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  • Politics and the Environment

    Risk and the Role of Government and Industry

    de Michael Howes, Griffith University, Australia ...
    'An evenhanded, realistic and thoughtful approach to identifying environmental problems and management goals'Stephen Zavestoski, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies, University of San Francisco'...a theoretically advanced yet accessible treatment of environmental governance, drawing on an impressive range of material to investigate the roles of states and industries in ... Leer más

    $60.99 USD

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  • The Oil Curse

    How Petroleum Wealth Shapes the Development of Nations

    de 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 ... Leer más

    $23.09 USD

  • Hostile Takeover

    How Big Business Bought Our Government and How We Can Take It Back

    de David Sirota ...
    Do you ever wonder if there’s a connection between the corruption scandals in the news and the steady decline in the quality of life for millions of Americans?Do you ever wonder what corporations get for the millions of dollars they pour into the American political system?Do you ever think the government has been hijacked by forces hostile to average Americans?Do you ever want to fight back ... Leer más

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  • Race, Nation, and Citizenship in Postcolonial Africa

    The Case of Tanzania

    de Ronald Aminzade ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
    Nationalism has generated violence, bloodshed, and genocide, as well as patriotic sentiments that encourage people to help fellow citizens and place public responsibilities above personal interests. This study explores the contradictory character of African nationalism as it unfolded over decades of Tanzanian history in conflicts over public policies concerning the rights of citizens, foreigners, ... Leer más

    $43.99 USD

  • The 2030 Spike

    Countdown to Global Catastrophe

    de 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 ... Leer más

    $40.99 USD

  • Governance for Sustainable Development

    A Foundation for the Future

    de 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 ... Leer más

    $65.99 USD

  • The Rise and Fall of Emerging Powers

    Globalisation, US Power and the Global North-South Divide

    de 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 ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD

  • Localization

    A Global Manifesto

    de 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 ... Leer más

    $60.99 USD

  • The Case Against the Global Economy

    And for a Turn Towards Localization

    Edición de 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, ... Leer más

    $60.99 USD

  • Future Positive

    International Co-operation in the 21st Century

    Edición de 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. ... Leer más

    $65.99 USD

  • Human Rights and the Environment

    Conflicts and Norms in a Globalizing World

    Edición de 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 ... Leer más

    $65.99 USD

  • The Korean Economic Developmental Path

    Confucian Tradition, Affective Network

    de S. Lew ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book defines the Korean development as the moral economy of growth derived from a synergy between strong state and strong society and argues that Confucian cultural orientation has played a critical role in the process. ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD