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WW Norton & Co The Human Right to Health
Book SynopsisAn esteemed philosopher provides a shrewd examination of the future of the human right to health.
£18.04
WW Norton & Co The China Challenge
Book SynopsisThis compelling assessment of US-China relations is essential reading for anyone interestd in the future of the globalised world.Trade Review"Tom Christensen has done us a great service: He has decoded the U.S.-China relationship with the analytical power of a great scholar and the real-world lessons of a policymaker. The China Challenge is lucid, learned, and relentlessly sensible, navigating the great predicament of the 21st century. Christensen is fluent in history but never captive to it. He aims not to prevent China's rise but to shape it with a mix of strength and moderation. Above all, he shows us how to avoid a conflict that he considers possible but, in no way, inevitable. He made a believer out of me." -- Evan Osnos, National Book Award-winning author of Age of Ambition "The rise of China is one of the prime challenges for American foreign policy. Thomas Christensen uses his first rate credentials both as a scholar and a practitioner to give a clear and compelling answer to this challenge." -- Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor, former Assistant Secretary of Defense, and author of Is the American Century Over? "There is no one I would rather read on China than Tom Christensen. He has the rare ability to transcend the conventional either/or debates about China and to see the country simultaneously as a power with the potential to disrupt global politics in many negative ways and as a country that the United States must engage as a partner in solving global problems. He also has a deep and much needed understanding of how Chinese domestic politics shape Chinese foreign policy. If you read only one book on China, make it The China Challenge." -- Anne-Marie Slaughter, New America Foundation "Everything you need to know about the sometimes bewildering, always tricky issues generated by the rise of China are here in Tom Christensen's lucid book. China is something new in the world, a rising authoritarian state that is an economic colossus and very nearly a first-rate military power, which is what makes it the most important strategic challenge we're going to face for the foreseeable future. Christensen doesn't promise that dealing with China will be easy. It won't be. But he is utterly clear-headed, realistic, persuasive, and, perhaps most important, cautiously optimistic, as he resets the terms of the continuing debate." -- Richard Bernstein, author of China 1945 "Christensen addresses a vital challenge-US policy toward China-with an artful blend of scholarship, modern history, and diplomatic experience. He explains skillfully why the United States needs an adroit combination of national strength, international partnerships, and cooperation with China. Christensen's aim: a search for mutual interests, both between the two countries and in support of regional and global systems." -- Robert B. Zoellick, Former President of the World Bank, US Trade Representative, and US Deputy Secretary of State "Tom Christensen has written a book that displays the ideal mix of 'richness, rigor, and relevance'. Countering naive neo-conservative and liberal interventionists who seem to think that threats to an adversary's vital interests are all you need to induce compliance, and naive rationalist liberals who believe economic and institutional engagement will largely contain revisionist preferences, Christensen shows from a careful empirical analysis of Chinese foreign policy how stable coexistence in US-China relations rests on a delicate balance of both deterrence and reassurance. Hopefully future US decision makers will read this book and absorb its message." -- Alastair Iain Johnston, The Laine Professor of China in World Affairs, Harvard University "Tom Christensen is one of the world's leading China experts, an experienced senior policymaker, and a top-notch international relations theorist. His new book on how to handle a rising China is outstanding, a must-read for anybody interested in China, American foreign policy, or global affairs more generally." -- Gideon Rose, Editor, Foreign Affairs
£20.89
WW Norton & Co Schlesinger The Imperial Historian
Book SynopsisThe first major biography of pre-eminent historian and intellectual Arthur Schlesinger Jr, a defining figure in John F. Kennedy's White House.Trade Review"The triumph of Richard Aldous’s new book is that it separates the myth from the reality, explaining both the seemingly inexorable rise of Schlesinger and how he contributed so much to the subsequent mythologising of the Kennedy era." -- The Irish Times"The extent to which Schlesinger's father pulled strings for his son is one of the most intriguing revelations of Richard Aldous's new book. I generally find biographies of biographers by biographers a bore, but this is an exception." -- Niall Ferguson - The Sunday Times"What makes Aldous’s book of more than incidental interest during the Trump years... is the perspective it provides on the current travails of American liberalism." -- London Review of Books"... Richard Aldous's absorbing biography will surely be the definitive account of the historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. While clearly admiring of his subject, Aldous is thoughtful and insightful, and at times critical." -- Times Literary Supplement
£22.79
W. W. Norton & Company The American Political System 3e
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W. W. Norton & Company American Politics Today
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W. W. Norton & Company American Politics Today
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WW Norton & Co The Politicians and the Egalitarians
Book SynopsisAn eminent historian reminds us of the commanding role party politics has played in America's enduring struggle against economic inequality.
£21.84
W. W. Norton & Company The Search for the Manchurian Candidate
Book Synopsis"The CIA exposé to end all CIA exposés." —New YorkTrade Review"One of the most important books of the year. . . . We see the CIA on the cutting edge of inquiry into hypnosis, drugs, brainwashing, personality assessment, psychosurgery, electric and radio stimulations of the brain, the creation of involuntary amnesia, terminal shock therapy." -- Playboy"Perhaps the most compelling, well-researched, organized and well-written account of CIA operations ever." -- Progressive"A comprehensive, detailed and thoroughly readable account of the CIA safehouses, the brainwashing experiments, the involvement of the universities." -- Washington Monthly"Fascinating reading." -- Washington Post
£14.24
WW Norton & Co The WinWin Solution Guaranteeing Fair Shares to
Book Synopsis"Powerful, credible, and applicable . . . the methodology is immaculately detailed."—Fortune
£15.68
W. W. Norton & Company A Court Divided The Rehnquist Court and the Future of Constitutional Law
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WW Norton & Co Godless Citizens in a Godly Republic Atheists in
Book SynopsisIlluminating. Phil Zuckerman, author of Living the Secular LifeTrade Review"A thorough and useful history of the legal and political status of atheists in America." -- Casey Cep - The New Yorker"Godless Citizens in a Godly Republic provides exactly what we need more of from historians but so rarely get: accessible, well-written prose combined with scholarly discipline in the service of a contemporary issue badly in need of light rather than heat." -- Eric Alterman, author of Inequality and One City"R. Laurence Moore and Isaac Kramnick trace the often-shocking history of atheism in America. In a nation dedicated to the separation of church and state, we have seen furious battles over compulsory school prayer, discrimination against nonbelievers, and continuing efforts to declare this to be ‘a Christian nation.’ Moore and Kramnick bring to life a continuing struggle to make this nation what the Founders intended it to be." -- Geoffrey R. Stone, author of Sex and the Constitution"As American demographics trend increasingly secular, religious conservatives are trying harder than ever to define the nation’s law and politics in their terms. Meanwhile, seeing secularism under attack, nonbelievers are standing up and speaking out as never before. Godless Citizens in a Godly Republic provides unique and valuable insight into these culture wars." -- David Niose, author of Nonbeliever Nation: The Rise of Secular Americans"[An] alternative history of the country, focused on the nonbelievers." -- New York Times Book Review"Godless Citizens is a well-considered, well-written, and arguably important book. It should be read by anyone who sees themselves as having had to live on the short end of things in an America fighting at any cost to be defined as Christian. Moore and Kramnick give us ample reason to take heart." -- Daniel Thomas Moran - Humanist"A fascinating look at atheism in America." -- National Book Review"This compact and thorough work is a perfect introduction to atheism in America." -- Booklist"An impassioned review of the demands of a little-considered minority." -- Kirkus Reviews"This work provides important historical insights into a contentious contemporary issue. Highly recommended for readers interested in history, law, and political science, as well as those seeking positive approaches to expanding religious liberty." -- Library Journal
£11.99
WW Norton & Co The Oath and the Office A Guide to the
Book SynopsisAn essential guide to the presidential powers and limits of the Constitution, for anyone voting—or running—for our highest office.Trade Review"Brettschneider's book, addressed to a presidential aspirant, begins with the question 'What do you need to know to be president?' The answer: 'Most of all, you need to know the U.S. Constitution.' This framing is one of the book's great virtues: It moves the focus away from the too-common and too-narrow question of what the courts might force a president to do in the name of the Constitution to the more capacious question of how a president herself should understand her constitutional role." -- The New York Times"[The Oath and the Office] suggests a kind of optimism… that the Constitution embodies values, not just prohibitions and commands, and a constitutionally conscientious president has an affirmative duty to promote those values." -- The New York Times Book Review
£12.34
W. W. Norton & Company The Art and Science of Social Research
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WW Norton & Co Women Men US Politics 10 Big Questions
Book SynopsisChallenging the conventional wisdom about gender and U.S. politics.
£21.85
W. W. Norton & Company Mix It Up Popular Culture Mass Media and Society
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WW Norton & Co Sex Matters
Book SynopsisA sex-positive reader that presents sex as a social issue.
£78.38
W. W. Norton & Company American Politics Today
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W. W. Norton & Company American Politics Today
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W. W. Norton & Company American Politics Today
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W. W. Norton & Company American Politics Today
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W. W. Norton & Company The American Political System
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£79.80
WW Norton & Co The American Political System
Book SynopsisA contemporary framework without the fluff, updated through the 2018 elections
£71.25
WW Norton & Co Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why Essays
Book SynopsisThese impossibly cheerful essays on the routine horrors of the present era explain everything from the resurgence of measles to the fiasco of the US presidency.Trade Review"[Petri is] a fresh and prolific voice, someone who [is] able to make the painful reality of our current sociopolitical dumpster fire not just very, very funny, but stingingly poignant." -- Julie Klam - The Washington Post"We all have that one friend who has the rare ability to make us laugh... even under the direst of circumstances. A friend whose dry wit, touching on everything from electoral politics to women’s equality, is more than just banter: It also punctuates intellectual points and helps frame opinions. That’s what it feels like to read Alexandra Petri's new book. " -- Tiffany D. Cross - The New York Times Book Review
£12.34
WW Norton & Co The Sociology of News
Book SynopsisA personal, trenchant, and comprehensive account of the contemporary news media.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Making News Part I: Journalism Now Chapter One: Defining Journalism Chapter Two: Does News Matter? Chapter Three: Media Bias Chapter Four: Where News Came From: The History of Journalism to Watergate Chapter Five: In Recent Memory: News from Watergate to the Web Part II: The Components of News-Making Chapter Six: News in the Marketplace Chapter Seven: News Sources Chapter Eight: The Political Culture of News Chapter Nine: The Audience for News Chapter Ten: News as Literature and Narrative Part III: The News and Society Chapter Eleven: Law, Democracy, and News Chapter Twelve: News Revolutions, Digital and Global.
£20.00
WW Norton & Co A Sociology of Globalization
Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking study focuses on the importance of place, scale, and nation to the study of globalization.
£20.00
WW Norton & Co Gods Century
Book SynopsisA fresh and illuminating perspective on the surge in religion’s political influence across the globe.
£23.75
WW Norton & Co Prosperity and Violence
Book SynopsisIn his new edition of Prosperity and Violence, Robert Bates continues to investigate the relationship between political order and economic growth.
£19.95
W. W. Norton & Company The Family Diversity Inequality and Social
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WW Norton & Co The Nature and Logic of Capitalism
Book SynopsisIn The Worldly Philosophers, Robert Heilbroner set out to describe what the great economists thought would happen to the system of capitalism. In later books. Professor Heilbroner projected his own views about the future of the capitalist system. Now he asks a still more demanding question: What is capitalism?
£20.90
W. W. Norton & Company Traingulating Peace
Book SynopsisDoes democracy reduce conflict?
£28.50
John Wiley & Sons Inc Creating Your Strategic Plan A Workbook for
Book SynopsisCreating and Implementing Your Strategic Plan is the companion workbook to Bryson's landmark book, Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations, a step-by-step guide to putting strategic planning into effect.Table of ContentsPreface to the Third Edition. Acknowledgments. The Authors. PART 1 AN OVERVIEW. Introduction. The Context and Process of Strategic Change. Readiness Assessment Worksheets. 1 Interviewing People About the Proposed Strategic Planning Process. 2 Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Challenges (or Threats). 3 Barriers to Strategic Planning. 4 Expected Costs of Strategic Planning. 5 Expected Benefi ts of Strategic Planning. 6 Thinking Strategically About Strategic Planning. 7 Should We Proceed with the Strategic Planning Process? PART 2 CREATING AND IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIC PLANNING: TEN KEY STEPS. Step 1 Initiate and Agree on a Strategic Planning Process. Worksheets. 8 Plan the Planning Effort. 9 Strategic Planning Team Membership, Roles and Responsibilities, Reporting Relationships, Tasks, and Competencies. 10 Meeting Agenda. 11 Meeting Summary. 12 Meeting Evaluation. 13 Designing Learning Forums. 14 Strategic Planning Process Communications Plan. 15 Creating an Elevator Speech. Step 2 Clarify Organizational Mandates. Worksheets. 16 Initial Compilation of Mandates. 17 Background for Group Discussion of Mandates. Step 3 Identify and Understand Stakeholders, Develop and Refine Mission and Values, and Consider Developing a Vision Sketch. Worksheets. 18 Stakeholder Identifi cation. 19 External Stakeholder Analysis. 20 Internal Stakeholder Analysis. 21 Power Versus Interest Grid. 22 Key External Stakeholder Engagement. 23 Key Internal Stakeholder Engagement. 24 Mission Statement. 25 Values Statement. 26 Vision Sketch. Step 4 Assess the Environment to Identify Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Challenges. Worksheets. 27 Internal Strengths. 28 Internal Weaknesses. 29 External Opportunities. 30 External Challenges (or Threats). 31 Competencies, Distinctive Competencies, and Distinctive Assets. Step 5 Identify and Frame Strategic Issues. Worksheets. 32 Individual Strategic Issue Identifi cation. 33 Operational Versus Strategic Issues. 34 Master List of Key Strategic Issues. 35 Master Strategic Issue Statement. Step 6 Formulate Strategies to Manage the Issues. Worksheets. 36 Some Key Questions for Identifying Strategies. 37 Strategy Statement. 38 Criteria for Evaluating Suggested Strategies. 39 Checklist for Contents of the Strategic Plan. Step 7 Review and Adopt the Strategic Plan. Worksheets. 40 Plan Review and Adoption Process. 41 Plan Evaluation. Step 8 Establish an Effective Organizational Vision for the Future. Worksheet. 42 Vision of Success. Step 9 Develop an Effective Implementation Process. Worksheets. 43 Evaluating Priorities for Existing Strategies, Programs, Products, Services, and Projects. 44 Evaluating Priorities for Proposed New Strategies, Programs, Products, Services, and Projects. 45 Prioritizing Strategies, Programs, Products, Services, and Projects. 46 Creating Implementation Recommendation and Action Teams (I-Teams). 47 Action Planning. 48 Microsoft Project Schedule Template. 49 Strategy/Action Status Report Form. Step 10 Reassess Strategies and the Strategic Planning Process. Worksheets. 50 Improving Existing Strategies. 51 Improving the Strategic Planning Process. RESOURCES. A Model Readiness Assessment Questionnaire. B Brainstorming Guidelines. C Snow Card Guidelines. D Strategic Planning Workshop Equipment Checklist. E Conference Room Setup Checklist. F Model External Stakeholder (or Customer) Questionnaire. G Model Internal Evaluation Questionnaire. H Analyzing and Reporting Results of Internal and External Surveys. Glossary. Bibliography.
£38.00
John Wiley & Sons Inc Urban Economics and Real Estate
Book SynopsisThis Second Edition arms real estate professionals with a comprehensive approach to the economic factors that both define and affect modern urban areas. The text considers the economics of cities as a whole, instead of separating them. Emphasis is placed on economic theory and empirical studies that are based in economic theory.Table of ContentsPart I: Economics and Urban Areas. Chapter 1. Introduction to Urban Economics. Chapter 2. Schools of Thought in Urban Economics. Chapter 3. Location Decisions, Agglomeration Economies, and the Origins of Cities. Chapter 4. The Economic Functions of Cities. Part II: Location Patterns in Urban Areas. Chapter 5. Introduction to Urban Location Patterns: Static Analysis. Chapter 6. Using the Monocentric City Model. Chapter 7. Empirical Testing of the Moncentric City Model. Part III: Urban Housing and Real Estate. Chapter 8. Housing in Urban Areas. Chapter 9. Housing Policy in the United States. Chapter 10. Real Estate Law and Institutions. Chapter 11. Real Estate Markets. Chapter 12. Real Estate Development and Investment. Part IV: Government in Urban Areas. Chapter 13. The Public Sector in Urban Areas. Chapter 14. Urban Transportation. Part V: Urban Social Problems. Chapter 15. An Overview of Urban Social Problems. Chapter 16. Urban Poverty and Its Spatial Concentration. Chapter 17. Crime in Urban Areas. Chapter 18. Education, Labor Markets, and Migration. Part VI: Urban Growth. Chapter 19. Models of Metropolitan Economic Growth. Chapter 20. Agglomeration Economies, Technical Change, and Urban Growth. Chapter 21. Economic Development Policies for Urban Areas. Appendix: A Review of Some Mathematics and Microeconomic Theory. Answers to Selected Exercises. Index.
£121.51
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Freedom of Religion and the Secular State
Book SynopsisExploring the relationship between religion and the state Focusing on the intersection of religion, law, and politics in contemporary liberal democracies, Blackford considers the concept of the secular state, revising and updating enlightenment views for the present day.Trade Review“Rare are the books that effectively discuss and connect philosophical background and practical foreground. Russell Blackford’s Freedom of Religion and the Secular State is one. Blackford’s always and admirably accessible overview covers not only a wide range of prominent controversies, but a number of equally crucial yet commonly overlooked issues such as religious proselytizing and the legitimacy of official church establishments.” (The Review of Politics, 1 November 2013) “Freedom of Religion & the Secular State could not be more timely. If it becomes a standard text in colleges and universities, and, more generally, became a handy reference to those intimately concerned with questions regarding the separation of religion and state, then possibly, despite continuing heat over the subject, a little cool reflection could mediate the divide.” (Atheists United, 2012) "I found the book to be concise and deceptively simply written, but with great depth of analysis. Of course, as a non-religious person, perhaps it is hardly surprising that I enjoyed Blackford's analysis so much: in a sense, he is already "preaching to the converted" for a reader like myself. However, I think it would probably provide much food for thought for the reasonable religious person too." (Skepticlawyer, 9 February 2012) "But anyway, even with this, this book is a must-have. It needs to be kept to hand in any discussion of Western secularism." (Steve's Posterous, 28 January 2012) "This worthy contribution to the debate on religious freedom analyses the history and thinking that has underpinned western society today ... Whilst written by an academic, the style and language open up a complex and important debate to a mass audience and clearly underline the principles at stake for both state and church." (Life & Work, 1 February 2012) "Freedom of Religion and the Secular State offers a comprehensive analysis, with a global focus, of the subject of religious freedom from a legal as well as historical and philosophical viewpoint." (The Richard Dawkins Foundation, 16 December 2011)Table of Contents1 Motivation and Overview 1 2 A Short History of Religious Intolerance 20 3 Hobbes, Locke, and their Legacy: Models of the Modern State 34 4 Religious Impositions and Endorsements 56 5 Religion-Based Morality and the Secular State 67 6 Persecution, Accommodation, and Conscientious Objection 94 7 Private Power, Religious Communities, and the State 118 8 Religious Freedom and the Interests of Children 141 9 Religious Freedom and Freedom of Speech 169 10 Back to Locke: Concluding Remarks 198 Index 202
£87.26
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Handbook of Global Security Po
Book SynopsisThis Handbook brings together 30 state-of-the-art essays covering the essential aspects of global security research and practice for the 21st century. Edited by two of the field s leading scholars, the volume embraces a broad new definition of security, and examines the risks and challenges posed by new forms of violence.Trade Review“The changing nature of security has been breathtaking in its speed and unexpected turns since the end of the Cold War. Mary Kaldor's consistent accuracy in mapping those changes has been an invaluable and reliable guide as we enter into ever more uncertain territory. The Handbook should lie at the ready on any policy maker's desk.” (Expofairs, 1 October 2015) Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors ix Introduction: Global Security Policy in the Twenty-First Century 1 Mary Kaldor and Iavor Rangelov Part I Key Concepts 9 1 Global Security 11 Ken Booth 2 Security and Social Critique 31 David Mutimer 3 Gender and Security 51 Natasha Marhia 4 Security Policy and (Global) Risk(s) 68 Sabine Selchow 5 Human Security 85 Mary Kaldor Part II Policy Arenas 103 6 Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation 105 Maria Rost Rublee 7 Terrorism and Antiterrorism 126 Ekaterina Stepanova 8 Genocide and Large-Scale Human Rights Violations 145 Martin Shaw 9 Transnational Crime 160 John P. Sullivan 10 Natural Resources and Insecurity 175 Anouk S. Rigterink 11 The Web of Water Security 190 Mark Zeitoun Part III Policy Tools 209 12 Civilian Protection 211 Sarah Sewall 13 Humanitarian Assistance 232 Henry Radice 14 The Evolution of International Peacekeeping 247 Renata Dwan 15 State-Building, Nation-Building, and Reconstruction 265 Vesna Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Denisa Kostovicova, and David Rampton 16 Strengthening Democratic Governance in the Security Sector: The Unfulfilled Promise of Security Sector Reform 282 Nicole Ball 17 Diplomacy and Mediation 300 Àlvaro de Soto 18 Global Security and International Law 320 Richard Falk 19 Transitional Justice 338 Iavor Rangelov and Ruti Teitel Part IV Global Security Actors 353 20 Reframing the Use of Force: The European Union as a Security Actor 355 Mary Martin 21 China 371 May-Britt U. Stumbaum and Sun Xuefeng 22 India as a Global Security Actor 388 Jivanta Sch¨ ottli and Markus Pauli 23 Security Agenda in Russia: Academic Concepts, Political Discourses, and Institutional Practices 408 Andrey Makarychev 24 Contextualizing Global Security: The Case of Turkey 426 Aslý C¸ alkývik 25 The United States 446 Adam Quinn 26 Civil Society in Fragile Contexts 463 Willemijn Verkoren and Mathijs van Leeuwen 27 Protest and Politics: How Peace Movements Shape History 482 David Cortright 28 Corporate Actors 505 Shantanu Chakrabarti Index 525
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Handbook of Global Climate and Environment
Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Global Climate and Environment Policy presents an authoritative and comprehensive overview of international policy on climate and the environment.Trade Review“Falkner has successfully brought together top scholars from several disciplines in a single, important book that will interest policy makers and students for years to come. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readership levels.” (Choice, 1 January 2014)Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors viii Preface xiii Part I Global Policy Challenges 1 1 Global Climate Change 3Matthew J. Hoffmann 2 Global Water Governance 19Joyeeta Gupta 3 Biodiversity and Conservation 37Stuart Harrop 4 Marine Environment Protection 53Markus Salomon 5 Deforestation 72David Humphreys 6 Biotechnology and Biosafety 89Aarti Gupta 7 Global Chemicals Politics and Policy 107Henrik Selin Part II Concepts and Approaches 125 8 Global Environmental Norms 127Steven Bernstein 9 Global Governance 146Johannes Stripple and Hannes Stephan 10 Global Environmental Security 163Simon Dalby 11 International Environmental Law 179Daniel Bodansky 12 Green Growth 197Michael Jacobs 13 Sustainable Consumption 215Doris Fuchs 14 Climate Change Justice 231Edward Page Part III Global Actors, Institutions, and Processes 249 15 The Nation-State, International Society, and the Global Environment 251Robert Falkner 16 Transnational Environmental Activism 268Susan Park 17 Business as a Global Actor 286Jennifer Clapp and Jonas Meckling 18 International Regime Effectiveness 304Steinar Andresen 19 Strengthening the United Nations 320Steffen Bauer 20 International Negotiations 339Radoslav S. Dimitrov 21 Regionalism and Environmental Governance 358Miranda Schreurs Part IV Global Economy and Policy 375 22 Globalization 377Peter Newell 23 Private Regulation in Global Environmental Governance 394Graeme Auld and Lars H. Gulbrandsen 24 International Trade, the Environment, and Climate Change 412Nico Jaspers and Robert Falkner 25 Global Finance and the Environment 428Christopher Wright 26 Energy Policy and Climate Change 446Benjamin K. Sovacool 27 Economic Instruments for Climate Change 468Jonas Meckling and Cameron Hepburn 28 International Aid and Adaptation to Climate Change 486Jessica M. Ayers and Achala Chandani Abeysinghe Index 507
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Freedom of Religion and the Secular State
Book SynopsisExploring the relationship between religion and the state Focusing on the intersection of religion, law, and politics in contemporary liberal democracies, Blackford considers the concept of the secular state, revising and updating enlightenment views for the present day.Trade Review“Rare are the books that effectively discuss and connect philosophical background and practical foreground. Russell Blackford’s Freedom of Religion and the Secular State is one. Blackford’s always and admirably accessible overview covers not only a wide range of prominent controversies, but a number of equally crucial yet commonly overlooked issues such as religious proselytizing and the legitimacy of official church establishments.” (The Review of Politics, 1 November 2013) “Freedom of Religion & the Secular State could not be more timely. If it becomes a standard text in colleges and universities, and, more generally, became a handy reference to those intimately concerned with questions regarding the separation of religion and state, then possibly, despite continuing heat over the subject, a little cool reflection could mediate the divide.” (Atheists United, 2012) "I found the book to be concise and deceptively simply written, but with great depth of analysis. Of course, as a non-religious person, perhaps it is hardly surprising that I enjoyed Blackford's analysis so much: in a sense, he is already "preaching to the converted" for a reader like myself. However, I think it would probably provide much food for thought for the reasonable religious person too." (Skepticlawyer, 9 February 2012) "But anyway, even with this, this book is a must-have. It needs to be kept to hand in any discussion of Western secularism." (Steve's Posterous, 28 January 2012) "This worthy contribution to the debate on religious freedom analyses the history and thinking that has underpinned western society today ... Whilst written by an academic, the style and language open up a complex and important debate to a mass audience and clearly underline the principles at stake for both state and church." (Life & Work, 1 February 2012) "Freedom of Religion and the Secular State offers a comprehensive analysis, with a global focus, of the subject of religious freedom from a legal as well as historical and philosophical viewpoint." (The Richard Dawkins Foundation, 16 December 2011)Table of Contents1 Motivation and Overview 1 2 A Short History of Religious Intolerance 20 3 Hobbes, Locke, and their Legacy: Models of the Modern State 34 4 Religious Impositions and Endorsements 56 5 Religion-Based Morality and the Secular State 67 6 Persecution, Accommodation, and Conscientious Objection 94 7 Private Power, Religious Communities, and the State 118 8 Religious Freedom and the Interests of Children 141 9 Religious Freedom and Freedom of Speech 169 10 Back to Locke: Concluding Remarks 198 Index 202
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Handbook of Global Health Poli
Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Global Health Policy provides a definitive source of the key areas in the field. It examines the ethical and practical dimensions of new and current policy models and their effect on the future development of global health and policy.Trade Review“This is a critical work to help scholars, practitioners, and students better understand the interdisciplinary arena of global health policy . . . Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” (Choice, 1 July 2015)Table of ContentsFigures and Tables ix Notes on Contributors xiii Foreword: Global Health Policy-Making in Transition xxixSir Richard G. A. Feachem Acknowledgments xxxiii Introduction 1Garrett W. Brown, Gavin Yamey, and Sarah Wamala Part I Global Health Policy and Global Health Governance 19 1 Understanding Global Health Policy 21Ruairí Brugha, Carlos Bruen, and Viroj Tangcharoensathien 2 Critical Reflections on Global Health Policy Formation: From Renaissance to Crisis 47Sophie Harman 3 Contemporary Global Health Governance: Origins, Functions, and Challenges 63Rajaie Batniji and Francisco Songane 4 Global Health Justice and the Right to Health 77Garrett W. Brown and Lauren Paremoer Part II Narrowing the Gap Between Knowledge and Action 97 5 Measuring the World’s Health: How Good are Our Estimates? 99Nancy Fullman, Abraham Flaxman, Katherine Leach-Kemon, Julie Knoll Rajaratnam, and Rafael Lozano 6 Achieving Better Global Health Policy, Even When Health Metrics Data are Scanty 119Peter Byass 7 An Argument for Evidence-Based Policy-Making in Global Health 133Gavin Yamey and Jimmy Volmink 8 Can Global Health Policy be Depoliticized? A Critique of Global Calls for Evidence-Based Policy 157Amy Barnes and Justin Parkhurst Part III The Politics of Risk, Disease, and Neglect 175 9 Dietary Policies to Reduce Non-Communicable Diseases 177Ashkan Afshin, Renata Micha, Shahab Khatibzadeh, Laura A. Schmidt, and Dariush Mozaffarian 10 Ethical Reflections on Who is At Risk: Vulnerability and Global Public Health 195Christine Straehle 11 Ethical and Economic Perspectives on Global Health Interventions 209Sonia Bhalotra and Thomas Pogge 12 Global Health Policy Responses to the World’s Neglected Diseases 229Mary Moran 13 The Fight for Global Access to Essential Health Commodities 245Manica Balasegaram, Michelle Childs, and James Arkinstall 14 The Social Determinants of Health 267Arne Ruckert and Ronald Labonté Part IV Diplomacy, Security, and Humanitarianism 287 15 Arguments for Securitizing Global Health Priorities 289Simon Rushton 16 Viral Sovereignty: The Downside Risks of Securitizing Infectious Disease 305Stefan Elbe and Nadine Voelkner 17 The Changing Humanitarian Sector: Repercussions for the Health Sector 319François Grünewald and Veronique de Geoffroy 18 The Limits of Humanitarian Action 341Hugo Slim Part V Financing and the Political Economy of Global Health 355 19 The Global Health Financing Architecture and the Millennium Development Goals 357Marco Schäferhoff, Christina Schrade, and Matthew T. Schneider 20 Can International Aid Improve Health? 375Christopher J. Coyne and Claudia R. Williamson 21 The Exterritorial Reach of Money: Global Finance and Social Determinants of Health 393Ted Schrecker 22 Trade Rules and Intellectual Property Protection for Pharmaceuticals 409Valbona Muzaka 23 The Health Systems Agenda: Prospects for the Diagonal Approach 425Julio Frenk, Octavio Gómez-Dantés, and Felicia M. Knaul 24 Will Effective Health Delivery Platforms be Built in Low-Income Countries? 441Gorik Ooms, Peter S. Hill, and Yibeltal Assefa Part VI Health Rights and Partnerships 457 25 A Rights-Based Approach to Global Health Policy: What Contribution can Human RightsMake to Achieving Equity? 459Lisa Forman 26 From Aid to Accompaniment: Rules of the Road for Development Assistance 483Vanessa Kerry, Agnes Binagwaho, Jonathan Weigel, and Paul Farmer 27 Global Health Partnerships: The Emerging Agenda 505Jeremy Youde 28 Partnerships and the Millennium Development Goals: The Challenges of Reforming Global Health Governance 519Michael Moran and Michael Stevenson Part VII Beyond Globalization 537 29 Preparing for the Next Pandemic 539Adam Kamradt-Scott 30 Globalization and Global Health 555Matt X. Richardson, Mike M. Callaghan, and Sarah Wamala Index 577
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Basic Training For Dummies
Book SynopsisThe easy way to prepare for basic training Each year, thousands of young Americans attempt to enlist in the U.S. Armed Services. A number of factors during a soldier's training could inhibit successful enlistment, including mental toughness and physical fitness levels.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part I: The Basics about Basic 7 Chapter 1: Forewarned Is Forearmed 9 Chapter 2: A Day in the Life of Basic Training 19 Chapter 3: Training for Military Jobs 27 Chapter 4: On the Firing Line (Weapons Range) 35 Part II: Getting Ready for Basic 49 Chapter 5: Getting a Head Start on Military Ranks 51 Chapter 6: Doing Things the Military Way 67 Chapter 7: Mastering Military Law and Justice 79 Chapter 8: Fit to Fight: Getting in Shape for Basic Training 89 Chapter 9: Hup, Two, Three, Four: Understanding Military Drill 107 Part III: Heading to Basic Training 119 Chapter 10: Packing Right by Packing Light 121 Chapter 11: One Last Trip to the Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) 131 Chapter 12: Arriving at the Base 139 Chapter 13: Getting Picked for a Basic Training Job 149 Part IV: Basic Training Life, Branch by Branch 159 Chapter 14: Army Basic Combat Training 161 Chapter 15: Air Force Basic Training 181 Chapter 16: Navy Boot Camp 201 Chapter 17: Marine Corps Basic Training 221 Chapter 18: Coast Guard Basic Training 247 Part V: Wrapping Up Basic Training 261 Chapter 19: Graduation Week 263 Chapter 20: Getting Your Just Rewards 273 Part VI: The Part of Tens 283 Chapter 21: Ten Ways to Prepare for Basic Training 285 Chapter 22: Ten Ways to Make Your Drill Instructor Happy293 Chapter 23: Ten Ways to Get in Shape for Basic Training 299 Appendix A: Punitive Articles of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) 307 Appendix B: Military Enlisted History 313 Index 353
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Two Narratives of Political Economy
Book SynopsisCaptures the 17th-19th century origins and developments ofpolitical economy by editing original texts and illuminatingtheir relevance for today''s political debate Political economy from the 17th century to the present can be captured in two narratives originating with Locke and Rousseau. Those original narratives were expanded in significant ways in the 18th and 19th centuries, and the editors argue that they still hold sway today. Edited original writings included in the anthology are from: Locke, Rousseau, Adam Smith, Tocqueville, Mill, Marx, Proudhon, Owen, the Federalist Papers, the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, and the American Constitution. The editors have restricted their comments to the extensive introductions thereby allowing the original participants to speak for themselves. The readings included are intended to be instructive with respect to the origin and development of the two narratives rather than an exhaustive account of hoTrade Review“Nonetheless, the book is impressive for its topical breadth … In this light, I’ll be very interested in seeing what an updated edition of this volume might look like in another decade or two. (Conversations on Philanthropy, 2012) Table of ContentsEditors' Note. General Introduction. Part One: The Emergence of Political Economy: Economic Activity Leaves the Household Introduction. John Locke The Second Treatise. John Locke A Letter Concerning Toleration. John Locke Some Considerations of the Lowering of Interest and the Raising the Value of Money. Jean-Jacques Rousseau The Two Discourses. Jean-Jacques Rousseau A Discourse on Political Economy. Jean-Jacques Rousseau The Social Contract. Part Two: The Arrival of Political Economy: Liberty, Property, and Equality. Introduction. Adam Smith Wealth of Nations. Adam Smith The Theory of Moral Sentiments. The American Founding. Alexis de Tocqueville Democracy in America. The French Revolution. Robert Owen A New View of Society. Comte de Saint-Simon Nouveau Christianisme. Friedrich List National System. P. J. Proudhon The Philosophy of Poverty. P. J. Proudhon What is Property? Part Three: The Maturation of the Two Narratives: The Challenge of Social Economy. Introduction. John Stuart Mill The Principles of Political Economy. John Stuart Mill On Liberty. John Stuart Mill The Subjection of Women. Karl Marx and Fredrick Engels The Communist Manifesto. Karl Marx Das Kapital. Fredrick Engels Socialism: Utopian and Scientific. Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Emissions Trading
Book SynopsisAuthoritative, comprehensive, accessible-the definitive guide to a new approach in environmental policy Emissions Trading: Environmental Policy''s New Approach presents the work of an outstanding group of contributors on the successes and limitations of this new and exciting incentive-based tool for reducing environmental pollutants. By including the comments of emitters, regulators, public interest group representatives, and academics, the book reveals the criticisms, disagreements, and growing resolution of numerous environmental questions, including: * Can markets be used to correct market environmental failure? * Will decentralized decisions by emitters produce an improvement in air quality? * Can this approach realize significant control cost savings? * Can emissions trading be monitored and enforced effectively at a reduced cost? * Will affected groups support this dramatic innovation? Supported with sound analytical thinking and careful consideration of tTable of ContentsINCENTIVE-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY CONTROL. Emissions Trading Emerges from the Shadows (R. Kosobud). APPRAISING ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY'S NEW APPROACH. What Do We Really Know about Market-Based Approaches to Environmental Policy?: Lessons from Twenty-Five Years of Experience (R. Stavins). From Porcopolis to Carbopolis: The Evolution from Pork Bellies to Emissions Trading (W. Nordhaus). Some Observations on the Evolution of the International Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Market (R. Sandor & M. Walsh). VIEWS FROM THE MARKET DESIGNERS AND ADMINISTRATORS. Emissions Trading Designs in the OTAG Process (M. Gade & R. Kanerva). A Tale of Two Revolutions: Administration of the SO_2 Trading Program (J. Kruger, et al.). AN APPLICATION AT CENTER STAGE: THE PIONEERING NATIONAL CAP-AND-TRADE MARKET TO REDUCE ACID RAIN. Appraisal of the SO_2 Cap-and-Trade Market (D. Burtraw). From Autarkic to Market-Based Compliance: Learning from Our Mistakes (A. Ellerman). AN APPLICATION AT CENTER STAGE: THE PIONEERING REGIONAL CAP-AND-TRADE MARKET TO REDUCE URBAN SMOG. The RECLAIM Program (Los Angeles' Market-Based) Emissions Reduction Program) at Three Years (J. Lents). AN APPLICATION AT CENTER STAGE: VOLUNTARY DISCRETE EMISSION REDUCTIONS. Discrete Emission Reductions Trading: Practical Application in the Connecticut Regulatory Environment (J. Belanger). A PERSPECTIVE ON EMISSIONS TRADING. The Significance of Incentive-Based Regulation (M. Moskow). Acronyms. Contributors. Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Ruthless Leader Three Classics of Strategy
Book SynopsisA collection of three classic incisive books that instruct how to survive and thrive in a business world of suspicion and envy, strategic alliances and brutal misinformation. Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince, Alistair McAlpine's The Servant, and Sun Tzu's The Art of War comprise the three main texts.Table of ContentsIntroduction (A. McAlpine). The Prince (N. Machiavelli). The Servant (A. McAlpine). The Art of War (S. Tzu).
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The University of Michigan Press Paul Wellstone
Book SynopsisThe story of the life and political career of Senator Paul Wellstone, one of the most compelling figures in the history of modern American politics.Trade ReviewThis vividly written book captures the life and personal qualities of the late Senator Paul Wellstone. In so doing it provides an illuminating gloss on 'Max Weber's seminal exposition of the political vocation. It is a jewel of a book. - Fred Greenstein, Princeton University
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Germanys Wild East Constructing Poland as
Book SynopsisWhile conventional definitions locate colonial space overseas, Kristin Kopp argues that it was possible to understand both distant continents and adjacent Eastern Europe as parts of the same global periphery dependent upon Western European civilizing efforts. However, proximity to the source of aid translated to greater benefits for Eastern Europe than for more distant regions.Trade Review"This fascinating historiographical work focuses on fiction, film and cartography in an attempt to understand how Poland was represented in German culture from the middle of the nineteenth century up until the years leading up to the Second World War." — Jildy Sauce
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The University of Michigan Press Private Guns Public Health New Ed.
Book SynopsisA new edition of a classic: the first complete picture of the public-health approach to gun violenceTrade ReviewHemenway has written an accessible and compelling research brief that places the burden of proof squarely on the shoulders of those opposed to the policy reforms he discusses. . . . One does not have to endorse his interpretation of the current research literature to agree that improved surveillance of unintentional firearm injuries, suicides, and homicides would help determine whether the lives saved and injuries averted are worth the monetary and symbolic costs of stricter gun control."" - Journal of the American Medical Association "". . . a detailed, sober account of the effect of guns on society. . . . [Hemenway] compares the public health problems created by firearms with those of tobacco and alcohol . . . [and] calls for a public health approach to firearms that ‘is not about banning guns but is about creating policies that will prevent violence and injuries.'"" - John Langone, New York Times
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The University of Michigan Press Proletarian Hegemony in the Chinese Revolution and the Canton Commune of 1927
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The University of Michigan Press Labor and the Chinese Revolution
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The University of Michigan Press Owning the Olympics
Book SynopsisOffers a framework with which to understand the struggles by which multiple entities such as the International Olympic Committee, the Beijing Organizing Committee (BOCOG), corporate sponsors, and the Chinese Communist Party itself are seeking to influence and control the narratives through which these Games will be understood.
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The University of Michigan Press Building Character
Book SynopsisWhat can we learn about how we understand each other and ourselves by examining the casting we find on stage and film - the casting we find perfect and the casting we find wrong? Building Character examines how the process of ""casting"" an actor in a part creates a character and how this can be usefully understood through deploying theories from the cognitive sciences.Trade ReviewHow do we cast characters, sort out loved ones from the surrounding crush of humanity, much less keep track of whether actors are right for a part? Cook nimbly guides us through the cognitive functions that enable us to categorize people, and pulls more than a few rugs out from under our understandings of celebrity, politicking, and the culture wars."" - Scott Magelssen, University of Washington""In a masterpiece that lies at the intersection of the humanities and cognitive science, Cook shows that we form notions of character by casting a specific person in a specific role at a specific time, following complex cognitive patterns. From daily life to imagination, from reverie to reality, it’s casting all the way down."" - Mark Turner, Case Western Reserve University
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