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  • The Plain Language Guide to the World Summit on Sustainable Development

    by Jan McHarry ...
    The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg in 2002 brought together thousands of delegates who mapped out the future of the global sustainable development agenda. The resulting technical document, the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPOI), identifies priorities in the implementation of Agenda 21 and other international agreements, and commitments that will take these ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

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  • Game Change

    Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime

    by John Heilemann, Mark Halperin ...
    The gripping inside story of the 2008 presidential election, by two of the best political reporters in the country."It's one of the best books on politics of any kind I've read. For entertainment value, I put it up there with Catch 22." — The Financial Times"It transports you to a parallel universe in which everything in the National Enquirer is true….More interesting is what we learn about the ... Read more

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  • The Oil Curse

    How Petroleum Wealth Shapes the Development of Nations

    by Michael L. Ross ...
    Explaining—and solving—the oil curse in the developing worldCountries that are rich in petroleum have less democracy, less economic stability, and more frequent civil wars than countries without oil. What explains this oil curse? And can it be fixed? In this groundbreaking analysis, Michael L. Ross looks at how developing nations are shaped by their mineral wealth—and how they can turn oil from a ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • The Intimidation Game

    How the Left Is Silencing Free Speech

    by Kimberley Strassel ...
    From Kim Strassel-one of the preeminent political columnists writing today and member of the Wall Street Journal editorial board-comes an insightful, alarming look at how the Left, once the champion of civil liberties, is today orchestrating a coordinated campaign to bully Americans out of free speech.For nearly 40 years, Washington and much of the American public have held up disclosure and ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

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  • Population and Development

    The Demographic Transition

    by Tim Dyson ...
    The demographic transition and its related effects of population growth, fertility decline and ageing populations are fraught with controversy. When discussed in relation to the global south and the modern project of development, the questions and answers become more problematic.Population and Development offers an expert guide on the demographic transition, from its origins in Enlightenment ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • The 2030 Spike

    Countdown to Global Catastrophe

    by Colin Mason ...
    The clock is relentlessly ticking!Our world teeters on a knife-edge between a peaceful and prosperous future for all, and a dark winter of death and destruction that threatens to smother the light of civilization.Within 30 years, in the 2030 decade, six powerful 'drivers' will converge with unprecedented force in a statistical spike that could tear humanity apart and plunge the world into a new ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD

  • Governance for Sustainable Development

    A Foundation for the Future

    by Georgina Ayre, Rosalie Callway ...
    As the process of globalization continues and power imbalances between decision-making institutions become increasingly apparent, the need for a critical assessment of the way in which we manage our interaction with the natural environment becomes ever more urgent. Good governance was identified at the World Summit on Sustainable Development as a critical factor for ensuring successful sustainable ... Read more

    $93.99 CAD

  • The Rise and Fall of Emerging Powers

    Globalisation, US Power and the Global North-South Divide

    by Ray Kiely ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book critically examines the argument that the Global South has risen in recent years, that its rise has intensified since the 2008 financial crisis, and that this in turn has hastened the decline of the West and the US in particular. Drawing on critical theories of international relations and development, Kiely puts the rise into context and shows how the factors that aided the rise of the ... Read more

    $63.99 CAD

  • The Case Against the Global Economy

    And for a Turn Towards Localization

    Edited by Jerry Mander ...
    The greatest political debate of our time is about the blind rush towards a single global economy, its consequences for jobs, democracy, human well-being and cultural diversity, and its impact on the natural world that sustains us. Its effects will be profound and irreversible, but globalization itself is not inevitable. In The Case Against the Global Economy, 24 leading economic, agricultural, ... Read more

    $85.99 CAD

  • Localization

    A Global Manifesto

    by Colin Hines ...
    Localization is a manifesto to unite all those who recognize the importance of cultural, social and ecological diversity for our future - and who do not aspire to a monolithic global consumer culture. It is a passionate and persuasive polemic, challenging the claims that we have to be 'internationally competitive' to survive and describing the destructive consequences of globalization. This book ... Read more

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  • Future Positive

    International Co-operation in the 21st Century

    Edited by Michael Edwards ...
    An optimistic assessment of the prospects for a new international order - acting as a counter-blast to global pessimism. The text explains how the international system operates, the pressures it faces and the changes it must undergo, and offers concrete ideas to re-frame international relations, foreign aid and humanitarian intervention, without using jargon or simplistic judgements. ... Read more

    $93.99 CAD

  • Human Rights and the Environment

    Conflicts and Norms in a Globalizing World

    Edited by Lyuba Zarsky ...
    The impact of environmental damage on human rights - civil, political or welfare and labour rights - is becoming ever-more widely appreciated and has direct bearing on the behaviour of companies and their norms of conduct. In this volume, contributors draw on the tools and insights of a range of disciplines, including law, anthropology, economics, geography and social science, to analyze the ... Read more

    $93.99 CAD