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Climate Variability, Climate Change and Fisheries
edited by Michael H. Glantz, fl. 1992 (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2005, originally published 1992), 460 page(s)
As we approach the end of the twentieth century, public and scientific attention is focusing increasingly on the detection and assessment of changes in our environment. This unique volume addresses the potential implications of global warming for fisheries and the societies which depend on them.
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edited by Michael H. Glantz, fl. 1992 (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2005, originally published 1992), 460 page(s)
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As we approach the end of the twentieth century, public and scientific attention is focusing increasingly on the detection and assessment of changes in our environment. This unique volume addresses the potential implications of global warming for fisheries and the societies which depend on them.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
General reference book
Contributor
Michael H. Glantz, fl. 1992
Date Published / Released
1992, 2005
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Topic / Theme
Climate Change - Context and Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Fisheries, Climate change, Sociology, Ecology, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Climate Variability, Climate Change and Social Vulnerability in the Semi-arid Tropics
edited by Stahis S. Panagides, fl. 1996, Antonio Magalhaes, fl. 1992 and Jesse C. Ribot, fl. 1996 (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2005, originally published 1996), 191 page(s)
Climate changes can trigger major disasters to occur. These contributors look at the underlying causes as to why certain communities are affected more than others. Case studies from across the globe are examined, with a view to discerning the possible effects global warming might bring, and the actions that conseq...
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edited by Stahis S. Panagides, fl. 1996, Antonio Magalhaes, fl. 1992 and Jesse C. Ribot, fl. 1996 (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2005, originally published 1996), 191 page(s)
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Climate changes can trigger major disasters to occur. These contributors look at the underlying causes as to why certain communities are affected more than others. Case studies from across the globe are examined, with a view to discerning the possible effects global warming might bring, and the actions that consequently must be taken.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
General reference book
Contributor
Stahis S. Panagides, fl. 1996, Antonio Magalhaes, fl. 1992, Jesse C. Ribot, fl. 1996
Date Published / Released
1996, 2005
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Topic / Theme
Climate Change - Context and Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Deforestation in the Amazon, Climate change, Environmental impact analysis, Sociology, Ecology, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Comparative ethnic and race relations, European Immigration Policy: A Comparative Study
edited by Tomas Hammar, 1928-, in Comparative ethnic and race relations (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2009, originally published 1985), 319 page(s)
This book, first published in 1985, presents a comprehensive analysis of immigration policy in Europe. Six representative countries are looked at in detail: Sweden, Holland, Britain, France, West Germany and Switzerland. All have experienced large-scale postwar immigration and exemplify different policy responses.
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edited by Tomas Hammar, 1928-, in Comparative ethnic and race relations (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2009, originally published 1985), 319 page(s)
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This book, first published in 1985, presents a comprehensive analysis of immigration policy in Europe. Six representative countries are looked at in detail: Sweden, Holland, Britain, France, West Germany and Switzerland. All have experienced large-scale postwar immigration and exemplify different policy responses.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Book
Contributor
Tomas Hammar, 1928-
Date Published / Released
1985, 2009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Series
Comparative ethnic and race relations
Topic / Theme
EU and its Borders, Internal and External, Immigration laws, Immigration and emigration, Government policy, Geography, Europeans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985
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Confronting Climate Change: Risks, Implications and Responses
edited by Irving Mintzer, fl. 1992 (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1992, originally published 1992), 398 page(s)
Confronting Climate Change is a guide to the risks, dilemmas, and opportunities of the emerging political era, in which the impacts of a global warming could affect all regional, public and even individual decisions. Written by a renowned group of scientists, political analysts and economists, all with direct expe...
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edited by Irving Mintzer, fl. 1992 (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1992, originally published 1992), 398 page(s)
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Confronting Climate Change is a guide to the risks, dilemmas, and opportunities of the emerging political era, in which the impacts of a global warming could affect all regional, public and even individual decisions. Written by a renowned group of scientists, political analysts and economists, all with direct experience in climate change related deliberations, Confronting Climate Change is a survey of the best available answers to three vital que...
Confronting Climate Change is a guide to the risks, dilemmas, and opportunities of the emerging political era, in which the impacts of a global warming could affect all regional, public and even individual decisions. Written by a renowned group of scientists, political analysts and economists, all with direct experience in climate change related deliberations, Confronting Climate Change is a survey of the best available answers to three vital questions: What do we know so far about the foreseeable dangers of climate change? How reliable is our knowledge? What are the most rewarding ways to respond? The book begins by exploring the key linkages and feedbacks that connect the risks of rapid climate change to other important environmental, economic and political problems of our time. Recognizing persistent uncertainties in the scientific understanding of climate change, the book draws attention to those areas of research which may reveal surprises which could change the sense of political urgency surrounding the climate problem - as did the discovery of the Antarctic ozone hole. It explores the geological record of climate change over the Earth's history, seeking a better understanding of how the climate has changed rapidly in countries while minimizing the long-term environmental damages which otherwise will result from continuing the current patterns of energy supply and use. The book is written to cross discipline boundaries, so that policy makers, economists, scientists, risk assessors, environmentalists and development advocates may understand each other's concerns. It shows how the international debate on managing the risks of rapid climate change may be re-shaped for the benfit of people in every nation on the planet.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
General reference book
Contributor
Irving Mintzer, fl. 1992
Date Published / Released
1992
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Topic / Theme
Climate Change - Context and Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Climate change mitigation, Climate change, Ecology, Sociology, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Contemporary China Institute Publications, The Thought of Mao Tse-Tung
written by Stuart R. Schram, 1924-2012, in Contemporary China Institute Publications (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1990, originally published 1989), 254 page(s)
Professor Schram offers a fascinating and sure-footed analysis of Mao's intellectual itinerary, recognizing the positive value of his thought but underscoring also the irrationality of Mao's Great Leap strategy, and the destructive consequences of the personality cult.
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written by Stuart R. Schram, 1924-2012, in Contemporary China Institute Publications (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1990, originally published 1989), 254 page(s)
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Professor Schram offers a fascinating and sure-footed analysis of Mao's intellectual itinerary, recognizing the positive value of his thought but underscoring also the irrationality of Mao's Great Leap strategy, and the destructive consequences of the personality cult.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Stuart R. Schram, 1924-2012
Date Published / Released
1989, 1990
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Series
Contemporary China Institute Publications
Person Discussed
Mao Zedong, 1893-1976
Topic / Theme
Chinese Revolution, 1949 and the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976, Communism, Politics, History, Politics & Policy, Chinese, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989
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Contemporary Political Theory, Justice without Borders: Cosmopolitanism, Nationalism, and Patriotism
written by Tan Kok-Chor, 1964-; edited by Ian Shapiro, 1956-, in Contemporary Political Theory (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2004, originally published 2004), 235 page(s)
Kok-Chor Tan argues that the cosmopolitan idea of global justice may be understood in such a way that it can accept some forms of nationalist and patriotic commitments without having to abandon its ideal of global equal concern. This accessible, persuasive book will appeal to political theorists and moral philosop...
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Contemporary Political Theory, Justice without Borders: Cosmopolitanism, Nationalism, and Patriotism
written by Tan Kok-Chor, 1964-; edited by Ian Shapiro, 1956-, in Contemporary Political Theory (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2004, originally published 2004), 235 page(s)
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Kok-Chor Tan argues that the cosmopolitan idea of global justice may be understood in such a way that it can accept some forms of nationalist and patriotic commitments without having to abandon its ideal of global equal concern. This accessible, persuasive book will appeal to political theorists and moral philosophers.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Book
Contributor
Ian Shapiro, 1956-
Author / Creator
Tan Kok-Chor, 1964-
Date Published / Released
2004, November 2004
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Series
Contemporary Political Theory
Topic / Theme
Border Events and Areas Context, Nationalism, Law, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © Kok-Chor Tan 2004
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Countervailing Forces in African-American Civil Activism, 1973-1994
written by Valeria Sinclair-Chapman, fl. 2003, Frederick C. Harris, 1963- and Brian D. McKenzie, fl. 2002 (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2005, originally published 2005), 190 page(s)
The changes in black activism since the civil rights movement can be characterized by a tug-of-war between black political power on one side and economic conditions in black communities on the other according to this study. As blacks gain greater access and influence within the political system, black participatio...
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written by Valeria Sinclair-Chapman, fl. 2003, Frederick C. Harris, 1963- and Brian D. McKenzie, fl. 2002 (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2005, originally published 2005), 190 page(s)
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The changes in black activism since the civil rights movement can be characterized by a tug-of-war between black political power on one side and economic conditions in black communities on the other according to this study. As blacks gain greater access and influence within the political system, black participation in political activities increases while downward turns in the economic conditions of black communities produce less civic involvement...
The changes in black activism since the civil rights movement can be characterized by a tug-of-war between black political power on one side and economic conditions in black communities on the other according to this study. As blacks gain greater access and influence within the political system, black participation in political activities increases while downward turns in the economic conditions of black communities produce less civic involvement in black communities. Examining changes in black activism from the early 1970s to the 1990s, this tug-of-war demonstrates that the quest for black political empowerment and the realities of economic and social life act as countervailing forces.
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Global Issues
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General reference book
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Valeria Sinclair-Chapman, fl. 2003, Frederick C. Harris, 1963-, Brian D. McKenzie, fl. 2002
Date Published / Released
2005
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Topic / Theme
Long Civil Rights Movement, United States, Civil rights, Black community, Social activism and activists, Politics & Policy, Sociology, African Americans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2006 Fredrick C. Harris, Valeria Sinclair-Chapman, Brian D. McKenzie
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edited by Mary L. Volcansek, fl. 2010 and John F. Stack, Jr., fl. 2010; in Courts and Terrorism: Nine Nations Balance Rights and Security (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2011, originally published 2011)
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edited by Mary L. Volcansek, fl. 2010 and John F. Stack, Jr., fl. 2010; in Courts and Terrorism: Nine Nations Balance Rights and Security (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2011, originally published 2011)
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Front/back matter
Contributor
Mary L. Volcansek, fl. 2010, John F. Stack, Jr., fl. 2010
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Topic / Theme
9/11 and Post-9/11 World, Organized crime, Civil defense, Criminal justice, Terrorism, Civil rights, Global Counter Terrorism, 2001-, Law, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Creeping Environmental Problems and Sustainable Development in the Aral Sea Basin
edited by Michael H. Glantz, fl. 1992 (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2004, originally published 1999), 305 page(s)
This multidisciplinary 1999 book comprehensively describes one of the worst human-made environmental catastrophes of the twentieth century: the slow onset of incremental changes which affected the Aral Sea region and its peoples. It provides an important example of how to approach such disasters for students and r...
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edited by Michael H. Glantz, fl. 1992 (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2004, originally published 1999), 305 page(s)
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This multidisciplinary 1999 book comprehensively describes one of the worst human-made environmental catastrophes of the twentieth century: the slow onset of incremental changes which affected the Aral Sea region and its peoples. It provides an important example of how to approach such disasters for students and researchers of environmental studies, global change, political science and history.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
General reference book
Contributor
Michael H. Glantz, fl. 1992
Date Published / Released
1999, 2004
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Topic / Theme
Aral Sea, Water resources development, Environmental disasters, Lakes, Ecology, Northern Uzbek, Russians, Kazakh, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Currents of Radicalism: Popular Radicalism, Organised Labour and Party Politics in Britain, 1850–1914
edited by Alastair J. Reid, fl. 1991 and Eugenio F. Biagini, 1958- (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2004, originally published 1991), 322 page(s)
'Those who were originally called radicals and afterwards reformers, are called Chartists', declared Thomas Duncombe before Parliament in 1842, a comment which can be adapted for a later period and as a description of this collection of papers: 'those who were originally called Chartists were afterwards called Lib...
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edited by Alastair J. Reid, fl. 1991 and Eugenio F. Biagini, 1958- (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2004, originally published 1991), 322 page(s)
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'Those who were originally called radicals and afterwards reformers, are called Chartists', declared Thomas Duncombe before Parliament in 1842, a comment which can be adapted for a later period and as a description of this collection of papers: 'those who were originally called Chartists were afterwards called Liberal and Labour activists'. In other words, the central argument of this book is that there was a substantial continuity in popular rad...
'Those who were originally called radicals and afterwards reformers, are called Chartists', declared Thomas Duncombe before Parliament in 1842, a comment which can be adapted for a later period and as a description of this collection of papers: 'those who were originally called Chartists were afterwards called Liberal and Labour activists'. In other words, the central argument of this book is that there was a substantial continuity in popular radicalism throughout the nineteenth and into the twentieth century. The papers stress both the popular elements in Gladstonian Liberalism and the radical liberal elements in the early Labour party. The first part of the book focuses on the continuity of popular attitudes across the commonly-assumed mid-century divide, with studies of significant personalities and movements, as well as a local case study. The second part examines the strong links between Gladstonian Liberalism and the working classes, looking in particular at labour law, taxation, and the Irish crisis. The final part assesses the impact of radical traditions on early Labour politics, in Parliament, the unions, and local government. The same attitudes towards liberty, the rule of law, and local democracy are highlighted throughout, and new questions are therefore posed about the major transitions in the popular politics of the period.
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Global Issues
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Book
Contributor
Alastair J. Reid, fl. 1991, Eugenio F. Biagini, 1958-
Date Published / Released
1991-06, 2004
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Topic / Theme
Revolution and Protest context, Radicalism, Political parties, Government, Politics & Policy, History, British, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991
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