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AFRICAN AND ASIA STUDIES - ZED BOOKS
BLOOMSBURY AND ZED BOOKS
Zed Books is an imprint of Bloomsbury, acquired in 2020. Founded in London in 1977 it has long been recognised as a leading radical publisher – giving a platform to marginalised voices across the globe.
These vital books on Africa, Development & Economics, Politics, and Gender & Sexualities join our academic division alongside the prestigious I.B. Tauris lists in Middle East Studies and Politics & International Relations, and Bloomsbury Academic’s Area Studies publishing. We’re committed to fostering the continued growth of Zed Books’ progressive publishing with our independent spirit.
All titles are accessible via www.bloomsbury.com, and through the Bloomsbury Academic sales team.
The Practice and Politics of DIY Urbanism in African Cities
Stephen Marr, Malmö University, Sweden & Patience Mususa, Nordic Africa Institute, Sweden Does DIY urbanism present a form of resistance, or merely an acquiescence, to the inequalities that make it necessary? Via an examination of Africa’s urban residents' experimentations living amidst crisis, this book seeks to explore and understand responses to diminishing state presence and social marginalization in distressed cities across the world.
UK May 2022 • US May 2022 • 256 pages PB 9781786999023 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9781786999016 • £65.00 / $90.00 ePub 9781786999061 • £19.79 / $26.05 ePdf 9781786999030 • £19.79 / $26.05 Series: Africa Now • Zed Books
Transformations of Rural Spaces in Mozambique
Edited by Cecilia Navarra, Independent Scholar & Cristina Udelsmann Rodrigues, Nordic Africa Institute, Sweden Transformations of the Rural Spaces in Mozambique examines the process of transformation across a range of settings; from the impacts of large-scale industries and the transformation of agriculture, to relations between state and non-state actors and issues related to land.
UK November 2021 • US November 2021 • 240 pages PB 9781786999252 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9781786999245 • £65.00 / $90.00 ePub 9781786999214 • £19.79 / $26.05 ePdf 9781786999238 • £19.79 / $26.05 Series: Africa Now • Zed Books
Urban Inequality
Theory, Evidence and Method in Johannesburg
Owen Crankshaw, University of Cape Town, South Africa Based on new evidence that challenges existing theories of urban inequality, Crankshaw argues that the changing pattern of earnings and occupational inequality in Johannesburg is better described by the professionalism of employment alongside high-levels of chronic unemployment. Crankshaw posits that the post-apartheid period is characterised by a completely new division of labour that has caused new forms of racial inequality. That racial inequality in the post-apartheid period is not the result of the persistence of apartheid-era causes, but is the result of new causes that have interacted with the historical effects of apartheid to produce new patterns of racial inequality.
UK February 2022 • US February 2022 • 256 pages HB 9781786998941 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781786998910 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781786998934 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: Politics and Society in Urban Africa • Zed Books
Precarious Modernities
Assembling State, Space and Society on the Urban Margins in Morocco
Cristiana Strava, Leiden University, Netherlands Using rich ethnographic detail, Precarious Modernities offers an immersive account of the multiple scales and entangled actors involved in the objectification and instrumentalization of Casablanca’s margins as part of ongoing and contingent processes of ‘modernization’.
UK December 2021 • US December 2021 • 224 pages HB 9781350232549 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350232556 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350232563 • £76.50 / $100.32 Zed Books
The Great Firewall of China
How to Build and Control an Alternative Version of the Internet
James Griffiths, CNN International China’s ‘Great Firewall’ has evolved into the most sophisticated system of online censorship in the world. As the Chinese internet grows and online businesses thrive, speech is controlled, dissent quashed, and attempts to organise outside the official Communist Party are quickly stamped out. This updated edition draws on James Griffiths' unprecedented access to the Great Firewall and the politicians, tech leaders, dissidents and hackers whose lives revolve around it. New chapters cover the suppression of information about the first outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, disinformation campaigns in response to the exposure of the persecution of Uyghur communities in Xinjiang and the crackdown against the Umbrella movement in Hong Kong.
UK October 2021 • US October 2021 • 400 pages PB 9781350265318 • £14.99 / $19.95 • HB 9781350257917 • £45.00 / $61.00 ePub 9781350257924 • £13.49 / $18.23 ePdf 9781350257931 • £13.49 / $18.23 Zed Books
Thailand
Shifting Ground Between the US and a Rising China
Benjamin Zawacki, Independent Scholar In this authoritative modern history, Benjamin Zawacki tells the story of Thailand’s changing role in the world order, and the country's shifting allegiances between the US and China. This fully updated edition now covers the aftermath of the 2014 coup, the impacts of climate change and China's "Belt and Road" initiative and Thailand's responses to the rise of Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. Featuring interviews with high ranking sources in Thailand and the US, including deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand is a fascinating insight into the inner workings of the Thai elite and their dealings with the US and China.
UK September 2021 • US September 2021 • 384 pages PB 9780755638123 • £19.99 / $26.95 • HB 9780755638116 • £65.00 / $90.00 ePub 9780755638130 • £17.99 / $23.44 ePdf 9780755638147 • £17.99 / $23.44 Zed Books
