Sage Publications Pvt Ltd imprint: 873 books
Grassroots NGOs by Women for Women
The Driving Force of Development in India
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2006
Adopting an inter-disciplinary approach, this book provides an in-depth understanding of why Indian NGOs run by women for women, tend to be successful.
Based on first-hand observations spanning five years and interviews with 20 founders of NGOs, this book explores the factors that motivate...
Communication for Behavior Change
Volume lll: Using Entertainment–Education for Distance Education
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
A valuable resource for creating distance education programs for radio, TV, Internet and mobile, using an entertainment–education approach.
This volume explains how to integrate education into an entertaining format so that it holds people’s attention while enabling them to improve their...
Redesigning the Stock Market
A Fractal Approach
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
While success in business has become synonymous with the meaning of life, this bearing comes at the high cost of damaged ecosystems. The underlying business-asset mentality has equated value with superficial and short-sighted actions and rewards.
Redesigning the Stock Market aims to alter the...
Social Entrepreneurship
Working towards Greater Inclusiveness
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2016
This book explores social entrepreneurship vis-à-vis participation of marginalized communities.
Based on in-depth case studies that highlight the efforts of selected third sector organisations, this book brings to light the emergence of social entrepreneurship in India. The cases focus on...
Philanthropy in India
Promise to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2016
A vivid account of philanthropic practices in the Indian context.
Philanthropy has a very long tradition in India. All practicing religions embody the idea of philanthropy and the concept of daanworks across religions and cultures. This book provides unique sociological and empirical perspectives,...
Thinking Creatively at Work
A Sourcebook
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2008
Thinking Creatively at Work: A Sourcebook moves away from linear and static notions of creativity to put forth a dynamic, comprehensive and contextualized understanding of the subject. It captures process and outcome dimensions, integrating multiple viewpoints from cognitive psychology, while strengthening...
The Sardar Sarovar Project
Assessing Economic and Social Impacts
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
A much-needed post-facto evaluation of one of the most controversial projects in recent history—the Sardar Sarovar Project
Built across the Narmada River, the Sardar Sarovar Project has faced a multitude of economic, financial, social, and environmental challenges since its inception. Its...
Water, Ecosystems and Society
A Confluence of Disciplines
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2009
This book is an articulation of the much needed paradigm shift in the knowledge base for water systems management. It discusses the ecological and socio-economic dimensions of water, inclusion of which in sustainable and integrated water systems management has become essential the world over. It is...
In Search of Sustainable Livelihood Systems
Managing Resources and Change
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2004
`What a pleasure to find, at long last, a book on rural livelihoods which does not package sustainability through the straightjacket of assessment, numbers and capital' - Development and Change
Livelihood systems are much more than sets of material and economic conditions. They have to cater...
Droughts and Integrated Water Resource Management in South Asia
Issues, Alternatives and Futures
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2008
Droughts have formed an inseparable part of South Asian history and culture, with tragic consequences for a region that houses the greatest number of the world’s poor. However, this volume challenges the popular conception of drought, which is presented as an absolute shortage-scarcity with respect...
Managing your Sales Force
A Motivational Approach
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2006
Salespersons occupy a vital position in most organizations yet they tend not to hold their profession in high esteem. According to the author of this book, unless salespersons take pride in their work, they are unlikely to perform to the best of their abilities. This, in turn, is bound to affect the...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
A major contribution to understand how the environmental crisis is viewed globally and responded to by policy
This book highlights the manner in which key aspects in policy discourse—commodity, pricing, ownership, and regulation—have borrowed economic and trade principles to address the...
Decentralization, Forests and Rural Communities
Policy Outcomes in Southeast Asia
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2008
Asian societies are entering a new era of decentralized governance of forests. The authority to make decisions on forest management has shifted to lower levels of government and, in some cases, to the local people themselves. But can governments simply `decentralize` authority away from the center,...
Winning Hearts and Minds
Transactional Analysis Simplified
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2017
Transactional Analysis (TA) refers to a wide-ranging set of theories about the human personality. It provides an unambiguous and logical framework within which we can understand and analyze ourselves—our motives, our behavior, and our interactions with others. The principles of TA can be applied...