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  • The World's First Anti-Dam Movement

    The Mulshi Satyagraha 1920-1924

    de Rajendra Vora ...
    During the time of contemporary India’s most famous anti-dam movement, the Narmada Bachao Andolan, a professor of politics in Pune, Rajendra Vora, wrote a study in Marathi of that movement’s forgotten predecessor. Back in the 1920s, the peasants of Mulshi Peta, near Pune, had protested against the construction of a dam being built with government support by the industrial house of the Tatas. The ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

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  • Canada after Harper

    His ideology-fuelled attack on Canadian society and values, and how we can now work to create the country we want

    de Ed Finn ...
    Most Canadians know that Stephen Harper has had a tremendous impact on the country since becoming prime minister in 2006. But few have the in-depth knowledge of how far his transformation has gone -- what has already been done, and what the consequences will be in the future.This book brings together Canadian experts in a wide variety of areas. They document key changes put in place by the Harper ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

  • Reason in a Dark Time

    Why the Struggle Against Climate Change Failed -- and What It Means for Our Future

    de Dale Jamieson ...
    From the 1992 Rio Earth Summit to the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Conference there was a concerted international effort to stop climate change. Yet greenhouse gas emissions increased, atmospheric concentrations grew, and global warming became an observable fact of life. In this book, philosopher Dale Jamieson explains what climate change is, why we have failed to stop it, and why it still matters what ... Leer más

    $25.69 USD

  • Peak Oil

    Apocalyptic Environmentalism and Libertarian Political Culture

    de Matthew Schneider-Mayerson ...
    In recent years, the concept of “peak oil”—the moment when global oil production peaks and a train of economic, social, and political catastrophes accompany its subsequent decline—has captured the imagination of a surprisingly large number of Americans, ordinary citizens as well as scholars, and created a quiet, yet intense underground movement.In Peak Oil, Matthew Schneider-Mayerson takes readers ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD

  • Environmental Justice

    Concepts, Evidence and Politics

    de Gordon Walker ...
    Environmental justice has increasingly become part of the language of environmental activism, political debate, academic research and policy making around the world. It raises questions about how the environment impacts on different people’s lives. Does pollution follow the poor? Are some communities far more vulnerable to the impacts of flooding or climate change than others? Are the benefits of ... Leer más

    $67.99 USD

  • Antarctica

    The Battle for the Seventh Continent

    de Doaa Abdel-Motaal ...
    The thawing Antarctic continent offers living space and marine and mineral resources that were previously inaccessible. This book discusses how revisiting the Antarctic Treaty System and dividing up the continent preemptively could spare the world serious conflict.The Antarctic Treaty and related agreements—collectively known as the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS)—regulate the seventh continent, ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD

  • Achieving Environmental Justice

    A Cross-National Analysis

    de Karen Bell ...
    Environmental justice aspires to a healthy environment for all, as well as fair and inclusive processes of environmental decision-making. In order to develop successful strategies to achieve this, it is important to understand the factors that shape environmental justice outcomes. This optimistic, accessible and wide-ranging book contributes to this understanding by assessing the extent of, and ... Leer más

    $47.99 USD

  • The Adaptive Challenge of Climate Change

    Edición de Karen O'Brien, Elin Selboe ...
    This book presents a new perspective on adaptation to climate change. It considers climate change as more than a problem that can be addressed solely through technical expertise. Instead, it approaches climate change as an adaptive challenge that is fundamentally linked to beliefs, values and worldviews, as well as to power, politics, identities and interests. Drawing on case studies from high ... Leer más

    $45.99 USD

  • Lifeblood

    Oil, Freedom, and the Forces of Capital

    de Matthew T. Huber ...
    Series series A Quadrant Book
    If our oil addiction is so bad for us, why don’t we kick the habit? Looking beyond the usual culprits—Big Oil, petro-states, and the strategists of empire—Lifeblood finds a deeper and more complex explanation in everyday practices of oil consumption in American culture. Those practices, Matthew T. Huber suggests, have in fact been instrumental in shaping the broader cultural politics of American ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • Marine Natural Resources and Technological Development

    An Economic Analysis of the Wealth from the Oceans

    de Marco Colazingari ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Development and Society
    This book offers a comprehensive and systematic examination of the issues involved within Ocean Economics. The oceans are the last frontier on Earth, and research and exploration are key to developing and enhancing global economic activity that is necessary to sustain a growing human population. Colazingari pinpoints the contentious issues relevant to oceans’ natural resources management and ... Leer más

    $70.99 USD

  • Realizing the Potential of U.S. Unconventional Natural Gas

    de Sarah O. Ladislaw, Lisa A. Hyland, David L. Pumphrey ...
    Series series CSIS Reports
    The ability to access and economically develop vast amounts of America’s unconventional natural gas resources, especially large shale gas formations, has altered our national view on energy and has subsequently changed the discourse at the federal, state, and local levels. Since 2008, when the economic viability of shale gas resources first became widely recognized, policymakers and industry ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD

  • Emerging Economies and Challenges to Sustainability

    Theories, strategies, local realities

    Edición de Arve Hansen, Ulrikke Wethal ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Sustainable Development
    The rise of emerging economies represents a challenge to traditional global power balances and raises the question of how we can combine sustainability with continued economic growth. Understanding this global shift and its impact on the environment is the paramount contemporary challenge for development-oriented researchers and policy makers alike. This book breaks new ground by combining ... Leer más

    $68.99 USD