Zed Books imprint: 608 books
by Bronwen Manby, Richard Dowden, Alex de Waal
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
Hundreds of thousands of people living in Africa find themselves non-persons in the only state they have ever known. Because they are not recognised as citizens, they cannot get their children registered at birth or entered in school or university; they cannot access state health services; they cannot...
Development with a Body
Sexuality, Human Rights and Development
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
'We used to talk about development with a human face. We should be talking about development with a body' Arit Oku-Egbas, African Regional Sexuality Resource Centre, Nigeria Sex and sexuality have always had a place at the heart of the development agenda - from concerns regarding population and environment,...
The Delusions of Economics
The Misguided Certainties of a Hazardous Science
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2011
In The Delusions of Economics, Gilbert Rist presents a radical critique of neoclassical economics from a social and historical perspective. Rather than enter into existing debates between different orthodoxies, Rist instead explores the circumstances that prevailed when economics was 'invented', and...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2013
This ground-breaking collection investigates the relationship between feminist activism and legal reform as a pathway to gender justice and social change. Since the advent of feminist movements legal reform has been a popular and yet contentious vehicle for seeking women’s rights and empowerment....
Writing African Women
Gender, Popular Culture and Literature in West Africa
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
How does our understanding of Africa shift when we begin from the perspective of women? What can the African perspective offer theories of culture and of gender difference?
This work, as unique and insightful today as when it was first published, brings together a wide variety of African academics...
Chinese Migrants and Africa's Development
New Imperialists or Agents of Change?
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2014
China's recent stepping up of relations with Africa is one of the most significant developments on the African continent for decades. For some it promises an end to Africa's dependent aid relationships, as the Chinese bring expertise, technology and a stronger business focus. But for others it is...
Iran, the Green Movement and the USA
The Fox and the Paradox
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
Iran, the Green Movement and the USA presents the paradox that the USA faces in dealing with Iran over its nuclear armament: negotiate, and legitimize Ahmadinejad’s otherwise troubled presidency; resort to sanctions or military strikes, and altogether destroy the budding civil rights campaign of...
Palestinian Women
Narrative Histories and Gendered Memory
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
Palestinian Women is the first book to examine and document the experiences and the historical narrative of ordinary Palestinian women who witnessed the events of 1948 and became involuntary citizens of the State of Israel. Told in their own words, the women's experiences serve as a window for examining...
Body Politics in Development
Critical Debates in Gender and Development
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
Body Politics in Development sets out to define body politics as a key political and mobilizing force for human rights in the last two decades. This passionate and engaging book reveals how once-tabooed issues, such as rape, gender-based violence, and sexual and reproductive rights, have emerged into...
by Nikki van der Gaag
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
Feminism has changed the world; it is radically reshaping women’s lives. But what about men? They still hold most of the power in the economy, in government, in religions, in the media and often in the family too. At the same time, many men are questioning traditional views about what it means to...
Africa's Return Migrants
The New Developers?
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
Many African migrants residing abroad nurture a hope to one day return, at least temporarily, to their home country. In the wake of economic crises in the developed world, alongside rapid economic growth in parts of Africa, the impetus to ‘return’ is likely to increase. Such returnees are often...
African Conflicts and Informal Power
Big Men and Networks
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2012
In the aftermath of an armed conflict in Africa, the international community both produces and demands from local partners a variety of blueprints for reconstructing state and society. The aim is to re-formalize the state after what is viewed as a period of fragmentation. In reality, African economies...
The New Development Management
Critiquing the Dual Modernization
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
'Development management' is an idea that blends the seemingly innocuous claims of managerialism with notions of modernity and utopian ideals of 'third world' progress. This book views both phenomena as problematic and modernizing interventions. In doing so, it overturns and reclaims such ideas as...
Romaphobia
The Last Acceptable Form of Racism
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
Based on first-hand accounts from Roma communities, Romaphobia is an examination of the discrimination faced by one of the most persecuted groups in Europe. Well-researched and informative, it shows that this discrimination has its roots in the early history of the European nation-state, and the ways...