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  • Climate Chaos and its Origins in Slavery and Capitalism

    by Reva Blau, Judith Blau ...
    Series series Anthem Sociological Perspectives on Human Rights and Development
    Climate Chaos provides readers the latest consensus among international scientists on the cascading impacts of climate change and the tipping points that today threaten to irreversibly destroy the delicate balance of the Earth’s ecosystems. The book argues that deregulation and an expansion of fossil fuel extraction have already tipped the planet towards a climate that is out of control. This ... Read more

    $28.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Climate Chaos and its Origins in Slavery and Capitalism

    by Reva Blau, Judith Blau ...
    Climate Chaos provides readers the latest consensus among international scientists on the cascading impacts of climate change and the tipping points that today threaten to irreversibly destroy the delicate balance of the Earth’s ecosystems. The book covers some controversial topics: that slavery in the American South is the origin of capitalism; the indigenous perspective on the environment ( ... Read more

    $21.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Climate Chaos and its Origins in Slavery and Capitalism

    by Reva Blau, Judith Blau ...
    Climate Chaos provides readers the latest consensus among international scientists on the cascading impacts of climate change and the tipping points that today threaten to irreversibly destroy the delicate balance of the Earth’s ecosystems. The book covers some controversial topics: that slavery in the American South is the origin of capitalism; the indigenous perspective on the environment ( ... Read more

    $21.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Public Sociologies Reader

    by Michael Burawoy, Charles A. Gallagher, Kenneth Gould, Arlette Grabczynska, Keri Iyall-Smith, Núria Homedes, Alberto Moncada, Jill Quadagno, Barbara Risman, Havidán Rodríguez0, Deanna Rohlinger1, Carla N. Russell2, Jerome Scott3, Antonio Ugalde4, Angela J. Hattery5, Jerry Pubantz6, John Allphin Moore Jr.7, Judith Blau8, Gerard Delanty0, Walda Katz-Fishman1, Anthony M. Orum2, Robert Pollin3, William I. Robinson4, Earl Smith5, Jackie Smith6 ...
    At an earlier time, sociologists C. Wright Mills, W. E. Du Bois, and Jane Addams loudly protested injustices and inequities in American society, provided critiques and analyses of systems of oppression, and challenged sociologists to be responsible critics and constructive commentators. These giants of American sociology would have applauded the 2004 meetings of the American Sociological ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • The Paris Agreement

    Climate Change, Solidarity, and Human Rights

    by Judith Blau ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book discusses the immediate and severe threat posed by global climate change and the various obstacles that stand in the way of action. Judith Blau presents scientific evidence relevant to The Paris Agreement (COP-21): an international treaty that promises to strengthen the global response to climate change. As she reckons with the dangers of catastrophic planetary heating, Blau discusses ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Crimes Against Humanity

    Climate Change and Trump's Legacy of Planetary Destruction

    by Judith Blau ...
    The author is a sociologist who has written extensively on human rights and recently on climate change. In her new book she develops the idea that protecting everyone’s human rights and slowing planetary warming are the same goals. It is now clear that the leader of the richest, most powerful country in the world – United States President Donald J. Trump - has set the trigger of destruction by ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Human Rights

    A Primer

    by Judith Blau, Louis Edgar Esparza ...
    Human Rights: A Primer breaks new ground in clarifying for undergraduates the international significance of human rights. This new edition highlights current and recent developments, using themes familiar to undergraduates. For example, Americans are increasingly aware of the growing disparities in economic well-being. It is indeed a crisis that is global and national. Because this book focuses on ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Human Rights Of, By, and For the People

    How to Critique and Change the US Constitution

    Edited by Louis Edgar Esparza, Keri Iyall Smith, Judith Blau ...
    Together, the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights comprise the constitutional foundation of the United States. These—the oldest governing documents still in use in the world—urgently need an update, just as the constitutions of other countries have been updated and revised. Human Rights Of, By, and For the People brings together lawyers and sociologists to show how globalization and climate ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Human Rights

    Beyond the Liberal Vision

    by Alberto Moncada, Judith Blau ...
    There is growing recognition around the globe that people's fundamental human rights are being imperiled in a world economy that is being driven by multinationals, investors, and banks. The "race to the bottom" and insatiable greed has intensified poverty and economic inequalities, fueled migration, and rapidly accelerated environmental degradation. The fates of all nations are interdependent and ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Justice in the United States

    Human Rights and the Constitution

    by Alberto Moncada, Judith Blau ...
    Justice in the U.S. is a sequel to Human Rights: Beyond the Liberal Vision, and the second in a trilogy on human rights. The Bill of Rights of the U.S. Constitution explicitly clarifies the personal political and civil rights of persons, and by court interpretation, the rights of corporations. Yet in the twentieth century, following World War II, most world leaders reached the conclusion that ... Read more

    $121.49 USD

  • Sociology and Human Rights

    A Bill of Rights for the Twenty-First Century

    Edited by Mark Frezzo, Judith Blau ...
    Series series Sociology for a New Century Series
    A unique volume designed to provoke an ongoing dialogue about fundamental human rights in our societyEdited by renowned scholars, Judith Blau and Mark Frezzo, this groundbreaking anthology examines the implications that human rights have for the social sciences. The book provides readers with a wide-ranging collection of articles, each written by experts in their fields who argue for an expansion ... Read more

    $52.19 USD

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  • Democracy When the People Are Thinking

    Revitalizing Our Politics Through Public Deliberation

    by James S. Fishkin ...
    Democracy requires a connection to the 'will of the people'. What does that mean in a world of 'fake news', relentless advocacy, dialogue mostly among the like-minded, and massive spending to manipulate public opinion? What kind of opinion can the public have under such conditions? What would democracy be like if the people were really thinking in depth about the policies they must live with? If ... Read more

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