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  • Power, Change, and Gender Relations in Rural Java

    A Tale of Two Villages

    by Ann R. Tickamyer, Siti Kusujiarti ...
    Series series Research in International Studies, Southeast Asia Series
    Women’s status in rural Java can appear contradictory to those both inside and outside the culture. In some ways, women have high status and broad access to resources, but other situations suggest that Javanese women lack real power and autonomy. Javanese women have major responsibilities in supporting their families and controlling household finances. They may also own and manage their own ... Read more

    $36.29 CAD

  • Rural Poverty in the United States

    Edited by Ann Tickamyer, Jennifer Sherman, Jennifer Warlick ...
    America's rural areas have always held a disproportionate share of the nation's poorest populations. Rural Poverty in the United States examines why. What is it about the geography, demography, and history of rural communities that keeps them poor? In a comprehensive analysis that extends from the Civil War to the present, Rural Poverty in the United States looks at access to human and social ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Gender, Food and COVID-19

    Global Stories of Harm and Hope

    Edited by Paige Castellanos, Carolyn E. Sachs, Ann R. Tickamyer ...
    This book documents how COVID-19 impacts gender, agriculture, and food systems across the globe with on-the-ground accounts and personal reflections from scholars, practitioners, and community members.During the coronavirus pandemic with many people under lockdown, continual agricultural production and access to food remain essential. Women provide much of the formal and informal work in ... Read more

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  • Rural Poverty in the United States

    Edited by Ann Tickamyer, Jennifer Warlick, Jennifer Sherman ...
    America's rural areas have always held a disproportionate share of the nation's poorest populations. Rural Poverty in the United States examines why. What is it about the geography, demography, and history of rural communities that keeps them poor? In a comprehensive analysis that extends from the Civil War to the present, Rural Poverty in the United States looks at access to human and social ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

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  • The Case for Degrowth

    by Giorgos Kallis, Susan Paulson, Giacomo D'Alisa, Federico Demaria ...
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  • The Intersectional Environmentalist

    How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet

    by Leah Thomas ...
    From the 2022 TIME100 Next honoree and the activist who coined the term comes a primer on intersectional environmentalism for the next generation of activists looking to create meaningful, inclusive, and sustainable change.The Intersectional Environmentalist examines the inextricable link between environmentalism, racism, and privilege, and promotes awareness of the fundamental truth that we ... Read more

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  • Science and Technology for Development

    by James Smith ...
    Series series Development Matters
    How can science realize its potential and help us tackle global inequality, environmental change and crippling poverty? How can more appropriate technologies be developed for those most in need? Science has long promised much -- new crops, new medicines, new sources of energy, new means of communication -- but the potential of new technologies has frequently bypassed the poorest people and the ... Read more

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  • Too Many People?

    Population, Immigration, and the Environmental Crisis

    by Ian Angus, Simon Butler ...
    Too Many People? provides a clear, well-documented, and popularly written refutation of the idea that "overpopulation" is a major cause of environmental destruction, arguing that a focus on human numbers not only misunderstands the causes of the crisis, it dangerously weakens the movement for real solutions.No other book challenges modern overpopulation theory so clearly and comprehensively, ... Read more

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    From Environmental Crises to Environmental Justice

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  • Should Rich Nations Help the Poor?

    by David Hulme ...
    Series series Global Futures
    In the past decade, the developed world has spent almost US$ 2 trillion on foreign aid for poorer countries. Yet 1.2 billion people still live in extreme poverty and around 2.9 billion cannot meet their basic human needs.But should rich nations continue to help the poor? In this short book, leading global poverty analyst David Hulme explains why helping the world’s neediest communities is both the ... Read more

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  • International Development

    Illusions and Realities

    by Maggie Black ...
    Series Book 36 - No-Nonsense Guides
    The idea of reducing poverty and inequality and improving health, education, and job opportunities around the world is beyond criticism. Yet, the reality of development can often be confusion, contradiction, deceit, and corruption.This fully updated third edition makes a major contribution to the ongoing debate about the effectiveness of aid and development. Drawing on a wide range of sources, ... Read more

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