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Public Management and the Metagovernance of Hierarchies, Networks and Markets
Springer 2008; US$ 139.99What is modern governance? Is it the battle against a old-fashioneda (TM) hierarchy, or is it the restoration of key hierarchical values? Is it optimizing network management, or maximizing the benefits of market thinking in the public-sector? This book argues that it is the combination of all this. The next question is: In practice, how do successful... more...
Global Warming For Dummies
Wiley 2008; US$ 21.99Get positive suggestions for practical solutions to this heated issue. Hotly debated in the political arena and splashed across the media almost 24/7, global warming has become the topic of the moment. Whatever one's views on its cause, there is no denying that the earth's climate is changing, and people everywhere are worried. Global Warming For... more...
The Social Risks of Agriculture
ABC-CLIO 2002; US$ 139.00In a vast society where environmentally conscious nonfarming voters and consumers have grown to greatly outnumber those directly engaged in agriculture, what happens in agriculture becomes increasingly subject to control by the general society, as policies and laws cater to constituents and consumers. This book provides an overview of how Americans... more...
Evaluating Agri-Environmental Policies
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2005; US$ 112.00These conference proceedings present a series of evaluations of agri-environmental policies in OECD countries. They examine how effective the policies have been in achieving objectives and what policy makers have learned about the design and implementation of their policies. . These proceedings show that different methods of policy evaluation... more...
Water Policy in Spain
CRC Press 2009; US$ 99.95Offers an account of the history of water policy in Spain since the beginnings of the 20th century. This book presents a synopsis of the physical, economic, environmental and climatic bases of Spain, also covering corresponding political topics. It reviews major constraints and opportunities that are relevant to face major water policy challenges. more...
The Design and Implementation of US Climate Policy
University of Chicago Press 2012; US$ 88.00Economic research on climate change has been crucial in advancing our understanding of the consequences associated with global warming as well as the costs and benefits of the various policies that might reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. As nations work to develop climate policies, economic insights into their design and implementation are ever... more...
Radioactive Waste
Routledge 1991; US$ 74.00This analysis of nuclear strategy, the politics of nuclear power and the shifting emphasis of government regulation redefines the issue of radwaste management and sets it at the centre of the current debate about the environment. more...
Indigenous Enviromental Knowledge and its Transformations
Taylor and Francis 2000; US$ 44.95The first concerted critical examination of the uses and abuses of indigenous knowledge. The contributors focus on a series of interrelated issues in their interrogation of indigenous knowledge and its specific applications within the localised contexts of particular Asian societies and regional cultures. In particular they explore the problems of... more...
Water and Gender
eContent Management Pty Ltd 2008; US$ 110.00Already an estimated one billion people are short of safe water supplies for drinking and basic life needs and it is foreshadowed that lack of access to clean reliable freshwater will be the world's greatest threat in the 21st century. In many cultures men and women are affected differently by these challenges, so gender ought to be explicit in designing... more...
The School Food Revolution
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 44.95'The School Food Revolution is an important book that deserves success.' Journal of Organic Systems 'A great new book that describes how 'the humble school meal' can be considered as 'a litmus test of... government's political commitment to sustainable development.' Peter Riggs, Director, Forum on Democracy & Trade 'The School Food Revolution should... more...









