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Free Download Bjørn Møller, Gavin Cawthra, "Defensive Restructuring of the Armed Forces in Southern Africa"
English | 2018 | ISBN: 1138614130 | EPUB | pages: 190 | 0.9 mb
Published in 1997, the work explores the reorientation of security policies and the accompanying restructuring of the armed forces going on in Southern Africa under entirely new circumstances: Democracy has come to South Africa, the civil wars in Angola and Mozambique have ended, and the region is establishing a regional framework for cooperation. While covering the entire region, a special focus is placed on South Africa which is predestined to play a leading role, but which is struggling with the legacy of the apartheid regime and its repeated aggressions against neighbouring states. A defensive restructuring of the South African of the South African military is an element in the building of mutual trust. The implications of such defensive restructuring to a non-offensive defence are described in detail. In addition to the analytical contribution, the work also contains central documents and a bibliography.

Free Download Mark Lupher, "Power Restructuring In China And Russia"
English | 2018 | ISBN: 0813325455, 0367317397 | EPUB | pages: 352 | 0.6 mb
The massive economic transformations and political upheavals that have been sweeping China and the Soviet Union in the final decades of the twentieth century are among the great dramas of our time. Yet the origins of these revolutionary changes are murky and their outcomes unclear. Have we witnessed the demise of an archaic authoritarian order and the rise of pluralism and democracy, or are the tumultuous events of the post-Mao era and the period of perestroika more usefully viewed in light of broader patterns of power and politics in Chinese and Russian history? Considering these questions with a new interpretation of power relations and political processes in China and Russia, Mark Lupher explores the imperial era, the communist period, and the current situation in both countries. Rather than speaking of "reform," which too often is understood as liberalization along Western lines, his discussion is focused on power restructuring―the ebb and flow of state power; the centralization and decentralization of political and economic power; and the three-way struggles between central rulers, various elites, and nonprivileged groups that drive these processes. Lupher’s power-restructuring analysis is noteworthy in combining broad comparative-historical analysis and conceptualization with a closely focused discussion and reinterpretation of the Chinese Cultural Revolution―the core of his book. By comparing and bringing new light to bear on a series of pivotal episodes in Chinese and Russian history, he furthers our understanding and assessment of processes that will continue to unfold in China, Russia, and the former Soviet republics.

Free Download Development and Territorial Restructuring in an Era of Global Change: Theories, Approaches and Future Research Perspectives by Elisabeth Peyroux, Christine Raimond, Vincent Viel
English | August 22, 2023 | ISBN: 1786306530 | 352 pages | MOBI | 10 Mb
Thinking about development and the environment simultaneously is one of the biggest scientific and societal challenges of the 21st century. Understanding the interactions between biophysical systems and human activities in an era of global change requires overcoming disciplinary divides and opening up new epistemological perspectives.

Free Download The Financial Restructuring Tool Set: How to Fix Your Broken Balance Sheet by Mike Harmon
English | December 9th, 2024 | ISBN: 023121698X | 360 pages | True EPUB | 2.49 MB
Excessive corporate debt can lead to financial distress, which prevents a business from realizing its full potential. When this occurs, a company transforms into a "zombie," incapable of making essential investments for its future growth or attracting the resources required to execute its business strategy effectively.

Free Download Emerging Markets Debt Restructuring: Effectively Navigating Local Institutional Frameworks by Richard Marney , Timothy Stubbs
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2024 | 566 Pages | ISBN : 3031668375 | 31 MB
Corporate debt in emerging markets (EMs) has reached historical levels in the post-Covid-19 world. This challenges international lenders (e.g., commercial banks, development finance institutions, and impact investors) and EM economies in their pursuit of economic development. This book builds on the authors’ first volume by focusing on the role of institutions in the economy, credit markets, and ultimately debt restructuring. The authors identify, contextualize, and evaluate the major challenges confronting restructuring professionals in EMs, offering "ten observations" on the major differences for the practitioner in the restructuring environment of EMs versus that of advanced economies. The authors present four detailed EM case studies (following these with counterfactuals) reflecting these ten observations. The authors also explore the main elements of an effective EM insolvency framework as relevant to the restructurer’s choice whether to pursue a formal versus an informal solution. Written for restructuring professionals by restructuring professionals, this book explores the factors which drive success-or failure-in EM debt restructuring.

Free Download Euroshock: How the Largest Debt Restructuring in History Helped Save Greece and Preserve the Eurozone by Charles Dallara
English | March 19, 2024 | ISBN: 1957588136 | 560 pages | PDF | 38 Mb
The inside story of the unprecedented restructuring of Greece’s debt in 2012-the largest restructuring in history-and how the Eurozone was stabilized and Greece was saved from exit from the Euro and economic calamity. One of the Financial Times Best Summer Books of 2024 in Economics.

Free Download The Global Restructuring of the Steel Industry: Innovations, Institutions and Industrial Change By Anthony D’Costa
1999 | 248 Pages | ISBN: 0415148278 | PDF | 13 MB
Drawing upon case studies of the steel industry in the US, Japan, South Korea, Brazil and India, this book explains how and why the steel industry has shifted from advanced capitalist countries to late industrializing countries. Anthony P. D’Costa examines the relationship between industrial change and institutional responses to technological diffusion. He reveals the governments’ and firms’ differing responses to innovations lead to an uneven diffusion of technology and industrial reorganization. Moreover, when it becomes clear that existing institutional arrangements no longer serve the industry well, new arrangement are created which allow for innovative behaviour. Often this has created opportunities for technological ‘leapfrogging’ and the emergence of new technologies in unexpected places.

Free Download Evicted from Eternity: The Restructuring of Modern Rome by Michael Herzfeld
English | 2009 | ISBN: 0226329127 | 392 Pages | EPUB | 6.4 MB
Modern Rome is a city rife with contradictions. Once the seat of ancient glory, it is now often the object of national contempt.

Free Download Re/Structuring Science Education: ReUniting Sociological and Psychological Perspectives By Wolff-Michael Roth (auth.), Wolff-Michael Roth (eds.)
2010 | 381 Pages | ISBN: 9048139953 | PDF | 6 MB
Since its beginnings, science education has been under the influence of psychological theories of knowing and learning, while in more recent years, social constructivist and sociological frameworks have also begun to emerge. With little work being done on showing how the perspectives of these separate approaches might be integrated, this work aims to plug the gap. The book helps lay the groundwork for reuniting sociological and psychological perspectives on the knowing, learning, and teaching of science. Featuring a range of integrative efforts beginning with simple conversation, the chapters here include not only articles but also commentaries that engage with other papers, as well as a useful running narrative that, from the introduction to the epilogue, contextualizes the book and its sections. Specific attention is given to cultural-historical activity theory, which already offers an integration of psychological and cultural-historical (sociological) perspectives on collectively motivated human activities. A number of chapters, as well as the contextualizing narrative, explicitly use this theory as a framework for rethinking science education to achieve the reunification that is the goal of this work.All the contributors to this volume have produced texts that contribute to the effort of overcoming the extant divide between sociological and psychological approaches to science education research and practice. From very different positions-gender, culture, race-they provide valuable insights to reuniting approaches in both theory and method in the field. As an ensemble, the contributions constitute a rich menu of ideas from which new forms of science education can emerge.