Zed Books: 608 books
Europe after the Minotaur
Greece and the Future of the Global Economy
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
Syriza’s victory in the Greek general election in January 2015 is a truly historic and profound event -- the first government of the radical left in Europe since World War Two. In this short ebook, extracted from the updated edition of The Global Minotaur, Yanis Varoufakis, the new finance minister...
by Peter Earl, Jeroen van Bouwel, Yanis Varoufakis
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
This book is an authoritative and accessible guide to the pluralist movement threatening to revolutionise mainstream economics. Leading figures in the field explain why pluralism is a required virtue in economics, how it came to be blocked and what it means for the way we think about, research and...
by Elleke Boehmer
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2013
Nelson Mandela - in his incredible transition from one of the world's longest-detained political prisoners to iconic statesman - became an exemplary figure of integrity and moral fortitude. In this fascinating essay, Elleke Boehmer traces the Nobel line of inheritance passed from Mandela to Obama,...
First World Dreams
Mexico since 1989
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
Mexicans have long dreamt of the First World, and in recent times it has landed with a thud. Under the guise of globalization, Mexico opened its borders, reformed its political system, and transformed its economy. The impacts have been paradoxical. In First World Dreams Alexander Dawson explores the...
The Middle East
The Politics of the Sacred and Secular
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
Amidst recent hype about events in the Middle East, there have been few attempts to get below the surface and develop a fuller understanding of what politics means there. The Middle East: The Politics of the Sacred and Secular redresses this balance and provides essential historical and theoretical...
Realizing Hope
Life Beyond Capitalism
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2014
Someone once said that it is easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism. Michael Albert would disagree. Realizing Hope offers a speculative vision of a future beyond capitalism - an alternative to the exploitation of human labour, the unchecked destruction of the...
The Radical Imagination
Social Movement Research in the Age of Austerity
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2014
The idea of the imagination is as evocative as it is elusive. Not only does the imagination allow us to project ourselves beyond our own immediate space and time, it also allows us to envision the future, as individuals and as collectives. The radical imagination, then, is that spark of difference,...
Sex Slaves and Discourse Masters
The Construction of Trafficking
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Why is the international community so concerned with the fate of prostitutes abroad? And why does the story of trafficking sound so familiar? In this pioneering new book, Jo Doezema argues that the current concern with trafficking in women is a modern manifestation of the myth of white slavery. Combining...
Drug War Mexico
Politics, Neoliberalism and Violence in the New Narcoeconomy
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
Mexico is a country in crisis. Capitalizing on weakened public institutions, widespread unemployment, a state of lawlessness and the strengthening of links between Mexican and Colombian drug cartels, narcotrafficking in the country has flourished during the post-1982 neoliberal era. In fact, it has...
Africa's Peacemakers
Nobel Peace Laureates of African Descent
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2014
As Africa and its diaspora commemorate fifty years of post-independence Pan-Africanism, this unique volume provides profound insight into the thirteen prominent individuals of African descent who have won the Nobel Peace Prize since 1950. From the first American president of African descent, Barack...
The United States in Africa
Bush Policy and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
The George W. Bush administration maintains that in sub-Saharan Africa it is making major new contributions in fighting disease, promoting development, fostering democracy, and promoting peace. Yet, despite the rhetoric, is the Bush Administration really working to bring about a fairer and more just...
Getting Somalia Wrong?
Faith, War and Hope in a Shattered State
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2012
Somalia is a failed state, representing a threat to itself, its neighbours and the wider world. In recent years, it has become notorious for the piracy off its coast and the rise of Islamic extremism, opening it up as a new 'southern front' in the war on terror. At least that is how it is inevitably...
America's Deadliest Export
Democracy The Truth about US Foreign Policy and Everything Else
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2014
'A fireball of terse information.'
Oliver Stone
'A remarkable collection. Blum concentrates on matters of great current significance, and does not pull his punches. They land, backed with evidence and acute analysis.'
Noam Chomsky
For over sixty-five years, the United...
Burkina Faso
A History of Power, Protest, and Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2017
There is currently intense interest in Burkina Faso - both scholarly and in policy circles - as a result of the 2014 non-violent revolution.
The first major work to be written in English on the country since 1996.
Author has been writing on the country for several decades, both as a journalist and...