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“robert j brulle”

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  • Climate Change and Society

    Sociological Perspectives

    Edited by Riley E. Dunlap, Robert J. Brulle ...
    Climate change is one of the most critical issues of the twenty-first century, presenting a major intellectual challenge to both the natural and social sciences. While there has been significant progress in natural science understanding of climate change, social science analyses have not been as fully developed. Climate Change and Society breaks new theoretical and empirical ground by presenting ... Read more

    $40.79 CAD

  • Climate Obstruction across Europe

    Edited by Robert J. Brulle, J. Timmons Roberts, Miranda C. Spencer ...
    This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Understanding climate obstruction is foundational to advancing effective action on the global climate crisis. Starting in the late 1980s, a broad range of actors- ... Read more

    $37.19 CAD

  • Foundations for Social Change

    Critical Perspectives on Philanthropy and Popular Movements

    by Robert O. Bothwell, Robert J. Brulle, Sally Covington, Lisa Durán, J Craig Jenkins, Susan A. Ostrander, Joan Roelofs, Ira Silver, John C. Urschel ...
    This multi-disciplinary collection blends broad overviews and case studies as well as different theoretical perspectives in a critique of the relationship between United States philanthropic foundations and movements for social change. Scholars and practitioners examine how these foundations support and/or thwart popular social movements and address how philanthropic institutions can be more ... Read more

    $71.99 CAD

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  • Limitarianism

    The Case Against Extreme Wealth

    by Ingrid Robeyns ...
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  • The World in 2050

    How to Think About the Future

    by Hamish McRae ...
    'A dazzling history of the future – Hamish McRae has given us a tour de force' - Tim Harford_______________A bold and illuminating vision of the future, from one of Europe's foremost speakers on global trends in economics, business and societyWhat will the world look like in 2050? How will complex forces of change – demography, the environment, finance, technology and ideas about governance – ... Read more

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  • The Capitalist Manifesto

    by Johan Norberg ...
    A passionate defense of free markets in an era of global uncertainty.Marx and Engels recognized capitalism's power to create prosperity. Today, global capitalism faces accusations of fueling inequality and climate change. Populists call for trade barriers and nationalization, but Johan Norberg argues that these measures would harm the vulnerable.In this incisive investigation, Norberg makes the ... Read more

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  • Stakeholder Capitalism

    A Global Economy that Works for Progress, People and Planet

    by Klaus Schwab ...
    Reimagining our global economy so it becomes more sustainable and prosperous for allOur global economic system is broken. But we can replace the current picture of global upheaval, unsustainability, and uncertainty with one of an economy that works for all people, and the planet. First, we must eliminate rising income inequality within societies where productivity and wage growth has slowed. ... Read more

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  • Six Faces of Globalization

    Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why It Matters

    by Anthea Roberts, Nicolas Lamp ...
    An essential guide to the intractable public debates about the virtues and vices of economic globalization, cutting through the complexity to reveal the fault lines that divide us and the points of agreement that might bring us together.Globalization has lifted millions out of poverty. Globalization is a weapon the rich use to exploit the poor. Globalization builds bridges across national ... Read more

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  • Collision Course

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  • Gross Domestic Problem

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  • State of the World 2014

    Governing for Sustainability

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    Citizens expect their governments to lead on sustainability. But from largely disappointing international conferences like Rio II to the U.S.’s failure to pass meaningful climate legislation, governments’ progress has been lackluster. That’s not to say leadership is absent; it just often comes from the bottom up rather than the top down. Action—on climate, species loss, inequity, and other ... Read more

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