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Global Green Politics by Peter Newell
RRP: £36.99£30.33In light of growing urgency in tackling the global environmental crisis, there is a need for new visions and strategies to ensure a more sustainable and just world. This book provides a comprehensive overview of Green perspectives on a range of global... -
International Development Studies: Theories and Methods in Research and Practice by Andrew Sumner 9781412929455
RRP: £37.99£30.84'A sure-footed and self-confident book, ambitious in scope, authoritative in execution and practical in its implications' - Simon Maxwell, Director, Overseas Development Institute, London 'At last, a development studies text that encourages... -
Reforming the Unreformable: Lessons from Nigeria by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
£27.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262526876Author Ngozi Okonjo-IwealaFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 16mm -
Dubai: Gilded Cage by Syed Ali 9780300152173
RRP: £18.99£18.48In less than two decades, Dubai has transformed itself from an obscure Gulf emirate into a global center for business, tourism, and luxury living. It is a fascinating case study in light-speed urban development, hyperconsumerism, massive immigration, and... -
Root Cause Analysis: Improving Performance for Bottom-Line Results, Fifth Edition by Mark A. Latino 9780367779535
RRP: £41.99£36.75This book comprehensively outlines what a holistic and effective Root Cause Analysis (RCA) system looks like. From the designing of the support infrastructure to the measuring of effectiveness on the bottom-line, this book provides the blueprint for... -
Philanthropic Foundations in International Development: Rockefeller, Ford and Gates by Patrick Kilby 9780367755423
RRP: £19.99£17.69This book focuses on the influence of philanthropic foundations in global development, and on how the global south has engaged with them. The idea of corporate philanthropy stretches back a long way, with the late 19th industrialist Andrew Carnegie... -
The Pursuit of Development: Economic Growth, Social Change, and Ideas by Ian Goldin 9780198778035
RRP: £13.99£10.53What do we mean by development? How can citizens, governments and the international community foster development? The process by which nations escape poverty and achieve economic and social progress has been the subject of extensive examination for... -
Pawned States: State Building in the Era of International Finance by Didac Queralt
RRP: £30.00£23.66How foreign lending weakens emerging nationsIn the nineteenth century, many developing countries turned to the credit houses of Europe for sovereign loans to balance their books and weather major fiscal shocks such as war. This reliance on external... -
A Radical History of Development Studies: Individuals, Institutions and Ideologies Uma Kothari 9781786997661
£28.49A Radical History of Development Studies traces the history of the subject from the late colonial period all the way through to contemporary focus on poverty reduction. In this now classic genealogy of development, the authors look at the contested... -
Routledge Handbook of Peace, Security and Development Fen Osler Hampson 9781032400006
RRP: £43.99£38.74This Handbook offers a comprehensive examination of the peace, security, and development nexus from a global perspective, and investigates the interfaces of these issues in a context characterised by many new challenges.By bringing together more than 40... -
Measuring Poverty around the World by Anthony B. Atkinson 9780691191225
RRP: £25.00£19.89The final book from a towering pioneer in the study of poverty and inequality-a critically important examination of poverty around the worldIn this, his final book, economist Anthony Atkinson, one of the world's great social scientists and a pioneer in... -
Advanced Introduction to Law and Development Mariana M. Prado 9781788970907
RRP: £22.95£20.69Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid... -
Human Ecology: Basic Concepts for Sustainable Development Gerald G Marten 9781853837142
RRP: £36.99£32.28'The scope and clarity of this book make it accessible and informative to a wide readership. Its messages should be an essential component of the education for all students from secondary school to university... [It] provides a clear and comprehensible... -
Nature-Based Solutions to 21st Century Challenges by Robert C. Brears
RRP: £37.99£33.38This book provides a systematic review of nature-based solutions and their potential to address current environmental challenges. In the 21st century, society is faced by rapid urbanisation and population growth, degradation and loss of natural capital... -
The Atlas of Environmental Migration Dina Ionesco 9781138022065
RRP: £49.99£44.24As climate change and extreme weather events increasingly threaten traditional landscapes and livelihoods of entire communities the need to study its impact on human migration and population displacement has never been greater.The Atlas of Environmental... -
Slumming It: The Tourist Valorization of Urban Poverty by Fabian Frenzel
£22.01Have slums become 'cool'? More and more tourists from across the globe seem to think so as they discover favelas, ghettos, townships and barrios on leisurely visits. But while slum tourism often evokes moral outrage, critics rarely ask about what... -
Not Invented Here: Cross-industry Innovation by Ramon Vullings
RRP: £17.99£12.95Where can a hospital apply principles from the airline sector? How can a car manufacturer use tools from the video game industry? What can an event organiser learn from the railways? Cross-industry innovation is a clever way to jump-start your... -
Prioritizing Development: A Cost Benefit Analysis of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals by Bjorn Lomborg
RRP: £41.99£31.33This book is a unique guide to making the world a better place. Experts apply a critical eye to the United Nations' Sustainable Development agenda, also known as the Global Goals, which will affect the flow of $2.5 trillion of development aid up until... -
Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle by Dan Senor 9780446541466
£25.54START-UP NATION addresses the trillion dollar question: How is it that Israel - a country of 7.1 million, only 60 years old, surrounded by enemies, in a constant state of war since its founding, with no natural resources-- produces more start-up... -
Survival of the Greenest: Economic Transformation in a Climate-conscious World by Amir Lebdioui 9781009500517
RRP: £49.99£49.45The pathways to economic development are changing. Environmental sustainability is no longer a choice but a necessity to maintain a competitive edge in the global economy. Just like in nature, where survival hinges on adaptation, this Element shows how... -
Sharing Cities: A Case for Truly Smart and Sustainable Cities by Duncan McLaren
RRP: £24.00£20.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Named one of Nature's "Books and Arts" blog as a top 20 for 2015..Book InformationISBN 9780262533713Author Duncan McLarenFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint... -
Faith in Conservation: New Approaches to Religions and the Environment by Victoria Finlay 9780821355596
RRP: £17.95£17.62This book, arising from over twenty years experience of working with the world's major faiths, draws extensively upon joint World Bank and ARC (Alliance of Religion & Conservation) /WWF (World Wildlife Fund for Nature) projects world wide. It shows,... -
Sustainability: A Systems Approach Tony Clayton 9781853833199
RRP: £43.99£38.14The question of sustainability affects most areas of human activity. It is intrinsically complex and multi-disciplinary. Sustainable policies have to adapt to new knowledge and changing circumstances. Understanding sustainability and ways of achieving it... -
Corporate Responsibility in the Digital Age by Ivri Verbin 9780367516697
RRP: £32.99£29.16This book is a roadmap to help organizations adopt corporate responsibility and sustainability practices and be fit for purpose in a digital era. It explains why corporate responsibility is the only option in the twenty-first-century post-COVID-19 world,... -
Products That Last: Product Design for Circular Business Models by Conny Bakker
RRP: £29.99£28.69Products that Last starts where most books on product development end. This new edition contains new examples and insights from recent publications. From the perspective of designers and entrepreneurs, once a product has been designed, produced and sold,... -
Greenwashing: Foundations and Emerging Research on Corporate Sustainability and Deceptive Communication by Agostino Vollero 9781801179676
RRP: £47.99£39.71Greenwashing is an emerging trend that seeks to overemphasize the sustainability practices by companies to their customers. In a comprehensive analysis of this widespread marketing and corporate communication practice, Agostino Vollero examines the... -
Tourism and Development in Southeast Asia by Claudia Dolezal 9781032400297
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book analyses the role tourism plays for sustainable development in Southeast Asia. It seeks to assesses tourism's impact on residents and localities across the region by critically debating and offering new understandings of its dynamics on the... -
Handbook on Global Value Chains Stefano Ponte 9781800887008
RRP: £49.95£44.36Providing critical insight into the globalization of product conception, production, marketing and distribution, this Handbook comprehensively explores the functioning of global value chains (GVCs) and how they shape the global economy. It provides... -
Escape from Empire: The Developing World's Journey through Heaven and Hell by Alice H. Amsden 9780262513159
£22.05A provocative view of economic growth in the Third World argues that the countries that have achieved steady economic growth-including future economic superpowers India and China-have done so because they have resisted the American ideology of free... -
Hot Seat Dan Shapiro 9781449360733
RRP: £27.99£18.19The most mysterious role at a startup is that of the CEO. What exactly does the CEO do, anyway? The CTO builds the product. The VP Sales sells the product. But what is the CEO thing all about? Hot Seat: The Startup CEO Handbook pulls back the curtain on... -
Cultural Sustainability, Tourism and Development: (Re)articulations in Tourism Contexts Nancy Duxbury 9780367756635
RRP: £37.99£33.38Cultural Sustainability, Tourism and Development considers how tourism provides a lens to examine issues of cultural sustainability and change. It discusses how cultural and natural assets, artistic interventions, place identity, policy strategies, and... -
Engineering Sustainable Life on Earth: Alleviating Adverse Climate Change Through Better Design John Coplin 9781032044965
RRP: £36.99£32.78Climate scientists have clarified the main causes of climate change, and the tight timescale within which humans must change behaviour, and implement effective solutions, wherever they are needed across the world. This book uncovers many of the powerful... -
Hazard Management and Emergency Planning: Perspectives in Britain Dennis Parker 9781138975828
RRP: £43.99£38.84This book assesses critically the British approach to hazard management and emergency planning. It identifies the principal legal, organizational and cultural impediments to more effective hazard management and emergency planning, postulates explanations... -
Understanding Development: Theory and Practice in the Third World by John Rapley 9781588265388
£25.51This lucidly written book, thoroughly updated, provides both an assessment of the current state of development theory and an extensive survey of the impact of evolving policies and practices throughout the developing world. Rapley critically traces the... -
Human Rights and the Environment: Key Issues Sumudu Atapattu (University of Wisconsin, USA) 9781138722750
RRP: £43.99£38.74The field of human rights and the environment has grown phenomenally during the last few years and this textbook will be one of the first to encourage students to think critically about how many environmental issues lead to a violation of existing rights... -
The Secret to Knowing It's Already Done!: How to Become Powerful, Masterful, & in Control of Your Life in a World of Distractions by Alex Morton 9781954759794
RRP: £18.99£13.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954759794Author Alex MortonFormat PaperbackPage Count 135Imprint Cranberry PressPublisher Cranberry Press -
Rebooting Your Brain: Using Motivational Intelligence to Adjust Your Mindset, Reach Your Goals, and Realize Unlimited Success by David Naylor 9781394157853
RRP: £21.99£14.56Learn—and teach others—to embrace change and collaboration In Rebooting Your Brain: Using Motivational Intelligence to Adjust Your Mindset, Reach Your Goals, and Realize Unlimited Success, leadership development and sales expert, David Naylor delivers an... -
Climate Positive Business: How You and Your Company Hit Bold Climate Goals and Go Net Zero David Jaber 9781032043449
RRP: £32.99£29.39This is the decade for climate action. Internal and external stakeholders demand action. How we choose to act in the next ten years will determine our foreseeable future.Businesses hold a critical role for climate futures. The need for businesses to... -
Institutional Economics: An Introduction by Stefan Voigt 9781108461085
RRP: £39.99£35.49Why is it that some countries become rich while others remain poor? Do markets require regulation to function efficiently? If markets offer an efficient way of exchanging goods, why do individuals even create firms? How are economic transactions... -
The Spectre at the Feast: Capitalist Crisis and the Politics of Recession by Andrew Gamble
£37.16After a long feast of prosperity in the western world, the crisis in the financial markets has conjured up an old spectre - the spectre of capitalist crisis, which many thought had been finally exorcised. On past experience, a full-blown capitalist...