Authors:Roman Rosdolsky, Pete Burgess,
Publisher: Pluto Pr
Keywords: capital, marx, making
Number of Pages: 452
Published: 1992-01-01
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 0861049152
ISBN-13: 9780861049158

Author: Caroline Thoma
Publisher: Pluto Pre
Keywords: security, human, development, governance, global
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2001-12-15
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0745314260
ISBN-13: 9780745314266

In this innovative new book, Caroline Thomas argues that the global development and security agendas are merging. No longer is the language of security confined within the straitjacket of the state and associated national security concerns. The spotlight is shifting to the legitimate security concerns of human beings. The book examines how development is promoted by global governance institutions and how this has impacted on human security in the 1990s. Thomas focuses on the effects of trade, finance, and investment liberalisation on deepening inequality. She explores different approaches for

Author: Alfredo Saad-Filho
Publisher: Pluto Pre
Keywords: introduction, marxist, capitalism, anti
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 2002-12-20
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0745318932
ISBN-13: 9780745318936

Political protests against neoliberal globalisation, corporate power and the inequities of contemporary capitalism are increasing all the time. Demonstrations in Seattle, Prague, Genoa and elsewhere have fuelled the debate on the possibility of a radically different future. This book is a collection of essays from some of the world’s leading Marxist economists on the problems of globalisation and the evolution of modern capitalism. With contributions from Suzanne de Brunhoff, Ellen Meiksins Wood, Ben Fine, Simon Clarke, John Holloway and John Weeks among others, it provides a cohesive cr

Author: Marcos Arruda
Publisher: Pluto Pre
Keywords: financial, crisis, international, brazil, debt, external
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2000-09-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0745316824
ISBN-13: 9780745316826

Brazil owes almost $250 billion to private banks, governments and multilateral agencies. External Debt provides a concise history of Brazil’s financial crisis. Marcos Arruda focuses on the government of Fernando Henrique Cardoso and its agreement with the International Monetary Fund. He examines how Cardoso’s economic policies have brought Brazil to financial ruin by submitting to the dictates of the IMF and the US government. Despite this, the author argues, Brazilians are neither passive nor resigned to Cardoso’s policies. Arruda describes the viable alternatives which the

Author: Zulkuf Aydi
Publisher: Pluto Pre
Keywords: turkey, economy, political
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2005-02-03
List price: $80.00
ISBN-10: 0745318274
ISBN-13: 9780745318271

This book analyses the political and socio-economic problems faced by Turkey in recent decades and the country’s gradual integration into the global economy. Since the 1970s, Turkey has faced some of the most serious crises since the Republic was established in 1923. Social unrest, political and ethnic violence, paralysis of the state bureaucracy and other institutions, increasing foreign debt, decreasing economic growth, vast inflation and increasing unemployment have all been part of everyday life in Turkey’s recent history. The author argues that this state of affairs is symptom

Author: Peter Luetchford
Publisher: Pluto Pre
Keywords: rica, anthropology, culture, society, costa, coffee, trade, global, commodity, fair
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2007-11-20
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0745326986
ISBN-13: 9780745326986

Fair trade is widely regarded as a universal good. This fascinating anthropological study takes a closer look at a coffee-growing community and cooperatives in Costa Rica - and subjects the fair trade movement to critical scrutiny. As with conventional coffee, Western demand for organic fair trade produce is largely met by more affluent individuals with larger landholdings. As a result, it is caught up in the conflicts of interest and resentments that are part of the coffee industry as a whole. Ultimately fair trade fails to escape divisions that characterise other forms of production and cons

Author: David Randall
Publisher: Pluto Pre
Keywords: journalist, universal
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2007-04-20
List price: $26.95
ISBN-10: 0745326552
ISBN-13: 9780745326559

This is a new edition of the world’s leading textbook on journalism. Translated into more than a dozen languages, David Randall’s handbook is an invaluable guide to the "universals" of good journalistic practice for professional and trainee journalists worldwide. This fully updated edition contains scores of new anecdotes and examples, drawing on the author’s own experience as a national newspaper reporter and columnist. It also contains a completely new chapter on "How To Be a Great Reporter."Book DescriptionThis is a new edition of the world’s leading textbook on jour