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Circular economies in an unequal world

waste, renewal, and the effects of global circularity

This landmark first anthropological open access volume on the topic of 'circular economies' brings together a range of international scholars with regional specialisations in Europe, Africa, Asia, and South America to examine the concept's global implications. Aspirations towards a circular economy have become increasingly ...

Digital Mediation

Digital mediation is here to stay, but how do mediators, advisers and clients achieve the same results from digital mediations as they do from face to face mediations? Do new skills and mindsets need to be learnt? Can you build rapport online? Can you read ...

International Organizations

This new textbook introduces readers to the nature, structure and purpose of international organizations (IOs). Taking a broad, issues-based approach, the book goes beyond a conventional focus on topics like security and finance to cover global health, migration, food security, and technology. In addition to ...

Negotiating with the devil

inside the world of armed conflict mediation

After many years in the little-known world of back- channel mediation, helping sworn adversaries to prevent, manage or resolve conflict, Pierre Hazan felt compelled to re-examine the acute practical and ethical dilemmas that affected his work in Bosnia, Ukraine, the Sahel and the Central African ...

Defying the dragon

Hong Kong and the world's largest dictatorship

'Defying the Dragon' tells a remarkable story of audacity: of how the people of Hong Kong challenged the PRC's authority, just as its president reached the height of his powers. Is Xi's China as unshakeable as it seems? What are its real interests ...

NATO and the Russian War in Ukraine

strategic integration and military interoperability

For three decades after the Cold War, NATO member states no longer faced a major threat, and focussed on out-of-area operations. They took the opportunity to reduce defence spending and foster their own national defence industries; interoperability was limited to air and maritime missions on ...

Rights versus antitrust

Challenging the ethics of competition law

Antitrust or competition law is widely considered an essential part of the legal and political structures of most liberal democracies and an integral foundation of a market economy. In this book, Mark D. White disputes this understanding, drawing on concepts from economics, philosophy, and law ...

Lost in ideology

interpreting modern political life

Modern political life is a confusing and disorientating terrain of competing ideologies. Jason Blakely offers readers a lively, fresh and insightful guide through the labyrinth of conflicting and competing ideas in order to better understand why ideology in the modern era can be so divisive ...

Climate finance

taking a position on climate futures

Climate change is increasingly contested on financial terms. Different actors are advancing competing climate visions and interests by adopting financial positions. International institutions urge action by identifying financing gaps needed to meet climate targets. The finance sector claims it holds the key to unlocking money ...

Statistics for economists

This first course in statistics is designed for undergraduate students. There are dozens of statistics textbooks in the market. But most of these textbooks are either pitched at a level that is too high or too low for most undergraduate students. Many use calculus and ...

Comparative competition law

This book provides a comparative overview of the rules of EU, US, and Japanese law on competition. After an overview of their history and the underlying economic issues, it compares perspectives on cartels and other agreements restraining competition (ancillary agreements, R&D/specialization agreements, distribution agreements); single-firm conduct (abuse of ...

El Tribunal Constitucional de España

Guía jurídico-práctica de su funcionamiento

Esta obra es una guía jurídico-práctica que analiza el funcionamiento del Tribunal Constitucional de España, ofreciendo una consulta rápida y global a su jurisprudencia más relevante. Incluye más de 600 sentencias y autos, brindando una visión completa y actualizada del tribunal. Presenta un listado detallado ...

Abogados, estrategia, gestión y derecho

redefiniendo la práctica jurídica en España

En un entorno legal en constante cambio esta es una guía esencial para que los despachos de abogados se adapten y evolucionen. El libro aborda la implementación de tecnologías avanzadas y la automatización de procesos, ofreciendo herramientas prácticas para innovar en la gestión. Destaca la ...

Iran's Ministry of Intelligence

a concise history

Steven R. Ward provides an accessible overview of Iran's Ministry of Intelligence (MOIS) and its focus on tracking and countering domestic dissent and perceived foreign-inspired sedition. The ministry's checkered record of effective intelligence operations includes a history of assassinations and human rights abuses ...

Soft power beyond the nation

An innovative, interdisciplinary perspective on soft power in history, moving beyond the framework of the nation-state Starting in the nineteenth century, as world events became more interconnected than ever, and as public opinion began to weigh on democratic governments, nations employed new communication strategies and ...

Pakistan's ISI

a concise history of the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate

An introduction to Pakistan's ISI, which has been both an essential ally and problematic partner of the United States Forged during the tumultuous aftermath of Partition in 1947, the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI) has grown to become the preeminent intelligence service in Pakistan. Its ...

La oscura disonancia

Piedad Bonnett nació un 18 de enero de 1951 en Amalfi, pueblo del nordeste antioqueño en el que transcurrieron ocho años fundamentales de su vida. Uno de sus poemas más luminosos es «Volver al tiempo de los techos altos», donde emplea por primera vez la ...

Private law and competition regulation

a comparative study

This book explores the distinction between private and public aspects in competition law and focuses on how the concept of competition is incorporated into the legal framework. Distinguishing between antitrust regulations and competition-related legal rules in private law, such as unfair competition and contract laws ...

Taking back control?

states and state systems after globalism

The era of hyperglobalization once hailed as the 'end of history' was characterised by boundless capitalist expansion. The neoliberal revolution gave rise to a politics of scale aimed at the centralization and unification of states and state systems: the replacement of national with global governance ...

Colonialism and Antarctica

attitudes, logics, and practices

This book explores how the concept of colonialism can help to understand the past and present of Antarctica, and how Antarctica may illuminate the limits of colonialism as an analytic concept. Despite lacking an indigenous population, the continent has been shaped by many of the ...