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Societies, polities and capitalists in developing countries: a literature survey

This survey critically examines the development studies literature dealing with the connections between social structure, politics and...

The identity of capitalists and the legitimacy of capitalism: Sri Lanka since independence

In many Asian countries, the early decades of independence after World War II were marked by tension between ‘indigenous’ political...

Water and Sanitation for All: Partnership and Innovations, Proceedings of the 23rd WEDC Conference

Who Needs [Sex] When You Can Have [Gender]? Conflicting Discourses on Gender at Beijing

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Gender', understood as the social construction of sex, is a key concept for feminists working at the interface of theory and policy. This article examines challenges to the concept which emerged from different groups at the UN Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, September 1995, an important arena for struggles over feminist public policies.

Winning coalitions and ethno-regional politics: the failure of the opposition in the 1990 and 1995 elections in Cote d’Ivoire

Judges and Journalists in the Transitional Democracies of Eastern Europe

Published by: Freedom House

Decentralisation: Towards a New System of Accountability in Local Government

Published by: Convention of Scottish Local Authorities

Gender and Equity in Health Sector Reform Programmes: A Review

Health sector reform lessons from China

As a result of China's transition to a socialist market economy, its rural health services have undergone many of the changes commonly...

Intervention Study on Health Financing System in China’s Poor Rural Area

Published by: Shanghai Medical University Press