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Télécharger le livre :  Mining
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Mining


Timothy Biggs


Mining has a poor public image. It is often associated with environmental degradation, human rights violations and the unacceptable excesses of capitalism. But might it also be the key to ensuring a more sustainable future? Leading industry expert Timothy Biggs argues...

Parution : 2025-08-20
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Polity
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20,03
Télécharger le livre :  Technology Ethics
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Technology Ethics


Steven Umbrello


Technologies cannot simply be understood as neutral tools or instruments; they embody the values of their creators and may unconsciously reinforce existing inequalities and biases. Technology Ethics shows how responsible innovation can be achieved. Demonstrating how...

Parution : 2024-06-10
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
Éditeur : Polity
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18,25
Télécharger le livre :  Food in a Just World
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Food in a Just World


Terry Gibbs , Tracey Harris


Food in a Just World examines the violence, social breakdown, and environmental consequences of our global system of food production, distribution, and consumption, where each step of the process is built on some form of exploitation. While highlighting the broken...

Parution : 2023-12-07
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Polity
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23,10
Télécharger le livre :  Geoengineering
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Geoengineering


Gernot Wagner


Stabilizing the world’s climates means cutting carbon dioxide pollution. There’s no way around it. But what if that’s not enough? What if it’s too difficult to accomplish in the time allotted or, worse, what if it’s so late in the game that even cutting carbon emissions...

Parution : 2021-09-08
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Polity
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Télécharger le livre :  Carbon
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Carbon


Kate Ervine


Carbon is the political challenge of our time. While critical to supporting life on Earth, too much carbon threatens to destroy life as we know it, with rising sea levels, crippling droughts, and catastrophic floods sounding the alarm on a future now upon us. How did we...

Parution : 2018-10-15
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Polity
Collection : Resources
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17,90
Télécharger le livre :  Cotton
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Cotton


Adam Sneyd


Whether we are out on the streets or between the sheets, cotton is our constant companion. But behind this ubiquitous fibre prized for its softness lies a darker story of exploitation and hardship. In this penetrating analysis, Adam Sneyd explores the power politics...

Parution : 2016-09-22
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Éditeur : Polity
Collection : Resources
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Télécharger le livre :  Coffee
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Coffee


Gavin Fridell


In a world of high finance, unprecedented technological change, and cyber billionaires, it is easy to forget that a major source of global wealth is, literally, right under our noses. Coffee is one of the most valuable Southern exports, generating billions of dollars in...

Parution : 2014-10-10
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Éditeur : Polity
Collection : Resources
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Télécharger le livre :  Diamonds
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Diamonds


Ian Smillie


Diamonds are a multi-billion dollar business involving some of the world’s largest mining companies, a million and a half artisanal diggers, more than a million cutters and polishers and a huge retail jewellery sector. But behind the sparkle of the diamond lies a...

Parution : 2014-04-10
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Éditeur : Polity
Collection : Resources
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21,09
Télécharger le livre :  Coltan
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Coltan


Michael Nest


A decade ago no one except geologists had heard of tantalum or 'coltan' - an obscure mineral that is an essential ingredient in mobile phones and laptops. Then, in 2000, reports began to leak out of Congo: of mines deep in the jungle where coltan was extracted in brutal...

Parution : 2013-05-31
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Éditeur : Polity
Collection : Resources
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Télécharger le livre :  Timber
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Timber


Peter Dauvergne , Jane Lister


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...

Parution : 2013-05-08
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Éditeur : Polity
Collection : Resources
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Télécharger le livre :  Mobile Communication
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Mobile Communication


Jonathan Donner , Rich Ling


With staggering swiftness, the mobile phone has become a fixture of daily life in almost every society on earth. In 2007, the world had over 3 billion mobile subscriptions. Prosperous nations boast of having more subscriptions than people. In the developing world,...

Parution : 2013-05-03
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Éditeur : Polity
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21,10
Télécharger le livre :  Mobile Communication
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Mobile Communication


Jonathan Donner , Rich Ling


With staggering swiftness, the mobile phone has become a fixture of daily life in almost every society on earth. In 2007, the world had over 3 billion mobile subscriptions. Prosperous nations boast of having more subscriptions than people. In the developing world,...

Parution : 2013-05-03
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Éditeur : Polity
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24,26
Télécharger le livre :  Fish
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Fish


J. Samuel Barkin , Elizabeth R. Desombre


Fishing has played a vital role in human history and culture. But today this key resource faces a serious crisis as most species are being overfished or fished to their very limit. Governments have tried to tackle the problem with limited success. Many of their actions...

Parution : 2013-04-26
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Polity
Collection : Resources
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24,26

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