Why Vulnerability Still Matters. The Politics of Disaster Risk Creation, Paperback - ***

We think vulnerability still matters when considering how people are put at risk from hazards and this book shows why in a series of thematic chapt...

Publisher: New York University PressAuthor(s): Min Hee GoIllustration(s): 20 b/w illustrationsNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2021Dimensions:...

A popular-level introduction to the theology of the Reformation and its continuing relevance today. At its heart, the Reformation was a dispute abo...

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"All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone, " Blaise Pascal wrote in 1654. But then there's Walt Whitman,...

Historians and theologians have long recognized that at the heart of the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation were five declarations, often ref...

Soon after publication on September 30, 1868, Little Women became an enormous bestseller and one of America's favorite novels. Its popularity quick...

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An examination of China's participation in the World Trade Organization, the conflicts it has caused, and how WTO reforms could ease them China's a...

This book critically examines the global diffusion and local reception of resilience through the implementation of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) pr...

Contributor(s): Author: Anne Boyd RiouxSoon after its publication on September 30, 1868, Little Women became an enormous bestseller and one of Amer...

Profound social changes have made governance and political leadership more challenging than ever. The result is that politics in the democratic wor...

Provides reasons for optimism about the prospect of disaster risk reduction (DRR) in at-risk communities around the world - observing communities a...

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Publisher: Shambhala Publications IncAuthor(s): Carolyn KanjuroNumber of pages: 176Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 133 x 201 x 18Cover type: Pape...

Kevin Munger marshals novel data and survey evidence to argue that generational conflict will define the politics of the next decade. He shows that...

Reducere. DescriptionWarriors and Fools is about the Vietnam War. It seeks to answer one specific question - why did the US fail to achieve its principal obj...

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An impassioned manifesto for how 'voice' might be used to counter neo-liberal ideologies in the future, from a star name in the field of media, com...

Kevin Munger marshals novel data and survey evidence to argue that generational conflict will define the politics of the next decade. He shows that...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Matthew KroenigFor decades, the reigning scholarly wisdom about nuclear weapons policy has been that the United States only...

The world is facing a wave of uprisings, protests and revolutions: Arab dictators swept away, public spaces occupied, slum-dwellers in revolt and c...

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Reducere. DescriptionWarriors and Fools is not just another book about the Vietnam War. It is different from most. Unlike some others, the author is a vetera...

Why is India's rise on the world stage so controversial? How can a state that is losing authority to its regions at the same time grow in internati...

Supply Chain Risk Management provides a comprehensive overview of managing risk in supply chains. It explains how to identify, analyse, and respond...

Ten years after the death of Christopher Hitchens, it's time for the left to take another look at his complicated legacy.Publisher: John Hunt Publi...

The text offers a comprehensive and unique perspective on disaster risk associated with natural hazards. It covers a wide range of topics, reflecti...

Reducere. The U.S. was founded on the principles of government of the people, by the people, and for the people.At first it worked pretty well, but as we mov...

Publisher: Cengage Learning, IncAuthor(s): Joseph (Monmouth University) PattenNumber of pages: 416Publication date: 2020Dimensions: 205 x 253 x 18C...

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A journalist's personal account of why one small European nation's path away from liberal democracy carries vital lessons for us allPublisher: New ...

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This diagnostics toolkit is designed to help countries assess the financial management of disaster risk and to provide a basis for them to enhance ...

An artist in every sense of the word, Lhasa de Sela wowed audiences around the globe with her multilingual songs and spellbinding performances, mix...

Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co IncIllustration(s): Approx. 150 illustrations (75 in full color); Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pag...

This book offers a unique understanding of how researchers' linguistic resources, and the languages they use, are politically and structurally cons...

In this book, teacher, education consultant and researcher Jon Tibke fact-checks prevailing 'neuromyths' by shining a light on what scientific rese...

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It Still Takes A Candidate serves as the only systematic, nationwide empirical account of the manner in which gender affects political ambition. Ba...

While many are born into prosperity, hundreds of millions of people lead lives of almost unimaginable poverty. Our world remains hugely unequal, wi...