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  • The Rohingya Crisis

    Humanitarian and Legal Approaches

    Edited by Manzoor Hasan, Syed Mansoob Murshed, Priya Pillai ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Human Rights Law
    This edited volume addresses the broader aspects of the political and social landscape, human rights violations, accountability and advocacy efforts, and humanitarian challenges faced by the Rohingya from Myanmar.The work brings together different voices of legal, policy, and international affairs experts to construct a framework which addresses the complex and nuanced issues comprising the ... Read more

    $81.99 CAD

  • Decarbonising Electricity

    The Promise of Renewable Energy Regions

    by James Goodman, Gareth Bryant, Linda Connor, Devleena Ghosh, Jonathan Paul Marshall, Tom Morton, Katja Müller, Stuart Rosewarne, Riikka Heikkinen, Lisa Lumsden, Mareike Pampus, Priya Pillai ...
    The current shift to renewable energy is dominated by globalised energy companies building large-scale wind and solar plants. This book discusses the consequences and possibilities of this shift in India, Germany, and Australia, focusing on regions which have now largely decarbonised electricity generation. The authors show how centralised models of energy provision are maintained, and chart their ... Read more

    $123.99 CAD

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  • The Beijing Consensus

    Legitimizing Authoritarianism in Our Time

    by Stefan Halper ...
    Beijing presents a clear and gathering threat to Washington -- but not for the reasons you think. China's challenge to the West stems from its transformative brand of capitalism and an entirely different conception of the international community. In The Beijing Consensus, a leading expert in international relations presents a coherent integration of the many sides of U.S.-China relations. ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Humanitarian Intervention

    by Thomas G. Weiss ...
    Series series War and Conflict in the Modern World
    A singular development in the post-Cold War era is the use of military force to protect human beings. From Rwanda to Kosovo, Sierra Leone to East Timor, and Libya to Côte d�Ivoire, soldiers have rescued civilians in some of the world's most notorious war zones. But what about Syria? Why have we observed the Syrian slaughter and done nothing? Is humanitarian intervention in crisis? Is the so-called ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • China vs America

    A Warning

    by Oliver Letwin ...
    China's rise as a global superpower has completely reshaped the landscape of international politics. As the country's authoritarian regime becomes increasingly assertive on the world stage, the United States grows ever more hostile to its Asian rival. Repressive moves by China in Xinjiang and Hong Kong, military activities in the South China Sea and Western measures against Chinese companies have ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Doughnut Economics

    Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist

    by Kate Raworth ...
    Sunday Times BestsellerA Financial Times Book of the YearA Forbes Book of the YearAn economist redefines economics for a world in crisis in this “brilliant, thrilling, and revolutionary” book that champions a more sustainable way forward—and sparked a global movement (Guardian).Economics is the mother tongue of public policy. It dominates our decision-making... ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Sexual Violence and Armed Conflict

    by Janie L. Leatherman ...
    Series series War and Conflict in the Modern World
    Every year, hundreds of thousands of women become victims of sexual violence in conflict zones around the world; in the Democratic Republic of Congo alone, approximately 1,100 rapes are reported each month.This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the causes, consequences and responses to sexual violence in contemporary armed conflict. It explores the function and effect of wartime sexual ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Five Times Faster

    Rethinking the Science, Economics, and Diplomacy of Climate Change

    by Simon Sharpe ...
    We need to act five times faster to avoid dangerous climate change. As Greenland melts, Australia burns, and greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, we think we know who the villains are: oil companies, consumerism, weak political leaders. But what if the real blocks to progress are the ideas and institutions that are supposed to be helping us? Five Times Faster is an inside story from Simon ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

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  • The Politics of Climate Change

    by Anthony Giddens ...
    "A landmark study in the struggle to contain climate change, the greatest challenge of our era. I urge everyone to read it."—Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States of AmericaSince it first appeared, this book has achieved a classic status. Reprinted many times since its publication, it remains the only work that looks in detail at the political issues posed by global warming. This new ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • The Responsibility to Protect

    Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes Once and For All

    by Gareth Evans ...
    ""Never again!"" the world has vowed time and again since the Holocaust. Yet genocide, ethnic cleansing, and other mass atrocity crimes continue to shock our consciences-from the killing fields of Cambodia to the machetes of Rwanda to the agony of Darfur.Gareth Evans has grappled with these issues firsthand. As Australian foreign minister, he was a key broker of the United Nations peace plan for ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • Escape from Overshoot

    Economics for a Planet in Peril

    by Peter A. Victor ...
    An excellent primer on key insights and questions in ecological economics from a celebrated pioneer of the field.—Jason Hickel, author, Less is MoreEarth is in overshoot. The juggernaut of economic growth rolls on, consuming the biosphere, breaking planetary boundaries, and stretching inequality and injustice to the breaking point. But does it really need to be this way? And if not, what are the ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • International Law and New Wars

    by Christine Chinkin, Mary Kaldor ...
    International Law and New Wars examines how international law fails to address the contemporary experience of what are known as 'new wars' - instances of armed conflict and violence in places such as Syria, Ukraine, Libya, Mali, the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan. International law, largely constructed in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, rests to a great extent on the outmoded ... Read more

    $53.99 CAD