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Social issues & processes
paperback. "This book brings together an impressive collection of scholars working on environmental challenges facing the Global South in an age of globalization. An important contribution to the literature on global environmental policy and politics." - Jennifer Clapp, University of Waterloo Editor(s): Diez, Jordi; Dwivedi, O. P. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Higher Education Division United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551118208
- ISBN
- 9781551118208
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Paperback. Since the UN's World Conference on Women in Mexico City in 1975, feminists around the world have campaigned with increasing success for recognition of women's full personhood and empowerment. Drawing from an international group of scholars and activists, this book explores the social and political developments that have energized this movement. Editor(s): Ferree, Myra Marx; Tripp, Aili Mari. Num Pages: 325 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814727362
- ISBN
- 9780814727362
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Paperback. Discusses changes and continuities produced by globalization Series: Tracking Globalization. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 b&w illus., 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMP; JFFN; JFFS; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253002051
- ISBN
- 9780253002051
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.37
€ 30.99
€ 27.37
Paperback. Leading thinkers, from both North and South, confront what is to be done about the clearly unstable world economic system. Editor(s): Bello, Walden; Bullard, Nicola; Malhotra, Anju; Malhotra, Kamal. Num Pages: 256 pages, glossary, tables, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1QFG; 1QFH; GTF; JFFS; KCA; KCL; KCS; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 366. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Zed Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KRA0005044
- ISBN
- 9781856497923
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. By 2050 the world will face the enormous challenge of feeding 9 billion people in the face of climate change, rising energy costs and pressure on food-growing land and resources. This is the first scholarly yet accessible account of the global food situation, synthesising the key issues in one volume. Num Pages: 264 pages, 21 bw illus. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFCV; JFFR; KCB; RNFF; TVF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 194 x 13. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857851550
- ISBN
- 9780857851550
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.13
€ 44.99
€ 37.13
Hardback. Despite global progress, staggering health inequalities between rich and poor raise basic questions of social justice. Defining the field of global health law, Lawrence Gostin drives home the need for effective governance and offers a blueprint for reform, based on the principle that the opportunity to live a healthy life is a basic human right. Num Pages: 496 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH; LND; LNTJ; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 42. Weight in Grams: 958.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674728844
- ISBN
- 9780674728844
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Condition: New
€ 68.88€ 62.51
€ 68.88
€ 62.51
hardcover. Series: Global Research Studies. Num Pages: 308 pages, 40 b&w illus., 7 tables. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFFS; JFSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253019271
- ISBN
- 9780253019271
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.34
€ 86.34
Paperback. Series: Global Research Studies. Num Pages: 40 b&w illus., 7 tables. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFFS; JFSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253019349
- ISBN
- 9780253019349
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. They reflect on the moral economy of human smuggling and trafficking, the increasing percentage of the world's asylum seekers who escape political violence only by being smuggled, and the implications of human smuggling in a warming world. Editor(s): Kyle, David; Koslowski, Rey. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: HBTS; JFFN; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 25. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- second edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421401980
- ISBN
- 9781421401980
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 36.82
€ 44.99
€ 36.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583674475
- ISBN
- 9781583674475
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.51
€ 24.99
€ 21.51
Paperback. Series: Anthropological Insights. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442634510
- ISBN
- 9781442634510
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.02
€ 25.99
€ 24.02
Hardback. Presents a series of papers that address the political consequences of globalization for states and their populations, while exploring the issue of alternatives to the model of globalization. They also talk about the challenges posed by globalization, including currency instability in an environment of financial deregulation. Editor(s): McBride, Stephen; Dobuzinskis, Laurent; Cohen, Marjorie Griffin; Busumtwi-Sam, James (Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada). Series: Social Indicators Research Series. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 537.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402009464
- ISBN
- 9781402009464
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Condition: New
€ 128.07
€ 128.07
Paperback. This book helps readers identify feasible and morally plausible reforms of global institutional arrangements and international organizations. A distinctive, practically oriented contribution to debates about global justice. Helps readers to examine the fairness of global rules and institutions. Editor(s): Barry, Dr. Christian; Pogge, Thomas. Series: Metaphilosophy. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405130103
- ISBN
- 9781405130103
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Condition: New
€ 28.43
€ 28.43
Paperback. Contributors from several countries discuss the central moral issues arising in the emerging global order: the responsibilities of the strongest societies, moral priorities for the next decades, and the role of intellectuals in view of the huge gap between widely expressed moral ambitions and prevailing political and economic realities. Editor(s): Pogge, Thomas W. Series: Metaphilosophy. Num Pages: 280 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFS; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631227120
- ISBN
- 9780631227120
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Condition: New
€ 28.32
€ 28.32
Paperback. Latin America is home to emerging global powers such as Brazil and Mexico and has important links to other titans including China, India, and Africa. This book examines a range of historical events and cultural forms in Latin America that continue to influence peoples' lives far outside the region. Editor(s): Gutmann, Matthew C.; Lesser, Jeffrey. Series: Global Square. Num Pages: 376 pages, 4 maps, 30 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JM; HBJK; JFFN; JHMC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780520277731
- ISBN
- 9780520277731
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.82
€ 37.99
€ 32.82
Paperback. Editor(s): Pfeifer, Michael J. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBL; JFFE; JFFJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252082313
- ISBN
- 9780252082313
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Considering economic and political forces, flows of people and materials, and frames that define cultural and market situations as they play out in the artisan communities of these two countries, Wherry uncovers how authentic folk tradition is capitalized or created. Series: Themes in Global Social Change. Num Pages: 208 pages, 13, 6 black & white halftones, 5 black & white line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 1KLCR; AFT; JFFS; KND. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801887949
- ISBN
- 9780801887949
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Condition: New
€ 70.43
€ 70.43
Paperback. Leading scholars explore the cultural politics of globalisation, nationalism and violence. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPFN; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780745322902
- ISBN
- 9780745322902
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.40
€ 40.99
€ 31.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH5; DSK; JFC; JFFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801476075
- ISBN
- 9780801476075
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Hardcover. The modern world seems trapped between fantasies of infinite pleasure and the prospects of total global catastrophe. Global Media Apocalypse explores these contrary imaginings through an evolving cultural ecology of violence. Articulated through the global media, these apocalyptic fantasies express a profoundly human condition of crisis. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137005441
- ISBN
- 9781137005441
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Condition: New
€ 65.03
€ 65.03
Hardback. This volume provides a counter-catastrophic view of developments and a more sober and balanced assessment of the challenges the United States and other industrial democracies face in the sphere of international migration than that offered in recent years. Editor(s): Zolberg, Aristide R.; Benda, Peter. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 tables, 6 figs. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 705.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571811691
- ISBN
- 9781571811691
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.40
€ 167.40
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415533867
- ISBN
- 9780415533867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.93
€ 26.99
€ 26.93
Paperback. Over the past decade we have witnessed the extraordinary rise of new global movements that throw into question the way we think about culture, power and action in a globalizing world. Examines three of the most significant global social movements of the last decade: anti-globalization, new Islamic movements, and the Falun Gong in China. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHBA; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405116138
- ISBN
- 9781405116138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.15
€ 51.15
This work offers a collection of case studies on ethnic, racial and cultural diversity drawn from 13 countries, each unique in the way it understands, negotiates, and represents its diversity. It shows how, in different nations, identity groups are included, or reviled to the point of genocide. Num Pages: 368 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFFS; JFSL1; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742508828
- ISBN
- 9780742508828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 209.85
€ 209.85