Zed Books imprint: 608 books
Right-Wing Politics in the New Latin America
Reaction and Revolt
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2011
The focus for students of Latin America in the past decade has been on the political forces of the left and the so-called 'pink tide' presidencies attempting to bring about social and economic change in the region. However, there has been far less attention paid to the rightwing political forces resisting...
The Throes of Democracy
Brazil since 1989
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
In the 1980s, Brazil emerged from two decades of military dictatorship and embarked on an experiment in full democracy for the first time in the nation's history Since then, Brazilians have sought to live up to the ideals of this experiment while negotiating dramatic economic and cultural transformations....
Thailand's Hidden Workforce
Burmese Migrant Women Factory Workers
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
Millions of Burmese women migrate into Thailand each year to form the basis of the Thai agricultural and manufacturing workforce. Un-documented and unregulated, this army of migrant workers constitutes the ultimate 'disposable' labour force, enduring gruelling working conditions and much aggression...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2012
In recent years, it has become apparent that South-South economic relations are increasing, and will continue to do so. There will be more trade agreements and more trade, more economic alliances and more political alliances with economic goals, more investment flows and an increasing acknowledgement...
Celebrity and the Environment
Fame, Wealth and Power in Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
The battle to save the world is being joined by a powerful new group of warriors. Celebrities are lending their name to conservation causes, and conservation itself is growing its own stars to fight and speak for nature. In this timely and essential book, Dan Brockington argues that this alliance...
Jordan
Living in the Crossfire
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Jordan has played a bigger role in Middle Eastern affairs than its size and economy might warrant, due to its huge Palestinian population, its strategic location between Israel, the West Bank, Syria and Iraq, and its uniquely close relationship with successive British and US administrations. Drawing...
A Will of Their Own
Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Working Children
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
This book shows how children's work can take on widely differing forms; and how it can both harm and benefit children. Differing in approach from most other work in the field, it endeavours to understand working children from their own perspective.
Digital Jihad
Palestinian Resistance in the Digital Era
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2016
A new and innovative form of dissent has emerged in response to the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Dubbed "electronic jihad", this approach has seen organized groups of Palestinian hackers make international headlines by breaching the security of such sites as the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange,...
Israel and South Africa
The Many Faces of Apartheid
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
Within the already heavily polarised debate on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, parallels between Israel and apartheid South Africa remain highly contentious. A number of prominent academic and political commentators, including former US president Jimmy Carter and UN Special Rapporteur John Dugard,...
The Congo
Plunder and Resistance
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
Since well before Henry Morgan Stanley's fabled encounter with David Livingstone on the shore on Lake Tanganyika in the late 19th century and his subsequent collaboration with King Leopold of Belgium in looting the country of its mineral wealth, the Congo's history has been one of collaboration by...
The Democratic Republic of Congo
Between Hope and Despair
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013
Over the past two decades, the Democratic Republic of Congo has been at the centre of the deadliest series of conflicts since the Second World War, and now hosts the largest United Nations peacekeeping mission in the world. In this compelling book, acclaimed journalist Michael Deibert paints a picture...
Feminisms, Empowerment and Development
Changing Womens Lives
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2014
The economic and political empowerment of women continues to be a central focus for development agencies worldwide; access to medical care, education and employment, as well as women's reproductive rights remain key factors effecting women's autonomy. Feminisms, Empowerment and Development explores...
New South Asian Feminisms
Paradoxes and Possibilities
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2012
South Asian feminism is in crisis. Under constant attack from right-wing nationalism and religious fundamentalism and co-opted by 'NGO-ization' and neoliberal state agendas, once autonomous and radical forms of feminist mobilization have been ideologically fragmented and replaced. It is time to rethink...
Beyond Mothers, Monsters, Whores
Thinking about Women's Violence in Global Politics
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2015
Beyond Mothers, Monsters, Whores takes the suggestion in Mothers, Monsters, Whores that it is important to see genderings in characterizations of violent women, and to use critique of those genderings to retheorize individual violence in global politics. It begins by demonstrating the interdependence...