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Trouble in Paradise

Globalization and Environmental Crises in Latin America

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Trouble in Paradise

Globalization and Environmental Crises in Latin America

By: J Roberts Timmons

Environmental degradation in Latin America has become one of the most pressing issues on the international agenda. The volume began to crescendo when space shuttle astronauts photographed five thousand fires on a single night in the Brazilian Amazon state of Rondonia in 1985, and grew shrill when rubbertapper Chico Mendes was shot in 1988 trying to

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1136745505

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Power in a Warming World

The New Global Politics of Climate Change and the Remaking of Environmental Inequality

By: David Ciplet,J. Timmons Roberts,Mizan R. Khan

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Power in a Warming World

The New Global Politics of Climate Change and the Remaking of Environmental Inequality

By: David Ciplet,J. Timmons Roberts,Mizan R. Khan

An examination of shifting global power dynamics in climate change politics, and how this affects our ability to achieve equitable and sustainable climate outcomes. After nearly a quarter century of international negotiations on climate change, we stand at a crossroads. A new set of agreements is likely to fail to prevent the global climate's destabilization. Islands and coastlines face inundation, and widespread drought, flooding, and famine are expected to worsen in the poorest and most vulnerable countries. How did we arrive at an entirely inequitable and scientifically inadequate international response to climate change? In Power in a Warming World, David Ciplet, J. Timmons Roberts, and Mizan Khan, bring decades of combined experience as negotiators, researchers, and activists to bear on this urgent question. Combining rich empirical description with a political economic view of power relations, they document the struggles of states and social groups most vulnerable to a changing climate and describe the emergence of new political coalitions that take climate politics beyond a simple North-South divide. They offer six future scenarios in which power relations continue to shift as the world warms. A focus on incremental market-based reform, they argue, has proven insufficient for challenging the enduring power of fossil fuel interests, and will continue to be inadequate without a bolder, more inclusive and aggressive response.

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MIT Press

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0262527944

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9780262527941

A Fragmented Continent

Latin America and the Global Politics of Climate Change

By: Guy Edwards,J. Timmons Roberts

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A Fragmented Continent

Latin America and the Global Politics of Climate Change

By: Guy Edwards,J. Timmons Roberts

How Latin American countries became leading voices and innovators on addressing climate change—and what threatens their leadership. Latin American countries have increased their influence at the United Nations climate change negotiations and offered potential solutions on coping with global warming. But in the face of competing priorities, sometimes these climate policies are jettisoned, undermined, or simply ignored. A Fragmented Continent focuses on Latin America's three major blocs at the U.N. climate negotiations and how they attempt to balance climate action with building prosperity. Brazil has reduced its deforestation but continues its drive for economic growth and global recognition. A leftist group led by Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador decries the injustice of climate change but is highly dependent on the export of fossil fuels. A new group, including Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru and supported by Mexico, offers sharp reductions in their carbon emissions in return for greater action by others; these countries now have to deliver on their promises. Weaving together issues of politics and economy, trade, foreign policy, civil society, and environmental protection, A Fragmented Continent offers a long-missing perspective on one of this century's greatest challenges and neglected regions.

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MIT Press

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0262528118

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9780262528115

Scientists as Entrepreneurs

Organizational Performance in Scientist-Started New Ventures

By: Karel J. Samsom

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Scientists as Entrepreneurs

Organizational Performance in Scientist-Started New Ventures

By: Karel J. Samsom

When you are doing something that is a brand new adventure, breaking new ground, whether it is something like a techno logical breakthrough or simply a way of living that is not what the community can help you with, there is always the danger of too much enthusiasm, of neglecting certain mechan ical details. Then you fall off. 'A danger path this is. ' When you follow the path of your desire and enthusiasm and emotion, keep your mind in control, and don't let it pull you compulsively into disaster. " Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth Through ten years of working with and observing scientists in the bio medical fields, I have found Joseph Campbell's words to be especially applicable to the scientist who decides to embark on an entrepreneurial journey. Joseph Campbell was not a student of entrepreneurship. His scholarship was contained in a series of comprehensive studies of mythology, the captivating stories of mankind's search over the ages for truth, meaning and significance. Still, his advice here contains many of the essential ingredients of successful science-based venturing: the charting of new ground socially, technological breakthroughs, enthusiasm and emotion balanced by careful reasoning, and finally, awareness of the danger of neglecting details. Coming from such a different philosophical and occupational culture into entrepreneurship and business, the scientist faces extraordinary challenges although the rewards of putting together a successful company can be equally satisfying.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9401578680

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9789401578684

Social Problems

By: John J. Macionis

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Social Problems

By: John J. Macionis

Macionis's Social Problems is the only social problems text that explains how society frames social problems and solutions through politics. The text analyzes social issues and policies, using the concepts of sociological theory and the everyday language of politics. & This text helps students understand the attitudes and values that define the political spectrum in the United States. Once students know how social problems are defined by our society through politics, and how the policies to solve these problems are developed, students are able to & become involved in solving social problems through activism and political involvement.

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Prentice Hall

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0131891871

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9780131891876

Green Criminology

Crime, Justice, and the Environment

By: Michael J. Lynch,Michael A. Long,Paul B. Stretesky,Kimberly L. Barrett

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Green Criminology

Crime, Justice, and the Environment

By: Michael J. Lynch,Michael A. Long,Paul B. Stretesky,Kimberly L. Barrett

This groundbreaking text provides students with an overview and assessment of green criminology as well as a call to action. Green Criminology draws attention to the ways in which the political-economic organization of capitalism causes ecological destruction and disorganization. Focusing on real-world issues of green crime and environmental justice, chapters examine ecological withdrawals, ecological additions, toxic towns, wildlife poaching and trafficking, environmental laws, and nongovernmental environmental organizations. The book also presents an unintimidating introduction to research from the physical sciences on issues such as climate change, pollution levels, and the ecological footprint of humans, providing a truly interdisciplinary foundation for green criminological analysis. To help students succeed in the course—and to encourage them to see themselves as future green criminology researchers—the end-of-chapter study guides include: • Questions and Activities for Students that review topics students should be able to conceptualize and address. • Lessons for Researchers that suggest additional areas of research in the study of green crime.

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Univ of California Press

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0520964225

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9780520964228

The Spirit of Entrepreneurship

Exploring the Essence of Entrepreneurship Through Personal Stories

By: Sharda S. Nandram,Karel J. Samsom

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The Spirit of Entrepreneurship

Exploring the Essence of Entrepreneurship Through Personal Stories

By: Sharda S. Nandram,Karel J. Samsom

In this book, Sharda S. Nandram and Karel J. Samsom, entrepreneurial researchers at Nyenrode Business University, explore entrepreneurship through the lens of human behaviour. The study presents personal stories of 60 entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial executives, from CEOs to creative leaders in the public sector. The book shows how mutually beneficial results can occur when the pursuit of profit is balanced with the interdependent needs of individuals, the community and the planet.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540347615

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Politics and Culture in the Developing World

The Impact of Globalization

By: Richard J. Payne,Jamal R. Nassar

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Politics and Culture in the Developing World

The Impact of Globalization

By: Richard J. Payne,Jamal R. Nassar

This comprehensive introduction focuses on the effects of globalization to tie concepts together for students and show them how the fates of developing nations and developed nations are intertwined. This new edition features an expanded focus on globalization, a student-friendly design, and all material has been updated to reflect the most recent world events.

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Longman Publishing Group

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0321209508

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9780321209504

Trouble in Paradise

Globalization and Environmental Crises in Latin America

By: J Roberts Timmons

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Globalization and Environmental Crises in Latin America

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Sociology

By: John J. Macionis

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Sociology

By: John J. Macionis

The student edition of an advanced sociology textbook. Special sections on the impact of technology on society are included, along with an interactive CD-ROM.

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0130953911

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Transnational Climate Change Governance

By: Harriet Bulkeley,Liliana B. Andonova,Michele M. Betsill,Daniel Compagnon,Thomas Hale,Matthew J. Hoffmann,Peter Newell,Matthew Paterson,Charles Roger,Stacy D. VanDeveer

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Transnational Climate Change Governance

By: Harriet Bulkeley,Liliana B. Andonova,Michele M. Betsill,Daniel Compagnon,Thomas Hale,Matthew J. Hoffmann,Peter Newell,Matthew Paterson,Charles Roger,Stacy D. VanDeveer

The world of climate politics is increasingly no longer confined to the activities of national governments and international negotiations. Critical to this transformation of the politics of climate change has been the emergence of new forms of transnational governance that cut across traditional state-based jurisdictions and operate across public and private divides. This book provides the first comprehensive, cutting-edge account of the world of transnational climate change governance. Co-authored by a team of the world's leading experts in the field and based on a survey of sixty case studies, the book traces the emergence, nature and consequences of this phenomenon, and assesses the implications for the field of global environmental politics. It will prove invaluable for researchers, graduate students and policy makers in climate change, political science, international relations, human geography, sociology and ecological economics.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139993399

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Geography

Realms, Regions, and Concepts

By: Harm J. de Blij,Peter O. Muller

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Geography

Realms, Regions, and Concepts

By: Harm J. de Blij,Peter O. Muller

A penetrating look at the geographical framework of the contemporary world using the geographic perspective and geography's spatial terminology to investigate the globe's great geographic regions. Features complete, balanced and in-depth coverage of human culture, historical, physical and economic geography along with the very latest developments and implications. As in previous editions, this one contains outstanding illustrative materials including over 200 detailed maps.

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Wiley

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0471580899

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Entrepreneurship

Strategies and Resources

By: Marc J. Dollinger

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Entrepreneurship

Strategies and Resources

By: Marc J. Dollinger

New to Prentice Hall, this upper-level Entrepreneurship text is perfect for the MBA or Executive MBA market. Brief, paperback, the text frames the theories and applications of entrepreneurship within a resource-based theory focus. The new edition is designed to be more user-friendly, with increased pedagogy, (such as the Street Stories mini-cases.)

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0137459939

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Trouble in Paradise

Trouble in Paradise

Power in a Warming World

Power in a Warming World

A Fragmented Continent

A Fragmented Continent

Scientists as Entrepreneurs

Scientists as Entrepreneurs

Social Problems

Social Problems

Green Criminology

Green Criminology

The Spirit of Entrepreneurship

The Spirit of Entrepreneurship

Politics and Culture in the Developing World

Politics and Culture in the Developing World

Trouble in Paradise

Trouble in Paradise

Sociology

Sociology

Transnational Climate Change Governance

Transnational Climate Change Governance

Geography

Geography

Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship

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