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Extreme - Emma Barrett - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Extreme - Emma Barrett - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Why do some people risk their lives regularly by placing themselves in extreme and challenging situations? For some, such as astronauts, the extreme environments are part of the job. For others, they involve the thrill and competition of extreme sports, or the achievement of goals such as being the first to reach the South Pole or climb Everest. Whether for sport or employment, all these people have made the personal choice to put themselves in environments in which there is significant risk. What drives such people? And what skills and personality traits enable the best to succeed? What abilities are shared by the successful mountaineer, astronaut, caver, or long-distance solo sailer? And are there lessons the rest of us can learn from them? The psychology of those who have to cope with extreme conditions has been a matter of much research. It is important, for example to those planning manned space programmes or the makeup of teams who will spend months in an isolated or hostile environment such as Antarctica, to understand the psychological pressures involved, and to recognize those best equipped to handle them. In Extreme, Emma Barrett and Paul Martin explore the challenges that people in extreme environments face, including pain, physical hardship, loneliness, and friction between individuals, and the approaches taken to overcome them. Using many fascinating examples and personal accounts, they argue that we can all benefit from the insights gained.

DKK 132.00
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Extreme Speech and Democracy - - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Extreme Speech and Democracy - - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

A commitment to free speech is a fundamental precept of all liberal democracies. However, democracies can differ significantly when addressing the constitutionality of laws regulating certain kinds of speech. In the United States, for instance, the commitment to free speech under the First Amendment has been held by the Supreme Court to protect the public expression of the most noxious racist ideology and hence to render unconstitutional even narrow restrictions on hate speech. In contrast, governments have been accorded considerable leeway to restrict racist and other extreme expression in almost every other democracy, including Canada, the United Kingdom, and other European countries. This book considers the legal responses of various liberal democracies towards hate speech and other forms of extreme expression, and examines the following questions: What accounts for the marked differences in attitude towards the constitutionality of hate speech regulation? Does hate speech regulation violate the core free speech principle constitutive of democracy? Has the traditional US position on extreme expression justifiably not found favour elsewhere? Do values such as the commitment to equality or dignity legitimately override the right to free speech in some circumstances? With contributions from experts in a range of disciplines, this book offers an in-depth examination of the tensions that arise between democracy''s promises.

DKK 561.00
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Extreme Right Parties in Western Europe - Piero Ignazi - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Extreme Right Parties in Western Europe - Piero Ignazi - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Comparative Politics is a series for students and teachers of political science that deals with contemporary issues in comparative government and politics. The General Editors are Max Kaase, Professor of Political Science, Vice President and Dean, School of Humanities and Social Science, International University Bremen, Germany; and Kenneth Newton, Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Southampton. The series is published in association with the European Consortium for Political Research.This book has three aims. First, it explores the extreme right in order to assess its ideological meaning and its political expression. Beginning with a discussion of the meaning and usefulness of the Left-Right distinction, it deals with the varying significance of the term ''right'' and discusses the appropriateness of the competing terms: ''radical'', ''new'', ''populist'', and ''extreme right''. The book argues that the traditional neo-fascist party has been supplanted by a new type of extreme right party, unrelated to fascist ideology, but nevertheless opposed to the fundamental values of the democratic political system. The book''s second aim is to carry out an in-depth analysis of the post-war evolution of the extreme right of each country in Western Europe. The analysis highlights their lineage from pre-war fascist regimes or movements, their different partisan expressions in the post-war period, their ideological profile, their party''s relationship with other actors in the party system, the socio-demographic and attitudinal profile of their voter-base, and the conditions which have favoured or inhibited their development. Finally, the book discusses in detail more recent trends within the West European extreme right and outlines a conceptual framework for explaining the development of this ''political family'' and the success or failure of each political party. The volume, extensively revised, expanded, and updated from its original widely acclaimed Italian edition, will be essential reading for all those working on parties and movements in Western Europe.

DKK 465.00
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Project X Origins: White Book Band, Oxford Level 10: Inventors and Inventions: Extreme Exploring Machines - Alison Blank - Bog - Oxford University

Project X Origins: White Book Band, Oxford Level 10: Inventors and Inventions: Extreme Exploring Machines - Alison Blank - Bog - Oxford University

Project X Origins is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school. Action-packed stories, fascinating non-fiction and comprehensive guided reading support meet the needs of children at every stage of their reading development. Read about some incredible inventions in Extreme Exploring Machines, which help us explore some of the most extreme environments.Each book contains inside cover notes that highlight challenge words, prompt questions and a range of follow-up activities to support children in their reading.

DKK 116.00
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Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops inFact: Level 9: Extreme Fashion - Claire Llewellyn - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops inFact: Level 9: Extreme Fashion - Claire Llewellyn - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Extreme Fashion is a top-to-toe look at some of the strangest trends from the last 500 years.TreeTops inFact is a non-fiction series that aims to engage children in reading for pleasure as powerfully as fiction does. The variety of topics means there are books to interest every child in this compelling series. The series is written by top children''s authors and subject experts. The books are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.

DKK 116.00
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Normalizing Extreme Imprisonment - Marion Vannier - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Normalizing Extreme Imprisonment - Marion Vannier - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

A critical, theoretical, and empirical examination of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole (LWOP) is long overdue. This book presents a unique case study of the ''normalization'' of LWOP. More specifically, it explores the ties between LWOP''s normalization and death penalty abolitionism, using California as a case study. Drawing on rich empirical research, it brings together relevant literature in criminology, the sociology of punishment, social policy, and sentencing to provide insights into the nature of American penal politics, the role of progressive pressure groups, and the relationship between life imprisonment and capital punishment.This study investigates the extent to which members of civil society who challenge capital punishment (lawyers, non-profit organizations, and lobbyists) have helped normalize LWOP by fostering the belief that it is humane and merciful. The monograph focuses on three domains where anti-death penalty activists have lobbied, campaigned, pled for, and agreed to LWOP; Congress, the political sphere, and courtrooms. For each domain, the book teases out the motivations of the main actors and agencies involved. It analyses the constraints under which they considered themselves to be operating, and the relationship between these motivations and the broad social, legal, and political environment in which they unfolded. Particular attention is paid to actors'' understandings of the concepts of ''life'' and ''death'' in punishment. This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.

DKK 957.00
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Embodied - Christopher (department For Health Eccleston - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Embodied - Christopher (department For Health Eccleston - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

We grow up thinking there are five senses, but we forget about the ten neglected senses of the body that both enable and limit our experience. Embodied explores the psychology of physical sensation in ten chapters: balance, movement, pressure (acting in gravity), breathing, fatigue, pain, itch, temperature, appetite, and expulsion (the senses of physical matter leaving the body). For each sense, two people are interviewed who live with extreme experiences of the sense being investigated; their stories bring to life how far physical sensations matter to us and how much they define what is possible in our life. How physical sensation shapes behavior and how behavior is shaped by sensation are examined. A final chapter presents a theory of what is common across the ten senses: of how we deal with being urged to act, and what happens when extreme sensation is inescapable.

DKK 636.00
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Only Imagine - Kathleen Stock - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Only Imagine - Kathleen Stock - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Only Imagine offers a theory of fictional content or, as it is sometimes known, ''fictional truth''. The theory of fictional content Kathleen Stock argues for is known as ''extreme intentionalism''; the idea that the fictional content of a particular work is equivalent to exactly what the author of the work intended the reader to imagine. Historically, this sort of view has been highly unpopular. Literary theorists and philosophers alike have poured scorn upon it. The first half of this book attempts to argue that it should in fact be taken very seriously as an adequate account of fictional truth: better, in fact, than many of its more popular rivals. The second half explores various explanatory benefits of extreme intentionalism for other issues in the philosophy of fiction and imagination. Namely, can fiction give us reliable knowledge? Why do we ''resist'' imagining certain fictions? What, in fact, is a fiction? And, how should the imagination be characterised?

DKK 805.00
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Only Imagine - Kathleen Stock - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Only Imagine - Kathleen Stock - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Only Imagine offers a theory of fictional content or, as it is sometimes known, ''fictional truth''. The theory of fictional content Kathleen Stock argues for is known as ''extreme intentionalism''; the idea that the fictional content of a particular work is equivalent to exactly what the author of the work intended the reader to imagine. Historically, this sort of view has been highly unpopular. Literary theorists and philosophers alike have poured scorn upon it. The first half of this book attempts to argue that it should in fact be taken very seriously as an adequate account of fictional truth: better, in fact, than many of its more popular rivals. The second half explores various explanatory benefits of extreme intentionalism for other issues in the philosophy of fiction and imagination. Namely, can fiction give us reliable knowledge? Why do we ''resist'' imagining certain fictions? What, in fact, is a fiction? And, how should the imagination be characterised?

DKK 275.00
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Project X CODE Extra: Orange Book Band, Oxford Level 6: Fiendish Falls: Wild Waterfall Adventures - Isabel Thomas - Bog - Oxford University Press -

Project X CODE Extra: Orange Book Band, Oxford Level 6: Fiendish Falls: Wild Waterfall Adventures - Isabel Thomas - Bog - Oxford University Press -

Project X CODE Extra introduces more exciting adventure stories and stimulating non-fiction texts into the Project X CODE series. Read all about extreme sports on some wild waterfalls in this Fiendish Falls non-fiction book. In line with the phonic, vocabulary and comprehension progression in Project X CODE, this book is ideal for additional practice outside of the core intervention sessions and for introducing children to non-fiction texts.

DKK 91.00
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - Stanley Rachman - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - Stanley Rachman - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a relatively common psychological problem. The symptoms - which can be seriously disabling in extreme cases - can include excessive hand-washing or other cleaning rituals, repeated checking, extreme slowness and unwanted, repugnant intrusive thoughts. This book covers the nature, symptoms, causes and theories of OCD. It discusses the treatments that are available and provides valuable practical advice to those who may need help. Numerous case histories are given throughout the book, highlighting various aspects of the disorder and its treatment. There are in-depth sections on scrupulosity, culture and OCD, mental pollution, OCD in children and on the similarities and differences between childhood OCD and autistic disorder. This fourth edition has been updated with succinct explanations of recent research, information on treatment advances and the recent expansion of treatment services for anxiety disorders, including OCD, in the NHS. In this updated fourth edition, Stanley Rachman gives a clear account of the nature of obsessive-compulsive problems which will prove useful for sufferers and their families, as well as general readers interested in finding out about the disorder.

DKK 204.00
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Consciousness and its Objects - Colin Mcginn - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Consciousness and its Objects - Colin Mcginn - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Colin McGinn presents his latest work on consciousness in ten interlinked essays, four of them previously unpublished. He extends and deepens his controversial solution to the mind-body problem, defending the view that consciousness is both ontologically unproblematic and epistemologically impenetrable. He also investigates the basis of our knowledge that there is a mind-body problem, and the bearing of this on attempted solutions. McGinn goes on to discuss the status of first-person authority, the possibility of atomism with respect to consciousness, extreme dualism, and the role of non-existent objects in constituting intentionality. He argues that traditional claims about our knowledge of our own mind and of the external world can be inverted; that atomism about the conscious mind might turn out to be true; that dualism is more credible the more extreme it is; and that all intentionality involves non-existent objects. These are all surprising positions, but he contends that what the philosophy of mind needs now is ''methodological radicalism'' - a willingness to consider new and seemingly extravagant ideas.

DKK 1049.00
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Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops inFact: Level 12: Big Weather - Zoe Clarke - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops inFact: Level 12: Big Weather - Zoe Clarke - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Big Weather explains some of the world''s most extreme weather in a simple, accessible way.TreeTops inFact is a non-fiction series that aims to engage children in reading for pleasure as powerfully as fiction does. The variety of topics means there are books to interest every child in this compelling series. The series is written by top children''s authors and subject experts. The books are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.

DKK 116.00
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Project X Origins: Grey Book Band, Oxford Level 12: Dilemmas and Decisions: A Matter of Life and Death - Mick Gowar - Bog - Oxford University Press -

Project X Origins: Grey Book Band, Oxford Level 12: Dilemmas and Decisions: A Matter of Life and Death - Mick Gowar - Bog - Oxford University Press -

Project X Origins is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school. Action-packed stories, fascinating non-fiction and comprehensive guided reading support meet the needs of children at every stage of their reading development. A Matter of Life and Death investigates famous explorers and sailors who became stranded or lost and had to fight for their survival in extreme conditions.Each book contains inside cover notes that highlight challenge words, prompt questions and a range of follow-up activities to support children in their reading.

DKK 112.00
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Readerful Rise: Oxford Reading Level 11: What's Going on with the Weather? - Webster - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Readerful Rise: Oxford Reading Level 11: What's Going on with the Weather? - Webster - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

What is extreme weather, and how does it affect us? Meet the people who track and chase storms and the scientists who study climate change. What''s Going on with the Weather? is at Oxford Reading Level 11. It is for readers aged 7 to 11 years old who are working below expected standard in their reading. The Readerful Rise series ensures that older struggling readers have books with age-appropriate content and topics, that look like the books their peers are enjoying, but are written at a level they can read successfully.

DKK 118.00
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The Marriage of Heaven and Hell - William Blake - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell - William Blake - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell was created early in Blake''s series of illuminated books, each of which was presented by him as an attractive work of art made entirely by his own hand. Written principally in prose, The Marriage represents Blake''s first full-scale attempt to present his philosophic message. In it he expresses his extreme humanist views through a system in which Angels and Devils change places, Good becomes Evil, Heaven is Hell. The 27 colour plates are the work of Blake himself, with commentary and introduction by Sir Geoffrey Keynes.

DKK 132.00
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You've Been Werewolfed - Tom Mclaughlin - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

You've Been Werewolfed - Tom Mclaughlin - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

A laugh-out-loud mystery series with a new hilarious case for our heroic nerds to crack in each book.When Tyler is sent to summer camp, she can''t resist packing one of her latest science projects - the Hologramaphone 3000. Problem is, some of the phone''s functions have EXTREME side-effects, the kind that can turn your best-friend into a ferocious werewolf!But when Tyler, Dylan and Ashley band together, there''s no problem that they can''t solve - no matter how big, hairy, and terrifying.

DKK 107.00
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Statistical Physics of Fracture and Breakdown in Disordered Systems - L. Gilles Benguigui - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Statistical Physics of Fracture and Breakdown in Disordered Systems - L. Gilles Benguigui - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Under extreme conditions the mechanical or electrical properties of solids tend to be destabilized and failure or breakdown occurs. In practice these instabilities in the solid often nucleate or spread from disorders in the structure of the solid. This book investigates the modelling of such failure and breakdown processes. The basic principles are illuminated with a large number of computer simulations and laboratory simulations or `table top'' experiments. Three particular case studies of failure are presented: electrical failures like fuse and dielectric breakdown; mechanical fracture; and earthquakes as an example of dynamic failure.

DKK 506.00
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Women in the Holocaust - Zoe Waxman - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Women in the Holocaust - Zoe Waxman - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Despite some pioneering work by scholars, historians still find it hard to listen to the voices of women in the Holocaust. Learning more about the women who both survived and did not survive the Nazi genocide -- through the testimony of the women themselves -- not only increases our understanding of this terrible period in history, but makes us rethink our relationship to the gendered nature of knowledge itself. Women in the Holocaust is about the ways in which socially- and culturally-constructed gender roles were placed under extreme pressure; yet also about the fact that gender continued to operate as an important arbiter of experience. Indeed, paradoxically enough, the extreme conditions of the Holocaust -- even of the death camps -- may have reinforced the importance of gender.Whilst Jewish men and women were both sentenced to death, gender nevertheless operated as a crucial signifier for survival. Pregnant women as well as women accompanied by young children or those deemed incapable of hard labour were sent straight to the gas chambers. The very qualities which made them women were manipulated and exploited by the Nazis as a source of dehumanization. Moreover, women were less likely to survive the camps even if they were not selected for death. Gender in the Holocaust therefore became a matter of life and death.

DKK 455.00
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Labelled Deductive Systems - Dov M. Gabbay - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Labelled Deductive Systems - Dov M. Gabbay - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

This important book provides a new unifying methodology for logic. It replaces the traditional view of logic as manipulating sets of formulas by the notion of structured families of labelled formulas, the labels having algebraic structure. This simple device has far reaching consequences for the methodology of logics and their semantics. The book studies the main features of such systems as well as many applications.The framework of Labelled Deductive Systems is of interest to a large variety of readers. At one extreme there is the pure mathematical logician who likes exact formal definitions and dry theorems, who probably specializes in one logic and methodology. At the other extreme there is the practical consumer of logic, who likes to absorb the intutions and use labelling as needed to advance the cause of applications.The book begins with an intuitive presentation of LDS in the context of traditional current views of monotonic and nonmonotonic logics. It is less orientated towards the pure logician and more towards the practical consumer of logic.The main part of the book presents the formal theory of LDS for the formal logician. The author has tried to avoid the style of definition-lemma-theorem and has put in some explanation.

DKK 978.00
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Predatory Value Extraction - William (professor Of Economics Lazonick - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Predatory Value Extraction - William (professor Of Economics Lazonick - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Predatory Value Extraction explains how an ideology of corporate resource allocation known as ''maximizing shareholder value'' (MSV) that emerged in the 1980s came to dominate strategic thinking in business schools and corporate boardrooms in the United States. Undermining the social foundations of sustainable prosperity, it resulted in employment instability, income inequity, and slow productivity growth. In explaining what happened to sustainable prosperity, William Lazonick and Jang-Sup Shin focus on the growing imbalance between value creation and value extraction in the U.S. economy, and the corporate-governance institutions that determine this balance in the nation''s major business corporations. The imbalance has become so extreme that predatory value extraction is now a central economic activity, to the point at which the U.S. economy as a whole can be aptly described as a value-extracting economy.Balancing the contributions of economic actors to value creation with their power to extract value provides the foundation for stable and equitable economic growth. When certain economic actors are able to assert their power to extract far more value than they contribute to the value-creation process, an imbalance occurs which, when extreme, leads to dire economic, political, and social consequences. This book not only explores these consequences, but also sets out an agenda for restoring sustainable prosperity.

DKK 478.00
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Oxford Reading Tree: Floppy's Phonics Decoding Practice: Oxford Level 5: Take it to the Extreme - Rachel Russ - Bog - Oxford University Press -

Oxford Reading Tree: Floppy's Phonics Decoding Practice: Oxford Level 5: Take it to the Extreme - Rachel Russ - Bog - Oxford University Press -

Engaging fiction and non-fiction fully aligned to each stage of the Floppy''s Phonics teaching programme, allowing children to consolidate their phonic knowledge through reading in context.These fully decodable stories are 100% matched to the phonic progression of the Floppy''s Phonics teaching programme and provide a perfect fit with your phonics teaching - endorsed by phonics expert and trainer Debbie Hepplewhite. They consolidate taught GPCs at each stage of the programme, with one book covering two weeks of teaching, and can be used in class or as take-home readers. Support for parents and carers is provided on the inside cover notes.Levels 1+-2 consist of simple blending books and short texts. Levels 3-5 include 3 fiction (with one Biff, Chip and Kipper adventure) and 3 non-fiction per level.Adventure! High speeds! Meet the people who take sport to the next level.

DKK 93.00
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Project X Origins: Dark Red Book Band, Oxford Level 17: Extreme: Guided reading notes - Katie Frost - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Project X Origins: Dark Red Book Band, Oxford Level 17: Extreme: Guided reading notes - Katie Frost - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Project X Origins is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school. Action-packed stories, fascinating non-fiction and comprehensive guided reading support meet the needs of children at every stage of their reading development. Each book contains inside cover notes that highlight challenge words, prompt questions and a range of follow-up activities to support children in their reading.Project X Origins guided reading notes offer step-by-step teaching support for each book with guidance about phonics, comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, spelling, grammar, punctuation and writing. Each set of notes has in-built assessment and is fully correlated to all UK curricula.

DKK 119.00
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Food Aid - Hans Singer - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Food Aid - Hans Singer - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Food aid has played a key role in responding to the extreme poverty and disasters afflicting millions of people in the developing world. It is at the centre of much political discussion, both nationally and internationally, and there have been notable successes, yet there is doubt and criticism about the appropriateness of food aid, and confusion about the deep-rooted problems which perpetuate these calamities.This book is designed to give a wide public a clear insight into the key issues, presenting a balanced assessment of the uses and misuses of food aid, and relating these to the complex realities of the international economy.

DKK 304.00
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