Zed Books: 608 books
Why the Dalai Lama is a Socialist
Buddhism and the Compassionate Society
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2017
The first accessibly written book to link Buddhism to socialist thought and social justice more broadly
Interest in Buddhism has increased dramatically in recent years, particularly following the massive popularity of mindfulness meditation
Buddhism has more than 2 million adherents in the U.S. and...
Reconstructing Urban Economics
Towards a Political Economy of the Built Environment
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
Neoclassical economics, the intellectual bedrock of modern capitalism, faces growing criticisms, as many of its key assumptions and policy prescriptions are systematically challenged. Yet, there remains one field of economics where these limitations continue virtually unchallenged: the study of cities...
Why Doesn't Microfinance Work?
The Destructive Rise of Local Neoliberalism
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2010
Since its emergence in the 1970s, microfinance has risen to become one of the most high-profile policies to address poverty in developing and transition countries. It is beloved of rock stars, movie stars, royalty, high-profile politicians and ‘troubleshooting’ economists. In this provocative...
Poverty and the Millennium Development Goals
A Critical Look Forward
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016
As the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) pass their 2015 deadline and the international community begins to discuss the future of UN development policy, Poverty and the Millennium Development Goals brings together leading economists from both the global North and South to provide a much needed critique...
Eliminating Human Poverty
Macroeconomic and Social Policies for Equitable Growth
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
This book focuses on the provision of basic social services - in particular, access to education, health and water supplies - as the central building blocks of any human development strategy. The authors concentrate on how these basic social services can be financed and delivered more effectively...
The Enemy of Nature
The End of Capitalism or the End of the World?
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
We live in and from nature, but the way we have evolved of doing this is about to destroy us. Capitalism and its by-products - imperialism, war, neoliberal globalization, racism, poverty and the destruction of community - are all playing a part in the destruction of our ecosystem. Only now are we...
Latin America in the 21st Century
Nations, Regionalism, Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012
Twenty-first century Latin America is rich in history, culture, and political and social experimentation. In this fascinating and insightful analysis, Gardini looks at contemporary developments at three interconnected levels: state, region and globe. At the state level, leaders such as Evo Morales...
An Alternative Labour History
Worker Control and Workplace Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2015
The global financial crisis has led to a new shop-floor militancy. Radical forms of protest and new workers’ takeovers have sprung up all over the globe. In the US, Republic Windows and Doors started production under worker control in January 2013. Later that year workers in Greece took over and...
America
From White Settlement to World Hegemony
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
While there have been many analyses of American imperialism, few have equalled the breadth or insight of this seminal text, one of the first to provide a historical perspective on the origins of the American empire. Victor Kiernan, one of the world's most respected historians, employs a nuanced knowledge...
Region-Building in Southern Africa
Progress, Problems and Prospects
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
How successful have Southern African states been in dealing with the major issues that have faced the region in recent years? What could be done to produce more cohesive and effective region-building in Southern Africa? In this original and wide-ranging volume, which draws on an interdisciplinary...
Freedom vs Necessity in International Relations
Human-Centred Approaches to Security and Development
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
The last two decades have seen the remarkable rise to dominance of human-centred understandings of the world. Indeed, it is now rare to read any analysis of insecurity, conflict or development which does not discuss the need to 'empower' or 'capacity-build' local individuals or communities. In this...
by Chris Alden
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2010
Nowhere in the world is China’s rapid rise to power more evident than in Africa. From multi-billion dollar investments in oil and minerals to the influx of thousands of merchants, labourers and cheap consumer goods, China’s economic and political reach is redefining Africa’s traditional ties...
Asia's New Battlefield
The USA, China and the Struggle for the Western Pacific
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2015
This compact, insightful book offers an up-to-the-minute guide to understanding the evolution of maritime territorial disputes in East Asia, exploring their legal, political-security and economic dimensions against the backdrop of a brewing Sino-American rivalry for hegemony in the Asia-Pacific region....
by Hosea Jaffe, Samir Amin
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
Spanning more than two thousand years of African history, from the African Iron Age to the collapse of colonialism and the beginnings of independence, Hosea Jaffe's magisterial work remains one of the few to do full justice to the continent's complex and diverse past.
The great strength of...