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Analysis of the surveillance state from the perspective of those who have been subjected to its repression.

A toolkit for realising a more sustainable and co-operative urban future.

Controversial study of how the ANC compromised their principles to gain power in South Africa.

A revolutionary collection of black radical thought from a historic event in 1968.

What can we learn about capitalism by looking at artworks that take money as their subject?

A radical history of Turkey, from the end of the Ottoman Empire to the present day, rejecting traditional narratives of a 'clash of civilisations'

There are many roads to war, but only one path to peace in North Korea

A powerful petition against the privatisation of the criminal justice system.

Charts the rise of neoliberal Israel to show how Israeli security elites turn violence into a commodity.

A clarion call to shut down the business school!

A sharp analysis of the widening cracks in Israel's traditional pillars of support.

These are the stories of the workers who undermine capitalism at its weakest point.

*Shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2017*In 2011, many Syrians took to the streets of Damascus to demand the overthrown of the government of of Bashar al-Assad. Today, much of Syria has become a warzone where foreign journalists find it almost impossible to report on life in this devastated land.Burning Country explores the horrific and complicated reality of life in present-day Syria with unprecedented detail and sophistication, drawing on new first-hand testimonies from opposition fighters, exiles lost in an archipelago of refugee camps, and courageous human rights activists among many others. These stories are expertly interwoven with a trenchant analysis of the brutalisation of the conflict and the militarisation of the uprising, of the rise of the Islamists and sectarian warfare, and the role of governments in Syria and elsewhere in exacerbating those violent processes.With chapters focusing on ISIS and Islamism, regional geopolitics, the new grassroots revolutionary organisations, and the worst refugee crisis since World War Two, Burning Country is a vivid and groundbreaking look at a modern-day political and humanitarian nightmare.

Draws on thirty years of critical debates and practices by artists and activist groups to advocate the undermining of capitalism through art

Hezbollah provides a new, grounded analysis of the controversial and misunderstood Lebanese party. Where previous books have focused on aspects of the party's identity, the military question or its religious discourse, here Joseph Daher presents an alternative perspective, built upon political economy. *BR**BR*Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Lebanon and dozens of interviews, as well as new archival and other primary sources, Daher's analysis confidently positions Hezbollah within socio-economic and political developments in Lebanon and the Middle East. He emphasises Hezbollah's historic ties with its main sponsor, the Islamic Republic of Iran, its media and cultural wings and its relationship with Western economic policies.*BR**BR*Further chapters examine the party's policies towards workers' struggles and women's issues, and its orientation towards the sectarian Lebanese political system. Hezbollah is a well informed and fresh analysis of a topic which remains central to our understanding of one of the world's most tumultuous and politically unstable regions.

This book explores both the complexities of local situations and the power relations that shape the global order. He shows how historically informed anthropological perspectives can contribute to debates about democratisation by incorporating a 'view from below' and revealing forces that shape power relations behind the formal facade of state institutions. *BR**BR*Examples are drawn from Brazil, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guatemala, Indonesia, India, Mexico, Peru, Sierra Leone, South Africa and Sri Lanka, amongst others.

The exploitation of migrant workers in the Gulf is explored in this accessible yet in-depth analysis by scholars from the region.

The ABCs of Political Economy is an accessible introduction to modern political economy. While informed by the work of Marx, Keynes, Veblen, Kalecki and other great political economists, Robin Hahnel teaches the reader the essential tools necessary to understand economic issues today from a modern perspective, searching for ways to replace the economics of competition and greed with the economics of equitable co-operation. The ABCs of Political Economy empowers people who are dissatisfied with today's economies but are often intimidated by conventional economic analysis. No previous economics background is assumed, and everything is explained in verbal form in eight core chapters.Examining the nature of today's economic market, issues of economic justice, macroeconomics and globalization, Robin Hahnel provides an ideal introduction to key economic ideas, offering a critical perspective on our present system and outlining clear alternatives for the future.

A textbook that will set the standard for the new movement for pluralist economics

A succinct history of racism, xenophobia and the concept of 'otherness' from ancient Greece to the present day.

A reflective, critical perspective on the evolution of cyberspace.

Examines the reform proposals for the World Bank.

A study of popular politics in Belfast from 1905-23.

Thirteen distinguised authors explore key questions on Third World democratisation.

A comprehensive look at energy and environmental problems, and their possible solutions and costs.

From Rio to reality in the developing world

The ethics of animal genetic engineering, and the wider controversies surrounding animal experimentation and welfare, are the focus of much public debate.

A critical analysis of the theoretical and programmatic problems and contradictions of the socialist ideal.

Is sexuality innate or socially determined? How has the history of sexuality been constructed? The author's survey introduces the literature and perspectives of writers from Freud to Scruton and provides a critical commentary along with explanations of the issues involved.