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Africa "Why Economists Get it Wrong"
Jerven, Morten
Zed Books Ltd (2015)
- EAN: 9781783601325
- Páginas: 114
- Fecha de edición: 2015
pvp.19,95 €
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Not so long ago, Africa was being described as the 'Hopeless Continent'. Recently, though, talk has turned to 'Africa Rising', with enthusiastic voices exclaiming the potential for economic growth across many of its countries. What, ...
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Europe on the Brink "Debt Crisis and Dissent in the European Periphery"
Phillips, Tony
Zed Books Ltd (2014)
- EAN: 9781783602131
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha de edición: 2014
pvp.25,60 €
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Europe is suffering from a bipolar economic disorder. Financial journalists divide the continent into two groups of nations - centre and periphery - not by geography but by credit rating. Europe on the Brink is ...
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Co-Operatives in a Post-Growth Era "Creating Co-Operative Economics"
Novkovic, Sonja Webb, Tom
Zed Books Ltd (2014)
- EAN: 9781783600779
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha de edición: 2014
pvp.26,95 €
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For the past three decades, neoclassical doctrine has dominated economic theory and policy. The balance of power has shifted to protect private interests, resulting in unprecedented damage to the environment and society, with no solution ...
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Capitalism and its alternatives
Rogers, Chris
Zed Books Ltd (2014)
- EAN: 9781780327365
- Páginas: 176
- Fecha de edición: 2014
pvp.20,20 €
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The global economic crisis has catalysed debates about the merits of capitalism as a system for organizing production, distribution and exchange. Political elites have argued that capitalism is not fundamentally pernicious or crisis-prone and can ...
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Patriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale "Women in the International Division of Labour"
Mies, Maria
Zed Books Ltd (2014)
- EAN: 9781783601691
- Páginas: 264
- Fecha de edición: 2014
pvp.17,95 €
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'It is my thesis that this general production of life, or subsistence production - mainly performed through the nonwage labour of women and other nonwage labourers as slaves, contract workers and peasants in the colonies ...
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The History of Development
Rist, Gilbert
Zed Books Ltd (2014)
- EAN: 9781783600229
- Páginas: 320
- Fecha de edición: 2014
pvp.27,00 €
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The History of Development, now in its fourth edition, is a classic development text, which has both defined and changed its field. Gilbert Rist provides a complete and powerful overview of what the idea of ...
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Crises of Imagination, Crises of Power "Capitalism, Culture and Resistance in a Post-crash World"
Haiven, Max
Zed Books Ltd (2014)
- EAN: 9781780329529
- Páginas: 320
- Fecha de edición: 2014
pvp.19,95 €
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Today, when it seems like everything has been privatized, when austerity is too often seen as an economic or political problem that can be solved through better policy, and when the idea of moral values ...
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Ecofeminism
Mies, Maria Shiva, Vandada
Zed Books Ltd (2014)
- EAN: 9781780325637
- Páginas: 360
- Fecha de edición: 2014
pvp.17,60 €
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This groundbreaking work remains as relevant today as when it was when first published. Two of Zed's best-known authors argue that ecological destruction and industrial catastrophes constitute a direct threat to everyday life, the maintenance ...
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Global Governance and the New Wars "The Merging of Development and Security"
Duffield, Mark
Zed Books Ltd (2014)
- EAN: 9781780325606
- Páginas: 320
- Fecha de edición: 2014
pvp.17,60 €
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In this hugely influential book, originally published in 2001 but just as - if not more - relevant today, Mark Duffield shows how war has become an integral component of development discourse. Aid agencies have ...
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Capitalism in the Age of Globalization "The Management of Contemporary Society"
Amin, Samir
Zed Books Ltd (2014)
- EAN: 9781780325613
- Páginas: 0
- Fecha de edición: 2014
pvp.17,95 €
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Samir Amin is, and remains, one of the world's most influential thinkers about the changing nature of capitalism, North-South relations and issues of development. In this highly prescient book, originally published in 1997, he provides ...
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How Numbers Rule the World "The Use and Abuse of Statistics in Global Politics"
Fioramonti, Lorenzo
Zed Books Ltd (2014)
- EAN: 9781780322674
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha de edición: 2014
pvp.17,50 €
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Numbers dominate global politics and, as a result, our everyday lives. Credit ratings steer financial markets and can make or break the future of entire nations. GDP drives our economies. Stock market indices flood our ...
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Reclaiming Development "An Alternative Economic Policy Manual"
Chang, Ha-Joon Grabel, Ilene
Zed Books Ltd (2014)
- EAN: 9781780325590
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha de edición: 2014
pvp.17,50 €
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There is no alternative to neoliberal economics - or so it appeared when Reclaiming Development was published in 2004. Many of the same driving assumptions - monetarism and globalization - remain within the international development ...
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Realizing Hope "Life Beyond Capitalism"
Albert, Michael
Zed Books Ltd (2014)
- EAN: 9781780325620
- Páginas: 224
- Fecha de edición: 2014
pvp.17,50 €
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Someone once said that it is easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism. Michael Albert would disagree. Realizing Hope offers a speculative vision of a future beyond ...
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The Ecological Hoofprint "The Global Burden of Industrial Livestock"
Weis, Tony
Zed Books Ltd (2013)
- EAN: 9781780320960
- Páginas: 224
- Fecha de edición: 2013
pvp.20,25 €
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The meat on our plates kills the planet. With global mass production of livestock reaching ever higher levels to feed an exploding world population's demand, mankind's ecological hoofprint reaches critical heights. The Ecological Hoofprint provides ...
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From the Great Transformation to the Great Financialization "On Karl Polanyi and Other Essays"
Polanyi Levitt, Kari
Zed Books Ltd (2013)
- EAN: 9781780326481
- Páginas: 304
- Fecha de edición: 2013
pvp.24,35 €
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An essential introduction and analysis of the contemporary significance of Karl Polanyi's work, written from the unique perspective of his daughter. Written from the unique perspective of his daughter, From the Great Transformation to the ...
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Business, Politics and the State in Africa "Challenging the Orthodoxies on Growth and Transformation"
Kelsall, Tim
Zed Books Ltd (2013)
- EAN: 9781780324210
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha de edición: 2013
pvp.25,75 €
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In recent years Africa appears to have turned a corner economically. It is posting increased growth rates and is no longer the world's slowest growing region. Commentators are beginning to ask whether emerging from Africa ...
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The Hydropolitics of Dams "Engineering or Ecosystems?"
Everard, Mark
Zed Books Ltd (2013)
- EAN: 9781780325408
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha de edición: 2013
pvp.28,35 €
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As we enter a time when human influence is so profoundly shaping the natural world, water is a prime focus for our technologies and victim of our largely unintended pressures. In particular, large dams exert ...
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Introducing Just Sustainabilities "Policy, Planning and Practice"
Agyeman, Julian
Zed Books Ltd (2013)
- EAN: 9781780324098
- Páginas: 208
- Fecha de edición: 2013
pvp.25,65 €
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Introducing Just Sustainabilities discusses key topics, such as food justice, sovereignty and urban agriculture; community, space, place(making) and spatial justice; the democratization of our streets and public spaces; how to create culturally inclusive spaces; intercultural ...
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Societies Beyond Oil "Oil Dregs and Social Futures"
Urry, John
Zed Books Ltd (2013)
- EAN: 9781780321684
- Páginas: 304
- Fecha de edición: 2013
pvp.20,25 €
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What would a de-carbonised society be like? What are the implications of a general de-globalisation for our social futures? How will our high-carbon patterns of life be restructured in a de-energized world? As global society ...
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Migration, Health and Inequality
Thomas, Felicity
Zed Books Ltd (2013)
- EAN: 9781780321240
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha de edición: 2013
pvp.27,00 €
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Should migrants have the same rights as citizens to health care services? What do we mean by rights and by health? And how do we uphold such rights when diasporic networks provide a diversity of ...
