Zed Books: 608 books
Haiti Will Not Perish
A Recent History
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2017
A provocative account of what is perhaps the most controversial ‘peacekeeping’ mission in the UN’s history (see for example, the local and international outcry which followed revelations that UN peacekeepers were responsible for an outbreak of cholera in the country).
The most up to date modern...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
Ties together Palestinian experiences from 1948 to the present, revealing the Nakba to be part of an ongoing process of cultural erasure, and a crucial aspect of Palestinian identity.
An interdisciplinary collection bringing together leading Palestinian scholars.
Much of the current...
Muslim Britain
Communities under Pressure
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
This edited collection is a cogent exploration of how the events of September 11 and the subsequent war on terror have impacted on the lived experiences of British South Asian Muslims in a number of important spheres, namely, religious and ethnic identity, citizenship, Islamophobia, gender and education,...
Anthropology and Development
Understanding Contemporary Social Change
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
This book re-establishes the relevance of mainstream anthropological (and sociological) approaches to development processes and simultaneously recognizes that contemporary development ought to be anthropology‘s principal area of study. Professor de Sardan argues for a socio-anthropology of change...
by Matthew Mullen
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016
In the midst of the political upheavals that engulfed Myanmar from 2010 to 2011, international attention was fixed upon the military regime and its dissident opponents. But away from the cameras, a very different set of struggles were unfolding across the country. These struggles were manifested not...
Worst-Case Scenario?
Governance, Mediation and the Security Regime
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
In this original and provocative new book, Stuart Price identifies the existence of a practice that lies at the core of the western security regime - the worst-case scenario. This consists of the projection of a significant material threat, made by an authoritative or executive power, used to bolster...
Rethinking the Man Question
Sex, Gender and Violence in International Relations
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
The reality of international relations and its academic study are still almost entirely constituted by men. Rethinking the Man Question is a crucial investigation and reinvigoration of debates about gender and international relations. Following on from the seminal The Man Question in International...
Languages of the Unheard
Why Militant Protest is Good for Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2014
Martin Luther King once insisted that 'a riot is the language of the unheard.' Since 2011 swathes of protest, rebellion, and rioting have covered the globe. A new, disenfranchised generation is fighting for its voice as once again scores of police line the streets and pop icons demand a political...
Venezuela Reframed
Bolivarianism, Indigenous Peoples and Socialisms of the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
The role of the indigenous population in the formation of the Bolivarian constitution is one of Latin America’s most important untold stories.
Considered a beacon of twenty-first century socialism by many, Venezuela is witnessing the paradoxical emergence of ‘indigenous capitalisms’ as...
Posthuman International Relations
Complexity, Ecologism and Global Politics
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
In this bold intervention, Cudworth and Hobden draw on recent advances in thinking about complexity theory to call for a profound re-envisioning of the study of international relations. As a discipline, IR is wedded to the enlightenment project of overcoming the 'hazards' of nature, and thus remains...
Women and War in the Middle East
Transnational Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
Women and War in the Middle East provides a critical examination of the relationship between gender and transnationalism in the context of war, peace-building and post-conflict reconstruction in the Middle East. Critically examining the ways in which the actions of various local and transnational...
by Stephan Lanz, Stefano Allievi, Tina Gudrun Jensen
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
European Multiculturalism Revisited analyses the alleged crises of the main ‘models’ of multicultural societies experienced by Europe since the end of World War II, based on research conducted by local scholars in the UK, Denmark, the Netherlands, Italy, France and Germany. Each chapter provides...
Global Health Watch 5
An Alternative World Health Report
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
For over a decade, Global Health Watch has been the definitive source for alternative analysis on health.
This new edition addresses the key challenges facing governments and health practitioners today, within the context of rapid shifts in global governance mechanisms and the UN’s Sustainable...
The United Nations and Civil Society
Legitimating Global Governance Whose Voice?
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
The UN is able to recognize key global challenges, but beset by difficulties in trying to resolve them. In this, it represents the current global political balance, but is also the only international institution that could move it forward. Civil society can be a catalyst for this kind of change. In...