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  • COVID-19 and Social Protection

    A Study in Human Resilience and Social Solidarity

    Edición de Steven Ratuva, Tara Ross, Yvonne Crichton-Hill, Arindam Basu, Patrick Vakaoti, Rosemarie Martin-Neuninger ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book provides a comparative analysis of how communities have developed people-based resilience in response to the global impact of COVID-19. The crisis of the capitalist economy due to border closure, downturn in business, loss of jobs and large-scale destruction of people’s well-being has worsened poverty, and inequality worsened the situation of the already marginalized. At the same time, ... Leer más

    $116.99 USD

  • Street-Frequenting Young People in Fiji

    Theory and Practice

    de Patrick Vakaoti ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book, uncovers the lived experiences of street-frequenting young people in Fiji. Typically viewed as ‘out of place’, these young people disturb what it means to be young and Fijian. Despite their marginal existence, they through their activities demonstrate the need to belong. The book adopts a critical postmodern perspective to explore this reality and propose ways of engaging with street ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD

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  • A Healthy Society, Updated and Expanded Edition

    How a Focus on Health Can Revive Canadian Democracy

    de Ryan Meili ...
    A Healthy Society, Updated and Expanded Edition, is one doctor’s vision for a new approach to politics – and a new approach to building a healthier world. Drawing on his experiences as a family physician, Dr. Meili argues that health delivery too often focuses on treatment of immediate causes and ignores more fundamental conditions that lead to poor health. The social determinants of health – ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • Health Crises and Media Discourses in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Edición de Carol Azungi Dralega, Angella Napakol ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This is an open access book which brings together leading scholars and critical discourses on political, economic, legal, technological, socio-cultural and systemic changes and continuities intersecting media and health crises in Sub-Saharan Africa. The volume extensively discusses COVID-19 but it also covers other epidemics, such as malaria, HIV/AIDS as well as “silent” health crises such as ... Leer más

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  • Rescue

    From Global Crisis to a Better World

    de Ian Goldin ...
    An optimistic vision of the future after Covid-19 by a leading professor of globalisation at the University of Oxford.Covid-19 left us at a crossroads: should we go back to 'normal', or use the lessons learned during the pandemic to shape a new society?But what does life after a pandemic look like, and how do we build a better, more hopeful future?Ian Goldin, Professor of Development and ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Power and Resistance

    Critical Thinking about Canadian Social Issues, Sixth Edition

    de Wayne Antony ...
    How do we make sense of the social problems that continue to plague Canadian society? Our understanding of issues such as poverty, racism, violence, homophobia, crime and pollution stems from our view of how society is structured. From the dominant neoliberal perspective, social problems arise from individuals making poor choices. From a critical perspective, however, these social troubles are ... Leer más

    $59.99 USD

  • The Black Agenda

    Bold Solutions for a Broken System

    Edición de Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman ...
    " The Black Agenda mobilizes top Black experts from across the country to share transformative perspectives on how to deploy anti-racist ideas and policies into everything from climate policy to criminal justice to healthcare. This book will challenge what you think is possible by igniting long overdue conversations around how to enact lasting and meaningful change rooted in racial justice." ... Leer más

    $17.29 USD

  • Precarity

    Uncertain, insecure and unequal lives in Aotearoa New Zealand

    Edición de Bridgette Masters-Awatere, Clifford van Ommen, Natasha Matamua, Shiloh Groot ...
    Leading UK economist Guy Standing has referred to the precariat as a class-in-the-making. The Precariat are our fellow citizens — be they poor, elderly, disabled, homeless, estranged from their cultural communities, refugees, engaged in casual work — who lead lives of uncertainty, dependency, powerlessness, perilousness and insufficiency. They are the outcome of the gradual dismantling of the ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Contagion Next Time

    de Sandro Galea ...
    How can we create a healthier world and prevent the crisis next time? In a few short months, COVID-19 devastated the world and, in particular, the United States. It infected millions, killed hundreds of thousands, and effectively made the earth stand still. Yet America was already in poor health before COVID-19 appeared. Racism, marginalization, socioeconomic inequality--our failure to address ... Leer más

    $18.09 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • The Economics of International Development

    Foreign Aid versus Freedom for the World's Poor

    de William Easterly, Sylvie Aboa-Bradwell, Christian Bjørnskov, Abigail Hall-Blanco ...
    Foreign aid and overseas military intervention have been important and controversial political topics for over a decade. The government’s controversial target to spend 0.7 per cent of national income on foreign aid has been widely welcomed by some, but strongly criticised by others. Furthermore, the controversy of the Iraq war rumbles on, even today. This is all happening amongst much instability ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • Indigenous Aspirations and Rights

    The Case for Responsible Business and Management

    Edición de Amy Klemm Verbos, Ella Henry, Ana Maria Peredo ...
    Series series The Principles for Responsible Management Education Series
    Indigenous peoples are recognised as groups with specific rights based on their historical ties to particular territories. The United Nations estimates there are 370 million Indigenous peoples, with Indigenous populations being recognised in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United States, the Arctic region, Central and South America, and across Asia and Africa.Indigenous Aspirations and ... Leer más

    $69.99 USD

  • The Power of Wellbeing

    A blueprint for rebuilding the social fabric and reimagining an inclusive society

    de Clive Elliott ...
    The Power of Wellbeing is about reassessing our institutions, systems, and values, and re-purposing them in an uncertain post-pandemic world. It is about engineering positive change to achieve a better world “for the people”, where most of the population can thrive and prosper, while both preserving and enhancing the core values of equality, trust, and empathy. Clive Elliott shows how a shift in ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD