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Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Global warming is perhaps the greatest challenge facing the twenty-first century. Environmental polices on the one hand, and economic and labour market polices on the other, often exist in separate silos creating a dilemma that Work in a Warming World confronts. The world of work - goods, services, and...
Pirate Politics
The New Information Policy Contests
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2014
An examination of the Pirate political movement in Europe analyzes its advocacy for free expression and the preservation of the Internet as a commons.
The Swedish Pirate Party emerged as a political force in 2006 when a group of software programmers and file-sharing geeks protested the police...
Land Policies in India
Promises, Practices and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
This book examines how property rights are linked to socio-economic progress and development. It also provides a theoretical analysis, an economic/social analysis of planning, case studies of the implementation of planning and regulation instruments, practices related to law and planning, analysis...
by John Geesman
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2010
No drumbeat resonates like the mobilization of public opinion for war. In 2008 and 2009, policy elites around the world prepared for US re-entry to the global climate debate. These short narrative bursts capture the heady aspirations of the time, tracing the strategic perimeter of energy initiatives...
by Hewitt Crane;Edwin Kinderman;Ripudaman Malhotra
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2010
One cubic mile of oil (CMO) corresponds very closely to the world's current total annual consumption of crude oil. The world's total annual energy consumption - from all energy sources- is currently 3.0 CMO. By the middle of this century the world will need between 6 and 9 CMO of energy per...
Creating Better Futures
Scenario Planning as a Tool for a Better Tomorrow
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2002
As a founder and managing director of Global Business Network, James Ogilvy helped develop the technique of scenario planning, which has become an integral part of strategic thinking in both business and government. Now Ogilvy shows how we can use this cutting-edge method for social change in our...
Recycling Reconsidered
The Present Failure and Future Promise of Environmental Action in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2011
How the success and popularity of recycling has diverted attention from the steep environmental costs of manufacturing the goods we consume and discard.
Recycling is widely celebrated as an environmental success story. The accomplishments of the recycling movement can be seen in municipal practice,...
Rethinking the Welfare State
Government by Voucher
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Rethinking the Welfare State offers a comprehensive and comparative analysis of social welfare policy in an international context, with a particular emphasis on the US and Canada.
The authors investigate the claim that a decentralized delivery of government supported goods and services enables...
The Case for a Carbon Tax
Getting Past Our Hang-ups to Effective Climate Policy
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
There's a simple, straightforward way to cut carbon emissions and prevthe mdisastrous effects of climate change-and we're rejecting it because of irrational political fears. That's the central argumof The Case for a Carbon Tax, a clear-eyed, sophisticated analysis of climate change policy.
Shi-Ling...
Climate Shock
The Economic Consequences of a Hotter Planet
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
If you had a 10 percent chance of having a fatal car accident, you'd take necessary precautions. If your finances had a 10 percent chance of suffering a severe loss, you'd reevaluate your assets. So if we know the world is warming and there's a 10 percent chance this might eventually lead to a catastrophe...
One Health
Science, politics and zoonotic disease in Africa
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2016
Zoonotic diseases – pathogens transmitted from animals to people – offer particularly challenging problems for global health institutions and actors, given the complex social-ecological dynamics at play. New forms of risk caused by unprecedented global connectivity and rapid social and environmental...
by Alan L. Olmstead
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2015
Sixty percent of infectious human diseases are shared with other vertebrates. Alan Olmstead and Paul Rhode tell how innovations to combat livestock infections—border control, food inspection, drug regulation, federal research labs—turned the U.S. into a world leader in combatting communicable diseases, and remain central to public health policy.
Fixing Drugs
The Politics of Drug Prohibition
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2012
In this unique and engaging book, Sue Pryce tackles the major issues surrounding drug policy. Why do governments persist with prohibition policies, despite their proven inefficacy? Why are some drugs criminalized, and some not? And why does society care about drug use at all? Pryce guides us through drug policy around the world.
by Lucio Picci
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2011
It would be easy to cheat someone on eBay. However, an essential characteristic of the site prevents this from happening: buyer and seller reviews form what amounts to an "index of reputation." The availability of such an index provides a strong incentive to be an honest trader. Reputation-Based...