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11 produkter
Long Retreat
Strategies to Reverse the Decline of the Left
Häftad, 2024
293 kr
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'A man of enormous intellect, knowledge and bravery' - Jeremy Corbyn MP'Perhaps the most prominent Marxist thinker in the post-Soviet space' – Open DemocracyAuthoritarianism is rampant across the globe. Right-wing governments from Russia to America oversee wars from Ukraine to Palestine, while …
Next Threat
Western Perceptions of Islam
Av Jochen Hippler, Andrea Lueg
Häftad, 1995
487 kr
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Western perceptions of the Middle East have all too often been simplified. Islamic culture can easily be stereotyped in the Western media and even into this century the orient has been romanticised and mythologised. In The Next Threat, five authors from widely differing backgrounds argue that these …
Democratisation of Disempowerment
The Problem of Democracy in the Third World
Häftad, 1995
487 kr
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The Democratisation of Disempowerment explores key questions on Third World democratisation. Examining local elites and social movements, violence and Western foreign policy, Islamic political movements and economic preconditions--and how all of these contribute or subvert the chances of democracy …
Dark Victory
The United States and Global Poverty
Av Walden Bello
Häftad, 1998
293 kr
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Hunger and malnutrition stalk the countries of the South. Over the last twenty years, as the populations of these countries have increased, so too has mass poverty on a grotesque scale. In this fiercely critical study of Western aid giving, Walden Bello offers a persuasive argument that …
Bases of Empire
The Global Struggle Against U.S. Military Posts
Häftad, 2008
326 kr
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This book examines US military bases across the globe including those in Latin America, Europe, and Asia. It documents the massive political, economic and environmental impacts that these outposts have and studies the movements and campaigns against them.US Military bases form a huge global system …
Agrofuels
Big Profits, Ruined Lives and Ecological Destruction
Häftad, 2010
463 kr
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Agrofuels were heralded as a key weapon in the fight against climate change, but the deforestation and theft of agricultural land that was essential to farmers in the developing world, suggests that they are doing more harm than good.Francois Houtart argues that the green potential of agrofuels has …
Agrofuels
Big Profits, Ruined Lives and Ecological Destruction
Inbunden, 2010
947 kr
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Agrofuels were heralded as a key weapon in the fight against climate change, but the deforestation and theft of agricultural land that was essential to farmers in the developing world, suggests that they are doing more harm than good.Francois Houtart argues that the green potential of agrofuels has …
Secure and the Dispossessed
How the Military and Corporations are Shaping a Climate-Changed World
Av Nick Buxton, Ben Hayes
Inbunden, 2015
1193 kr
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While the world's scientists and many of its inhabitants despair at the impact of climate change, corporate and military leaders see nothing but opportunities. For them, melting ice caps mean newly accessible fossil fuels, borders to be secured from 'climate refugees', social conflicts to be …
Secure and the Dispossessed
How the Military and Corporations are Shaping a Climate-Changed World
Av Nick Buxton, Ben Hayes
Häftad, 2015
293 kr
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While the world's scientists and many of its inhabitants despair at the impact of climate change, corporate and military leaders see nothing but opportunities. For them, melting ice caps mean newly accessible fossil fuels, borders to be secured from 'climate refugees', social conflicts to be …
Dismantling Green Colonialism
Energy and Climate Justice in the Arab Region
Av Hamza Hamouchene, Katie Sandwell
Häftad, 2023
276 kr
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'A thought-provoking book which empowers its readers to think about the problems in systematic, transformative ways' - Fadhel Kaboub, President of the Global Institute for Sustainable ProsperityThe Arab region is a focus of world politics, with authoritarian regimes, significant fossil fuel …
