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Food by Jennifer Clapp
$27.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: Polity Resources Series
Food is one of the most basic resources that humans need for daily survival. Forty percent of the world's population gains a livelihood from agriculture and we all consume food. Yet control over this fundamental resource is concentrated in relatively few hands. The 2008 food price crisis illustrated bot ...Show more
Food by Jennifer Clapp
$31.95 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: PRS - Polity Resources series
We all need food to survive, and forty percent of the world's population relies on agriculture for their livelihood. Yet control over food is concentrated in relatively few hands. Turmoil in the world food economy over the past decade - including the food price crisis, intensification of land grabs, and ...Show more
Land by Derek Hall
$26.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: Polity Resources Series
Land is one of the world's most emotionally resonant resources, and control over it is fundamental to almost all human activity. From the local level to the global, we are often in conflict over the ground beneath our feet. But because human relationships to land are so complex, it can be difficult to t ...Show more
Oil by Gavin Bridge
$27.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: Polity Resources Series
Oil pulses through our daily lives. It is the plastic we touch, the food we eat, and the way we move. Oil politics in the twentieth century was about the management of abundance, state power and market growth. The legacy of this age of plenty includes declining conventional oil reserves, volatile prices ...Show more
Timber by Peter Dauvergne & Jane Lister
$27.95 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment | Series: PRS - Polity Resources Series
Timber is a vital resource that is all around us. It is the house that shelters us, the furniture we relax in, the books we read, the paper we print, the disposable diapers for our babies and the boxes that contain our cereal, detergent and new appliances. The way we produce and consume timber, however, ...Show more
Water by David Lewis Feldman
$26.95 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment | Series: Polity Resources Series
Water is our planet's most precious resource. It is required by every living thing, yet a huge proportion of the world's population struggles to access clean water daily. Agriculture, aquaculture, industry, and energy all depend on it - yet its provision and safety engender widespread conflict; battles ...Show more
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