The No-Nonsense Guide to World Food

Author: Wayne Roberts
Publisher: New Internationalist
ISBN: 1780261314
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 186

Book Description
The world food system is put under the microscope in this updated edition of The No-Nonsense Guide to World Food.

The No-Nonsense Guide to World Food

Author: Wayne Roberts
Publisher: New Internationalist
ISBN: 1780261322
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 185

Book Description
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.

The No-Nonsense Guide to World Food

Author: Wayne Roberts
Publisher: New Internationalist
ISBN: 1906523673
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 193

Book Description
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.

The No-Nonsense Guide to World History

Author: Chris Brazier
Publisher: New Internationalist
ISBN: 1780260350
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
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.

The No-nonsense Guide to Globalization

Author: Wayne Ellwood
Publisher: New Internationalist
ISBN: 1906523479
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 154

Book Description
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.

No-Nonsense Guide to International Development

Author: Maggie Black
Publisher: Between the Lines
ISBN: 1771130598
Category : Development economics
Languages : en
Pages : 113

Book Description

The No-Nonsense Guide to Global Terrorism

Author: Jonathan Barker
Publisher: New Internationalist
ISBN: 1906523576
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 145

Book Description
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.

The No-nonsense Guide to Climate Change

Author: Dinyar Godrej
Publisher: Verso
ISBN: 9781859843352
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
"The No Nonsense Guide to Climate Change" charts up-to-the-minute developments on climate change, explores the extent that the human race is responsible for the catastrophes and suggests what can be done to prevent them.

The No-nonsense Guide to the Arms Trade

Author: Gideon Burrows
Publisher: Verso
ISBN: 9781859844267
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
The ending of the Cold War was supposed to increase global security and divert expenditure previously earmarked for arms purchases to more constructive ends. Instead, the arms trade has flourished. Not only conventional arms, but also police and surveillance equipment, have been provided by Western countries seeking to make a profit from conflict in unstable parts of the world. Foreign debt has remained high, development has been held back, and human rights have been systematically abused, all with the connivance of an arms trade prepared to turn a blind eye to the uses to which increasingly sophisticated weaponry is put, so long as hefty profits can be reaped. This disturbing book names the players in the arms trade and charts the impact that it has had on war, human rights, and development. The financial and trade mechanisms that permit the arms trade to continue are revealed, amid sordid tales of bribery and corruption. Gideon Burrows concludes his examination by reviewing the ways in which this trade can be controlled or even abolished.

The No-nonsense Guide to Degrowth and Sustainability

Author: Wayne Ellwood
Publisher: New Internationalist
ISBN: 1780261233
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description
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.