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  1. Power of Community, The: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (2006)

    Director
    Faith Morgan
    Subject
    Agriculture; Economics; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 53 minutes), $20.00

    When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, Cuba’s economy went into a tailspin. With imports of oil cut by more than half - and food by 80 percent - people were desperate. This film tells of the hardships...

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  2. Global Economics (2 Parts) (2006)

    Subject
    Development studies; Economics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 32 minutes eacy), £49.00 (DVD), £20.00 (1 Year Digital Licence), £49.00 (3 Year Digital Licence)

    Part 1 explores one of the most controversial issues within international economics - financial globalisation. It looks at the pros and cons and draws on examples of how financial globalisation has spurred...

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  3. Life and Debt (2004)

    Subject
    Development studies; Economics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 82 minutes), £7.99

    Looks at the less savoury effects of globalisation on the island of Jamaica. With independence came the need for money for development, but the strictures from the IMF and World Bank that came with the loans...

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  4. Impacts of Globalisation (2004)

    Subject
    Business studies; Development studies; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 22 minutes), £49.00 (DVD), £20.00 (1 Year Digital Licence), £49.00 (3 Year Digital Licence)

    The nations of the world are becoming more connected and inerdependent. There are many benefits to globalisation, but not all nations have benefitted equally. There are vast differences in living standards...

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  5. Drowned out (2004)

    Director
    Fanny Armstrong
    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies; Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 75 minutes + over 240 minutes of extras), £100.00

    Shot over three years with no budget or electricity, DROWNED OUT tells the true story of one family’s inspired stand against the destruction of their land, homes and culture. The people of Jalsindhi in...

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  6. Baked Alaska (2004)

    Director
    Fanny Armstrong
    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0)

    Temperatures in Alaska, America’s coldest, richest State, are rising ten times faster than in the rest of the world. President Bush ignored the warning signs. He pulled out of Kyoto and wants to open a...

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  7. Sugar: The Rules of the Game (2004)

    Director
    Meritxell Ribas
    Subject
    Agriculture; Economics; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 33 minutes), $295.00

    This film examines the complex world of international commerce by looking at the major players in the sugar industry - European and African farmers, major sugar production companies on both continents,...

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  8. Green Lanes Global Village (2003)

    Subject
    Development studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), £55.00

    Poverty, displacement and sustainability are just some of the issues faced by the world today in the context of international development. Using case-studies from around the world, this course explores the...

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  9. Italy (2000 Video)

    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 100 minutes), £19.99

    Originally broadcast as 5 separate 20-minute programmes examining Italy’s new geographica trends - globalisation and ide-industrialisation and Italy’s position in the EU. The programmes span the crucial...

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  10. Changing China (1999 Video)

    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 100 min., 1999 sale: £19.99 (inc VAT +p&p)

    A series of five programmes examining the stagggering pace and scale of change in the People’s Republic of China - both in the cities and in remote villages. Asks who gains and who may be getting left...

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