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.
Author : Maggie Black
Publisher : New Internationalist
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 43,24 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 190445688X
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.
Author : Wayne Ellwood
Publisher : New Internationalist
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 10,12 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1906523479
Globalisation has become one of the most used and encompassing words over the past decade, of undeniable influence in economics, politics and activism. Globalisation is literally all around; every aspect of life is affected by a global structure of communication and economy. This fully revised and updated guide condenses this complex subject into clear, concise commentary. It examines the debt trap, the acceleration of neoliberalism, competition for energy resources, the links between the war on terror, the arms trade and the alternatives to corporate control.
Author : Maggie Black
Publisher : Between the Lines
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 12,43 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Development economics
ISBN : 1771130598
Author : Chris Brazier
Publisher : New Internationalist
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 26,52 MB
Release : 2011-08-16
Category : History
ISBN : 1780260350
Most people's knowledge of world history is hazy and incomplete at best. This updated No-Nonsense Guide gives a full picture, revealing the hidden histories and communities left out of conventional history books—from the civilizations of Africa, Asia, and Latin America to the history of women. The new final chapter includes material on the financial crisis and the world response to climate change. Chris Brazier is co-editor at New Internationalist. His previous books include Vietnam: The Price of Peace. He is principal writer for UNICEF's The State of the World's Children report.
Author : Olivia Ball
Publisher : New Internationalist
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 24,70 MB
Release : 2006-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1906523592
Since the Declaration of Human Rights over fifty years ago, we acknowledge that universal rights exist, but what does this mean to someone who is tortured or denied education, work, or asylum? This No-Nonsense Guide to Human Rights looks at the theories of rights and universalism. It explores the difficult task of trying to protect human rights in war, the legal advances that have led to some rights abusers facing justice, and the conflicts that can occur when rights collide with culture.
Author : Linda Fasulo
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,16 MB
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0300241259
Thoroughly revised and updated, a new edition of the most popular guide to the UN for students and interested readers Prominent NPR journalist Linda Fasulo's guide to the United Nations has established a reputation as the most lively, authoritative, and insightful book on its subject. The fourth edition comes at a time when nuclear proliferation has moved to the top of the Security Council's agenda, followed closely by the Syrian crisis, the effects of climate change, and international terrorism. Thoroughly revised and updated, with many new profiles and interviews with the organization's current diplomats, this edition remains an indispensable resource for anyone wishing to understand the role and structure of the UN.
Author : Nicholas Gilby
Publisher : New Internationalist
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 47,26 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1906523177
The only up-to-date work on the global arms trade, this book puts the global trade in weapons into the context of history. It includes recent controversial deals as well as case studies on Zimbabwe, Iraq and Darfur. Veteran human rights campaigner Nicolas Gilby exposes the cynicism, bribery and secret deals which characterise this dirty - albeit legal - business.
Author : Gideon Burrows
Publisher : Verso
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 14,75 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9781859844267
The ending of the Cold War was supposed to increase global security and divert expenditure previously earmarked for arms purchases to more constructive ends. Instead, the arms trade has flourished. Not only conventional arms, but also police and surveillance equipment, have been provided by Western countries seeking to make a profit from conflict in unstable parts of the world. Foreign debt has remained high, development has been held back, and human rights have been systematically abused, all with the connivance of an arms trade prepared to turn a blind eye to the uses to which increasingly sophisticated weaponry is put, so long as hefty profits can be reaped. This disturbing book names the players in the arms trade and charts the impact that it has had on war, human rights, and development. The financial and trade mechanisms that permit the arms trade to continue are revealed, amid sordid tales of bribery and corruption. Gideon Burrows concludes his examination by reviewing the ways in which this trade can be controlled or even abolished.
Author : Wayne Ellwood
Publisher : New Internationalist
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 27,31 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1780261233
The world's addiction to economic growth continues with barely any recognition that this is a problem. Indeed, in a Western world currently dominated by austerity measures and ducking in and out of recession, growth is seen even by progressives as the only possible solution for our economic and social woes. This no-nonsense guide looks deeper into the idea of economic growth - to trace its history and understand why it has become so unchallengeable and powerful.
Author : Peter Stalker
Publisher : New Internationalist
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 38,61 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1906523185
The basic concepts of finance are introduced and explained in this No-Nonsense Guide. Includes information on how money is created as well as how decisions by banking and other financial service corporations determine the fate of billions of people. In today's turbulent economical climate, this guide makes for essential reading.