"This study seeks to open the way for a better understanding of the environmental conflict, showing how language can be seen to shape our view of what environmental politics is really about and how those perceptions can differ between countries."--[Source inconnue].
This book of essays is written in honour of James Petras, in recognition of his intellectual achievements and political interventionsa "his steadfast principles, distinguished scholarship, extraordinary writing and uncompromising dedication to the popular struggles of millions a…
Bleakonomics is a short and darkly humorous guide to the three great crises plaguing today's world : environmental degradation, social conflict in the age of austerity and financial instability.
Présentation de l'éditeur : "The hegemony of finance compels a new orientation for everyone and everything: companies care more about the moods of their shareholders than about longstanding commercial success; governments subordinate citizen welfare to appeasing creditors; and i…
The word "crisis" denotes a break, a discontinuity, a rupture-a moment after which the normal order can continue no longer. Yet our political vocabulary today is suffused with the rhetoric of crisis, to the point that supposed abnormalities have been normalized. How can the noti…
"An excellent study of how neoliberalism is causing a crisis in Germany. One of the German-speaking world's leading young sociologists lays out modern Germany's social and political crisis and its implications for the future of the European hegemon. Upward social mobility repres…
'Critical Globalization Studies' is a comprehensive critical volume on globalisation that balances both theory and practice. It includes pieces on contemporary globalisation theory as well as accounts of globalisation on the ground.
This book tackles fundamental questions about the nature of personal, political, and national identities and their linkage to big events_revolutions, social movements, democratization, and other processes of political and social change. Tilly focuses on the role of stories, as m…
Charles Tilly's newest book tackles fundamental questions about the nature of personal, political, and national identities and their linkage to big events-- revolutions, social movements, democratization, and other processes of political and social change. In this book, Tilly fo…
"Dialectical Imaginaries brings together essays that analyze the effects of class conflict and capitalist ideology on contemporary works of U.S. Latino/a literature. The editors argue that recent global events have compelled contemporary scholars to reexamine traditional interpr…
