The No-nonsense Guide to Conflict and Peace

Author: Peter Greener
Publisher: New Internationalist
ISBN: 1904456421
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 145

Book Description
This invaluable guide is excellent for students, peace groups and activists. With tables, maps, case studies and quotes it looks at how conflict escalates and ways it can be prevented. It examines the changing types of war, including the War on Terror and ethnic conflict such as in Rwanda; the role of diplomacy and the UN and what steps ordinary people are taking to re-build communities. It also offers ideas and inspiration for creating lasting peace.

The No-nonsense Guide to the United Nations

Author: Maggie Black
Publisher: New Internationalist
ISBN: 190445688X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 161

Book Description
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.

The No-Nonsense Guide to Science

Author: Jerome Ravetz
Publisher: New Internationalist
ISBN: 1906523746
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 143

Book Description
Science is the great intellectual adventure, but can also be an instrument of profit, power, and privilege. Wrongly used, it might yet make the twenty-first century our last. To make sense of this, we need to let go of old ideas and assumptions. This No-Nonsense Guide to Science introduces a new way of thinking about science, moving away from ideas of perfect certainty and objectivity. We must accept uncertainty and ignorance in the field, as well as the need for citizens’ participation in the policies involving science.

The No-nonsense Guide to Global Terrorism

Author: Jonathan Barker
Publisher: New Internationalist
ISBN: 1904456987
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 145

Book Description
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.'

The No-Nonsense Guide to World Poverty

Author: Jeremy Seabrook
Publisher: New Internationalist
ISBN: 1906523711
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 143

Book Description
This guide questions conventional thinking about wealth and poverty—is the opposite of poverty really wealth, or is it safety and sufficiency? Drawing on experience of poor people all over the world, the author gives voice to those whose views are rarely sought and shows how we all need to live more modestly to make poverty history. Jeremy Seabrook has written more than thirty books (including Travels in the Skin Trade and Children of Other Worlds), and has worked as a teacher, social worker, journalist, lecturer, and playwright. He has contributed to many magazines, including the New Statesman and The Ecologist.

The No-Nonsense Guide to Fair Trade

Author: David Ransom
Publisher: New Internationalist
ISBN: 1906523738
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 143

Book Description
Meeting the people who grow our bananas and cocoa and make our clothes, this No-Nonsense Guide to Fair Trade tells the human story behind what we consume. Examin-ing the global contest between “free” and “fair” trade, 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. And as fair trade products are being turned into brands by large corporations, a new contest opens—it is no longer just a question of fair versus free, but what kind of fair trade.

No-Nonsense Guide to Fair Trade, 3rd Edition

Author: Sally Blundell
Publisher: Between the Lines
ISBN: 1771131187
Category : Anti-globalization movement
Languages : en
Pages : 103

Book Description
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.

The No-nonsense Guide to Tourism

Author: Pamela Nowicka
Publisher: New Internationalist
ISBN: 190445660X
Category : Ecotourism
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
Demystifies the often invisible impacts of global tourism, one of the biggest industries in the world. From labour conditions to development by stealth to the role of elites and the cultural impacts on both the visitor and the visited. |The No-Nonsense Guides are the most accessible and enjoyable means for people with hurried lives to find out how the world really works.| - George Monbiot, Guardian columnist and author of Captive State

The No-Nonsense Guide to International Migration

Author: Peter Stalker
Publisher: New Internationalist
ISBN: 1906523614
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
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.

The No-Nonsense Guide to World Health

Author: Shereen Usdin
Publisher: New Internationalist
ISBN: 1904456650
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 161

Book Description
A history of modern healthcare shows that public health is largely determined by socio-economic factors.