| Author | : Wayne Roberts |
| Publisher | : New Internationalist |
| Total Pages | : 186 |
| Release | : 2013-10-15 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1780261314 |
The world food system is put under the microscope in this updated edition of The No-Nonsense Guide to World Food.
| Author | : Wayne Roberts |
| Publisher | : New Internationalist |
| Total Pages | : 185 |
| Release | : 2013-09-23 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1780261322 |
Wayne Roberts puts under the microscope a global food system that is under strain from climate change and from economic disaster. He shows how a world food system based on supermarkets and agribusiness corporations is unsustainable and looks at new models of producing healthy food from all over the world.
| Author | : Wayne Roberts |
| Publisher | : New Internationalist |
| Total Pages | : 193 |
| Release | : 2008-09-01 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1906523673 |
Covering fast food, organic food, junk food, institutional food, and more, this guide shows how “real food” has become increasingly scarce, with production and distribution increasingly dominated in the West by agri-business. The guide goes on to present the alternatives that are emerging based on the concept of community food security. Wayne Roberts is a leading North American writer, activist, and practitioner in community food security. An author and columnist for NOW Magazine, he’s on the board of the Community Food Security Coalition and Food Secure Canada, and coordinates the Toronto Food Policy Council, the most respected city food group in the world.
| Author | : Chris Brazier |
| Publisher | : New Internationalist |
| Total Pages | : 144 |
| Release | : 2011-08-16 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1780260350 |
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.
| Author | : Wayne Ellwood |
| Publisher | : New Internationalist |
| Total Pages | : 154 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1906523479 |
Globalisation has become one of the most used and encompassing words over the past decade, of undeniable influence in economics, politics and activism. Globalisation is literally all around; every aspect of life is affected by a global structure of communication and economy. This fully revised and updated guide condenses this complex subject into clear, concise commentary. It examines the debt trap, the acceleration of neoliberalism, competition for energy resources, the links between the war on terror, the arms trade and the alternatives to corporate control.
| Author | : Maggie Black |
| Publisher | : Between the Lines |
| Total Pages | : 109 |
| Release | : 2014 |
| Genre | : Development economics |
| ISBN | : 1771130598 |
| Author | : Jonathan Barker |
| Publisher | : New Internationalist |
| Total Pages | : 145 |
| Release | : 2008-10-01 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1906523576 |
This is a highly accessible history of terrorism that looks at core examples from the Middle East, instances of state terrorism, and terrorist fringes of political movements. It covers the theories justifying and guiding terrorist acts and the battle of images that accompanies them. Jonathan Barker has taught political science at the universities of Toronto, Arizona, and Dar es Salam. He has researched local politics in Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, and India. His other books include Street-Level Democracy and Rural Communities under Stress.
| Author | : Wayne Ellwood |
| Publisher | : New Internationalist |
| Total Pages | : 178 |
| Release | : 2014 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1780261233 |
The world's addiction to economic growth continues with barely any recognition that this is a problem. Indeed, in a Western world currently dominated by austerity measures and ducking in and out of recession, growth is seen even by progressives as the only possible solution for our economic and social woes. This no-nonsense guide looks deeper into the idea of economic growth - to trace its history and understand why it has become so unchallengeable and powerful.
| Author | : Olivia Ball |
| Publisher | : New Internationalist |
| Total Pages | : 136 |
| Release | : 2006-12-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1906523592 |
Since the Declaration of Human Rights over fifty years ago, we acknowledge that universal rights exist, but what does this mean to someone who is tortured or denied education, work, or asylum? This No-Nonsense Guide to Human Rights looks at the theories of rights and universalism. It explores the difficult task of trying to protect human rights in war, the legal advances that have led to some rights abusers facing justice, and the conflicts that can occur when rights collide with culture.
