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Making Change Happen : Black and White Activists talk to Kevin Cook about Abo…
This book is a unique window into a dynamic time in the politics and history of Australia. The two decades from 1970 to the Bicentennial in 1988 saw the emergence of a new landscape in Australian Indigenous politics. There were struggles, triumphs and defeats around land rights, community control of organisations, national coalitions and the international movement for Indigenous rights. The cha…
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- 11
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781921666742
- Collation
- 448
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 303.484.COO
Kastom, property and ideology : Land transformations in Melanesia
The relationship between customary land tenure and ‘modern’ forms of landed property has been a major political issue in the ‘Spearhead’ states of Melanesia since the late colonial period, and is even more pressing today, as the region is subject to its own version of what is described in the international literature as a new ‘land rush’ or ‘land grab’ in developing countries. T…
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- 11
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781760461065
- Collation
- 434
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 333.73130995.MCD
Landlock : paralysing dispute over minerals on Adivasi land in India
Landlock: Paralysing Dispute over Minerals on Adivasi Land in India explores the ways in which political controversy over a bauxite mining and refining project on constitutionally protected tribal lands in Andhra Pradesh descended into a state of paralysis where no productive outcome was possible. Long-running support for Adivasi (or tribal) land rights motivated a wide range of actors to block…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781760462512
- Collation
- xiv + 226 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 333.10954 PAT l
Globalization and capitalist geopolitics : sovereignty and state power in a m…
In a period of increasing geopolitical insecurity and economic instability this title provides an authoritative yet accessible commentary on debates on capitalism and globalization in the wake of the financial crisis.
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- -
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- 9781315798165
- Collation
- xvi, 267
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- -
- Call Number
- 327.1
China's race to global technology leadership
Last December the Chief Financial Officer of the leading Chinese telecommunication company Huawei was travelling from Hong Kong to Mexico when she was arrested while changing flights at Vancouver Airport by the Canadian authorities acting on an extradition request from the United States. Meng’s arrest and detention are a significant development in China-US relations, marking a dramatic ch…
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- 8
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9788867059928
- Collation
- ii, 199 p
- Series Title
- Pubblicazioni ISPI,
- Call Number
- 338.926
Securing Village Life : Development in Late Colonial Papua New Guinea
Securing Village Life: Development in Late Colonial Papua New Guinea examines the significance for post-World War II Australian colonial policy of the modern idea of development. Australian officials emphasised the importance of bringing development for both the colony of Papua and the United Nations Trust Territory of New Guinea. The principal form that development took involved securing small…
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- 13
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781922144850
- Collation
- 318
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 338.9009953.MAC
SDGs, transformation, and quality growth : insights from international cooper…
This is an Open Access book. The primary objective of this book is to seek out insights into the concept of high-quality growth (HQG). It explores the essential attributes of HQG, such as inclusiveness, sustainability, and resilience, as well as its relationship with transformation, by drawing principally on illustrative cases and instances of international cooperation. The United Nations docum…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789811697487
- Collation
- xv, 164.; ill.
- Series Title
- Sustainable development goals series
- Call Number
- 338.927 SDG h
Japan at War and Peace : Shidehara Kijūrō and the Making of Modern Diplomacy
The question of how to maintain the continuity of diplomacy while developing democracy without military intervention is an old and new issue. The challenge can be described as a dilemma between democracy and diplomatic coherence. This dilemma is not unique to the twenty-first century; it has been a constant challenge to the development of democracy. In non-Western countries, democratisation ori…
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- 11
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781760464974
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 952.044092.HAT
Migrants with irregular status in Europe : evolving conceptual and policy cha…
This open access book explores the conceptual challenges posed by the presence of migrants with irregular immigration status in Europe and the evolving policy responses at European, national and municipal level. It addresses the conceptual and policy issues raised, post-entry, by this particular section of the migrant population. Drawing on evidence from different parts of Europe, the book tak…
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- 11
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030343248
- Collation
- XIII, 217 p. ; Ill.
- Series Title
- IMISCOE Research Series
- Call Number
- 342.082 TRI m
Counter-terrorism, ethics and technology : emerging challenges at the frontie…
This open access book brings together a range of contributions that seek to explore the ethical issues arising from the overlap between counter-terrorism, ethics, and technologies. Terrorism and our responses pose some of the most significant ethical challenges to states and people. At the same time, we are becoming increasingly aware of the ethical implications of new and emerging technologies…
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- 6
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030902216
- Collation
- XVI, 221p.; ill.
- Series Title
- Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications
- Call Number
- 363.325 COU h
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