Author: Andrew McKillop
Publisher: Pluto Press
Keywords: crisis, energy, final
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2005-04-20
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0745320929
ISBN-13: 9780745320922

This book explores the crisis in fossil fuels. Oil, gas and coal are precious resources that define modern life. Without them, mass-produced food and clothing, and international travel and cars, become rare or impossible. Yet our reliance on fossil fuels is responsible for massive environmental damage, and increasing economic and political instability. Control over oil resources has been a major factor in several wars. The price of oil is also key to world economic stability. Yet our supply of oil is limited. As with other fossil fuels, the more we burn, the more damage we do – the numbe

Author: Tim Beal
Publisher: Pluto Press
Keywords: power, american, struggle, korea, north
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2005-08-20
List price: $32.50
ISBN-10: 0745320139
ISBN-13: 9780745320137

George W. Bush’s infamous remark about the ’Axis of Evil’ brought North Korea dramatically back into the international spotlight. During the late 1990s relations between North Korea and the US and its allies were on the mend. However, the election of George W. Bush resulted in renewed crisis. The nuclear accord between the two countries was torn up, dashing North Korean hopes for establishing normal diplomatic and economic relations. Though malnutrition has eased and the economy is growing, the outlook is bleak. This book cuts through the propaganda to unearth the complex an

Author: Kevin Lyons
Publisher: Pluto Press
Keywords: environmental, challenge, management, contract, future, buying
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2000-01-01
List price: $26.95
ISBN-10: 0745313418
ISBN-13: 9780745313412

In BUYING FOR THE FUTURE Kevin Lyons draws on his pioneering work at Rutgers University to provide the first "how to" guide to responsible purchasing. Lyons covers the key areas, such as purchasing policy design and implementation strategies; how to write environmentally-sensitive contracts; the relevance of environmental laws; understanding the competitive bidding process; enforcing the environmental responsibilities of suppliers; and developing national and international gatekeeping partnerships. This indispensable guide shows how institutions, businesses, governments and organizations acros

Author: Thomas Hylland Eriksen
Publisher: Pluto Press
Keywords: anthropology, society, culture, globalisation, studies
Number of Pages: 248
Published: 2003-06-20
List price: $95.00
ISBN-10: 0745320600
ISBN-13: 9780745320601

Globalisation has had a massive impact on the teaching and practice of anthropology. This important new book, edited by leading anthropologist Thomas Hylland Eriksen, addresses the methodological problems that these changes have wrought, and in doing so fills a major gap in the contemporary study and teaching of anthropology.The essays in this book show how the focus has shifted from traditional studies of specific sites, towards the movements and shifts assoicated with increasing migration and population flows -- the result of living in an increasingly globalised world. Written by a range of

Author: Minqi Li
Publisher: Pluto Press
Keywords: world, economy, capitalist, demise, china, rise
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2008-11-28
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0745327729
ISBN-13: 9780745327723

China’s increasing power in the global economy is destabilizing the established system. This book analyses the possible historical trajectories of China and the capitalist world-economy in the twenty-first century. Minqi Li examines the future global prospects from the perspectives of Marxism, world-system theories, and ecological limits to growth. He argues that China is likely to exacerbate many of the major contradictions of world capitalism, which could lead to the demise of the existing world-system.This is an essential text for students of political economy, economics and global po

Authors:Glyn Ford, Soyoung Kwon,
Publisher: Pluto Press
Keywords: survival, struggle, brink, korea, north
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2007-11-20
List price: $32.00
ISBN-10: 074532598X
ISBN-13: 9780745325989

North Korea’s development and testing of nuclear weapons made headlines in the Western media, but is the country really a threat to the rest of the world? This accessible introduction examines the country’s history and focuses on whether the threat is realistic or exaggerated by the US in order to gain international support for the controversial missile defense system. It also shows what the EU can do to engage with North Korea and counterbalance the US policy of isolationism.North Korea is struggling to survive in the face of US threats of preemptive action and regime change by de

Author: Robert Albritton
Publisher: Pluto Press
Keywords: marx, brilliance, discovering, transformed, economics
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 2007-05-20
List price: $26.95
ISBN-10: 0745326579
ISBN-13: 9780745326573

Robert Albritton brings to life the classic concepts in Marx’s economic thought. As well as examining these essential points of Marxist theory, he shows that they offer great potential for further study. Deeply critical of the way economics is taught and studied today, this is a textbook that will appeal to anyone who wants a forward-thinking approach to the discipline that’s free from the constraints of neo-classical orthodoxy. Taking up key aspects of Marx’s work, including surplus value theory, dialectical reasoning and the commodity form, Albritton highlights their releva