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Cases of Conflict focuses on times of dispute as important moments in the development of international environmental law Conflict tests international law both its content and its relevance become clearer in times of controversy but conflict can also help shape the law

A highly regarded academic and former policy analyst and consultant charts the forty year history of neoliberalism environmental governance and resource rights in Madagascar

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK A tour de force a comprehensive and suitably furious guide to the political landscape of American healthcare persuasive shocking The New York Times America s Bitter Pill is Steven Brill s acclaimed book on how the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare was written how it is being implemented and most important how it is changing and failing to change the rampant abuses in the healthcare industry It s a fly on the wall account of the titanic fight to pass a 961 page law aimed at fixing America s largest most dysfunctional industry It s a penetrating chronicle of how the profiteering that Brill first identified in his trailblazing Time magazine cover story continues despite Obamacare And it is the first complete inside account of how President Obama persevered to push through the law but then failed to deal with the staff incompetence and turf wars that crippled its implementation But by chance America s Bitter Pill ends up being much more because as Brill was completing this book he had to undergo urgent open heart surgery Thus this also becomes the story of how one patient who thinks he knows everything about healthcare policy rethinks it from a hospital gurney and combines that in

On the eve of a landmark general election Ruchir Sharma offers an unrivalled portrait of how India and its democracy work drawn from his two decades on the road chasing election campaigns across every major state travelling the equivalent of a lap around the earth Democracy on the Road takes readers on a rollicking ride with Ruchir and his merry band of fellow writers as they talk to farmers shopkeepers and CEOs from Rajasthan to Tamil Nadu and interview leaders from Narendra Modi to Rahul Gandhi No book has traced the arc of modern India by taking readers so close to the action Offering an intimate view inside the lives and minds of India s political giants and its people Sharma explains how the complex forces of family caste and community economics and development money and corruption Bollywood and Godmen have conspired to elect and topple Indian leaders since Indira Gandhi The ultimately encouraging message of Ruchir s travels is that while democracy is retreating in many parts of the world it is thriving in India

The Multilevel Politics of Trade presents a timely comparative analysis of eight federations plus the European Union to explore why some sub federal actors have become more active in trade politics in recent years As the contributing authors find there is considerable variation in the intensity and modes of sub federal participation This they attribute to three key factors the distinctive institutional features of federal systems the nature and scope of trade policy and trade agreements and the extent of social mobilization that accompanies a particular trade policy conversation As a whole The Multilevel Politics of Trade argues that sub federal actors interests jurisdictional political and economic are what motivate them to participate in trade debates However institutional configurations coupled with the influence of civil society actors political parties and others determine the nature and scope of that participation Informed by a deep knowledge of federal dynamics this volume provides extensive comparative analyses of all seven of the North American and European federations and represents a significant intervention into the study of both federalism and political economy

These projects cover ninefields namely biodiversity and ecosystem clean energy clean water sustainable transportation solid waste treatment sustainable consumption and production green buildings sustainable foodproduction and corporate social responsibility

Spanning millennia and continents here is a stunningly revealing history of how the distribution of water has shaped human civilization Boccaletti of The Nature Conservancy tackles the most important story of our time our relationship with water in a world of looming scarcity Kelly McEvers NPR Host Writing with authority and brio Giulio Boccaletti honorary research associate at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment University of Oxford shrewdly combines environmental and social history beginning with the earliest civilizations of sedentary farmers on the banks of the Nile the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers Even as he describes how these societies were made possible by sea level changes from the last glacial melt he incisively examines how this type of farming led to irrigation and multiple cropping which in turn led to a population explosion and labor specialization We see with clarity how irrigation s structure informed social structure inventions such as the calendar sprung from agricultural necessity how in ancient Greece the communal ownership of wells laid the groundwork for democracy how the Greek and Roman experiences with water security resulted in systems of taxation and how the modern world as we know it began with a

In 2008 the first Green New Deal was devised by Pettifor and a group of English economist and thinkers but was ignored within the tumults of the financial crash A decade later the ideas was revived within the democratic socialists in the US forefront by Alexandria Ocasio Cortez The Green New Deal demands a radical and urgent reversal of the current state of the global economy including total de carbonisation and a commitment to fairness and social justice Critics on all sides have been quick to observe that the GND is a pipe dream that could never be implemented and would cost the earth But as Ann Pettifor shows we need to rethink the function of money and how it works within the global system How can we bail out the banks but not the planet We have to stop thinking about the imperative of economic growth nothing grows for ever The program will be a long term project but it needs to start immediately

Energy drives the economy economics informs policy and policy affects social outcomes Since the oil crises of the 1970s pundits have debated the validity of this sequence but most economists and politicians still ignore it Thus they delude the public about the underlying influence of energy costs and constraints on economic policies that address such pressing contemporary issues as income inequality growth debt and climate change To understand why Carey King explores the scientific and rhetorical basis of the competing narratives both within and between energy technology and economics Energy and economic discourse seems to mirror Newton s 3rd Law of Motion For every narrative there is an equal and opposite counter narrative The competing energy narratives pit drill baby drill against renewable technologies such as wind and solar Both claim to provide secure reliable clean and affordable energy to support economic growth with the most benefit to society but how To answer this question we need to understand the competing economic narratives techno optimism and techno realism Techno optimism claims that innovation overcomes any physical resource constraints and enables the social outcomes and economic growth we desire Techno realism in cont

This open access book foregrounds novel collaborations between the Social Sciences and Humanities SSH and Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics STEM disciplines for the benefit of Eu

David Webber shines a light on labor s most potent remaining weapon its multitrillion dollar pension funds Outmaneuvered at the bargaining table and in the courts state houses and Washington worker organizations are beginning to exercise muscle through markets Shareholder activism is a rare good news story for America s workers

After decades of pervasive influence over government policy economists have done much to create the world in which we live And yet how well do they actually understand human behaviour As the Western world turns against experts has their time come to an end

Minnesota has a unique role in U S water policy Hydrologically it is a state with more than 12 000 lakes an inland sea and the headwaters of three major river systems the St Lawrence the Red River of the North and the Mississippi Institutionally Minnesota is also unique All U S states use Total Maximum Daily Load TMDL approaches to addressing impaired waters Every TMDL requires a substantial investment of resources including data collection modeling stakeholder input and analysis a watershed management plan as well as process and impact monitoring Minnesota is the only state in the union that has passed legislation the 2007 Clean Water Legacy Act providing significant resources to support the TMDL process The book will be an excellent guide for policymakers and decision makers who are interested in learning about alternative approaches to water management Non governmental organizations interested in stimulating effective water quality policy will also find this a helpful resource Finally there are similarities between the lessons learned in Minnesota and the goals of water policy in several other states and nations where there are competing uses of water for households agriculture recreation and navigation

This open access book draws together key research from the UK Climate Resilience programme

Cet ouvrage donne la parole à cinq philosophes marxistes français de renommée internationale Alain Badiou, Étienne Balibar, Jacques Bidet, Michael Löwy, Lucien Sève qui présentent lévolution de leur

La Guerra Fría (1947-1981) implicó la división del mundo en dos sistemas globales antagónicos, capitalismo versus comunismo, dispuestos, de ser necesario, a aniquilarse mutuamente. Sus frentes de combate se extendieron a practicamente todo el planeta, obligando a millones de humanos a tomar partido entre esos dos sistemas. En su punto mas algido.

A haunting tale of loss and redemption for fans of A Long Way Gone and What is the What

Armed conflict poses a huge threat to public health but perhaps not in the way you would think. It's time to reconsider our entire approach to human security.Thanks to our increasingly connected world, we can now witness the worst manifestations of war in ways we never could before. This makes it easier than ever to recognize dangerous conflicts as a threat to health and well-beingat least for those populations living in war zones. In How War Kills, Yara M. Asi exposes the devastating repercussions of war that extend far beyond the battlefield.By tracing the trajectory of violence throughout history, with a focus on contemporary conflicts, Asi argues that war has been overlooked from a public health perspective. From the breakdown of sanitation and other vital infrastructure to the scarcity of essential resources, war creates a perilous environment ripe for disease outbreaks and widespread suffering far beyond the reach of bullets and bombs. She also challenges the reactive nature of current humanitarian responses and calls for more proactive measures to prevent the catastrophic consequences of war and militarism.

Economics has the power to make the world a better happier and safer place this book shows you how Our world is in a mess The challenges of climate change inequality hunger and a global pandemic mean our way of life seems more imperilled and society more divided than ever but economics can help From parenting to organ donation housing to anti social behaviour economics provides the tools we need to fix the biggest issues of today Far from being a means to predict the stock market or enrich the elite economics provides a lens through which we can better understand how things work design clever solutions and create the conditions in which we can all flourish With a healthy dose of optimism and packed with stories of economics in everyday situations Erik Angner demonstrates the methods he and his fellow economists use to help improve our lives and the society in which we live He shows us that economics can be a powerful force for good awakening the possibility of a happier more just and more sustainable world