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The global challenge and marginalization / Marcio M. Valenca, Etienne Nel, and Walter Leimgruber, editors. - New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2008. - vii, 462 p. : ill., maps (some col.) ; 26 cm.

ფასი 150 L.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Challenges and Opportunities in Amazonian Cities / And the Favela Went Global: The Invention of a Trademark and a Tourist Destination / The Impact of Tourism on Alaska: An Essay / Adoption of ICT in Marginal Areas - Namibia in Focus / European Policies Revisited: Rural Development Programmes of Tuscany and Umbria Compared / Small and Local Initiatives in Southern Patagonia: Beginnings, Crisis and Perspectives / From Economic Marginality to Cultural Marginality: The Crisis Afflicting the Farmer's World as Reflected in the writings of Josep Pla / Building the Future through Education: the Umthati School Garden Project in the Eastern Cape, South Africa / The Participation of Marginalized Communities in Natural Resource Management: A Case Study from Mngazana mangrove Forest, Eastern Cape, South Africa / Madrid Historical District: A Space between Marginality and Regeneration / Two Failed Regional Development Plans for Alaska: 1794-1806 / Evolving Economic Marginality and Local Economic Development Responses in Selected South African Gold and Coal Mining Areas / Liminal Cities: Global Spaces, Everyday Lives / Urban Problems in a Global World - The Economic and Demographic Decline of Cities in (Eastern) Germany after 1989 / Transformation of Marginality: Territorial Practices of the Sami People and the Swedish State / Clientelism in Theory: Framing Brazilian Political Practice / The Urban Space: A Privileged Scenario of the Complex Relations between Globalization and Marginalization. Reflections on the Latin American Case / Transgression in the Urban Landscape of Noir Los Angeles / The Global Governance Response to Informal Settlements - Relieving or Deepening Marginalisation? / Globalisation and the Work/Leisure: from Standardisation of Leisure to Work Flexibility / Area-based Policies for 'Social Exclusion' - Band Aid or Cure? / Globalisation of Old: The First Urban Nuclei in the State of Rio Grande do Norte and the Historical Process of Globalisation (16th and 17th Centuries) / Canudos: The Multiple Forms of Marginality and Marginalization / Amateur Cultural Activities and Local and National Identity in the Era of Globalization / Globalization Hits Home: A Rural Southern U.S. County Faces Harsh Realities / Etienne Nel, Marcio M. Valenca and Walter Leimgruber -- Ana Claudia Duarte Cardoso, Jose Julio Ferreira Lima and Ana Paula Vidal Bastos -- Bianca Freire-Medeiros -- Donald F. Lynch -- Kenneth Matengu -- Maria Andreoli and Heikki Jussila -- Maria Eugenia Cepparo de Grosso -- Joan Tort and Valeria Paid -- Walter Leimgruber -- Catherine Helen Traynor -- Dolores Puga and Teresa Castro Martin -- Donald F. Lynch and Roger W. Pearson -- E. Nel and J. A. Binns -- Gareth A. Jones and Maria Moreno-Carranco -- Julia Richter -- Katarina Schough, Lennart Andersson and Lennart Stenman -- Marcio M. Valenca -- Margarita Schmidt -- Maria Helena Braga e Vaz da Costa -- Marie Huchzermeyer -- Norberto Pinto dos Santos -- Peter Ambrose -- Rubenilson Brazao Teixeira -- Sandra S. F. Erickson -- Stanko Pelc -- William R. Stanley and Carol A. Williams. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11. Ch. 12. Ch. 13. Ch. 14. Ch. 15. Ch. 16. Ch. 17. Ch. 18. Ch. 19. Ch. 20. Ch. 21. Ch. 22. Ch. 23. Ch. 24. Ch. 25. Ch. 26.

ISBN: 9781600218392 (hardcover) 1600218393 (hardcover)

Standard No.: 99821685243

LCCN: 2007024327

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Marginality, Social--Case studies.
Globalization.
Equality.

Subjects--Index Terms: Slavery. Involuntary, unfree labour

LC Class. No.: HM1136 / .G56 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 305.5/609

Universal Decimal Class. No.: 325.111 / 2