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Amazonia [electronic resource] : resiliency and dynamism of the land and its people
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Nigel J. H.
- Series:
- UNU studies on critical environmental regions Amazonia
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy--History--20th century.
- Equality.
- Environmental protection--Amazon River Valley.
- Environmental protection.
- Natural resources--Amazon River Valley.
- Natural resources.
- Land use--Amazon River Valley.
- Land use.
- Agriculture--Amazon River Valley.
- Agriculture.
- Local Subjects:
- Democracy--History--20th century.
- Equality.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (294 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Tokyo : United Nations University Press, 1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Balanced, worthwhile book includes chapters on threats to the environment, change and societal response, conservation and management, plantation crops, agroforestry, ranching, floodplain dynamics, and trends and opportunities"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas/
- Contents:
- ""The changing nature of democracy""; ""Contents""; ""1 Introduction: The changing nature of democracy""; ""2 Some basic assumptions about the consolidation of democracy""; ""3 Fifty years after the ��Great Transformation��: Reflections on social order and political agency""; ""4 Toward consolidated democracies""; ""5 Democracy and constitutionalism""; ""6 Mass media and participatory democracy""; ""7 Party representation in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Japan""; ""8 The democratization process and the market""
- ""9 Political representation and economic competitiveness: Is a new democratic synthesis conceivable?""""10 A structure for peace: A democratic, interdependent, and institutionalized order""; ""11 Asian-style democracy?""; ""12 Post-communist Europe: Comparative reflections""; ""13 Religion and democracy: The case of Islam, civil society, and democracy""; ""14 The Philadelphia model""; ""15 Democracy at the United Nations""; ""16 A meditation on democracy""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 0-585-28784-8
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