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The Suicidal Planet

How to Prevent Global Climate Catastrophe

By: Mayer Hillman,Tina Fawcett,Sudhir Chella Rajan

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The Suicidal Planet

How to Prevent Global Climate Catastrophe

By: Mayer Hillman,Tina Fawcett,Sudhir Chella Rajan

An outstanding overview of global warming--and solutions to the global crisis--from a distinguished world-class authority.

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0312353553

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9780312353551

A Social Theory of Corruption

By: Sudhir Chella Rajan

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A social theory of grand corruption from antiquity to the twenty-first century. In contemporary policy discourse, the notion of corruption is highly constricted, understood just as the pursuit of private gain while fulfilling a public duty. Its paradigmatic manifestations are bribery and extortion, placing the onus on individuals, typically bureaucrats. Sudhir Chella Rajan argues that this understanding ignores the true depths of corruption, which is properly seen as a foundation of social structures. Not just bribes but also caste, gender relations, and the reproduction of class are forms of corruption. Using South Asia as a case study, Rajan argues that syndromes of corruption can be identified by paying attention to social orders and the elites they support. From the breakup of the Harappan civilization in the second millennium BCE to the anticolonial movement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, elites and their descendants made off with substantial material and symbolic gains for hundreds of years before their schemes unraveled. Rajan makes clear that this grander form of corruption is not limited to India or the annals of global history. Societal corruption is endemic, as tax cheats and complicit bankers squirrel away public money in offshore accounts, corporate titans buy political influence, and the rich ensure that their children live lavishly no matter how little they contribute. These elites use their privileged access to power to fix the rules of the game—legal structures and social norms—benefiting themselves, even while most ordinary people remain faithful to the rubrics of everyday life.

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Harvard University Press

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0674241274

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By: Sudhir Chella Rajan

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How We Can Save the Planet

Preventing Global Climate Catastrophe

By: Mayer Hillman,Tina Fawcett,Sudhir Chella Rajan

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How We Can Save the Planet

Preventing Global Climate Catastrophe

By: Mayer Hillman,Tina Fawcett,Sudhir Chella Rajan

An outstanding overview on global warming---and what we can do about it---from a distinguished world-class authority Climate change is the single biggest problem that humankind has ever had to face, as we continue with lifestyles that are way beyond the planet's limits. In this book Mayer Hillman explains the real issues: what role technology can play, how you and your community can make changes, and why governments must act now to protect our planet for later generations. How We Can Save the Planet: Preventing Global Climate Catastrophe takes us out of the problem and into the solution of our global crisis.

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St. Martin's Griffin

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1429952466

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The Enigma of Automobility

Democratic Politics and Pollution Control

By: Sudhir Chella Rajan

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The Enigma of Automobility

Democratic Politics and Pollution Control

By: Sudhir Chella Rajan

Rajan investigates air pollution policy as one based on how to make cars less polluting. Putting the onus on auto manufacturers and owners has generated an elaborate scheme of emissions testing and pollution-control devices, and does not look at the technology itself as the heart of the problem. Rajan focuses his study on data collected in Los Angeles, to show how emissions testing burdens the poor, who tend to own older cars that pollute more. Rajan argues for democratic control over technology, steering it away from special interest groups and toward a long-term ethical resolution.

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University of Pittsburgh Pre

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0822974886

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The Enigma of Automobility

Democratic Politics and Pollution Control

By: Sudhir Chella Rajan

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Democratic Politics and Pollution Control

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The Suicidal Planet

How to Prevent Global Climate Catastrophe

By: Mayer Hillman,Tina Fawcett,Sudhir Chella Rajan

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The Suicidal Planet

How to Prevent Global Climate Catastrophe

By: Mayer Hillman,Tina Fawcett,Sudhir Chella Rajan

An outstanding overview on global warming--and what we can do about it--from a distinguished world-class authority Climate change is the single biggest problem that humankind has ever had to face, as we continue with lifestyles that are way beyond the planet's limits. Mayer Hillman explains the real issues: what role technology can play, how you and your community can make changes, and what governments must do now to protect our planet for future generations. In The Suicidal Planet, he proposes: - A ceiling on greenhouse gas emissions by the world's governments - Global carbon rationing to reduce our individal carbon outputs to a fair and ecologically safe level - Helpful guidelines for the home, travel, and leisure - And much, much more. Featuring the very latest information on global warming completely revised to include U.S. facts and figures, The Suicidal Planet takes us out of the problem and into the solution of our international crisis.

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1429988126

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The Suicidal Planet

The Suicidal Planet

A Social Theory of Corruption

A Social Theory of Corruption

A Social Theory of Corruption

A Social Theory of Corruption

How We Can Save the Planet

How We Can Save the Planet

The Enigma of Automobility

The Enigma of Automobility

The Enigma of Automobility

The Enigma of Automobility

The Suicidal Planet

The Suicidal Planet

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