Books list 1 from Zed Books imprint

Expose, Oppose, Propose

Alternative Policy Groups and the Struggle for Global Justice

by William K. Carroll
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016

Based on in depth, first-hand empirical and ethnographic analysis - 16 TAPGs across four continents, across the global South and North. Includes interviews with over 90 protagonisits across the movements, inc. Samir Amin, Susan George, Hilary Wainwright, Patrick Bond, Gita Sen, Pablo Solon,...

The Story of an African Working Class

Ghanaian Miners' Struggles 1870-1980

by Jeff Crisp
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017

A story of struggle against exploitative mining companies, repressive governments, and authoritarian trade union leaders Combines lively historical narrative with original analysis A unique contribution to the history of Africa and its working class Beautifully designed series is part of Zed's 40th Anniversary 'Africa Revisited' celebrations

No Fist Is Big Enough to Hide the Sky

The Liberation of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, 1963-74

by Basil Davidson, Aristides Pereira
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017

An invaluable resource for the study of two countries about which even now little has been written and of African liberation struggles as a whole Author Basil Davidson ranks as one of the most remarkable Africanist historians of his generation Preface by Cape Verde’s first president,...

State of Rebellion

Violence and Intervention in the Central African Republic

by Louisa Lombard
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016

The first book to provide a detailed analysis of the recent conflict in CAR The violence in CAR has elicited widespread media, policy and academic interest and remains an ongoing issue Author has been described as the ‘foremost English-language scholar working on the Central African Republic’ Based...

Ecofeminism

by Vandana Shiva, Maria Mies
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2014

This groundbreaking work remains as relevant today as when it was when first published. Two of Zed's best-known authors argue that ecological destruction and industrial catastrophes constitute a direct threat to everyday life, the maintenance of which has been made the particular responsibility of...

China

The Political Philosophy of the Middle Kingdom

by Tongdong Bai
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012

China is a rising economic and political power. But what is the message of this rise? Tongdong Bai addresses this increasingly pressing question by examining the rich history of political theories and practices from China's past, and showing how it impacts upon the present. Chinese political traditions...

India

Political Ideas and the Making of a Democratic Discourse

by Gurpreet Mahajan
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2013

In this groundbreaking work, Gurpreet Mahajan tackles the predisposition of political theory to be limited by the Western canon. Bringing into focus how concepts central to the modern democratic political imaginary are interpreted in India, this book elaborates the ways that ideas of freedom, equality...

Congo's Violent Peace

Conflict and Struggle Since the Great African War

by Kris Berwouts
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2017

Congo remains a huge, important and often controversial topic of interest to a wide scholarly and policy readership. The first book to comprehensively deal with hitherto under-reported post-'Congo Wars' developments, including the M23 rebellion which made international headlines. Already...

Africa

The Politics of Suffering and Smiling

by Patrick Chabal
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013

The question usually asked about Africa is: 'why is it going wrong?' Is the continent still suffering from the ravages of colonialism? Or is it the victim of postcolonial economic exploitation, poor governance and lack of aid? Whatever the answer, increasingly the result is poverty and violence. In...

Violence in African Elections

Between Democracy and Big Man Politics

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Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2018

Features in-depth case study material from a variety of high-profile African countries, including Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda, among others. Electoral violence in Africa is a topic of intense and growing interest among scholars and policymakers. Part of Zed's acclaimed Africa Now series, published in association with the Nordic Africa Institute.

Shakespeare

Poet and Citizen

by Victor Kiernan
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016

New edition, featuring a new foreword by Michael Wood 'Victor Kiernan is one of the best historians of seventeenth-century England.' - Christopher Hill 'Unlike so many other books on Shakespeare … it will not scare off the non-academic reader.' - Guardian Published...

The FARC

The Longest Insurgency

by Garry Leech
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2011

Garry Leech has written the definitive introduction to the FARC, examining the group's origins, aims, and ideology, and looking at its organizational and operational structures. The book also investigates the FARC's impact on local, regional, and global politics and explores its future direction....

The Latest Winter

by Maggie Nelson
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018

• Maggie Nelson is the award-winning writer of modern classics The Argonauts and Bluets • Beautifully designed editions available for the first time in the UK • Published in time for National Poetry Day • Praise for The Latest Winter: o ‘Nelson’s poems move...

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