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“susan calvert”

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  • Lovie Goes to the Symphony

    by Susan Calvert ...
    Lovie Goes to the Symphony by Susan Ballard-Calvert takes young readers on a delightful journey through the world of classical music. Join Lovie as she experiences the grandeur of an orchestra, from the tuning of instruments to the mesmerizing performance led by a skilled conductor. With engaging rhymes, vivid descriptions, and a touch of humor, this beautifully illustrated book introduces ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Politics and Society in the Developing World

    by Peter Calvert, Susan Calvert ...
    In a world seemingly surfing a wave of unprecedented affluence, it is sobering to be reminded that only thirty out of nearly two hundred countries can really be classified as advanced industrialized countries. Eighty per cent of the world's population lives in the developing world. This popular, concise introduction scrutinises the developing world, its varied political institutions and the key ... Read more

    $91.99 USD

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    And what Africans can do about it

    by Greg Mills ...
    Economic growth does not demand a secret formula. Good development examples now abound in East Asia and further afield in others parts of Asia, and in Central America. But why then has Africa failed to realise its potential in half a century of independence? Why Africa is Poor demonstrates that Africa is poor not because the world has denied the continent the market and financial means to compete: ... Read more

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  • Planet of Slums

    by Mike Davis ...
    Series series Essential Mike Davis
    The “profound . . . brilliant” account of the rise of the world’s slums and the failures of modern urbanization—by the world’s leading urbanist (Arundhati Roy, activist and Booker Prize–winning author)According to the United Nations, more than one billion people now live in the slums of the cities of the South. In this brilliant and ambitious book, Mike Davis explores the future of a radically ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Exceptional People

    How Migration Shaped Our World and Will Define Our Future

    by Ian Goldin, Geoffrey Cameron, Meera Balarajan ...
    The past, present, and future role of global migrationThroughout history, migrants have fueled the engine of human progress. Their movement has sparked innovation, spread ideas, relieved poverty, and laid the foundations for a global economy. In a world more interconnected than ever before, the number of people with the means and motivation to migrate will only increase. Exceptional People ... Read more

    $22.39 USD

  • International Migration: A Very Short Introduction

    by Khalid Koser ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Why has international migration become an issue of such intense public and political concern? How closely linked are migrants with terrorist organizations? What factors lie behind the dramatic increase in the number of women migrating? This Very Short Introduction looks at the phenomenon of international human migration -- both legal and illegal -- to reveal that migration actually presents ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Violent Borders

    Refugees and the Right to Move

    by Reece Jones ...
    **This engaging analysis of the refugee crisis explores how borders are formed, policed—and used to inflict violence on the poor.“In an era of terrorism, global inequality, and rising political tension over migration, Jones argues that tight border controls make the world worse, not better.” —Boston Globe**Forty thousand people have died trying to cross between countries in the past decade, and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Season of Rains

    Africa in the World

    by Stephen Ellis ...
    Africa is playing a more important role in world affairs than ever before. Yet the most common images of Africa in the American mind are ones of poverty, starvation, and violent conflict. But while these problems are real, that does not mean that Africa is a lost cause. Instead, as Stephen Ellis explains in Season of Rains, we need to rethink Africa’s place in time if we are to understand it in ... Read more

    $19.49 USD

  • Fragile States

    by Lothar Brock, Hans-Henrik Holm, Georg Sorenson, Michael Stohl ...
    Series series War and Conflict in the Modern World
    Today a billion people, including about 340 million of the world's extreme poor, are estimated to live in 'fragile states'. This group of low-income countries are often trapped in cycles of conflict and poverty, which make them acutely vulnerable to a range of shocks and crises.This engaging book defines and clarifies what we mean by fragile states, examining their characteristics in relation to ... Read more

    $17.00 USD

  • Why Africa Fails

    The case for growth before democracy

    by Elly Twineyo-Kamugisha ...
    Africa should accept that its present malaise is largely due to its own mistakes: greed, poor policies and a lack of leadership. Blaming colonialism for Africa’s failings belongs to the past. Africa has been lessed with great wealth, but where has this wealth gone? Why are so many countries in need of aid? And why has this wealth not filtered down to poor people? Elly Twineyo-Kamugisha surveys ... Read more

    $15.39 USD

  • Land

    by Derek Hall ...
    Series series Resources
    Land is one of the world's most emotionally resonant resources, and control over it is fundamental to almost all human activity. From the local level to the global, we are often in conflict over the ground beneath our feet. But because human relationships to land are so complex, it can be difficult to think them through in a unified way. This path-breaking book aims to change that by combining ... Read more

    $20.00 USD

  • The New Scramble for Africa

    by Padraig R. Carmody ...
    Once marginalized in the world economy, the past decade has seen Africa emerge as a major global supplier of crucial raw materials like oil, uranium and coltan. With its share of world trade and investment now rising and the availability of natural resources falling, the continent finds itself at the centre of a battle to gain access to and control of its valuable natural assets. China's role in ... Read more

    $26.00 USD