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  • Revival: The Economics of Poverty (1974)

    Second Edition

    by Thomas Balogh ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    This title was first published in 1974. A collection of essays exploring the organisation of a cost effective and pervasive system of rural education, directed towards increasing agricultural productivity, so deigned as to co-exist in the closest of mutually supporting relationships along side the agricultural extension service. With a focus on the direct attack on agricultural ignorance, founded ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

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  • In America

    Tales from Trump Country

    by Caitríona Perry ...
    As RTÉ's Washington correspondent, Caitríona Perry has earned a reputation as a reliable source of truth as the world tries to make sense of the maelstrom of shocking headlines emanating from Donald Trump's America. In her first book, she goes beyond the news reports and delves into the American heartland where she witnessed his rise at first hand, while others were blindsided by his victory. ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • On a Dollar a Day

    One Couple's Unlikely Adventures in Eating in America

    by Christopher Greenslate, Kerri Leonard ...
    What happens when two high school teachers get fed up with their soaring grocery bills and decide to try to feed themselves on one dollar each, per day? Authors Kerri Leonard and Christopher Greenslate describe how they did it -- and also include sections about eating on a little more than $4 a day, as well as on the actual costs of eating a healthy diet.On a Dollar a Day also includes fascinating ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Selected Speeches

    Translated by Robin Waterfield ...
    by Chris Carey, Demosthenes ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'Even if everyone else succumbs to slavery, we must still fight for our freedom.' Admired by many in the ancient world as the greatest of the classic Athenian orators, Demosthenes was intimately involved in the political events of his day. As well as showing a master orator at work, his speeches are a prime source for the history of the period, when Athens was engaged in a doomed struggle against ... Read more

    $10.49 USD

  • Poor America

    A Comparative-Historical Study of Poverty in the U.S. and Western Europe

    by Samuel J. Eldersveld ...
    Poor America describes the sharp contrast in the extent of poverty between the United States and six Western European countries. While 36 million Americans live below the poverty line, a much smaller percent of Western Europeans struggle with the same problem. Samuel J. Eldersveld seeks to discover why this variance exists by exploring various theories. To explain the larger percentage of American ... Read more

    $47.79 USD

  • Delivering Aid Without Government

    International Aid and Civil Society Engagement in the Recovery and Reconstruction of the Gaza Strip

    by Tamer Qarmout ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    In a fragile and conflict-ridden context such as the Gaza Strip, where the de facto Hamas government faces isolation and lacks international recognition, the provision of aid and development schemes challenges donors and CSOs delivering services to Palestinians. This volume examines how international donors influenced the reconstruction and recovery policy agenda as well as its implementation. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Poor Workers' Unions

    Rebuilding Labor from Below (Completely Revised and Updated Edition)

    by Vanessa Tait, Cristina Tzintzún ...
    A classic account of low-wage workers’ organization that the US Department of Labor calls one of the “100 books that has shaped work in America.”As low-wage organizing campaigns have been reignited by the Fight for 15 movement and other workplace struggles, Poor Workers’ Unions is as prescient as ever. ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • Democracy, Inequality and Corruption

    Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines Compared

    by Jong-sung You ...
    In this comparative, historical survey of three East Asian democracies, Jong-sung You explores the correlation between inequality and corruption in the countries of South Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines. Drawing on a wealth of rich empirical research, he illustrates the ways in which economic inequality can undermine democratic accountability, thereby increasing the risk of clientelism and ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Conscripts of Modernity

    The Tragedy of Colonial Enlightenment

    by David Scott ...
    At this stalled and disillusioned juncture in postcolonial history—when many anticolonial utopias have withered into a morass of exhaustion, corruption, and authoritarianism—David Scott argues the need to reconceptualize the past in order to reimagine a more usable future. He describes how, prior to independence, anticolonialists narrated the transition from colonialism to postcolonialism as ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

  • Politics of Favoritism in Public Procurement in Turkey

    Reconfigurations of Dependency Networks in the AKP Era

    by Esra Çeviker Gürakar ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book, through an analysis of 49,355 high value public procurement contracts awarded between 2004 and 2011, provides systematic evidence on favoritism in public procurement in Turkey. Public procurement is one of the main areas where the government and the private sector interact extensively and is thus open to favoritism and corruption. In Turkey, the new Public Procurement Law, which was ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Kant’s Political Theory

    Interpretations and Applications

    Edited by Elisabeth Ellis ...
    Past interpreters of Kant’s thought seldom viewed his writings on politics as having much importance, especially in comparison with his writings on ethics, which (along with his major works, such as the Critique of Pure Reason) received the lion’s share of attention. But in recent years a new generation of scholars has revived interest in what Kant had to say about politics. From a position of ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • The Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines

    Global Implementation

    Edited by Svein Jentoft, Ratana Chuenpagdee, María José Barragán-Paladines, Nicole Franz ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    In June 2014, FAO member-states endorsed the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries (SSF Guidelines). These Guidelines are one of the most significant landmarks for small-scale fisheries around the world. They are comprehensive in terms of topics covered, and progressive, with their foundations based on human rights and other key principles. It can be anticipated that ... Read more

    $134.09 USD