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Maggie Black gives a wide-ranging, sometimes critical, account of Oxfam's first 50 years. In doing so, she projects Oxfam's own development against a backcloth of changing ideas in international affairs and charitable giving, of which its growth is both an inspiration and an expression.
Developing countries have quietly constructed a network of international agreements that redistribute wealth from the rich to the poor.
It’s in our instant noodles and chocolate bars, our lipsticks and fuel tanks. But what even is palm oil, and how has it come to dominate our lives so completely? Jocelyn C. Zuckerman travels across four continents and back two centuries to find answers about the most widely used vegetable oil on Earth. The little oil palm fruit has played an outsized role in world history and economic development. But the multi-billion-dollar palm oil business has been built on stolen land and slave labour; it spurred colonisation and swept away lives and cultures. Today, its fires and mass deforestation generate carbon emissions to rival those of entire industrialized nations, and they’ve pushed animals like the orangutan to the brink of extinction. Combining history, travelogue and investigative reporting, Planet Palm offers an unsettling, urgent look at a global industry that has become an environmental, public health, and human rights disaster.
Examines the difficulties in applying international law to recent armed conflicts known as 'new wars'.
Tracing constructivist work on culture, identity and norms within the historical, geographical and professional contexts of world politics, this book makes the case for new constructivist approaches to international relations scholarship.
Most people's knowledge of world history is hazy and incomplete at best. This updated No-Nonsense Guide gives a full picture, revealing the hidden histories and communities left out of conventional history books—from the civilizations of Africa, Asia, and Latin America to the history of women. The new final chapter includes material on the financial crisis and the world response to climate change. Chris Brazier is co-editor at New Internationalist. His previous books include Vietnam: The Price of Peace. He is principal writer for UNICEF's The State of the World's Children report.
Up-to-date collection on the Situationist International, rethinking their relevance for today
This beautiful journal by illustrator and mental health advocate Octavia Bromell is the perfect everyday companion to spark a little joy and creativity in your life, guided by positive messages and colourful illustrations. With a combination of lined, dotted, squared and plain pages, this bright and inspiring journal encourages you to draw, scribble and write your way to a joyful day. For your todo lists, to-don't lists, your dreams and your hopes.
"A brilliant account of how the world squandered the opportunities of the post-Cold War era"--
Essential guide for international development issues and background travel reading. The World Guide includes all the facts, history, political and economic analysis found in a conventional reference work, but it also offers information on the issues central to the lives of people in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean. Also includes Amnesty International and Social Watch reports, an interactive world map and slide shows and national anthems for each country. |An impressive reference book.| - The Times