First world dreams

Mexico since 1989

Mexicans have long dreamt of the First World, and in recent times it has landed there with a thud. Under the guise of globalization, Mexico opened its borders, reformed its political system, and transformed its economy. The impacts have been paradoxical. A vibrant civil society ...

Dictatorship, imperialism and chaos

Iraq since 1989

This book is a concise, readable, yet rigorous narrative of the recent history of Iraq. It describes the transformations within the country, placing the people of Iraq at the centre of the changes which began with the invasion of Kuwait in 1990, and ended with ...

Islamic masculinities

This challenging book of essays outlines the great complexity, variety and difference of male identities in Islamic societies. From the Taliban orphanages of Afghanistan to the cafes of Morocco, from the experience of couples at infertility clinics in Egypt to that of Iraqi conscripts, these ...

The decline of capitalism

can a self-regulated profits system survive?

As financial and economic chaos increasingly threaten the entire world,its leaders have only one answer:rigid adherence to the neoliberal policies that have proved so disastrous over 25 years-while they falsify statistics to try to shore up public illusions of "success" and seek to ...

Reclaiming the land

the resurgence of rural movements in Africa, Asia and Latin America

Communities and communication

building urban partnerships

This book compares three great cities of the South, Nairobi, Colombo and Rio de Janeiro, to explore how local government interacts with the communities of the cities, and to discover how communication can lead to partnership. The authors explore what partnership means, arguing that it ...

Preventing ethnic conflic

successful cross-national strategies

This newly named and revised edition of Irwin Deutschers previous book, Accommodating Diversity, shares most of its original content but reframes the work with teachers and students in mind. With introductory essays to each section written by Linda Lindsey that place the material within sociological ...

The new imperial order

indigenous responses to globalization

Putting development first

the importance of policy space in the WTO and IFIs

The broken mosaic

for an economics beyond equations

This cogent critique of the narrowness and moral blindness of conventional economics,and its distance from any genuine concern for people's lives,is part autobiographical reflection and part summation of a lifetime's work in developing countries.Ladislau Dowbor rejects both old-fashioned statist economics ...

The millennium development goals

raising the resources to tackle world poverty

How can the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) be made a reality by 2015? If the MDGs are to halve global poverty and significantly improve conditions for the world's poor on schedule, it is essential to put the requisite funding in place. This is an ...

Questioning globalization

Globalization has become the cliche of our times. The virus of neo- liberal globalization has struck almost everybody including within the ranks of the left. Its proponents claim that it produces 'accelerated, efficient' development along with democracy and human rights. Reality shows the opposite. Economic ...

Constitutional odyssey

Can Canadians become a sovereign people?

Thirsty planet

strategies for sustainable water management

By the year 2025, nearly 2 billion people will live in regions or countries with absolute water scarcity. Given this global water crisis, how should the planet's water be used and managed? Current international water policy sees nature competing with human use: the task ...

Knowledge for development?

comparing british, japanese, swedish and World Bank aid

ÍNDICE:1. Researching Knowledge-Based Aid - Setting the Scene - Research Questions - A New Way of Researching: a New Way of Working - The Structure of the Book 2. The New Aid Agenda - The Changing Fashions of Development Cooperation - Aid Discourse at the Start of the New Millennium ...

Organic farming

policies and prospects

Food retailers in Europe, including supermarkets, have responded to rapidly rising demand for organic produce. The organic sector has moved from a marginal production fad to a serious subject of policy concern for politicians and public servants involved in European agricultural policy. Drawing on a ...

Structural adjustment:the SAPRI report

the policy roots of economic crisis, poverty and inequality

Structural adjustment programmes are the largest single cause of increased poverty, inequality and hunger in developing countries. The World Bank and the IMF have compelled country after country to adopt a "one size fits all" economic strategy, so exposing the world's weakest economies to ...

Free trade

myth, reality and alternatives

Women's rights and islamic family Law

perspectives on reform

The family is where legal rules presented as part of the Islamic sharia are most widely applied in the Muslim world. This book explores the present-day realities of Islamic family law, focusing on the rights of women. It draws on three contrasting country case studies ...

Who owes who?

50 questions about world debt

Using 50 questions and answers, this book explains in a simple but precise manner how and why the debt impasse for developing countries has been arrived at. Illustrated with figures, maps and tables, it details the roles of the various actors involved, the mesh in ...