Books by Matthias Finger

Matthias Finger is a member of the Commision on Environmental Strategy and Planning of the IUCN (the World Conservation Union). He has published widely in English, French and German on social issues including ecology, development, management, adult education and the peace movement. His books include (with Pratap Chatterjee), The Earth Brokers: Power, Politics and Development (1994) and (with Thomas Princen), Environmental NGOs in World Politics: Linking the Global and the Local (1994). He is currently professor of management of public enterprises at the Graduate Institute of Public Administration (IDHEAP) in Lausanne. Jose Manuel Asun is a Spanish adult educator who for many years (1984-92) was director of the Ministry of Education's Adult Education Territorial Centre in Zaragoza. When writing this book, he was a research fellow at the University of Barcelona's Centre for Research on the Education of Adults. His professional experience has included a spell as a resident specialist at the UNESCO Institute of Education (Hamburg, Germany). He has also served as the Spanish Government's representative on the IFOMA Programme of UNESCO's regional bureau in Dakar, Senegal. He currently works for the Regional Ministry of Education of Aragon.