In Post-Work, Stanley Aronowitz and Jonathan Cutler have collected essays from a variety of scholars to discuss the dreary future of work. The introduction, The Post-Work Manifesto, provides the framework for a radical reappraisal of work and suggests an alternative organization…
Trade, along with the free movement of capital, is at the heart of today's international economy. But international trade is an intensely political and contested subject. This book traces the history of global trade, the impact of current global trading arrangements on poverty, …
"Greg Buckman argues that economic globalization has never been an inevitable part of human history. This is persuasively articulated in the first half of the book, where a comprehensible overview is provided of how globalization came about. Globalization is eminently reversible…
In clear, accessible language, the authors describe how people around the world have started challenging the New World Economy.
Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink examine a type of pressure group that has been largely ignored by political analysts: networks of activists that coalesce and operate across national frontiers. Their targets may be international organizations or the policies of particular st…
Montre que l'automne 2010 a vu croître un des plus impressionnants mouvements sociaux depuis Mai 68 en France. Analyse ce mouvement et tente "à chaud" de le resituer dans une perspective longue, celles des luttes sociales et des mouvements de contestation du néolibéralisme, de l…
by Guérin-Henni, Anne, Paty, Dominique
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Monograph on social movements of the 1970s to combat industryal pollution of the environment (incl. Work environment) in France - reports on two major industrial enterprises causing air pollution and water pollution through asbestos, fluorides and other toxic substances, reviews…
Contains 11 essays which discuss critically the conception of civil society implicit in donor assistance programmes and the methods by which donors implement such aid. Focuses largely on two aid programmes: USAID and PHARE (the European Community programme for assistance).
Examines the possibilities for a new-style solidarity suited to a complex capitalist modernity. Explores the past internationalism of labour and socialism and the present one of radical-democratic social movements, discussing how the Left might build on this experience to recove…
"Finally, the book we've all been waiting for! With gripping tales of grassroots experiments in social justice unionism from the 1960s to the present, Vanessa Tait cracks wide open our concept of what a labor movement looks like, and shows how it can be part and parcel of moveme…
Studies how people have combined to influence and change cities, beginning with the transition from feudalism to an absolutist state through to the urban problems of the post-industrial society. Covers contemporary urban protest movements the relationship between culture and spa…
"Putnam's work shows how social bonds are the most powerful predictor of life satisfaction. For example, he reports that getting married is the equivalent of quadrupling your income and attending a club meeting regularly is the equivalent of doubling your income. The loss of soc…
Examines empire networks throughout history and in the present day, arguing that key issues within the new world order may enable significant social transformation and global democracy.
Monograph on the communist political party in India, with particular reference to its maoist and ultra leftist factions in West bengal - analyses political ideology, and the historical and sociological aspects (incl. Social movement aspects) of the origins of the maoist movement…
