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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “olivier de schutter”
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  • The Poverty of Growth

    by Olivier De Schutter ...
    ‘Lucid, calm and compelling – Olivier De Schutter tackles the big question – how do we move forward from outdated economic thinking to a sustainable prosperity for all?’ Kate Pickett, co-author, The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for EveryoneHow do we combat poverty and rising inequality? In our age of impending climate catastrophe, the conventional wisdom around economic growth is no longer ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • International Human Rights Law

    by Olivier De Schutter ...
    International human rights law has expanded remarkably since the 1990s. It is therefore more important than ever to identify, beyond specific controversies, its deeper structure and the general pattern of evolution. Moreover, it has a logic of its own: though part of international law, it borrows many of its principles from domestic constitutional law. This leading textbook meets both challenges. ... Read more

    $71.99 CAD

  • The Escape from Poverty

    Breaking the Vicious Cycles Perpetuating Disadvantage

    by Olivier De Schutter, Hugh Frazer, Anne-Catherine Guio, Eric Marlier ...
    ePDF and ePUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND license.The perpetuation of poverty across generations damages lives. It weakens social cohesion and the economy and undermines environmental sustainability. This book examines why poverty is carried on from one generation to the next and what needs to be done to eradicate it.This book draws on a wide variety of sources and academic disciplines ... Read more

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  • Social Innovation in the Service of Social and Ecological Transformation

    The Rise of the Enabling State

    by Olivier De Schutter, Tom Dedeurwaerdere ...
    Series series Routledge Focus on Environment and Sustainability
    This book explores how the State can play a role as an enabler of citizens-led social innovations, to accelerate the shift to sustainable and socially just lifestyles.To meet the twin challenges of environmental degradation and the rise of inequalities, societal transformation is urgent. Most theories of social change focus either on the role of the State, on the magic of the market, or on the ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Routledge Handbook of Food as a Commons

    Edited by Jose Luis Vivero-Pol, Tomaso Ferrando, Olivier De Schutter, Ugo Mattei ...
    Series series Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks
    This Handbook provides the first comprehensive review and synthesis of knowledge and new thinking on how food and food systems can be thought, interpreted and practiced around the old/new paradigms of commons and commoning. The overall aim is to investigate the multiple constraints that occur within and sustain the dominant food and nutrition regime and to explore how it can change when different ... Read more

    $93.99 CAD

  • Trade in the Service of Sustainable Development

    Linking Trade to Labour Rights and Environmental Standards

    by Professor Olivier De Schutter ...
    In the Bretton Woods era, trade liberalization, the improvement of labour rights and working conditions, and the strengthening of environmental policies, were seen as mutually supportive. But is this always true? Can we continue to pretend to protect the rights of workers and to improve environmental protection, particularly through climate change mitigation strategies, within an agenda focused on ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • Governing Access to Essential Resources

    Edited by Katharina Pistor, Olivier De Schutter ...
    Essential resources do more than satisfy people's needs. They ensure a dignified existence. Since the competition for essential resources, particularly fresh water and arable land, is increasing and standard legal institutions, such as property rights and national border controls, are strangling access to resources for some while delivering prosperity to others, many are searching for ways to ... Read more

    $67.99 CAD

  • Property Rights from Below

    Commodification of Land and the Counter-Movement

    Edited by Olivier De Schutter, Balakrishnan Rajagopal ...
    Series series Routledge Complex Real Property Rights Series
    Recent years have seen a globalization of property rights as the Western conception of property over land has extended across the world. As formerly community-owned land and natural resources are privatized and titling schemes proliferate, Property Rights from Below questions the trend toward treating land as a commodity and explores alternatives to the Western model.As we enter an era of resource ... Read more

    $100.99 CAD

  • Foreign Direct Investment and Human Development

    The Law and Economics of International Investment Agreements

    Edited by Olivier De Schutter, Johan Swinnen, Jan Wouters ...
    Series series Routledge Research in International Economic Law
    This book presents original research that examines the growth of international investment agreements as a means to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) and considers how this affects the ability of capital-importing countries to pursue their development goals. The hope of countries signing such treaties is that foreign capital will accelerate transfers of technologies, create employment, and ... Read more

    $108.99 CAD

  • Accounting for Hunger

    The Right to Food in the Era of Globalisation

    Edited by Professor Olivier De Schutter, Kaitlin Y Cordes ...
    Series series Studies in International Law
    The challenge of global hunger is now high on the agenda of governments and international policy-makers. This new work contributes to addressing that challenge, by looking at the obstacles which stand in the way of implementing a right to food in the era of globalisation. The book describes the current situation of global hunger; it considers how it relates both to the development of food systems ... Read more

    $142.99 CAD

  • Cases, Materials and Text on National, Supranational and International Non-Discrimination Law

    Ius Commune Casebooks for the Common Law of Europe

    by Tufyal Choudhury, Professor Olivier De Schutter, Janneke Gerards, Gay Moon, Professor Aileen McColgan KC ...
    Series series Ius Commune Casebooks for the Common Law of Europe
    This casebook, the result of the collaborative efforts of a panel of experts from various EU Member States, is the latest in the Ius Commune Casebook series developed at the Universities of Maastricht and Leuven. The book provides a comprehensive and skilfully designed resource for students, practitioners, researchers, public officials, NGOs, consumer organisations and the judiciary. In common ... Read more

    $158.99 CAD

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    A New American Story of Citizenship, the Economy, and the Role of Government

    by Eric Liu, Nick Hanauer ...
    American democracy is informed by the 18th century’s most cutting edge thinking on society, economics, and government. We’ve learned some things in the intervening 230 years about self interest, social behaviors, and how the world works. Now, authors Eric Liu and Nick Hanauer argue that some fundamental assumptions about citizenship, society, economics, and government need updating. For many years ... Read more

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