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Abstract: The volume highlights the importance of understanding globalization as a non-unilateral and multidimensional process, with immense possibilities for intervention, rather than as an overarching project with a predetermined goal. It will also be of interest to social activists, journalists, policymakers and NGOs.

Abstract: This multidisciplinary volume axplores the tensions and dilemmas inherent in the process of globalization, from local, national and global perspectives. This book will be of interest to a wide range of people - social activists, social scientists, policy makers, research scholars and students, and all those who visualize a humane and just global community.

Abstract: Lester R. Brown documents the ways in which human demands are outstripping the earth's natural capacities - and how the resulting environment damage is undermining food production

Abstract: Written in a highly readable style, "The Earth Policy Reader" assesses progress in building an eco-economy. For those concerned about the future habitability of the earth, finding a better assestment will not be easy.

Abstract: This dissertation is of a very hight overall standard. Its main strenghts are its coherent methodological framework, its extensive use and critical evaluation of literature and the quality of its analysis. The dissertation therefore provides a distinctively different perspective on the issues.

Abstract: Barry Smart provides a clear and readable discussion for students whitch also manages to be a shrewd and stimulating contribution to the dibate about modernity and postmodernity. Rigorous and perceptive, it will be essential reading for all those interested in the concept of postmodernity.

Abstract: How can we welcome twice as many people on Earth without jeopardizing the natural resource base for later generations? This is the key question the coming poses. The present book attempts to provide an answere. This book presents a path-breaking analysis as well as highly innovative proposal for the transition of Northerncountries to sustainability.

Abstract: Fair trade iswidely regarded as a universal good. This fascinating anthropological study takes a closer look at a coffee-growing comunity and cooperatives in Costa Rica - and subjects the fair trade movement to critical scrutiny.

Abstract: Sick explores conteporary issues of gender, emplowerment, access toriesources, and Fair Trade as an examines howCosta Ricas cofee-producing households cope with the complexities of a globalizing world economy. She integrates household, regional, and global processes.

Abstract: Food security affects us all. There is no more important issue. This book is a clarion call to remove our ideological blinkers and think afresh.

Abstract: Everyone can be part of the fair trade revolution. From wine to pyjamas, football to furniture, this richly informative book gives 50 compelling reasons for buying fair trade products. It shows exactlywhy fair trade matters, and how we can all make a difference in the fight to end poverty and injustice.

Abstract: Examining the contest between "free" and "fair" trade around the world, 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.

Abstract: Should you be worried about world population growth?The birth rate is falling in many industrialized countries; in some cases populations are actually shrinking. In many nations where the population has exploded in recent decades, birth rates remain high, and populations will likelydouble or triple in the next half-century. In examining the stakes involved in potentially adding another billion people to the world population over the next fifty years, the authors call for immediate expansion of international family planning assistance to the millions of couples who still access, and new investment in educating young people in the Third World, helping to promote a shift to smaller families.