The politics of Human Rights

a global perspective

Traffick

the illicit movement of people and things

This book explores the underbelly of globalisation -- the illicit networks of money, drugs, people and arms that make up a multi-billion dollar illegal economy. This is the dangerous world of trafficking, identified by developed countries as the major threat to international order. In their eyes ...

Cultural geography

a critical distionary of key concepts

Jürgen Habermas

democracy and the public sphere

Babilon and beyond

the economics of anti-capitalist, anti-globalist and radical green movements

"Babylon and Beyond" provides the first clear and accessible guide to the economics of anti-capitalism. Anti-capitalism is a diverse movement: critics accuse it of knowing what it is against, but not knowing what it is for. Anti-capitalists want radical change, but what shape should that ...

A war on terror

Afghanistan and after

Contemporary arab thought

studies in post-1967 arab intellectual history

Ulrich Beck

a critical introduction to the risk society

Letters from Lexington:

Reflections on Propaganda

Growth fetish

Written primarily for students taking courses in managerial economics in Britain and Europe, The Business Economics and Managerial Decision Making analyses the growth and development of privately owned firms and also the decisions made by firms operating in both private and public sector enterprises. Coverage ...

Green alternatives to globalisation

a manifesto

Written by two of the most prominent members of the UK Green Party, this book is an accessible and concise introduction to the Green perspective on the major issues of today -- including the environment, climate change, globalisation, trade and finance, and international security. It's ...

Avoiding responsability

the politics and discourse of european development policy

Post-colonial European politics have undergone a profound shift. Constructing an intellectual history of European development discourse, this book brings together post-structuralist and critical approaches to understanding development. Nathalie Karagiannis takes full advantage of the latest writings on political and social theory, showing how theory might ...

God willing?

political fundamentalism in the White House, the "War on terror", and the echoing press

In the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks, President George W. Bush and his administration offered a 'political fundamentalism' that capitalized upon the fear felt by many Americans. Political fundamentalism is the adaptation of a conservative religious worldview, via strategic language choices and communication ...

Sabra and Shatila

september 1982

The book covers the history of the Sabra and Shatila massacre, which took place over three bloody days in the Lebanese capital Beirut. It was committed against Palestinian refugees by Lebanese militias, aided and supervised by the Israeli Army, which had encircled the district. Now ...

Capitalism and its economics

a critical history

An impressive achievement.' Noam Chomsky / 'Doug Dowd's strategy of linking together in a single volume the development of economic ideas and the closely related evolution of economic institutions and policies is carried out with his usual efficiency and wit. This is a work of ...

Employment rights

This new edition of the successful handbook Employment Rights is fully updated and revised to include new material on all recent employment law. Employment Rights is a well-established text and reference point on all aspects of labour law - in particular those outside the legal profession ...

Unsocial Europe

social protection or flexploitation?

This book presents a critical analysis of trends in European welfare systems and labour market policies, how and why they are changing and how they affect the daily lives of those facing unemployment or precarious work. As a contribution to debates about `globalisation' and the ...

Globalizing resistance

the state of struggle

This is an indispensible handbook for global activists that takes the reader on a round-the-world tour of resistance to neoliberal globalization. Although the anti-globalization movement is truly global, each region has its own specific groups and agendas. Most books concentrate on the European and American ...

Nation-bulding

a key concept for peaceful conflict transformation?

The term 'nation-building' has experienced a remarkable renaissance since the early 1990s. It has been used to describe and to justify the military interventions in Somalia, Afghanistan and Iraq. Linked to the idea of 'failed' or 'failing' states, the concept is used to hide and ...

Anti-capitalism

a Marxist instroduction

'A timely and worthwhile project ... [it fills] a major hole in the currently available literature.' Professor Duncan Foley, Professor of Economics, New School University, New York / Political protests against neoliberal globalisation, corporate power and the inequities of contemporary capitalism are increasing all the time. Demonstrations ...

Democracy and regulation

how the public can govern essential services

Essential services are being privatised the world over. Whether it's water, gas, electricity or the phone network, everywhere from Sao Paulo in Brazil to Leeds in the UK is following the US economic model and handing public services over to private companies whose principal ...

From the local to the global

key issues in development studies

"Think globally, act locally" is a phrase that is often used nowadays to describe the importance of popular activism and an awareness of the issues surrounding globalization. This work is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the key concepts in development which are central to ...