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Environmental Ethics and International Policy Environmental Ethics and International Policy Henk A. M. J. Ten Have Environmental concerns figure prominently in the work of the United Nations, and especially in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. One focus of UNESCO has to do with… OL10121569W
American juvenile justice American juvenile justice Franklin E. Zimring American Juvenile Justice is a definitive volume for courses on the criminology and policy analysis of adolescence. The focus is on the principles and policy of a separate and distinct system of juve… OL108077W
Sputnik Sputnik Paul Dickson "On October 4, 1957, as Leave It to Beaver premiered on American television, the Soviet Union launced the first man-made object into space, a 184-pound satellite carrying only a radio transmitter. Wh… OL108513W
Living wages, equal wages Living wages, equal wages Deborah M Figart "The controversial issue of establishing living wages for all workers makes this book both a timely and indispensable contribution to this wide-ranging debate, and it will surely become required read… OL12027413W
Transatlantic environment and energy politics Transatlantic environment and energy politics Miranda A. Schreurs Greater economic interdependence and the internationalization of trade in a number of products and services have intensified transnational relationships. But, where does the transatlantic divide lie?… OL12039896W
Fit to be tied Fit to be tied Rebecca M. Kluchin "The 1960s revolutionized American contraceptive practice. Diaphragms, jellies, and condoms with high failure rates gave way to newer choices of the Pill, IUD, and sterilization. Fit to Be Tied provi… OL12049262W
The new inflation The new inflation Slawson, W. David Won't economists eventually solve the inflation problem? Slawson shows that supply-siders, Marxists and pragmatric middle-of-the-roaders are all basing their ideas on out-of-date assumptons. Most pri… OL13348928W
British foreign and imperial policy, 1865-1919 British foreign and imperial policy, 1865-1919 Graham D. Goodlad British Foreign and Imperial Policy explores Britains role in International Affairs from the age of Gladstone and Disraeli to the end of the First World War, exploring such themes as Britain's involv… OL14857290W
The Costs and Benefits of Price Stability The Costs and Benefits of Price Stability Martin Feldstein In recent years, the Federal Reserve and central banks worldwide have enjoyed remarkable success in their battle against inflation. The challenge now confronting the Fed and its counterparts is how t… OL15172356W
Housing Policy in Europe Housing Policy in Europe Paul Balchin Housing Policy in Europe provides a comprehensive introduction to the economic, political and social issues of housing across the continent. The changing policy and practice of housing in fifteen cou… OL15175209W
Housing and Social Change Housing and Social Change Ray Forrest This book aims to provide a wide-ranging exploration of the key contemporary relationships between social change and housing. It is both policy-oriented and theoretical and draws on a group of intern… OL15177806W
There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster Chester Hartman There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster is the first critical scholarly book on the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans. The disaster will go down in record as one of the wor… OL15178580W
Transport and Urban Development Transport and Urban Development David Banister Today it is often stated that new transport infrastructure increases both the number of journeys and their length as well as the attractiveness of different locations for development. To understand t… OL15186421W
Transforming Power Transforming Power Judy Rebick In Transforming Power, veteran activist Judy Rebick champions new ways of achieving political goals by emphasizing co-operation and consensus over confrontation and partisanship. Rebick argues that t… OL15188621W
Transportation Systems Planning Transportation Systems Planning Konstadinos G Goulias Transportation engineering and transportation planning are two sides of the same coin aiming at the design of an efficient infrastructure and service to meet the growing needs for accessibility and m… OL15189613W
Lies, Damned Lies, and Drug War Statistics Lies, Damned Lies, and Drug War Statistics Matthew B. Robinson "Revised and updated edition that analyses how the Office of National Drug Control Policy employs statistics to misleadingly claim the War on Drugs is a success"--Provided by publisher. OL15299771W
Fighting for air Fighting for air Eric Klinenberg An investigative work on the corporate takeover of local news and what it means for all Americans. Sociologist Klinenberg takes us into the world of preprogrammed radio shows, empty television news s… OL15836269W
Overblown Overblown John E. Mueller Why have there been no terrorist attacks in the United States since 9/11? It is ridiculously easy for a single person with a bomb-filled backpack, or a single explosives-laden automobile, to launch a… OL15838934W
The truth about the drug companies The truth about the drug companies Marcia Angell Angell watched drug companies stray from their original mission of discovering and manufacturing useful drugs and instead become vast marketing machines with unprecedented control over their own fort… OL15927600W
Divided sun Divided sun Scott Callon Divided Sun is the story of the methods and machinations that have driven Japan's high-tech industrial policies over the last two turbulent decades. It focuses on MITI and Japan's giant electronics f… OL15963860W
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