Invisible hands: voices from the global economy
Invisible hands: voices from the global economy
by Goria, Corinne, Akter, Kalpona
fromVoice of witness
The men and women in Invisible Hands reveal the human rights abuses occurring behind the scenes of the global economy. These narrators--including phone manufacturers in China, copper miners in Zambia, garment workers in Bangladesh, and farmers around the world--reveal the secret…
This book looks systematically at the history of the 'underclass' in Britain and the USA over the past 100 years, providing new insights on contemporary debates about behaviour, poverty and welfare reform.
This book looks systematically at the history of the 'underclass' in Britain and the USA over the past 100 years, providing new insights on contemporary debates about behaviour, poverty and welfare reform.
Who are those at the bottom of society? There has been much discussion in recent years, on both Left and Right, about the existence of an alleged ''underclass'' in both Britain and the USA. It has been claimed this group lives outside the mainstream of society, is characterised …
Issues facing public housing in Yonkers and the people who live with the results. In 1987, Nick Wasicsko became the mayor of Yonkers just as the city was ordered by a Federal judge to create new public housing in previously restricted areas of the city. The story follows the ju…
Issues facing public housing in Yonkers and the people who live with the results. In 1987, Nick Wasicsko became the mayor of Yonkers just as the city was ordered by a Federal judge to create new public housing in previously restricted areas of the city. The story follows the ju…
Issues facing public housing in Yonkers and the people who live with the results. In 1987, Nick Wasicsko became the mayor of Yonkers just as the city was ordered by a Federal judge to create new public housing in previously restricted areas of the city. The story follows the ju…
Mass international migration is a response to extreme global inequality, and has an impact on the way we live. The author looks at how people from the world's poorest societies struggle to migrate to the rich West: the effects on those left behind and on the host societies, and …
This is an insightful, expert foray into one of the most toxic issues of our time: immigration.
"This book argues that we have drastically misunderstood the changes taking place in our nation's largest jails and public hospitals. And more generally, the way that states govern urban poverty at the turn of the 21st century. It is widely believed that because we as a society …
"This book argues that we have drastically misunderstood the changes taking place in our nation's largest jails and public hospitals. And more generally, the way that states govern urban poverty at the turn of the 21st century. It is widely believed that because we as a society …
"This book argues that we have drastically misunderstood the changes taking place in our nation's largest jails and public hospitals. And more generally, the way that states govern urban poverty at the turn of the 21st century. It is widely believed that because we as a society …
"This book argues that we have drastically misunderstood the changes taking place in our nation's largest jails and public hospitals. And more generally, the way that states govern urban poverty at the turn of the 21st century. It is widely believed that because we as a society …