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The art of resistance
It’s the Political Economy, Stupid
The Global Financial Crisis in Art and Theory Edited by Gregory Sholette and Oliver Ressler It’s the Political Economy, Stupid brings together internationally acclaimed artists and thinkers, including Slavoj Žižek, David Graeber, Judith Butler and Brian Holmes, to focus on the current economic crisis in a sustained and critical manner. Following a unique format, images and text are integrated in a visually stunning bespoke production by activist designer Noel Douglas. What emerges is a powerful critique of the current capitalist crisis through an analytical and theoretical response and an aestheticcultural rejoinder. By combining artistic responses with the analysis of leading radical theorists, the book expands the boundaries of critique beyond the usual discourse. It’s the Political Economy, Stupid argues that it is time to push back against the dictates of the capitalist logic and, by use of both theoretical and artistic means, launch a rescue of the very notion of the social.
January 2013 192pp 246mm x 174mm 45 Photos Hb 978-0-7453-3369-4 £19.99 Epub 978-1-8496-4868-4 £19.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4869-1 £19.99
Gregory Sholette is an artist, activist and author based in New York.
He co-founded two artists’ collectives: Political Art Documentation and Distribution (1980-88) and REPOhistory (1989-2000). He is the author of Dark Matter: Art and Politics in the Age of Enterprise Culture (Pluto, 2010) and co-editor of Collectivism after Modernism: The Art of Social Imagination after 1945 (2007) and The Interventionists: Users’ Manual for the Creative Disruption of Everyday Life (2004). Oliver Ressler is an artist and filmmaker based in Vienna. His work has been exhibited across the world including at the Berkeley Art Museum, USA; Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul and the Alexandria Contemporary Arts Forum, Egypt. He is the editor of Alternative Economics, Alternative Societies (2007).
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What We Are Fighting For A Radical Collective Manifesto Edited by Federico Campagna and Emanuele Campiglio Pb 978-0-7453-3285-7 £14.99
Dark Matter Art and Politics in the Age of Enterprise Culture Gregory Sholette Pb 978-0-7453-2752-5 £17.99
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Lord of the lies
Murdoch's Politics How One Man's Thirst For Wealth and Power Shapes our World David McKnight. Foreword by Robert W. McChesney
February 2013 248pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3346-5 £12.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3347-2 £45 Epub 978-1-8496-4858-5 £12.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4859-2 £12.99
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A timely and hardhitting account of the career of the world's first and greatest global media baron, from one of Australia's leading academics in the field of journalism studies. A former journalist himself, McKnight's account of the Murdoch empire should be read by all who are interested in the relationship between media and political power in our time. Brian McNair
Professor of Journalism, Media & Communication at Queensland University of Technology, author of News and Journalism in the UK (2009)
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is the most powerful media organisation in the world. Murdoch's commercial success is obvious, but less well understood is his successful pursuit of political goals, using News Corporation as his vehicle. In Murdoch's Politics David McKnight tracks Murdoch's influence, from his support for Reagan and Thatcher, his deal with Tony Blair and attacks on Barack Obama. He examines the secretive corporate culture of News Corporation: its private political seminars for editors, its support for think tanks and its global campaigns on issues like Iraq and climate change. Including analysis of the phone hacking crisis, possible bribery charges and Murdoch's appearance at the Leveson enquiry, this book is a highly topical study of one of the most influential and controversial figures of the modern age. David McKnight is an associate professor at the Journalism and Media
Research Centre at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He is the award-winning author of Beyond Right and Left: New Politics and the Culture War (2005) and worked as a journalist at the Sydney Morning Herald and ABC TV's prestigious investigative programme Four Corners.
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NEWSPEAK in the 21st Century David Edwards and David Cromwell Pb 978-0-7453-2893-5 £16.99
The Great Reporters David Randall Pb 978-0-7453-2296-4 £17.99w
How elites shape the media
Power Beyond Scrutiny
Media, Justice and Accountability Justin Schlosberg Power Beyond Scrutiny uncovers the forces which distort and limit public debate in the media. From the misuse of politicians' expenses to recent phone hacking scandals, establishment corruption has never been more in the headlines. Yet amidst the din there have been seismic silences. Justin Schlosberg interrogates these silences - why did a plea bargain which allowed Britain’s biggest arms company to escape bribery prosecution go almost entirely unchallenged in television news? Why did journalists routinely endorse the official explanation of how intelligence analyst David Kelly died, whilst all but ignoring mounting evidence which undermined it? Why, in 2010, did broadcasters offer an unchallenged platform to critics of Wikileaks but not its supporters? These are some of the questions and imbalances that Schlosberg seeks to address as he explains the nature of public debate in the digital age. In doing so he uncovers a range of news blockages that are more than just accidents of a fragmented, chaotic mediascape. They are ultimately ideological forces which ensure that contestability and dissent remain within definable limits. Justin Schlosberg is a media activist, researcher and lecturer in
Journalism and Media Studies at Birkbeck College, University of London.
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How to Look Good in a War Justifying and Challenging State Violence Brian Rappert Pb 978-0-7453-3179-9 £17.99
Guardians of Power The Myth of the Liberal Media David Edwards and David Cromwell Pb 978-0-7453-2482-1 £18.99
March 2013 224pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3291-8 £16.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3292-5 £60 Epub 978-1-8496-4871-4 £16.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4872-1 £16.99
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An illuminating and deeply disturbing book. Schlosberg reveals that much of what we believe and admire about the media's role in exposing corruption and confronting authority is a dangerous illusion. He explains how powerful interests in our society keep control of the agenda, manipulate outcomes and control journalist outrage. Phillip Knightley
Author and journalist
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Series: Counterfire
A Marxist History of the World From Neanderthals to Neoliberals Neil Faulkner Series: Counterfire
April 2013 360pp 230mm x 150mm 10-15 black and white images Pb 978-0-7453-3214-7 £18 Hb 978-0-7453-3215-4 £70 Epub 978-1-8496-4864-6 £18 Kindle 978-1-8496-4865-3 £18
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Neil Faulkner doesn't write bland inoffensive history - he writes from the hip and that's what makes his work readable, provocative and exciting Guy de la Bédoyère
historian and author of Roman Britain: A New History (2006)
This magisterial analysis of human history - from 'Lucy', the first hominid, to the current Great Recession - combines the insights of earlier generations of Marxist historians with radical new ideas about the historical process. Reading history against the grain, Neil Faulkner reveals that what happened in the past was not predetermined. Choices were frequent and numerous. Different outcomes - liberation or barbarism - were often possible. Rejecting the top-down approach of conventional history, Faulkner contends that it is the mass action of ordinary people that drives great events. At the beginning of the 21st century - with economic disaster, war, climate catastrophe and deep class divisions - humans face perhaps the greatest crisis in the long history of our species. The lesson of A Marxist History of the World is that, since we created our past, we can also create a better future. Neil Faulkner is a Research Fellow at the University of Bristol, codirector of several archaeological field-projects, and author of numerous books, including A Visitor’s Guide to the Ancient Olympics (2012) and Rome: Empire of the Eagles (2008). He is a leading member of Counterfire and publicity officer for the Coalition of Resistance.
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The History of Democracy A Marxist Interpretation Brian S. Roper Pb 978-0-7453-3189-8 £18.99
The Birth of Capitalism A 21st Century Perspective Henry Heller Pb 978-0-7453-2959-8 £19.99
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How a Century of War Changed the Lives of Women
Lindsey German Series: Counterfire How a Century of War Changed the Lives of Women looks at the remarkable impact of war on women in Britain. It shows how conflict has changed women’s lives and how those changes have put women at the centre of peace campaigning. Lindsey German, one of the UK's leading anti-war activists and commentators, shows how women have played a central role in antiwar and peace movements, including the recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The women themselves talk about how they overcame prejudice and difficulty to become active. The book integrates this experience with a historical overview, analysing the two world wars as catalysts of social change for women. It looks at how the changing nature of war, especially the involvement of civilians, increasingly involves significant numbers of women. As well as providing an inspiring account of women's opposition to war, the book also tackles key contemporary developments, challenging negative assumptions about Muslim women and showing how anti-war movements are feeding into a broader desire to change society. Lindsey German is convenor of the Stop the War Coalition, which organised the biggest demonstration in British history against the Iraq war, and a regular contributor to Counterfire. She lectures at the University of Hertfordshire and is the co-author of A People’s History of London (2012) and author of Material Girls (2007).
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Comrade or Brother? A History of the British Labour Movement Mary Davis Pb 978-0-7453-2576-7 £15.99
Women and War Jenny Matthews Pb 978-0-7453-2073-1 £22.99
February 2013 240pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3250-5 £16 Hb 978-0-7453-3251-2 £65 Epub 978-1-8496-4849-3 £16 Kindle 978-1-8496-4850-9 £16
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Lindsey German, an historian and longterm defender of women’s liberation, links two major forms of women’s involvement in war: as activists opposing conflict and as workers during it. Breaking the simple dichotomy between resistance and complicity this book also balances the emancipatory and destructive aspects of war. Seen through the prism of women’s experience, German tells a fascinating and important story. Nina Power
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Roehampton University and the author of One-Dimensional Woman (2009)
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A Marxist History of the Second World War Rival Empires and Popular Uprisings Chris Bambery Series: Counterfire
June 2013 312pp 230mm x 150mm 3-5 maps Pb 978-0-7453-3301-4 £18 Hb 978-0-7453-3302-1 £65 Epub 978-1-8496-4923-0 £18 Kindle 978-1-8496-4922-3 £18
The Second World War casts a long shadow, portrayed as a necessary and paradigmatic war that defeated fascism. During recent wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, US presidents and British prime ministers have tried to claim they were following in the footsteps of Winston Churchill by standing up to dictators. In A Marxist History of the Second World War Chris Bambery tests this position in a thorough account of the war and tries to understand why it still dominates TV history channels and school history books. Bambery argues that the conflict ultimately was about a division of the world between the great powers, as well as a rising of ordinary people against fascism. He offers a complex and radical analysis unique in comparison to many modern and conventional histories of the war. Chris Bambery is a writer, broadcaster and activist. He is the author of A Rebel's Guide to Gramsci (2006), Ireland’s Permanent Revolution (1986) and editor of Scotland: Class and Nation (1999).
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A People's History of the Second World War Resistance Versus Empire Donny Gluckstein Pb 978-0-7453-2802-7 £19.99
Ideologies in the Age of Extremes Liberalism, Conservatism, Communism, Fascism 1914-1991 Willie Thompson Pb 978-0-7453-2711-2 £19.99
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Uncovering the corporate masters of Europe
Corporate Europe
How Big Business Sets Policies on Food, Climate and War David Cronin During the chaos of the eurozone crisis, few mainstream commentators have stopped to question the purpose of the European Union itself, and whose interests it serves. Corporate Europe goes beyond the divisions between nation-states, focusing instead on the division between the corporate elite and the peoples of Europe. David Cronin spent a year investigating the privileged access that big business enjoys in Brussels. In this book, he reveals how the EU’s policies on health, climate change, armaments and food safety have been tailored to please an unaccountable elite. Making extensive use of previously unpublished documents, he explores how ideologically blinkered lobbyists have seized on the financial crisis of recent years to entrench the casino capitalism that caused the crisis in the first place. What emerges is a powerful exposé of how vested interests in the EU have manipulated opportunities to introduce ideologically-driven reforms. David Cronin is a journalist specialising in European politics. He is the
author of Europe’s Alliance With Israel: Aiding the Occupation (Pluto, 2011) and has written for a variety of publications, including the Guardian, Wall Street Journal Europe, European Voice, the Irish Times and Electronic Intifada.
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Europe’s Alliance with Israel Aiding the Occupation David Cronin Pb 978-0-7453-3065-5 £17.99
June 2013 224pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3332-8 £17.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3333-5 £65 Epub 978-1-8496-4898-1 £17.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4899-8 £17.99
We the Peoples of Europe Susan George Pb 978-0-7453-2633-7 £14.99
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Taking liberties
Shadow Lives The Forgotten Women of the War on Terror Victoria Brittain. Foreword by John Berger. Afterword by Marina Warner
February 2013 176pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3326-7 £14.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3327-4 £50 Epub 978-1-8496-4852-3 £14.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4853-0 £14.99
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A searching, sensitive, and wrenching account of the ordeal of the women left behind, their torment, their endurance and courage, their triumphs over the cruel 'extension of prison to home'. And not least, a revealing picture of what we have allowed ourselves to become. Noam Chomsky
Shadow Lives reveals the unseen side of the '9/11 wars': their impact on the wives and families of men incarcerated in Guantanamo, or in prison or under house arrest in Britain and the US. Victoria Brittain shows how these families have been made socially invisible and a convenient scapegoat for the state in order to exercise arbitrary powers under the cover of the 'War on Terror'. A disturbing exposé of the perilous state of freedom and democracy in our society, the book reveals how a culture of intolerance and cruelty has left individuals at the mercy of the security services’ unverifiable accusations and punitive punishments. Both a j'accuse and a testament to the strength and humanity of the families, Shadow Lives shows the methods of incarceration and social control being used by the British state and gives a voice to the families whose lives have been turned upside down. In doing so it raises urgent questions about civil liberties which no one can afford to ignore. Victoria Brittain lived and worked as a journalist in Washington,
Nairobi, Saigon, Algiers and London, and has travelled extensively in Africa and the Middle East. She worked at the Guardian for 20 years. She is author of Death of Dignity: Angola’s Civil War (1997), co-author of Moazzam Begg’s Guantanamo memoir, Enemy Combatant (2006) and author and co-author of two verbatim plays.
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The Geneva Conventions Under Assault Edited by Sarah Perrigo and Jim Whitman Pb 978-0-7453-2913-0 £19.99
The Guantanamo Files The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America's Illegal Prison Andy Worthington Pb 978-0-7453-2664-1 £17.99
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Unravelling a poisonous ideology
The Politics of Islamophobia
Race, Power and Fantasy David Tyrer Series: Decolonial Studies, Postcolonial Horizons Despite its emblematic place within contemporary racism and its increasingly important position in defining relations between states and ethnicised minorities, Islamophobia remains a contested, frequently unrecognised and largely under-theorised form of racism. The Politics of Islamophobia provides a definitive contribution to these debates, offering a theoretically sophisticated account which draws upon a series of substantive case studies to position Islamophobia as an expression of racialised governmentality. By taking into account connections across different national contexts, and by moving beyond the limiting framing of the 'War on Terror' which has dominated recent debates, this book offers a new perspective on the study of Islamophobia. David Tyrer teaches Sociology and Criminology at Liverpool John
Moores University. He is the co-author of Race, Crime and Resistance (2011).
May 2013 162pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3131-7 £21.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3132-4 £70 Epub 978-1-8496-4874-5 £21.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4875-2 £21.99
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The Islamophobia Industry How the Right Manufactures Fear of Muslims Nathan Lean. Foreword by John L. Esposito Pb 978-0-7453-3253-6 £12.99
A Suitable Enemy Racism, Migration and Islamophobia in Europe Liz Fekete. Foreword by A. Sivanandan Pb 978-0-7453-2792-1 £17.99
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This book provides a new framework to facilitate the interrogation of Islamophobia, drawing on complex, multi-level analysis which will make a major contribution to this field of study. It provides substantive new material on the operation and logics of Islamophobia in a variety of national contexts. Ian Law
Professor of Racism and Ethnicity Studies, University of Leeds and author of Racism and Ethnicity: Global Debates, Dilemmas, Directions (2010)
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Our last chance...
Making Peace with the Earth Vandana Shiva In this compelling and rigorously documented exposition, Vandana Shiva demolishes the myths propagated by corporate globalisation in its pursuit of profit and power and shows its devastating environmental impact. Shiva argues that consumerism lubricates the war against the earth and that corporate control violates all ethical and ecological limits. She takes the reader on a journey through the world's devastated eco-landscape, one of genetic engineering, industrial development and land-grabs in Africa, Asia and South America. She concludes that exploitation of this order is incurring an ecological and economic debt that is unsustainable. Making Peace with the Earth outlines how a paradigm shift to earthcentred politics and economics is our only chance of survival and how collective resistance to corporate exploitation can open the way to a new environmentalism.
March 2013 216pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3376-2 £14.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3377-9 £50 Epub 978-1-8496-4928-5 £14.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4929-2 £14.99
Vandana Shiva was one of India’s leading physicists and is now a leading
environmental campaigner, the winner of the Alternative Nobel Peace Prize and the author of several books, including Soil not Oil (2008), Earth Democracy (2005) and Stolen Harvest (2001).
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One of the world's most prominent radical scientists. The Guardian
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Ecological Debt Global Warming and the Wealth of Nations Andrew Simms Pb 978-0-7453-2727-3 £14.99
Water Wars Pollution, Profits and Privatization Vandana Shiva Pb 978-0-7453-1837-0 £19.99
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Common people
Nature for Sale
Commons versus Commodities Giovanna Ricoveri. Foreword by Vandana Shiva Nature for Sale uncovers the rich heritage of common ownership which existed before the dominance of capitalist property relations. Giovanna Ricoveri argues that the subsistence commons of the past can be reinvented today to provide an alternative to the current destructive economic order. Ricoveri outlines the distinct features of common ownership as it has existed in history: cooperation, sustainable use of natural resources and decision-making through direct democracy. In doing so, she shows how it is possible to provide goods and services which are not commodities exchanged on the capitalistic market, something still demonstrated today in village communities across the global South. Tracing the erosion of the commons from the European enclosures at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution to the new enclosures of modern capitalism, the book concludes by arguing that a new commons is needed today. It will be essential reading for activists as well as students and academics in history, politics, economics and development studies. Giovanna Ricoveri is a writer and activist. She is the author of a book on the commons in Italian, Beni comuni vs Merci (2010) and editor of Beni comuni tra tradizione e futuro (2005). She is the founding editor of Capitalismo Natura Socialismo, which is part of the international network Capitalism Nature Socialism.
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Life Without Money Building Fair and Sustainable Economies Edited by Anitra Nelson and Frans Timmerman Pb 978-0-7453-3165-2 £17.99
June 2013 152pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3370-0 £14.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3371-7 £50 Epub 978-1-8496-4925-4 £14.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4926-1 £14.99
Eco-Sufficiency and Global Justice Women Write Political Ecology Edited by Ariel Salleh Pb 978-0-7453-2863-8 £19.99
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Capitalism on the couch
The Therapy Industry The Irresistible Rise of the Talking Cure, and Why It Doesn’t Work Paul Moloney
April 2013 240pp 215mm x 135mm 5 tables, 1 diagram Pb 978-0-7453-2986-4 £16.99 Hb 978-0-7453-2987-1 £60 Epub 978-1-8496-4877-6 £16.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4878-3 £16.99
Across the world anxiety, stress and depression are on the increase, a trend which looks set to continue as austerity measures bite. The official response tells people that unhappiness is just a personal problem, rather than a social one. Written by a practising psychologist, with nearly thirty years' experience in the fields of mental health and learning disabilities, The Therapy Industry offers a concise, accessible and critical overview of the world of psychological practice in Britain and the USA. Paul Moloney argues that much therapy is geared towards compliance and acceptance of the status quo, rather than attempting to facilitate social change. The Therapy Industry fundamentally challenges our conceptions of happiness and wellbeing. Moloney argues that therapeutic and applied psychology have little basis in science, that their benefits are highly exaggerated and they prosper because they serve the interests of power. Paul Moloney is a Counselling Psychologist with experience in community and social work, an associate lecturer with the Open University and the University of Birmingham, and a founder member of the Midlands Psychology Group, which is dedicated to questioning the assumptions of official psychology.
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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
Sick Planet Corporate Food and Medicine Stan Cox Pb 978-0-7453-2740-2 £16.99
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Exposing the government's agenda on Higher Education
The Great University Gamble
Money, Markets and the Future of Higher Education Andrew McGettigan In 2010 the UK government imposed huge cuts and market-driven reforms on higher education. Proposals to raise undergraduate tuition fees provoked the angriest protests for decades. This academic year has seen the first cohort of students begin study under the new arrangements. A proposed Higher Education Bill has been shelved, but changes are being cemented and extended through other means. Displaying a stunning grasp of the financial and policy details, Andrew McGettigan surveys the emerging brave new world of higher education. He looks at the big questions: What will be the role of universities within society? How will they be funded? What kind of experiences will they offer students? Where does the public interest lie? Written in a clear and accessible style, The Great University Gamble outlines the architecture of the new policy regime and tracks the developments on the ground. It is an urgent warning that our universities and colleges are now open to commercial pressures, which threaten to transform education from a public good into a private, individual financial investment. Andrew McGettigan lives in London and writes on philosophy, the arts and education. He is the author of the Intergenerational Foundation report, False Accounting? Why the Government’s Higher Education Reforms don’t Add Up (2012).
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The Assault on Universities A Manifesto for Resistance Edited by Michael Bailey and Des Freedman Pb 978-0-7453-3191-1 £14.99
The University in Chains Confronting the Military-Industrial-Academic Complex Henry A. Giroux Pb 978-1-5945-1423-4 £17.99
April 2013 200pp 198mm x 129mm Pb 978-0-7453-3293-2 £16.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3294-9 £60 Epub 978-1-8496-4765-6 £16.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4766-3 £16.99
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Andrew McGettigan is in my opinion by far the most knowledgeable person in the country on the government's programme of change for universities. This book is essential and deeply worrying reading. Simon Szreter
Professor of History and Public Policy, University of Cambridge
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Andrew McGettigan is one of the most respected and incisive commentators on higher education. There are no other texts that address the political economy of higher education and that put all the pieces of the jigsaw together with such clarity. John Holmwood
Professor of Sociology, University of Nottingham and editor of A Manifesto for the Public University (2011)
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Rewiring a broken system
Subverting Global Finance A Guide to Creative Financial Activism Brett Scott
May 2013 240pp 198mm x 129mm 5-10 B & W illustrations Pb 978-0-7453-3350-2 £12.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3351-9 £50 Epub 978-1-8496-4880-6 £12.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4881-3 £12.99
Popular anger against bankers and the financial system has never been higher, yet the practical workings of the system remain opaque to many people. Subverting Global Finance aims to bridge the gap between protest slogans and practical proposals for reform. As a derivatives-broker turned campaigner, Brett Scott has a unique understanding of life inside and outside the system. The book is a practical guide for campaigners, academics and students who wish to deepen their understanding of the inner workings of finance, and gain access to it. It shows how financial knowledge can be used to build effective social and environmental campaigns. Scott covers aspects frequently overlooked, such as the cultural dimensions of the financial sector, and considers major issues such as agricultural speculation, carbon markets and tar-sands financing. The book shows how activists can tap into the internal dynamics of the sector to disrupt it and showcases the growing alternative finance movement. Brett Scott is a consultant and former broker who has worked on climate change, food security and ethical banking campaigns. He is a Fellow at the Finance Innovation Lab and has written for the Guardian, Ecologist, and New Internationalist. He blogs at www.suitpossum.blogspot.com.
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Financial Alchemy in Crisis The Great Liquidity Illusion Anastasia Nesvetailova Pb 978-0-7453-2877-5 £17.99
Your Money or Your Life! The Tyranny of Global Finance Eric Toussaint Pb 978-0-7453-1926-1 £19.99
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A revolution in science
Biohackers
The Politics of Open Science Alessandro Delfanti Biohackers explores fundamental changes occuring in the circulation and ownership of scientific information. Alessandro Delfanti argues that the combination of the ethos of 20th century science, the hacker movement and the free software movement is producing an open science culture which redefines the relationship between researchers, scientific institutions and commercial companies. Biohackers looks at the emergence of the citizen biology community ‘DIYbio’, the shift to open access by the American biologist Craig Venter and the rebellion of the Italian virologist Ilaria Capua against WHO data-sharing policies. Delfanti argues that these biologists and many others are involved in a transformation of both life sciences and information systems, using open access tools and claiming independence from both academic and corporate institutions. Alessandro Delfanti teaches New Media at the University of Milan
and is an editor of the open access Journal of Science Communication.
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Copy, Rip, Burn The Politics of Copyleft and Open Source David M. Berry Pb 978-0-7453-2414-2 £17.99
The Beginning of History Value Struggles and Global Capital Massimo De Angelis Pb 978-0-7453-2035-9 £28.00
May 2013 176pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3280-2 £19.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3281-9 £65 Epub 978-1-8496-4907-0 £19.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4908-7 £19.99
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Alessandro Delfanti’s book is a deft and accessible introduction to the changing face of science in the new century. He brings a journalist’s skill, a scientist’s skepticism and an activist’s passion to the question of open science today. The work offers an expert analysis of the global politics of big science and the details and pleasures, the successes and failures, of small-scale amateur and DIY biology. From the lucid writing emerges the story of a new ethic of sharing and decoding life - whether viewed under the microscope or lived out in hackerspaces and garage labs. Christopher Kelty
Associate Professor of Information Studies and Anthropology, Institute for Society and Genetics, UCLA
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Meet the grandmother of the Arab Spring
Memoirs of an Early Arab Feminist The Life and Activism of Anbara Salam Khalidi Anbara Salam Khalidi. Foreword by Marina Warner. Translated by Tarif Khalidi
April 2013 200pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3356-4 £15.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3357-1 £55 Epub 978-1-8496-4883-7 £15.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4884-4 £15.99
Memoirs of an Early Arab Feminist is the first English translation of the memoirs of Anbara Salam Khalidi, the iconic Arab feminist. At a time when women are playing a leading role in the Arab Spring, this book brings to life an earlier period of social turmoil and women's activism through one remarkable life. Anbara Salam was born in 1897 to a notable Sunni Muslim family of Beirut. She grew up in 'Greater Syria', in which unhindered travel between Beirut, Jerusalem and Damascus was possible, and wrote a series of newspaper articles calling on women to fight for their rights within the Ottoman Empire. In 1927 she caused a public scandal by removing her veil during a lecture at the American University of Beirut. Later she translated Homer and Virgil into Arabic and fled from Jerusalem to Beirut following the establishment of Israel in 1948. She died in Beirut in 1986. These memoirs have long been acclaimed by Middle East historians as an essential resource for the social history of Beirut and the larger Arab world in the 19th and 20th centuries. Anbara Salam Khalidi (1897 - 1986) was a feminist, activist, writer
and translator of classic literary works into Arabic.
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A History of Modern Lebanon Fawwaz Traboulsi Pb 978-0-7453-3274-1 £21.99
My Father Was a Freedom Fighter Gaza's Untold Story Ramzy Baroud Pb 978-0-7453-2881-2 £13.99
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Unique insights into Arab culture
Doomed by Hope
Essays on Arab Theatre Edited by Eyad Houssami. Foreword by Elias Khoury. Photographs by Dalia Khamissy Doomed by Hope is a beautifully presented collection of essays by writers and artists which traces the history of contemporary Arab theatre and its relationship to social change. With contributors from Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, Kuwait and Yemen, this book includes both academic discussions and personal narratives, alongside a number of specially commissioned portraits of contemporary Arab theatre artists. The essays revolve around the legacy of the late Syrian dramatist Saadallah Wannous, whose monumental plays incited audiences to rise up against tyranny decades ago. This unique book is one of the first English language volumes on Arab theatre. In a highly topical manner following the Arab Spring, it explores cultural practices – from reading plays in a classroom to performing in a security state and directing in theatres, prisons, and international festivals – in times of revolt.
November 2012 224pp 220mm x 170mm 16 photographs Pb 978-0-7453-3354-0 £17.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3355-7 £60 Epub 978-1-8496-4830-1 £17.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4831-8 £17.99
Eyad Houssami makes and writes about theatre. He studied theatre at Yale University and currently lives in Beirut. He is the author of the play Mama Butterfly.
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The Dawn of the Arab Uprisings End of an Old Order? Edited by Bassam Haddad, Rosie Bsheer and Ziad Abu-Rish. Foreword by Roger Owen Pb 978-0-7453-3324-3 £19.99
Theatre of the Oppressed Augusto Boal Pb 978-0-7453-2838-6 £12.99
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Words as weapons
Language, Resistance and Revival Republican Prisoners and the Irish Language in the North of Ireland Feargal Mac Ionnrachtaigh
January 2013 296pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3226-0 £17.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3227-7 £65 Epub 978-1-8496-4846-2 £17.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4847-9 £17.99
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The most comprehensive and accessible account of the relationship between the Irish language and the Long War in the Six Counties. Ruan O'Donnell
Lecturer in History, University of Limerick and author of Special Category: The IRA in English Prisons (2011)
This fascinating new study examines an essential part of the story of language revival and political conflict in Ireland. Fionntán De Brún
Head of Irish Language and Literature, University of Ulster
An important contribution to our understanding of the impact of colonialism on minority languages. Féilim Ó hAdhmaill
Republican ex-prisoner and Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy, University College Cork
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Language, Resistance and Revival tells the untold story of the truly groundbreaking linguistic and educational developments that took place among Republican prisoners in Long Kesh prison from 19722000. During a period of bitter struggle between Republican prisoners and the British state, the Irish language was taught and spoken as a form of resistance during incarceration. The book unearths this story for the first time and analyses the rejuvenating impact it had on the cultural revival in the nationalist community beyond the prison walls. Based on unprecedented interviews, Feargal Mac Ionnrachtaigh explores a key period in Irish history through the original and 'insider' accounts of key protagonists in the contemporary Irish language revival. Feargal Mac Ionnrachtaigh is a Belfast-based community activist.
He works as a Project Worker with Gaeltacht Quarter Irish Language Development Agency, Forbairt Feirste, and is chairperson of Upper Springfield Irish Language organisation, Glór na Móna.
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The Provisional IRA From Insurrection to Parliament Tommy McKearney Pb 978-0-7453-3074-7 £13.99
Bobby Sands Nothing But an Unfinished Song Denis O'Hearn Pb 978-0-7453-2572-9 £18.99
Beyond the market and the state
The Anarchist Turn
Edited by Jacob Blumenfeld, Chiara Bottici and Simon Critchley The concept of anarchy is often presented as a recipe for pure disorder. The Anarchist Turn brings together innovative and fresh perspectives on anarchism to argue that in fact it represents a form of collective, truly democratic social organisation. The book shows how in the last decade the negative caricature of anarchy has begun to crack. Globalisation and the social movements it spawned have proved what anarchists have long been advocating: an anarchical order is not just desirable, but also feasible. The contributors, including leading anarchist and critical theorists, argue that with the failure of both free markets and state socialism the time has come for an 'anarchist turn' in political philosophy. In doing so they relate the anarchist hypothesis to a range of other disciplines such as politics, anthropology, economics, history and sociology. Jacob Blumenfeld is a researcher in Philosophy at the New School for Social Research, New York. He has taught at various schools in the City University of New York. Chiara Bottici teaches Philosophy at the New School for Social
Research, New York. Her recent publications include A Philosophy of Political Myth (2010) and Men and States (2009). She is editor of The Politics of Imagination (2011) and co-author of Imagining Europe: Myth, Memory, and Identity (2012) and The Myth of the Clash between Civilizations (2010). Simon Critchley teaches Philosophy at the New School for Social
Research, New York. He is the author of many books including The Faith of the Faithless (2012), Impossible Objects (2011), The Book of Dead Philosophers (2008) and Infinitely Demanding (2007).
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Anarchy Alive! Anti-Authoritarian Politics From Practice to Theory Uri Gordon Pb 978-0-7453-2683-2 £16.99
Gramsci is Dead Anarchist Currents in the Newest Social Movements
February 2013 264pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3342-7 £17.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3343-4 £65 Epub 978-1-8496-4855-4 £17.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4856-1 £17.99
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The tectonic plates of our time have shifted, a crack forms beneath our feet, issuing forth the subterranean river of anarchy, rich in voices and dreams of emancipation. This timely book - a welcome addition to the growing body of work on anarchism - is an important signpost on our new political and ethical terrain. It affirms anarchism as the unmistakable horizon of our present condition. Saul Newman
Reader in Political Theory, Goldsmiths University of London.
Richard J. F. Day Pb 978-0-7453-2112-7 £24.99
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Solutions for the global majority
The Global Hunger Crisis Tackling Food Insecurity in Developing Countries Majda Bne Saad
March 2013 272pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3067-9 £17.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3068-6 £60 Epub 978-1-8496-4861-5 £17.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4862-2 £17.99
Millions across the world face the daily challenge to find enough food to survive. Hunger is on the rise globally, with more than 1.2 billion people suffering from food insecurity. Rising prices are further restricting food access. In this deeply informative study, Majda Bne Saad identifies the causes for global hunger embedded in the current global political and economic system and highlights the key challenges facing food deficit countries. She shows how Western countries share the blame for global hunger through their support for subsidies to agricultural production and biofuels, which have created new challenges to food security worldwide. Bne Saad argues that, as world population rises from 7 billion to 9.2 billion by 2050, there needs to be a ‘second green revolution’ to grow more food. She looks at the factors constraining low-income nations from achieving food security and considers policies which could generate income and enhance individuals' entitlement to food. Majda Bne Saad lectured in Food Security, Famines and Development
Management at University College Dublin before her retirement. She is a member of the National Irish Famine Commemoration Committee and involved in national level development Task Forces in Ireland. She is the coeditor of Trade, Aid and Development (2006).
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Remaking Scarcity From Capitalist Inefficiency to Economic Democracy Costas Panayotakis. Foreword by Joel Kovel Pb 978-0-7453-3099-0 £18.99
Let Them Eat Junk How Capitalism Creates Hunger and Obesity Robert Albritton Pb 978-0-7453-2806-5 £17.99
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How the crisis is hitting the world's poor
The Financial Crisis and the Global South
A Development Perspective Yilmaz Akyüz This book is a major contribution exploring the policy options available for developing and emerging economies in response to the global economic crises. Written by a highly respected development economist, the book gives a clear-eyed account of the issues particular to these countries and critically evaluates different policy approaches, including reforms in financial, monetary and trade policies. Informed by deep scholarship as well as practical experience, Yilmaz Akyüz draws on empirical data, historical context and theoretical expertise, with special attention paid to issues such as the role of the International Monetary Fund and China. The Financial Crisis and the Global South is a landmark book that will be of interest to practitioners, scholars, theorists and students of economics and development studies. Yilmaz Akyüz is Chief Economist at the South Centre and Former
Director and Chief Economist of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. He is the editor of Developing Countries and World Trade (2003) and Reforming the Global Financial Architecture (2001).
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The Critical Development Studies Handbook Tools for Change Edited by Henry Veltmeyer Pb 978-0-7453-3123-2 £24.95
April 2013 208pp 230mm x 150mm 12 figures Pb 978-0-7453-3362-5 £19.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3363-2 £65 Epub 978-1-8496-4895-0 £19.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4896-7 £19.99
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A unique antidote to rose-tinted presentations about emerging economies. Richard Kozul-Wright
Senior Economist at UNCTAD
Money and Power
An excellent analysis of global economic interdependence.
Great Predators in the Political Economy of Development
Professor of Economics, University of Cambridge
Sarah Bracking Pb 978-0-7453-2011-3 £24.99
Robert Rowthorn
A tour de force by a leading development economist. Ajit Singh
Professor of Economics, University of Cambridge
Akyüz is one of the best development economists around, ahead in seeing the implication of current trends. William Milberg
New School for Social Research
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Series: The Future of World Capitalism
To Live and Die in America Class, Power, Health and Health Care Robert Chernomas and Ian Hudson Series: The Future of World Capitalism
February 2013 200pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3212-3 £17.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3217-8 £65 Epub 978-1-8496-4843-1 £17.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4844-8 £17.99
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This book should become a classic. It should be read by everyone who feels that power in the United States is very unevenly distributed. Vicente Navarro
Professor of Health and Public Policy, Editor in Chief of the Journal of International Health Services
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This timely and penetrating exposé will not only strike a deep chord with the millions of Americans who live daily with both health and health care insecurity, it will help mobilise the broader population to address the profoundly unjust circumstances in which people 'Live and Die in America'. Anne-Emanuelle Birn
Canada Research Chair in International Health at the University of Toronto and co-author of Global Health in a Dynamic World (2009)
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To Live and Die in America details how the United States has among the worst indicators of health in the industrialised world and at the same time spends significantly more on its health care system than any other industrial nation. Robert Chernomas and Ian Hudson explain this contradictory phenomenon as the product of the unique brand of capitalism that has developed in the US. It is this particular form of capitalism that created both the social and economic conditions that largely influence health outcomes and the inefficient, unpopular and inaccessible health care system that is incapable of dealing with them. The authors argue that improving health in America requires a change in the conditions in which people live and work as well as a restructured health care system. Robert Chernomas is Professor of Economics at the University of
Manitoba, Canada. He has been a visiting professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and is on the editorial board of International Journal of Health Services. Ian Hudson is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of
Manitoba, Canada. He is the co-author (with Robert Chernomas) of The Gatekeeper: Sixty Years of Economics According to the New York Times (2012), Social Murder and Other Shortcomings of Conservative Economics (2008), and (with Mark Hudson and Mara Fridell) Fair Trade, Sustainability and Social Change.
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Obama's Economy Recovery for the Few Jack Rasmus Pb 978-0-7453-3218-5 £14.99
Crashing the Tea Party Mass Media and the Campaign to Remake American Politics Paul Street and Anthony DiMaggio Pb 978-1-5945-1945-1 £15.99
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Geopolitical Economy
After US Hegemony, Globalization and Empire Radhika Desai Series: The Future of World Capitalism Geopolitical Economy traces the historical evolution of today's multipolar world, as it emerges from the dust of the financial and economic crisis. Radhika Desai offers a radical critique of the theories of US hegemony, globalisation and empire which dominate academic international political economy and international relations, revealing their ideological origins in successive failed US attempts at dominance. Desai recovers and revitalises notions of national self-determination and popular dissent, drawing on revolutionary intellectual traditions which understand the world order as formed by ‘the relations of producing nations’. At a time of global upheavals and profound shifts in the distribution of power, Geopolitical Economy forges a vivid and compelling account of the historical processes which are shaping the contemporary international order. Radhika Desai is Professor of Political Studies at the University of Manitoba, Canada. She is the author of Slouching Towards Ayodhya: From Congress to Hindutva in Indian Politics (2004), Intellectuals and Socialism: 'Social Democrats' and the Labour Party (1994), editor of Developmental and Cultural Nationalisms (2009) and co-editor of Revitalizing Marxist Theory for Today’s Capitalism (2011).
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The Fall of the US Empire Global Fault-Lines and the Shifting Imperial Order Vassilis K. Fouskas and Bülent Gökay Pb 978-0-7453-2643-6 £17.99
February 2013 320pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-2992-5 £19.99 Hb 978-0-7453-2993-2 £65 Epub 978-1-8496-4840-0 £19.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4841-7 £19.99
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A penetrating account of the interrelations between United States hegemony and transnational capital. Whilst planted in the tradition of historical materialism, the book breaks new ground. Kees van der Pijl
Professor of International Relations, University of Sussex
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Empire, Nation and Resistance
A bold and imaginative book. Desai argues her case with sweep and rigour.
Rumina Sethi
Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University
The Politics of Postcolonialism Pb 978-0-7453-2363-3 £17.99
Prabhat Patnaik
Anybody interested in today’s multipolar capitalism needs to read this book. Amiya Kumar Bagchi
Director, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, India
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Magisterial conclusion to an acclaimed trilogy
The Discipline of Western Supremacy Modes of Foreign Relations and Political Economy, Volume III Kees van der Pijl
June 2013 272pp 215mm x 135mm Hb 978-0-7453-2318-3 £25 Epub 978-1-8496-4889-9 £25 Kindle 978-1-8496-4890-5 £25
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Kees van der Pijl challenges us to understand the world in its full complexity and contradictory actuality. Peter Bratsis
Lecturer in Political Theory, University of Salford
Concluding the acclaimed and award-winning trilogy on 'Modes of Foreign Relations and Political Economy', this is a magisterial historical sociology of International Relations theory. In The Discipline of Western Supremacy Kees van der Pijl argues that, from the late European Middle Ages, Anglophone thinkers articulated an imperial world-view which was adopted by aspirant elites elsewhere. Nation-state formation under the auspices of the English-speaking West has henceforth informed thinking about international affairs. After decolonisation the study of comparative politics continued to develop under those same auspices as part of a comprehensive international studies. This book, the first of its kind, aims to provide a complete overview of mainstream International Relations as a set of theories which translate Western supremacy into intellectual hegemony. Kees van der Pijl is a Fellow of the Centre for Global Political Economy and Professor Emeritus at the University of Sussex. His books include The Foreign Encounter in Myth and Religion (Pluto, 2010), the Deutscher prizewinning Nomads, Empires, States (Pluto, 2007), Global Rivalries from the Cold War to Iraq (Pluto, 2006) and The Making of an Atlantic Ruling Class (new edition 2012).
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The Foreign Encounter in Myth and Religion Modes of Foreign Relations and Political Economy, Volume II Kees van der Pijl Hb 978-0-7453-2316-9 £25.00
Nomads, Empires, States Modes of Foreign Relations and Political Economy, Volume I Kees van der Pijl Hb 978-0-7453-2601-6 £27.00
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Beyond the Developmental State
Industrial Policy into the 21st Century Edited by Ben Fine, Jyoti Saraswati and Daniela Tavasci Series: IIPPE Moving beyond abstract economic models and superficial descriptions of the market, Beyond the Developmental State analyses the economic, political and ideological interests which underpin current socioeconomic processes. Through this approach, the contributors show the close interrelation between states and markets in both national and international contexts. Drawing on a wide range of case studies and themes, the book exposes the theoretical and empirical limitations of the developmental state paradigm, offering alternatives as well as discussing the policy implications and challenges they raise. For scholars, students and practitioners of development, Beyond the Developmental State presents a decisive break with the old dogmas of both neoliberal orthodoxy and theories of 'market-imperfection', and outlines theoretically and empirically grounded alternatives. Ben Fine is Professor of Economics at the School of Oriental and African
Studies and author of many books including Theories of Social Capital (Pluto, 2010) Jyoti Saraswati teaches on the Business and Political Economy Program at New York University. He is the author of Dot.compradors: Power and Policy in the Development of the Indian Software Industry (Pluto, 2012). Daniela Tavasci lecturers in the School of Economics and Finance at
Queen Mary University London.
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A very important book. The contributions are highly original and this work is likely to inform the emergence of a new branch of the literature on economic development. Alfredo Saad-Filho
Professor of Political Economy, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Dot.compradors Power and Policy in the Development of the Indian Software Industry Jyoti Saraswati Pb 978-0-7453-3265-9 £17.99
The Political Economy of Development The World Bank, Neoliberalism and Development Research Edited by Kate Bayliss, Ben Fine and Elisa Van Waeyenberge
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The developmental state has become a central concept in alternatives to the dominant neoliberal narratives of development. This is a valuable contribution to the search for inclusive and sustainable development strategies. Richard Kozul-Wright
Senior Economist at UNCTAD
Pb 978-0-7453-3103-4 £24.99
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Western misadventures in Africa
The Dying Sahara US Imperialism and Terror in Africa Jeremy Keenan
March 2013 288pp 215mm x 135mm 2 maps Pb 978-0-7453-2961-1 £18.99 Hb 978-0-7453-2962-8 £60 Epub 978-1-8496-4827-1 £18.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4828-8 £18.99
In The Dark Sahara (Pluto, 2009), Jeremy Keenan exposed the collusion between the US and Algeria in fabricating ‘false flag’ terrorism to justify the launch of a new ‘Saharan front’ in Washington’s War on Terror. In this new book, he reveals how the Pentagon’s designation of the region as a ‘Terror Zone’ has destroyed the lives and livelihoods of thousands of innocent people. Beginning in 2004, with what local people called the US ‘invasion’ of the Sahel, The Dying Sahara shows how repressive, authoritarian regimes, cashing in on US terrorism ‘rents’, provoked Tuareg rebellions in both Niger and Mali. Multinationals expropriated Tuareg lands for uranium and puppeteers in Washington, Algiers and Europe pulled the strings of a new, narco-trafficking Al Qaeda. Keenan's chillingly detailed research shows that the US and its new combatant, African command (AFRICOM), far from bringing security, peace and development, have created a self-fulfilling prophecy of terror and instability in a region the size of western Europe. Jeremy Keenan is a Professorial Research Associate at the School
of Oriental and African Studies. He has written many books including The Dark Sahara (Pluto, 2009). He is a consultant to the UN and other international organisations. He is currently employed by the European Commission as an expert to advise on the situation in the Sahel.
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The Scramble for African Oil Oppression, Corruption and War for Control of Africa's Natural Resources Douglas A. Yates Pb 978-0-7453-3045-7 £19.99
The Dark Sahara America's War on Terror in Africa Jeremy Keenan Pb 978-0-7453-2452-4 £17.99
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Getting to the roots of intractable conflict
The Horn of Africa
Intra-State and Inter-State Conflicts and Security Edited by Redie Bereketeab. Foreword by Cyril Obi The Horn of Africa, comprising Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan and Somalia, is the most conflict-ridden region in Africa. This book explores the origins and impact of these conflicts at both an intra-state and inter-state level and the insecurity they create. The contributors show how regional and international interventions have compounded pre-existing tensions and have been driven by competing national interests linked to the 'War on Terror' and acts of piracy off the coast of Somalia. The Horn of Africa outlines proposals for multidimensional mechanisms for conflict resolution in the region. Issues of border demarcation, democratic deficit, crises of nation and state building, and the roles of political actors and traditional authorities are all clearly analysed. Redie Bereketeab is a researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute in
Uppsala, where he heads a research project on Conflict and State Building in the Horn of Africa. He has authored several journal articles, chapters and books on the Horn of Africa.
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Sharing the Nile Egypt, Ethiopia and the Geo-Politics of Water Seifulaziz Milas Hb 978-0-7453-2921-2 £65.00
Understanding the Somalia Conflagration Identity, Political Islam and Peacebuilding Afyare Abdi Elmi Pb 978-0-7453-3320-5 £17.99
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Capitalism with Russian characteristics
The Conundrum of Russian Capitalism The Post-Soviet Economy in the World System Ruslan Dzarasov
May 2013 264pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3278-9 £21.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3279-6 £70 Epub 978-1-8496-4910-0 £21.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4911-7 £21.99
In this book Ruslan Dzarasov reveals the nature of Russian capitalism following the fall of the Soviet Union, showing how the system originated in both the degenerated Soviet bureaucracy and the pressures of global capital. He provides an unprecedented analysis of Russian firms' corporate governance and labour practices, and makes sense of their peculiar investment strategies. By comparing the practices of Russian companies to the typical models of corporate governance and investment behaviour of big firms in the West, Dzarasov sheds light on the relationship between the core and periphery of the capitalist world-system. This groundbreaking study proves that Russia's new capitalism is not a break with the country's Stalinist past, but is in fact the continuation of that tradition. At the same time, the brutal and deficient character of the current system also reflects the realities of the modern globalised and financialised world capitalist system. Ruslan Dzarasov is a senior research fellow at the Central Institute of Economics and Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He has written for the academic journals Debatte: Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe and the Cambridge Journal of Economics.
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Change in Putin's Russia Power, Money and People Simon Pirani Pb 978-0-7453-2690-0 £17.99
Empire of the Periphery Russia and the World System Boris Kagarlitsky Hb 978-0-7453-2691-7 £60.00
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Green shoots in the Chinese dynamo
Green Politics in China
Environmental Governance and StateSociety Relations Joy Y Zhang and Michael Barr Based on interviews with members of grassroots organisations, media and government institutions, Green Politics in China provides an in-depth and engaging account of the novel ways in which Chinese society is responding to its environmental crisis, using examples rarely captured in Western media or academia. Joy Y. Zhang and Michael Barr explain how environmental problems are transforming Chinese society through new developments such as the struggle for clean air, low-carbon conspiracy theories, new forms of public fund raising and the international tactics of grassroots NGOs. In doing so, they challenge static understandings of statesociety relations in China. Green Politics in China is an illuminating and detailed investigation which provides crucial insights into how China is both changing internally and emerging as a powerful player in global environmental politics. Joy Y Zhang is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Kent and is an Affiliated Researcher at the Collège d'Etudes Mondiales, Fondation Maison des sciences de l'homme, France. She is the author of The Cosmopolitanization of Science: Stem Cell Governance in China (2012).
June 2013 200pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3299-4 £18.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3300-7 £60 Epub 978-1-8496-4913-1 £18.99 Kindle 978-1-8496-4914-8 £18.99
Michael Barr is a Lecturer in International Politics at Newcastle
University. He is the author of Who's Afraid of China? The Challenge of Chinese Soft Power (2011).
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The Accidental Capitalist A People's Story of the New China
Behzad Yaghmaian Pb 978-0-7453-3230-7 £17.99
China From the Inside Out Fitting the People's Republic into the World Ronald C. Keith Pb 978-0-7453-2854-6 £15.99
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Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society
Organisational Anthropology Doing Ethnography in and Among Complex Organisations Edited by Christina Garsten and Anette Nyqvist Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society
May 2013 256pp 230mm x 150mm Hb 978-0-7453-3247-5 £50 Epub 978-1-8496-4916-2 £50 Kindle 978-1-8496-4917-9 £50
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This book provides fresh and lively first-hand accounts of carrying out ethnographic fieldwork in contemporary organisational settings. It will appeal not only to anthropologists but also to all those with a scholarly or practical interest in culture and organisation. John Van Maanen
Christina Garsten is Professor at the Department of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University. She is the author of Workplace Vagabonds: Career and Community in Changing Worlds of Work (2008). Anette Nyqvist is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social
Anthropology at Stockholm University. She is the author of Opening the Orange Envelope: Risk and Responsibility in the Remaking of Sweden’s National Pension System (2008).
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Anthropology's World
Erwin Schell Professor of Organisation Studies, MIT and author of Tales of the Field (2011)
Life in a Twenty-First-Century Discipline
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This book is an invaluable resource for all those who research organisations or are simply interested in the nature of organisational life as disclosed by anthropological study. Christopher Grey
Professor of Organisation Studies, University of London
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Organisational Anthropology is a pioneering analysis of doing ethnographic fieldwork in different types of complex organisations. The book focuses on the process of initiating contact, establishing rapport and gaining the trust of the organisation's members. The contributors work from the premise that doing fieldwork in an organisation shares essential characteristics with fieldwork in more ‘classical’ anthropological environments, but that it also poses some particular challenges to the ethnographer. These include the ideological or financial interests of the organisations, protection of resources and competition between organisations. Organisational Anthropology brings together and highlights crucial aspects of doing anthropology in contemporary complex settings, and will have wide appeal to students, researchers and academics in anthropology and organisation studies.
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What is Anthropology? Thomas Hylland Eriksen Pb 978-0-7453-2319-0 £14.99
Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society
A History of Anthropology
Second Edition
Thomas Hylland Eriksen and Finn Sivert Nielsen Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society This is a thoroughly updated and revised edition of a popular classic of modern anthropology. The authors provide summaries of ‘Enlightenment’, ‘Romantic’ and ‘Victorian’ anthropology, from the cultural theories of Morgan and Taylor to the often neglected contributions of German scholars. The ambiguous relationship between anthropology and national cultures is also considered. The book provides an unparalleled account of theoretical developments in anthropology from the 1920s to the present, including functionalism, structuralism, hermeneutics, neo-Marxism and discourse analysis. There are brief biographies of major anthropologists and coverage of key debates including totemism, kinship and globalisation. This essential text on anthropology is highly engaging, authoritative and suitable for students at all levels. Thomas Hylland Eriksen is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo. He is the author of numerous books, including Ethnicity and Nationalism, A History of Anthropology, Small Places, Large Issues, Tyranny of the Moment and Globalisation, all available from Pluto Press. Finn Sivert Nielsen is a Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Copenhagen.
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Ethnicity and Nationalism Anthropological Perspectives Thomas Hylland Eriksen Pb 978-0-7453-3042-6 £17.99
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A well written and informative book on a subject of great importance for all social anthropologists. This is a work which offers a 'sober and balanced account of the historical growth of anthropology'. It certainly deserves to be widely read. The European Journal of Developmental Research
Small Places, Large Issues An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology Thomas Hylland Eriksen Pb 978-0-7453-3049-5 £18.99
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Inspiring Participatory Democracy Student Movements from Port Huron to Today Tom Hayden
December 2012 208pp 229mm x 152mm Pb 978-1-6120-5262-5 £14.99 Hb 978-1-6120-5261-8 £68
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The famous 1962 Port Huron Statement by the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) introduced the concept of participatory democracy to popular discourse and practice. In Inspiring Participatory Democracy Tom Hayden, one of the principal architects of the statement, analyses its historical impact and relevance to today’s movements. Inspiring Participatory Democracy includes the full transcript of the Port Huron statment and shows how it played an important role in the movements for black civil rights, against the Vietnam war and for the Freedom of Information Act. Published during the year of Port Huron’s 50th anniversary, Inspiring Participatory Democracy will be of great interest to readers interested in social history, politics and social activism. Tom Hayden is an activist, former senator and Professor at Occidental
College, California. His most recent book is Rebel: A Personal History of the 1960s (2003).
10 Steps to Repair American Democracy A More Perfect Union Steven Hill In 10 Steps to Repair American Democracy Steven Hill addresses the problems plaguing the US political system, outlining his ten-step program to improve American democracy. He proposes specific reforms to give voters more choices at the ballot box, boost voter turnout, reduce Senate 'filibustering' and end excessive corporate dominance. In the face of mounting cynicism about the US political system, 10 Steps to Repair American Democracy is a refreshing blueprint for how to resurrect the Founders' democratic vision. It will change the way you think about US politics. Steven Hill is the Director of the Political Reform Program of the
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New America Foundation and co-founder of the Center for Voting and Democracy. His articles and commentaries have appeared in dozens of newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times, Washington Post, The Nation and Salon.com.
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The Surplus American
How the 1% is Making Us Redundant Charles Derber and Yale R. Magrass The Surplus American considers a future where increasing numbers of Americans will be rendered jobless and redundant. Exploring the ongoing crisis of 'surplus people' today, authors Charles Derber and Yale Magrass show that the jobless are merely the tip of the iceberg. Drawing on the work of economists and highlighting new trends, the book identifies a number of primary groups within the category of 'surplus' including the underemployed, people forcibly removed or induced to leave the labour force and retirees. Derber and Magrass argue that a majority of the US public is now part of the surplus population constituting an integral part of the economy. The authors conclude that these movements will be essential to solving the crisis of surplus people and redirecting the economy in a more positive direction. Charles Derber is Professor of Sociology at Boston College. He is the
author of Corporation Nation, Hidden Power and Greed to Green. Yale R. Magrass is Professor of Sociology at the University of
Massachusetts-Dartmouth. He is the author of three other books and more than thirty articles, including encyclopedia entries.
Diversity in America
November 2012 176pp 229mm x 152mm Pb 978-1-6120-5250-2 £12.99 Hb 978-1-6120-5249-6 £65
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Vincent N. Parrillo The updated and expanded fourth edition of Diversity in America addresses key controversial topics generating debate in US society today. The book answers these and many other questions by using history and sociology to shed light on socially constructed myths. Vincent N. Parrillo takes the reader through different American eras, beginning with the indigenous populations and continuing through colonial times, the industrial age, the information age and today. The book uses intergenerational comparisons and extrapolation of present trends into future probabilities to offer the reader a holistic analytic commentary to provide additional helpful insights and understanding. Vincent N. Parrillo is Professor and Graduate Director at William
Patterson University. He is the executive producer and writer of two awardwinning PBS television documentaries: Smokestacks and Steeples: A Portrait of Paterson (1992) and Ellis Island: Gateway to America (1991). December 2012 240pp 229mm x 152mm Pb 978-1-6120-5254-0 £18.99 Hb 978-1-6120-5253-3 £75
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Selves, Societies, and Emotions Understanding the Pathways of Experience Thomas S. Henricks Selves, Societies and Emotions builds on contributions from sociology, psychology, anthropology, philosophy, literature and neuroscience to outline an innovative new perspective on human beings and their interaction with others. Thomas S. Henricks develops an account of how people discover and reproduce the 'meanings' of their involvements with others. Among his many themes are how people come to treat themselves as 'projections of personhood'. The book analyses the ways in which self-expression has changed historically and is now experienced in our electronically mediated era and argues that ritual, play, communitas and work form four distinctive 'pathways of experience'.
May 2013 224pp 229mm x 152mm Pb 978-1-5945-1957-4 £21.99 Hb 978-1-5945-1956-7 £65
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Thomas S. Henricks is Danieley Professor of Sociology and Distinguished University Professor at Elon University, USA. He is the author of many books and articles on the organisation of human expression in societies. His most recent book is Play Reconsidered: Sociological Perspectives on Human Expression (2006).
The Path to Zero Dialogues on Nuclear Dangers Richard Falk and David Krieger The Path to Zero argues that it is time to re-open the public debate on nuclear weapons. In a series of clear and well-reasoned dialogues, longtime scholars and peace activists Richard Falk and David Krieger probe key questions about our nuclear capability and dig beneath the secrecy that has largely surrounded its existence. Falk and Krieger argue that Hiroshima and Nagasaki were only the beginning. In recent times, nuclear annihilation at the hands of rogue states and terrorists has become an even greater concern than the spectre of nuclear war between superpowers. The Path to Zero argues that whilst none of us has the power to bring about global change alone, together we are immensely powerful – powerful enough to overcome the threats of the Nuclear Age and move us appreciably along 'the path to zero'.
October 2012 256pp 229mm x 152mm Pb 978-1-6120-5214-4 £16.99 Hb 978-1-6120-5213-7 £75
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Richard Falk is Professor of International Law at Princeton University. David Krieger is Founder and President of the Nuclear Age Peace
Foundation in Santa Barbara and co-editor (with Richard Falk) of The Nuclear Precipice (2008).
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Democratic Uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa
Youth, Technology, and Modernization Mahmood Monshipouri Series: International Studies Intensives In this book Mahmood Monshipouri assesses the role of emotion, solidarity and online activism in the Arab Spring, issues which have been largely absent in mainstream coverage of the events. He argues that whilst modern technologies and social media may have brought new politics to the streets, practical organisation on the ground remains crucial when it comes to shaping a country’s political future. Monshipouri also considers how these countries will navigate the transition to democracy, especially when the military continues to be involved in politics. This book addresses all of these subjects in an engaging and accessible narrative. Mahmood Monshipouri is Associate Professor of International Relations at San Francisco State University. His most recent book is Terrorism, Security, and Human Rights: Harnessing the Rule of Law (2012).
How to Explain a Social Movement
March 2013 208pp 229mm x 152mm Hb 978-1-6120-5134-5 £70
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Jeff Goodwin This volume brings together essays written by Jeff Goodwin over the past twenty years, including several award-winning papers and a number of provocative new essays that reflect on the field of socialmovement studies. The collected essays draw on a wide range of empirical cases to illustrate the author’s theoretical claims. Among these are the Iranian and Nicaraguan revolutions, the Communist-led Huk rebellion in the Philippines, the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa and the gay and lesbian movement in the US. This volume will interest and challenge advanced undergraduates, graduate students and sophisticated general readers who want to learn more about social movements, revolutions and terrorism. Jeff Goodwin is Professor of Sociology at New York University and editor and author of many books and articles including No Other Way Out: States and Revolutionary Movements, 1945–1991 (2001).
March 2013 304pp 229mm x 152mm Hb 978-1-5945-1859-1 £70
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Changing Lives Taylor Stoehr Changing Lives recounts the experiences of a dozen men on probation in Massachusetts who took classes for three months to read and talk about great works of literature. The men explored the writings of Malcolm X, Leo Tolstoy and Anton Chekhov, amongst others. In these writings the men discovered many issues relating to their own lives, such as substance abuse, family breakdown, poverty and racism. The lessons create a safe space for reflection and earnest conversation, in which the students no longer have to bluff or be cool, guarded, or evasive. And because the classroom puts them on equal footing with authority figures – teachers, probation officers and even judges – a new social awareness begins to emerge. Changing Lives shows how reawakening moral consciousness and a fresh commitment to society is essential if probationers are not to cycle endlessly through the limbo of street life and jail time.
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Taylor Stoehr is Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. For fifteen years he has headed the 'Changing Lives Through Literature' programme at Dorchester District Court in Massachusetts. He is author of six books on literary and cultural history, has translated two volumes of poetry and has edited twenty books by social critics of the sixties.
Youth in Revolt Reclaiming a Democratic Future Henry A. Giroux Youth in Revolt chronicles the escalating backlash against dissent and peaceful protest while exposing a lack of governmental concern for society’s most vulnerable populations. Henry Giroux carefully documents a wide range of phenomena, from pervasive violent imagery in our popular culture to educational racism, censorship and the growing economic inequality we face. He challenges the reader to consider the hope for democratic renewal embodied by Occupy Wall Street and other emerging movements. Encouraging a capacity for critical thought, compassion and informed judgment, Giroux’s analysis allows us to rethink the very nature of what democracy means and what it might look like in the United States and beyond.
January 2013 176pp 216mm x 140mm Hb 978-1-6120-5263-2 £65
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Henry A. Giroux currently holds the Global TV Network Chair Professorship at McMaster University in the English and Cultural Studies Department. His most recent books include The University in Chains: Confronting the Military-Industrial-Academic Complex (2007) and Against the Terror of Neoliberalism (2008).
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Rethinking Contemporary Social Theory
Roberta Garner, Black Hawk Hancock and Grace Budrys This textbook outlines a new theoretical paradigm which combines elements of both social construction theory and conflict theory and which has more recent links to postmodernism. The authors select ten fields within sociology and in each one trace the reception and impact of the new paradigm. The fields include gender, sexuality, race/ethnicity, media and the sociology of family life. Drawing on Thomas Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, the authors identify causes for this paradigm shift, which include the contributions of specific individuals, the general intellectual climate and various social changes such as globalisation and neoliberalism. Roberta Garner is Professor of Sociology at DePaul University in
Chicago. Black Hawk Hancock is Assistant Professor of Sociology at DePaul
University in Chicago. Grace Budrys is a Professor of Sociology at DePaul University in Chicago.
Thinking Critically About Media
January 2013 256pp 229mm x 152mm Hb 978-1-6120-5259-5 £75
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Donald Lazere Thinking Critically About Media is a textbook for self-defence against manipulation by politicians, the media and assorted propagandists. Its interdisciplinary application of principles of critical thinking and argumentative rhetoric can be incorporated in a variety of university courses including the social sciences, communication, journalism and media studies. The authors identify the precise political positions of a spectrum of American media and journalists from left to right, so as to point students toward sources representing opposed viewpoints, with their typical lines of argument, in order to reach a comparative analysis. Other important issues dealt with include the various influences on political bias as propagated by sources such as lobbies, public relations agencies, think tanks and political advertising agencies. Donald Lazere is Professor Emeritus at California Polytechnic State
University and is the editor of American Media and Mass Culture: Left Perspectives.
January 2013 192pp 229mm x 152mm Hb 978-1-6120-5273-1 £68
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American Indians and the American Imaginary Cultural Representation Across the Centuries Pauline Turner Strong
February 2013 272pp 229mm x 152mm Hb 978-1-6120-5047-8 £65
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American Indians and the American Imaginary considers the power of representations of Native Americans in American public culture. The book’s wide-ranging case studies move from colonial captivity narratives to modern film, to tribally-controlled museums and cultural centres. The author’s ethnographic approach focusses on the emergence and transformation of representations in social life. Central themes include identity and otherness, indigenous cultural politics and cultural memory. American Indians and the American Imaginary will interest general readers as well as scholars and students in anthropology, history, cultural studies, gender studies and Native American and Indigenous Studies. Pauline Turner Strong is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and
Gender Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
Whither the Child? Causes and Consequences of Low Fertility Edited by Eric P. Kaufmann and W. Bradford Wilcox Birth rates are falling and fertility rates are well below replacement levels. At the same time, the economic crisis has forced governments to scale back public spending and raise the retirement age, causing immense social conflict. Taking a step outside the disciplinary comfort zone, Whither the Child? asks how demography affects individuals and society. What does it feel like to live in a low fertility world? What are the consequences? No other book confronts so many dimensions of the low fertility issue and engages with the thorny issues of child psychology, parenting, family and social policy.
March 2013 256pp 229mm x 152mm Hb 978-1-6120-5093-5 £65
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Eric P. Kaufmann is Reader in Politics at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth (2010) and The Rise and Fall of Anglo-America (2004). W. Bradford Wilcox is Director of the National Marriage Project and Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia.
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Pedagogy of Commitment
Paulo Freire In this first English translation of Pedagogy of Commitment, first published in Spanish in 2008, Freire takes readers ever deeper into the acts and meaning of living a life of community and social commitment. For Freire, commitment entails any person’s engagement with the realities of the world as they are, not as we would wish them to be. For teachers specifically, this commitment is not only to students, to the underprivileged, or to the education of those who speak a different language, but to the transformation of the self to become more deeply responsive to the needs of social transformations. More than any other Freire book, Pedagogy of Commitment speaks directly and plainly to the lives of individuals and to teachers. It is an inspiring and passionate call from a global giant of progressive education. Paulo Freire (1921-1997) was one of the world's most influential
education writers. He is the author of many books, including Pedagogy of the Oppressed and Pedagogy of Freedom (2001).
Teaching for Dissent
June 2013 160pp 216mm x 140mm Hb 978-1-5945-1972-7 £60
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Citizenship Education and Political Activism Sarah M. Stitzlein Teaching for Dissent looks at the implications of new forms of dissent for educational practice. The reappearance of dissent in political meetings and street protests opens new possibilities for improved democratic life and citizen participation. This book argues that this possibility will not be fulfilled if schools do not cultivate the skills necessary for our citizens to engage in political dissent. The authors look at how practices in schools, such as the testing regime and the 'hidden curriculum', suppress students’ ability to voice ideas that stand in opposition to the status quo. Teaching for Dissent calls for a realignment of the curriculum and the practices of schooling with a guiding vision of democratic participation. Sarah M. Stitzlein teaches in the Education and Women’s Studies departments at the University of New Hampshire. Her book Breaking Bad Habits of Race and Gender: Transforming Identity in Schools (2008) won the American Educational Studies Association Critics Choice Award.
December 2012 208pp 229mm x 152mm Hb 978-1-6120-5228-1 £70
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Watching Human Rights
The 101 Greatest Films
Its Origin, History, and Explanation, Along with a More Humane Way
Mark Gibney
April 2013 256pp 229mm x 152mm Hb 9781612051406 £75
Wide-ranging exploration of how film can inform and reinforce our understanding of human rights, analysing more than 300 human rights films.
The Changing Politics of Education
David N. Stamos March 2013 320pp 229mm x 152mm Hb 9781612052410 £80
Privatization and the Dispossessed Lives Left Behind
Reveals new structures and circuits of dispossession and privilege that are failing the majority in the US education system.
Voices of LGBTQ Students and Teachers
February 2013 228pp 229mm x 152mm Hb 9781612052458 £70
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Draws on personal history, classroom experience and empirical research data to analyse the issue of homophobia in schools.
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Based on new archival research, argues that the 'New Deal' era in the US was one of corporate dominance rather than progressive reform.
Gerhard Lenski's Sociological Theories Assessments, Extensions, New Directions
Problematizing the Culture of Schooling
Edited by Anna V. Wilson and Veronica Bloomfield
The Myth of Liberal Ascendancy
G. Williams Domhoff February 2013 328pp 229mm x 152mm Hb 9781612052557 £60
Philosophical challenge to the idea of human rights, arguing that the existence of universal human rights is a modern myth.
Corporate Dominance from the Great Depression to the Great Recession
Michael Fabricant and Michelle Fine May 2013 224pp 229mm x 152mm Hb 9781612052700 £70
The Myth of Universal Human Rights
Bernice McNair Barnett June 2013 304pp 229mm x 152mm Hb 9781612052571 £70
Critically assesses the social theories and intellectual influence of Gerhard Lenski in the discipline of sociology.
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Seeds of Freedom
Clark Taylor
David Trend
A remarkable case study of progressive schooling over four decades in a remote Guatemalan village.
Considers the impact of the internet and new media on social life, drawing on philosophy, sociology and cultural and media studies. April 2013 176pp 216mm x 140mm Hb 9781612052304 £70
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Publics for Public School
Rhonda F. Levine
Kathleen Knight Abowitz Outlines a new conception of the public dimensions of schooling. Written for educational leaders working in or on behalf of public schooling.
June 2013 224pp 229mm x 152mm Hb 9781612052014 £70
Spirits Talking Conversations on Right and Wrong in the Affairs of States
March 2013 160pp 229mm x 152mm Hb 9781594515101 £55
Looks at how lived experiences at the micro level can shed light on the macro structures of racial inequality.
Thinking Differently About Cosmopolitanism Theory, Eccentricity, and the Globalized World
Stephen D. Wrage Presents six imaginary conversations on ethics and international affairs between Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Abigail Adams.
When Race Meets Class African Americans Coming of Age in a Small City
Legitimacy, Democracy, and Leadership
May 2013 176pp 229mm x 152mm Hb 9781612052434 £65
Worlding Identity, Imagination, and Reality in a Digital Age
Liberating Education in Guatemala
Marianna Papastephanou January 2013 192pp 229mm x 152mm Hb 9781612050799 £70
Argues for a new conception of cosmopolitanism as an ethico-political ideal.
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The Beautiful Risk of Education
Encounters with History
Mark Hulliung
Argues for a 'risk-based' approach to pedagogy, based on WB Yeats' view that education is not about filling a bucket but lighting a fire.
Illuminates Sartre’s unique contribution to the grand debate between Marxism and anarchism.
March 2013 176pp 229mm x 152mm Hb 9781612050447 £65
Give Peace a Chance
David A. Hamburg and Eric Hamburg
March 2013 192pp 229mm x 152mm Hb 9781612051383 £65
Expanded and updated edition of Harold Garfinkel's seminal text on ethnomethodology. Includes additional papers that laid the basis for the book. May 2013 368pp 229mm x 152mm Hb 9781594513923 £70
Handbook of Sociology and Human Rights
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An interdisciplinary, international and critical guide to the study of human rights, comprehensively evaluating the field.
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Making Los Angeles How People Create Place Out of Ordinary Urban Space
Edited by David L. Brunsma, Keri E. Iyall Smith and Brian K. Gran March 2013 416pp 229mm x 152mm Hb 9781594518829 £110
Studies in Ethnomethodology Harold Garfinkel and Anne Rawls
Detailed case studies of significant peace movements over the past 25 years, analysing successes and failures.
Sartre and Clio
Gert J.J. Biesta
June 2013 160pp 216mm x 140mm Hb 9781612050263 £65
Christopher D. Campbell
March 2013 240pp 229mm x 152mm Hb 9781594513497 £65
Looks at how people construct a sense of place out of ordinary urban space, based on a study of Los Angeles.
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A People's History of the Second World War
End of an Old Order?
Edited by Bassam Haddad, Rosie Bsheer and Ziad AbuRish. Foreword by Roger Owen
Resistance Versus Empire
Donny Gluckstein June 2012 288pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 9780745328027 £19.99 Hb 9780745328034 £75 Epub 9781849647205 £19.99 Kindle 9781849647212 £19.99
Fascinating history of the Second World War as fought 'from below' by antifascist militias, who worked both with and against the allied powers.
What We Are Fighting For
October 2012 328pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 9780745333243 £19.99 Hb 9780745333250 £60 Epub 9781849647991 £19.99 Kindle 9781849647984 £19.99
A Radical Collective Manifesto
September 2012 224pp 198mm x 129mm Pb 9780745332857 £14.99 Hb 9780745332864 £45 Epub 9781849647625 £14.99 Kindle 9781849647632 £14.99
Bleakonomics
October 2012 208pp 215mm x 135mm 10 b & w images Pb 9780745332482 £16.99 Hb 9780745332499 £60 Epub 9781849648011 £16.99 Kindle 9781849648028 £16.99
Analyses the impact of new social media on activism and political dissent, from Cairo to New York.
The Making and Unmaking of a Zionist A Personal and Political Journey
Rob Larson
October 2012 256pp 198mm x 129mm 3 figures Pb 9780745332673 £16.99 Hb 9780745332680 £60 Epub 9781849647861 £16.99 Kindle 9781849647878 £16.99
Tweets and the Streets Paolo Gerbaudo
A Heartwarming Introduction to Financial Catastrophe, the Jobs Crisis and Environmental Destruction
Short and darkly humorous guide to the three great crises plaguing today's world: climate change, inequality and financial crisis.
Leading Middle East analysts consider the causes and consequences of the Arab Spring.
Social Media and Contemporary Activism
Edited by Federico Campagna and Emanuele Campiglio Visions of a different society run in the interests of the 99%. Leading activist voices answer the question the media loves to ask the protesters.
The Dawn of the Arab Uprisings
Antony Lerman August 2012 240pp 230mm x 150mm Hb 9780745332765 £20 Epub 9781849647533 £20 Kindle 9781849647540 £20
Powerful memoir of the personal and political journey of a leading figure in the UK's Jewish community, from idealistic Zionist to critic of Israel.
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The Islamophobia Industry
Capitalism and the Privatisation of Life
How the Right Manufactures Fear of Muslims
Neal Curtis Examines the condition of society in late capitalism where market logic has become the new 'common sense'.
Nathan Lean. Foreword by John L. Esposito August 2012 240pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 9780745332536 £12.99 Hb 9780745332543 £60 Epub 9781849647472 £10.99 Kindle 9781849647489 £10.99
September 2012 184pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 9780745331799 £17.99 Hb 9780745331805 £60 Epub 9781849647748 £17.99 Kindle 9781849647755 £17.99
Disturbing account of the rising tide of Islamophobia sweeping through the United States and Europe.
November 2012 184pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 9780745331553 £21.99 Hb 9780745331560 £70 Epub 9781849647892 £21.99 Kindle 9781849647908 £21.99
How to Look Good in a War
The Fight for Refugee and Migrant Rights
Brian Rappert
Frances Webber. Foreword by Gareth Peirce
Examines the methods used to depict, defend and justify the use of state violence in recent wars, from Iraq to Libya.
The Islamic Utopia
October 2012 256pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 9780745331638 £19.99 Hb 9780745331645 £65 Epub 9781849647717 £19.99 Kindle 9781849647724 £19.99
Highly informed inside account of the prospects for democracy in Saudi Arabia which challenges the West's alliance with the Saudi royal family.
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A campaigning lawyer describes the obstacles to justice for refugees and migrants in the current UK legal system.
Dot.compradors Power and Policy in the Development of the Indian Software Industry
Jyoti Saraswati
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Borderline Justice
Justifying and Challenging State Violence
The Illusion of Reform in Saudi Arabia
October 2012 336pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 9780745332697 £17.99 Hb 9780745332703 £60 Epub 9781849647380 £17.99 Kindle 9781849647397 £17.99
Idiotism
Argues that the celebrated Indian IT industry is in fact a substantial obstacle to a broader-based, more egalitarian form of development in India. July 2012 184pp 215mm x 135mm 8 figures Pb 9780745332659 £17.99 Hb 9780745332666 £60 Epub 9781849647359 £17.99 Kindle 9781849647366 £17.99
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Beyond Occupation
Martyrdom, War and Politics
Apartheid, Colonialism and International Law in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Melissa Finn. Foreword by Yasir Qadhi
Edited by Virginia Tilley September 2012 352pp 230mm x 150mm Pb 9780745332352 £25 Hb 9780745332369 £75 Epub 9781849647441 £25 Kindle 9781849647458 £25
Forensic legal examination of Israel's policies in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
September 2012 264pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 9780745332628 £21.99 Hb 9780745332635 £70 Epub 9781849647502 £21.99 Kindle 9781849647519 £21.99
The Maoists in India Nirmalangshu Mukherji
August 2012 216pp 215mm x 135mm 2 maps Pb 9780745332826 £19.99 Hb 9780745332833 £65 Epub 9781849647564 £18.99 Kindle 9781849647571 £18.99
December 2012 272pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 9780745332970 £19.99 Hb 9780745332895 £65 Epub 9781849648103 £18.99 Kindle 9781849648110 £18.99
Haiti's New Dictatorship
October 2012 208pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 9780745332574 £18.99 Hb 9780745332581 £60 Epub 9781849647830 £18.99 Kindle 9781849647847 £18.99
Draws on a range of global historical experiences to examine the relationship between mass movements and military institutions.
Indonesia Archipelago of Fear
Andre Vltchek. Foreword by Noam Chomsky
The Coup, the Earthquake and the UN Occupation
Charts Haiti's recent history up to the present, including the 2004 coup, the UN occupation and devastating 2010 earthquake.
Arms and the People
Edited by Mike Gonzalez and Houman Barekat
Justin Podur. Foreword by William I Robinson
Insightful examination of the idea of ‘sacrifice’ in al-Qaeda suicide attacks. Goes beyond the usual simplistic accounts of Jihadi movements.
Popular Movements and the Military from the Paris Commune to the Arab Spring
Tribals Under Siege
Delves deep into the intractable but under-reported struggle between the Indian state and Maoist groups who control swathes of the Indian countryside.
Al-Qaeda and Sacrifice
A fascinating journey into the world's most populous Muslim nation as it struggles to emerge from dictatorship and corporate exploitation. August 2012 288pp 215mm x 135mm 15 photographs Pb 9780745331997 £17.99 Hb 9780745332000 £60 Epub 9781849647410 £17.99 Kindle 9781849647427 £17.99
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The Cancer Stage of Capitalism
Tribune of the French Revolution
From Crisis to Cure
Clifford D. Conner Accessible introduction to the most 'dangerous' and subversive figure of the French revolution and a popular, radical journalist.
John McMurtry New edition of a modern classic of critical philosophy, political economy and anti-capitalism. May 2012 192pp 198mm x 129mm 6 photographs Pb 9780745331935 £12.99 Hb 9780745331942 £45 Epub 9781849646802 £12.99 Kindle 9781849646819 £12.99
April 2013 368pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 9780745333137 £19.99 Hb 9780745333144 £65 Epub 9781849648042 £19.99 Kindle 9781849648059 £19.99
The Afghan Solution
Bert The Life and Times of A. L. Lloyd
The Inside Story of Abdul Haq, the CIA and How Western Hubris Lost Afghanistan
October 2011 368pp 241mm x 159mm 16pp colour plates, 2 maps Hb 9780956844903 £20 Epub 9780956844910 £20 Kindle 9780956844934 £20
Jean Paul Marat
Lucy Morgan Edwards
Dave Arthur. Foreword by Richard Thompson OBE. Preface by Rt. Hon. Sir Stephen Sedley
Explosive inside account of why the West has failed to build peace in Afghanistan.
The definitive biography of the folk legend and left-wing activist.
Leila Khaled Icon of Palestinian Liberation
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Index
10 Steps to Repair American Democracy
32
Goodwin, Jeff
35
Publics for Public School
41
Abowitz, Kathleen Knight
41
Gran, Brian K.
42
Rawls, Anne
42
AkyĂźz, Yilmaz
21
Great University Gamble, The
13
Ressler, Oliver
Green Politics in China
29
Rethinking Contemporary Social Theory
37
Hamburg, David A.
42
Ricoveri, Giovanna
11
Hamburg, Eric
42
Saad, Majda Bne
20
American Indians and the American Imaginary 38 Anarchist Turn, The Bambery, Chris
19 6
Barnett, Bernice McNair
40
Hancock, Black Hawk
37
Saraswati, Jyoti
25
Barr, Michael
29
Handbook of Sociology and Human Rights
42
Sartre and Clio
42
Bawtree, Victoria
11
Hayden, Tom
32
Schlosberg, Justin
Beautiful Risk of Education, The
42
Henricks, Thomas S.
34
Scott, Brett
14
Bereketeab, Redie
27
Hill, Steven
32
Seeds of Freedom
41
History of Anthropology, A
31
Selves, Societies, and Emotions
34
Berger, John
8
Beyond the Developmental State
25
Horn of Africa, The
27
Shadow Lives
Biesta, Gert J.J.
42
17
Shiva, Vandana
Biohackers
15
Bloomfield, Veronica
40
Houssami, Eyad How a Century of War Changed the Lives of Women
Blumenfeld, Jacob
19
How to Explain a Social Movement
35
Bottici, Chiara
19
Hudson, Ian
22
Hulliung, Mark
42
Inspiring Participatory Democracy
32
Brittain, Victoria
8
Brunsma, David L.
42
Budrys, Grace
37
Campbell, Christopher D.
42
Changing Lives
36
Changing Politics of Education, The
40
Chernomas, Robert
22
Conundrum of Russian Capitalism, The
28
Corporate Europe
7
Critchley, Simon
19
Cronin, David
7
Delfanti, Alessandro 15 Democratic Uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa 35
It’s the Political Economy, Stupid
5
1
Iyall Smith, Keri E.
42
Kaufmann, Eric P.
38
Keenan, Jeremy
26
Khalidi, Anbara Salam
16
Khalidi, Tarif
16
Khamissy, Dalia
17
Khoury, Elias
17
Krieger, David
34
Language, Resistance and Revival
18
Lazere, Donald
37
Levine, Rhonda F.
41
Mac Ionnrachtaigh, Feargal
18
Derber, Charles
33
Desai, Radhika
23
Magrass, Yale R.
33
Discipline of Western Supremacy, The
24
Making Los Angeles
42
Diversity in America
33
Making Peace with the Earth
10
Domhoff, G. Williams
40
Marxist History of the Second World War, A
6
Doomed by Hope
17
Marxist History of the World, A
4
Dying Sahara, The
26
McChesney, Robert W.
2
Dzarasov, Ruslan
28
McGettigan, Andrew
Eriksen, Thomas Hylland
31
McKnight, David
Fabricant, Michael
40
Memoirs of an Early Arab Feminist
16
Falk, Richard
34
Moloney, Paul
12
Faulkner, Neil
4
Monshipouri, Mahmood
35
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2
Financial Crisis and the Global South, The
21
Murdoch's Politics
Fine, Ben
25
Myth of Liberal Ascendancy, The
40
Fine, Michelle
40
Myth of Universal Human Rights, The
40
Freire, Paulo
39
Nature for Sale
11
Garfinkel, Harold
42
Nielsen, Finn Sivert
31
Garner, Roberta
37
Nyqvist, Anette
30
Garsten, Christina
30
Obi, Cyril
27
Geopolitical Economy
23
Organisational Anthropology
30
Gerhard Lenski's Sociological Theories
40
Papastephanou, Marianna
41
Parrillo, Vincent N.
33
German, Lindsey
48
1
5
Gibney, Mark
40
Path to Zero, The
34
Giroux, Henry A.
36
Pedagogy of Commitment
39
Give Peace a Chance
42
Politics of Islamophobia, The
9
Global Hunger Crisis, The
20
Power Beyond Scrutiny
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Sholette, Gregory
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Spirits Talking
41
Stamos, David N.
40
Stitzlein, Sarah M.
39
Stoehr, Taylor
36
Strong, Pauline Turner
38
Studies in Ethnomethodology
42
Subverting Global Finance
14
Surplus American, The
33
Tavasci, Daniela
25
Taylor, Clark
41
Teaching for Dissent
39
Therapy Industry, The
12
Thinking Critically About Media
37
Thinking Differently About Cosmopolitanism
41
To Live and Die in America
22
Trend, David
41
Tyrer, David van der Pijl, Kees Voices of LGBTQ Students and Teachers Warner, Marina
9 24 40 8, 16
Watching Human Rights
40
When Race Meets Class
41
Whither the Child?
38
Wilcox, W. Bradford
38
Wilson, Anna V.
40
Worlding
41
Wrage, Stephen D.
41
Youth in Revolt
36
Zhang, Joy Y
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