Oil
- 288 pages
- 11 hours of reading
Oil pulses through our daily lives. It is the plastic we touch, the food we eat, and the way we move. Oil politics in the twentieth century was about the management of abundance, state power, and market growth.
Polity Resources Series Series
This series delves into the pressing issue of diminishing global resources and the geopolitical conflicts that arise from scarcity. Leading experts dissect the intense struggles for control over vital commodities, from oil and water to rare minerals. The books offer incisive analyses of the complex power dynamics shaping our future and their implications for global stability. It's essential reading for anyone concerned with international relations and sustainability.
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Fishing has played a vital role in human history and culture. But today this key resource faces a serious crisis as most species are being overfished or fished to their very limit. Governments have tried to tackle the problem with limited success. Many of their actions have been counterproductive or ineffective.
Food
- 320 pages
- 12 hours of reading
New edition of the leading introduction to the global food trade--
Timber
- 200 pages
- 7 hours of reading
Timber is a vital resource that is all around us. It forms our homes and furniture, our disposable diapers and newspapers, and boxes our cereal and new appliances. The way we produce and consume timber, however, is changing. With international timber companies and big box discount retailers increasingly controlling through global commodity chains where and how much timber is traded, the world's remaining old-growth forests, particularly in the developing world, are under threat of disappearing - all for the price of a consumer bargain. --
Land
- 204 pages
- 8 hours of reading
Land is one of the world s most emotionally resonant resources, and control over it is fundamental to almost all human activity. From the local level to the global, we are often in conflict over the ground beneath our feet. But because human relationships to land are so complex, it can be difficult to think them through in a unified way.