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  • A Small Miscellany

    by David Vogel ...
    This book contains seven short stories. Six of them are from the author's as yet unpublished travel journal and describe real events that would be of interest to a reader of fiction. The seventh is derived from an unpublished book of stand-up comedy. ... Read more

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  • Day of the Dragonfly

    by David Vogel ...
    Day of the Dragonfly is an epic story of the struggle against poverty. Beginning in rural Brazil during the Great Depression this Odyssey ends in 1975 on a broken-down chaise longue in front of a trailer in Miami. Two of the three "books" that make up the novel involve heroic journeys – a twelve-year-old girl seeking safety, a fourteen-year-old boy searching for land free from drought. They are ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Market for Virtue

    The Potential and Limits of Corporate Social Responsibility

    by David Vogel ...
    In the highly praised The Market for Virtue, David Vogel presents a clear, balanced analysis of the contemporary corporate social responsibility (CSR) movement in the United States and Europe. In this updated paperback edition, Vogel discusses recent CSR initiatives and responds to new developments in the CSR debate. He asserts that while the movement has achieved success in improving some labor, ... Read more

    $27.39 CAD

  • The Politics of Precaution

    Regulating Health, Safety, and Environmental Risks in Europe and the United States

    by David Vogel ...
    The Politics of Precaution examines the politics of consumer and environmental risk regulation in the United States and Europe over the last five decades, explaining why America and Europe have often regulated a wide range of similar risks differently. It finds that between 1960 and 1990, American health, safety, and environmental regulations were more stringent, risk averse, comprehensive, and ... Read more

    Was $67.09 CAD Now $36.29 CAD

  • Barriers or Benefits?

    Regulation in Transatlantic Trade

    by David Vogel ...
    Government health, safety, and environmental standards have, in the past two decades, often created barriers to international trade. These non-tariff barriers have become the focus of trade disputes, negotiations, and agreements. This book explains the dynamics of conflict and cooperation over consumer and environmental regulation between the European Union and the United States. It explores the ... Read more

    $23.39 CAD

  • California Greenin'

    How the Golden State Became an Environmental Leader

    by David Vogel ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in American Politics
    A political history of environmental policy and regulation in California, from the Gold Rush to the presentOver the course of its 150-year history, California has successfully protected its scenic wilderness areas, restricted coastal oil drilling, regulated automobile emissions, preserved coastal access, improved energy efficiency, and, most recently, addressed global climate change. How has this ... Read more

    Was $49.49 CAD Now $29.69 CAD

  • The Cambridge Handbook of Stigma and Mental Health

    Edited by David L. Vogel, Nathaniel G. Wade ...
    Series series Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology
    The persistence of stigma of mental illness and seeking therapy perpetuates suffering and keeps people from getting the help they need and deserve. This volume, analysing the most up-to-date research on this process and ways to intervene, is designed to give those who are working to overcome stigma a strong, research-based foundation for their work. Chapters address stigma reduction efforts at the ... Read more

    $61.59 CAD

  • Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism in Modern Sub-Saharan Africa

    Edited by János Besenyő, Moses B. Khanyile, David Vogel ...
    Series series History (R0)
    Acts of terrorism and forms of counter-terrorism have been evolving for quite a long time. Although we have been living with these phenomena for centuries, they have only recently become part of the daily lives of many in the West since the dawn of the millennium. In some countries, they have become so prevalent that they shape the daily lives and habits of citizens. For these reasons, it is of ... Read more

    $166.49 CAD

  • The Imposter as Social Theory

    Thinking with Gatecrashers, Cheats and Charlatans

    Edited by Steve Woolgar, Else Vogel, David Moats, Claes-Fredrik Helgesson ...
    The figure of the imposter can stir complicated emotions, from intrigue to suspicion and fear. But what insights can these troublesome figures provide into the social relations and cultural forms from which they emerge?Edited by leading scholars in the field, this volume explores the question through a diverse range of empirical cases, including magicians, spirit possession, fake Instagram ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • The Limits of Peacekeeping: Volume 4, The Official History of Australian Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post-Cold War Operations

    Australian Missions in Africa and the Americas, 1992–2005

    Edited by Jean Bou, Bob Breen, David Horner, Garth Pratten, Miesje de Vogel ...
    The Limits of Peacekeeping highlights the Australian government's peacekeeping efforts in Africa and the Americas from 1992 to 2005. Changing world power structures and increased international cooperation saw a boom in Australia's peacekeeping operations between 1991 and 1995. The initial optimism of this period proved to be misplaced, as the limits of the United Nations and the international ... Read more

    $156.79 CAD

  • Global Challenges in Responsible Business

    Edited by N. Craig Smith, C. B. Bhattacharya, David Vogel, David I. Levine ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Management
    Corporate responsibility has gone global. It has secured the attention of business leaders, governments and NGOs to an unprecedented extent. Increasingly, it is argued that business must play a constructive role in addressing massive global challenges. Business is not responsible for causing most of the problems associated with, for example, extreme poverty and hunger, child mortality and HIV/AIDS ... Read more

    $37.59 CAD

  • Israel

    The Dynamics of Change and Continuity

    Edited by David Levi-Faur, Gabriel Sheffer, David Vogel ...
    Series series Israeli History, Politics and Society
    These essays examine changes in Israel's political, social and economic institutions, and describe how Israeli culture and institutions are resisting convergence. They are in four categories: political institutions and organizations; political economy; ethnicity and religion; and public policy. ... Read more

    $50.83 CAD