International Development

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Social Capital and Local Development

A New Paradigm?

From: Illusion or Opportunity

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Socialism as Revolutionary Consciousness

From: Human Development

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The New Muslim Ummah?

From: Islamophobia and the Question of Muslim Identity

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The Oneness of Humankind

From: In Search of a Better World

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In this reading, human rights lawyer Payam Akhavan discusses the efforts of people to come together and fight human rights abuses. The chapter includes a discussion of human rights in Afghanistan … 70 $8.40 Add
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The Position of Peasant Agriculture in the Wider Context

From: Peasants and the Art of Farming

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The Story that Got Us in Trouble

From: A Finer Future

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This chapter outlines the factors that have led society to the precipice of collapse: institutionalized greed, increased stratification of wealth and unregulated economic growth. ; ; ; 17 $1.70 Add
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Three: Crossing the Mediterranean

From: The Imperilled Ocean

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In readings from this book Journalist Lauren Trethewey explores stories about the many ways in which people around the world interact with the ocean. In this chapter Trethewey provides the … 28 $2.80 Add
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To Make and Market

From: Fixing Fashion

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In To Make and Market, the author explains the clothing production and marketing processes through his experiences. He covers the following topics: structuring of large corporations such as Sara … 41 $4.10 Add
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Trade Is Not Gender Neutral

From: The Fair Trade Handbook

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In this chapter, the authors describe the ways in which inequality is related to the uneven ways in which women and men are incorporated into the global economy. Some trade can place women-run … 10 $1.00 Add
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Transforming Agriculture

Women Farmers Define a Food Sovereignty Policy for Canada

From: Food Sovereignty in Canada

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Two Faces

From: Man at the Airport

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This chapter details the author’s experiences in Abu Dhabi and Dubai as he tried to make friends and find work. He was in the UAE when the conflict in Syria began. 15 $1.50 Add
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Understanding Sensitivity

PART 1

From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition

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This chapter explores the concept of sensitivity as it relates to agriculture. Sensitivity is the degree to which agricultural systems are effected by changes in their environment. Crops can be … 13 $1.30 Add
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Waiting For Land

From: Agriculture and the Generation Problem

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Topics covered in this chapter include: Modes of intergenerational resource transmission, forms of intergenerational and intragenerational tensions, and the impact of gender, and class on the … 22 $2.20 Add
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Zero People of No Man’s Land

The Indo-Bangladesh Fence

From: Walls

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This chapter focuses on the wall beween India and Bangladesh, exploring the history of partition and the history of this division and how it has increased divisions between countries, religions, … 27 $2.70 Add
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"Free Trade" Limits Cultural Policymaking

From: Canadian Culture in a Globalized World

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Focuses on how free trade agreements impacted Canadian cultural policy. Deals with the 1984 free trade deal, NAFTA, as well as how World Trade Organization agreements (WTO) have limited … 31 $3.10 Add