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Fight the university cuts this academic year
The Assault on Universities A Manifesto for Resistance Edited by Michael Bailey and Des Freedman With funding cuts well under way and many institutions already promising to charge the maximum £9,000 yearly tuition fee, university education for the majority is under threat. This book exposes the true motives behind the government’s programme and provides the analytical tools to fight it. Widespread student protests and occupations, often supported by staff, unions and society at large, show the public’s opposition to funding cuts and fee increases. The contributors to this sharp, well-written collection, many of whom are active participants in the anti-cuts movement, outline what’s at stake and why it matters. They argue that university education is becoming increasingly skewed towards vocational degrees, which devalues the arts and social sciences – subjects that allow creativity and political inquiry to flourish. Released at the beginning of the new academic year, this book will be at the heart of debates around the future of higher education in the UK and beyond, inspiring both new and seasoned activists in the fight for the soul of our universities. Michael Bailey is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Essex. He is
the author or editor of The Uses of Richard Hoggart (2011), Mediating Faiths (2011) and Narrating Media History (2008). He has held visiting fellowships at Goldsmiths, the LSE and at the University of Cambridge. Des Freedman is Reader in Communications and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London and an editor of the journal Global Media and Communication. He is the author or editor of The Politics of Media Policy (2008), Television Policies of the Labour Party (2003) and War and the Media (2003). He is secretary of the Goldsmiths branch of the University and College Union.
August 2011 176pp 198mm x 129mm Pb 978-0-7453-3191-1 £14.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3192-8 £50
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This is an essential book. The future of our universities is up for grabs and the manifesto will play a huge role in providing alternatives at a time when the government say there aren’t any. Clare Solomon
President of the University of London Union (ULU) and editor of (2011)
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Wikiworld Juha Suoranta and Tere Vadén Pb 978-0-7453-2891-1 £17.99
The University in Chains Confronting the Military-Industrial-Academic Complex
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The corporatising of universal education is one of the most insidious and dangerous attacks on the very notion of human rights. This book calls us to arms. Every student, every educator who cares should read it. John Pilger
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Where now for Al-Qaeda after Bin Laden?
Inside Al-Qaeda and the Taliban Beyond Bin Laden and 9/11 Syed Saleem Shahzad
May 2011 280pp 215mm x 135mm 7 maps Pb 978-0-7453-3101-0 £17.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3102-7 £60
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When Syed Saleem Shahzad talks, I listen. He is the most fearless and reliable journalist covering Pakistan and Afghanistan. Nobody interested in the region, in Al-Qaeda or in the Taliban can afford to ignore his work.
President Obama may have delivered on his campaign promise to kill Osama bin Laden, but as an Al-Qaeda strategist bin Laden has been dead for years. This book introduces and examines the new generation of Al-Qaeda leaders who have been behind the most recent attacks. Investigative journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad dedicated his life to revealing the strategies and inner workings of Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. He had access to top-level commanders in both movements, as well as within the ISI, Pakistan’s intelligence service. Shahzad’s work was praised by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for ‘bringing to light the troubles extremism poses to Pakistan’s stability’. Inside Al-Qaeda and the Taliban explains the wider aims of both organisations and provides an essential analysis of major terrorist incidents, including the 2008 Mumbai attacks. In May 2011, Shahzad was abducted and killed in Pakistan, days after writing an article suggesting that insiders in the Pakistani navy had colluded with Al-Qaeda in an attack on a naval air station. This book is a testament to his fearless reporting and analytical rigour. It will provide readers worldwide with an invaluable introduction to a new phase of the ongoing struggle against terrorism which threatens lives in so many countries. Syed Saleem Shahzad (1970-2011) was an investigative reporter who
worked as Pakistan Bureau Chief at Asia Times Online. His persistence, courage and reputation allowed him unparalleled access to leaders and fighters in Islamic movements enabling him to secure interviews with figures such as Al-Qaeda commander, Ilyas Kashmiri. He had been both a hostage and a guest of the Taliban, which gave him a unique insight into the organisation’s internal structures. He was abducted and killed in Pakistan in May 2011. He left a wife and three children.
Nir Rosen
author of The Triumph of the Martyrs: A Reporter’s Journey Into Occupied Iraq
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Syed Saleem Shahzad has long been able to penetrate the Afghan and Pakistani Taliban organisations in a way that no other journalist has. His unique knowledge and contacts make his writing a ‘must read’ for anyone who wants to understand those movements. Gareth Porter
historian and author of Perils of Dominance: Imbalance of Power and the Road to War in Vietnam
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Hamas A Beginner’s Guide Khaled Hroub Pb 978-0-7453-2972-7 £14.99
Hizbu’llah Politics and Religion Amal Saad-Ghorayeb Pb 978-0-7453-1792-2 £24.99
Time to talk to Al Qaeda?
Understanding Al Qaeda
Second Edition
Changing War and Global Politics Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou This book controversially argues that Al Qaeda has clear aims, and that the only way to defeat it is to engage with its arguments in a serious way. Since the publication of the first edition in 2006, Mohamedou has brought the text right up-to-date. Starting with Al Qaeda’s creation almost twenty years ago, and sketching its global mutation, Mohamedou explains that there is a cogent strategy to Al Qaeda’s actions. He shows that the ‘war on terror’ is failing, only serving to recruit more terrorists to Al Qaeda’s cause. He also puts forward a case for how the international community can best respond. Arguing that it is dangerous to dismiss Al Qaeda as illogical and irrational, this incisive and original book is important for policymakers and ideal for undergraduates in international relations, Middle East studies and peace/conflict studies. Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou is Visiting Professor in the International History, Politics and Development departments at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, and Associate Fellow at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. He was previously the Associate Director of the Programme on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research at Harvard University, where he founded the Transnational and Non-State Armed Groups Project. He is the author of Iraq and the Second Gulf War: State-Building and Regime Security (2001), and Contre-Croisade: Le 11 Septembre et le Retournement du Monde (2011).
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Mohamedou is a topnotch academic. In today’s world, you can’t afford to miss this book. Tim Sebastian
award-winning former BBC foreign correspondent and presenter of HARDtalk
Power and Terror Conflict, Hegemony, and the Rule of Force Noam Chomsky Pb 978-0-7453-3137-9 £12.99
Terrorism for Humanity Inquiries in Political Philosophy Ted Honderich Pb 978-0-7453-2133-2 £18.99
Mohammad Mohamedou has written a political analysis which provides a much-needed secular understanding of Al Qaeda as one among several organised forces in a rapidly changing international arena. Unlike most writers on the subject who tend to be mesmerised by Al Qaeda’s religious discourse, Mohamedou insists on understanding the changing significance of the discourse against a historical backdrop of actions and events. Mahmood Mamdani
Herbert Lehman Professor of Government, Columbia University
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How cities will allow us to realise our potential
The Lure of the City From Slums to Suburbs Edited by Austin Williams and Alastair Donald Cities, by their very nature, are a mass of contradictions. They can be at once visually stunning, culturally rich, exploitative and unforgiving. In The Lure of the City Austin Williams and Alastair Donald explore the potential of cities to meet the economic, social and political challenges of the current age. This book seeks to examine the dynamics of urban life, showing that new opportunities can be maximised and social advances realised in existing and emerging urban centres. The book explores both the planned and organic nature of urban developments and the impacts and aspirations of the people who live and work in them. It argues convincingly that the metropolitan mindset is essential to the struggle for human liberation. The short, accessibly written essays are guaranteed to spark debate across the media and academia about the place of cities and urban life in our ever-changing world. September 2011 224pp 198mm x 129mm Pb 978-0-7453-3177-5 £17.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3178-2 £60
Austin Williams is author of The Enemies of Progress (2008) and coeditor of The Future of Community (Pluto, 2009). He is the founder of ManTownHuman, director of the Future Cities Project and convenor of the infamous ‘Bookshop Barnies’ book discussions. Alastair Donald is researching Urban Systems and Metropolitan Design at the Martin Centre for Architectural and Urban Studies, University of Cambridge. He is co-editor of The Future of Community (Pluto, 2009).
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Global Cities At Work New Migrant Divisions of Labour Jane Wills, Kavita Datta, Yara Evans, Joanna Herbert, Jon May and Cathy McIlwaine Pb 978-0-7453-2798-3 £22.99
The Future of Community Reports of a Death Greatly Exaggerated Edited by Dave Clements, Alastair Donald, Martin Earnshaw and Austin Williams Pb 978-0-7453-2816-4 £14.99
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Laurie Penny on protests, feminism and culture
Penny Red Notes from the New Age of Dissent Laurie Penny. Foreword by Warren Ellis In the space of a year, Laurie Penny has become one of the most prominent voices of the new left. This book brings together her diverse writings, showing what it is to be young, angry and progressive in the face of an increasingly violent and oppressive UK government. Penny Red: Notes from the New Age of Dissent collects Penny’s writings on youth politics, resistance, feminism and culture. Her journalism is a unique blend of persuasive analysis, captivating interviews and first-hand accounts of political direct action. She was involved in all the key protests of 2010/2011, including the anti-fees demos in 2010 and the anti-cuts protests of spring 2011, often tweeting live from the scene of kettles and baton charges. An introduction, conclusion and extensive footnotes allow Penny to connect all the strands of her work, showing the links between political activism and wider social and cultural issues. This book is essential for understanding what motivates the new generation of activists, writers and thinkers that bring creativity, energy and urgency to the fight against capitalism and exploitation. Laurie Penny is a journalist, feminist, and political activist from
London. She is a regular writer for the New Statesman and the Guardian, and has also contributed to the Independent, Red Pepper and the Evening Standard. She is the author of Meat Market: Female Flesh Under Capitalism (2011). She has presented Channel 4’s Dispatches and been on the panel of the BBC’s Any Questions. Her blog, ‘Penny Red’, was shortlisted for the Orwell prize in 2010.
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The Will of the Many
October 2011 192pp 198mm x 129mm Pb 978-0-7453-3208-6 £12.99
How the Alterglobalisation Movement is Changing the Face of Democracy Marianne Maeckelbergh Pb 978-0-7453-2925-3 £17.99
Comrade or Brother? A History of the British Labour Movement Mary Davis Pb 978-0-7453-2576-7 £15.99
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Forgotten pictures from the Nakbah
From Palestine to Israel A Photographic Record of Destruction and State Formation, 1947-1950 Ariella Azoulay. Translated by Charles S Kamen
October 2011 240pp 205mm x 150mm 214 black and white photos Pb 978-0-7453-3169-0 £17.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3170-6 £60
In this carefully curated and beautifully presented photobook, Ariella Azoulay offers a new perspective on four crucial years in the history of Palestine/Israel. The book reconstructs the processes by which the Palestinian majority in Mandatory Palestine became a minority in Israel, while the Jewish minority established a new political entity in which it became a majority ruling a minority Palestinian population. By reading over 200 photographs from that period, most of which were previously confined to Israeli state archives, Azoulay recounts the events and the stories that for years have been ignored or only partially acknowledged in Israel and the West. Including substantial analytical text, this book will give activists, scholars and journalists a new perspective on the origins of the Palestine-Israel conflict. Ariella Azoulay directs the Photo-Lexic project at the Minerva
Humanities Centre at Tel Aviv University. She is the author of Civil Imagination: Political Ontology of Photography (2011), The Civil Contract of Photography (2008), Once Upon a Time: Photography Following Walter Benjamin (2006) and Death’s Showcase: The Power of Image in Contemporary Democracy (2001). She won the 2002 Infinity Award for Writing, presented by the International Center for Photography for excellence in the field of photography.
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Against the Wall The Art of Resistance in Palestine William Parry Pb 978-0-7453-2917-8 £15.00
Palestine in Pieces Graphic Perspectives on the Israeli Occupation Kathleen Christison and Bill Christison Pb 978-0-7453-2929-1 £14.99
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Named and shamed: the companies supporting the occupation
Corporate Complicity in Israel’s Occupation Evidence from the London Session of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine Edited by Asa Winstanley and Frank Barat. Foreword by Alice Walker The Russell Tribunal on Palestine is a people’s tribunal in the spirit of the Tribunal on Vietnam that was set up by Bertrand Russell in the 1960s. This book contains a selection of the most vital evidence and testimonies presented at the London session. Examining the involvement of corporations in the illegal occupation of Palestinian land by Israel, the tribunal of 2010 generated widespread media coverage. The book identifies companies and corporations participating in such illegality and possibilities for legal action against them are discussed. Released to coincide with the South Africa session at the end of 2011, Corporate Complicity in Israel’s Occupation is a vital resource to lawyers, journalists and activists hoping to take informed action against Israeli war crimes and occupation. Asa Winstanley is a journalist who has lived in occupied Palestine. He
writes for Electronic Intifada, the New Left Project and Ceasefire. He worked for two years in the occupied West Bank and was managing sub-editor of the Palestine Times, an English language daily newspaper. Frank Barat is a human rights activist and the coordinator of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine. He has written for Electronic Intifada, Counterpunch, Z Magazine, New Internationalist, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs and the Palestine Chronicle. He is the editor of Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel’s War against the Palestinians (2010).
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Europe’s Alliance with Israel Aiding the Occupation David Cronin Pb 978-0-7453-3065-5 £17.99
October 2011 224pp 215mm x 135mm 6 photos Pb 978-0-7453-3159-1 £19.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3160-7 £65
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This book is an important, practical tool in the non-violent struggle against apartheid in the Holy Land. Archbishop Desmond Tutu Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
A specially inspiring and praiseworthy civil society effort in the pursuit of upholding international law and holding Israel accountable to it. Omar Bargouti
From Coexistence to Conquest International Law and the Origins of the ArabIsraeli Conflict, 1891-1949 Victor Kattan. Foreword by Richard Falk Pb 978-0-7453-2578-1 £29.95
co-founder of the Palestinian Civil Society BDS Movement
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It is vitally important to pursue the complicity of any corporations which aid or abett human rights violations. The Russell Tribunal is to be commended. Julie Christie
Actress, activist and patron of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign
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The dangers of heightened tensions in Korea
Crisis in Korea America, China and the Risk of War Tim Beal
August 2011 288pp 215mm x 135mm 13 figures, 6 photographs Pb 978-0-7453-3162-1 £19.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3161-4 £60
The South Korean warship Cheonan was sunk in mysterious circumstances on 26 March 2010. The remarkable events that followed are analysed by Tim Beal and woven into a larger study of the increasingly volatile relations between North and South Korea and US concern about the rise of China. South Korea’s stance towards the North has hardened significantly since the new conservative government came to power. Beal argues that the South moved quickly to use the sinking of the Cheonan to put international pressure on the North, even before the cause of the sinking had been established. The US followed suit by attempting to pressurise China into condemning North Korea. The media reports at the time presented an open and shut case of unprovoked North Korean aggression, but the evidence points towards the accidental triggering of a South Korean mine as the cause and South Korean fabrication to incriminate the North. With the South bent on forcing the fall of the North’s regime with US help and China unlikely to stand idly by, this book offers an essential guide to the key factors behind the crisis and possible solutions. Tim Beal has researched and taught widely on Asian politics and business
and is currently focused on North Korea. He has recently retired from the School of Marketing and International Business at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. He is the author of North Korea: The Struggle Against American Power (Pluto, 2005).
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North Korea on the Brink Struggle For Survival Glyn Ford and Soyoung Kwon Pb 978-0-7453-2598-9 £19.99
North Korea The Struggle Against American Power Tim Beal Pb 978-0-7453-2013-7 £21.99
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From armed struggle to democratic politics
Kings to Comrades Nepal’s Maoist Movement and the Democratic Transition Nishchal Basnyat Kings to Comrades takes a unique look at one of the most successful revolutions of the twenty-first century: the Maoist revolution in Nepal. Nishchal Basnyat incorporates rare interviews with Nepal’s Maoist leaders and newly discovered documentary evidence that help us better understand the Maoist war in Nepal and its outcome. In an accessible style, Basnyat explores the causes of the Maoist revolution and the characteristics of the decade-long war. He goes on to analyse the fascinating process by which the rebels were transformed into a political party and ultimately democratised. This book will provide invaluable material for anyone studying Nepal as well as students of communist movements, third-world revolutions and rebel-to-party transformations. Nishchal Basnyat is the Lt. Charles Fiske III Harvard Scholar at Trinity
College, Cambridge University. A graduate of Harvard University, he was awarded the John Harvard Scholarship for academic distinction, the Thomas T. Hoopes Prize for his thesis and was the editor-in-chief of the Harvard South Asian Journal. He writes on Nepalese politics for national and international newspapers.
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Dispatches From the People’s War in Nepal Li Onesto Pb 978-0-7453-2340-4 £23.99
November 2011 320pp 215mm x 135mm 10 charts Pb 978-0-7453-3097-6 £17.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3098-3 £60
The Cultural Politics of Markets Economic Liberalization and Social Change in Nepal Katharine Neilson Rankin Pb 978-0-7453-1944-5 £18.99
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Helping HIV/AIDS affected children rebuild their lives
Hope Amidst Despair HIV/AIDS-Affected Children in Sub-Saharan Africa Susanna W. Grannis
October 2011 192pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3153-9 £14.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3154-6 £45
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Susanna Grannis’ book brings us up-to-date with how the HIV/AIDS epidemic is affecting Africa’s children. The stigma attached to the disease may be diminishing, but children’s grief at their parent’s death remains raw. It’s a sensitive and informative book. Emma Guest
author Children of AIDS: Africa’s Orphan Crisis (Pluto, 2003)
Of the 16 million children to have been orphaned by AIDS worldwide, almost 15 million live in sub-Saharan Africa. Hope Amidst Despair focuses on these children and those who are made vulnerable by HIV/ AIDS. Of the millions affected, many live in deep poverty, experience little schooling, have unmet health and psychological issues and bear the burden of stigma. Their plight is often ignored and, as a result, they lead lives of isolation and exclusion that threaten their futures. The book gives voice to HIV/AIDS orphans, allowing them to tell their stories and explain the challenges they face. Susanna Grannis, founder of CHABHA (Children Affected by HIV/AIDS), shows through first-hand experience and research how young community leaders can, with help, effectively promote children’s wellbeing and independence. Readers learn of the complexities and possibilities involved in positive development through the analysis of data on children from five different countries in sub-Saharan Africa. This will be an essential title for HIV/AIDS campaigners, students of development studies, policy makers, donors, and anyone concerned about the welfare of children in developing countries. Susanna W. Grannis founded and led, until 2010, CHABHA, Children Affected by HIV/AIDS. CHABHA partners with community-based children’s associations in Africa. She was professor and dean at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Queens College - CUNY, and at the Bank Street College of Education. Her previous publications (as Susanna W. Pflaum) focused on children’s education.
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The Politics of Prevention A Global Crisis in AIDS and Education Tania Boler and David Archer Pb 978-0-7453-2732-7 £11.99
Children of AIDS Africa’s Orphan Crisis Emma Guest Pb 978-0-7453-2075-5 £21.99
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A food crisis in the Middle East
The Empty Bread Basket Food and Farming in the Fertile Crescent Rami Zurayk and Tariq Tell The Fertile Crescent, the region encompassing Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine, has, despite its name, historically faced challenges to food security from Imperial powers and, more recently, foreign agribusiness. The Empty Bread Basket unravels the paradoxes of food and empire in the Fertile Crescent using a comparative and historical political economy of agrarian change. The structures that condition rural development in the region are traced historically, as the result of capitalist development and colonially mediated state-building that began during the 19th century Ottoman Tanzimat reform and accelerated with the imposition of Western colonialism after World War I. The contemporary food dependence of the Fertile Crescent is explained as the cumulative outcome of these historical processes and the agendas of Western governments and international development agencies. As commodity prices soar across the world, food security is set to become a key issue for students studying Middle Eastern politics and development studies. Rami Zurayk is Professor in the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences at the American University of Beirut (AUB). He has worked extensively in development throughout the Middle East and has served as a consultant to the United Nations and the World Bank. He is the author of Food, Farming and Freedom (2011). Tariq Tell is the author of Social Origins of Hashemite Rule (2010). He
has published on Jordanian-Palestinian relations, political liberalisation under King Hussein and on the agrarian development of the East Bank, as well as editing two academic works on the social and political history of modern Jordan.
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Seasons of Hunger Fighting Cycles of Starvation Among the World’s Rural Poor Stephen Devereux, Bapu Vaitla and Samuel Hauenstein Swan. Foreword by Robert Chambers Pb 978-0-7453-2826-3 £9.99
Hunger Watch Report 2007-08 The Justice of Eating - the Struggle For Food and Dignity in Recent Humanitarian Crises Action Against Hunger, edited by Samuel Hauenstein Swan and Bapu Vaitla Pb 978-0-7453-2746-4 £8.99
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Series: How to Read Theory
How to Read Foucault’s Discipline and Punish Anne Schwan and Stephen Shapiro Series: How to Read Theory
July 2011 192pp 177mm x 125mm Pb 978-0-7453-2980-2 £12.99 Hb 978-0-7453-2981-9 £45
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This is a useful and illuminating companion to Foucault’s book, and will clarify much that remains puzzling about this proteiform thinker, dispelling misunderstandings and sending the reader on new and more fruitful paths
Michel Foucault’s Discipline and Punish is one of the best-selling works of critical theory and a key text on many undergraduate courses. However, it is a long, difficult text which makes Anne Schwan and Stephen Shapiro’s excellent step-by-step reading guide a welcome addition to the How to Read Theory series. Undergraduates across a wide range of disciplines are expected to have a solid understanding of Foucault’s key terms, which have become commonplace in critical thinking today. While there are many texts that survey Foucault’s thought, these are often more general overviews or biographical précis that give little in the way of robust explanation and discussion. In contrast, Schwan and Shapiro take a plain-speaking, yet detailed, approach, specifically designed to give students a thorough understanding of one of the most influential texts in contemporary cultural theory. Anne Schwan is Lecturer in English Literature at Edinburgh Napier
University. Stephen Shapiro is Professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick.
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Michel Foucault Materialism and Education Mark Olssen Pb 978-1-5945-1169-1 £19.99
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William A. Lane Jr. Professor of Comparative Literature at Duke University
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Foucault and Law Towards a Sociology of Law As Governance Alan Hunt and Gary Wickham Pb 978-0-7453-0842-5 £21.99
Series: How to Read Theory
How to Read Adorno and Horkheimer’s Dialectic of Enlightenment Nicholas R. Lawrence Series: How to Read Theory Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer’s Dialectic of Enlightenment is a formative text in the canon of critical theory, and a classic of twentieth-century thought. Nick Lawrence’s excellent guide aids students in their study of this central work. We now take for granted that the so-called ‘enlightenment’ is a complicated and contested idea, yet Adorno and Horkheimer were among the first to argue that rational and progressive discourse – premised on the goal of controlling nature and liberating humanity from fear – can carry within it the seeds of regression. This book introduces students to the context within which Dialectic of Enlightenment was written, giving special attention to the intellectual debates surrounding its composition. Key concepts from the text such as ‘enlightenment’, ‘myth’ and ‘the domination of nature’ - are described and contextualised. This book is an invaluable tool for students and lecturers who need to engage with this key text. Nicholas R. Lawrence is Associate Professor in the Department of
English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick.
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Negativity and Revolution Adorno and Political Activism Edited by John Holloway, Fernando Matamoros and Sergio Tischler Pb 978-0-7453-2836-2 £22.99
How to Read Marx’s Capital Stephen Shapiro Pb 978-0-7453-2561-3 £14.99
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Why do films on the Iraq war fail at the box office?
A ‘Toxic Genre’ The Iraq War Films Martin Barker Over the last five years, a cycle of films has emerged addressing the ongoing Iraq conflict. Some became well-known and one of them, The Hurt Locker, won a string of Oscars. But many others disappeared into obscurity. What is it about these films that led Variety to dub them a ‘toxic genre’? Martin Barker analyses the production and reception of these recent Iraq war films. Among the issues he examines are the borrowing of soldiers’ YouTube styles of self-representation to generate an ‘authentic’ Iraq experience, and how they take refuge in ‘apolitical’ post-traumatic stress disorder. Barker also looks afresh at some classic issues in film theory: the problems of accounting for film ‘failures’, the shaping role of production systems, the significance of genre-naming and the impact of that ‘toxic’ label. A ‘Toxic Genre’ is fascinating reading for film studies students and anyone interested in cinema’s portrayal of modern warfare. June 2011 216pp 215mm x 135mm 16 photographs Pb 978-0-7453-3129-4 £18.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3130-0 £60
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Martin Barker is Research Professor at Aberystwyth University. He
has researched and published widely on topics ranging from comic books, censorship campaigns, arguments over ‘dangerous media’, methods of film analysis, and audiences for films ranging from Judge Dredd and Crash to Being John Malkovich and The Lord of the Rings.
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Reel Power Hollywood Cinema and American Supremacy Matthew Alford. Foreword by Michael Parenti Pb 978-0-7453-2982-6 £14.99
author of The Face of Imperialism
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An excellent and original analysis. Lucidly argued.
Geoff King
Director of the Screen Media Research Centre at Brunel University, London
One of the best studies yet of filmmaking in our contemporary age of war. An indispensable guide both to a challenging cycle of films and to the wider struggle of cinema to be seriously political today. David Slocum
Professor at the Berlin School of Creative Leadership, Steinbeis University and editor of Hollywood and War
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From Antz to Titanic Reinventing Film Analysis Martin Barker and Thomas Austin Pb 978-0-7453-1579-9 £18.99
Creative alternatives to money-based economies
Life Without Money Building Fair and Sustainable Economies Edited by Anitra Nelson and Frans Timmerman The money-based global economy is failing. The credit crunch undermined capitalism’s ability to ensure rising incomes and prosperity while market-led attempts to combat climate change are fought tooth and nail by business as environmental crises continue. We urgently need to combat those who say ‘there is no alternative’ to the current system, but what would an alternative look like? The contributors to Life Without Money argue that it is time radical, nonmarket models were taken seriously. The book brings together diverse voices presenting strong arguments against our money-based system’s ability to improve lives and prevent environmental disaster. Crucially, it provides a direct strategy for undercutting capitalism by refusing to deal in money, and offers money-free models of governance and collective sufficiency. Life Without Money is written by high-profile activist scholars, including Harry Cleaver, Ariel Salleh and John O’Neill, making it an excellent text for political economy and environmental courses, as well as an inspiring manifesto for those who want to take action. Anitra Nelson is an Honorary Associate Professor in the School of Global Studies, Social Science and Planning at RMIT University (Australia). She is the author of Marx’s Concept of Money: The God of Commodities (1999) and edited Steering Sustainability in an Urbanizing World: Policy Practice and Performance (2007). Frans Timmerman was socialist faction leader in the Australian Labor
Party and political adviser to members of parliament. He edited Free Palestine (1979–1990), published by the General Palestinian Delegation in Australia.
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The Future of Money From Financial Crisis to Public Resource Mary Mellor Pb 978-0-7453-2994-9 £17.99
Basic Income The Material Conditions of Freedom Daniel Raventós Pb 978-0-7453-2629-0 £16.99
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Remaking Scarcity From Capitalist Inefficiency to Economic Democracy Costas Panayotakis Series: The Future of World Capitalism
October 2011 224pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3099-0 £18.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3100-3 £60
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Scarcity, capitalistproduced scarcity, proves to be an extraordinarily enlightening vantage point from which to analyze both capitalism and its socialist alternatives. Costas Panayotakis’s book provides an extremely scholarly, insightful and well-argued contribution – with ecology and feminism given the attention often denied them – to this crucially important literature. Highly Recommended! Bertell Ollman
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The dominant schools of neoclassical and neoliberal economics tell us that material scarcity is an inevitable product of an insatiable human nature. Against this, Costas Panayotakis argues that scarcity is in fact a result of the social and economic processes of the capitalist system. The overriding importance of the logic of capital accumulation accounts for the fact that capitalism is not able to make a rational use of scarce resources and the productive potential at the disposal of human society. Instead, capitalism produces grotesque inequalities and unnecessary human suffering, a toxic consumerist culture that fails to satisfy, and a deepening ecological crisis. Remaking Scarcity is a powerful challenge to the current economic orthodoxy. It asserts the core principle of economic democracy, that all human beings should have an equal say over the priorities of the economic system, as the ultimate solution to scarcity and ecological crisis. Costas Panayotakis teaches Sociology at New York City College of Technology. He has published on political economy, ecology and social movements and has been interviewed by numerous radio and TV programmes in the United States and abroad. He is the Book Review editor of the international journal Capitalism Nature Socialism.
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Inequality and the Global Economic Crisis Douglas Dowd Pb 978-0-7453-2943-7 £18.99
Tax Justice Putting Global Inequality on the Agenda Edited by Matti Kohonen and Francine Mestrum Pb 978-0-7453-2861-4 £18.99
New series: The Future of World Capitalism
The Birth of Capitalism A 21st Century Perspective Henry Heller Series: The Future of World Capitalism In the light of the deepening crisis of capitalism and continued nonWestern capitalist accumulation, Henry Heller re-examines the debates surrounding the transition from feudalism to capitalism in Europe and elsewhere. Focusing on arguments about the origin, nature and sustainability of capitalism, Heller offers a new reading of the historical evidence and a critical interrogation of the transition debate. He advances the idea that capitalism must be understood as a political as well as an economic entity. This book breathes new life into the scholarship, taking issue with the excessively economistic approach of Robert Brenner, which has gained increasing support over the last ten years. It concludes that the future of capitalism is more threatened than ever before. The new insights in this book make it essential reading for engaged students and scholars of political economy and history. Henry Heller is a Professor of History at the University of Manitoba,
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Canada. He is the author of The Cold War and the New Imperialism: A Global History, 1945-2005 (2006); The Bourgeois Revolution in France (2006) and Labour, Science and Technology in France 1500-1620 (1996).
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Marx’s ‘Capital’ Ben Fine and Alfredo Saad-Filho
Pb 978-0-7453-3016-7 £12.99
Economics Transformed Discovering the Brilliance of Marx Robert Albritton Pb 978-0-7453-2657-3 £17.99
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Why Ireland’s economy crashed so badly...
Ireland’s Economic History Crisis and Uneven Development in the North and South Gerard McCann
September 2011 256pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3030-3 £17.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3031-0 £60
With clarity and depth, Gerard McCann explores the complex developments that have shaped Ireland’s economic development, north and south, and led to recurring crises and instability. The Irish economy has been traditionally portrayed as a product of its political divisions and the colonial legacy, divided and analysed in terms of the hegemonic tensions that exist on the island. Influenced by these divisions, academics have tended to look at a two-region approach to economic development, without adequately acknowledging the interactive nature of the island economy as a source of the crises or as a solution to systemic divergence. McCann’s definitive and dynamic history of the Irish economy circumvents conventional analyses and investigates the economic development of the island economy as a whole, highlighting where aggressive differentiation has been divisive and destabilising. He concludes by considering an alternative integrated and cohesive process of economic development. Gerard McCann is a Senior Lecturer in European Studies and Geography
at St Mary’s University College (Queen’s University, Belfast). He is Director of the Global Dimension in Education project and coordinates partnership initiatives with colleges in Africa and the Middle East. He has written extensively on the European Union’s development and education policies.
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We the Peoples of Europe Susan George Pb 978-0-7453-2633-7 £14.99
Cosmopolitan Ireland Globalisation and Quality of Life Carmen Kuhling and Kieran Keohane Pb 978-0-7453-2649-8 £17.99
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...And how to pick up the pieces
Towards a Second Republic Irish Politics after the Celtic Tiger Peadar Kirby and Mary P. Murphy During the 1990s and 2000s, the Irish ‘Celtic Tiger’ model of development was hailed as a model for other European countries, but the global economic crisis has completely removed the credibility of Ireland’s approach. So where does the country go now? Towards a Second Republic analyses Ireland’s economics, politics and society, drawing important lessons from its cycles of boom and bust. Peadar Kirby and Mary Murphy expose the winners and losers from the current Irish model of development and relates these distributional outcomes to the use of power by Irish elites. The authors examine the role of the EU and compare Ireland’s crisis and responses to those of other states. More than just an analysis of the economic disaster in Ireland, the book is also a proposal to construct new and more effective institutions for the economy and society. It is a must read for students of Irish politics and political economy. Peadar Kirby is Professor of International Politics and Public Policy in the University of Limerick. He is the author of Celtic Tiger in Collapse (2010) and co-editor of Transforming Ireland (2009).
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Mary P. Murphy is a lecturer in Irish Politics and Society, National
University of Ireland Maynooth. She has published in journals including Community Development Journal and New Political Economy. She has worked in various campaigning groups and is an advocate for social justice and equality.
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Sinn Féin and the Politics of Left Republicanism Eoin Ó Broin Pb 978-0-7453-2462-3 £18.99
Understanding Contemporary Ireland Edited by Brendan Bartley and Rob Kitchin Pb 978-0-7453-2594-1 £21.99
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Series: Modern European Thinkers
Herbert Marcuse An Aesthetics of Liberation Malcolm Miles Series: Modern European Thinkers
December 2011 208pp 215mm x 135mm 3 black & white images Pb 978-0-7453-3038-9 £22.95 Hb 978-0-7453-3039-6 £65
When capitalism is clearly catastrophically out of control and its excesses cannot be sustained socially or ecologically, the ideas of Herbert Marcuse become as relevant as they were in the 1960s. This is the first English introduction to Marcuse to be published for decades, and deals specifically with his aesthetic theories and their relation to a critical theory of society. Although Marcuse is best known as a critic of consumer society, epitomised in the classic One-Dimensional Man, Malcolm Miles provides an insight into how Marcuse’s aesthetic theories evolved within his broader attitudes, from his anxiety at the rise of fascism in the 1930s through heady optimism of the 1960s, to acceptance in the 1970s that radical art becomes an invaluable progressive force when political change has become deadlocked. Marcuse’s aesthetics of liberation, in which art assumes a primary role in interrupting the operation of capitalism, made him a key figure for the student movement in the 1960s. As diverse forms of resistance rise once more, a new generation of students, scholars and activists will find Marcuse’s radical theory essential to their struggle. Malcolm Miles is Professor of Cultural Theory at the University of Plymouth. He is the author of Urban Utopias: The Built and Social Architectures of Alternative Settlements (2008), Cities & Cultures (2007), Urban Avant-Gardes: Art, Architecture & Change (2004), and Art, Space & the City (1997). He is co-editor of the Routledge Critical Introductions to Urbanism series.
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Magical Marxism Subversive Politics and the Imagination Andy Merrifield Pb 978-0-7453-3059-4 £17.99
Crack Capitalism John Holloway Pb 978-0-7453-3008-2 £17.99
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Hannah Arendt A Critical Introduction Finn Bowring Series: Modern European Thinkers Hannah Arendt is one of the most famous political theorists of the twentieth century, yet in the social sciences her work has rarely been given the attention it deserves. This careful and comprehensive study introduces Arendt to a wider audience. Finn Bowring shows how Arendt’s writings have engaged with and influenced prominent figures in the sociological canon, and how her ideas may shed light on some of the most pressing social and political problems of today. He explores her critique of Marx, her relationship to Weber, the influence of her work on Habermas and the parallels and discrepancies between her and Foucault. This is a clearly written and scholarly text which surveys the leading debates over Arendt’s work, including discussions of totalitarianism, the public sphere and the nature of political responsibility. This book will bring new perspectives to students and lecturers in sociology and politics. Finn Bowring is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences,
Cardiff University. He is the author of André Gorz and the Sartrean Legacy (2000), and Science, Seeds and Cyborgs: Biotechnology and the Appropriation of Life (2003). His writing has also appeared in numerous scholarly journals, such as New Left Review, Telos, Radical Philosophy, Sociology, Capital and Class, Social Science and Medicine, Sociological Review, Anarchist Studies and Critical Social Policy.
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Capitalism’s New Clothes Enterprise, Ethics and Enjoyment in Times of Crisis Colin Cremin Pb 978-0-7453-2814-0 £19.99
August 2011 320pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3141-6 £19.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3142-3 £65
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Hannah Arendt: A Critical Introduction presents an original and highly developed perspective on the influence of Arendt’s thinking on the social sciences, just as scholars in a number of related disciplines are beginning to rethink the relevance of Arendt’s work beyond political theory. Dimitris Papadopoulos
Reader in Sociology and Organisation at the University of Leicester and co-author of Escape Routes (Pluto, 2008)
Jurgen Habermas Democracy and the Public Sphere Luke Goode Pb 978-0-7453-2088-5 £22.99
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The ups and downs of Eastern Europe’s economies
First the Transition, then the Crash Eastern Europe in the 2000s Edited by Gareth Dale
September 2011 264pp 215mm x 135mm 6 Figures Pb 978-0-7453-3115-7 £25 Hb 978-0-7453-3116-4 £75
The 1989-91 upheavals in Eastern Europe sparked a tremendous acceleration of change. With the reverberations throughout the region of the global crisis of 2008-10 a new phase has begun. This volume identifies and explores its major features. The book focuses on the relationships between geopolitics, the world economy and class restructuring. The authors, from Eastern and Western Europe, have been shaping scholarly debate about Eastern Europe’s entry into the global political economy. Together, their contributions show us a world far away from the simple neoliberal conceit of creaking communist economies witnessing rapid transitions to efficient markets, democracy and political liberty. Neoliberal interpretations of the global crash are also challenged. With chapters covering the Balkans, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Russia and Ukraine, this is a thorough and complete survey of the brutal reality of capitalism for Eastern Europe. Gareth Dale is senior lecturer in politics and international relations at Brunel University. He belongs to the editorial boards of Debatte: Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe, and International Socialism. His previous books include a trilogy on East Germany, and a study of the writings of Karl Polanyi.
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Change in Putin’s Russia Power, Money and People Simon Pirani Pb 978-0-7453-2690-0 £17.99
Poland’s New Capitalism Jane Hardy Pb 978-0-7453-2456-2 £17.99
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Can the welfare state survive the cuts?
The Rise and Fall of the Welfare State Asbjørn Wahl In an age of government imposed austerity, and after 30 years of neoliberal restructuring, the future of the welfare state looks increasingly uncertain. Asbjørn Wahl offers an accessible analysis of the situation across Europe, identifies the most important challenges and presents practical proposals for combating the assault on welfare. Wahl argues that the welfare state should be seen as the result of a class compromise forged in the 20th century, which means that it cannot easily be exported internationally. He considers the enormous shifts in power relations and the profound internal changes to the welfare state which have occurred during the neo-liberal era, pointing to the paradigm shift that the welfare state is going through. This is illustrated by the shift from welfare to workfare and increased topdown control. As well as being a fascinating study in its own right that will appeal to students of economics and politics, The Rise and Fall of the Welfare State also points to an alternative way forward for the trade union movement based on concrete examples of struggles and alliancebuilding. Asbjørn Wahl is director of the Campaign for the Welfare State. He
is also an adviser at the Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees and holds an elected position at the International Transport Workers’ Federation. He is an active member of the Labour and Globalisation network.
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Decent Capitalism A Blueprint for Reforming our Economies Sebastian Dullien, Hansjörg Herr and Christian Kellermann Pb 978-0-7453-3109-6 £17.99
Labour and the Challenges of Globalization What Prospects For Transnational Solidarity? Edited by Andreas Bieler, Ingemar Lindberg and Devan Pillay Pb 978-0-7453-2756-3 £21.99
November 2011 240pp 215mm x 135mm 10 figures, 4 tables Pb 978-0-7453-3139-3 £18.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3140-9 £60
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This scholarly and thoughtful yet accessible book is relevant to the whole of Europe and the world. The social model of the Welfare State is one of the greatest conquests in the entire history of human emancipation and the ongoing attempt to destroy it is a crime against humanity. We should read it, learn from it and organise so as to fight back with all our strength. Susan George
President of the Board of the Transnational Institute
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An important contribution to the current debate about the future of the welfare state. A must read for debaters and policy makers who seek inspiration. Peter Waldorff
General Secretary of the PSI
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Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society
Humans and Other Animals Cross-Cultural Perspectives on HumanAnimal Interactions Samantha Hurn Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society
December 2011 228pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3119-5 £18.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3120-1 £60
Humans and Other Animals is about the myriad and evolving ways in which humans and animals interact, the divergent cultural constructions of humanity and animality found around the world, and individual experiences of other animals. Samantha Hurn explores the work of anthropologists and scholars from related disciplines concerned with the growing field of anthrozoology. Case studies from a wide range of cultural contexts are discussed, and readers are invited to engage with a diverse range of human-animal interactions including blood sports (such as hunting, fishing and bull fighting), pet keeping and ‘petishism’, eco-tourism and wildlife conservation, working animals and animals as food. The idea of animal exploitation raised by the animal rights movements is considered, as well as the anthropological implications of changing attitudes towards animal personhood, and the rise of a posthumanist philosophy in the social sciences more generally. Key debates surrounding these issues are raised and assessed and, in the process, readers are encouraged to consider their own attitudes towards other animals and, by extension, what it means to be human. Samantha Hurn is Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Wales
Trinity Saint David where she convenes an award-winning MA programme in Anthrozoology. She has conducted ethnographic fieldwork in Wales, Andalusia, South Africa and Swaziland.
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Eco-Sufficiency and Global Justice Women Write Political Ecology Edited by Ariel Salleh Pb 978-0-7453-2863-8 £19.99
Sick Planet Corporate Food and Medicine Stan Cox Pb 978-0-7453-2740-2 £16.99
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The Capability of Places Methods for Modelling Community Response to Intrusion and Change Sandra Wallman Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society How can we assess the ability of a place to respond to challenges like migration, recession and disease? Places which seem similar can respond very differently, and with varying degrees of success, to external threats and to the interventions designed to manage them. In this magisterial work, drawing on decades of research, Sandra Wallman explores how we can measure and compare the resilience of communities, looking in detail at neighbourhoods in London, Rome and Zambia. Each locale is examined as a system which is more or less open or closed; open systems tend to be more resilient when faced with external challenges. As well as being a fascinating study in its own right, the book includes detailed accounts of the research methods used, as well as a user-friendly typology for classifying local systems, making it an invaluable tool for students, researchers and policy-makers. Sandra Wallman is an Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at University College London. She is the author of Kampala Women Getting by: Wellbeing in the Time of AIDS and Eight London Households.
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Home Spaces, Street Styles Contesting Power and Identity in a South African City Leslie J. Bank Pb 978-0-7453-2327-5 £19.99
The Trouble with Community Anthropological Reflections on Movement, Identity and Collectivity Vered Amit and Nigel Rapport Pb 978-0-7453-1746-5 £21.99
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Fieldwork, comparison, team collaboration, longitudinal research – all in one study, and one book! There is a sophisticated ethnographic eye, and a productive synthesis of perspectives from social anthropology and related fields. As anthropologists renew their methodology, to face widening practical and theoretical challenges, they can learn much from Sandra Wallman’s team. Ulf Hannerz
Professor Emeritus of Social Anthropology, Stockholm University and author of Cultural Complexity (1992), Transnational Connections (1996) and Anthropology’s World (Pluto, 2010).
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The Gas Field Discordant Developments and the Politics of Survival in Bangladesh Katy Gardner Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society
December 2011 216pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3149-2 £17.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3150-8 £60
What happens when a vast multinational mining company operates a gas plant situated close to four densely populated villages in rural Bangladesh? How does its presence contribute to local processes of ‘development’? And what do corporate claims of ‘community engagement’ involve? Drawing from author Katy Gardner’s longstanding relationship with the area, The Gas Field reveals the complex and contradictory ways that local people attempt to connect to, and are disconnected by, foreign capital. Everyone has a story to tell: whether of dispossession and scarcity, the success of Corporate Social Responsibility, or imperialist exploitation and corruption. Yet as Gardner argues, what really matters in the struggles over resources is which of these stories are heard, and the power of those who tell them. Based around the discordant narratives of dispossessed land owners, urban activists, mining officials and the rural landless, The Gas Field touches on some of the most urgent economic and political questions of our time, including resource ownership and scarcity, and the impact of foreign investment and industrialisation on global development. Katy Gardner lectures in Social Anthropology at the University of
Sussex and is the author of several books including, Global Migrants, Local Lives: Travel and Transformation in Rural Bangladesh (1995) and, with David Lewis, Anthropology, Development and the Post-modern Challenge (Pluto, 1996).
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The Political Economy of NGOs State Formation in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh Jude L. Fernando Pb 978-0-7453-2171-4 £19.99
Songs At the River’s Edge Stories From a Bangladeshi Village Katy Gardner Pb 978-0-7453-1094-7 £19.99
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Border Watch Cultures of Immigration, Detention and Control Alexandra Hall Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society Questions over immigration and asylum face almost all Western countries. Should numbers be limited? Should only economically useful immigrants be allowed? What should be done with unwanted or ‘illegal’ immigrants? In this bold and original intervention, Alexandra Hall shows that immigration detention centres offer a window onto society’s broader attitudes towards, and treatment of, immigrants. Despite periodic media scandals, remarkably little has been written about the everyday workings of the grassroots immigration system, or about the people charged with enacting immigration policy at local levels. Detention, particularly, is a hidden side of border politics, despite its growing international importance as a tool of control and security. This book fills the gap admirably, analysing the everyday encounters between officers and immigrants in detention to explore broad social trends and theoretical concerns. This highly topical book provides rare insights into the treatment of ‘others’ and will be essential for policy makers and students studying anthropology and sociology. Alexandra Hall is Research Associate in the Department of Geography,
University of Durham.
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A Suitable Enemy Racism, Migration and Islamophobia in Europe Liz Fekete. Foreword by A. Sivanandan Pb 978-0-7453-2792-1 £17.99
Open Borders The Case Against Immigration Controls Teresa Hayter Pb 978-0-7453-2244-5 £16.99
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Immigration detention is a huge, politically and morally compelling, but little known phenomenon of our era. Border Watch is a rich, thoughtful, fair, and ultimately strong examination of immigration detention centers and guards. The devil is in the details: a saying that genuinely describes what Hall discovers. This book succeeds in linking ethnographic description and major public issues of immigration and power. Josiah McC. Heyman
Professor of Anthropology and Chair of the Sociology and Anthropology Department, University of Texas at El Paso
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Better democracy through Marxism
The History of Democracy A Marxist Interpretation Brian S. Roper
December 2011 256pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3189-8 £18.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3190-4 £65
The concept of democracy has become tarnished in recent years, as governments become disconnected from voters and pursue unpopular policies. And yet the ideal of democracy continues to inspire movements around the world, most recently the uprisings across the Arab world. Brian Roper refreshes our understanding of democracy using a Marxist theoretical framework. He traces the history of democracy as it has passed through various historical moments from Athenian democracy to the Roman Republic, the revolutionary emergence of liberal representative and socialist participatory democracy in Europe and North America, and the global spread of democracy during the past century. Roper argues that democracy cannot be understood separately from underlying processes of exploitation, and the class and social struggles these generate. He offers an engaging Marxist critique of representative democracy, and raises the possibility of alternative socialist and participatory democratic forms, which will be of interest to students and scholars of history, politics and those in other disciplines who are concerned about the past, present and future of democracy. Brian S. Roper lectures in Politics at the University of Otago, New
Zealand. He has been involved in the socialist left and political activism in New Zealand since the early 1980s. He is the author of Prosperity for All? Economic, Social and Political Change in New Zealand since 1935 (2005).
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Ideologies in the Age of Extremes Liberalism, Conservatism, Communism, Fascism 1914-1991 Willie Thompson Pb 978-0-7453-2711-2 £19.99
Revolution, Democracy, Socialism Selected Writings V. I. Lenin, edited by Paul Le Blanc Pb 978-0-7453-2760-0 £14.99
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Understanding the resource curse
Flammable Societies Studies on the Socio-Economics of Oil and Gas Edited by John-Andrew McNeish and Owen J Logan The impact of the oil and gas industry – paradoxically seen both as a blessing and a curse on socio-economic development – is a question at the heart of the comparative studies in this volume stretching from Northern Europe to the Caucasus, the Gulf of Guinea to Latin America. Britain’s transformation under Margaret Thatcher into a supposedly post-industrial society orientated towards consumer sovereignty was paid for with revenues from the North Sea oil industry, an industry conveniently out of sight and out of mind for many. Drawing on bottom-up research and theoretical reflection the authors question the political and scientific basis of current international policy that aims to address the problem of resource management through standard Western models of economic governance, institution building and national sovereignty. This book offers valuable material for students and researchers concerned with politics, inequality and poverty in resource-rich countries. Among the key critical issues the book highlights is the need to understand the politics of social territorialism as a response to exclusionary geopolitics. John-Andrew McNeish is Associate Professor at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences and Senior Researcher at the Chr. Michelsens Institute. Owen J Logan is a photographer and writer and a Research Fellow at the
University of Aberdeen where he worked with the Lives in the Oil Industry oral history project. His work has been exhibited and published widely and is in the art collection of the Scottish Parliament. He is a contributing editor to Variant magazine.
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The Final Energy Crisis Edited by Sheila Newman Pb 978-0-7453-2717-4 £21.99
Oil Crusades America Through Arab Eyes Abdulhay Yahya Zalloum Pb 978-0-7453-2559-0 £17.99
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Kurdish resistance and human rights
Prison Writings Volume II The PKK and the Kurdish Question in the 21st Century Abdullah Öcalan. Translated by Klaus Happel In his second book, Abdullah Öcalan applies the political and historical philosophy that was developed in the first volume of his Prison Writings to the Kurdish question. The book addresses the concrete political issues at the centre of the Kurdish question. Öcalan calls for a ‘Renaissance of the Middle East’ where the integration of democratic Western values and universal human rights with the deeply rooted cultural values of the Middle Eastern societies, especially the Kurdish, will form a new synthesis of civilisations. Abdullah Öcalan is in prison in Turkey serving a life sentence. He was
March 2011 188pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-9567-5140-9 £19.99 Hb 978-0-9567-5141-6 £65
the leader of the Kurdish revolutionary party, the PKK. He was eventually kidnapped while abroad in 1999, and has been in prison in Turkey ever since.
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The Future of Kurdistan The Iraqi Dilemma Kerim Yildiz During the United States military occupation of Iraq, the Kurdistan region was one of the few places in the country where insurgent violence was not a daily occurrence. However, as tension with the Iraqi central government increases over issues of security, oil and gas management and the disputed territory of Kirkuk, and with Turkey and Iran continuing their cross border military operations, Kurdistan Iraq faces numerous challenges. The current context allows for a fresh look at the situation of the Kurds in Iraq. No longer subject to the cruel regime of Saddam Hussein, the Kurds are set to be important figures in the shaping of Iraq’s future. The Future of Kurdistan: The Iraqi Dilemma focuses on how issues faced by Kurdistan Iraq today are being dealt with by both central government and international forces as well as on the prospects for Kurdistan and Iraq’s political, economic and cultural future. December 2011 232pp 215mm x 135mm Maps Hb 978-0-7453-3128-7 £45
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Kerim Yildiz is the Chief Executive of the Kurdish Human Rights Project, an innovative London-based human rights organisation that strategically challenges legislation and practices in order to secure redress for survivors of human rights violations and to prevent future abuses. A Kurd and former refugee from political persecution, he has written and spoken extensively on issues of human rights, minority rights and international law.
Icaria Editorial
Alert 2011! Report on Conflicts, Human Rights and Peacebuilding Escola de Cultura de Pau The Alert 2011! report analyses conflicts and peacebuilding in six areas: armed conflicts, socio-political crises, peace processes, humanitarian crises, human rights and transitional justice, and the gender dimension in peace-building. Focusing on these areas, Alert 2011! attempts to offer an overview of the state of the world and reveal possible trends and dynamics related to these areas. The analysis is supplemented with a table of indicators that provides qualitative and quantitative information for each area of study. This allows the report to act as a vital preventive tool regarding general trends or situations in specific countries. The yearbook also identifies opportunities for peace. There are some scenarios with elements that lead us to believe that positive advances are possible in 2011 if the necessary political actions are taken and international support is given. The Escola de Cultura de Pau (ECP - School for a Culture of Peace)
was established in 1999 with the aim of organizing academic, research and intervention activities related to peace culture, analysis, prevention and transformation of conflicts, education for peace, disarmament and the promotion of human rights.
May 2011 208pp 297mm x 210mm 14 tables, 2 figure, 8 graphs, 13 boxes, 7 maps Pb 978-8-4988-8326-8 £25
Peace Processes Yearbook 2011 Vicenç Fisas Armengol The Peace Processes Yearbook 2011 analyses conflicts in which negotiations are underway with the intention of reaching a peace agreement. The yearbook looks at a variety of negotiations, including both formalised and exploratory talks and those that are stalled or in crisis. The report also examines some cases, such as India, where the negotiations or explorations are partial in that they do not encompass all the armed groups in a country. Most of the negotiations refer to armed conflicts and the report analyses some contexts where, although armed conflict has been suspended, the parties have not reached a final agreement to end hostilities. The negotiations therefore make sense in order to avoid the beginning or a resurgence of new armed confrontations. The Peace Processes Yearbook 2011 will be a vital resource for students, researchers and policy makers in the field of conflict resolution. Vicenç Fisas Armengol is Holder of UNESCO Chair on Peace and
Humans Rights at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and author of 36 books about peace studies, disarmament and peace processes.
May 2011 232pp 297mm x 210mm 156 tables, 31 diagrams Pb 978-8-4988-8327-5 £25
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Crashing the Tea Party Mass Media and the Campaign to Remake American Politics Paul Street and Anthony DiMaggio The Tea Party has been the most high profile and controversial social movement in the US of recent times. But real analysis of the Tea Party remains slim - is it a genuine social movement or a topdown interest group created by the Republican Party and corporate funding? Crashing the Tea Party is based on first-hand observation of local Tea Party chapters, and undertakes a critical journalistic and scholarly examination from the national and local level. Paul Street and Anthony DiMaggio provide a carefully documented account which challenges conventional wisdoms. Crashing the Tea Party fills the gap in public understanding about this particular social movement, and how social movements in general relate today to the ideologies of left and right and the mass media. Paul Street is an urban social policy researcher and teacher in Chicago. August 2011 288pp 229mm x 152mm Pb 978-1-5945-1945-1 £15.99 Hb 978-1-5945-1944-4 £60
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He writes regularly for Z Magazine and Black Commentator. His books include Barack Obama and the Future of American Politics (2009) and Empire and Inequality (2005). Anthony DiMaggio is the author of the newly released When Media Goes to War (2010) and Mass Media, Mass Propaganda (2008). He teaches US and Global Politics at Illinois State University.
The Face of Imperialism Michael Parenti The relationship between US economic and military power is not often considered within mainstream commentary. Similarly the connection between US military interventions overseas and US domestic problems is rarely considered in any detail. In this brilliant new book, Michael Parenti reveals the true face of US imperialism. He documents how it promotes unjust policies across the globe including expropriation of natural resources, privatisation, debt burdens and suppression of democratic movements. He then demonstrates how this feeds into deteriorating living standards in the US itself, leading to increased poverty, decaying infrastructure and impending ecological disaster. The Face of Imperialism redefines empire and imperialism and connects the crisis in the US with its military escapades across the world.
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Michael Parenti is an internationally known, award-winning author, scholar, and lecturer who addresses a wide variety of political and cultural subjects. Among his recent books are God and His Demons (2010), Contrary Notions: The Michael Parenti Reader (2007), The Culture Struggle (2006), The Assassination of Julius Caesar (2003), and Democracy for the Few, 9th edition (2010).
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Ending Obama’s War Responsible Military Withdrawal from Afghanistan David Cortright Now in its tenth year, the US-led military campaign in Afghanistan continues with no foreseeable end in sight. Ending Obama’s War is intended to help and hold President Obama to his policy of beginning military withdrawals in July 2011 - and sooner if possible. Renowned peace scholar David Cortright offers realistic alternatives for ending the war whilst continuing to help the Afghan people, especially women, with development and human rights. Ending Obama’s War outlines a responsible military disengagement strategy and links it to agreements on security cooperation, political power sharing, and a regional diplomatic compact. This is a timely, informed study which offers a way forward for one of the world’s worst conflict zones. David Cortright is Professor at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for
International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. His books include Soldiers in Revolt: GI Resistance During the Vietnam War (2005) and A Peaceful Superpower: The Movement Against War in Iraq (2004).
Obama in Office
August 2011 192pp 229mm x 152mm Hb 978-1-5945-1984-0 £15.99
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Edited by James A. Thurber Barack Obama entered office on a wave of popular expectation; will he exit at the hands of a Tea Party inspired populist tsunami or return for four more years? Obama in Office brings together well-established political scientists and journalists to offer the first detailed assessment of President Obama and his first two years in office. This book covers the range of policy tests which the administration has faced during this period, including the recession and its jobless recovery, health care reform, financial regulation, the BP oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, and the ongoing war in Afghanistan. Looking beyond the midterms, Obama in Office considers the results of 2010, the impact of the Tea Party, and the prospects for 2012. James A. Thurber is Distinguished University Professor and Director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University. He is author or editor of numerous titles including, most recently, new editions of the classics, Rivals for Power: PresidentialCongressional Relations (2009) and (with Candice J. Nelson) Campaigns and Elections American Style: Transforming American Politics (2009).
June 2011 320pp 229mm x 152mm Pb 978-1-5945-1993-2 £18.99 Hb 978-1-5945-1986-4 £60
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A Contemporary Introduction to Sociology Culture and Society in Transition Jeffrey C. Alexander, Kenneth Thompson and Laura D. Edles
July 2011 656pp 241mm x 184mm Pb 978-1-6120-5029-4 £29.95
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A Contemporary Introduction to Sociology is the first truly new introductory sociology textbook in decades, written by leading sociologists at the cutting edge of theory and research. The second edition continues to invite students to reflect upon their lives within the context of the combustible leap from modern to postmodern life. The authors show how culture is central to understanding many world problems as they challenge readers to confront the risks and potentialities of a postmodern era in which the futures of both the physical and social environment seem uncertain. As culture rapidly changes in the 21st century, the authors have broadened their analysis to cover developments in social media and new data on gender and transgender issues. Jeffrey C. Alexander is the Lillian Chavenson Saden Professor of Sociology at Yale University, where he is Codirector of the Center for Cultural Sociology. Among his many influential books is The Civic Sphere (2006). Kenneth Thompson is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the Open University, UK, and has held positions at Yale, UCLA and Rutgers. He is the author of Moral Panics (1998).
The Urban World J. John Palen Long the leading text in urban sociology, The Urban World continues to provide a comprehensive, balanced, up-to-date, cross-cultural look at cities and suburbs around the world. Offering a 21st century view of the changing urban scene, the text covers evolving urban patterns and the changing nature of urban life. Combining expert scholarship with a readable style that students appreciate, J. John Palen is one of America’s leading urban sociologists, who travels the world and adds new insights gleaned firsthand to each succeeding edition of his text. The ninth edition includes a wealth of updates including the 2010 US census data and the impact of the recession on the urban landscape. The rapid developments in Indian and Chinese cities are also covered.
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J. John Palen is Professor Emeritus at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is the author of over a dozen books and has received the Virginia Commonwealth University Distinguished Scholar Award. He is a Distinguished Fulbright Chair and has held the Fulbright Chair in North American Studies at the University of Calgary.
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The Long Sixties From 1960 to Barack Obama Tom Hayden In this unique and compelling book Tom Hayden argues that Barack Obama would not have been able to mount a successful presidential campaign without the movements of the 1960s. The Long Sixties shows that movements throughout history triumph over Machiavellians, gaining social reforms while leaving both revolutionaries and reactionaries frustrated. Hayden argues that the 1960s left a critical imprint on America, from civil rights laws to the birth of the environmental movement, and forced open the political process to women and people of colour. He urges President Obama to continue this legacy with a popular programme of economic recovery, green jobs and health care reform. The Long Sixties is a carefully researched history which will be of interest to activists, journalists and historians as the fiftieth anniversary of the 1960s begins. Tom Hayden , activist, senator, and Professor at Occidental College, is
author most recently of Rebel: A Personal History of the 1960s (Red Hen Press, 2003).
Boycotts and Dixie Chicks
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Creative Political Participation at Home and Abroad Andrew S. McFarland Boycotts and Dixie Chicks introduces the concept of ‘creative political participation’, collective political actions which do not use traditional methods and which are innovative, collaborative and creative in character. Andrew S. McFarland discusses creative participation on issues concerning the environment, political corruption, consumer rights, and transnational issues. He draws on specific examples including anti-corruption demonstrations in contemporary rural China, community action in 1890s Wisconsin, consumer boycotts of Shell Oil, ExxonMobil, the Nestlé Corporation, and the Dixie Chicks music group, the ‘colour revolutions’ and transnational fair trade and transparency activism. Written in an engaging, everyday language and using a wide variety of sources and case studies, Boycotts and Dixie Chicks is highly recommended for students of alternative social and political movements and sociology.
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Andrew S. McFarland is Professor of Political Science and a Fellow of
the Institute for the Humanities at the University of Illinois-Chicago.
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American Society Toward a Theory of Societal Community Talcott Parsons, edited by Giuseppe Sciortino. Foreword by Jeffrey C. Alexander Series: The Yale Cultural Sociology Series Never before published, American Society is the product of Talcott Parsons’ last major theoretical project. Completed just a few weeks before his death, this is Parsons’ promised ‘general book on American society’. It offers a systematic presentation and revision of Parson’s landmark theoretical positions on modernity and the possibility of objective sociological knowledge. Even after the passage of many years, American Society imparts a remarkably provocative interpretation of US society and a creative approach to social theory. Talcott Parsons (1902–1979) was the eminent Harvard sociologist July 2011 537pp 229mm x 152mm Pb 978-1-5945-1228-5 £29.95 Hb 978-1-5945-1227-8 £55
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who sought to integrate all the social sciences into a science of human action. Among his influential books are The Structure of Social Action (1967) and Politics and Social Structure (1969). Giuseppe Sciortino , Associate Professor of Sociology at the Università di Trento, Italy, is the editor of Parsons’ The Structure of Social Action and Contemporary Debates (2001).
Globalizing Sport How Organizations, Corporations, Media, and Politics are Changing Sport George H. Sage Sport is enjoyed by millions of people across the world, and both watching and playing sport constitutes a major part of modern leisure time. But sport is also a huge worldwide industry. In Globalizing Sport, George Sage invites readers to explore a deeper understanding of the global dynamics of sport – not only competitions but of the big businesses of money, media coverage, athletic apparel and more. He shows how phenomena such as migration, labour, commerce and politics affect the athletes and the fans, continually reshaping the business and experience of sport. Globalizing Sport puts sport in its political, economic and social context, revealing its connections with businesses, countries, media outlets and education systems.
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George H. Sage is Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Kinesiology at the University of Northern Colorado. He has authored or co-authored 16 books. He was inducted into the National Association for Sport and Physical Education Hall of Fame in 2006.
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Ending Hunger Worldwide George Kent Why does hunger persist in a world of plenty? Ending Hunger Worldwide challenges the naïve notion that everyone wants hunger to end, arguing that the powerful care – but not enough to make a difference. George Kent argues that the central focus in overcoming hunger should be on building stronger communities. It is these communities which can provide mutual support to ensure that people don’t go hungry. Kent demonstrates that there is not a shortage of food but of what Amartya Sen terms ‘opportunities’, and that developing tightknit communities will lead to more opportunities for the hungry and undernourished. Ending Hunger Worldwide challenges dominant market-led solutions, and will be essential reading for activists, NGO workers and development students looking for a fresh perspective. George Kent is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Hawai’i. His work centres on finding remedies for social problems, particularly finding ways to strengthen the weak in the face of the strong. He works on human rights, international relations, peace, development, and environmental issues, with a special focus on nutrition and children.
August 2011 240pp 229mm x 152mm Pb 978-1-5945-1893-5 £17.99 Hb 978-1-5945-1892-8 £60
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Democratic Policing in a Changing World Peter K. Manning Democratic policing today is a widely used approach to policing not only in Western societies but increasingly around the world. Yet it is rarely defined and it is little understood by the public and even by many of its practitioners. Peter K. Manning draws on political philosophy, sociology and criminal justice to develop a widely applicable fundamental conception of democratic policing. In the process he delineates today’s relationship between democracy and policing. Democratic Policing in a Changing World documents the failure of police reform, showing that each new approach – such as crime mapping and ‘hot spots’ policing – fails to alter any fundamental practice and has in fact increased social inequalities. He offers a new and better approach for scholars, policy makers, police, governments and societies. Peter K. Manning is the Brooks Professor of Criminal Justice at Northeastern University-Boston. He is the author of Policing Technology: An Ethnographic Study of Crime Mapping (2007).
June 2011 256pp 229mm x 152mm Pb 978-1-5945-1546-0 £18.99 Hb 978-1-5945-1545-3 £50
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Binding Their Wounds America’s Assault on Its Veterans Robert J. Topmiller and T. Kirby Neill The victims of US military campaigns are usually nameless civilians in far away places, but there are also victims closer to home - the soldiers so often used and then discarded by the establishment. Binding Their Wounds is a book about US veterans written by a US veteran - Bob ‘Doc’ Topmiller. Topmiller fought in Vietnam, founded a school for orphans there, and become a professor of history before he tragically committed suicide. Close friend and scholar Kerby Neill stepped in to complete the book. The result is a history of US veterans and their treatment by the US establishment from the early republic to the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Binding Their Wounds offers policy recommendations to improve post-conflict treatment and care for veterans which are long overdue.
July 2011 224pp 229mm x 152mm Pb 978-1-5945-1572-9 £14.99 Hb 978-1-5945-1571-2 £60
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Robert J. Topmiller served in Vietnam and later became a professor of history at Eastern Kentucky University. He wrote two books on Vietnam: The Lotus Unleashed: The Buddhist Peace Movement in South Vietnam 1964– 1966 (2002) and Red Clay on My Boots: Encounters with Khe Sanh 1968 to 2005 (2007). T. Kirby Neill is a Navy veteran and clinical psychologist. He is the author of Helping Others Help Children: Clinical Supervision of Child Psychotherapy (2006).
Family of Freedom Presidents and African Americans in the White House Kenneth T. Walsh Barack Obama is the first African American President, but the history of African Americans in the White House long predates him. The building was built by slaves, and African Americans have worked in it ever since, from servants to advisors. In charting the history of African Americans in the White House, Kenneth T. Walsh illuminates the trajectory of racial progress in the US. He looks at Abraham Lincoln and his black seamstress and valet, debates between President Johnson and Martin Luther King over civil rights, and the role of black staff members under Nixon and Reagan. Family of Freedom gives a unique view of US history as seen through the experiences of African Americans in the White House.
May 2011 288pp 229mm x 152mm Hb 978-1-5945-1833-1 £17.99
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Kenneth T. Walsh is one of the longest-serving White House correspondents in history and former president of the White House Correspondents’ Association. He is an adjunct professorial lecturer of communication at American University in Washington, DC.
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Beyond Boundaries The Manning Marable Reader Manning Marable, edited by Russell Rickford Manning Marable, historian and political scientist at Columbia University, has been a consistent voice challenging inequality and injustice in the social sciences for decades. Beyond Boundaries brings together Marable’s best writing from the last two decades and will prove invaluable to anyone seeking to challenge race, class and gender inequalities today. A pioneering intellectual in the field of black studies and the founder of Columbia’s Institute for Research in African-American Studies, Marable blends the disciplines of history, political science and sociology to address contemporary concerns and social issues. Manning Marable is one of America’s most influential and widely read scholars. Since 1993, he has been Professor of Public Affairs, Political Science, History and African-American Studies at Columbia University. From 1993 to 2003, he was founding director of the Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University. Russell Rickford is an Assistant Professor of History at Dartmouth University. He is the author of a biography of Dr Betty Shabazz, Malcolm X’s wife.
July 2011 336pp 229mm x 152mm Pb 978-1-5945-1862-1 £17.99 Hb 978-1-5945-1861-4 £60
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The New Evolutionary Social Science Human Nature, Social Behavior, and Social Change Heinz-Jürgen Niedenzu, Tamás Meleghy and Peter Meyer. Foreword by Stephen K. Sanderson Social scientists have long declared their autonomy from the natural sciences, and in doing so have tended to neglect important biological constraints on human nature. Many sociological theories have suggested a nearly complete malleability of patterns of social life. The New Evolutionary Social Science challenges this view by building on Stephen K. Sanderson’s ‘Darwinian conflict theory’ which set out to synthesise sociological theories with key findings from biology into an overarching scientific paradigm. The New Evolutionary Social Science develops a new basis for understanding social change and the world’s future through a better integration of the natural and social sciences. Heinz-Jürgen Niedenzu is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. Tamás Meleghy is Professor of Sociology at the University of Innsbruck. Peter Meyer is Professor of Sociology at the University of Augsburg, Germany.
May 2011 270pp 229mm x 152mm Pb 978-1-5945-1397-8 £25 Hb 978-1-5945-1396-1 £65
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Deploying Ourselves Islamist Violence, Globalization, and the Responsible Projection of U.S. Force David A. Westbrook Series: Great Barrington Books In Deploying Ourselves, David A. Westbrook puts the case for major reform of US national security. He argues that today’s national security establishment is outdated and entrenched in a model of defence more befitting the post-World War II Cold War era than today’s realities. In a world without military peers, Westbrook argues, the US must re-create its institutions in order to wield influence globally, based on co-operation with other states and groups. Deploying Ourselves includes specific proposals to make US national security institutions more democratically accountable.
July 2011 192pp 229mm x 152mm Pb 978-1-5945-1744-0 £14.99 Hb 978-1-5945-1743-3 £55
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David A. Westbrook is Floyd H. and Hilda L. Hurst Faculty Scholar and Professor of Law at the University at Buffalo. His books include City of Gold: An Apology for Globalization in a Time of Discontent (2003) and Out of Crisis: Rethinking Our Financial Markets (2009).
Bureaucratic Culture and Escalating World Problems Advancing the Sociological Imagination Bernard Phillips, edited by J. David Knottnerus Series: The Sociological Imagination
May 2011 208pp 229mm x 152mm Pb 978-1-5945-1654-2 £19.99 Hb 978-1-5945-1653-5 £55
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On the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of The Sociological Imagination by C. Wright Mills, the ‘bureaucratic ethos’ that he described continues to define our world more than ever before. In Bureaucratic Culture and Escalating World Problems eleven contributors systematically continue and develop Mills’ broad vision of the scientific method. They analyse escalating bureaucratic barriers that prevent us from solving our many pressing social, environmental, and economic problems. Bernard Phillips was a student of C. Wright Mills. He taught at the Universities of North Carolina, Illinois and Boston. J. David Knottnerus is Professor of Sociology at Oklahoma State University. He has authored and coedited numerous articles and books in the areas of social theory, social psychology, and social structure/ inequality.
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Immortality in Sports
On Media
Wib Leonard
Doris A. Graber
A sociological account of sport using the idea of the ‘postself’ - how individuals regard themselves and want to be remembered by the public.
Renowned media scholar challenges the view that the US public has become ignorant. Her research shows that people understand many political issues.
Making Sense of Politics
September 2011 160pp 203mm x 127mm Hb 978-1-5945-1474-6 £55
August 2011 128pp 216mm x 140mm Hb 978-1-5945-1960-4 £50
Handbook on World Social Forum Activism
Cheese Factories on the Moon Why Earmarks Are Good for American Democracy
Edited by Jackie Smith, Ellen Reese, Scott Byrd and Elizabeth Smythe September 2011 416pp 235mm x 156mm Hb 978-1-5945-1946-8 £95
Documents the rise of the World Social Forums. Succinct chapters include an analysis of the social forum decision making process.
Scott A. Frisch and Sean Q. Kelly July 2011 224pp 229mm x 152mm Pb 978-1-5945-1731-0 £16.99
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Revolutionizing Feminism Anne E. Lacsamana
Trafficking and Prostitution Reconsidered New Perspectives on Migration, Sex Work, and Human Rights
The first feminist analysis of the contemporary human rights crisis in the Philippines, where over 1,000 activists have been murdered since 2002. September 2011 144pp 229mm x 152mm Hb 978-1-5945-1940-6 £55
Argues that congressional ‘earmarks’, which direct funds to specific projects, are good for American democracy.
December 2011 304pp 229mm x 152mm Hb 978-1-5945-1988-8 £65
Edited by Kamala Kempadoo, Jyoti Sanghera and Bandana Pattanaik New and updated edition of the acclaimed collection on human trafficking. Includes a new introduction, updated chapters and a whole new section.
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April 2011 224pp 229mm x 152mm Hb 978-1-5945-1674-0 £60
Protecting the Global Environment
Pedagogy of Commitment
Gary C. Bryner
First English translation of Freire’s 2008 book, in which he considers the importance and meaning of living a life of community and social commitment.
An informed study which offers a solution to the climate crisis based on effective markets, sustainable development and justice for the vulnerable.
Paulo Freire
September 2011 160pp 216mm x 140mm Hb 978-1-5945-1972-7 £55
The Latinization of U.S. Schools
Political Demography
September 2011 288pp 229mm x 152mm Hb 978-1-5945-1948-2 £60
Identity, Institutions, and Conflict
Successful Teaching and Learning in Shifting Cultural Contexts
Edited by Jack A. Goldstone, Eric P. Kaufmann and Monica Duffy Toft
Jason Irizarry
Addresses the lack of population change analysis within political science. A range of experts relate population trends to political developments.
September 2011 256pp 229mm x 152mm Hb 978-1-5945-1958-1 £60
Science, Ethics, and Politics
Cities Resistances and Uncertain Sovereignties in the New Urban World
November 2011 176pp 229mm x 152mm Hb 978-1-5945-1980-2 £55
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An examination of Latino underachievement in US schools. Avoiding abstract speculation, it allows the voice of Latino youth to be heard.
Conversations and Investigations
Raymond Joshua Scannell
Kristen Renwick Monroe
Examines the global economy during the latter half of the twentieth century and how it has restructured the city as a living environment.
Brings together essays and interviews though which some of the world’s preeminent scientists explore the ethical and political dimensions of science.
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September 2011 288pp 229mm x 152mm Hb 978-1-5945-1996-3 £60
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Religion, Politics, Society, and the State
The Global Power of Talk Negotiating America’s Interests
Edited by Jonathan Fox
Fen Osler Hampson and I. William Zartman
December 2011 224pp 229mm x 152mm Hb 978-1-5945-1942-0 £60
A sharp analysis of negotiation failures in US foreign policy. The authors seek to improve ‘talk power’ as an alternative to ‘gun power’.
September 2011 256pp 229mm x 152mm Hb 978-1-5945-1921-5 £60
Medicine and Public Health at the End of Empire
Uprising at Bowling Green How the Quiet Fifties became the Political Sixties
Norbert Wiley, Joseph B. Perry and Arthur G. Neal August 2011 272pp 229mm x 152mm Hb 978-1-5945-1934-5 £60
Vivid history of a pivotal student protest which has been largely forgotten but marked the transition from 1950s conservatism to 1960s radicalism.
Howard Waitzkin
June 2011 256pp 229mm x 152mm Hb 978-1-5945-1951-2 £60
Party Systems and Country Governance
July 2011 224pp 229mm x 152mm Hb 978-1-5945-1932-1 £60
Leading scholars offer new insights into the global intersection of religion and politics, using a wide range of case studies and perspectives.
The untold story of how corporations have influenced global health care, including recent changes to health care in the US after the financial crisis.
Public Sociology and Civil Society Governance, Politics, and Power
Kenneth Janda and Jin-Young Kwak
Patricia Mooney Nickel
Based on analysis of political party systems in 212 countries, the authors provide a range of invaluable insights into how to build good governance.
Combines various academic understandings of the practice of knowledge and governance in relation to conceptions of public sociology and civil society.
August 2011 224pp 229mm x 152mm Hb 978-1-5945-1976-5 £60
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Rewriting Exodus
The Fair Trade Revolution
American Futures from Du Bois to Obama
Edited by John Bowes. Foreword by Mary Robinson
Anna Hartnell
A lively survey of Fair Trade and the challenges facing it, written by some of the leading lights in the Fair Trade movement. May 2011 304pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-2955-0 £19.99 Hb 978-0-7453-2956-7 £70
December 2010 288pp 198mm x 129mm 16 colour photos Pb 978-0-7453-3078-5 £12.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3079-2 £40
More Bad News From Israel
Power and Terror Conflict, Hegemony, and the Rule of Force
Greg Philo and Mike Berry
Noam Chomsky
Large-scale examination of media coverage of the current conflict in the Middle East and the impact it has on public opinion.
Noam Chomsky analyses US foreign policy in the Middle East in the 10 years since 9/11. Includes 3 previously unpublished essays. April 2011 486pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-2978-9 £16.99 Hb 978-0-7453-2979-6 £50
April 2011 224pp 198mm x 129mm Pb 978-0-7453-3137-9 £12.99
People Without History
Brown Skin, White Masks
India’s Muslim Ghettos
Hamid Dabashi Dabashi picks up where Franz Fanon left off, examining the negative influence of intellectual immigrants as facilitators of American imperialism. January 2011 176pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-2873-7 £14.99 Hb 978-0-7453-2874-4 £50
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Places black America at the centre of the study of US culture, suggesting new ways of thinking about the US relationship with the post-colonial world.
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Jeremy Seabrook and Imran Ahmed Siddiqui
March 2011 272pp 198mm x 129mm 13 photos, 1 map Pb 978-0-7453-3113-3 £17.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3114-0 £60
An elegantly written study of Muslims living in the Indian Ghetto of Kolkata, showing that religious radicalisation does not closely follow poverty.
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Magical Marxism
The State of Islam
Subversive Politics and the Imagination
Culture and Cold War Politics in Pakistan
Andy Merrifield
Saadia Toor
July 2011 264pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-2990-1 £17.99 Hb 978-0-7453-2991-8 £60
Studies Pakistan through the lens of the Cold War and the War on Terror and sheds light on the processes behind the rise of militant Islam.
February 2011 240pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3059-4 £17.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3060-0 £60
Marx and the Alternative to Capitalism
Decent Capitalism A Blueprint for Reforming our Economies
Kieran Allen
May 2011 248pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3002-0 £16.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3003-7 £55
Sebastian Dullien, Hansjörg Herr and Christian Kellermann
An accessible and comprehensive overview of the ideas of Karl Marx that elucidates his theories and suggests crucial alternatives to capitalism. March 2011 240pp 215mm x 135mm 10 figures Pb 978-0-7453-3109-6 £17.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3110-2 £60
Inventing Africa
“Highly stimulating and thoughtful.” - Nouriel Roubini. Sets out realistic alternatives to the neoliberal capitalism that caused the global crisis.
Islamic Activists
History, Archaeology and Ideas
March 2011 200pp 215mm x 135mm 1 maps, 8 photos Pb 978-0-7453-3105-8 £17.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3106-5 £60
Breathes new life into the Marxist tradition, applying previously unexplored approaches that reveal vital new modes of political activism and debate.
The Anti-Enlightenment Democrats
Robin Derricourt
Deina Ali Abdelkader
A critical account of how the history of Africa has been understood, interpreted and misinterpreted from the 19th century to today.
A thorough explanation of Islamic scholarship on democracy, which shows that enlightenment values are not essential to democratic societies. March 2011 168pp 198mm x 129mm Pb 978-0-7453-2216-2 £17.99 Hb 978-0-7453-2217-9 £60
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Bestsellers Fourth Edition
My Father Was a Freedom Fighter
The Universal Journalist
Gaza’s Untold Story
David Randall New updated edition of the world’s leading handbook on journalism.
Ramzy Baroud
December 2009 232pp 230mm x 150mm 1 photograph Pb 978-0-7453-2881-2 £13.99 Hb 978-0-7453-2882-9 £50
April 2011 264pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3076-1 £17.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3077-8 £60
NEWSPEAK in the 21st Century
Economics for Everyone
David Edwards and David Cromwell
A Short Guide to the Economics of Capitalism
Exposé of pro-establishment bias in the news, including the so-called liberal media.
Jim Stanford
August 2009 304pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-2893-5 £16.99 Hb 978-0-7453-2894-2 £55
May 2008 360pp 215mm x 135mm 25 cartoons Pb 978-0-7453-2750-1 £12.99 Hb 978-0-7453-2751-8 £45
Ricin!
The Essence of the Islamist Revolution
Lawrence Archer and Fiona Bawdon. Foreword by Michael Mansfield QC
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Index
Alert 2011!
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Hampson, Fen Osler
43
Alexander, Jeffrey C.
36
Handbook on World Social Forum Activism
41
Panayotakis, Costas Parenti, Michael
16 32
Alexander, Jeffrey C.
34
Hannah Arendt
21
Parsons, Talcott
36
American Society
36
Happel, Klaus
29
Party Systems and Country Governance
43
Assault on Universities, The
1
Hayden, Tom
35
Pattanaik, Bandana
41
Azoulay, Ariella
6
Heller, Henry
17
Peace Processes Yearbook 2011
31
Bailey, Michael
1
Herbert Marcuse
20
Pedagogy of Commitment
42
Barat, Frank
7
History Of Democracy, The
28
Penny, Laurie
10
Perry, Joseph B.
43
Phillips, Bernard
40
13
Political Demography
42
Prison Writings Volume II
29
Basnyat, Nishchal
9
Hope Amidst Despair How To Read Adorno And Horkheimer’s
Beal, Tim
8
Dialectic Of Enlightenment
Barker, Martin
5
Beyond Boundaries
39
How To Read Foucault’s Discipline And Punish 12
Binding Their Wounds
38
Humans and Other Animals
24
Protecting the Global Environment
42
Birth of Capitalism, The
17
Hurn, Samantha
24
Public Sociology and Civil Society
43
Border Watch
27
Immortality in Sports
41
Reese, Ellen
41
Bowring, Finn
21
Inside Al-Qaeda and the Taliban
Religion, Politics, Society, and the State
43
Boycotts and Dixie Chicks
35
Ireland’s Economic History
18
Remaking Scarcity
16
Bryner, Gary C. Bureaucratic Culture and
42
Irizarry, Jason
42
Revolutionizing Feminism
41
Janda, Kenneth
43
Rickford, Russell
39
Escalating World Problems
40
Kaufmann, Eric P.
42
Riot Porn
Byrd, Scott
41
Kelly, Sean Q.
41
Rise and Fall of the Welfare State, The
23
Capability of Places, The
25
Kempadoo, Kamala
41
Roper, Brian S.
28
Cheese Factories on the Moon
41
Kent, George
37
Sage, George H.
36
Cities
42
Kings to Comrades
Sanderson, Stephen K.
39
Contemporary Introduction to Sociology, A
34
Kirby, Peadar
19
Sanghera, Jyoti
41
Corporate Complicity in Israel’s Occupation
7
Knottnerus, J. David
40
Scannell, Raymond Joshua
42
2
9
5
Cortright, David
33
Kwak, Jin-Young
43
Schwan, Anne
12
Crashing the Tea Party
32
Lacsamana, Anne E.
41
Science, Ethics, and Politics
42
Latinization of U.S. Schools, The
42
Sciortino, Giuseppe
36
Crisis in Korea
8
Dale, Gareth
22
Lawrence, Nicholas R.
13
Shahzad, Syed Saleem
Democratic Policing in a Changing World
37
Leonard, Wib
41
Shapiro, Stephen
12
Deploying Ourselves
40
Life Without Money
15
Smith, Jackie
41
DiMaggio, Anthony
32
Logan, Owen J
29
Smythe, Elizabeth
41
4
Long Sixties, The
35
Street, Paul
32
Tell, Tariq
11
Donald, Alastair
2
ECP
31
Lure of the City, The
4
Edles, Laura D.
34
Manning, Peter K.
37
Thompson, Kenneth
34
Empty Bread Basket, The
11
Marable, Manning
39
Thurber, James A.
33
Ending Hunger Worldwide
37
McCann, Gerard
18
Timmerman, Frans
15
Ending Obama’s War
33
McFarland, Andrew S.
35
Toft, Monica Duffy
42
Face of Imperialism, The
32
29
Topmiller, Robert J.
38
Family of Freedom
38
McNeish, John-Andrew Medicine and Public Health at the
Towards a Second Republic
19
First the Transition, then the Crash
22
End of Empire
43
‘Toxic Genre’, A
14
Fisas Armengol, Vicenç
31
Meleghy, Tamás
39
Trafficking and Prostitution Reconsidered
41
Flammable Societies
29
Meyer, Peter
39
Understanding Al Qaeda
Fox, Jonathan
43
Miles, Malcolm
20
Uprising at Bowling Green
43
Mohamedou, Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould
3
3
Urban World, The
34
Freire, Paulo
42
Monroe, Kristen Renwick
42
Wahl, Asbjørn
23
Frisch, Scott A.
41
Murphy, Mary P.
19
Waitzkin, Howard
43
From Palestine to Israel
6
Neal, Arthur G.
43
Walker, Alice
Future of Kurdistan, The
29
Neill, T. Kirby
38
Wallman, Sandra
25
Gardner, Katy
26
Nelson, Anitra
15
Walsh, Kenneth T.
38
Gas Field, The
26
New Evolutionary Social Science, The
39
Westbrook, David A.
40
Global Power of Talk, The
43
Nickel, Patricia Mooney
43
Wiley, Norbert
43
Globalizing Sport
36
Niedenzu, Heinz-Jürgen
39
Williams, Austin
Goldstone, Jack A.
42
Obama in Office
33
Winstanley, Asa
Graber, Doris A.
41
Öcalan, Abdullah
29
Yildiz, Kerim
29
Grannis, Susanna W.
10
On Media
41
Zartman, I. William
43
Hall, Alexandra
27
Palen, J. John
34
Zurayk, Rami
11
Freedman, Des
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