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"Fashion knock-offs are everywhere. Even in the out-of-the-way markets of highland Guatemala, fake branded clothes offer a cheap, stylish alternative for people who can't afford high-priced originals. Fashion companies have taken notice, ensuring that international trade agreements include stronger intellectual property protections to prevent brand 'piracy.' Regulating Style approaches the fashion industry from the perspective of indigenous Maya people who make and sell knock-offs, asking why they copy and wear popular brands, how they interact with legal frameworks and state institutions that criminalize their livelihood, and what is really at stake for fashion companies in the global regulation of style"--Provided by publisher

Das in den Medien mehrfach positiv aufgenommene Buch der niederländischen Journalistin erscheint zu einer Zeit, da die internationalen Hilfsorganisationen wieder einmal Hochkonjunktur haben. Tägliche Medienberichte und Spendengalas für die Opfer von Erdbeben, Flutkatastrophen und politischen Konflikten sind ein ständiger Appell an unser Gewissen. Linda Polman nimmt keine zynische Position ein, wenn sie dabei von "Mitleidsindustrie" spricht. Sie hat seit vielen Jahren in den betroffenen Gebieten sehr genau hinter die Kulissen geblickt und ihre Recherche fördert z.T. Erschreckendes zutage: Statt den Opfern wird den Tätern (z.B. des Massenmordens in Ruanda) geholfen, an Milizen und Militärs (z.B. in Sierra Leone, Darfur, Afghanistan) fliesst ein hoher Spendenanteil. Ist die Hilfe also häufig kontraproduktiv, verlängert sie gar die Konflikte und das Leiden? Ein spannender Report mit wichtigen Fragen für jeden Spender, verbunden mit dem Aufruf (auch an die Journalisten), den humanitären Helfern Fragen zu stellen, Rechenschaft über ihr Tun zu fordern. Sehr aktuell und empfehlenswert. (1)

This book analyses the magnitude of public expenditure on education, the composition. of such expenditure, the flow of funds from the Centre to the districts, and the. bottlenecks in the process, with a focus on elementary education. Most of the. existing body of work in this area concentrates on Central Government`s budgetary. provisions instead. The significance of this research lies in that it dwells on. the major challenges confronting the States with regard to these issues. Public Provisioning for Elementary Education in India focuses on elementary. education in the context of the ongoing

One would not ordinarily think of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as of particular importance to the less developed countries. Nevertheless, in recent years the less developed coun-tries have come to have a very high regard for the IMF; and the IMF, in turn, has become the great defender of the interests of the less developed countries. This entente has evolved out of the course of events. In the current discussions on international monetary reform the IMF has be-come the spokesman for universal participation in reserve creation. This suits the institutional interests of the IMF. At the same time it makes the IMF the advocate of the interests of the less developed countries

Currently, humans lack the cognitive and moral capacities to prevent the widespread suffering associated with collective risks, like pandemics, climate change, or even asteroids. In Moral Enhancement and the Public Good, Parker Crutchfield argues for the controversial and initially counterintuitive claim that everyone should be administered a substance that makes us better people. Furthermore, he argues that it should be administered without our knowledge. That is, moral bioenhancement should be both compulsory and covert. Crutchfield demonstrates how our duty to future generations and our epistemic inability to promote the public good highlight the need for compulsory, covert moral bioenhancement. This not only gives us the best chance of preventing widespread suffering, compared to other interventions (or doing nothing), it also best promotes liberty, autonomy, and equality. In a final chapter, Crutchfield addresses the most salient objections to his argument.