Routledge Handbook of Migration and Development

Routledge Handbook of Migration and Development
Author: Tanja Bastia
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 620
Release: 2020-02-14
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1351997750

The Routledge Handbook of Migration and Development provides an interdisciplinary, agenda-setting survey of the fields of migration and development, bringing together over 60 expert contributors from around the world to chart current and future trends in research on this topic. The links between migration and development can be traced back to the post-war period, if not further, yet it is only in the last 20 years that the 'migration–development nexus' has risen to prominence for academics and policymakers. Starting by mapping the different theoretical approaches to migration and development, this book goes on to present cutting edge research in poverty and inequality, displacement, climate change, health, family, social policy, interventions, and the key challenges surrounding migration and development. While much of the migration literature continues to be dominated by US and British perspectives, this volume includes original contributions from most regions of the world to offer alternative non-Anglophone perspectives. Given the increasing importance of migration in both international development and current affairs, the Routledge Handbook of Migration and Development will be of interest both to policymakers and to students and researchers of geography, development studies, political science, sociology, demography, and development economics.

Business Regulation and Non-State Actors

Business Regulation and Non-State Actors
Author: Ananya Mukherjee Reed
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2013-06-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136459359

This volume assesses the achievements and limitations of a new set of non-state or multistakeholder institutions that are concerned with improving the social and environmental record of business, and holding corporations to account. It does so from a perspective that aims to address two limitations that often characterize this field of inquiry. First, fragmentation: articles or books typically focus on one or a handful of cases. Second, the development dimension: what does such regulation imply for developing countries and subaltern groups in terms of well-being, empowerment and sustainability? This volume examines more than 20 initiatives or institutions associated with different regulatory and development approaches, including the business-friendly corporate social responsibility (CSR) agenda, ‘corporate accountability’ and ‘fair trade’ or social economy.

Routledge Handbook of International Criminology

Routledge Handbook of International Criminology
Author: Cindy J. Smith
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 717
Release: 2011-05-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1135193843

The Routledge Handbook of International Criminology brings together the latest thinking and findings from a diverse group of both senior and promising young scholars from around the globe. This collaborative project articulates a new way of thinking about criminology that extends existing perspectives in understanding crime and social control across borders, jurisdictions, and cultures, and facilitates the development of an overarching framework that is truly international. The book is divided into three parts, in which three distinct yet overlapping types of crime are analyzed: international crime, transnational crime, and national crime. Each of these perspectives is then articulated through a number of chapters which cover theory and methods, international and transnational crime analyses, and case studies of criminology and criminal justice in relevant nations. In addition, questions placed at the end of each chapter encourage greater reflection on the issues raised, and will encourage young scholars to move the field of inquiry forward. This handbook is an excellent reference tool for undergraduate and graduate students with particular interests in research methods, international criminology, and making comparisons across countries.

Snacks

Snacks
Author: Janis Thiessen
Publisher: Univ. of Manitoba Press
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2017-09-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0887555276

Snacks is a history of Canadian snack foods, of the independent producers and workers who make them, and of the consumers who can’t put them down. Janis Thiessen profiles several iconic Canadian snack food companies, including Old Dutch Potato Chips, Hawkins Cheezies, and chocolate maker Ganong. These companies have developed in distinctive ways, reflecting the unique stories of their founders and their intense connection to specific locations. These stories of salty or sweet confections also reveal a history that is at odds with popular notions of “junk food.” Through extensive oral history and archival research, Thiessen uncovers the roots of our deep loyalties to different snack foods, what it means to be an independent snack food producer, and the often-quirky ways snacks have been created and marketed. Clearly written, extensively illustrated, and lavish with detail about some of Canadians’ favorite snacks, this is a lively and entertaining look at food and labour history.

Rooting Out Child Labour from Cocoa Farms

Rooting Out Child Labour from Cocoa Farms
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2007
Genre:
ISBN: 9789221197348

Highlights safety and health hazards and risks for children in the context of farming cocoa in West Africa, where children are known to be working under hazardous conditions.

Rooting Out Child Labour from Cocoa Farms

Rooting Out Child Labour from Cocoa Farms
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 55
Release: 2007
Genre:
ISBN: 9789221197362

Presents a synthesis of the experiences, outcomes and lessons learned from implementing a sub-regional project on the elimination of child labour in the cocoa and commercial agricultural sector in West and Central Africa.

Rooting Out Child Labour from Cocoa Farms

Rooting Out Child Labour from Cocoa Farms
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2005
Genre:
ISBN: 9789221197324

Describes the findings of five country-level rapid assessments on child labour in agriculture, particularly but not exclusively as they relate cocoa growing in five countries: Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea and Nigeria.