BOOKS

World Disasters Report 2005: Focus on Information in Disasters
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

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Sustainable Capitalism: A Matter of Common Sense
John Ikerd

John Ikerd's Sustainable Capitalism is both a penetrating critique of capitalism and a powerful argument for its vast and untapped potential for maximizing human welfare.    More >

The Essentials of Economic Sustainability
John Ikerd

Though much has been written about the negative impacts of economic development on natural ecosystems and civil societies, few viable alternatives to the prevailing economic paradigms have    More >

Legends, Sorcerers, and Enchanted Lizards: Door Locks of the Bamana of Mali
Pascal James Imperato, with an foreword by Robert J. Koenig

The Bamana people are known for their rich artistic traditions, including the creation of masks, statues, door locks, headdresses, and ritual and utilitarian objects: Their door locks are    More >

Johannesburg from the Riverbanks: Navigating the Jukskei
Mehita Iqani and Renugan Raidoo, editors

Though long neglected by urban planners, Johannesburg's Jukskei River has had an important role in shaping the city's development and the lives of its inhabitants. In this book, a    More >

My Dog Always Eats First: Homeless People and Their Animals
Leslie Irvine

A weary-looking man stands at an intersection, backpack at his feet. Curled up nearby is a mixed-breed dog, unfazed by the passing traffic. The man holds a sign that reads, "Two old    More >

Green Logic: Ecopreneurship, Theory, and Ethics
Robert Isaak

Green Logic seeks to highlight the key questions regarding entrepreneurship and sustainability in terms of motivation, government intervention, and ethics. Robert Issak examines how    More >

Promises Not Kept: Poverty and the Betrayal of Third World Development, 7th edition
John Isbister

The seventh edition of this perennial favorite includes discussions of major initiatives such as the Millennium Development Goals, changes in international politics and approaches to global    More >

Capitalism and Justice: Envisioning Social and Economic Fairness
John Isbister

In Capitalism and Justice, John Isbister takes a practical approach to some of the most important questions of economic and social justice in the context of the global economy: How big a    More >

Ethnopolitics in the New Europe
John T. Ishiyama and Marijke Breuning

What makes some multiethnic states integrate and others descend into civil war? Ishiyama and Breuning extend traditional explanations centered on socioeconomic, cultural, and historical    More >

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