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Imperial Life in the Emerald City
By Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Paperback
Published 03-Mar-2008
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From inside a surreal bubble of pure Americana known as the Green Zone, the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority attempted to rule Iraq following the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime. This work tells the story of this ill-prepared attempt to build American democracy in a war-torn Middle Eastern country.
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It's Our Turn to Eat
By Michela Wrong
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Published 07-Jan-2010
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A gripping account of both an individual caught on the horns of an excruciating moral dilemma and a continent at a turning point.
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Dead Aid
By Dambisa Moyo
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Published 28-Jan-2010
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Reveals why millions are actually poorer because of aid, unable to escape corruption and reduced, in the West's eyes, to a childlike state of beggary. In this book, the author shows how, with access to capital and with the right policies, even the poorest nations can turn themselves around.
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Why Not Socialism?
By G Cohen
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Published 23-Aug-2009
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Is socialism desirable? Is it even possible? This book presents a moral case for socialism and argues that the obstacles in its way are exaggerated.
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If You're an Egalitarian, How Come You're So Rich?
By G.A. Cohen
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Published 03-Sep-2001
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This volume presents G.A. Cohen' Gifford Lectures, delivered at the University of Edinburgh in 1996. Focusing on Marxism and Rawlsian liberalism, Cohen draws a connection between these thought systems and the choices that shape a person's life.
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Idea of Justice
By Amartya Sen
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Published 01-Jul-2010
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Is justice an ideal, for ever beyond our grasp, or something that may actually guide our practical decisions and enhance our lives? This book offers a fresh approach to mainstream theories of justice. It shows how the principles of justice in the modern world must avoid parochialism and address vital questions of global injustice.
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Atlas of Human Rights
By Andrew Fagan
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Published 21-May-2010
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Human rights have become synonymous with legal, political, social and even economic justice - as a means of overcoming oppression and discrimination irrespective of nationality, class, creed, gender, ethnicity, or ideological commitment. This title reveals the inequities within the various interpretations of human rights and their applications.
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