Books for change (63 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: As New. Contents: Introduction. 1. Human rights begins at home. 2. Wife battering is torture. 3. Life after the burning ordeal. 4. Walled in for life. 5. Shelter homes or prisons? 6. Give us this day our wages. 7. Water: a mirage for Shahpur Tribals. 8. We are still branded as thieves. 9. Bonded for life to…

Paperback. Condición: Used; Very Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine. Damaged cover. The cover of is slightly damaged for instance a torn or bent corner. Grubby boo…

Beyond the Profits System makes clear why the desperate resort of Western governments to extraordinary measures to try to avert economic collapse is bound to fail It also forcefully demonstrates why we must abandon the traditional economic logic of endlessly expanding production in pursuit of maximum private profit Rather our on…

With his usual verve and sharpness Samir Amin renowned radical economist explores the systemic crisis of capitalism leading to the 2008 financial collapse lays bare the relationship between dominating oligopolies and the globalisation of the world economy and analyses the attempts by the threatened plutocracies of the US Europe…

There is conclusive evidence that development-induced displacement has an adverse impact upon affected individuals and communities It causes profound disruptions in people?s economic and social life loss of assets and resources deterioration in kinship networks social and food security Displacees are stripped not only of their m…

pbk. Based on his experiences as director of the South Centre the intergovernmental think tank for the South Yash Tandon challenges what he describes as the misdirected aid and development policies of the last 30 years He oers alternative concepts and paradigms of development for policy makers and peoples movements on wide-rangi…

Responding to the need to take a fresh look at world history hitherto dominated by Eurocentric ideologues and historians in their attempt to justify the nature and characterof modern capitalism this book looks at the ancient world system and how it influencedthe development of the modern world It also analyses the origin and nat…

This book brings together stories from around the world that explore and expose the underlying politics of prevention which deny millions of people life-saving education The larger issues and trends in the global fight against AIDS are also studied including the rise of the controversial abstinence-only movement in the US which…

pbk. Let us be engaged in creating another world a world of peace and harmony rather than strife and violence Asghar Ali EngineerSince formal religions have been politicised or used to create and consolidate exploitative relationships they often become cause of tension and confrontation Hence the urgent need for forms of inter-r…