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  • Building Resilience

    Social Capital in Post-Disaster Recovery

    by Daniel P. Aldrich ...
    The factor that makes some communities rebound quickly from disasters while others fall apart: "A fascinating book on an important topic."—E.L. Hirsch, in ChoiceEach year, natural disasters threaten the strength and stability of communities worldwide. Yet responses to the challenges of recovery vary greatly and in ways that aren't explained by the magnitude of the catastrophe or the amount of aid ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mastery at Home: How to Repair Everyday Items

    by Daniel Aldrich ...
    Mastery at Home: How to Repair Everyday Items" is a comprehensive guide that empowers readers to take control of household repairs, offering practical solutions to fix common problems found in everyday items. This book is essential for anyone looking to reduce waste, save money, and gain a sense of accomplishment by repairing rather than replacing household items.From fixing a leaky faucet to ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Beyond Common Ground

    How Everyday Places Solve Big Social Challenges

    by Daniel P. Aldrich ...
    What if society could move past traditional "gray infrastructure" approaches like seawalls and prisons to address problems such as climate change, terrorism, and crime? In Beyond Common Ground, Daniel P. Aldrich argues that social infrastructure—physical and virtual spaces including parks, libraries, and radio programs—offers a more effective alternative by fostering coproduction and multiple ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Black Wave

    How Networks and Governance Shaped Japan's 3/11 Disasters

    by Daniel P. Aldrich ...
    Despite the devastation caused by the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and 60-foot tsunami that struck Japan in 2011, some 96% of those living and working in the most disaster-stricken region of Tohoku made it through. Smaller earthquakes and tsunamis have killed far more people in nearby China and India. What accounts for the exceptionally high survival rate? And why is it that some towns and cities in ... Read more

    $26.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Site Fights

    Divisive Facilities and Civil Society in Japan and the West

    by Daniel P. Aldrich ...
    One of the most vexing problems for governments is building controversial facilities that serve the needs of all citizens but have adverse consequences for host communities. Policymakers must decide not only where to locate often unwanted projects but also what methods to use when interacting with opposition groups. In Site Fights, Daniel P. Aldrich gathers quantitative evidence from close to five ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD

  • Resilience and Recovery in Asian Disasters

    Community Ties, Market Mechanisms, and Governance

    Edited by Daniel P. Aldrich, Sothea Oum, Yasuyuki Sawada ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book establishes a new, holistic framework for disaster recovery and mitigation, providing a multidisciplinary perspective on the field of risk management strategies and societal and communal resilience. Going beyond narrow approaches that are all too prevalent in the field, this work builds on an optimum combination of community-level networks, private market mechanisms and state-based ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

  • Gender Quotas as Game Changers for the Recruitment, Selection, and Performance of Elected Politicians

    by Andrea S. Aldrich, William T. Daniel ...
    As political systems around the world implement gender quotas to balance women and men's elected representation, new opportunities and expectations for how both men and women are recruited, selected, and promoted by political parties are created. This book demonstrates that gender quotas positively disrupt all levels of the political system: political office, political parties, and the careers of ... Read more

    $102.69 CAD

  • Geological Sciences in the Antebellum South

    by James X. Corgan, Michele L. Aldrich, Daniel D. Arden, Martha Coleman Bray, Markes E. Johnson, Alan E. Leviton, Anne Millbrooke, Richard C. Sheridan, George W. White, Ivan L. Zabilka0 ...
    Tracing the roots of earth science before the Civil War.Geological Sciences in the Antebellum South by James Corgan offers a rich and revealing examination of the origins and development of geological inquiry in the American South during the decades (1796-1850s) leading up to the Civil War. At a time when scientific disciplines in the United States were still taking shape, Southern scholars, ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

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  • Adaptive Mediation and Conflict Resolution

    Peace-making in Colombia, Mozambique, the Philippines, and Syria

    Edited by Cedric de Coning, Ako Muto, Rui Saraiva ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This open access book introduces adaptive mediation as an alternative approach that enables mediators to go beyond liberal peace mediation, or other determined-design models of mediation, in the context of contemporary conflict resolution and peace-making initiatives. Adaptive mediation is grounded in complexity theory, and is specifically designed to cope with highly dynamic conflict situations ... Read more

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  • Agenda Setting, Policies, and Political Systems

    A Comparative Approach

    by Peter John, Shaun Bevan, Will Jennings, Bryan D. Jones, Michelle C. Whyman, Sylvain Brouard, Emiliano Grossman, Isabelle Guinaudeau, Arco Timmermans, Gerard Breeman, Frédéric Varone, Isabelle Engeli, Pascal Sciarini, Roy Gava, Christian Breunig, Brandon Zicha, Anne Hardy, Jeroen Joly, Tobias Van Assche, Enrico Borghetto, Marcello Carammia, Francesco Zucchini, Laura Chaqués-Bonafont, Anna M. Palau, Luz M. Muñoz Marquez, Martial Foucault, Éric Montpetit ...
    What will gain the system's attention? "Explores the dynamics of a broad range of policy issues in different countries . . . an important scholarly contribution." — Political Studies ReviewBefore making significant policy decisions, political actors and parties must first craft an agenda designed to place certain issues at the center of political attention. The agenda-setting approach in political ... Read more

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  • The Future of the Fifth Child

    An Overview of Global Child Protection Programs and Policy

    by Sid Gardner ...
    The premise of this book is that 400 million childrenone in five children aliveare abused and neglected in ways that could affect their entire lives, and that greater progress in protecting those children is both urgent and possible.The book reviews the long history of child maltreatment from prehistoric times to the present, contrasting statements about precious, innocent children with the ... Read more

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  • Europe's Crises

    Edited by Manuel Castells, Olivier Bouin, Joao Caraça, Gustavo Cardoso, John Thompson, Michel Wieviorka ...
    Today, the European Union is facing a crisis as serious as anything it has experienced since its origins more than half a century ago. What makes this so serious is that it is not a single crisis but rather multiple crises – the euro crisis, the migration/refugee crisis, Brexit, etc. – that overlap and reinforce one another, creating a cumulative array of challenges that threatens the very ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD