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Centering Global Citizenship E...This book brings together key perspectives from scholars in the Global South a... This book brings together key perspectives from scholars in the Global South and Global North to illustrate diverse ways in which the UN's Global Citizenship Education (GCED) agenda can promote social justice and be used as a vehicle for negotiati more
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Transforming Universities in t...This book calls into question the colonial and neoliberal university, presenti... This book calls into question the colonial and neoliberal university, presenting alternative models of higher education that can more effectively respond to today's intersecting social, economic, environmental and political crises. The authors arg more
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A League of Democracies: Cosmo...In the 21st century, as the peoples of the world grow more closely tied togeth... In the 21st century, as the peoples of the world grow more closely tied together, the question of real transnational government will finally have to be faced.The end of the Cold War has not brought the peace, freedom from atrocities, and d more
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Great Trade Walls in Imperial ...This book offers a comparative and polycentric approach to the formation of gl... This book offers a comparative and polycentric approach to the formation of global trade networks and goods that circumnavigated China, America, and Europe in the so-called process of "early globalization" during the early modern period.Ba more
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Design + Environment: A Global...There is a huge scarcity of good, practical resources for designers and studen... There is a huge scarcity of good, practical resources for designers and students interested in minimizing the environmental impacts of products. Design + Environment has been specifically written to address this paucity.The book first prov more
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Booms and Busts: An Encycloped...This timely and authoritative set explores three centuries of good times and h... This timely and authoritative set explores three centuries of good times and hard times in major economies throughout the world. More than 400 signed articles cover events from Tulipmania during the 1630s to the U.S. federal stimulus package of 20 more
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Corporate Social Responsibilit...Food is a source of nourishment, a cause for celebration, an inducement to tem... Food is a source of nourishment, a cause for celebration, an inducement to temptation, a means of influence, and signifies good health and well-being. Together with other life enhancing goods such as clean water, unpolluted air, adequate shelter a more
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Cross-Cultural Consumption: Gl...Goods are imbued with meanings and uses by their producers. When they are expo... Goods are imbued with meanings and uses by their producers. When they are exported, they can act as a means of communication or domination. However, there is no guarantee that the intentions of the producer will be recognized, much less respected, more
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Football as Medicine: Prescrib...It is beyond dispute that physical activity is good for us, but what are the b... It is beyond dispute that physical activity is good for us, but what are the benefits, challenges and impacts of sport on health? This is the first book to focus on football in the context of health from individual, public and population-level per more
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The Ethics of Agribusiness: Ju...This book offers an original perspective on food supply chains. It argues that... This book offers an original perspective on food supply chains. It argues that the ability to trade food on a global scale could be intrinsically good aside from any instrumental value that people gain from it.While the author's a more
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International Regimes in Globa...By analysing the roles and problems faced by international regimes as major pl... By analysing the roles and problems faced by international regimes as major players in global health governance, this book looks into the root causes of the often insufficient supply of global public goods for health and of the deficiencies in cur more
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The Force of Fashion in Politi...Throughout history, fashion has emerged as one of the most powerful driving fo... Throughout history, fashion has emerged as one of the most powerful driving forces determining the political, economic and social ramifications of the production, distribution and circulation of goods. Indeed fashion, especially in relation to clo more
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China and Japan in the Global ...This book discusses the necessity for cooperation between China and Japan to p... This book discusses the necessity for cooperation between China and Japan to provide international public goods to Asia. It provides insight into how China and Japan can redesign the process of economic integration and security architecture to ens more
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The Global Citizenship Nexus: ...In the spirit of Ivan Illich's 1968 speech 'To hell with good intentions', the... In the spirit of Ivan Illich's 1968 speech 'To hell with good intentions', the book takes aim at a ubiquitous form of contemporary ideology, namely the concept of global citizenship.Its characteristic discourse can be found inhabiting a ne more
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Global Perspectives on E-Comme...In its most advanced form, e-commerce allows unidentified purchasers to pay ob... In its most advanced form, e-commerce allows unidentified purchasers to pay obscure vendors in 'electronic cash' for products that are often goods, services and licenses all rolled into one. This book considers the implications for the domestic an more
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Transatlantic Trade and Global...Access to new plants and consumer goods such as sugar, tobacco, and chocolate ... Access to new plants and consumer goods such as sugar, tobacco, and chocolate from the beginning of the sixteenth century onwards would massively change the way people lived, especially in how and what they consumed. While global markets were cons more
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Pillaging the Empire: Global P...Between 1500 and 1750, European expansion and global interaction produced vast... Between 1500 and 1750, European expansion and global interaction produced vast wealth. As goods traveled by ship along new global trade routes, piracy also flourished on the world's seas. Pillaging the Empire tells the fascinating story o more
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Good Business: Exercising Effe...This illuminating and practical collection of essays addresses the increasingl... This illuminating and practical collection of essays addresses the increasingly important topics of corporate ethics, social responsibility, and sustainability in the context of effective global business strategies. Instead of condemning business, more
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The Good Life Beyond Growth: N...Many countries have experienced a decline of economic growth for decades, an e... Many countries have experienced a decline of economic growth for decades, an effect that was only aggravated by the recent global financial crisis. What if in the 21st century this is no longer an exception, but the general rule? Does an economy w more
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Critical Social Theory in Publ...The essential premise of critical social theory is that contemporary society i... The essential premise of critical social theory is that contemporary society is neither democratic nor free, but that modern global capitalism creates a citizenry satiated with consumer goods, unaware of alternative ways of living. In the public s more
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