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 ...

A future for Marxism?

althusser, the analytical turn and the revival of socialist theory

In recent years theorists have turned away from Marxism. This book aims to revive Marxist theory, and show how it offers a rich foundation for radical socialist thinking in the future. To do this, Andrew Levine examines two recent departures in Marxist thought - Althusserian and ...

Tourism, globalization and development

responsible tourism planning

Tourism is booming worldwide--it makes up a massive part of the global economy. Donald G. Reid's book focuses on tourism in developing and less-developed countries. He examines its social and environmental impact and offers a timely critical analysis of the part it plays in ...

Breaking the South Slav dream

the rise and fall of Yugoslavia

Europe Inc.

regional and global restructuring and the rise of corporate power

Over the past two decades, the major international corporations have become industrial lobbyists within the European Union to such an extent that they pose a threat to democracy. / This new and fully revised edition of Europe Inc. provides a much-needed insight into the systematic ways ...

Globalisation

studies in anthropology

The intensification of surveillance

crime, terrorism and warfare in the Information Age

Islam in the Digital Age

e-Jihad, online Fatwas and cyber islamics environments

Rio plus ten

politics, poverty and environment

Rio Plus Ten took place in South Africa in 2002. In this book, the authors revisit the agenda established in Rio ten years ago and cover the events of the intervening years: global warming and the unfolding of the arguments over climate change, GM crops ...

The Lugano report

on preserving capitalism in the twenty-first century

This is a new edition of Susan Geroge's acclaimed satire on capitalism.Fictional experts recruited by world leaders to discuss the future of global capitalism provide their assessment of the dire state of the current economy and put forward new ideas for ensuring the ...

Pirate utopias

moorish corsairs & european regenadoes

Barbarians and civilization in international relations

The terrorist attacks in New York and Washington have led to popular conceptions of Muslims as terrorists. Some commentators have harked back to the 'Clash of Civilizations' argument outlined by Samuel Huntington which has become a touchstone in postcolonial studies. Huntington argued that, after the ...

European Union Foreign Policy

What it is and What it Does.

'This is a practical and informative account of what the European Union actually does in the world, and how it goes about it. I welcome Hazel Smith's level-headed contribution to a literature too often characterised by polemics and special pleading.' Commissioner Chris Patten / 'Indispensable ...

The best democracy money can buy

An investigative Reporter Exponses the Truth about Globalization, Corporate Cons, and High Finance Fraudsters.

Award-winning investigative journalist Greg Palast digs deep to unearth the ugly facts that few reporters working anywhere in the world today have the courage or ability to cover. From East Timor to Waco, Karachi to Santiago, he has exposed some of the most egregious cases ...

The end of development

modernity, post-modernity and development

The war correspondent

Understanding capitalism

critical analysis from Karl Marx to Amartya Sen

Etnicity and Nationalims

Anthropological Perspectives.

This is a delightful book. The volume is well structured and written in clear and accessible language; it will not be at all surprising if it becomes a major teaching aid and textbook in the field.' Ephraim Nimni, School of Political Science, University of New ...

Empire of Knowledge

Culture and Plurality in the Global Economy.