This text discusses social movements and socialist politics. It looks at the changing face of socialist politics, examining the concepts of difference, value and emancipatory political processes.
The central themes of this book are the origin of movements in the socio-economic contradictions of post-independence India; their effect on political developments, in particular the disintegration of Congress hegemony; their relation to ...
The book's findings are relevant not only throughout Latin America but in Eastern Europe, Russia, South Africa, India, and other regions of the world where political, social, and intellectual forces continue to defy predictions about the ...
Yet far more lies between Che Guevara and Marcos than that the former was a cigar-addict whilst the latter goes nowhere without his pipe. This essay is no contrast between the two.
The Zapatista uprising on New Year's Day 1994 in the Chiapas region of Mexico attracted the attention of the world and inspired everyone interested in social change beyond the confines...
This book surveys four key areas: governance, education and crime, economic models, and the repurposing of vacant urban land.
John D. Donahue and Richard J. Zeckhauser, Collaborative Governance: Private Roles for Pubic Goal; in Turbulent Times (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2011), p. 9. . Bernard Marr and James Creelman, More with Less: Maximizing ...
“[Joel is] a beloved local financial superhero, and this book is a brilliant roadmap to purposeful investing.” —Catherine Ludgate, Manager of Community Investment, Vancity By 2050, $50 trillion will change hands in North America in ...
A collection of essays that explore a wide range of topics related to Cuban politics, economics, foreign policy, social transformation, and culture in the post-Soviet era.
As we highlight in the introduction , contemporary Cubans carry with them the legacy of many prior generations who were determined to build a Cuba ... Several people have assisted us as we worked on A Contemporary Cuba Reader .
An account of the politics and passion of the Russian revolution. It is a stand-alone textbook combining accessible narrative, rigorous analysis and hands-on activities to illuminate one of the twentieth century's most tumultuous periods.