wyszukanych pozycji: 8
Good Cop/Bad Cop: Environmental NGOs and Their Strategies Toward Business
ISBN: 9781933115788 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) play an increasingly prominent role in addressing complex environmental issues such as climate change, persistent bio-accumulative pollutants, and the conservation of biodiversity. At the same time, the landscape in which they operate is changing rapidly. Markets, and direct engagement with industry, rather than traditional government regulation, are often the tools of choice for NGOs seeking to change corporate behavior today. Yet these new strategies are poorly understood-by business, academics, and NGOs themselves. How will NGOs choose which battles to...
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) play an increasingly prominent role in addressing complex environmental issues such as climate change, persisten...
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788,53 zł |
The Literary West
ISBN: 9780195124613 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 460 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This anthology, gathered and introduced by distinguished western scholar Thomas J. Lyon, offers the panoramic literary range of the American West, from the romance of the mythic Wild West to the present-day creative explosion of the real, diverse West.
The real West has been written about since first contact in the sixteenth century, in the diaries of explorers ranging from Franciscan missionary Pedro Font to Lewis and Clark. A Native American tradition of cultural expression preceded European settlers by thousands of years, and today a contemporary Native renaissance in fiction includes... This anthology, gathered and introduced by distinguished western scholar Thomas J. Lyon, offers the panoramic literary range of the American West, fro...
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98,39 zł |
Good Cop/Bad Cop: Environmental NGOs and Their Strategies Toward Business
ISBN: 9781933115771 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) play an increasingly prominent role in addressing complex environmental issues such as climate change, persistent bio-accumulative pollutants, and the conservation of biodiversity. At the same time, the landscape in which they operate is changing rapidly. Markets, and direct engagement with industry, rather than traditional government regulation, are often the tools of choice for NGOs seeking to change corporate behavior today. Yet these new strategies are poorly understood-by business, academics, and NGOs themselves. How will NGOs choose which battles to...
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) play an increasingly prominent role in addressing complex environmental issues such as climate change, persisten...
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247,02 zł |
A Frank Waters Reader: A Southwestern Life in Writing
ISBN: 9780804010252 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 370 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Over the course of his life, Frank Waters amassed a body of work that has few equals in the literature of the American West. Because his was a writing that touched every facet of the Western experience, his voice still echoes throughout that region's literary world.
Swallow Press is especially proud to present this generous sampling of Frank Waters's writings. "A Frank Waters Reader" encompasses the full range of his work and draws from both his nonfiction and his many novels. It stands as a testament to his singular achievement and proof of the talent that established him as the foremost... Over the course of his life, Frank Waters amassed a body of work that has few equals in the literature of the American West. Because his was a writing...
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189,24 zł |
Corporate Environmentalism and Public Policy
ISBN: 9780521819473 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Drawing on prior work on corporate environmentalism, Thomas Lyon and John Maxwell argue that corporate environmentalism is the result of firms attempting to anticipate public policy changes and influence the legislative process in their best interests. Presenting a general framework that highlights the links between corporate environmentalism and public policy, they use analytical tools of positive political economy and game theory to provide insights into corporate strategy and the effects of corporate and government policies on overall social welfare.
Drawing on prior work on corporate environmentalism, Thomas Lyon and John Maxwell argue that corporate environmentalism is the result of firms attempt...
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504,32 zł |
Mountain Dialogues
ISBN: 9780804010184 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 247 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. A compelling study of the origins and trajectory of one of the legendary black uprisings against apartheid, Theatres of Struggle and the End of Apartheid draws on insights gained from the literature on collective action and social movements. It delves into the Alexandra Rebellion of 1986 to reveal its inner workings. Belinda Bozzoli's aim is to examine how the residents of Alexandra, a poverty-stricken segregated township in Johannesburg, manipulated and overturned the meanings of space, time, and power in their sequestered world. She explains how they used political theater to convey, stage,...
A compelling study of the origins and trajectory of one of the legendary black uprisings against apartheid, Theatres of Struggle and the End of Aparth...
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110,34 zł |
On Nature's Terms: Contemporary Voices
ISBN: 9780890965221 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Outside, where the wind is blowing, we see the world on nature's terms, and we see that it is severely endangered. Turning inward, we seek a sense of connection with nature that could perhaps help us through the current environmental crisis. In this book, some of the most observant Americans of our day explore these outer and inner worlds in powerful pieces that show the vitality and range of contemporary nature writing. John Hay's "A Faire Bay," an original collection of thoughts on the pollution of the Chesapeake, opens the book, and Edward Hoagland's "A Year as It Turns," a group of short...
Outside, where the wind is blowing, we see the world on nature's terms, and we see that it is severely endangered. Turning inward, we seek a sense of ...
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125,99 zł |
Corporate Sustainability
ISBN: 9781446296431 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 1796 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In recent times the academic world has focused increasing attention on the challenges of corporate sustainability. While the concept of corporate sustainability originated in the context of environmental impact and natural resources, in recent years the concept has been broadened to include various social concerns ranging from animal welfare, human rights and labor conditions, to issues of inequality and social justice. There is now a large literature that provides many insights into the factors driving firms to become more sustainable, the key steps they take to do so, and the impacts of... In recent times the academic world has focused increasing attention on the challenges of corporate sustainability. While the concept of corporate s... |
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3916,33 zł |