Bøger af Martin Mowforth
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321,95 kr. Travels in 'Paradise' is a guide on how to have a more socially and environmentally responsible holiday in Latin America. It traces the relationship between the tourist industry, trade, globalisation, the social reality of everyday people and the environment in Latin America.
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- 321,95 kr.
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- Resource Depletion, Environmental Crises and Human Rights Abuses in Central America
548,95 - 953,95 kr. This book examines the failure of 'development' in Central America, where despite billions of dollars of development funding and positive indicators of economic growth, poverty remains entrenched and violence endemic.*BR**BR*Martin Mowforth shows how development is predicated on force and systematic violence, through which the world's most powerful governments, financial institutions and companies punish the global south. *BR**BR*Crucially, the analysis in The Violence of Development comes from many development project case studies and over sixty interviews with a range of people in Central America, including nuns, politicians, NGO representatives, trade unionists, indigenous leaders and human rights defenders. This book is a compelling synthesis of first-hand research and development theory.
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- 548,95 kr.
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- Perspectives from Latin America and the Caribbean
669,95 - 2.510,95 kr. Discusses the responsibility, or otherwise, of tourism activities in Latin America and the Caribbean. This book considers issues such as the reduction of poverty through tourism and the conflict between increasing volumes of air travel spent in our continuing search for pleasure and the resulting contribution to global warming.
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- 669,95 kr.