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  • A Skein of Thought

    The Ireland at Fordham Humanitarian Lecture Series

    by Brendan H. Cahill, Geraldine Byrne Nason, Simon Coveney, Caitriona Dowd, Anne-Laure Duval, Michael D. Higgins, Matthew Hollingworth, Jemilah Mahmood, Jamie McGoldrick0, Mark Mellett1, Mary Robinson2 ...
    Series series International Humanitarian Affairs
    This book is the result of a strong collaboration between the Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations and Fordham University’s Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs. It is a record of a series of distinguished lectures that explored the current challenges to policymakers and humanitarian actors as they focus their efforts on larger and more complex emergencies. The ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

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  • How We Lead

    Canada in a Century of Change

    by Joe Clark ...
    A passionate argument for Canada's reassertion of its place on the world stage, from a former prime minister and one of Canada's most respected political figures.In the world that is taking shape, the unique combination of Canada's success at home as a diverse society and its reputation internationally as a sympathetic and respected partner consititute national assets that are at least as valuable ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Great Convergence

    Asia, the West, and the Logic of One World

    by Kishore Mahbubani ...
    The twenty-first century has seen a rise in the global middle class that brings an unprecedented convergence of interests and perceptions, cultures and values. Kishore Mahbubani is optimistic. We are creating a new global civilization. Eighty-eight percent of the world's population outside the West is rising to Western living standards, and sharing Western aspirations. Yet Mahbubani, one of the ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • Could It Happen Here?

    Canada in the Age of Trump and Brexit

    by Michael Adams ...
    From award-winning author Michael Adams, Could It Happen Here? draws on groundbreaking new social research to show whether Canadian society is at risk of the populist forces afflicting other parts of the world.Americans elected Donald Trump. Britons opted to leave the European Union. Far-right, populist politicians channeling anger at out-of-touch “elites” are gaining ground across Europe. In vote ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • How Change Happens

    by Duncan Green ...
    Human society is full of would-be 'change agents', a restless mix of campaigners, lobbyists, and officials, both individuals and organizations, set on transforming the world. They want to improve public services, reform laws and regulations, guarantee human rights, get a fairer deal for those on the sharp end, achieve greater recognition for any number of issues, or simply be treated with respect. ... Read more

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  • Humanitarianism in Question

    Politics, Power, Ethics

    Edited by Michael Barnett, Thomas G. Weiss ...
    Years of tremendous growth in response to complex emergencies have left a mark on the humanitarian sector. Various matters that once seemed settled are now subjects of intense debate. What is humanitarianism? Is it limited to the provision of relief to victims of conflict, or does it include broader objectives such as human rights, democracy promotion, development, and peacebuilding? For much of ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Bilderberg People

    Elite Power and Consensus in World Affairs

    by Ian Richardson, Andrew Kakabadse, Nada Kakabadse ...
    Bilderberg People explores the hidden mechanisms of influence at work in the private world, and personal interactions, of the transnational power elite. It is not concerned with conspiracy theories; instead it is about certain fundamental forces that shape the world in which we live. These forces, with their power to bring about transitions in emotion and preference within, and beyond, the elite ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Brave New Canada

    Meeting the Challenge of a Changing World

    by Derek H. Burney, Fen Hampson ...
    Globalization and the shifting tectonic plates of the international system have led to an increasingly competitive world. If Canada hopes to gain advantage from the dramatic developments underway it will have to aggressively adapt its foreign and domestic policies and priorities under the clear direction of the federal government or accept being left behind.In Brave New Canada, Derek Burney and ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • The Revolution Will Not Be Funded

    Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex

    by INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence INCITE! ...
    A trillion-dollar industry, the US non-profit sector is one of the world's largest economies. From art museums and university hospitals to think tanks and church charities, over 1.5 million organizations of staggering diversity share the tax-exempt 501(c)(3) designation, if little else. Many social justice organizations have joined this world, often blunting political goals to satisfy government ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Quiet No More

    New Political Activism in Canada and Around the Globe

    by Joel D. Harden ...
    Spontaneous and creative protest movements have burst onto the political stage in Canada and around the world. Joel D. Harden, an activist, writer, and educator, offers a ground-level account of the most important of these recent expressions of large-scale political engagement, mostly by young people. Based on first-hand accounts from many of the participants and organizers, Harden describes key ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Global Governance and the New Wars

    The Merging of Development and Security

    by Mark Duffield ...
    Series series Critique Influence Change
    In this hugely influential book, originally published in 2001 but just as - if not more - relevant today, Mark Duffield shows how war has become an integral component of development discourse. Aid agencies have become increasingly involved in humanitarian assistance, conflict resolution and the social reconstruction of war-torn societies. Duffield explores the consequences of this growing merger ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Should Rich Nations Help the Poor?

    by David Hulme ...
    Series series Global Futures
    In the past decade, the developed world has spent almost US$ 2 trillion on foreign aid for poorer countries. Yet 1.2 billion people still live in extreme poverty and around 2.9 billion cannot meet their basic human needs.But should rich nations continue to help the poor? In this short book, leading global poverty analyst David Hulme explains why helping the world’s neediest communities is both the ... Read more

    $16.00 USD