| First Semester 2023-2024 |
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Reclaiming humanity in Palestinian hunger strikes: revolutionary subjectivity and decolonizing the body
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| Author | Ashjan Ajour | |
| Call Number | HN660.A8A38 2021 | |
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Rooted in feminist decolonial ethnography and decolonial feminist theory, this book explores the subjectivity of Palestinian hunger strikers in Israeli prisons, as shaped by resistance. Ashjan Ajour examines how these prisoners use their bodies in anti-colonial resistance; what determines this mode of radical struggle; the meanings they ascribe to their actions; and how they constitute their subjectivity while undergoing extreme bodily pain and starvation. These hunger strikes, which embody decolonisation and liberation politics, frame the post-Oslo period in the wake of the decline of the national struggle against settler-colonialism and the fragmentation of the Palestinian movement. Providing narrative and analytical insights into embodied resistance and tracing the formation of revolutionary subjectivity, the book sheds light on the participants’ views of the hunger strike, as they move beyond customary understandings of the political into the realm of the ‘spiritualisation’ of struggle. Drawing on Foucault’s conception of the technologies of the self, Fanon’s writings on anti-colonial violence, and Badiou’s militant philosophy, Ajour problematises these concepts from the vantage point of the Palestinian hunger strike.
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The waste crisis: roadmap for sustainable waste management in developing countries
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Sahadat Hossain
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| Call Number | TD790.H67 2022 | |
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The book begins with an overview of current waste management practices, including waste generation, collection, processing, composting, recycling, and disposal. It moves on to a series of case studies from over ten countries and presentations of sustainable waste management strategies. The book concludes a series of practical and effective final recommendations for future best practices.
The book is an indispensable resource for waste, recycling and resource management professionals. It’s also perfect for waste management system designers and decision makers seeking a one-stop guide to issues of sustainability in the developing world. |
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Positive growth and redemption in prison: finding light behind bars and beyond
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Lila Kazemian
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| Call Number | HV9275.K39 2020 | |
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Although the negative consequences of rising incarceration rates have been well-established, criminological research has largely neglected to document psychological, social, and behavioral changes that occur during periods of incarceration. Drawing on an original longitudinal study of long-term French prisoners, this book examines the process of desistance from crime and positive growth in prison. It offers reflections on how personal transformation can be achieved in prison, particularly among individuals serving long prison sentences.
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Mainstreaming gender in global climate governance: women and gender constituency in the UNFCCC
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Flavell, Joanna
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| Call Number | HQ1194.F53 2023 | |
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This book explores the role of feminist activists in The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and highlights the progress they have made in mainstreaming gender as a key issue in global climate governance.
This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental justice, climate politics and governance, environmental activism, and gender studies more broadly. |
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