A guide to conducting good business in the Netherlands. Every expatriate business person, diplomat or teacher who comes to work in the Netherlands has to acclimatize to the Dutch culture. People who are just "travelling through" will not be bothered by the peculiarities of the Dutch way of life, but anyone posted to Holland for any period of time will need to learn certain things. The organization principles in Dutch company practice, for example, are not the same as elsewhere. This text describes these peculiarities clearly. The most important characteristis, including collective management, participation of workers in decision making processes, and non-hierarchical interactions are discussed, and are illustrated using examples taken from real situations. The author goes more deeply into a number of specific situations, including "The Management Team", the structure and legal powers of the Company Workers Advisory Body, the use of direct speak and the importance of such rituals as the coffee break. There is a brief outline of the historical background of the Dutch culture and the final chapter is reserved for the spouses of expatriates.

Going Dutch: An Easy Guide to Dutch Business Culture for Expatriates

Business & Money

Pappenheim, Dick

Business Culture

International Books

This critique of political risk insurance (PRI), the type of insurance used by large-scale mining projects, includes six case studies that show how PRI has severe negative social and environmental impacts on mining communities. Included are descriptions of such landmark cases as the Omai gold mine in Guyana, which was insured through PRI by the World Bank and the Canadian government and whose waste facilities completely collapsed, causing the country’s worst environmental disaster in recorded history. Conclusions are drawn about the failure of agencies such as the World Bank to anticipate the consequences of major mining projects and consider the effects of large-scale mining on sustainable development.

The Risks We Run: Mining, Communities and Political Risk Insurance

Moody, Roger

Economics

The problems humanity is facing today range from economic insecurity and destitute poverty to crime, environmental degradation and political ineptitude. Why, in spite of growth, do many people actually face a decline in their living conditions? Being huge, these problems can be overcome in a worldwide effort.

Global Development: Problems, Solutions, Strategy: A Proposal for Socially Just, Ecologically Sustainable Growth (Shifting Paradigms)

Doorman, Frans

Indigenous Peoples and Sustainability, Cases and Actions is rich in case studies illustrating how Indigenous Peoples - through integration of their knowledge with practical strategies for conservation - have historically been and are still successful in attaining sustainability. Indigenous Peoples presently live in the most ecologically diverse regions and manage about one fifth of the earth's surface. They practice the fundamental principles of managing their land and resources for the spiritual health of the Earth and for the future generations of all its species.If this book has but one thing to communicate, it would be that financial, economic, and political support for projects conceived, led, and implemented by Indigenous Peoples must be the most important priority for effective change.

Indigenous Peoples and Sustainability: Cases and Actions

This wide-ranging book introduces the work of 15 key writers on politics, administration and society: Elias, Touraine, Aglietta, Rosanavallon, Schuyt, Olson, Kingdon, Dahl, Crozier, Mintzberg, Osborne, Gaebler, Denhardt, and Golembiewski. A must for teachers and students on public administration, public policy and political science.

Renewing Government: Innovative and Inspiring Visions

Criminal Law

The book investigates whether the different ecological utopias to be found in the history of political philosophy can provide a useful contribution to our quest for an ecologically responsible society. What is the impact of the diverse environmental utopias on the current political discussion, and can we really do without utopian visions?

Ecological Utopias: Envisioning the Sustainable Society

Politics & Social Sciences

Marius de Geus

Social Sciences

This taboo-breaking study of the New South Africa was published byTafelberg in South Africa earlier this year, and now, worldwide by International Books.

Comrades in Business: Post-Liberation Politics in South Africa

Adam, Heribert

Moodley, Kogila

van Zyl Slabbert, Frederik

Legal Theory & Systems

Stockholding, Price Stabilization and Futures Trading: Some Empirical Investigations of the Indian Natural Rubber Market

Zant, Wouter

How to understand the process of incipient democratization in societies without democratic traditions, in which civil society was highly exclusive and external forces extremely dominant? This is the first empirical analysis of private aid impact in Central America, as well as the first effort to provide a theoretical understanding of the politics of civil society building with external aid resources.

The Politics of Civil Society Building: European Private Aid Agencies and Democratic Transitions in Central America

Biekart, Kees

This book presents the proceedings of the conference which was held in Agadir, Marokko in April 1998. The main issues being discussed were violence against women and their legal situation as well as biodiversity and traditional medicine. The edition is bilingual, i.e. English/French.

Out of the Shadows: The First African Indigenous Women s Conference (French and English Edition)

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