Authors:Marion Gret, Yves Sintomer,
Publisher: Zed Books
Keywords: lessons, democracy, learning, experiment, alegre, porto
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2005-07-22
List price: $32.95
ISBN-10: 1842774050
ISBN-13: 9781842774052

With its experiment in participative budget-making over the past decade, Porto Alegre has institutionalized the direct democratic involvement, locality by locality, of ordinary citizens in deciding spending priorities. This book examines how this democratic innovation works in practice and asks the difficult questions. Can local participation in public management really strengthen its efficiency? Is genuine participation possible without small groups monopolizing power? Can local organizations avoid becoming bureaucratized and cut off from their roots? Can neighborhood mobilization go beyond p

Authors:Yves Chupeau, Michel Caboche, Yves Henry,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: plants, haploid, androgenesis
Number of Pages: 121
Published: 1998-07-01
List price: $151.00
ISBN-10: 3540640258
ISBN-13: 9783540640257

The use of haploid plants is of increasing importance in plant biology and plant breeding. This book illustrates how the advances in plant molecular and cell biology provide an exciting means for the analysis of androgenesis in terms of pollen development and the initiation of embryogenesis. It provides both an appraisal of techniques and their practical application, and is the most up-to-date source of information about the biology of gametophytes.

Author: Yves Got
Publisher: Zero to Te
Keywords: louie, books, activity, boat, draws
Number of Pages: 24
Published: 2006-03-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 184089475X
ISBN-13: 9781840894752

Author: Yves Got
Publisher: Zero to Te
Keywords: farm, draws, louie
Number of Pages: 24
Published: 2006-02-28
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1840894768
ISBN-13: 9781840894769

Author: Yves Got
Publisher: Zero to Te
Keywords: house, draws, louie
Number of Pages: 24
Published: 2006-02-28
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1840894733
ISBN-13: 9781840894738

Author: Yves Got
Publisher: Zero to Ten
Keywords: louie, books, activity, small, draws, animals
Number of Pages: 24
Published: 2006-03-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1840894741
ISBN-13: 9781840894745

Author: Yves Got
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Keywords: opposites, sam
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2003-07-01
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 0811840778
ISBN-13: 9780811840774

Following the success of Sam’s First Word Book, this new colorful collection of words and images featuring the adorable Sam, introduces children to the important preschool concept of opposites. The 28 pairs of opposites include hello/good-bye, serious/silly, hot/cold and many more. Young children will agree that Sam makes opposites fun!