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Misguided investments in meeting millennium Development Goals: a reconsideration using ends-based targets.

Subjects: *INTERNATIONAL cooperation on poverty; *PRIMARY education; *MEDICAL care

  • Source: Third World Quarterly. Apr2006, Vol. 27 Issue 3, p443-458. 16p. 1 Diagram, 4 Charts.

  • Abstract: This paper contends that some of the Millennium Development Goals do not distinguish between potential and actual achievements. In the case of ... Copyright of Third World Quarterly is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to ...

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The Local Turn in Peace Building: a critical agenda for peace.

Subjects: *PEACEBUILDING; *LOCALISM (Political science); *EDUCATION

  • Source: Third World Quarterly. Jun2013, Vol. 34 Issue 5, p763-783. 21p. 1 Chart.

  • Abstract: This article unpacks the renaissance of interest in ‘the local’ in peace building. It pays increased attention to local dimensions of peace in a wider ... Copyright of Third World Quarterly is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to ...

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Beyond the local turn divide: lessons learnt, relearnt and unlearnt.

Subjects: *PEACEBUILDING; *LOCAL government; *PEACE

  • Source: Third World Quarterly. May2015, Vol. 36 Issue 5, p1023-1032. 10p.

  • Abstract: This article builds on the contributions to this special issue by examining different approaches to the local turn and what can be learnt from applying ... Copyright of Third World Quarterly is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to ...

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The ‘local turn’ in peacebuilding: a literature review of effective and emancipatory local peacebuilding.

Subjects: *PEACEBUILDING; *LOCAL government; *AGENT (Philosophy)AGENDA for Peace, An (Book); CIVIL Society & Peacebuilding: A Critical Assessment (Book); DILEMMAS of Statebuilding: Confronting the Contradictions of Postwar Peace Operations, The (Book)

  • Source: Third World Quarterly. May2015, Vol. 36 Issue 5, p825-839. 15p.

  • Abstract: This article is a literature review of the current local turn in peacebuilding. After a short introduction on the origins of ‘the local’ in peacebuilding, ... Copyright of Third World Quarterly is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to ...

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Educating into liberal peace: the International Crisis Group’s contribution to an emerging global governmentality.

Subjects: *POLITICAL violence; *THEORY of knowledge; *PEACEINDONESIAINTERNATIONAL Crisis Group

  • Source: Third World Quarterly. Apr2014, Vol. 35 Issue 4, p563-580. 18p.

  • Abstract: Indonesia has seen excessive political violence in the first years since the end of autocratic rule under former president Suharto. Documented violence has ranged from ... Copyright of Third World Quarterly is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to ...

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The Chávez phenomenon: political change in Venezuela.

Subjects: *POLITICAL change; *DICTATORSHIP; *POLITICAL scienceVENEZUELA

  • Source: Third World Quarterly. Feb2003, Vol. 24 Issue 1, p63-76. 14p.

  • Abstract: This article focuses on the advent and governing style of, and issues facing colonel-turned politician Hugo Chávez since he became president of Venezuela in 1998 ... Copyright of Third World Quarterly is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to ...

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Let's Argue about Migration: advancing a right(s) discourse via communicative opportunities.

Subjects: *INTERNATIONAL cooperation on emigration & immigration; *LABOR mobility; *IMMIGRATION status

  • Source: Third World Quarterly. Oct2012, Vol. 33 Issue 9, p1735-1750. 16p.

  • Abstract: The emerging global governance of migration is dominated by two discourses which shape policy approaches: 1) migration management and 2) the migration–development nexus. With large numbers ... Copyright of Third World Quarterly is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to ...

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Ali A Mazrui on the invention of Africa and postcolonial predicaments: ‘My life is one long debate’.

Subjects: *SCHOLARS; *POSTCOLONIALISM; *DECOLONIZATIONAFRICAMAZRUI, Ali Al'Amin, 1933-2014

  • Source: Third World Quarterly. Feb2015, Vol. 36 Issue 2, p205-222. 18p.

  • Abstract: Ali A Mazrui’s academic and intellectual fame provoked both deep admiration and severe criticism, causing his intellectual legacy to be caught up between what ... Copyright of Third World Quarterly is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to ...

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Conclusions – engaging critical perspectives in development policy and implementation.

Subjects: *CRITICAL thinking; *SCHOLARS; *PUBLIC institutions

  • Source: Third World Quarterly. Mar2014, Vol. 35 Issue 3, p524-527. 4p.

  • Abstract: The article discusses the role that the critical thinking of scholars plays in public institutions, charities and governments' policies of providing international economic assistance toward ...

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Challenging Global Neoliberalism? The global political economy of China's capital controls.

Subjects: *INTERNATIONAL economic relations; *INTERNATIONAL relations; *INTERNATIONAL relations theoryCHINA

  • Source: Third World Quarterly. Oct2012, Vol. 33 Issue 9, p1647-1668. 22p.

  • Abstract: This article engages with critical ipe scholars who have examined the rise of China and its impact on the neoliberal world order by analysing whether ... Copyright of Third World Quarterly is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to ...

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