No-Nonsense Guide to World Population (1/2 page) With world population passing seven billion and predicted to hit nine billion by 2050, we are in the grip of a number panic. This book explodes some of
The treatment of sexual minorities—whether lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender—varies significantly in different parts of the world. In some countries, equal rights have been achieved and progress
Quotations and extracts providing the essence of the big ideas that have shaped our world. From relativity to Gaia, from communism to eco-feminism, from Darwinism to racial equality, here are quotatio
It's long been understood that the US Supreme Court influences public policy not only through its decisions, but also through its selection of cases. In this work, Baird (political science, U. of Colo
The U.S. Supreme Court is the quintessential example of a court that expanded its agenda into policy areas that were once reserved for legislatures. Yet scholars know very little about what causes att
Toxic debt, rising job losses, collapsing commodity prices and expanding poverty. How can we rein in these beasts unleashed by the free market economy? People First Economics takes a long, hard look a
