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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Compared to their parents¿ times, the children of today have access to a much broader range of media outlets and technological tools. In such an environment, they are creating their own realities by being in constant contact with the media. In order to be able to access, analyze, interpret and produce the complex forms of media texts in the 21st century, the citizens of today need to develop multiple skills and competencies, including media literacy. This research, aimed at analyzing the K-12 curriculum documents of the three pioneering countries in media literacy namely, Australia, Canada, and Britain, in addition to the leading theories developed in this field, gives the first example of an international comparative analysis to find the problematic aspects in the Turkish curriculum and offer proposals for change. This research should be especially useful to professionals and academics doing research in this field as well as teachers and administrators of the media literacy programs in the world.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book assesses whether or not microcredit programs of FINCA International are empowering women clients and their households in Malawi and Zambia. The study set out to determine if any major changes, partial changes or no changes have occurred on women clients and their households, businesses and communities, because of clients'' participation in FINCA program. Study participants were women clients under the Village Bank and Loan Officers. This book argues that the FINCA microcredit program has enabled women clients attain some important levels of empowerment, and improve their wellbeing. The program has also benefited clients'' households, businesses, and communities. However, some clients have not benefited much from this program. It also argues that the FINCA program has not enabled women clients attain other levels of empowerment, due, in part, to its shortcomings, and challenges it is facing. It further contends that differing program impacts exist among clients, households and businesses; but beneficiary communities have benefited similarly. It also unravels the workings of the current stiff competition and scramble for clients among MFIs in Malawi and Zambia.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Over the last few years it seems that the tendency in international relations leads to regionalization. With the European Union as the champion of Integration, other projects and blocs of regional integration have emerged. Of all these projects, it is that of MERCOSUR that has taken on the most ambitious and far reaching goals, coming closer than any other to the European integration experience. The Southern bloc intends to create a common market, while controlling or regulating many spheres of the former exclusive domains of the Nation State such as cultural and economical aspects. On the other hand, some experts assure that the integration process in MERCOSUR is submerged in a political crisis that is leading to its decline. Many advocate for the need to reshape its institutional design to keep it from falling apart. This book procures to shed light on the integration process of MERCOSUR. Its goal is to determine whether the conditions given in MERCOSUR correspond to those needed to make the European project of integration advance to its current status quo. That is, whether the European model of integration can in fact be 'exported' and applied to this context.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Mikhail Gorbachev''s visions of a reformulated Soviet Union encompassing glasnost, perestroika and The New Thinking after the abrupt departure of the ailing Konstantin Chernenko revolutionized Soviet foreign policy and the CPSU as well. Though mentored by the infamous Yuri Andropov, Gorbachev was not a product of the Great Patriotic War but rather a new-age Russian technocrat who realized that the experiment of the CPSU was coming to a close. He could not anticipate that he would unleash a dynamic torrent of unintended consequences that would cause the implosion of the entire Soviet Union and its satellite system transforming the Russian experiment in socialism to a new phase of experimental engagement with western-style democracy. Students of the political dynamics of the Russian empire will observe the evolutionary nature of the transition that the visionary Gorbachev precipitated. Historians and comparative political scientists will understand the gravity and important implications that this dramatic twist in Russian political history has wrought and the continued dramatic changes in store for the Medvedev-Putin siloviki administration in the current nationalized Russian state.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The current situation of dispossession of the Ogiek from their land in Mau Forest, Kenya is the result of the adoption of the State¿s land and other policies that are similar to those adopted by the colonialist more than a century ago. In response the Ogiek have instituted several cases through the Kenya courts in an effort to once again access their ancestral lands. Not only has the Kenya government introduced land policies that have greatly affected the way of life of the Ogiek, it has also failed to meet its obligations at the national and international level in response to protecting the human rights of indigenous people. In light of this, this paper attempts to demonstrate analytically how some historical and modern socio-political dynamics have continued to systematically deprive the Ogiek of their land and to assess the extent to which the platform on indigenous rights has helped them in their struggle for their land.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Organization of the book : The contained chapters in this book demonstrate how empowerment can be a comprehensive strategy in resisting domestic violence against women of rural communities in Bangladesh. Chapter One focuses on the underlying concepts and the background of the study.It portrays the existing literature regarding the working title. Chapter Two has been arranged by the methodological framework and provides a scope to the readers how qualitative approach has been used here.It also encompasses the sample size according the objective of the study. Chapter Three shows the existing scenario of domestic violence in the studied arena. Chapter Five deals with the existing process of empowerment and cites the roles of local institutions. Chapter Six is concerned to the dimensional contribution of the different patterns of stakeholders in Combating the aspect of domestic violence in the studied arena. At the end of the day I have tried my level best to mention the conclusion as well as my recommendations in 7th Chapter.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Customer satisfaction has become an essence of success in today''s highly competitive world. In service industry specifically, communication is vital to determine customer satisfaction. Past researches indicated that, most meaning of conversational messages comes from non-verbal communication. Therefore, this study intended to examine the relationship of non-verbal communication cues to customer satisfaction. A total of 210 hotel customers were sampled.They were evaluated on their perception on hotel employees'' non-verbal communication behavior that would lead to their satisfaction to the services provided. The results illustrate that three (interpersonal warmth, attire and proxemics) of the non-verbal communication cues were significant and positively related to customer satisfaction. Proxemics was rated as the non-verbal communication cues that provided the most impact on customer satisfaction.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Education is a fundamental human right. Attaining the right to equality of education is not only having equal opportunity to access and complete education, but also having equal opportunities to receive equal quality of education, which ensures opportunities for every pupil to maximize their educational potential. The current education system in Croatia produces barriers in achieving the right to equality education for the Roma children. It is failing to incorporate learning programs on diversity, intercultural values and respect for human rights for all pupils. This system acts to institutionalize widely established discrimination and social exclusion against the Roma in Croatia. In order to combat social exclusion inside and outside the education system, the book advocates for the implementation of equality and inclusive education. This alternate system of education aims to promote programs that encourage intercultural values and incorporate diversity of children¿s backgrounds in such way that responds to the needs of each child to attain equality of education, including the Roma children.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In this work, I have attempted to trace and define the Queer identities in South Asia. I have chiefly looked at Shyam Selvadurai''s novel Swimming in the Monsoon sea, Deepa Mehta''s film Fire and selected writings from Hoshang Merchant''s anthology on gay writings in India- Yaarana which include R Raj Rao''s poem ¿Bomgay'', Namdeo Dhasal''s poem ¿Gandu Bagicha'' and Ashok Row Kavi''s autobiographical short story ¿Contract of Silence ''. The chief questions I investigated are - How the concept of sexuality changed with colonial influence. What contribution has representation of Queer people in South Asian texts (film and literary) impacted on the larger sociological framework instituting the acceptance of queer desires and its conflict with the inescapability of heterosexuality. How these texts have brought out the Queer issue and added value to the sexual propaganda, understanding queer sexuality and acting as a movement and lastly how it has redrawn gender and sexual identities and its narrative of male and female sexual desire in this Queer space Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book attempts to analyse the compliance of Nepalese juvenile justice system against the international standards set by ¿hard¿ or ¿soft¿ law or juvenile justice ¿specific¿ or ¿general¿ international human rights instruments. The analysis is based on the Child Rights-Based Approaches (CRBAs), general principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 (CRC) in general and principle of ¿the best interests of the child¿ in particular and the principle of ¿state obligation¿ have been used. Primary as well relevant secondary data have been used for the purpose of analysis. The book concludes ¿Nepal has taken some good initiatives to establish a separate juvenile justice system to handle cases of the children in conflict with the law but it needs significant reforms to establish a comprehensive juvenile justice system in comply with the international standard and make to serve the best interest of the child¿. Finally, recommendations have been made to strengthen the juvenile justice system in Nepal.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Given the magnitude of change which both the EU and the new Member States will have to cope with, the present work captures those aspects considered to be of major importance in the study of post-accession process, namely the political and legal. Using qualitative analysis and quantitative one, this paper addresses the key areas for the post- accession Romanian state, by dividing the analysis into three main parts: the political parties, the national minorities and the evolution of reforms after 2007. The paper is structured in 6 chapters, which in turn contain several subchapters. The aim of this book was to highlight the status of Romania in the European Union as a state from Central and Eastern Europe that was part of the last wave accession from January 1, 2007, and has relations with the European Union since the ¿70s (the 1967 European Agreement on technical and sanitary standards for food products).Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Like most other developing countries, poverty remains one of the biggest problems of Uganda. To overcome the poverty problem; the Government of Uganda has come up with numerous strategies. One of the strategies is the Poverty Eradication Action Plan (PEAP) which is a comprehensive poverty reduction strategy based on a number of pillars. One of its pillars aims at reducing poverty through availing micro credit and enhancing microfinance outreach. To realize this, the government of Uganda has provided policy support to Microfinance institutions (MFIs). As a result the microfinance sector has grown tremendous over the past years. The study aimed at investigating the contribution of the complementary services in micro credit outreach. SOCADIDO a non government development organization was selected as a case study. Data used in the study comprised of secondary and primary data. Secondary data was obtained from the available books, reports and internet sources while primary data was obtained using questionnaires and interviews. To analyse the data, the integrated approach was used. Findings indicated positive impacts.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This study explores, describes and analyzes the various characteristics of interproject learning mechanisms and project competencies found in a sample of consulting firms in Sweden. The study focuses on the perceived importance of different interproject learning mechanisms and their perceived impact in developing project competencies in consulting firms. The study interrogates the ¿perceptions'' of ¿key'' informed project management practitioners, who have experience of managing projects. Their perceptions about project activities in their respective firms helped capture a ¿managerial'' and provide an ¿expert'' view. The study find that the most highly ranked and valued interproject learning mechanisms involved some degree of face-to-face interactions. Learning mechanisms that enable the capture, storage and transfer of explicit knowledge, though important, were not ranked highly in importance as person-to- person communication. The difference might be due to the efficient way the latter mechanisms have in transferring socially embedded and context-dependant tacit knowledge, which comprise a large part of knowledge applied in projects.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The book is about Real Estate investment principles. The principals are based on fundamental corporation finance theory. Explanation is given on how the theory is applicable to Real Estate investment. The Book also explains simple models for the quantitative analysis and appraisal of Real Estate investment. The book covers the key elements of Real Estate investment; environment, economics, markets, valuation, appraisal, finance, risk and asset management.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The present research deals with the legal dimensions concerning the supply security of natural gas, relying on the existing political and economic environment.The research provides a legal analysis of the currently existing international and European Union legislation, as well as other effective measures aimed at ensuring ¿the security of natural gas supply''.It argues that the current legally binding provisions regulating the security of natural gas supply in relations between the EU and Russia are not sufficient and effective enough to ensure stable and undisrupted supply.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Can auction- and multiple bid targets be identified in the field of M&A This empirical study employs a binary logit model to identify the characteristics of companies that have been acquired facing a single bid or facing multiple bids from different bidders in the US during the period 2004-2009. The research extends the present research by looking at the differences in characteristics between acquired companies instead of investigating if the company will be acquired or not. The results reveal that companies that experience multiple bids have significantly different values regarding the EBIT margin, sales turnover and market to book ratio. Besides the characteristics of the companies, the premium paid and several control variables have been addressed. The findings suggest that companies that face multiple bids tend to have different characteristics however these results have to be placed in perspective in order to make correct judgments. Finally the findings have been related to the existing takeover prediction literature.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Services Marketing: Empirical Issues, places marketing issues within a broader general management context. The present book includes in its wide spectrum all the five issues on services marketing: the influence of marketing orientation on firms' marketing competency; use of social, structural and financial relationship marketing programs in building customer-salesperson and customer-firm relationships; and the importance of service quality in bank selection for mortgage loans. Examining the response of female fashion shoppers towards the mall atmosphere; and the effects social cues in the store environment on store image are also presented in this book whom act as empirical issues of highlights by marketers and managers. The chapters presented lay out the building blocks for studying services and understanding how consumers behave in a services context. Hence, this book grants substantial deliberation on information concerning to services marketing issues in Malaysia. This book may be used for support material for courses in either services marketing or service management.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Several theories and approaches have been advanced as addressing chronic poverty in the third world today. Human capital development is one such approach. This book entitled ¿Human Capital Development and economic growth in Ugandä provides an analysis using a time series technique the link between education expenditure to human capital development and consequently to economic growth in Uganda. It traces the Human Capital Accumulation theory, its limitations and use. The book examines the various economic growth trends in Uganda and their net effect on economic growth and further isolates the effects of human capital accumulation on economic growth in Uganda over the period 1962 - 2002.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The adoption of Sustainable Development (SD) to address the human-environment interaction since 1992 has influenced the inclusion of environmental concerns in the European Union (EU) policies. This work analyses the balance between environmental and economic criteria in the EU''s development strategy within a SD framework. Gaps between top levels of policy design and project level are identified through a case study, which analyses projects financed by the LEADER+ programme, with a focus on the role that environmental criteria play in project selection and the way in which local projects address SD and environmental concerns. The negative effects of the environmental integration process are highlighted: having environmental concerns linked to economic and social concerns allows projects with weak environmental concerns to claim contributions to SD. The research suggests emphasising the balance between all SD dimensions by raising awareness of the holistic character of SD and extending the use of SD tools at all action levels. Academics, students, decision-makers and project developers interested in environmental integration into policy processes should find this book useful.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The changing pattern of gender roles from traditional practices in rural households is supporting women''s advancement from various viewpoint towards building a gender sensitive society. The study visualize advancement of changing pattern of gender roles from 10 years ago and up to date on a scale matrix view. The findings of the study are based on extensive qualitative field research component which sought to visualize changing pattern of gender roles in rural households including community men, women, youth, adolescent, key persons and educator in study area. The participatory and consultative aspect of this report is its strength and has enable rural perception and individual evidence discussed and presented within the report. The report adopts a simple change assessment methodology in order to measuring the changes on gender issues. Selected major changing issues on gender roles were undertaken by the communities to ensure accuracy of information throughout their representation. In doing so the communities also identify reasons limiting changes form the last 10 years to up to date.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -It is very difficult to understand how people around the world believe things about Pakistan that are untrue without actually ever knowing how things really are. The perceptions that are embedded in the minds are so strong that it is almost impossible to clear them out. The conviction with which the false image is accepted is even more appalling. This book highlights one of the most essential industries of the world i.e. media and shows how media alone has been a crucial part of Pakistan''s existence and progress. It is an effort to show how Pakistani media started and how much has it evolved over the years. The media is a representation of a society and one must know at least a bit about Pakistan''s media before creating perceptions that do not fit our society as a whole. Therefore, this book is about understanding how things really are in Pakistan through media giving an unbiased overview of the situation. Thus, this work should prove quite useful to students and professionals in the field of Media, Communications and Journalism around the world as a mere eye opener.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The relations between Russia and the European Union served as a topic for research for a number of authors, of Russian and European, as well as of the other , like Japanese or the US, origins. Gas issue is discussed in a few of them. This book discovers specific characteristics of Russia- EU partnership, in particular regarding gas policies. It aims at defining the evolution of the European Union policies in regards to the energy security and the gas policy of Russia as the main energy supplier to Europe.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This study investigated interview structure as a moderator of the relationship between the physical attractiveness of job applicants and two interview outcomes (suitability ratings and hiring recommendations). Each participant interviewed the same two job applicants. Half of the interviewers performed face-to-face structured interviews and the other half performed face-to-face unstructured interviews. Interview structure was manipulated by randomly providing interviewers with either the Structured Interview Handout (Eight precise questions, job description, scoring criteria with possible answers, benchmark responses and candidate rating scale) or the Unstructured Interview Handout (Six topics to be covered, job description and candidate rating scale). The physical attractiveness of both job applicants was based on perceptions of the interviewers (facial features, body proportions and weight, posture and general appearance). The findings did show an interaction between physical attractiveness and interview structure. The study''s contributions and limitations, along with directions for future research, are discussed.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -After my first year of graduate school I was looking for a new project idea, something that was different and would show my diverse filmmaking ability. I told myself that when I found the right story to invest my time in I would know it. And then it happened. On May 4th 2007 the largest tornado in the history of weather descended on Greensburg, Kansas. Within a matter of minutes, the town was completely wiped off the map. It was the first fatal storm in Kansas since 1969, possibly the most destructive tornado in history. Within hours of the storm, news affiliates from around the world were on the scene to report and witness the aftermath of the Greensburg Tornado. Over the next eight months the story of Greensburg, Kansas would be told in a sixty-minute documentary. The final story would be released to a television audience on PBS stations across the country on May 4th, 2008, the one-year anniversary of the tornado. This is an analysis of the documentary production process as well as its managerial business components and implementation.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -HIV/AIDS is globally recognized crises of the century, it''s developmental evil of poor counties that gestures its broom to brush off human beings from the face of the earth on human beings, particularly in Africa and other developing countries. The absence of medical remedy against HIV and AIDS has posed economic, social, political, and psychological maladjustments and challenges on each and every sector, institution, society and country whether small or large, rural or urban, industrialized or non-industrialized, rich or poor, despite its location on the global map. The pandemic has killed(and still it is indeed killing though reduced magnitude due to life prolonging medicament and psycho-social support therapies) some 2 million Africans in 2005, has reduced life expectancies in the affected countries. Yet the impact of HIV and AIDS extends far beyond its first order effect on longevity. In some areas, AIDS has wiped out a substantial fraction of prime age labor force (15-50 years of age). By robbing nations of the greatest wealth and their people, AIDS drains the human capital and institutional capacities that fuel development. This book enlightens any one who work with human resource.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The burning of a train coach carrying Hindu religious pilgrims in Godhra, Gujarat on 27 Feb 2002 led to some of the most horrific communal violence that independent India has ever seen. It has been alleged that even the police and other state representatives were complicit in the massacre of the state''s Muslim population. In this context, this research seeks to uncover the ways in which nationalist constructs play a role in human suffering and gross violations of human rights, by analysing the links between the constructions of the Hindu nationalist movement and the way that violence was enacted in Gujarat in 2002. This research examines the ideological rationale of the movement, its characteristic features, and its visualization and manufacture of the Hindu identity. It then argues that the violence, as it manifested itself, would have been impossible in the absence of the particular nationalist myths reified by the Hindu nationalist movement. This analysis would be useful to students of nationalism and identity construction, their relationship with violence and genocide, as well as to the layman interested in Hindu nationalism or the 2002 Gujarat carnage.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In times of crisis cities need to reevaluate their position at all territorial levels both in terms of competitiveness and in terms of sustainability. The changes of a territory are the result of the actions of different decision factors. But also identity has its own limits, even if it is hard to aknowledge it without a strong social echo, as was the case of Punta Perotti. Therefore the immaterial dimension of a development process must fit within the centralized hierarchical distribution of the decision factors. Only like this a structure will allow a holistic development, with balance between the economical development, the social development and the ecological one. This research helps framing the natural and built inheritance to the already consecrated theory of Organic Growth by introducing the concrete applicability of the specific scenario for Punta Perotti. Our work should be of special interest to professionals in Architecture and Urban Planning fields, but also to all parties interested on considering utilizing existing resources for building up future realities.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This study compares the cognitive processing of expert and novice typists, and examines how automaticity affects the level of semantic processing. Subjects typed three passages then took a recognition test. Would experts, who routinely apply automaticity while typing, do better at recognizing the sentences they typed than novices, or would novices who spend more time and effort with the text do better Is typing mainly guided by the orthographic structure of text Is the text mentally processed for semantic content The results indicate that novices had slightly better recognition for the sentences they typed than experts. They were also quicker to recognize verbatim sentences and they had a higher frequency of choosing them over decoys. Novices were also better at differentiating semantically similar sentences from those that contradicted the meaning of the sentences they typed. These findings suggest that although automaticity may minimize demands on working memory, it does not necessarily lead to deeper semantic processing. Typing demands attention to the orthographic structure of the text and semantic information is processed incidentally.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This work challenges the claim that Hallan Çemi (near Batman in Southeastern Turkey) was occupied during the Epipaleolithic (11th millennium BP). While techno-typological analyses of some objects, chipped stone in particular, appear to place the site''s occupation within the 11th millennium, the iconography etched into ground stone and worked bone is too similar to much later sites nearby and in the Urfa Plain to ignore. Various descriptions of the site have been given, from Epipaleolithic to Aceramic Neolithic. This terminological discrepancy reflects not only on the problem of dating Hallan Çemi, but also on the larger issue of how one should describe the prehistory of Southeastern Anatolia. The latter problems are claimed to be the combined product of a) the relatively few sites within the region with which to contextualize Hallan Çemi and construct a local chrono-cultural scheme, and b) the related issue of imposing terminologies from other regions which may not be appropriate for Southeastern Anatolia.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This study sought to determine the opportunities that have emerged after liberalization of production and marketing of cotton and to identify the specific challenges facing cotton production and marketing after liberalization in Magu District.The study was conducted in Magu District council which is one of the districts in the WGCA. Non probability sampling procedure was used. Interviews and questionnaires were used to collect data. The data was analysed by using SPSS. Besides the significant increase in cotton production, liberalization also resulted in significant increased market for cotton. This increase in the production and marketing of cotton is the result of the increased area of cultivated land on which farmers are choosing to grow more cotton rather than other crops; while at the same time cultivating new land for cotton production. This is in response to meeting the increased demand for cotton resulting from the larger number of buyers after the liberalization of the cotton sector. However, the liberalization of the cotton sector witnessed the deterioration of the quality of cotton produced.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.