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10 Reasons to Abolish the IMF & World Bankby Kevin Danaher, Anuradha MittalISBN 1583226338 (1-58322-633-8)
Softcover, Seven Stories Pr
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50 Years Is Enough: The Case Against the World Bank and the International Monetary Fundby Kevin DanaherISBN 0896084957 (0-89608-495-7)
Softcover, South End Pr
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Activists Beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politicsby Margaret E. Keck, Kathryn SikkinkISBN 0801484561 (0-8014-8456-1)
Softcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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African Intimacies: Race, Homosexuality, And Globalizationby Neville Wallace HoadISBN 0816649162 (0-8166-4916-2)
Softcover, Univ of Minnesota Pr
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After The New Economyby Doug HenwoodISBN 1565849833 (1-56584-983-3)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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After Hegemony: Cooperation And Discord In The World Political Economyby Robert O. KeohaneISBN 0691122482 (0-691-12248-2)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Against the Dead Hand: The Uncertain Struggle for Global Capitalismby Brink LindseyISBN 0471442771 (0-471-44277-1)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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American Patriotism in a Global Societyby Betty Jean CraigeISBN 0791429601 (0-7914-2960-1)
Softcover, State Univ of New York Pr
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The Anthropology of Globalization: A Readerby Renato Rosaldo, Jonathan Xavier IndaISBN 0631222332 (0-631-22233-2)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Povertyby Muhammad YunusISBN 1586481983 (1-58648-198-3)
Softcover, Public Affairs
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty'Book summary:Muhammad Yunus is that rare thing: a bona fide visionary. His dream is the total eradication of poverty from the world. In 1983, against the advice of banking and government officials, Yunus established Grameen, a bank devoted to providing the poorest of Bangladesh with minuscule loans. Grameen Bank, based on the belief that credit is a basic human right, not the privilege of a fortunate few, now provides over 2.5 billion dollars of micro-loans to more than two million families in rural Bangladesh. Ninety-four percent of Yunus's clients are women, and repayment rates are near 100 percent. Around the world, micro-lending programs inspired by Grameen are blossoming, with more than three hundred programs established in the United States alone.[via]
Banker to the Poor is Muhammad Yunus's memoir of how he decided to change his life in order to help the world's poor. In it he traces the intellectual and spiritual journey that led him to fundamentally rethink the economic relationship between rich and poor, and the challenges he and his colleagues faced in founding Grameen. He also provides wise, hopeful guidance for anyone who would like to join him in "putting homelessness and destitution in a museum so that one day our children will visit it and ask how we could have allowed such a terrible thing to go on for so long." The definitive history of micro-credit direct from the man that conceived of it, Banker to the Poor is necessary and inspirational reading for anyone interested in economics, public policy, philanthropy, social history, and business.
Muhammad Yunus was born in Bangladesh and earned his Ph.D. in economics in the United States at Vanderbilt University, where he was deeply influenced by the civil rights movement. He still lives in Bangladesh, and travels widely around the world on behalf of Grameen Bank and the concept of micro-credit.More editions of Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty:
Beyond Borders: Thinking Critically About Global Issuesby Paula S. RothenbergISBN 0716773899 (0-7167-7389-9)
Softcover, Worth Pub
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Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenagersby Alissa QuartISBN 0738208620 (0-7382-0862-0)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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A Brief History of Globalization: The Untold Story of Our Incredible Shrinking Planetby Alex MacgillvrayISBN 0786717106 (0-7867-1710-6)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Bringing the Empire Back Home: France in the Global Ageby Herman LebovicsISBN 0822332604 (0-8223-3260-4)
Hardcover, Duke Univ Pr
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The Case Against the Global Economy: And for a Turn Toward the Localby Edward Goldsmith, Jerry ManderISBN 0871568659 (0-87156-865-9)
Softcover, Sierra Club Books
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The Case Against the Global Economy : And for a Turn Toward the Localby Jerry Mander, Edward GoldsmithISBN 0871563525 (0-87156-352-5)
Hardcover, Random House, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Case Against the Global Economy : And for a Turn Toward the Local'Book summary:"Economic globalization," writes Jerry Mander, "involves arguably the most fundamental redesign of the planet's political and economic arrangements since at least the Industrial Revolution. Yet the profound implications of these fundamental changes have barely been exposed to serious public scrutiny or debate. Despite the scale of the global reordering, neither our elected officials nor our educational institutions nor the mass media have made a credible effort to describe what is being formulated or to explain its root philosophies." From which omission arises The Case Against the Global Economy.
The 43 essays in this collection comprise a point-by-point analysis of globalization and its consequences that demonstrates that the future may not be as bright as business leaders tell us. Among the highlights: William Greider examines how General Electric works to shape (with the goal of controlling) the political arena; Ralph Nader and Lori Wallach attack NAFTA and GATT for undermining the sovereign authority of democratic governments; and Wendell Berry looks at the concerted efforts of big business to destroy local, particularly rural, communities in order to plunder the environment without opposition. Several authors, including Satish Kumar, Jeanette Armstrong, and Kirkpatrick Sale, outline alternatives to the global economy based on "bioregional" principles of local self-sufficiency. [via]
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The Cash Nexus: Money and Power in the Modern World, 1700-2000by Niall FergusonISBN 0465023266 (0-465-02326-6)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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The Chastening: Inside the Crisis That Rocked the Global Financial System and Humbled the Imfby Paul BlusteinISBN 1586481819 (1-58648-181-9)
Softcover, Public Affairs
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The Commanding Heights Pt. 1: The Battle for the World Economyby Daniel Yergin, Joseph StanislawISBN 0684848112 (0-684-84811-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Commanding Heights: The Battle Between Government and the Marketplace That Is Remaking the Modern Worldby Daniel Yergin, Joseph StanislawISBN 0684829754 (0-684-82975-4)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Commanding Heights: The Battle Between Government and the Marketplace That Is Remaking the Modern World'Book summary:The "commanding heights," according to Pulitzer Prize-winner Daniel Yergin and international business advisor Joseph Stanislaw, are those dominant enterprises and industries that form the high economic ground in nations around the globe. In their analysis of the new world economy, The Commanding Heights: The Battle Between Government and the Marketplace That Is Remaking the Modern World, they examine "the individuals, the ideas, the conflicts, and the turning points" that are responsible. And by considering events such as the ongoing Asian monetary crisis, they suggest what the ultimate interconnection of financial markets might mean in the future. [via]
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The Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economyby Daniel Yergin, Joseph StanislawISBN 068483569X (0-684-83569-X)
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The Competitive Advantage of Nationsby Michael E. PorterISBN 0684841479 (0-684-84147-9)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Competitive Advantage of Nations'Book summary:Now beyond its 11th printing and translated into twelve languages, Michael Porter's The Competitive Advantage of Nations has changed completely our conception of how prosperity is created and sustained in the modern global economy. Porter's groundbreaking study of international competitiveness has shaped national policy in countries around the world. It has also transformed thinking and action in states, cities, companies, and even entire regions such as Central America.
Based on research in ten leading trading nations, The Competitive Advantage of Nations offers the first theory of competitiveness based on the causes of the productivity with which companies compete. Porter shows how traditional comparative advantages such as natural resources and pools of labor have been superseded as sources of prosperity, and how broad macroeconomic accounts of competitiveness are insufficient. The book introduces Porter's "diamond," a whole new way to understand the competitive position of a nation (or other locations) in global competition that is now an integral part of international business thinking. Porter's concept of "clusters," or groups of interconnected firms, suppliers, related industries, and institutions that arise in particular locations, has become a new way for companies and governments to think about economies, assess the competitive advantage of locations, and set public policy.
Even before publication of the book, Porter's theory had guided national reassessments in New Zealand and elsewhere. His ideas and personal involvement have shaped strategy in countries as diverse as the Netherlands, Portugal, Taiwan, Costa Rica, and India, and regions such as Massachusetts, California, and the Basque country. Hundreds of cluster initiatives have flourished throughout the world. In an era of intensifying global competition, this pathbreaking book on the new wealth of nations has become the standard by which all future work must be measured. [via]
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The Condition of Postmodernity: An Enquiry into the Origins of Cultural Changeby David HarveyISBN 0631162941 (0-631-16294-1)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Condition of Postmodernity: An Enquiry into the Origins of Cultural Change'Book summary:The Condition of Postmodernity is David Harvey's seminal history of this, our most equivocal of eras. What does postmodernism mean? Where did it come from? Harvey, a Professor of Geography, and a key mover behind extending the scope and influence of the discipline of geography itself, does a thorough job here delineating the passage through to postmodernity and the economic, social and political changes that underscored and accompanied it. As he clearly states, the rise in postmodernist cultural forms is related to a new intensity in what Harvey terms "time-space compression" but this new intensity is a qualitive and not a quantitive change in social organisation and does not point to a era beyond capitalism as "the basic rules of capitalistic accumulation" remain unchanged. Unlike Fredric Jameson (whose equally rewarding Postmodernism stands as the twin pillar to Harvey's critique), who explicitly relies on Ernest Mandel's periodisation of Late Capitalism, Harvey eschews a narrowly economic focus, the limits and contradictions of production that have led to the rise in the service sector, and takes a more multidisciplinary approach to his history: as comfortable discussing Manet as he is labour markets. Harvey is an excellent writer and The Condition of Postmodernity is an exceptionally informative and enjoyable read. Mark Thwaite [via]
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The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terrorby Bernard LewisISBN 0812967852 (0-8129-6785-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror'Book summary:After the terrorist attacks of September 11, many Americans yearned to understand why Muslim extremists felt such passionate animosity toward the Western world, particularly the United States. Since that historic attack there have been many books and discussions about this very question, but few of them offer such a readable and relevant response as this excellent offering by renowned historian Bernard Lewis (What Went Wrong?). For modern Westerners, Islam is an especially foreign religion and culture to understand. For instance, Westerners typically dismiss things as unimportant when using the expression "thats history." But for those raised in Muslim households, historyeven ancient historyis just as important (if not more important) as the present. And to better understand the hostilities rooted in this historyone could start with recognizing the long-standing resentment the Islamic community harbors from having its homelands torn apart and re-packaged into random political states by occupying Europeans (Westerners). Or stretch back in time to the brutality of the Crusades. Or go straight to the U.S. political meddling in the region throughout the latter 20th century.
This is not a pity fest for Muslims. Lewis even-handedly explores the sources of Islamic antagonism toward the West while also explaining how a supposedly peace-worshipping religion could be so distorted by violent extremism. He notes that the American way of lifeespecially that of fulfillment through material gain and sexual freedomis a direct threat to Islamic values (which is why night clubsplaces where men and women publicly touch one anotherare targets of bombings). But it is basic Western democracy that especially threatens Islamic extremists, notes Lewis, because within its own community more and more Muslims are coming to value the freedom that political democracy allows. For anyone wanting an intelligent and accessible primer on the Islamic-Western conflict, this is an excellent place to begin. Gail Hudson [via]More editions of The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror:
Dark Victory: The United States and Global Povertyby Shea Cunningham, Bill Rau, Waldon BelloISBN 0935028765 (0-935028-76-5)
Softcover, Perseus Distribution Services
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Development and Social Change: A Global Perspectiveby Philip McMichaelISBN 0761988106 (0-7619-8810-6)
Softcover, Pine Forge Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective'Book summary:The Second Edition of this popular textbook has been conceptually reworked to take account of the instabilities underlying the project of global development. While the conceptual framework of viewing development as shifting from a national, to a global, project remains, new issues such as the active engagement in the development project by Third World elites and peoples are considered.
The first four chapters cover the rise and fall of the "development project" around the world. The next three cover the period of globalization, from the mid 1980s onwards. The final two chapters rethink globalization and development for the 21st century. Throughout, extensive use is made of case studies.
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End of the Line: The Rise and Coming Fall of the Global Corporationby BARRY C. LYNNISBN 0767915879 (0-7679-1587-9)
Softcover, Doubleday
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› Find signed collectible books: 'End of the Line: The Rise and Coming Fall of the Global Corporation'Book summary:In September 1999, an earthquake devastated much of Taiwan, toppling buildings, knocking out electricity, and killing 2,500 people. Within days, factories as far away as California and Texas began to close. Cut off from their supplies of semiconductor chips, companies like Dell and Hewlett-Packard began to shutter assembly lines and send workers home. A disaster that only a decade earlier would have been mainly local in nature almost cascaded into a grave global crisis. The quake, in an instant, illustrated just how closely connected the world had become and just how radically different are the risks we all now face.
End of the Line is the first real anatomy of globalization. It is the story of how American corporations created a global production system by exploding the traditional factory and casting the pieces to dozens of points around the world. It is the story of how free trade has made American citizens come to depend on the good will of people in very different nations, in very different regions of the world. It is a story of how executives and entrepreneurs at such companies as General Electric, Cisco, Dell, Microsoft, and Flextronics adapted their companies to a world in which Americas international policies were driven ever more by ideology rather than a focus on the long-term security and well-being of society.
Politicians have long claimed that free trade creates wealth and fosters global stability. Yet Lynn argues that the exact opposite may increasingly be true, as the resulting global system becomes ever more vulnerable to terrorism, war, and the vagaries of nature. From a lucid explanation of outsourcings true impact on American workers to an eye-opening analysis of the ideologies that shape free-market competition, Lynn charts a path between the extremes of left and right. He shows that globalization can be a great force for spreading prosperity and promoting peacebut only if we master its complexities and approach it in a way that protects and advances our national interest. [via]More editions of End of the Line: The Rise and Coming Fall of the Global Corporation:
Expressing America: A Critique of the Global Credit Card Societyby George RitzerISBN 0803990448 (0-8039-9044-8)
Softcover, Pine Forge Pr
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Facing the World: Orthodox Thoughts on Global Perspectivesby Anastasios, Pavlos GottfriedISBN 0881412465 (0-88141-246-5)
Softcover, St Vladimirs Seminary Pr
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Fast Food Nationby Eric SchlosserISBN 0618130977 (0-618-13097-7)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fast Food Nation'Book summary:On any given day, one out of four Americans opts for a quick and cheap meal at a fast-food restaurant, without giving either its speed or its thriftiness a second thought. Fast food is so ubiquitous that it now seems as American, and harmless, as apple pie. But the industry's drive for consolidation, homogenization, and speed has radically transformed America's diet, landscape, economy, and workforce, often in insidiously destructive ways. Eric Schlosser, an award-winning journalist, opens his ambitious and ultimately devastating exposé with an introduction to the iconoclasts and high school dropouts, such as Harlan Sanders and the McDonald brothers, who first applied the principles of a factory assembly line to a commercial kitchen. Quickly, however, he moves behind the counter with the overworked and underpaid teenage workers, onto the factory farms where the potatoes and beef are grown, and into the slaughterhouses run by giant meatpacking corporations. Schlosser wants you to know why those French fries taste so good (with a visit to the world's largest flavor company) and "what really lurks between those sesame-seed buns." Eater beware: forget your concerns about cholesterol, there is--literally--feces in your meat.
Schlosser's investigation reaches its frightening peak in the meatpacking plants as he reveals the almost complete lack of federal oversight of a seemingly lawless industry. His searing portrayal of the industry is disturbingly similar to Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, written in 1906: nightmare working conditions, union busting, and unsanitary practices that introduce E. coli and other pathogens into restaurants, public schools, and homes. Almost as disturbing is his description of how the industry "both feeds and feeds off the young," insinuating itself into all aspects of children's lives, even the pages of their school books, while leaving them prone to obesity and disease. Fortunately, Schlosser offers some eminently practical remedies. "Eating in the United States should no longer be a form of high-risk behavior," he writes. Where to begin? Ask yourself, is the true cost of having it "your way" really worth it? --Lesley Reed [via]
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Mealby Eric SchlosserISBN 0395977894 (0-395-97789-4)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Schlosser's investigation reaches its frightening peak in the meatpacking plants as he reveals the almost complete lack of federal oversight of a seemingly lawless industry. His searing portrayal of the industry is disturbingly similar to Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, written in 1906: nightmare working conditions, union busting, and unsanitary practices that introduce E. coli and other pathogens into restaurants, public schools, and homes. Almost as disturbing is his description of how the industry "both feeds and feeds off the young," insinuating itself into all aspects of children's lives, even the pages of their school books, while leaving them prone to obesity and disease. Fortunately, Schlosser offers some eminently practical remedies. "Eating in the United States should no longer be a form of high-risk behavior," he writes. Where to begin? Ask yourself, is the true cost of having it "your way" really worth it? --Lesley Reed [via]
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Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connectionby Anna Lowenhaupt TsingISBN 069112065X (0-691-12065-X)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Future Shockby Alvin TofflerISBN 0553144316 (0-553-14431-6)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Global Activists' Manual: Local Ways to Change the Worldby United for a Fair Economy, Laura Raymond, Mike ProkoschISBN 1560254017 (1-56025-401-7)
Softcover, Nation Books
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Global Capitalism: Its Fall and Rise in the Twentieth Centuryby Jeffry A. FriedenISBN 039332981X (0-393-32981-X)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Global City: New York, London, Tokyoby Saskia SassenISBN 0691070636 (0-691-07063-6)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Global Shadows: Africa in the Neoliberal World Orderby James FergusonISBN 0822337177 (0-8223-3717-7)
Softcover, Duke Univ Pr
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Global Transformations: Politics, Economics & Cultureby David Goldblatt, Anthony G. McGrew, Jonathan Perraton, David HeldISBN 0804736278 (0-8047-3627-8)
Softcover, Stanford Univ Pr
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Global Transformations: Politics, Economics & Cultureby David HeldISBN 074561499X (0-7456-1499-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Global Transformations: Politics, Economics & Culture'Book summary:This widely acclaimed book throws new light on the complex processes that are reshaping the contemporary world. All too often debates about globalization -- and about whether it implies the end of the nation--state -- have descended into polemics and confusion. Please visit the accompanying website at: http://.polity.co.uk/global [via]
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Global Uprising: Confronting the Tyrannies of the 21st Century Stories from a New Generation of Activistsby Linda Wolf, Neva WeltonISBN 0865714460 (0-86571-446-0)
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Globalization and Culture: Global Melangeby Jan Nederveen PieterseISBN 0742528022 (0-7425-2802-2)
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Globalization and Its Discontentsby Saskia SassenISBN 1565843959 (1-56584-395-9)
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Globalization and the Politics of Development in the Middle Eastby Robert Springborg, Clement M. HenryISBN 0521626315 (0-521-62631-5)
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Globalization and the Postcolonial World: The New Political Economy of Developmentby Ankie HoogveltISBN 0801866928 (0-8018-6692-8)
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Globalization at What Price?: Economic Change and Daily Lifeby Pamela BrubakerISBN 0829814388 (0-8298-1438-8)
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Globalization from Below: The Power of Solidarityby Jeremy Brecher, Tim Costello, Brendan SmithISBN 0896086224 (0-89608-622-4)
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The Globalization of Nothing 2by George RitzerISBN 0761988076 (0-7619-8807-6)
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Globalize Liberation: How to Uproot the System and Build a Better Worldby David SolnitISBN 0872864200 (0-87286-420-0)
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Globaloney: Unraveling The Myths Of Globalizationby Michael VesethISBN 0742536599 (0-7425-3659-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Globaloney: Unraveling The Myths Of Globalization'Book summary:What's the truth about globalization . . . and what's just "globaloney?" Michael Veseth believes that much of what students understand about globalization is really globaloney-bombast built on a few vivid images and exceptional cases that distort more than they reveal about the world around us.
Globaloney separates rhetoric from reality by snapping close-ups of the classic globalization images and comparing them with unexpected alternative visions that resonate with culturally savvy college-aged readers. Do Michael Jordan and Nike really define globalization? Why not David Beckham and World Cup soccer? Is globalization McDonalds and McWorld? Why isn't the global wine market a better metaphor? And what can we learn about how globalization works at the grassroots by comparing the elitist, publicity-hungry Slow Food movement with the massive but virtually invisible international trade in worn and wrinkled second-hand clothes?
Veseth convincingly explains how all globalization is local, why the French so love to hate it, and what Adam Smith has to do with it. The book shows why it is dangerous to generalize about globalization and, through its wealth of examples, demonstrates that globalization is not one big thing but many different yet related, particular things. An ideal supplement for courses on international political economy and international relations, Globaloney is an irreverent but important look at how globalization really works. [via]More editions of Globaloney: Unraveling The Myths Of Globalization:
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The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle Eastby Robert FiskISBN 1400075173 (1-4000-7517-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East'Book summary:During the thirty years that award-winning journalist Robert Fisk has been reporting on the Middle East, he has covered every major event in the region, from the Algerian Civil War to the Iranian Revolution, from the American hostage crisis in Beirut (as one of only two Western journalists in the city at the time) to the Iran-Iraq War, from the Russian invasion of Afghanistan to Israels invasions of Lebanon, from the Gulf War to the invasion and ongoing war in Iraq. Now he brings his knowledge, his firsthand experience and his intimate understanding of the Middle East to a book that addresses the full complexity of its political history and its current state of affairs.
Passionate in his concerns about the region and relentless in his pursuit of the truth, Fisk has been able to enter the world of the Middle East and the lives of its people as few other journalists have. The result is a work of stunning reportage. His unblinking eyewitness testimony to the horrors of war places him squarely in the tradition of the great frontline reporters of the Second World War. His searing descriptions of lives mangled in the chaos of battle and of the battles themselves are at once dreadful and heartrending.
This is also a book of lucid, incisive analysis. Reaching back into the long history of invasion, occupation and colonization in the region, Fisk sets forth this information in a way that makes clear how a history of injustice has condemned the Middle East to war. He lays open the role of the West in the seemingly endless strife and warfare in the region, traces the growth of the Wests involvement and influence there over the past one hundred years, and outlines the Wests record of support for some of the most ruthless leaders in the Middle East. He chronicles the ever-more-powerful military presence of the United States and tracks the consequent, increasingly virulent anti-Westernand particularly anti-Americansentiment among the regions Muslim populations.
Fisk interweaves this history with his own vividly rendered experiences in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Algeria, Israel, Palestine and Lebanonon the front lines; behind the scenes; in the streets of cities and villages; and inside military headquarters, the hideouts of guerrillas, the homes of ordinary citizens. Here, too, are indelible portraits of Osama bin Laden, Ayatollah Khomeini and Yassir Arafat, among othersall of whom he has met face-to-facerevelatory in their apprehension of the individuals and the ideologies they represent.
Finally, The Great War for Civilisation is the story of journalists in war: of their attempts to report the first, impartial drafts of history, to monitor the centers of power, to challenge authority ( especially . . . when governments and politicians take us to war ) and to battle an increasingly partisan worldwide media in their determination to report the truth.
Unflinching, provocative, brilliantly writtena work of major importance for todays world. [via]More editions of The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East:
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Imperial Hubris: Why The West Is Losing The War On Terrorby Anonymous, Michael ScheuerISBN 1574888625 (1-57488-862-5)
Softcover, Potomac Books Inc
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According to the author, the greatest danger for Americans confronting the Islamist threat is to believeat the urging of U.S. leadersthat Muslims attack us for what we are and what we think rather than for what we do. Blustering political rhetoric informs the public that the Islamists are offended by the Western worlds democratic freedoms, civil liberties, inter-mingling of genders, and separation of church and state. However, although aspects of the modern world may offend conservative Muslims, no Islamist leader has fomented jihad to destroy participatory democracy, for example, the national association of credit unions, or coed universities.
Instead, a growing segment of the Islamic world strenuously disapproves of specific U.S. policies and their attendant military, political, and economic implications. Capitalizing on growing anti-U.S. animosity, Osama bin Ladens genius lies not simply in calling for jihad, but in articulating a consistent and convincing case that Islam is under attack by America. Al Qaedas public statements condemn Americas protection of corrupt Muslim regimes, unqualified support for Israel, the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan, and a further litany of real-world grievances. Bin Ladens supporters thus identify their problem and believe their solution lies in war. Anonymous contends they will go to any length, not to destroy our secular, democratic way of life, but to deter what they view as specific attacks on their lands, their communities, and their religion. Unless U.S. leaders recognize this fact and adjust their policies abroad accordingly, even moderate Muslims will join the bin Laden camp.Download the Complete Bibliography for this book.
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India Unboundby Gurcharan DasISBN 0670882658 (0-670-88265-8)
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Manifesto for a New World Orderby George MonbiotISBN 1565849086 (1-56584-908-6)
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Mayan Visions: The Quest for Atonomy in an Age of Globalizationby June C. NashISBN 0415928621 (0-415-92862-1)
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Megatrends: Ten New Directions Transforming Our Livesby John NaisbittISBN 0446356816 (0-446-35681-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Megatrends: Ten New Directions Transforming Our Lives'Book summary:Building on the principle that the "most reliable way to anticipate the future, the author identifies the following trends which will transform our lives: (1) Becoming an information society after having been an industrial one. (2) From technology being forced into use, to technology being pulled into use where it is appealing to people. (3) From a predominantly national economy to one in the global marketplace. (4) From short term to long term perspectives. (5) From centralization to decentralization. (6) From getting help through institutions like government to self-help. (7) From representative to participative democracy. (8) From hierarchies to networking. (9) From a northeastern bias to a southwestern one. (10) From seeing things as "either/or" to having more choices. [via]
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Money Makes the World Go Around : One Investor Tracks Her Cash Through the Global Economy, from Brooklyn to Bangkog and Backby Barbara GarsonISBN 0670866601 (0-670-86660-1)
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The Moral Consequences of Economic Growthby Benjamin M. FriedmanISBN 1400095719 (1-4000-9571-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth'Book summary:Ever feel like you just can't get ahead with the bills? You're not alone. More than half of Americans believe the American dream has become impossible for most people to achieve. And two-thirds think this goal will be even harder for the next generation. (One reason for the gloominess--average full-time income has fallen 15 percent since 1975.) All this has Benjamin Friedman worried. In his hefty, 549-page tome, The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth, the acclaimed Harvard economist and advisor to the Federal Reserve Board says economic stagnation is bad for the moral health of a nation. Friedman, a former chair of Harvard's economics department, argues that economic growth is vital to social and political progress. Witness Hitler's Germany. Without growth, people look for answers in intolerance and fear. And that, Friedman warns, is where the U.S. is headed if the economic stagnation of the past three decades doesn't soon reverse. It's not enough for gross domestic product to rise, he says. Growth also has to be more evenly distributed. The rich shouldn't be the only ones getting richer.
Friedman's arguments are provocative but at times lack rigor. In his comparisons of various countries, he offers no objective data to measure their levels of social progress, relying instead on his own--sometimes selective--interpretation of historical events. He glosses over the fact that China, where the economy has grown sevenfold since 1978, has seen little political change in that time. He also acknowledges that the Great Depression--which brought Americans together to achieve great social and political progress--tends to disprove his theory. Friedman makes a good case that the economy sometimes influences social movements, but the jury is still out on exactly when and how that happens. --Alex Roslin [via]
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Mustard Seed Vs. McWorld: Reinventing Life and Faith for the Futureby Tom SineISBN 0801090881 (0-8010-9088-1)
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A New World Orderby Anne-Marie SlaughterISBN 0691123977 (0-691-12397-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A New World Order'Book summary:Global governance is here--but not where most people think. This book presents the far-reaching argument that not only should we have a new world order but that we already do. Anne-Marie Slaughter asks us to completely rethink how we view the political world. It's not a collection of nation states that communicate through presidents, prime ministers, foreign ministers, and the United Nations. Nor is it a clique of NGOs. It is governance through a complex global web of "government networks."
Slaughter provides the most compelling and authoritative description to date of a world in which government officials--police investigators, financial regulators, even judges and legislators--exchange information and coordinate activity across national borders to tackle crime, terrorism, and the routine daily grind of international interactions. National and international judges and regulators can also work closely together to enforce international agreements more effectively than ever before. These networks, which can range from a group of constitutional judges exchanging opinions across borders to more established organizations such as the G8 or the International Association of Insurance Supervisors, make things happen--and they frequently make good things happen. But they are underappreciated and, worse, underused to address the challenges facing the world today.
The modern political world, then, consists of states whose component parts are fast becoming as important as their central leadership. Slaughter not only describes these networks but also sets forth a blueprint for how they can better the world. Despite questions of democratic accountability, this new world order is not one in which some "world government" enforces global dictates. The governments we already have at home are our best hope for tackling the problems we face abroad, in a networked world order.
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Ordinary Person's Guide To Empireby Arundhati RoyISBN 0896087271 (0-89608-727-1)
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The Rise of the Network Societyby Manuel CastellsISBN 1557866171 (1-55786-617-1)
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The Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracyby Noreena HertzISBN 0743234782 (0-7432-3478-2)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Of the world's 100 largest economies, fifty-one are now corporations, only forty-nine are nation-states. The sales of General Motors and Ford are greater than the GDP (gross domestic product) of the whole of sub-Saharan Africa, and Wal-Mart now has a turnover higher than the revenues of most of the states of Eastern Europe. Yet few of us are fully aware of the growing dominance of big business: newspapers continue to place news of the actions of governments on the front page, with business news relegated to the inside pages. But do governments really have more influence over our lives than businesses? Do the parties for which we vote have any real freedom of choice in their actions?
Already sparking intense debate in England and on the Continent, "The Silent Takeover" provides a new and startling take on the way we live now and who really governs us. The widely acclaimed young socio-economist Noreena Hertz brilliantly and passionately reveals how corporations across the world manipulate and pressure governments by means both legal and illegal; how protest, be it in the form of the protesters of Seattle and Genoa or the boycotting of genetically altered foods, is often becoming a more effective political weapon than the ballot-box; and how corporations in many parts of the world are taking over from the state responsibility for everything from providing technology forschools to healthcare for the community.
While the activities of business, frequently under pressure from the media and the consuming public, can range from the beneficial to the pernicious, neither public protest nor corporate power is in any way democratic. What is the fate of democracy in the world of the silent takeover?
"The Silent Takeover" asks us to recognize the growing contradictions of a world divided between haves and have-nots, of gated communities next to ghettos, of extreme poverty and unbelievable riches. In the face of these unacceptable extremes, Noreena Hertz outlines a new agenda to revitalize politics and renew democracy. [via]
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Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supplyby Vandana ShivaISBN 0896086070 (0-89608-607-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply'Book summary:Contents[via]Introduction
Chapter 1 The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply
Chapter 2 Soy Imperialism and the Destruction of Local Food Cultures
Chapter 3 The Stolen Harvest Under the Sea
Chapter 4 Mad Cows and Sacred Cows
Chapter 5 The Stolen Harvest of Seed
Chapter 6 Genetic Engineering and Food Security
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Take It Personally : How to Make Conscious Choices to Change the Worldby Anita RoddickISBN 1573247073 (1-57324-707-3)
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Third Waveby Alvin TofflerISBN 0553246984 (0-553-24698-4)
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Three Billion New Capitalists: The Great Shift of Wealth and Power to the Eastby Clyde PrestowitzISBN 0465062822 (0-465-06282-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Three Billion New Capitalists: The Great Shift of Wealth And Power to the East'Book summary:By the beginning of this century it was already commonplace to speak of the U.S. as a hyperpower, to talk of its military, political, and economic clout as unprecedented in world history, and to assume that American dominance would continue at least throughout our lifetimes. It is conventional wisdom that America will have no serious rivals for at least a generation. But the American position is far more fragile and ephemeral than much of the world believes.Clyde Prestowitz shows the powerful yet barely visible trends that are threatening to end the six-hundred-year run of Western domination of the world. The trends include Americas increasingly unsustainable trade deficits; the equally unsustainable (and dangerous) buildup of massive dollar reserves in places like Japan and China; the end of Americas position as the worlds premier center for invention and technological innovation; the sudden entrance of 2.5 billion people in India and China into the worlds skilled job market; the role of the World Wide Web in permitting many formerly localized jobs to be done anywhere in the world; and the demographic meltdown of Europe, Japan, Russia, and, in later decades, even China.Three Billion New Capitalists is a clear-eyed and profoundly unsettling look at Americas and the worlds economic future, from an author with a history of predicting the important trends long before they become apparent to others.[via]More editions of Three Billion New Capitalists: The Great Shift of Wealth and Power to the East:
Tropic of Orangeby Karen Tei YamashitaISBN 1566890640 (1-56689-064-0)
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What Is Globalization?by Ulrich Beck, Patrick CamillerISBN 0745621260 (0-7456-2126-0)
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Why Do People Hate America?by Ziauddin Sardar, Merryl Wyn DaviesISBN 0971394253 (0-9713942-5-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Why Do People Hate America?'Book summary:The controversial bestseller that caused huge waves in the UK! The Independent calls it "required reading." Noam Chomsky says it "contains valuable information that we should know, over here, for our own good, and the world's." We call it our biggest book so far and will be backing it from day one with guaranteed co-op spending, a national publicity and review blitz, talk radio bookings, various retail sales aids including postcards, and of course the usual full court press on the Web and via email.
This is NOT just another 9/11 book: it is the book for those of us trying to understand why America--and Americans--are targets for hate. Many people do hate America, in Europe, Asia, South America and Africa, as well as in the Middle East. Ziauddin Sardar and Merryl Wyn Davies explore the global impact of America's foreign policy and its corporate and cultural power, placing this unprecedented dominance in the context of America's own perception of itself. In doing so, they consider TV and the Hollywood machine as a mirror which reflects both the American Dream and the American Nightmare. Their analysis provides an important contribution to a debate which needs to be addressed by people of all nations, cultures, religions and political persuasions--and especially by Americans.
Described by The Times Higher Education Supplement as "packed with tightly argued points," the book is carefully researched and built to withstand the inevitable criticism that will be aimed at it. A book that some reviewers will love to hate and others will praise for its insights, it's guaranteed to cause a stir.
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