found this one, and I could say right now I have a better knowledge of e-business.

I consider my best book about e-business.

The best book for e business strategies.......2001-11-02

If you are looking for a book that talks about e business strategies, I advocate this should be your choice. It's not just b'cas this book is from the guy who is rated as 10 most influential people in E-business, but b'cas he know his audeince very well.

I am sure irrespective of your exposure to e-business, this would change the way you think of e-business.

Ditto: Hiroo Yamagata.......2001-08-09

I'm an American and I too confirm Mr. Yamagata's review: the "quotes from zen or Buddha, or some folk story to make themselves sound profound" is highly irritating (straight talk will do just fine)... and, "Ah,we knew that all along!" borders on arrogance. The book seems to have come from the -publish or perish- world of academe. Need solid information to do the real work ahead, don't look for Nirvana. Sorry, but I could find no new insights from this book, just a contrived rehash of information clearly written elsewhere --in business language, backed by well defended assertions ... my $2 mantra is just fine, thank you.

The Seven Steps to Nirvana a must read.......2001-07-21

As a practitioner in the field, I believe, this is one of the best books on the subject. The book is inspirational and clarifies a lot of confusion that has been created by false start of some e-business initiatives. I highly recommend it to any one interested in understanding the true meaning of e-business.

Excellent Book on E-strategy.......2001-07-05

The so-called "mysterious" world of e-business is covered very well. Categorization into seven steps and further classification of them makes this book very interesting and easy to follow. The case studies and examples are excellent, however it seems that most of them move around some 10-15 companies. Although, this book is targeted to top executives but the language is so easy that any one can comprehend and get benefited. I found the E-volution and E-strategy topics very useful. They provide very good insight on how a company should view and plan e-business initiative. Recommended to any one who is involved in any kind of e-business initiative, this book can take the efforts to much more deep and meaningful level.

International Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, and the Economic Environment: Essays in Honour of Professor Sylvain Plasschaert
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International Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, and the Economic Environment: Essays in Honour of Professor Sylvain Plasschaert

Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Exports & Imports | Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
General | International | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0333657977

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In this volume, well-known experts analyze some of the most important problems of the rapid growth of international trade, foreign direct investment, and the problems related to the economic environment within which such trade and investment take place.

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This law handbook contains information on basic business legislation, laws and regulatoins affecting export-import, business, foreign investments, property rights, taxation and banking.

Croatia Foreign Policy and Government Guide (World Business Law Handbook Library)

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Croatia Foreign Policy and Government Guide (World Business Law Handbook Library)

Manufacturer: Intl Business Pubns USA
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Binding: Paperback

General | Politics | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books

Federal Government | Government | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0739782673

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Basic information on foreign and domestic policy, national security, political system, parties and elections, government and administrative structure. Participation in international organizations, treaties and regional unions. International and foreign policy and more.

Croatia Business Law Handbook (World Business Law Handbook Library)

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Croatia Business Law Handbook (World Business Law Handbook Library)
Igor Oleynik
Manufacturer: International Business Publications USA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Online Books | Books & Reading | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books

International Business Publications | By Publisher | e-Docs | Formats | Books
ASIN: B00005R4WG
Release Date: 2006-01-01

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Basic business legislation, laws, export-import regulations affecting business, business climate and contacts

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Basic business legislation, laws, export-import regulations affecting business, business climate and contacts

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Croatia Business Law Handbook-98
I. Russian Information &. Bus
Manufacturer: Russian Information & Business Center, Incorp
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Binding: Paperback

Business Law | Reference | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Croatia Financial & Banking Law And Regulations Handbook (World Business, Investment and Government Library)

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Croatia Financial & Banking Law And Regulations Handbook (World Business, Investment and Government Library)
USA International Business Publications
Manufacturer: Intl Business Pubns USA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0739756036

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