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  • Beyond Good Intentions

    A Journey into the Realities of International Aid

    by Tori Hogan ...
    Young and idealistic, Tori Hogan travels to Kenya as an intern for Save the Children, intent upon doing her part to improve the lives of refugees. But the cynicism of a young African boy changes Tori’s life and sets her on a course to reconsider everything she thought she knew about helping those in need.Years later, Tori returns to Africa and embarks on a journey through Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

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  • Distant Strangers

    Ethics, Psychology, and Global Poverty

    by Judith Lichtenberg ...
    What must affluent people do to alleviate global poverty? This question has occupied moral and political philosophers for forty years. But the controversy has reached an impasse: approaches like utilitarianism and libertarianism either demand too much of ordinary mortals or else let them off the hook. In Distant Strangers, Judith Lichtenberg shows how a preoccupation with standard moral theories ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • Grassroots Postmodernism

    Remaking the Soil of Cultures

    by Gustavo Esteva, Madhu Suri Prakash ...
    Series series Critique Influence Change
    With the publication of this remarkable book in 1998, Gustavo Esteva and Madhu Suri Prakash instigated a complete epistemological rupture.Grassroots Post-modernism attacks the three sacred cows of modernity: global thinking, the universality of human rights and the self-sufficient individual. Rejecting the constructs of development in all its forms, Esteva and Prakash argue that even alternative ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Failing in the Field

    What We Can Learn When Field Research Goes Wrong

    by Dean Karlan, Jacob Appel ...
    A revealing look at the common causes of failures in randomized control experiments during field reseach—and how to avoid themAll across the social sciences, from development economics to political science departments, researchers are going into the field to collect data and learn about the world. While much has been gained from the successes of randomized controlled trials, stories of failed ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

  • The Sustainability Transformation

    How to Accelerate Positive Change in Challenging Times

    by Alan AtKisson ...
    The Sustainability Transformation is a must-read for anyone trying to make sense of what is happening to our world – and wanting to change it for the better.Renowned consultant and communicator Alan AtKisson, author of the sustainability classic Believing Cassandra, cuts through the jargon and illuminates the essentials in this highly readable and motivational work. The Sustainability ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Urban Theory Beyond the West

    A World of Cities

    Edited by Tim Edensor, Mark Jayne ...
    Since the late eighteenth century, academic engagement with political, economic, social, cultural and spatial changes in our cities has been dominated by theoretical frameworks crafted with reference to just a small number of cities. This book offers an important antidote to the continuing focus of urban studies on cities in ‘the Global North’.Urban Theory Beyond the West contains twenty chapters ... Read more

    $133.99 CAD

  • Malaysia's Development Challenges

    Graduating from the Middle

    Edited by Hal Hill, Tham Siew Yean, Ragayah Haji Mat Zin ...
    Series series Routledge Malaysian Studies Series
    This book examines the various economic, political and developmental policy challenges that Malaysia faces in her shift from a middle income to high-income economy. This issue is of great interest to academics, policy makers and development practitioners in the developing world, particularly in middle-income economies where there is a widespread concern about the challenges of managing such a ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

  • The Morality of China in Africa

    The Middle Kingdom and the Dark Continent

    by Jerry Liu, Sumit Roy, Doctor Quing Cao, L. H. M. Ling, Xiaoming Huang, Patrick Mazimhaka ...
    Edited with authority by the influential and respected Stephen Chan, this unique collection of essays gathers together for the first time both African and Chinese perspectives on China's place in Africa. The book starts with an excellent introductory essay from Stephen Chan, written in his usual elegant prose and featuring some very fresh insights organised with great clarity. Featuring useful ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • First World Hunger Revisited

    Food Charity or the Right to Food?

    Edited by G. Riches, T. Silvasti ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Is food aid the way of the future? What are the prospects for integrated public policies informed by the right to food? First World Hunger Revisited investigates the rise of food charity and corporately sponsored food banks as effective and sustainable responses to increasing hunger and food poverty in twelve rich 'food-secure' societies. ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Indices and Indicators in Development

    An Unhealthy Obsession with Numbers

    by Stephen Morse ...
    The use of numbers to condense complex systems into easily digested 'bites' of information is very much in fashion. At one level they are intended to enhance transparency, accountability and local democracy, while at another they provide a means of enhancing performance. However, all indicators suffer from the same basic problem that, ironically, is also their biggest advantage - condensing ... Read more

    $81.99 CAD

  • Governance Transfer by Regional Organizations

    Patching Together a Global Script

    by Tanja A. Börzel ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This volume explores the conditions under which regional organizations engage in governance transfer in and to areas of limited statehood. The authors argue that a global script of governance transfer by regional organizations is emerging, where regional and national actors are adapting governance standards and instruments to their local context. ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • We're Not Supposed to Tell You: Sex Slavery, Drugs, and Other Secrets of Thailand’s Prostitution Industry

    by Noi Thawattana ...
    The neon lights hide a cage.To the tourist, Thailand's red-light districts look like a party. The girls are smiling, the music is loud, and the alcohol flows freely. If you ask a bargirl if she is happy, she will tell you yes. If you ask if she is forced to work, she will say no.She is lying. She has to.In We're Not Supposed To Tell You, former insider Noi Thawattana breaks the ultimate code of ... Read more

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