This book will be a wake-up call, describing in jaw-dropping detail the story of what the anti-choice movement is doing to the rights to birth control, abortion, and privacy.
This report looks at the progress that has been achieved in developing the conflict prevention capacity of the United Nations. It also provides recommendations on how efforts of the United Nations system in this field could be further enhanced, with the cooperation and active involvement of Member States, who ultimately have primary responsibility for conflict prevention. This report stresses t…
The second volume of the international environmental law reports focused on trade and environment. This volume provides a complete set of the major dispute settlement reports and judicial decisions in environment-related cases under three international trade regimes the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and its successor the World Trade Organization (WTO); the Canada-USA free Trade …
The papers included in this book cover different aspects of the governance of the Bretton Woods institutions. They explore different options for reform and show that enhancing the participation of developing and emerging market countries in resolving the major monetary and financial problems confronting the world economy, would improve global economic performance and contribute to the eliminati…
Morris' earlier work exposed the realities of how 700,000 Palestinians became refugees during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. While the focus of this edition remains the war and exodus, new archival material considers what happened in Jerusalem, Jaffa and Haifa, and how these events led to the collapse of urban Palestine. Revealing battles and atrocities that contributed to the disintegration of rur…
Contents: Part 1: The free ride 1. Lighting the fire 2. The last of the easy oil 3. The future's so bright 4. Energy is power 5. Too hot Part II: On the road to nowhere Part III: Into the blue etc.
The book analyzes sustainability as defined by each of these sectors in terms of the principles, declarations and intentions that have emerged from conferences and publications, and which serve as guidelines for policy decisions and future activities. Common themes are then explored, including: An emphasis on stewardship The need for economic restructuring promoting no waste and equitable d…
This book outlines how to conduct a complete environmental risk assessment. The first part documents the psychology and philosophy of risk perception and assessment, introducing a taxonomy of uncertainty and the importance of context. It provides a critical examination of the use and abuse of expert judgement and goes on to outline approaches to hazard identification and subjective ranking that…
The years of 2000-2004 were presumably very challenging period in conducting 'the final stage' of my work on 'Rethinking the Indonesian Crisis'. Since August 2000 I conducted several in-depth interviews in Jakarta with key people who provided important information. Most of these in-depth interviews have greatly influenced this work, and con- sistently made me rethink and re-evaluate the Indones…
Book Summary of India And Russia: Towards Strategic Partnership Russia in the new millennium Russia federation; Towards resolving the global problem Russia and India as strategic partners effective state and Vladimir Putin Russian economy on the way to revival Russia and India: Military & technical co-operation geo-political interests and security concerns Delhi declaration on strategic partner…