Understanding ALBA: Progress, Problems, and Prospects of Alternative Regionalism in Latin America and the Caribbean

Understanding ALBA: Progress, Problems, and Prospects of Alternative Regionalism in Latin America and the CaribbeanThis collection analyses the impact and influence of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), whose vision of alternative regionalism has spearheaded Latin America and the Caribbeans collective challenge to neoliberal globalisation in the twenty first century. Moving beyond normative debates about the projects desirability and descriptive accounts of its initiatives, this volume provides critical analyses that consider equally

and notes challenges to agricultural sustainability and food security

and finally Section 5 explores the effects of genetic variation on metabolism

In organisations large and small across the globe you will hear talk of data quality issues

The discussion highlights the need to adopt the concept of ‘sustainable intensification’ to reduce the environmental impact of modern almond production systems based on high-input

Examines the Celtic Tiger

This collection of exercises

Ghana is widely acknowledged by the international community as a model of democracy: the first black African sub-Saharan country to gain political independence from Britain

the largest proportion of food production in the world is mainly attributed to small-scale farmers who are limited by a lack of resources to enhance the productivity of their farms

place and culture of association

This book examines the depiction of physically ugly characters in a striking range of early modern literary and visual texts

He has also repeatedly drawn on literary fiction for inspiration

which was unique in the area