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a People’s history of the second World WarResistance Versus Empire
donny glucksteinA People's History of the Second World War unearths the fascinating history of the war as fought 'from below'. Until now, the vast majority of historical accounts have focussed on the conflict between the Allied and Axis powers for imperialist mastery. Donny Gluckstein shows that in fact between 1939 and 1945 two distinct wars were fought – one ‘from above’ and one ‘from below’.
Using examples from countries under the Nazi heel, in the colonies and within the Axis and Allied camps, Gluckstein brings to life the very different struggle of the people's and resistance movements which proliferated during the war. He shows how they fought not just fascism, but colonialism and empire, and were betrayed by the Allies at the war’s end.
This book will fundamentally challenge our understanding of the Second World War – both about the people who fought it and the reasons for which it was fought.
doNNy glUcKsTeiN is a lecturer in history at Stevenson College, Edinburgh. He is the author of several books on Marxist history.
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Ideologies in the Age of ExtremesLiberalism, Conservatism, Communism, Fascism 1914-1991
Willie ThompsonPb 978-0-7453-2711-2 £19.99
The Italian ResistanceFascists, Guerrillas and the Allies
Tom BehanPb 978-0-7453-2694-8 £18.99
The Second World War, but not as we know it
JUNe 2012 288pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-2802-7 £19.99 hb 978-0-7453-2803-4 £75 epub 978-1-8496-4720-5 £19.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4721-2 £19.99
“Refreshingly avoiding a conventional narrative
approach, Gluckstein offers new insights that provide a powerful antidote to historical mythology. Alex CAlliniCos author of Imperialism and Global Political Economy
“Gluckstein makes an indispensable
contribution to understanding the reality of the conflict in all its complexity. neil DAviDson author of Discovering the Scottish Revolution
“Gluckstein combines an impressive grasp of the
war's shifting complexities with the brilliance of a sweeping and penetrating political analysis. AnDy DurgAn author of The Spanish Civil War
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What We are fighting forA Radical Collective Manifesto
edited by federico campagna and emanuele campiglioThe age of austerity has brought a new generation of protesters on to the streets across the world. As the economic crisis meets the environmental crisis, millions fear what the future will bring but also dare to dream of a different society.
What We Are Fighting For tries to answer the question that the mainstream media loves to ask the protesters. The first radical, collective manifesto of the new decade, it brings together some of the key theorists and activists from the new networked and creative social movements. Contributors include Owen Jones, David Graeber, John Holloway, Nina Power, Mark Fisher, Franco Berardi Bifo and Marina Sitrin.
Chapters outline the alternative vision that animates the new global movement – from 'new economics' and 'new governance' to ‘new public’ and 'new social imagination'. The book concludes by exploring 'new tactics of struggle’.
federico camPagNa is a writer and activist. He is one of the founders of the journal Through Europe and contributes to a number of magazines and radio programmes in Italy and the UK. He organised the ‘What are we struggling for?’ conference at the ICA, London, and is the editor of Franco Berardi Bifo’s forthcoming reader.
emaNUele camPiglio is a Researcher at the New Economics Foundation.
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Life Without MoneyBuilding Fair and Sustainable Economies
Edited by Anitra Nelson and Frans TimmermanPb 978-0-7453-3165-2 £17.99
Crack CapitalismJohn HollowayPb 978-0-7453-3008-2 £17.99
A world for the 99%
sePTember 2012 224pp 198mm x 129mm Pb 978-0-7453-3285-7 £14.99 hb 978-0-7453-3286-4 £45 epub 978-1-8496-4762-5 £14.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4763-2 £14.99
“Here are the first flowers of spring: the beginning
of an epochal dialogue about the human future. Inspired by the Occupy movements across the world, What We Are Fighting For should inspire all of us to join the conversation. Mike DAvis author of Planet of Slums and City of Quartz
“This collection provides a rallying point for all
those who resist the dogmas of contemporary politics and seek a fresh set of alternatives. It is a manifesto full of urgent, articulate responses to the current situation. siMon CritChley Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy at the New School, New York, and author of The Faith of the Faithless
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bleakonomicsA Heartwarming Introduction to Financial Catastrophe, the Jobs Crisis and Environmental Destruction
rob larsonBleakonomics is a short and darkly humorous guide to the three great crises plaguing today's world: environmental degradation, social conflict in the age of austerity and financial instability.
Written for anyone who is wondering how we’ve come to this point, Rob Larson holds mainstream economic theory up against the grim reality of a planet in meltdown. He looks at scientists’ conclusions about climate change, the business world’s opinions about its own power, and reveals the fingerprints of finance on American elections.
With a unique and engaging approach to each crucial subject, students, academics and activists will find a lot to appreciate in this quiet call-to-arms for a saner and more stable world.
rob larsoN teaches Economics at Tacoma Community College in Washington State, USA. He is active with Occupy Tacoma and Jobs with Justice, and writes regularly for Dollars & Sense and Z Magazine.
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A User's Guide to the Crisis of CivilizationAnd How to Save It
Nafeez Mosaddeq AhmedPb 978-0-7453-3053-2 £19.99
Economics for EveryoneA Short Guide to the Economics of Capitalism
Jim StanfordPb 978-0-7453-2750-1 £12.99
The invisible hand of the market gives the finger
sePTember 2012 224pp 198mm x 129mm Pb 978-0-7453-3267-3 £16.99 hb 978-0-7453-3268-0 £60 epub 978-1-8496-4786-1 £16.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4787-8 £16.99
“I have been reading Rob Larson's columns for
some time, with great profit and appreciation. His work is not only solidly grounded but also lucid and accessible, a most valuable contribution to public understanding and vitally needed action. noAM ChoMsky
“Larson adds a critical component to the policy
debate about financial reform by explaining why the 'too big to fail' banks imperil our democracy as well as our economy. They are ticking time bombs certain to cause great damage unless we follow Larson's advice. WilliAM BlACk Associate Professor of Economics and Law, University of Missouri-Kansas City, author of The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One
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The Dawn of the Arab UprisingsEnd of an Old Order?
edited by bassam haddad, rosie bsheer and Ziad abu-rish. foreword by roger owenThe Dawn of the Arab Uprisings sheds light on the historical background and initial impact of the mass uprisings which have shaken the Arab world since December 2010. The book brings together the best writers from the online journal Jadaliyya, which has established itself as an unparalleled source of information and critical analysis on the Middle East.
The authors, many of whom live in the countries affected, provide unique understanding and first-hand accounts of events that have received superficial and partial coverage in Western and Arab media alike. While the book focuses on those states that have been most affected by the uprisings it also covers the impact on Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Palestine, and Iraq.
The Dawn of the Arab Uprisings covers the full range of issues involved in these historic events, from political economy and the role of social media, to international politics, gender, labour and the impact on culture, making this the ideal one-stop introduction to the events for the novice and specialist alike.
bassam haddad is Director of the Middle East Studies Program and teaches in the Department of Public and International Affairs at George Mason University. He is the author of Business Networks in Syria: The Political Economy of Authoritarian Resilience (2012).
rosie bsheer is a PhD Candidate in the Department of History at Columbia University.
ZiAD Abu-Rish is a PhD Candidate in the Department of History at the University of California Los Angeles.
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The Best of Le Monde diplomatique 2012Edited by Wendy KristianasenPb 978-0-7453-3187-4 £18.99
The Politics of Change in PalestineState-Building and Non-Violent Resistance
Michael BröningPb 978-0-7453-3093-8 £17.99
Understanding the Arab uprisings
ocTober 2012 296pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3324-3 £19.99 hb 978-0-7453-3325-0 £60 epub 978-1-8496-4799-1 £19.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4798-4 £19.99
“During the Arab uprisings, my first port
of call every day was Jadaliyya to understand and interpret the events. The articles collected here are a very rare combination - scholarly but also accessible for a broad public. This book will be a much-treasured volume for undergraduate students, and its sophistication will also benefit postgraduates and academics. More importantly, an intelligent lay reader will also find the book immediately useful. lAleh khAlili Senior Lecturer in Middle East Politics, SOAS, University of London
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Tweets and the streetsSocial Media and Contemporary Activism
Paolo gerbaudoTweets and the Streets analyses the culture of the new protest movements of the 21st century. From the Arab Spring to the 'indignados' protests in Spain and the Occupy movement, Paolo Gerbaudo examines the relationship between the rise of social media and the emergence of new forms of protest.
Gerbaudo argues that activists' use of Twitter and Facebook does not fit with the image of a 'cyberspace' detached from physical reality. Instead, social media is used as part of a project of re-appropriation of public space, which involves the assembling of different groups around 'occupied' places such as Cairo’s Tahrir Square or New York’s Zuccotti Park.
An exciting and invigorating journey through the new politics of dissent, Tweets and the Streets points both to the creative possibilities and to the risks of political evanescence which new media brings to the contemporary protest experience.
Paolo gerbaUdo is Adjunct Professor of Sociology at the American University in Cairo (AUC) and a freelance journalist. He was the UK correspondent of the Italian daily newspaper il manifesto.
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Penny RedNotes from the New Age of Dissent
Laurie Penny. Foreword by Warren EllisPb 978-0-7453-3208-6 £12.99
@ is for ActivismDissent, Resistance and Rebellion in a Digital Culture
Joss HandsPb 978-0-7453-2700-6 £17.99
#occupyeverywhere
ocTober 2012 216pp 215mm x 135mm 20 b & w images Pb 978-0-7453-3248-2 £16.99 hb 978-0-7453-3249-9 £60 epub 978-1-8496-4801-1 £16.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4802-8 £16.99
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The Making and Unmaking of a ZionistA Personal and Political Journey
antony lerman. foreword by Jacqueline roseAntony Lerman traces his five-decade personal and political journey from idealistic socialist Zionist to controversial critic of Zionism and Israeli policies towards the Palestinians. As head of an influential UK Jewish think tank, he operated at the highest levels of international Jewish political and intellectual life.
He recalls his 1960s Zionist activism, two years spent on kibbutz and service in the IDF, followed by the gradual onset of doubts about Israel on returning to England. Assailed for his growing public criticism of Israeli policy and Zionism, he details his ostracism by the Jewish establishment.
Through his insider’s critique of Zionism, critical assessment of Jewish politics and analysis of the Israel-Palestine conflict Lerman presents a powerful, human rights-based argument about how a just peace can be achieved.
aNToNy lermaN was Director of the Institute for Jewish Policy Research. His work has appeared in many publications including the Guardian, The Independent, The Nation, Ha’aretz, Prospect and openDemocracy. He was editor of the academic journal Patterns of Prejudice and is a member of the Black-Jewish-Asian Forum.
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Out of the FrameThe Struggle for Academic Freedom in Israel
Ilan PappePb 978-0-7453-2725-9 £14.99
Israeli ApartheidA Beginner's Guide
Ben WhitePb 978-0-7453-2887-4 £9.99
A leading Jewish figure's journey out of Zionism
aUgUsT 2012 288pp 230mm x 150mm hb 978-0-7453-3276-5 £20 epub 978-1-8496-4753-3 £20 Kindle 978-1-8496-4754-0 £20
“An honest and moving account. Antony
Lerman retells factually and with a commendable lack of bitterness his shameful treatment at the hands of the British Jewish establishment. rABBi DAviD J. golDBerg author of This Is Not the Way: Jews, Judaism and Israel
“In this very courageous, personal yet intellectual
exposé, Antony Lerman explores his journey to and from Zionism. His critique contains sharp insights and the inspiration of an optimistic prophet who believes that peace, justice and human rights are the true Jewish values. AvruM Burg former Speaker of the Israeli Knesset and author of The Holocaust is Over: We Must Rise From its Ashes
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generation PalestineVoices from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement
edited by rich WilesThe unique model of apartheid, colonisation and military occupation that Israel imposes on the Palestinians, along with myriad violations of international law, have made Palestine the moral cause of a generation. Yet many people continue to ask, ‘what can we do?’
Generation Palestine helps to answer this question by bringing together Palestinian and international activists in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The movement aims to pressure Israel until it complies with International Law, mirroring the model that was successfully utilised against South African apartheid.
With essays written by a wide selection of contributors, Generation Palestine follows the BDS movement’s model of inclusivity and collaboration. Contributors include Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Ken Loach, Iain Banks, Ronnie Kasrils, Professor Richard Falk, Ilan Pappe, Omar Barghouti, Ramzy Baroud and Archbishop Attallah Hannah, alongside other internationally acclaimed artists, writers, academics and grassroots activists.
rich Wiles is Coordinator of International Relations at Lajee Center in Aida Refugee Camp, Palestine. He is a photographer, writer and activist whose work has been exhibited internationally and featured in the British Journal of Photography and the Times Educational Supplement. His books include Behind the Wall: Life, Love & Struggle in Palestine (2010) and Flying Home (2009).
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Our Way to FightPeace-Work Under Siege in Israel-Palestine
Michael RiordonPb 978-0-7453-3022-8 £17.99
Popular Resistance in PalestineA History of Hope and Empowerment
Mazin B. QumsiyehPb 978-0-7453-3069-3 £17.99
Leading voices from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement
ocTober 2012 240pp 198mm x 129mm Pb 978-0-7453-3243-7 £14.99 hb 978-0-7453-3244-4 £45 epub 978-1-8496-4780-9 £14.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4781-6 £14.99
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The islamophobia industryHow the Right Manufactures Fear of Muslims
Nathan lean. foreword by John l. espositoThe Islamophobia Industry is a disturbing account of the rising tide of Islamophobia sweeping through the United States and Europe.
Nathan Lean takes us through a world of conservative bloggers, right-wing talk show hosts, evangelical religious leaders and politicians, all united in their quest to exhume the ghosts of 9/11 and convince their compatriots that Islam is the enemy. Lean uncovers their scare tactics, reveals their motives and exposes the ideologies that drive their propaganda machine.
Situating Islamophobia within a long history of national and international phobias, The Islamophobia Industry challenges the narrative of fear that has for too long dominated discussions about Muslims and Islam.
NaThaN leaN is Editor-In-Chief of Aslan Media and a contributing writer at PolicyMic. He is the co-author of Iran, Israel, and the United States: Regime Security vs. Political Legitimacy (2011).
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Brown Skin, White MasksHamid DabashiPb 978-0-7453-2873-7 £14.99
A Suitable EnemyRacism, Migration and Islamophobia in Europe
Liz Fekete. Foreword by A. SivanandanPb 978-0-7453-2792-1 £17.99
One industry that is booming
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“In this provocative and engaging book, Nathan
Lean meticulously untangles the dense web of fear merchants who have made Muslim-bashing a cottage industry. JuAn Cole author of Engaging the Muslim World
“Nathan Lean has written a book of immense
importance for our times. A must-read. rezA AslAn author of No God But God
“Absolutely indispensable. Any citizen concerned
about the future of this country and the world at large owes it to themselves to read this book. MArk levine author of Heavy Metal Islam
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The islamic utopiaThe Illusion of Reform in Saudi Arabia
andrew hammondWill Saudi Arabia join the democratic wave in the Middle East? The uprisings and revolutions of 2011 do not, yet, seem to have affected the stability of the House of Saud, which remains secretive, highly repressive and propped up by the West.
The Islamic Utopia uses a range of sources including first-hand reporting and recently released WikiLeaks documents to examine Saudi Arabia in the decade after the 9/11 attacks, when King Abdullah’s 'reform' agenda took centre stage in public debate. It considers Saudi claims of 'exemption' from the democratic demands of the Arab Spring.
Andrew Hammond argues that for too long Western media and governments have accepted Saudi leaders' claims to be a buttress against jihadist Islam and that a new policy is needed towards the House of Saud.
aNdreW hammoNd is a senior correspondent for the Reuters news agency, currently based in Dubai. He is the author of What The Arabs Think of America (2008) and Popular Culture in the Arab World (2007), and was the Reuters bureau chief in Saudi Arabia for several years.
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Islamic ActivistsThe Anti-Enlightenment Democrats
Deina Ali AbdelkaderPb 978-0-7453-2216-2 £17.99
The Contemporary Arab Reader on Political IslamEdited and with an Introduction by Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi'Pb 978-0-7453-2889-8 £21.99
Inside the House of Saud
aUgUsT 2012 240pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3269-7 £17.99 hb 978-0-7453-3270-3 £60 epub 978-1-8496-4738-0 £17.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4739-7 £17.99
“If there is anyone who can write knowledgeably
and intelligently about Saudi Arabia, it is Andrew Hammond. This book adds to our knowledge of a kingdom that is often shrouded with mystery. As'AD ABukhAlil author of The Battle for Saudi Arabia
“Fascinating. Reconciles the demands of scholarly
depth with keen personal insights into everyday life in Saudi Arabia. lArBi sADiki Senior Lecturer in Middle East Politics, Exeter University
“Packed with sharp analysis, this book is an
'Arab Spring' must-read. Christopher M. DAviDson editor of Power and Politics in the Persian Gulf Monarchies
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Weapon of the strongConversations on US State Terrorism
edited by Jon bailes and cihan aksanThe term ‘terrorism’ is often applied exclusively to non-state groups or specific ‘rogue states’. Far less attention is given to state terrorism carried out or sponsored by democracies, most notably the United States. History shows that this state terrorism has been responsible for the deaths of millions of people.
Weapon of the Strong analyses the forms of US state terrorism through exclusive interviews with leading commentators and theorists, including Noam Chomsky, Edward S. Herman, Richard A. Falk, Judith Butler, Ted Honderich, Norman Finkelstein and Gilbert Achcar. The interviews explore the different aspects of state terrorism: its functions, institutional supports and the legal and moral arguments surrounding it, and consider specific case studies in Europe, Latin America and the Middle East.
Weapon of the Strong makes an indispensable contribution to contemporary debates on terrorism and constructs a damning critique of US foreign policy from World War Two to the present day.
JoN bailes is a co-founding editor of the online political journal State of Nature.
cihaN aKsaN is a co-founding editor of the online political journal State of Nature.
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Cultures of FearA Critical Reader
Edited by Uli Linke and Danielle Taana SmithPb 978-0-7453-2965-9 £19.99
Beyond September 11An Anthology of Dissent
Edited by Phil ScratonPb 978-0-7453-1962-9 £16.99
Chomsky, Butler, Finkelstein and others on the real terror threat
NoVember 2012 224pp 198mm x 129mm Pb 978-0-7453-3241-3 £14.99 hb 978-0-7453-3242-0 £50 epub 978-1-8496-4795-3 £14.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4796-0 £14.99
“Terror exercised by states is infinitely
more deadly than terrorism by non-state actors. This outstanding book is welcome precisely because it starts by challenging the hegemonic views of both terrorism and democratic power. Nuanced and uncompromising, the interviewers have posed some of the most penetrating and important questions of our time. The answers received will change forever the way we think about terror. penny green Professor of Law at King's College London and Director of the International State Crime Initiative (ISCI)
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how to look good in a WarJustifying and Challenging State Violence
brian rappertHow to Look Good in A War examines the methods used to depict, defend and justify the use of state violence. Many books have shown how 'truth is the first casualty of war' but this is the first to analyse exactly how pro-war narratives are constructed and normalised.
Brian Rappert details the 'upside-down' world of war in which revelation conceals, knowledge fosters uncertainty, and transparency obscures. He looks at government spin during recent wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya where officials manoeuvre between circulating and withholding information.
Examining how organised violence is justified, How to Look Good in A War draws on experiences from recent controversy to consider how ignorance about the operation of war is produced and how concerned individuals and groups can intervene to make a difference.
briaN raPPerT is Professor of Science, Technology and Public Affairs in the Department of Sociology and Philosophy at the University of Exeter.
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Brute RealityPower, Discourse and the Mediation of War
Stuart PricePb 978-0-7453-2079-3 £17.99
NEWSPEAK in the 21st CenturyDavid Edwards and David CromwellPb 978-0-7453-2893-5 £16.99
Won't get fooled again?
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“How to Look Good in A War is a sophisticated
exploration of how understandings of war and weapons are produced by the movements between disclosure and concealment in official discourse. An important and very readable addition to the literature on contemporary Western warmaking. MArtin shAW Research Professor, Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals and University of Sussex, and Professorial Fellow in International Relations and Human Rights, University of Roehampton, London. Author of The New Western Way of War
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idiotismCapitalism and the Privatisation of Life
Neal curtisIdiotism examines the condition of society in late capitalism where the market logic of neoliberalism has become the new ‘common sense’, taken as the model for the organisation and management of all aspects of social life. Using the Greek word idios, meaning 'private', Neal Curtis calls this privatisation of the world ‘idiotism’.
Constructing a new vocabulary with which to understand contemporary society, Curtis examines 'idiotism' across the spheres of economics, politics and culture, drawing on the philosophy and political theories of Martin Heidegger, Louis Althusser, Franco Berardi, Jacques Rancière and Cornelius Castoriadis.
Idiotism recasts our conception of the new neoliberal 'common sense', presenting it as not simply a case of false consciousness, but an ontological problem related to our being-in-the-world.
Neal cUrTis is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Film, Television and Media Studies at the University of Auckland. He is the author of War and Social Theory: World, Value, Identity (2006), Against Autonomy: Lyotard, Action and Judgement (2001) and editor of The Pictorial Turn (2010).
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Capitalism's New ClothesEnterprise, Ethics and Enjoyment in Times of Crisis
Colin CreminPb 978-0-7453-2814-0 £19.99
Cool CapitalismJim McGuiganPb 978-0-7453-2678-8 £15.99
Mind-forged manacles
NoVember 2012 189pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3155-3 £21.99 hb 978-0-7453-3156-0 £70 epub 978-1-8496-4789-2 £21.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4790-8 £21.99
“Neal Curtis boldly confronts the disturbing
trap of contemporary democracy: its promises of diversity and plurality are undone by capitalist enclosure. This is a provocative, unyielding, and immensely readable book. JoDi DeAn author of Democracy and Other Neoliberal Fantasies
“This book is a comprehensive
overview of neoliberal folly and the ceaseless process of privatisation. Neal Curtis describes how privatised stupidity, economic fanaticism and cuts in education are laying the foundations for a dictatorship of ignorance. FrAnCo BerArDi author of The Soul at Work: From Alienation to Autonomy
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The Cancer stage of capitalismFrom Crisis to Cure
John mcmurtryThe Cancer Stage of Capitalism is a modern classic of critical philosophy and political economy, renowned for its depth and comprehensive research. It provides a step by step diagnosis of the continuing economic collapse in the US and Europe and has had an enormous influence on new visions of economic alternatives.
John McMurtry argues that our world disorder of unending crises is the predictable result of a cancerous economic system multiplying out of all control and destroying ecological, social and organic life - a process he describes as 'global ecogenocide'. In this updated edition he explains the ‘social immune response’ required to fight the ‘macro cancer’, something which has already been shown in developments such as the Occupy movement and the democratic social transformation of Latin America.
In an official global culture increasingly destructive of life, this book shows the necessity and possibility of building a sustainable society based on a universal commitment to life and nature.
JohN mcmUrTry is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Guelph and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He is the author of the multi-volume Philosophy and World Problems, written for the UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems, Value Wars (Pluto Press, 2002) and Unequal Freedoms: The Global Market as an Ethical System (1998).
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Remaking ScarcityFrom Capitalist Inefficiency to Economic Democracy
Costas Panayotakis. Foreword by Joel KovelPb 978-0-7453-3099-0 £18.99
Value WarsThe Global Market Versus the Life Economy
John McMurtryPb 978-0-7453-1889-9 £21.99
Updated edition of a modern anti-capitalist classic
NoVember 2012 368pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3313-7 £19.99 hb 978-0-7453-3314-4 £65 epub 978-1-8496-4804-2 £19.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4805-9 £19.99
“McMurtry's vision is a panoramic, encyclopedic,
and breathtakingly original one, imbued with both high reason and (com)passion. rAJAni k. kAnth Fellow, Harvard University
“McMurtry provides both the diagnosis and
antidote for the current state of our world. MArCel sChlAF Professor of Chemistry, University of Guelph
“This new edition of a classic study will be
welcomed with enthusiasm by every rational member of the world community. JAMes Fetzer Distinguished McKnight University Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota, Duluth
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haiti's New dictatorshipFrom the Overthrow of Aristide to the 2010 Earthquake
Justin PodurIn 1804 Haiti became the world's first independent black Republic following a slave revolution. 200 years later, ravaged by colonialism and violence, it was placed under UN military occupation.
Haiti's New Dictatorship charts the country's recent history, from the 2004 coup against President Aristide to the devastating 2010 earthquake, revealing a shocking story of abuse and indifference by international forces. Justin Podur unmasks the grim reality of a supposedly benign international occupation, arguing that the denial of sovereignty is the fundamental cause of Haiti's problems.
A powerful challenge and wake-up call to the international NGO and development community, Haiti's New Dictatorship is essential reading for anyone concerned with justice in the global south and progressive development policies.
JUsTiN PodUr is Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at York University, Canada. He is a writer on political conflicts and social movements, and has reported from numerous countries including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pakistan, Haiti and Israel/Palestine. He is a contributor to Empire's Ally: Canadian Foreign Policy and the War in Afghanistan (2012).
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Haiti-HaitiiPhilosophical Reflections for Mental Decolonization
Jean-Bertrand AristidePb 978-1-6120-5054-6 £14.99
A New Generation Draws the Line“Humanitarian” Intervention and the Standards of the West
Noam ChomskyPb 978-0-7453-3234-5 £12.99
Hands off Haiti
ocTober 2012 224pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3257-4 £18.99 hb 978-0-7453-3258-1 £60 epub 978-1-8496-4783-0 £18.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4784-7 £18.99
“Justin Podur's book is a systematic analysis of
the new regime of power that governs Haiti today. It makes a valuable new contribution to the study of the decisive post-coup period and offers a timely overview of the whole period of post-Aristide Haiti, right up to the present day. peter hAllWArD author of Damming the Flood: Haiti, Aristide, and the Politics of Containment
“Justin Podur’s book is a cogent antidote to the
current confusion about Haiti. It explains how a country that is nominally democratic leaves the majority of Haitians with little influence over their own economic and political affairs. BriAn ConCAnnon Director of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti
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indonesiaArchipelago of Fear
andre Vltchek. foreword by Noam chomskyIndonesia: Archipelago of Fear is a fascinating and at times unsettling journey into the world's most populous Muslim nation as it struggles to emerge from decades of dictatorship and the plunder of its natural resources.
Andre Vltchek brings together more than a decade of investigative journalism in and around Indonesia to chart the recent history of the country, from the revolution which overthrew General Suharto's genocidal dictatorship in 1998 to the present day. He covers the full breadth of the country from Islamic Aceh to mostly Catholic East Timor.
Tracing Indonesia's current problems back to Suharto's coup and the genocide of 1965 – and the support given by the West to Suharto – Vltchek provides an intimate and deeply humane insight into the hopes and fears of Indonesia's people.
aNdre VlTcheK is a novelist, filmmaker, investigative journalist and playwright. He is the author of a number of books including Oceania (2009) and Western Terror: From Potosi to Baghdad (2006), and the co-author of Exile: Conversations with Pramoedya Ananta Toer (2006). He currently lives and works in East Africa, Indonesia and Japan.
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The Face of ImperialismMichael ParentiPb 978-1-5945-1918-5 £12.99
Power and TerrorConflict, Hegemony, and the Rule of Force
Noam ChomskyPb 978-0-7453-3137-9 £12.99
Journey through a wounded nation
aUgUsT 2012 288pp 215mm x 135mm 15 photographs Pb 978-0-7453-3199-7 £17.99 hb 978-0-7453-3200-0 £60 epub 978-1-8496-4741-0 £17.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4742-7 £17.99
“Vltchek turns on a powerful spotlight,
using vast stores of thorough research and years of direct contact, to redress our ignorance. MiChAel AlBert co-founder of Z Communications and author of Parecon: Life After Capitalism
“Vltchek manages to thoroughly analyse the
experience of most Indonesian people: poverty, fear and the humiliations created by corrupt and greedy elites. nursyAhBAni kAtJAsungkAnA National Coordinator of Indonesian Legal Aid Society for Women and former Indonesian MP
“This book burns with indignation against
injustice and untruth. AnDreW BeAtty author of A Shadow Falls: In the Heart of Java
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borderline JusticeThe Fight for Refugee and Migrant Rights
frances Webber. foreword by gareth PeirceFrom pre-arrival to detention and deportation, Borderline Justice describes the exclusionary policies, inhumane decisions and obstacles to justice for refugees and migrants in the current legal system.
Frances Webber, a legal practitioner with over 30 years experience, provides a unique insight into how the law has been applied to migrants, refugees and other ‘unpopular minorities’. The book records some of the key legal struggles of the past thirty years which have sought to preserve values of universality in human rights - and the importance of continuing to fight for those values, inside and outside the courtroom.
With its combination of legal and political analysis with insider insights, Borderline Justice will appeal to both academic and non-academic audiences. The themes and analysis cross boundaries of law, politics, sociology, criminology, refugee studies and terrorism studies, appealing to the radical tradition in all these disciplines.
fraNces Webber is a retired barrister who specialised in human rights, immigration and asylum law. She is currently a visiting lecturer at Warwick University and Birkbeck College, University of London. She is Vice-Chair of the Institute of Race Relations, with which she has been involved for over 40 years.
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Ricin!The Inside Story of the Terror Plot That Never Was
Lawrence Archer and Fiona Bawdon. Foreword by Michael Mansfield QCPb 978-0-7453-2927-7 £14.99
Staying PowerThe History of Black People in Britain
Peter Fryer. Introduction by Paul GilroyPb 978-0-7453-3072-3 £19.99
Britain's Unpeople
ocTober 2012 225pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3163-8 £19.99 hb 978-0-7453-3164-5 £65 epub 978-1-8496-4771-7 £19.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4772-4 £19.99
“A blast against Britain’s immigration and
asylum system which argues that when it comes to the treatment of foreigners, British justice has been hollowed out. On every page the cold, cruel, inhuman and racially-determined logic of Home Office decision-making is laid bare by a campaigning and passionate lawyer. liz Fekete Executive Director, Institute of Race Relations and author of A Suitable Enemy: Racism, Migration and Islamophobia in Europe
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border WatchCultures of Immigration, Detention and Control
alexandra hall
Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society
Questions over immigration and asylum face almost all Western countries. Should only economically useful immigrants be allowed? What should be done with unwanted or 'illegal' immigrants? In this bold and original intervention, Alexandra Hall shows that immigration detention centres offer a window onto society's broader attitudes towards immigrants.
Despite periodic media scandals, remarkably little has been written about the everyday workings of the grassroots immigration system, or about the people charged with enacting immigration policy at local levels. Detention, particularly, is a hidden side of border politics, despite its growing international importance as a tool of control and security. This book fills the gap admirably, analysing the everyday encounters between officers and immigrants in detention to explore broad social trends and theoretical concerns.
This highly topical book provides rare insights into the treatment of the 'other' and will be essential for policy makers and students studying anthropology and sociology.
alexaNdra hall is Lecturer in Politics at the Department of Politics, University of York.
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MigrationChanging the World
Guy ArnoldPb 978-0-7453-2905-5 £19.99
Open BordersThe Case Against Immigration Controls
Teresa HayterPb 978-0-7453-2244-5 £16.99
Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society
JUly 2012 224pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-2723-5 £19.99 hb 978-0-7453-2724-2 £70 epub 978-1-8496-4717-5 £19.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4718-2 £19.99
“With its focus on the everyday life of guards
and officers in a particular detention complex, and its creative mix of ethnography, political theory, cultural geography and moral philosophy, Border Watch will inspire a whole new generation of studies of migration/security. WilliAM WAlters Professor of Political Science and Sociology at Carleton University, Ottawa, and author of Governmentality: Critical Encounters
“This book succeeds in linking ethnographic
description with major public issues of immigration and power. JosiAh MCC. heyMAn Professor of Anthropology and Chair of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Texas, El Paso.
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dot.compradorsPower and Policy in the Development of the Indian Software Industry
Jyoti saraswati
Series: IIPPE
'India Shining' has become the brand name for a new India presented in Bollywood films, advertisements and books. A key part of this image is the software industry, held up as the symbol of prosperity and post-modernity.
Opening with a primer on 'the Seven Leading Myths about the Indian Software Industry', Dot.compradors reveals the darker reality behind 'India Shining', providing a history of the industry from the 1970s to the present day. Jyoti Saraswati punctures the myth of a free-market industry by showing the role of state intervention and how vested interests and elite corruption have shaped, and continue to shape, one of the world’s most dynamic sectors.
Both a detailed case study and a wider consideration of development issues, Dot.compradors argues that the interests presently attached to the software industry and the policies they are pursuing are both an impediment to the growth of local software firms and to a broader-based, more egalitarian form of development in India.
JyoTi sarasWaTi teaches on the Business and Political Economy Program at the Stern School of Business, New York University (NYU).
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The Political Economy of NGOsState Formation in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
Jude L. FernandoPb 978-0-7453-2171-4 £19.99
The Political Economy of DevelopmentThe World Bank, Neoliberalism and Development Research
Edited by Kate Bayliss, Ben Fine and Elisa Van WaeyenbergePb 978-0-7453-3103-4 £24.99
Control/Alt/Delete as business strategy
JUly 2012 160pp 215mm x 135mm 8 figures Pb 978-0-7453-3265-9 £17.99 hb 978-0-7453-3266-6 £60 epub 978-1-8496-4735-9 £17.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4736-6 £17.99
“This important book blasts open the myths
about what is seen as the Indian economy’s most successful sector. Dot.compradors will become required reading. JAyAti ghosh Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
“This book fills a very important gap in the
existing literature. A must-read for courses on economics and management in India. ChirAshree DAs guptA Associate Professor, Ambedkar University Delhi
“Original in its scope, well written and engaging.
AlessAnDrA MezzADri Department of Development Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
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The Corporation That changed the WorldHow the East India Company Shaped the Modern Multinational
Nick robinsThe English East India Company was the mother of the modern multinational. Its trading empire encircled the globe, importing Asian luxuries such as spices, textiles and teas. But it also conquered much of India with its private army and broke open China's markets with opium. The Company’s practices shocked its contemporaries and still reverberate today.
The Corporation That Changed the World is the first book to reveal the Company’s enduring legacy as a corporation. This expanded edition explores how the four forces of scale, technology, finance and regulation drove its spectacular rise and fall. For decades, the Company was simply too big to fail, and stock market bubbles, famines, drug-running and even duels between rival executives are to be found in this new account.
For Robins, the Company’s story provides vital lessons on both the role of corporations in world history and the steps required to make global business accountable today.
NicK robiNs has more than 20 years experience in the policy and practical realities of corporate accountability. A historian by training, he currently works on sustainable and responsible investment in London, and has written on the East India Company for the Financial Times, New Statesman and Resurgence.
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The Economics of KillingHow the West Fuels War and Poverty in the Developing World
Vijay MehtaPb 978-0-7453-3224-6 £14.99
The Critical Development Studies HandbookTools for Change
Edited by Henry VeltmeyerPb 978-0-7453-3123-2 £24.95
What does the East India Company tell us about corporate governance today?
ocTober 2012 262pp 215mm x 135mm 5 photos, 2 figures, 3 maps Pb 978-0-7453-3195-9 £17.99 hb 978-0-7453-3196-6 £60 epub 978-1-8496-4692-5 £17.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4693-2 £17.99
“A powerful analysis of the rise and fall of the
British East India Company, a private company that conquered a subcontinent and subjugated an entire people. huW BoWen Professor of Imperial and Maritime History, Swansea University
“Elegantly written and sharply argued, Nick
Robins’ gripping account of the rise and fall of the English East India Company brings to life a crucial episode in the history of globalization. sAnkAr Muthu Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago
secoNd ediTioN
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beyond occupationApartheid, Colonialism and International Law in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
edited by Virginia TilleyBeyond Occupation looks at three contentious terms that regularly arise in contemporary arguments about Israel's practices towards Palestinians in the occupied territories – occupation, colonialism and apartheid – and considers whether their meanings in international law truly apply to Israel's policies. This analysis is timely and urgent – colonialism and apartheid are serious breaches of human rights law and apartheid is a crime against humanity under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
The contributors present conclusive evidence that Israel’s administration of the Palestinian territories is consistent with colonialism and apartheid, as these regimes are defined in human rights law. Their analysis further shows that these practices are deliberate Israeli state policies, imposed on the Palestinian civilian population under military occupation.
These findings raise serious implications for the legality and legitimacy of Israel's continuing occupation of the Palestinian territories and the responsibility of the entire international community to challenge practices considered contrary to fundamental values of the international legal order.
VirgiNia Tilley is Director of the Governance Programme at the University of the South Pacific, Fiji. She has researched and published on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since the 1980s and is the author of The One-State Solution (2005).
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Partitioning PalestineLegal Fundamentalism in the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
John StrawsonPb 978-0-7453-2323-7 £21.99
From Coexistence to ConquestInternational Law and the Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1891-1949
Victor Kattan. Foreword by Richard FalkPb 978-0-7453-2578-1 £29.95
New legal paradigm for the Israel/Palestine conflict
sePTember 2012 400pp 230mm x 150mm Pb 978-0-7453-3235-2 £25 hb 978-0-7453-3236-9 £75 epub 978-1-8496-4744-1 £25 Kindle 978-1-8496-4745-8 £25
“This compelling study, by reputable legal scholars,
answers the international community's need for new analytical tools to understand a conflict that defies conventional legal categories. george BishArAt Professor of Law, University of California
“An excellent study that examines the
legal concepts of colonialism and apartheid, and their implications in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Christine Chinkin Professor of International Law, London School of Economics
“The findings of this study should receive urgent
attention. ronnie kAsrils former Intelligence Minister, South Africa
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Unfree in PalestineRegistration, Documentation and Movement Restriction
Nadia abu-Zahra and adah KayBased on first-hand accounts and extensive fieldwork, Unfree in Palestine reveals the role played by identity documents in Israel’s apartheid policies towards the Palestinians, from the red passes of the 1950s to the orange, green and blue passes of today.
The authors chronicle how millions of Palestinians have been denationalised through the bureaucratic tools of census, population registration, blacklisting and a discriminatory legal framework. They show how identity documents are used by Israel as a means of coercion, extortion, humiliation and informant recruitment. Movement restrictions tied to IDs and population registers threaten Palestinian livelihoods, freedom of movement and access to basic services such as health and education.
Unfree in Palestine is a masterful exposé of the web of bureaucracy used by Israel to deprive the Palestinians of basic rights and freedoms, and calls for international justice and inclusive security in place of discrimination and division.
NADiA Abu-ZAhRA is Assistant Professor of Globalisation and Development at the University of Ottawa. She is currently on the Board of Directors for the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences and has worked across the Middle East, Asia, and Central America. She is the author of 12 articles and book chapters on mobility in Palestine.
adah Kay is Honorary Visiting Professor at Cass Business School, City University, London. An anthropologist and urban planner, she has worked in local government, universities and UK NGOs. During 2002-6 she lived and worked in the West Bank. She is the co-author of Stolen Youth: The Politics of Israel’s Detention of Palestinian Children (Pluto, 2004).
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Palestinians in IsraelSegregation, Discrimination and Democracy
Ben White. Foreword by Haneen ZoabiPb 978-0-7453-3228-4 £14.99
Palestine in PiecesGraphic Perspectives on the Israeli Occupation
Kathleen Christison and Bill ChristisonPb 978-0-7453-2929-1 £14.99
Kafkaesque colonialism
NoVember 2012 216pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-2527-9 £17.99 hb 978-0-7453-2528-6 £60 epub 978-1-8496-4767-0 £17.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4769-4 £17.99
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ireland in the World orderA History of Uneven Development
maurice coakleyIreland in the World Order examines Ireland’s development from the medieval to the modern era, comparing its unique trajectory with that of England, Scotland and Wales.
Maurice Coakley focuses on key elements that contributed to Ireland’s development, examining its bloody and violent incorporation into the British state, its refusal to embrace the Protestant Reformation and failure to industrialise in the 19th century. Coakley considers the crucial question of why Ireland’s national identity has come to rest on a mass movement for independence.
Cutting through many of the myths – imperialist and nationalist – which have obscured the real reasons for Ireland's course of development, Ireland in the World Order provides a new perspective for students and academics of Irish history.
maUrice coaKley lectures in the Journalism and Media Studies faculty of Griffith College, Dublin.
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Towards a Second RepublicIrish Politics after the Celtic Tiger
Peadar Kirby and Mary P. MurphyPb 978-0-7453-3055-6 £17.99
Ireland's Economic HistoryCrisis and Development in the North and South
Gerard McCannPb 978-0-7453-3030-3 £17.99
Ireland through the lens of historical materialism
JUly 2012 256pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3125-6 £19.99 hb 978-0-7453-3126-3 £65 epub 978-1-8496-4732-8 £19.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4733-5 £19.99
“The scope of the work is original. A complex
interaction between political theory, Irish history, theology, sociology and anthropology. gerArD MCCAnn Senior Lecturer in European Studies, Queen's University Belfast
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The Maoists in indiaTribals Under Siege
Nirmalangshu mukherjiThe Maoists in India delves deep into one of the most intractable but under-reported insurgencies in the developing world – the decades long battle between the Indian state and Maoist groups who control significant parts of tribal India.
Nirmalangshu Mukherji explains the devastating impact on India's tribal population of neoliberalism and armed aggression by the State, as well as the impact of the armed struggle by the Maoists. Unlike most accounts, Mukherji takes an honest and unflinching look at each of the Maoists’ interventions and critically examines the ideology and programme proposed by their theoreticians and prominent intellectual sympathisers.
The Maoists in India goes beyond analysing the Maoist insurgency purely in terms of security considerations. It examines the idea of armed struggle in the context of a well-established parliamentary democracy and focusses on the Maoists' own political philosophy, looking critically at whether their strategy can help to deliver social justice and liberation for India's poor.
NirmalaNgshU mUKherJi is Professor of Philosophy at Delhi University. His publications include December 13: Terror over Democracy (2005).
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Reclaiming the NationThe Return of the National Question in Africa, Asia and Latin America
Edited by Sam Moyo and Paris YerosPb 978-0-7453-3082-2 £24.99
People Without HistoryIndia's Muslim Ghettos
Jeremy Seabrook and Imran Ahmed SiddiquiPb 978-0-7453-3113-3 £17.99
India's Rebel Army
aUgUsT 2012 256pp 215mm x 135mm 2 maps Pb 978-0-7453-3282-6 £19.99 hb 978-0-7453-3283-3 £65 epub 978-1-8496-4756-4 £18.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4757-1 £18.99
Not available in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Myanmar
“Mukherji is a careful, judicious scholar,
and his inquiry into these intricate and often shattering issues is sensitive and I think persuasive. For India, these are topics of central concern, but the implications are far broader. noAM ChoMsky
“Mukherji develops a serious critique of
state polices and the violent response to these, preferring the social movements in India that advocate an alternative path. A must read for all those that follow the intense, ongoing debates on politics and development in India. AnurADhA M. Chenoy Professor in the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, co-author of Maoist And Other Armed Conflicts
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Peacebuilding and reconciliationContemporary Challenges and Themes
edited by marwan darweish and carol rankPeacebuilding and Reconciliation brings together a number of critical essays from members of the renowned Centre for Peace & Reconciliation Studies, based at Coventry University in the UK.
This highly topical book covers the latest developments and issues in the discipline of peacebuilding and reconciliation, using different global case studies of societies experiencing or emerging out of violent conflict. It brings together a range of scholars, including many from the global south, who provide fresh perspectives and insights based on their experience of living and working in conflict situations. The book connects theory and practice, drawing both on academic research and direct experience of conflict situations, and explores how to meet the challenges involved in peacebuilding and reconciliation.
Peacebuilding and Reconciliation is a cutting-edge collection ideal for students and academics in peace studies, development studies and international relations.
marWaN darWeish is Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Peace and Reconciliation Studies (CPRS) at Coventry University. He has extensive experience across the Middle East region and internationally with a special interest in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, and has led conflict transformation programmes in East and Central Africa.
carol raNK is Associate Director and Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Peace and Reconciliation Studies (CPRS) at Coventry University. She has extensive experience in conflict transformation and peace education. Most recently she has been involved in helping to establish peace studies programmes in East Africa.
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From Pacification to PeacebuildingA Call to Global Transformation
Diana FrancisPb 978-0-7453-3026-6 £17.99
People PowerUnarmed Resistance and Global Solidarity
Edited by Howard ClarkPb 978-0-7453-2901-7 £17.99
Cutting-edge global studies on peacebuilding
sePTember 2012 240pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3287-1 £19.99 hb 978-0-7453-3288-8 £65 epub 978-1-8496-4759-5 £19.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4760-1 £19.99
“This is a useful resource and essential reading
particularly for academics and civil society organisations engaged in peacebuilding activities. DeusDeDit r.k nkurunzizA Makerere University, Uganda
“Each chapter is fascinating, engaging
with the detailed complexity and special features of conflict situations and attempts to build peace, and applying an extensive literature. In combination the chapters provide a valuable representative sample of responses to conflict, together with critical reflection on attempts at peacebuilding and reconciliation. gorDon Burt Chair of the Conflict Research Society
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Northern ireland's lost opportunityThe Frustrated Promise of Political Loyalism
Tony NovoselNorthern Ireland's Lost Opportunity is a unique in-depth investigation into working-class Loyalism in Northern Ireland as represented by the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), the Red Hand Commando (RHC) and their political allies.
In an unorthodox account, Tony Novosel argues that these groups, seen as implacable enemies by Republicans and the left, did develop a political analysis of the Northern Ireland conflict in the 1970s which involved a compromise peace with all political parties and warring factions – something that historians and writers have largely ignored.
Distinctive, deeply informed and provocative, Northern Ireland's Lost Opportunity is the first study to focus not on the violent actions of the UVF/RHC but on their political vision and programme which, Novosel argues, included the potential for a viable peace based on compromise with all groups, including the Irish Republican Army.
ToNy NoVosel lectures in History at the University of Pittsburgh. He is involved in 'common history' projects in Belfast.
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The Provisional IRAFrom Insurrection to Parliament
Tommy McKearneyPb 978-0-7453-3074-7 £13.99
The Bloody Sunday InquiryThe Families Speak Out
Edited by Eamonn McCannPb 978-0-7453-2510-1 £12.99
Unorthodox reappraisal of the Northern Ireland conflict
NoVember 2012 272pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3309-0 £17.99 hb 978-0-7453-3310-6 £60 epub 978-1-8496-4807-3 £17.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4808-0 £17.99
“Novosel challenges standard representations
of loyalism. A well-researched addition to the body of work in this area. grAhAM spenCer author of The State of Loyalism in Northern Ireland.
“This thoroughly researched book
provides an understanding of the process which has made Northern Ireland a beacon of hope. John kyle Belfast city councillor
“Novosel effectively challenges common
perceptions, demonstrating that some Loyalists offered hope when it was most needed. roy gArlAnD Irish News
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arms and the PeoplePopular Movements and the Military from the Paris Commune to the Arab Spring
edited by mike gonzalez and houman barekatLooking at a range of global historical experiences, Arms and the People examines the relationship between mass movements and military institutions. Some argue that it is impossible to achieve and protect a revolution without the support of the army, but how can the support of the army be won?
Arms and the People explores the impact of profound social polarisation on the internal cohesion of the state’s ‘armed bodies of men’ and on the contested loyalties of soldiers. The different contributors examine a series of historical moments in which a crisis in the military institution has reflected a deeper social crisis which has penetrated that institution and threatened to disable it.
With a range of international contributors who have either studied or been directly involved in such social upheavals, Arms and the People is a pioneering contribution to the study of revolutionary change and will appeal to students and academics in history, politics and sociology.
miKe goNZaleZ is Emeritus Professor of Latin American Studies at the University of Glasgow. He is the author of A Rebel's Guide to Marx (2006), Che Guevara and the Cuban Revolution (2004) and co-editor of the Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Latin American and Caribbean Literature, 1900-2002 (2004).
hoUmaN bareKaT is a London-based writer and editor of the literary magazine Review 31. He has contributed to various journals including The Spokesman, International Relations and Capital and Class, as well as magazines such as Art & Music and Tribune.
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The New Arab Revolutions That Shook the WorldFarhad KhosrokhavarPb 978-0-7453-2832-4 £18.99
The Bases of EmpireThe Global Struggle Against U.S. Military Posts
Edited by Catherine Lutzhb 978-1-6120-5083-6 £18.99
Global perspectives on the role of the army in revolutionary situations
NoVember 2012 248pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3297-0 £18.99 hb 978-0-7453-3289-5 £60 epub 978-1-8496-4810-3 £18.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4811-0 £18.99
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Al-Qaeda and sacrificeMartyrdom, War and Politics
melissa finnAl-Qaeda and Sacrifice is a pioneering critical intervention into the study of terrorism. Challenging the commonly held idea that ‘suicide-bombings’ are motivated by a nihilistic hatred of life, Melissa Finn argues that it is more honest and helpful to examine such violent agency through the concept of ‘sacrifice’. The book provides a unique look at the way ‘sacrifice’ is used in the Arabic language and in the writings of Islamists and jihadis.
Finn offers penetrating insights into jihadi thought on its own terms, arguing that it constitutes a political theory which can be usefully compared and related to western political theorists, from Machiavelli and von Clausewitz to Hannah Arendt, Julia Kristeva and Judith Butler. She critically examines the strategy of ‘sacrifice’ in martyrdom operations and ultimately concludes that the heedless certainty of such violence undermines attempts to redress political grievances.
Al-Qaeda and Sacrifice is a unique contribution which goes beyond simplistic or apologetic explanations of terrorism and allows the authentic jihadi voice to speak for itself.
melissa fiNN is a Lecturer in the Department of Political Science and the Department of Global Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Canada. She is the co-editor of a special edition of Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, entitled ‘Veiled Constellations: The Veil, Critical Theory, Politics, and Contemporary Society’ (Spring 2012).
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ResistanceThe Essence of the Islamist Revolution
Alastair CrookePb 978-0-7453-2885-0 £17.99
Suicide BombersAllah's New Martyrs
Farhad Khosrokhavar. Translated by David MaceyPb 978-0-7453-2283-4 £18.99
Groundbreaking study on the motivations behind suicide-bombing
sePTember 2012 272pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3262-8 £21.99 hb 978-0-7453-3263-5 £70 epub 978-1-8496-4750-2 £21.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4751-9 £21.99
“An intelligent, nuanced and innovative analysis
of a key phenomenon of our times. MohAMMAD-MAhMouD oulD MohAMeDou author of Understanding Al Qaeda
“This groundbreaking study is a must-read for
scholars of counterterrorism. rohAn gunArAtnA author of Inside al Qaeda
“This book fills a large void in the literature.
WAnDA krAuse Assistant Professor, Qatar University
“Brings together spiritual texts, continental theory
and situated politics in a way that has not been done before. shAnnon Bell Department of Political Science, York University, Canada
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cruel harvestUS Intervention in the Afghan Drug Trade
Julien mercilleMainstream commentators claim that the Taliban are the main culprits behind Afghanistan’s skyrocketing drug trade and that the US military is waging a war on drugs in Afghanistan to weaken the insurgency and keep our streets free of heroin.
Cruel Harvest lifts the lid on the reality behind the mainstream narrative, showing that the United States in fact shares a large part of the responsibility by supporting drug lords, refusing to adopt effective drug control policies and failing to crack down on drug money laundered through Western banks.
Julien Mercille argues that the United States is not concerned about waging a real war on drugs, and that alleged concerns about narco-terrorism mostly act as pretexts to justify occupation. In a powerful conclusion Mercille contends that US intervention in Afghanistan is motivated by power imperatives, not benign intentions.
JUlieN mercille is a lecturer in the School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Policy at University College Dublin, Ireland. He has had articles published in Third World Quarterly, Geopolitics and Political Geography, amongst others.
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The State of IslamCulture and Cold War Politics in Pakistan
Saadia ToorPb 978-0-7453-2990-1 £17.99
Drugs in AfghanistanOpium, Outlaws and Scorpion Tales
David MacdonaldPb 978-0-7453-2617-7 £21.99
The geopolitics of drugs
ocTober 2012 192pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3232-1 £17.99 hb 978-0-7453-3233-8 £60 epub 978-1-8496-4777-9 £17.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4778-6 £17.99
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sharing the NileEgypt, Ethiopia and the Geo-Politics of Water
seifulaziz milasThe Nile is widely regarded as the longest river in the world and has played a crucial role in the development of both agriculture and industry in the Horn of Africa, particularly Egypt.
In Sharing the Nile Seifulaziz Milas draws on decades of experience in the region to reveal the politics of the 'Great River', and the long-standing dispute between Egypt and the upstream countries over control of its waters. Milas challenges the myth that any attempt by those countries to use this resource in their own interests, without Egypt’s permission, would inevitably lead to war.
The book examines Cairo’s interest in Ethiopia’s Blue Nile, the main source of Egypt’s water supply. It recounts the history of the dispute, and describes the impact of successive Egyptian regimes' policies toward Ethiopia. Finally, Milas suggests a way forward, based on co-operation, peace and development.
seifUlaZiZ milas has worked with the United Nations Environment Programme, UNICEF, the African Union (on Darfur) and the International Planned Parenthood Federation Africa Region, among others. He is a researcher specialising in the countries, peoples, conflicts and development issues of the Nile Basin and the Horn of Africa.
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Who Rules the Waves?Piracy, Overfishing and Mining the Oceans
Denise RussellPb 978-0-7453-3004-4 £17.99
Poisoned SpringThe EU and Water Privatisation
Kartika Liotard and Steven P. McGiffenPb 978-0-7453-2788-4 £17.99
Contested waters
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a history of modern lebanonfawwaz TraboulsiThis is the second updated edition of the first comprehensive history of Lebanon in the modern period. Written by a leading Lebanese scholar, and based on previously inaccessible archives, it is a fascinating and beautifully-written account of one of the world's most fabled countries.
Starting with the formation of Ottoman Lebanon in the 16th century, Traboulsi covers the growth of Beirut as a capital for trade and culture through the 19th century. The main part of the book concentrates on Lebanon's development in the 20th century and the conflicts that led up to the major wars in the 1970s and 1980s. This edition contains a new chapter and updates throughout the text.
This is a rich history of Lebanon that brings to life its politics, its people and the crucial role that it has always played in world affairs.
faWWaZ TraboUlsi is Associate Professor teaching history and politics at the Lebanese American University in Beirut. He is the author of several books.
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Israel and PalestineCompeting Histories
Mike Berry and Greg PhiloPb 978-0-7453-2565-1 £14.99
Hizbu’llahPolitics and Religion
Amal Saad-GhorayebPb 978-0-7453-1792-2 £24.99
Definitive history of Lebanon since the Ottoman era
JUNe 2012 320pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3274-1 £21.99 hb 978-0-7453-3275-8 £65 epub 978-1-8496-4729-8 £21.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4730-4 £21.99
“Skillfully weaving together social, political,
cultural and economic history, this deeply informed and penetrating study provides rich understanding. noAM ChoMsky
“Everyone who is curious about that beautiful and
tormented country should read this history, one of the best yet. ChArles glAss
“For anyone seeking to understand Lebanon and
the Middle East, this work, by one of the most prominent intellectuals of the Arab world, cannot be ignored. irene genDzier Professor of History, Boston University
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The history of democracyA Marxist Interpretation
brian s. roperThe concept of democracy has become tarnished in recent years, as governments become disconnected from voters and pursue unpopular policies. And yet the ideal of democracy continues to inspire movements around the world, such as the Arab Spring.
Brian Roper refreshes our understanding of democracy using a Marxist theoretical framework. He traces the history of democracy from ancient Athens to the emergence of liberal representative and socialist participatory democracy in Europe and North America, through to the global spread of democracy during the past century.
Roper argues that democracy cannot be understood separately from underlying processes of exploitation and class struggle. He offers an engaging Marxist critique of representative democracy, and raises the possibility of alternative democratic forms. The History of Democracy will be of interest to students and scholars of history and politics and all those concerned about the past, present and future of democracy.
briaN s. roPer lectures in Politics at the University of Otago, New Zealand. He has been involved in the socialist left and political activism in New Zealand since the early 1980s. He is the author of Prosperity for All? Economic, Social and Political Change in New Zealand since 1935 (2005).
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HobsbawmHistory and Politics
Gregory ElliottPb 978-0-7453-2844-7 £12.99
Revolution, Democracy, SocialismSelected Writings of V.I. Lenin
V. I. Lenin, edited by Paul Le BlancPb 978-0-7453-2760-0 £14.99
Better democracy through Marxism
aUgUsT 2012 256pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3189-8 £18.99 hb 978-0-7453-3190-4 £65 epub 978-1-8496-4714-4 £18.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4715-1 £18.99
“In this stunning and panoramic survey,
Brian Roper sheds light on the theory and practice of democracy across the ages. This is an important and timely book, which will be of great interest to scholars and activists alike. DAviD MCnAlly author of Another World is Possible and Global Slump
“Democracy is the product of intense
class struggles rather than the incremental decisions of enlightened lawmakers. Brian Roper's insightful and coherent survey convincingly makes this argument. riCk kuhn Deutscher Prize winner and Reader in Politics at the Australian National University
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contesting PublicsFeminism, Activism, Ethnography
lynne Phillips and sally cole
Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society
Through ethnographic cases and activists’ narratives, Contesting Publics analyses the challenges feminists face as they seek to engage with new spaces of participatory democracy in Latin America.
Lynne Phillips and Sally Cole analyse how new silences, exclusions and re-inscriptions of inequalities have emerged alongside these new spaces of participation. The book re-examines the relationship between public and private and speaks to a larger theoretical question: what is the meaning of 'the public' within democracy projects?
Contesting Publics considers current debates among feminists from different generations on the merits of a variety of strategies, goals and issues, drawing out vital lessons for students, researchers and activists in anthropology, gender studies and Latin American studies.
lyNNe PhilliPs is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Windsor. She is the editor of The Third Wave of Modernization in Latin America: Cultural Perspectives on Neoliberalism (1998).
sally cole is Professor of Anthropology at Concordia University, Montreal. She is the author of Ruth Landes: A Life in Anthropology (2003).
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The New Latin American LeftUtopia Reborn
Edited by Patrick Barrett, Daniel Chavez and César Rodríguez-GaravitoPb 978-0-7453-2677-1 £21.99
Social Movements and State PowerArgentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador
James Petras and Henry VeltmeyerPb 978-0-7453-2422-7 £24.99
Latin American experiments in feminism and democracy
NoVember 2012 200pp 215mm x 135mm 6 Photographs hb 978-0-7453-3284-0 £60
“Cole and Phillips make an excellent case for
interrogating why bringing private, gender-related concerns to public view has been so fractious, and why the results have frequently been mixed. This is a thought-provoking volume. FlorenCe BABB Professor of Women's Studies and Affiliate Professor of Anthropology and Latin American Studies, University of Florida
“Contesting Publics breathes new life into
the public/private debate, showing how it remains crucial to thinking about the lives of women. linDsAy DuBois Associate Professor of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Dalhousie University
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how to read barthes’ image-music-Texted White
Series: How to Read Theory
Roland Barthes remains one of the most influential cultural theorists of the postwar period and Image-Music-Text collects his most influential essays. Ed White provides students with a clear guide to this essential but difficult text.
As students are increasingly expected to write across a range of media, Barthes' work can be understood as an early mapping of what we now call interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary study. The book's detailed section-by-section readings makes Barthes' most important writings accessible to undergraduate readers.
This book is a perfect companion for teaching and learning Barthes' ideas in cultural studies and literary theory.
ed WhiTe is Associate Professor in the Department of English, University of Florida at Gainesville. He is the author of The Backcountry and the City: Colonization and Conflict in Early America (2005) and co-editor of Beyond Douglass: New Perspectives on Early African American Literature (2008).
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How to Read Foucault’s Discipline and PunishAnne Schwan and Stephen ShapiroPb 978-0-7453-2980-2 £12.99
How to Read Marx's CapitalStephen ShapiroPb 978-0-7453-2561-3 £14.99
Series: How to Read
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The Palestinian Refugee ProblemThe Search for a Resolution
edited by rex brynen and roula el-rifaiIn this unique volume, leading analysts – many of whom have been actively involved in negotiations on this issue – provide an overview of the key dimensions of the Palestinian refugee problem.
Each paper develops an array of policy options for resolving various aspects of the refugee issue, written in such a way as to provide a broad menu of choices rather than a single narrow set of recommendations.
No other work on the Palestinian refugee issue has undertaken such a task. This book is likely to be a preeminent reference and analytical work on the topic for many years to come.
rex bryNeN is Professor of Political Science at McGill University. He is author, editor, or coeditor of eight books on various aspects of Palestinian and Middle East politics. RoulA El-RifAi is a senior programme specialist at the International Development Research Centre in Ottawa. She is co-editor of Palestinian Refugees: Challenges of Repatriation and Development (2007).
compensation to Palestinian refugees and the search for Palestinian-israeli Peaceedited by rex brynen and roula el-rifaiOne of the core aspects of the Palestinian refugee question is that of compensation or reparations for Palestinian refugees forcibly displaced by the establishment of Israel.
However, many of the complex technical issues compensation would entail have not received adequate attention. In this volume, a variety of contributors – including Palestinian, Israeli, and international scholars and former officials – examine the topic.
They cast new light on the structure of possible compensation regimes and potential obstacles to implementation.
rex bryNeN is Professor of Political Science at McGill University. He is author, editor, or coeditor of eight books on various aspects of Palestinian and Middle East politics. RoulA El-RifAi is a senior programme specialist at the International Development Research Centre in Ottawa. She is co-editor of Palestinian Refugees: Challenges of Repatriation and Development (2007).
The search for peace in Palestine
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2012 yearbook on Peace ProcessesVicenç fisas armengol2012 Yeabook on Peace Processes covers and analyses all ongoing peace negotiations in the world. It does so through a comprehensive approach to each process that includes in-depth historical backgrounds and annual assessments.
Its broad scope reaches exploratory and formalised phases of dialogue. The majority of the negotiations analysed refer to ongoing armed conflicts, although negotiations related to unsolved conflicts that are no longer in phases of open war are also included. The 2012 Yearbook on Peace Processes also includes an assessment of witnesses and overseers in peace negotiations.
Due to its scope and approach the yearbook is a reliable and useful source for practitioners, experts and students of peace and conflict worldwide.
ViceNç fisas armeNgol is Holder of UNESCO Chair on Peace and Humans Rights at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and author of 36 books about peace studies, disarmament and peace processes.
alert 2012!Report on Conflicts, Human Rights and Peacebuilding
edited by escola de cultura de PauAlert 2012! Report on conflicts, human rights and peacebuilding is a yearbook which analyzes the state of the world in connection with conflicts and peacebuilding based on five areas of analysis: armed conflicts, socio-political crises, peace processes, humanitarian crises and the gender dimension on peacebuilding.
The analysis of the most relevant events of 2011 and of the nature, causes, dynamics, parties to the conflict and consequences of armed conflict and socio-political crises in the world allows for a regional comparative overview and it highlights global trends, risk factors and early warning information. The yearbook also identifies opportunities for building peace or for the reduction, prevention or resolution of conflicts.
This is a reliable and comprehensive source of knowledge for decision-makers, practitioners, experts and students in peace studies.
The escola de cUlTUra de PaU (ECP - School for a Culture of Peace) was established in 1999 with the aim of organizing academic, research and intervention activities related to peace culture, analysis, prevention and transformation of conflicts, education for peace, disarmament and the promotion of human rights.
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Woody's roadWoody Guthrie's Letters Home, Drawings, Photos, and Other Unburied Treasures
mary Jo guthrie edgmon and guy logsdonThe father of American folk music, Woody Guthrie influenced generations of Americans with his witty journalism and landmark songs.
Woody's Road brings together letters to family, photos, drawings, and lyrics to reveal Guthrie's budding personality as he grew from a young boy into a man of remarkable strength and character, becoming America’s most publicly political songwriter and the legendary musician who influenced Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Ani DiFranco and so many others. The book shows how his commitment to social equality never wavered, as shown famously by the slogan 'this machine kills fascists' emblazoned on his guitar.
Jo Guthrie and Guy Lodgson uncover the intensely intelligent and articulate man behind the folksy wit.
mary Jo gUThrie edgmoN, Woody’s sister, hosts the internationally acclaimed Woody Fest. gUy logsdoN has written about Woody Guthrie in The Smithsonian and the liner notes for many of Woody Guthrie’s recordings. He is the author of several books, including The Whorehouse Bells Were Ringing and Other Songs Cowboys Sing.
Pete seegerHis Life in his Own Words
Pete seeger, edited by robert rosenthal and sam rosenthalLong an icon of American musical and political life, Pete Seeger has written eloquently in a diverse array of publications but nowhere is his life story more personally chronicled than in these, his private writings, documents and letters stored for decades in his family barn.
Pete Seeger: His Life in His Own Words, collects Seeger's letters, notes, published articles, rough drafts, stories and poetry – creating the most intimate picture yet available of Seeger as a musician, an activist and a family man. The book covers the passions, personalities and experiences of a lifetime of struggle – from the pre-WWII labour movement and the Communist Party, to Woody Guthrie, the Civil Rights movement and the struggle against the war in Vietnam.
The portrait that emerges is not of a saint, but a flesh-and-blood man, struggling to understand his time and his place.
PeTe seeger is an internationally acclaimed songwriter, musician and activist. roberT roseNThal is Professor of Sociology at Wesleyan University. He has written widely on the use of music in social movements. sam roseNThal is a musician and writer.
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it ain't me babeBob Dylan and the Performance of Authenticity
andrea cossu
Series: Great Barrington Books
Bob Dylan has always been something of a mystery. He has worn a variety of masks that have delighted, puzzled, amused and angered his many audiences.
Andrea Cossu offers a strikingly fresh explanation of Dylan and the transformations he has made throughout his career. Cossu’s descriptions of key Dylan performances explain how he forged authenticity through performance, and how the various attempts to make 'Bob Dylan' have often involved the interaction between the artist, his public image and his many audiences.
It Ain't Me Babe offers a striking vision of how Dylan built his image and learned to live with its burden, painting a unique and coherent new portrait of the artist.
aNdrea cossU is an independent writer and a sociologist who most recently was a visiting fellow at Yale University. He is the author of several articles on culture and memory, which have appeared in prominent journals and books.
Playing for changeMusic and Musicians in the Service of Social Movements
robert rosenthal and richard flacksAlthough music is known to be part of the great social movements that have rocked the world, its specific contribution to political struggle has rarely been closely analyzed. Is it truly the 'lifeblood' of movements, as some have declared, or merely the entertainment between the speeches?
Drawing on interviews, case studies and musical and lyrical analysis, Rosenthal and Flacks offer a brilliant analysis and a wide-ranging look at the use of music in movements, in the US and elsewhere, over the past hundred years.
From their interviews, the voices of Pete Seeger, Ani DiFranco, Tom Morello, Holly Near, and many others enliven this highly readable book.
roberT roseNThal is Professor of Sociology at Wesleyan University. He has written widely on the use of music in social movements. richard flacKs is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at University of California–Santa Barbara. He is the author of Making History: The American Left and the American Mind and Beyond the Barricades.
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making Peace lastA Toolbox for Sustainable Peacebuilding
robert riciglianoThe international community invests billions annually in thousands of projects designed to overcome poverty, stop violence, spread human rights, fight terrorism and combat global warming. The hope is that these separate projects will 'add up' to lasting societal change in places like Afghanistan. In reality, these initiatives are not adding up to sustainable peace.
Making Peace Last offers ways of improving the productivity of peacebuilding. This book defines the theory, analysis and practice needed to create peacebuilding approaches that are as dynamic and adaptive as the societies they are trying to affect. The book is based on a combination of field experience and research into peacebuilding and conflict resolution.
This book can also be used as a textbook in courses on peace-building, security and development. Making Peace Last is a comprehensive approach to finding sustainable solutions to the world’s most pressing social problems.
roberT ricigliaNo is the Director of the Institute of World Affairs at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.
War and drugsThe Role of Military Conflict in the Development of Substance Abuse
dessa K. bergen-cicoWar and Drugs explores the relationship between military incursions and substance use and abuse throughout history.
For centuries, drugs have been used to weaken enemies, stimulate troops to fight, and quell post-war trauma. They have also served as a source of funding for clandestine military and paramilitary activity. In addition to offering detailed geopolitical perspectives, this book explores the intergenerational trauma that follows military conflict and the rising tide of substance abuse among veterans, especially from the Vietnam and Iraq-Afghan eras.
Addiction specialist Bergen-Cico raises important questions about the past and challenges us to consider new approaches in the future to this longest of US wars.
DEssA K. bERgEN-CiCo is an assistant professor in the Department of Public Health and Nutrition Sciences in the College of Human Ecology and lead faculty for the Addiction Studies Program at Syracuse University. Dr Bergen-Cico is a Certified Addiction Specialist. In addition to conducting research with veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance abuse, she has served as the director of the University’s substance abuse counseling center and sexual assault crisis services.
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The Twilight of the socialResurgent Politics in an Age of Disposability
henry a. girouxIn The Twilight of the Social, Henry A. Giroux looks at the decline of social spaces which enable grievances to be dealt with and considers new ways in which citizens can create social spaces today.
After decades of neoliberalism, today's young people lack a voice and are saddled with economic, political, and social conditions that have rendered them marginalised and ultimately disposable. Giroux covers a broad range of topics – from youth and the promise of new media technologies, the economic Darwinism of globalisation, and the need for a renewed democratic culture.
The Twilight of the Social is a compelling account of the erosion in recent decades of the very idea of 'the social' in America and other societies.
heNry a. giroUx currently holds the Global TV Network Chair Professorship at McMaster University in the English and Cultural Studies Department. His most recent books include The University in Chains: Confronting the Military-Industrial-Academic Complex (2007) and Against the Terror of Neoliberalism (2008).
foucault, governmentality, and critiqueThomas lemke
Series: Cultural Politics and the Promise of Democracy
Michel Foucault is one of the most cited authors in social science. This book discusses one of his most influential concepts: governmentality.
Reconstructing its emergence in Foucault’s analytics of power, the book explores the theoretical strengths the concept of governmentality offers for political analysis and critique. It highlights the intimate link between neoliberal rationalities and the problem of biopolitics including issues around genetic and reproductive technologies.
This book is a useful introduction to Foucault’s work on power and governmentality suitable for experts and students alike
Thomas lemKe is a sociologist and Senior Researcher at the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt/Main.
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connecting sociology to our livesAn Introduction to Sociology
Tim delaneyMany introductory texts claim to make sociology relevant to student interests. Perhaps no other text has done this so completely – and engagingly – as Connecting Sociology to Our Lives.
Tim Delaney not only uses popular and contemporary culture examples, he explains sociology thoroughly within the frame of the contemporary culture of students – a culture shaped by political, economic, and environmental trends just as much as by today’s pop stars.
This book will help academics to engage their students in sociology through the prism of their own culture. It involves students in critical thinking and classroom discussion through the book’s many 'What Do You Think?' inserts, and will inspire them to careers with the book’s unique chapter, 'Sociology’s Place in Society: Completing the Connection'.
Tim delaNey is Associate Professor at the State University of New York at Oswego. He is the author of Classical and Contemporary Social Theory: Investigation and Application (2nd Edition 2012).
leadership mattersUnleashing the Power of Paradox
Thomas E. Cronin and Michael A. genoveseSome leaders fundamentally alter the status quo whilst others guide quietly.
Most leadership books emphasise specific rules, but Tom Cronin and Michael Genovese see leadership as filled with paradox. Leadership Matters offers a different view of leadership – one that builds community and responds creatively to new situations.
Cronin and Genovese argue that leadership is about more than just charisma and set leaders on to a different path – to unleash the power of paradox.
Thomas e. croNiN is the McHugh Professor of American Institutions and Leadership at Colorado College. He is author, coauthor, or editor of ten books on politics and government, and has been a moderator since 1973 of more than a dozen Aspen Institute Executive Seminars. michael a. geNoVese is Director of the Institute for Leadership Studies and holds the Loyola Chair of Leadership as Professor of Political Science at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
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science, ethics, and PoliticsConversations and Investigations
Kristen renwick monroeThe relationship between science and ethics has been subject to much debate. This volume demonstrates the mutually beneficial relationship that can take place between ethics and science. It presents work that utilises the tools of science – broadly conceptualised – to elucidate ethical issues, showing that careful scientific analysis of ethical issues can reveal new insights.
This is supplemented by conversations with the authors – some of them pre-eminent scientists addressing issues of ethics, including two Nobel laureates – to learn how they came to the study of ethics and ask how they conceptualise and think about ethical issues.
Science, Ethics and Politics provides substantive insight into particular ethical issues, ranging from issues of torture during war to parents’ obligations to children. This book is designed as a complement to traditional texts on ethics and should appeal to students of ethics as well as to the general public.
KrisTeN reNWicK moNroe is Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at University of California–Irvine. She is the author of Heart of Altruism and The Hand of Compassion (2004).
The “Miracle Worker” and the TranscendentalistAnnie Sullivan, Franklin Sanborn, and the Education of Helen Keller
david WagnerHelen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan, remain two of the best-known American women. But few people know how Sullivan came to her role as teacher of the deaf and blind Keller.
Contrasting their lives with Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, the era’s prominent abolitionist, this book sheds light on the gender and disability expectations that affected the public perception of Sullivan and Keller.
This book provides a fascinating insight into class, ethnicity, gender, and disability issues in the Gilded Age and Progressive-Era America.
daVid WagNer is Professor of Social Work and Sociology at the University of Southern Maine and author of five previous books including the C. Wright Mills award-winning Checkerboard Square: Culture and Resistance in a Homeless Community and most recently, The Poorhouse: America's Forgotten Institution.
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revolutionizing feminismanne e. lacsamanaRevolutionizing Feminism offers the first feminist analysis of the human rights crisis in the Philippines during the Arroyo presidency (2001–2010) and the declaration of the country as the 'second front' in the US-led 'war on terror'. During this period over 1,000 activists, including peasants, journalists and lawyers, were murdered.
Lacsamana situates Filipino women within the international division of labour, showing the connection between the 'super-exploitation' of their labour power at home and their migration abroad as domestic workers, nurses, nannies, entertainers, and 'mail-order brides'.
In contrast to the cultural turn in feminist theorising that has retreated from the concepts of class and class exploitation, Revolutionizing Feminism seeks to reorient feminist scholarship in order to better understand the material realties of those living in an increasingly unstable and impoverished global south.
aNNe e. lacsamaNa is Associate Professor of Women’s Studies at Hamilton College. She is the coeditor of Women and Globalization (2004) and has published several articles on global/transnational feminist theory and US-Philippine relations.
ritual as a missing linkSociology, Structural Ritualization Theory, and Research
J. david Knottnerus
Series: The Sociological Imagination
Up to now, ritual has been under-utilised for studying human behaviour. This book narrows the gap in our understanding of the social causes and consequences of our actions by focusing on the ritualised behaviours that define much of our daily lives.
Knottnerus breaks new ground by comprehensively describing structural ritualistic theory. He shows how structural reproduction has occurred throughout the world, how rituals can be strategically used and how power can influence rituals, and how the disruption and reconstitution of ritual is of crucial importance for human beings.
This book shows that ritual provides a missing link in sociology and helps us better explain the extreme complexity of human action and social reality.
J. daVid KNoTTNerUs is Professor of Sociology at Oklahoma State University. He has authored and coedited numerous articles and books in the areas of social theory, social psychology, and social structure/inequality.
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diverse administrators in PerilThe New Indentured Class in Higher Education
edna chun and alvin evansDiverse Administrators in Peril is the first in-depth examination of the work experiences of minority, female, and LGBT administrators in higher education.
Written by two award-winning practitioners in higher education, this vivid and intensive study of American leadership from the inside out illuminates how the collision between everyday life and systems of power takes place in patterns of subtle discrimination.
Based on scores of interviews with diverse administrators, the book examines patterns of racism, sexism, and heterosexism that persist in the highest administrative ranks and provides concrete strategies and models for inclusive leadership practices.
edNa chUN is Vice President for Human Resources and Equity at Broward College. alViN eVaNs is Associate Vice President at Kent State University.
academe degree ZeroReconsidering the Politics of Higher Education
Jeffrey R. Di leo
Series: Cultural Politics and the Promise of Democracy
Academe Degree Zero brings together ten essays that identify and critically examine the key issues facing professionals in higher education today. These include the nature and limits of anonymity in academic discourse, the ways in which affiliation and prestige temper academic judgement, and the role of collegiality in academic life.
Through numerous essays, edited books and journal issues, Jeffrey R. Di Leo's cross-disciplinary work has consistently been at the edge of current thinking and critical efforts to lay bare the reality of contemporary academic life.
Academe Degree Zero provides a snapshot of academic identity and relations in a time of major technological and economic transformation and in the context of growing corporatisation of higher education.
Jeffrey r. di leo is Professor of English and Philosophy at the University of Houston–Victoria. He is editor and publisher of the American Book Review. He is the author of Affiliations (2003) and On Anthologies (2004).
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The Presidential road showPublic Leadership in a Partisan Era
diane J. heith
Examines how US Presidents and Presidential candidates focus on local audiences and issues despite officially ruling over a nation.
divided Nations and Transitional JusticeWhat Germany, Japan and South Korea Can Teach the World
edited by sang-Jin han
Collection of significant writings, one by the late South Korean president Kim Dae-jung, about how countries have addressed their wartime past.
subjects in Processedited by michael a. Peters and alicia de alba
Explores the human subject in the first decade of the 21st century in relation to changing social circumstances, globalisation and postmodern theory.
global crises and the challenges of the 21st centuryThomas Reifer
Explores long simmering conflicts in comparative perspective, including settler colonialism in South Africa, Northern Ireland and Israel/Palestine.
Uncertain WorldsWorld-Systems Analysis in Changing Times
immanuel Wallerstein, carlos aguirre rojas and charles lemert
Definitive survey of world-systems theory, including an in depth interview with Immanuel Wallerstein, its founder.
minor to major?Alternative Political Parties, Electoral Protests, and the Crisis of the American Party System
John c. berg
Argues that the US 'two-party system' may be coming to an end.
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on environmental governanceSustainability, Efficiency, and Equity
oran r. young
Examines a variety of efforts to meet the challenge of governing human interaction with the environment in the interest of sustainability.
agitation with a smileHoward Zinn's Legacies and the Future of Activism
edited by stephen bird, adam silver and Joshua yesnowitz
Assesses the legacy and contemporary relevance of the radical US historian and activist, Howard Zinn, with contributions from Noam Chomsky and others.
reorienting the 19th centuryGlobal Economy in the Continuing Asian Age
andre gunder frank, edited by robert a. denemark
Final major work on Western hegemony by the late pre-eminent historian and political economist Andre Gunder Frank.
handbook of contemporary cubaEconomy, Politics, Civil Society, and Globalization
edited by mauricio a. font and carlos riobó
Broad and up-to-date comprehensive survey of the latest research on Cuba in the fields of economics, politics and human rights.
The Path to ZeroDialogues on Nuclear Dangers
richard falk and david Krieger
Warns of the continuing danger of nuclear weapons and sets out the argument for collective action to achieve nuclear disarmament.
Watching human rightsmark gibney
Wide-ranging exploration of how film can inform and reinforce our understanding of human rights, analysing more than 300 human rights films.
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critical social Theoriesben agger
New fully up-to-date edition of the comprehensive introduction to critical social theories, from feminism to postmodernism and cultural studies.
rethinking sociological TheoryReclaiming a Scientific Theoretical Sociology
stephen K. sanderson
Puts the case for a scientific sociology in which the fundamental aim is the formulation of real theories that can be empirically tested.
handbook of sociology and human rightsedited by david l. brunsma, Keri e. iyall smith and brian K. gran
An interdisciplinary, international and critical guide to the study of human rights, comprehensively evaluating the field.
Political sociology in a global eraAn Introduction to the State and Society
berch berberoglu
Critical analysis of the origins, nature and development of the state and society, from the ancient to the contemporary era.
The beautiful risk of educationgert J.J. biesta
Argues for a 'risk-based' approach to pedagogy, based on WB Yeats' view that education is not about filling a bucket but lighting a fire.
WorldingIdentity, Imagination, and Reality in a Digital Age
david Trend
Considers the impact of the internet and new media on social life, drawing on philosophy, sociology and cultural and media studies.
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leila KhaledIcon of Palestinian Liberation
sarah irving
Compelling biography of a legendary Palestinian resistance fighter. From refugee camp to international infamy.
bertThe Life and Times of A. L. Lloyd
dave arthur. foreword by Richard Thompson obE. Preface by rt. hon. sir stephen sedley
The definitive biography of the folk legend and left-wing activist.
obama's economyRecovery for the Few
Jack rasmus
Informed critical economist takes Obama to task for presiding over a failing and unequal US economy.
Jean Paul maratTribune of the French Revolution
Clifford D. Conner
Accessible introduction to the most 'dangerous' and subversive figure of the French revolution and a popular, radical journalist.
leon TrotskyWritings in Exile
leon Trotsky, edited by Kunal chattopadhyay and Paul le blanc
Introduces the writings of Leon Trotsky.
The best of le monde diplomatique 2012edited by Wendy Kristianasen
Collection of the best writing from one of the world's most prestigious intellectual journals.
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The Afghan solutionThe Inside Story of Abdul Haq, the CIA and How Western Hubris Lost Afghanistan
lucy morgan edwards
Explosive inside account of why the West has failed to build peace in Afghanistan.
secret manoeuvres in the darkCorporate and Police Spying on Activists
eveline lubbers
Exposes the covert attempts of corporations and government to infiltrate and spy on peaceful protest groups.
The Accidental capitalistA People's Story of the New China
behzad yaghmaian
Based on extensive on-the-ground research, reveals the human stories behind China's extraordinary growth.
a New generation draws the line“Humanitarian” Intervention and the Standards of the West
Noam chomsky
Deftly exposes the hypocrisy and double-speak of those who use 'humanitarian intervention' as a cover for imperial policies.
struck outWhy Employment Tribunals Fail Workers and What Can be Done
david renton
Shows why we can't rely on the employment tribunal system to deliver fairness and highlights the changes required to protect workers' rights.
Palestinians in israelSegregation, Discrimination and Democracy
ben White. foreword by haneen Zoabi
Argues that Israel's insistence on declaring itself a Jewish state leads to discrimination, segregation and a guarantee of continued conflict.
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The Palestine-israel ConflictA Basic Introduction
gregory harms with Todd m. ferry
Fully updated and expanded edition of the classic best-selling primer on the Israel/Palestine conflict.
The scramble for african oilOppression, Corruption and War for Control of Africa's Natural Resources
douglas a. yates
Shows how Western control of Africa's oil has fed corruption and undermined democracy, and how Africans have resisted the theft of their resources.
The Economics of KillingHow the West Fuels War and Poverty in the Developing World
Vijay mehta
Shows how Western governments are trapping the developing world in a cycle of violence and poverty.
making the World safe for capitalismHow Iraq Threatened the US Economic Empire and had to be Destroyed
christopher doran
A fresh take on the causes of the 2003 Iraq war. Provides a radical new perspective based on analysis of trends in global political economy.
boliviaRefounding the Nation
Kepa artaraz
Shows how and why Bolivia's radical government under Morales came to power, and the challenges it faces.
PakistanThe US, Geopolitics and Grand Strategies
edited by Usama butt and Julian schofield
International analysts and commentators consider Pakistan's position in the global geo-political order.
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The universal Journalistdavid randall
New updated edition of the world's leading handbook on journalism.
small Places, large issuesAn Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
Thomas hylland Eriksen
New edition of the classic introduction to anthropology, focusing on central topics such as kinship, ethnicity, ritual and political systems.
The failure of capitalist ProductionUnderlying Causes of the Great Recession
andrew Kliman
Distinctive and detailed account of the current economic crisis, identifying it as a crisis of capitalism caused by long-term falling profit rates
Penny redNotes from the New Age of Dissent
laurie Penny. foreword by Warren ellis
Selected writings from a prominent voice of the new activist left. Reflections on being young, broke and angry in the twenty-first century.
ethnicity and NationalismAnthropological Perspectives
Thomas hylland Eriksen
New edition of this core text for all students of social anthropology. Additions include cultural property rights and commercialisation of identity.
economics for everyoneA Short Guide to the Economics of Capitalism
Jim stanford
Accessible, and critical, guide to key economic concepts, relating them to everyday experience. Text is complimented by educational cartoons.
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dark matterArt and Politics in the Age of Enterprise Culture
gregory sholette
Shows that the elite of the art world are sustained by new forms and styles created by artists outside the mainstream.
crack capitalismJohn holloway
A groundbreaking guide to moving beyond capitalism, which shows that radical change can only come from exploiting 'cracks' in the system.
human societiesAn Introduction to Macrosociology
Patrick Nolan and gerhard lenski
A supplemented edition of the popular textbook offering tools to assess future world developments in demography, culture, politics and economics.
@ is for activismDissent, Resistance and Rebellion in a Digital Culture
Joss hands
Examines the transformation of politics through digital media, including digital television, online social networking and mobile computing.
magical marxismSubversive Politics and the Imagination
Andy Merrifield
Breathes new life into the Marxist tradition, applying previously unexplored approaches that reveal vital new modes of political activism and debate.
more bad News from israelgreg Philo and mike berry
Large-scale examination of media coverage of the current conflict in the Middle East and the impact it has on public opinion.
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Index
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2012 Yearbook on Peace Processes 35
Abu-Rish, Ziad 4
Abu-Zahra, Nadia 21
Academe Degree Zero 43
Agger, Ben 46
Agitation with a Smile 45
Aksan, Cihan 10
Al-Qaeda and Sacrifice 27
Alert 2012! 35
Arms and the People 26
Bailes, Jon 10
Barekat, Houman 26
Beautiful Risk of Education, The 46
Berberoglu, Berch 46
Berg, John C. 44
Bergen-Cico, Dessa K. 38
Beyond Occupation 20
Biesta, Gert J.J. 46
Bird, Stephen 45
Bleakonomics 3
Border Watch 17
Borderline Justice 16
Brunsma, David L. 46
Brynen, Rex 34
Bsheer, Rosie 4
Campagna, Federico 2
Campiglio, Emanuele 2
Cancer Stage of Capitalism, The 13
Chomsky, Noam 15
Chun, Edna 43
Coakley, Maurice 22
Cole, Sally 32Compensation to Palestinian Refugees and the Search for Palestinian-Israeli Peace 34
Connecting Sociology to Our Lives 40
Contesting Publics 32
Corporation That Changed The World, The 19
Cossu, Andrea 37
Critical Social Theories 46
Cronin, Thomas E. 40
Cruel Harvest 28
Curtis, Neal 12
Darweish, Marwan 24
Dawn of the Arab Spring, The 4
de Alba, Alicia 44
Delaney, Tim 40
Denemark, Robert A. 45
Di Leo, Jeffrey R. 43
Diverse Administrators in Peril 43
Divided Nations and Transitional Justice 44
Dot.compradors 18
ECP 35
El-Rifai, Roula 34
Esposito, John L. 8
Evans, Alvin 43
Falk, Richard 45
Finn, Melissa 27
Fisas Armengol, Vicenç 35
Flacks, Richard 37
Font, Mauricio A. 45
Foucault, Governmentality, and Critique 39
Generation Palestine 7
Genovese, Michael A. 40
Gerbaudo, Paolo 5
Gibney, Mark 45
Giroux, Henry A. 39Global Crises and the Challenges of the 21st Century 44
Gluckstein, Donny 1
Gonzalez, Mike 26
Gran, Brian K. 46
Gunder Frank, Andre 45
Guthrie Edgmon, Mary Jo 36
Haddad, Bassam 4
Haiti's New Dictatorship 14
Hall, Alexandra 17
Hammond, Andrew 9
Han, Sang-Jin 44
Handbook of Contemporary Cuba 45
Handbook of Sociology and Human Rights 46
Heith, Diane J. 44
History Of Democracy, The 31
History of Modern Lebanon, A 30
How to Look Good in A War 11
How To Read Barthes’ Image-Music-Text 33
Idiotism 12
Indonesia 15
Ireland in the World Order 22
Islamic Utopia, The 9
Islamophobia Industry, The 8
It Ain't Me Babe 37
Iyall Smith, Keri E. 46
Kay, Adah 21
Knottnerus, J. David 42
Krieger, David 45
Lacsamana, Anne E. 42
Larson, Rob 3
Leadership Matters 40
Lean, Nathan 8
Lemert, Charles 44
Lemke, Thomas 39
Lerman, Antony 6
Logsdon, Guy 36
Making and Unmaking of a Zionist, The 6
Making Peace Last 38
Maoists in India, The 23
McMurtry, John 13
Mercille, Julien 28
Milas, Seifulaziz 29
Minor to Major? 44“Miracle Worker” and the Transcendentalist, The 41
Monroe, Kristen Renwick 41
Mukherji, Nirmalangshu 23
Northern Ireland's Lost Opportunity 25
Novosel, Tony 25
On Environmental Governance 45
Owen, Roger 4
Palestinian Refugee Problem, The 34
Path to Zero, The 45
Peacebuilding and Reconciliation 24
Peirce, Gareth 16
People’s History of the Second World War, A 1
Pete Seeger 36
Peters, Michael A. 44
Phillips, Lynne 32
Playing for Change 37
Podur, Justin 14
Political Sociology in a Global Era 46
Presidential Road Show, The 44
Rank, Carol 24
Rappert, Brian 11
Reifer, Thomas 44
ReOrienting the 19th Century 45
Rethinking Sociological Theory 46
Revolutionizing Feminism 42
Ricigliano, Robert 38
Riobó, Carlos 45
Ritual as a Missing Link 42
Robins, Nick 19
Rojas, Carlos Aguirre 44
Roper, Brian S. 31
Rose, Jacqueline 6
Rosenthal, Robert 36, 37
Rosenthal, Sam 36
Sanderson, Stephen K. 46
Saraswati, Jyoti 18
Science, Ethics, and Politics 41
Seeger, Pete 36
Sharing the Nile 29
Silver, Adam 45
Subjects in Process 44
Tilley, Virginia 20
Traboulsi, Fawwaz 30
Trend, David 46
Tweets and the Streets 5
Twilight of the Social, The 39
Uncertain Worlds 44
Unfree in Palestine 21
Vltchek, Andre 15
Wagner, David 41
Wallerstein, Immanuel 44
War and Drugs 38
Watching Human Rights 45
Weapon of the Strong 10
Webber, Frances 16
What We Are Fighting For 2
White, Ed 33
Wiles, Rich 7
Woody's Road 36
Worlding 46
Yesnowitz, Joshua 45
Young, Oran R. 45
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