Public Policy, Prevention Science, ACEs – alle Bücher, Seite 6

Rob Hopkins
How to Fall in Love with the Future

There are an infinite number of possible futures that lie ahead of us---like threads stretching out into the distance. Rob Hopkins, cofounder of the international Transition Network movement, invites us t…

lieferbar innerhalb 1-2 Wochen

Buch

Mikaela Loach
It's Not That Radical

From a star of the climate justice movement, a fresh, radical perspective for real climate action and "an indispensable toolkit for a new generation of activists" (Naomi Klein). For too long, re…

lieferbar innerhalb 1-2 Wochen

Buch

Elspeth Hay
Feed Us with Trees

What if the future of food grew on trees---and had been with us all along?From acorns to chestnuts, hazelnuts, and beyond, discover the ancient staple crops that could nourish people andheal the planet.Wh…

lieferbar innerhalb 1-2 Wochen

Buch

Elizabeth Suhay
Debating the American Dream

Faith in the American Dream--the idea that anyone who works hard can achieve success--has waned in the 21st century. Decreases in economic mobility, increases in the wealth gap, and other economic shifts …

lieferbar innerhalb 1-2 Wochen

Buch

Alva Gotby
Feeling at Home

Housing is more than bricks and mortar. Feeling at Homegrapples with the practical and emotional questions of housing -- domestic labour, privacy, security, ownership, and health. Is it possible to imagin…

lieferbar ab 15.2.2026.

Buch

Violent Atmospheres

"In Southeast Asia, atmospheric violence emerges from the haze plumes of burning of palm oil plantations, the invisible but powerful spread of viral flows, and the subordination of upland farmers who…

lieferbar innerhalb 1-2 Wochen

Buch

Rebecca Solnit
The Beginning Comes After the End

Rebecca Solnit offers a thrilling account of the sheer breadth and scale of social, political, scientific, and cultural change over the past three quarters of a century. In this sequel to her enduring be…

lieferbar ab 3.3.2026.

Buch

Nancy Matsumoto
Reaping What She Sows

A James Beard Award winner celebrates the women heroes who are fighting against the Big Food system---and asks the question: How should we eat?When the Covid-19 pandemic ripped through global food supply …

lieferbar innerhalb 1-2 Wochen

Buch

Andrew Dan Selee, Valerie Lacarte, Diego Chaves-Gonzalez, Ariel G Ruiz Soto
On the Move

The Americas is a region on the move and is both the source and recipient of some of the largest migrations in the world today. While much scholarship and public commentary focus on the considerable movem…

lieferbar innerhalb 1-2 Wochen

Buch

Lauren Woodard
Ambiguous Inclusion

Ambiguous Inclusion examines how migrants and state officials in Primorskii krai -- Russia's Far Eastern border with China and North Korea -- draw on legacies of inclusion as migrants apply for Russian ci…

lieferbar ab 7.4.2026.

Buch

Unravelling Maid in Canada

Since its legalization in 2016, health care professionals in Canada have provided more state-facilitated euthanasia and assisted suicide, or MAID, than in any other country. MAiD has quickly become one of…

lieferbar innerhalb 1-2 Wochen

Buch

Japonica Brown-Saracino
The Death and Life of Gentrification

A provocative account of what is gained and what is lost when a word that once narrowly referred to neighborhood change takes on a life all its ownSociologist Ruth Glass coined the term gentrification in …

lieferbar ab 13.1.2026.

Buch

Mike Davis, Kelly Mayhew, Jim Miller
Under the Perfect Sun

Three muckraking essays on the underside of San Diego cover the city's historically recent turn from red to blue while highlighting a new cast of villains and tenacious activists fighting for social justi…

lieferbar ab 21.4.2026.

Buch

Andrew Dan Selee, Valerie Lacarte, Diego Chaves-Gonzalez, Ariel G Ruiz Soto
On the Move

The Americas is a region on the move and is both the source and recipient of some of the largest migrations in the world today. While much scholarship and public commentary focus on the considerable movem…

lieferbar innerhalb 1-2 Wochen

Buch

Saori N Katada, Kei Koga
Japan's Grand Strategy

As a liminal state with contrasting identities, Japan often struggles to define its consistent strategic objective due to its fluctuating power status and social role in international relations. In this v…

lieferbar ab 18.3.2026.

Buch

Howard A Husock
The Projects

How housing policy failed the people it was designed to help --- and how to fix it As the US struggles to provide affordable housing, millions of Americans live in deteriorating public housing projects, e…

lieferbar innerhalb 1-2 Wochen

Buch

Yuanyuan Qu
Becoming Digital Citizens

This book explores the relationship between disability, citizenship, and information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the Chinese context. It offers new insights into the norms and practices of di…

lieferbar innerhalb 1-2 Wochen

Buch

City Politics in Canada

Canada's big cities are at the forefront of social and economic change. They account for most of Canada's population growth, they are magnets for immigrants from all parts of the world, and they have led …

lieferbar ab 30.12.2025.

Buch

Michael Kagan
The Battle to Stay in America

The Battle to Stay in Americais the story of a community coming to grips with the federal government's crackdown on immigrants and learning how to defend itself. Informative and personal, this is a story …

lieferbar innerhalb 2-3 Wochen

Buch

Mirya R Holman
The Hidden Face of Local Power

Forthcoming Spring 2025

lieferbar innerhalb 1-2 Wochen

Buch