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  • Environmental Protection Policy and Experience in the U.S. and China's Western Regions

    de Joel J. Kassiola, Qian Guo, Shiyuan Hao, Barbara A. Holzman, Xiao Hang Liu, Gary W. Pahl, Yin Peng, Guoqing Shi0, Fang Sumei1, Guan Yi2, Li Yujun3, Qiu Zhong4, Jian Zhou5, Sheldon Gen6 ...
    Series series Challenges Facing Chinese Political Development
    China is a multiethnic country with vast territory, a land of diverse ecosystems. With the drive for industrialization in China and the implementation of 'western grand development' strategy in western regions, both governments and people face great challenges in environmental protection and sustainable use of biodiversity resources as a result of growing interaction between human activities and ... Leer más

    $105.99 USD

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  • Bravehearts

    Whistle-Blowing in the Age of Snowden

    de Mark Hertsgaard ...
    Whistleblowers pay with their lives to save ours. When insiders like former NSA analyst Edward Snowden or ex-FBI agent Coleen Rowley or Big Tobacco truth-teller Jeffrey Wigand blow the whistle on high-level lying, lawbreaking or other wrongdoing-whether it's government spying, corporate murder or scientific scandal-the public benefits enormously. Wars are ended, deadly products are taken off the ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • The Looting Machine

    Warlords, Oligarchs, Corporations, Smugglers, and the Theft of Africa's Wealth

    de Tom Burgis ...
    An “impressive” (Wall Street Journal) exposé of twenty-first century individuals and companies who have become obscenely rich from the resource trade in AfricaAfrica is the world’s poorest continent and, arguably, its richest. In The Looting Machine, Tom Burgis takes readers on a gripping journey into the world of the magnates and militiamen, the despots and jet-setting executives who gorge on ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • The China Price

    The True Cost of Chinese Competitive Advantage

    de Alexandra Harney ...
    In this landmark work of investigative reporting, former Financial Times correspondent Alexandra Harney uncovers a story of immense significance to us all: how China's factory economy gains a competitive edge by selling out its workers, environment, and future. Harney's firsthand reporting brings us face-to-face with a world in which intense pricing pressure from Western companies combines with ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • The Climate Casino

    Risk, Uncertainty, and Economics for a Warming World

    de William D. Nordhaus ...
    Climate change is profoundly altering our world in ways that pose major risks to human societies and natural systems. We have entered the Climate Casino and are rolling the global-warming dice, warns economist William Nordhaus. But there is still time to turn around and walk back out of the casino, and in this essential book the author explains how. Bringing together all the important issues ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD

  • The River Runs Black

    The Environmental Challenge to China's Future

    de Elizabeth C. Economy ...
    Series series A Council on Foreign Relations Book
    China's spectacular economic growth over the past two decades has dramatically depleted the country's natural resources and produced skyrocketing rates of pollution. Environmental degradation in China has also contributed to significant public health problems, mass migration, economic loss, and social unrest. In The River Runs Black, Elizabeth C. Economy examines China's growing environmental ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • "And Gulliver Returns" Book 2 --Are We Digging Our Ecological Crypt?

    de GulliverReturns ...
    This book briefly examines some of the changes included in the reality of climate change. Climate change is just one of the problems brought on by overpopulation. ... Leer más

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  • The Handbook of Sustainability Literacy

    Skills for a Changing World

    Edición de Arran Stibbe ...
    A vital resource for sustainability educators, learners and decision-makers on how we can build a more sustainable future.In this ground-breaking book, leading sustainability educators are joined by permaculturists, literary critics, ecologists, artists, journalists, engineers, mathematicians and philosophers in a deep reflection on the skills that people need to survive and thrive in the ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD

  • Fair Trade

    A Beginner's Guide

    de Jacqueline DeCarlo ...
    Series series Beginner's Guides
    What’s wrong with buying regular coffee? Does Fair Trade necessarily mean ethical trade? What impact can consumers have on global economics? Fair Trade: A Beginner’s Guide reveals why Fair Trade means more than just bananas, coffee, and chocolate. Author and activist Jacqueline DeCarlo explains the principles behind Fair Trade and its development into a powerful economic tool. Packed with ... Leer más

    $5.99 USD

  • Building China

    Informal Work and the New Precariat

    de Sarah Swider ...
    Roughly 260 million workers in China have participated in a mass migration of peasants moving into the cities, and construction workers account for almost half of them. In Building China, Sarah Swider draws on her research in Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shanghai between 2004 and 2012, including living in an enclave, working on construction jobsites, and interviews with eighty-three migrants, managers, ... Leer más

    $24.99 USD

  • Scattered Sand

    The Story of China's Rural Migrants

    de Hsiao-Hung Pai, Gregor Benton ...
    Each year, 200 million workers from China’s vast rural interior travel between cities and provinces in search of employment: the largest human migration in history. This indispensable army of labour accounts for half of China’s GDP, but is an unorganized workforce—”scattered sand,” in Chinese parlance—and the most marginalized and impoverished group of workers in the country.For two years, the ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • New Order and Progress

    Development and Democracy in Brazil

    de Ben Ross Schneider ...
    Ben Ross Schneider's volume, New Order and Progress takes a thorough look at the political economy of Brazil. The distinctive perspective of the 11 chapters is historical, comparative, and theoretical. Collectively, the chapters offer sobering insight into why Brazil has not been the rising economic star of the BRIC that many predicted it would be, but also documents the gains that Brazil has made ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD