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Explores hard-hitting topics that affect us all today, told through the voices of the people involved.
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Global Issues explores the factual accounts of todays hard-hitting and contentious issues, told through the voices of the people involved.
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President Obama and the UK Labour and Coalition governments have all backed the renewed momentum for serious progress towards a world free of nuclear weapons, whilst the UK finds itself embarked on a controversial and expensive programme to renew its Trident nuclear weapons syste ...
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Clumsy Solutions for a Complex World is a powerful and original statement on why well-intended attempts to alleviate pressing social ills too often derail, and how effective, efficient and broadly acceptable solutions to social problems can be found.
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Argues that 'modern' bureaucratically regulated societies are no more 'rational' or less 'symbolic' than the societies traditionally studied by anthropologists. Drawing on the example of modern Greece and utilizing other European materials, the author suggests that we cannot unde ...
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People are not the only living things on Earth. But we take up a great deal of space. Where do animals go when people move in? Read about how people in South Africa are learning to share the land with animals.
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This title provides an evaluation of the state of the international women's movement.
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This is an examination of the feasibility of halving world hunger by 2015. It looks at: BSE, foot and mouth and salmonella; declining food variety/quality; and disappearing topsoil/ biodiversity in rural areas. It argues for a green, low-external input approach that can feed the ...
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What can Third World governments do in the face of the globalization juggernaut? Here, Martin Khor sets out practical proposals for action both nationally and at the international level to shape globalization to particular circumstnces and priorities.
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Billions are spent each year on foreign aid and tens of thousands are employed in the aid industry. Here, David Sogge asks questions such as: is there a real net flow of financial resources to the South?; how much aid should there be?; and on what terms should it be given?
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