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1. Global Finance

   By Robert Holton

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   Written under the shadow of the global financial crisis, this book charts the current shape of global finance and tries to explain why the crisis arose – and what can be done about it. Economics alone cannot fully explain how global finance operates, and why it is so crisis prone. Global Finance...

   Published March 5th 2012 by Routledge
2. Freedom

   By Nick Stevenson

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   Freedom is commonly recognized as the struggle for basic liberties, societies based upon open dialogue, human rights and democracy. The idea of freedom is central to western ideas of modernity, but this engaging, accessible book argues that if we look back at the history of the idea of freedom,...

   Published February 22nd 2012 by Routledge
3. Web 2.0

   By Sam Han

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   Web 2.0 is a highly accessible introductory text examining all the crucial discussions and issues which surround the changing nature of the World Wide Web. It not only contextualises the Web 2.0 within the history of the Web, but also goes on to explore its position within the broader dispositif of...

   Published April 26th 2011 by Routledge
4. Suicide Bombings

   By Riaz Hassan

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   In an age when the Western world is preoccupied with worries about weapons of mass destruction in terrorist hands, terrorists across many parts of the globe are using a more basic device as a weapon – life itself. Suicide bombing has become a weapon of choice among terrorist groups because...

   Published April 6th 2011 by Routledge
5. Confronting Climate Change

   By Constance Lever-Tracy

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   What are the manifest and likely future consequences of climate change? How will the world respond to the challenges of climate change in the twenty-first century? How should people think about confronting the politics of climate change? In this highly accessible introduction to the predicted...

   Published March 29th 2011 by Routledge
6. Feelings

   By Stephen Frosh

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   Everyone talks about their feelings, but what exactly are they? What are the distinguishing features of feelings, and how do they differ from emotions and affects? How do our feelings influence the kinds of people we are, and the sorts of communities and societies in which we live? In this...

   Published March 22nd 2011 by Routledge