anthropology optimization environmental anthropologist

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Environmental Planning, Policies and Politics in Eastern and Southern Africa

Manchester University Press, 1999

Caught between underdevelopment, poverty and environmental degradation, and the need for exploiting their natural resources for development, Africa has, during the last two decades, been engaged in a serious effort to integrate environment and development. The nine case studies (Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Tanzania, Sudan, Uganda and Zambia) presented in this book explore the complexity involved in environmental planning and ...

African Parliaments: Between Governance and Government

HSRC Publishers, 2006

This book offers in-depth analysis of parliamentary (legislature) development set in a historical context informed by Africa?s post 1990s democratic resurgence. In particular, it illustrates how African parliaments are caught between the twin processes of being part of the machinery of government while exercising the function of holding government accountable. The chapters are divided into three parts articulating: a) a contextual analysis of ...

African Political Parties: Evolution, Institutionalisation and Governance (OSSREA)

Pluto Press, 2003

The authors of this collection interrogate the political health of African political parties and evaluate the theory and practice of party functions, ideology and structure. Through fresh analysis using a variety of case studies, they question the democratic credentials of African political parties and propose new methods for achieving inclusive, broad-based representation. Themes include the evolution and institutionalisation of African ...

Africa Networking: Development Information, ICTs and Governance
Nino Orlando Fluck, Aida Opoku-Mensah, ...

International Books, 2004

Bringing together in-depth analysis and critical insights into the potential benefits of improved technology in Africa's development, this work illustrates the central role information and communication technologies can play in the delivery of efficient and effective services by governments and agencies. The potential political rewards of better digital technology are discussed, as is the important role digital networks could play in ...

Explaining Darfur: Lectures on the Ongoing Genocide
Agnes van Ardenne-van der Hoeven, Mohamed Salih, ...

Amsterdam University Press, 2007

Despite serious pressure from the United Nations, public statements of outrage from the United States, and international horror at genocidal acts, the war in Darfur, Sudan, continues unabated?and with very little actual international intervention. Many in the West still have only a very limited understanding of either the conflict or the forces driving it. Explaining Darfur provides essential resources for understanding the conflict in ...

Maintenance, Modeling and Optimization

Springer, 2000

Production costs are being reduced by automation, robotics, computer-integrated manufacturing, cost reduction studies and more. These new technologies are expensive to buy, repair, and maintain. Hence, the demand on maintenance is growing and its costs are escalating. This new environment is compelling industrial maintenance organizations to make the transition from fixing broken machines to higher-level business units for securing ...

African E-Markets: Information and Economic Development
M. A. Mohamed Salih

International Books, 2007

Written by a select group of African academics, policy makers, researchers, and experts from various social and economic science disciplines, this study provides provocative insights and case studies on the role information plays in African development. Up-to-date research and analysis on the impact of various forms of information on the development process is presented, including e-economic development and its impact on economic growth. Calling ...

Anthropology in the Sudan: Reflections by a Sudanese Anthropologist
Abdel Ghaffar M. Ahmed, Munzoul A. M. Assal, ...

International Books, 2003

This collection of essays on the Sudan highlights the country's critical role in anthropology research and in studies of social change and development in rural Africa. Spanning 25 years, the scholarship reveals the strengths and weaknesses of anthropology, from its exploitive and colonial roots in Africa to its current liberating manifestation. While questioning the modernization paradigm, this critical discussion does not entirely reject ...

Ethnicity and the State in Eastern Africa

Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 1999

African E-Markets
Aida (EDT)/ Salih, M. A. Mohamed (EDT) Opoku-Mensah

Paul & Co Pub Consortium, 2007

African Democracies And African Politics (OSSREA)
M.A. Mohamed Salih

Pluto Press, 2001

Challenging orthodox views on contemporary African politics and democracy, M.A. Mohamed Salih offers a new approach to the topic, emphasizing the role of ethnicity and religion, in particular that of minorities. His central theme is that government donors from Western nations have imposed Western style democracy in Africa, ignoring the indigenous politics of the region, often resulting in chaos. As a consequence many African societies are ...

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