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Book Synopsis The No-nonsense Guide to Sexual Diversity by : Vanessa Baird
Download or read book The No-nonsense Guide to Sexual Diversity written by Vanessa Baird and published by New Internationalist. This book was released on 2007 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demystifies all the colors of the sexual rainbow, tracking the campaigns for rights and equality worldwide.
Book Synopsis The No-nonsense Guide to Sexual Diversity by : Vanessa Baird
Download or read book The No-nonsense Guide to Sexual Diversity written by Vanessa Baird and published by Verso. This book was released on 2001 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey of the history and geography of sexually unconventional behaviour. Includes a country to country survey of the laws affecting sexual minorities.
Book Synopsis The No-nonsense Guide to World Music by : Louise Gray
Download or read book The No-nonsense Guide to World Music written by Louise Gray and published by New Internationalist. This book was released on 2009 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look behind the catch-all term world music' aiming to explore the reasons for the contemporary interest in world music, who its audience is and why it has become such a popular genre. Through chapters on the many different genres that make up this multi-faceted area, the case for music as a powerful harmonising tool is aptly put forward.'
Book Synopsis No-Nonsense Guide to Fair Trade, 3rd Edition by : Sally Blundell
Download or read book No-Nonsense Guide to Fair Trade, 3rd Edition written by Sally Blundell and published by Between the Lines. This book was released on 2013 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth look at two decades of a movement that aims to challenge the ethical foundations of the global market. Transnational corporations look for the cheapest suppliers, while the fair trade movement insists on a premium for the producersat the start of the chain. Sally Blundell explores the origins of fair trade and what it is likely to become in the face of growing disparities between the principles and the practice.
Book Synopsis The No-nonsense Guide to World Population by : Vanessa Baird
Download or read book The No-nonsense Guide to World Population written by Vanessa Baird and published by New Internationalist. This book was released on 2011 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is the world heading for a population explosion? How many people can the planet sustain? With the world's inhabitants passing the seven billion count and predicted to hit nine billion by 2050, the world is on the brink of a number panic. A new addition to this acclaimed series takes a closer look at what these numbers mean, why women in most parts of the world have fewer children, what societal changes this increase will initiate and how having babies relates to climate change.
Book Synopsis The No-nonsense Guide to International Development by : Maggie Black
Download or read book The No-nonsense Guide to International Development written by Maggie Black and published by New Internationalist. This book was released on 2007 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building dams in India, planting trees in Burkina Faso, rescuing street children in Brazil - these are images of aid and international development with which we can all identify. However, what passes for development all too often improves life for the better off while actively hurting the very people the venture was meant to support. Maggie Black exposes the hypocrisy and reveals a more accurate picture of what is happening in development's name, arguing for a process to be put inplace that trule defends the interests of poor people.
Book Synopsis The No-nonsense Guide to World Poverty by : Jeremy Seabrook
Download or read book The No-nonsense Guide to World Poverty written by Jeremy Seabrook and published by New Internationalist. This book was released on 2007 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world is wealthier than ever, yet the gap between rich and poor is getting bigger. Jeremy Seabrook summarises his celebrated work on the meaning of povertym, drawing on the experience of poor people in both rich and poor societies. He concludes that the opposite of poverty is not wealth but sufficiency. the relatively poor majority of the world's people do not aim to be rich but to be safe. Economic growth will never overcome the problems that it is largely responsible for creating. This is a call for radical thinking about the way we live.
Book Synopsis No-Nonsense Guide to Global Terrorism, 2nd Edition by : Jonathan Barker
Download or read book No-Nonsense Guide to Global Terrorism, 2nd Edition written by Jonathan Barker and published by Between the Lines. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terrorism and counter-terrorism have become key points in political talk and government policy. This No-Nonsense Guide has been revised and updated to take account of the major changes in global terrorism over the past seven years. Jonathan Barker presents a highly accessible history of terrorism that looks at examples from the Middle East and elsewhere, instances of state terrorism, and the terrorist fringes of political movements. He also delves beneath the surface, offering political and moral analysis of the causes and contexts of terrorism, the theories that justify and guide terrorist acts, and the battle of images that accompanies them.
Book Synopsis The No-nonsense Guide to Water by : Maggie Black
Download or read book The No-nonsense Guide to Water written by Maggie Black and published by Verso. This book was released on 2004 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water sustains life: without it, humans cannot survive for more than a few days. And yet this precious fluid is becoming increasingly politicized as the debates about control and ownership of water itself, and of the many organizations which govern its use, gain force. Maggie Black explores the many roles water plays in human life and, as the defense of water rights looks set to become an explosive issue, provides a clear overview on the vital issues of distribution, technology, irrigation, land use and commodification.
Book Synopsis The No-nonsense Guide to Global Terrorism by : Jonathan Barker
Download or read book The No-nonsense Guide to Global Terrorism written by Jonathan Barker and published by New Internationalist. This book was released on 2008 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A highly accessible history of terrorism looking at core examples from the Middle East, instances of state terrorism and terrorist fringes of political movements. Covers the theories justifying and guiding terrorist acts and the battle of images that accompanies them, including: the proliferation of terrorist activities over recent years and international hotspots, the war on terror', terrorist acts carried out by states and the constraints on democracy and political and civil liberties that so often characterise the response to terrorism.'
Book Synopsis The No-nonsense Guide to Fair Trade by : David Ransom
Download or read book The No-nonsense Guide to Fair Trade written by David Ransom and published by New Internationalist. This book was released on 2006 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From coffee farms in Peru and cocoa production in Ghana to jeans manufacture in China and the Banana War of Guatemala and the Caribbean, this fully revised No-Nonsense Guide tells the human story behind the products we consume. Examining the contest between 'free' and 'fair' trade around the world, David Ransom argues that the key question is not whether trade should be regulated or deregulated, but whether it is to be the master or servant of the people.
Book Synopsis The No-Nonsense Guide to Women's Rights by : Nikki van der Gaag
Download or read book The No-Nonsense Guide to Women's Rights written by Nikki van der Gaag and published by New Internationalist. This book was released on 2008-11-01 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Has the battle for women’s rights been won? Not when women still make up 70 percent of the world’s poor. This guide examines the advances that have been made and looks beneath the surface to find out what the reality is for women all around the world. It shows how, in this “post-feminist” age, women’s rights are still very much an issue. Nikki van der Gaag is a freelance writer, editor, and evaluator on development issues. Prior to this, she was editorial director at the Panos Institute and co-editor of the New Internationalist magazine.
Book Synopsis The No-nonsense Guide to the United Nations by : Maggie Black
Download or read book The No-nonsense Guide to the United Nations written by Maggie Black and published by New Internationalist. This book was released on 2008 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an overview of the United Nations, including its history, structure, and organization; successes and failures; and suggestions for reform to address some of its limitations.
Book Synopsis The No-nonsense Guide to World Food by : Wayne Roberts
Download or read book The No-nonsense Guide to World Food written by Wayne Roberts and published by New Internationalist. This book was released on 2008 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A world tour of fast food, health food, junk food, school food, slow food and even more food. It shows how real food' has become increasingly hard to find, dominated in the West by agri-business and supermarkets. With a history of world food production and consumption, this Guide explains current debate and controversies and introduces the principle of 'food security', fast becoming a global movement to make food provision fair, safe and nutritious for all the world's population at all times.'
Book Synopsis The No-Nonsense Guide to International Migration by : Peter Stalker
Download or read book The No-Nonsense Guide to International Migration written by Peter Stalker and published by New Internationalist. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virtually any commodity can move around the world to satisfy demand, but human beings have far less freedom. Many would-be migrants are forced to risk life and limb traveling illegally. Yet most rich countries are short of workers, have shrinking populations, and need more immigrants. This is a timely guide to a major issue that is never far from the political headlines. Peter Stalker is a former co-editor of the New Internationalist who now works as a consultant to a number of UN agencies. He has written two books on migration for the International Labor Organization.
Book Synopsis The No-Nonsense Guide to World Health by : Shereen Usdin
Download or read book The No-Nonsense Guide to World Health written by Shereen Usdin and published by New Internationalist. This book was released on 2007 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of modern healthcare shows that public health is largely determined by socio-economic factors.
Book Synopsis The No-nonsense Guide to Global Media by : Peter Steven
Download or read book The No-nonsense Guide to Global Media written by Peter Steven and published by Verso. This book was released on 2003 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The power and influence of the mass media grows daily, crucially affecting the way all of us see and understand each other. The No-Nonsense Guide to Global Media introduces readers to the political economy of the major mediafilm, television, radio, recording, publishing and the Internet. Peter Steven looks at the ever greater concentration of ownership and at the convergence of technologies and media functions. At the same time, he emphasizes the diversity of local media production and media around the world. The media is more than the economics of ownership and the technology of production, he stresses; it is also audiences, in all their annoying and wonderful diversity.
