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Inside the Greens
The Origins and Future of the Party, the People and the Politics
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2019
A penetrating examination of the history and future of the Australian Greens
The re-election of a Coalition government, after a lost decade of policy backflips and leadership volatility, has redrawn the political landscape. With a record quarter of voters abandoning the major parties at the...
Green Development
Environment and Sustainability in a Developing World
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2008
The concept of sustainability lies at the core of the challenge of environment and development and the way governments, business and environmental groups respond to it. Green Development provides a clear and coherent analysis of sustainable development in both theory and practice.
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Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
At the turn of the millennium, the unanimous adoption of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by the United Nations General Assembly marked a new chapter in international development. However, voices from the Global South were noticeably absent in shaping the agenda. Fifteen years later, the global...
by Kevin J. Dougherty, Sosanya M. Jones, Hana Lahr
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Seeking greater accountability in higher education, many states have adopted performance funding, tying state financial support of colleges and universities directly to institutional performance based on specific outcomes such as student retention, progression, and graduation. Now in place in over...
Hanging by a Thread
Cotton, Globalization, and Poverty in Africa
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
The textile industry was one of the first manufacturing activities to become organized globally, as mechanized production in Europe used cotton from the various colonies. Africa, the least developed of the world’s major regions, is now increasingly engaged in the production of this crop for the...
Becoming American
Why Immigration Is Good for Our Nation's Future
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2014
For policy makers, business leaders, and American citizens, immigration reform is one of the defining issues of our time. In turns both personal and analytical, remaining factual and well-argued throughout, Fariborz Ghadar’s Becoming American makes the case for common sense immigration policies...
Authoritative Governance
Policy Making in the Age of Mediatization
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
The role of the media has become a central part of politics and policy in the twenty-first century. That dominance has led many to suggest a trend of 'dumbing down': the privileging of style over content. In this provocative new book, Maarten Hajer takes issue with the 'dumbing down' thesis both on...
Cities as International Actors
Urban and Regional Governance Beyond the Nation State
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
This book explores the growing role of cities and regions as sub-national actors in shaping global governance. Far from being merely carried along by global forces, cities have become active players in making and maintaining the networks and connections that give shape to contemporary globalization....
by Stephen Morse, Dongyong Zhang, Uma Kambhampati
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2017
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become an important concept in the last few decades. Although it originated in the developed countries of the West, the concept has been embraced and adapted by corporations and policy-making agencies in many developing countries. Not surprisingly, given the...
The creative citizen unbound
How social media and DIY culture contribute to democracy, communities and the creative economy
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2016
The creative citizen unbound introduces the concept of ‘creative citizenship’ to explore the potential of civic-minded creative individuals in the era of social media and in the context of an expanding creative economy. Drawing on the findings of a 30-month study of communities supported by the...
by Bill Winders
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Grains - particularly maize, rice, and wheat - are the central component of most people’s diets, but we rarely stop to think about the wider role they play in national and international policy-making, as well as global issues like food security, biotechnology, and even climate change.
But...
The Chinese Corporatist State
Adaption, Survival and Resistance
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
The modern Chinese state has traditionally affected every major aspect of domestic society. With the growing liberalization of the economy, coupled with increasingly complex social issues, there is a belief that the state is retreating from an array of social problems from health to the environment....
Climate Refugees
Beyond the Legal Impasse?
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Current estimates of the numbers of people who will be forced from their homes as a result of climate change by the middle of the century range from 50 to 200 million. Therefore, even the most optimistic projections envisage a crisis of migration that will dwarf any we have seen so far. And yet attempts...
Canada and the Middle East
In Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2010
Canada and the Middle East: In Theory and Practice provides a unique perspective on one of the world’s most geopolitically important regions. From the perspective of Canada’s diplomats, academics, and former policy practitioners involved in the region, the book offers an overview of Canada’s...