"Die Forderung nach mehr Gerechtigkeit zwischen "Nord" und "Süd" stellt die metropolitanen Gewerkschaften vor große Herausforderungen. Für eine globale Umverteilung scheinen tiefgreifende Einstellungsänderungen bei Gewerkschaften und ihren Mitgliedern notwendig. Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht
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, wie deutsche Gewerkschaften in ihren Mitgliederzeitschriften im Zeitraum von 1960 bis 1988 über das Nord-Süd-Verhältnis berichten, welches Bild sie dabei von der sog. Dritten Welt zeichnen und wie sie ihre eigenen Handlungen in diesem Zusammenhang darstellen. Im Mittelpunkt steht dabei die Frage, welches Selbstverständnis und welche Deutungsmuster zu dieser Problematik die Gewerkschaftsmitglieder in ihren Verbandspublikationen vermittelt bekommen." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Reports about a meeting of the Donors to African Education group [now Association for the Development of Education in Africa, ADEA] its research agenda, and its growing involvement with the private sector in African publishing." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d e
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d. 2008, nr. 1410)
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"Rapport d'une conférence parrainée par l'ACCT sur l'édition de livres éducatifs et la rédaction de manuels scolaires en Afrique francophone, qui a examiné les problèmes rencontrés par les industries du livre en difficulté." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa,
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3d ed. 2008, nr. 361)
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"Myron J. Pereira, SJ, brings together his years of experience in Development Communication as the director of ASTHA, a department of the Xavier Institute of Communications, Bombay. In this book he deals with sound slides, video, audio-cassettes and posters, street-plays and puppets and how they can
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be effectively used to transform the society. Essentially this is a 'how to' book. Numerous media practitioners are not professionals in any way. They are teachers, pastors, social workers, community organizers and political activists. But they are aware of the influence of modern communications and they would like to improve their skills and widen their perspectives both in communication and with the media. The book is meant for them." (Back cover)
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"This volume explores the strengths, weaknesses, and complex nature of participation in diverse settings through a collection of 20 essays that focus on the concept of participation in development and raise questions relating to power, control, empowerment, awareness-raising, and self-reliance. The
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editors assert that participation must be dialogic and transactional, and that development communicators have a role in facilitating the spread of new philosophies, concepts, and models, which facilitate participation at all stages of the development process. This volume is divided into sections on theories, methodologies, 'participatory decision-making and action' and 'participatory message making', and includes case studies." (Communication Initiative website Nov. 2007)
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"Published shortly after the ending of apartheid, this was an important collection containing 17 papers by educationists and publishers. It offered fresh insights, and a comprehensive analysis of how South African textbooks are produced, and suggests ways in which the industry could transform itself
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in order to provide more, better, and cheaper books for South Africa's post-apartheid education system. The book concludes with a list of twelve recommendations "A Vision for Educational Publishing in South Africa", setting out a framework and a range of guidelines that might govern the practices of educational publishing in South Africa, and it would be interesting to compare this vision with the reality today, almost ten years later." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1036)
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Based on the work of HealthCom, a fifteen-year, twenty-country project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, the book builds on a practical, five-step model for communication that promotes change in existing behaviors and supports preventive health practices. Using numerous exampl
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es from actual health communication projects in developing countries - including immunization, diarrheal disease control, and water and sanitation programs - the authors provide step-by-step guidance in applying.
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