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Urban Renewal in India
Theory, Initiatives and Spatial Planning Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2018
Urban Renewal in India is a comprehensive presentation of the theoretical, strategic and technical aspects of urban renewal. The term ‘urban renewal’ implies redevelopment of urban areas to ensure growth of infrastructure, promotion of tourism and better quality of life. It has been identified...
Development Communication in Practice
India and the Millennium Development Goals
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2009
This book takes a fresh look at development communication in the Indian context. Charting its international history and discussing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that evolved as part of the phenomenon of globalization, it links the history of India's development with development communication...
Business and Community
The Story of Corporate Social Responsibility in India
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2013
Business and Community is a historical narrative which also highlights emerging critical issues and the achievements as well as deficits of Indian CSR. Its objectives are threefold:
- To enhance public knowledge, understanding and appreciation of what Indian business has contributed to society
-...
by National Social Watch India
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
Every year, the Citizens' Report on Governance and Development examines the performance of the institutions of governance-Parliament, Judiciary, Policy and the Local Self Governments-through the lenses of fundamental economic and social values such as rights, development, freedom and security.
The...
Resisting Reform?
Water Profits and Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2009
A wide range of people and organisations, united by either a belief in market-based economics or a financial stake in the water business or both, are convinced that water should primarily be treated as a commodity to be bought and sold so that all water services can cover their costs. To this end,...
Governance in South Asia
State of the Civil Services
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2014
The book for the first time offers a comprehensive and contemporary account of the state of civil services in South Asia countries. It brings together experiences of former senior bureaucrats and critics from India and other SAARC nations to affirm the state of civil service and the need for reforms.
While...
Re-visioning Indian Cities
The Urban Renewal Mission
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2011
Re-visioning Indian Cities probes the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) right from its inception to its present-day avatar. The book significantly adds to the knowledge base on the urban history of India.
Commencing with a historical background of the JNNURM, the book...
Social Development
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2013
Walking through social development’s key theoreticalprinciples and practice strategies, this book shows how it promotes peoples’ wellbeing not only in the Global South, where it first emerged, but in the Western countries as well. It covers:
Definitions and an historical evolution of social...
by Siah Hwee Ang
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
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Research Design for Business & Management** is a logical and practical book which makes no assumptions about your prior research knowledge. It will instead provide you with a clear understanding of the commonly used methods in business...
Private Equity at Work
When Wall Street Manages Main Street
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
Private equity firms have long been at the center of public debates on the impact of the financial sector on Main Street companies. Are these firms financial innovators that save failing businesses or financial predators that bankrupt otherwise healthy companies and destroy jobs? The first comprehensive...
by Dr. William E. Wagner
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2019
Using IBM SPSS for Social Statistics and Research Methods supports the use of SPSS for social statistics and research methods classes and is an excellent companion to any undergraduate statistics or research methods textbook. The book covers a wide range of data analysis topics to help students working...
Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics
Using Microsoft Excel 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2016
Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics: Using Microsoft Excel 2016, Fourth Edition presents an often intimidating and difficult subject in a way that is clear, informative, and personable. Researchers and students will appreciate the book's unhurried pace and thorough, friendly presentation....
Statistics for Research
With a Guide to SPSS
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2011
This fully updated edition of Statistics for Research explains statistical concepts in a straight-forward and accessible way using practical examples from a variety of disciplines. If you're looking for an easy-to-read, comprehensive introduction to statistics with a guide to SPSS, this is the book...
Statistics for Research in Psychology
A Modern Approach Using Estimation
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2017
Statistics for Research in Psychology by Rick Gurnsey offers an intuitive approach to statistics based on estimation for interpreting research in psychology. This innovative text covers topic areas in a traditional sequence but gently shifts the focus to an alternative approach using estimation, emphasizing...