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  • The Citizen’s Guide to Nonviolent Defence

    How Canadians Can Deter Invasion, Defeat Tyranny and Build Democracy

    by Richard Sandbrook ...
    For Canada and other middle and smaller powers facing predatory super-powers, nonviolent defence (NVD) is a strategic concept whose time has arrived.The stench of imperial conquest is again in the air. How do middle and smaller powers defend themselves when the potential aggressor is a nearby superpower? That is Canada’s conundrum today, one that European countries fearful of Russia’s ambitions ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Reinventing the Left in the Global South

    The Politics of the Possible

    by Richard Sandbrook ...
    This book offers a fresh appraisal of the nature and significance of the democratic Left in the Global South. The moral and intellectual leadership of the Left is shifting south from its European birthplace. It is in the Global South, most notably in Latin America, that one finds newly self-confident progressive movements. This 'new' democratic Left includes parties and social movements that not ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • Immiserizing Growth

    When Growth Fails the Poor

    Edited by Paul Shaffer, Ravi Kanbur, Richard Sandbrook ...
    Immiserizing growth occurs when growth fails to benefit, or harms, those at the bottom. It is not a new concept, appearing in some of the towering figures of the classical tradition of political economy including Malthus, Ricardo, and Marx. It is also not empirically insignificant, occurring in between 10% and 35% of cases. In spite of this, it has not received its due attention in the academic ... Read more

    $111.99 CAD

  • The Development of an African Working Class

    Studies in Class Formation and Action

    Edited by Richard Sandbrook, Robin Cohen ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Originally published in 1975, this volume reassesses the historical, political and social role of African workers and examines the extent to which a working class has formed and undertaken collective action in various parts of Africa. The book is based on primary historical sources or first-hand experiences. The contributors are linked by their belief in the legitimacy of action by organised ... Read more

    $62.99 CAD

  • Civilizing Globalization

    A Survival Guide

    Edited by Richard Sandbrook, Ali Burak Güven ...
    Series series SUNY series in Radical Social and Political Theory
    Discusses the many facets of globalization and its feasible reform in easy-to-understand language.Is it possible to harness the benefits of economic globalization without sacrificing social equity, ecological sustainability, and democratic governance? The first edition of Civilizing Globalization (2003) explored this question at a time of widespread popular discontent. This fully revised and ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

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    by David Harvey ...
    Neoliberalism - the doctrine that market exchange is an ethic in itself, capable of acting as a guide for all human action - has become dominant in both thought and practice throughout much of the world since 1970 or so. Its spread has depended upon a reconstitution of state powers such that privatization, finance, and market processes are emphasized. State interventions in the economy are ... Read more

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  • This Sovereign Isle

    Britain In and Out of Europe

    by Robert Tombs ...
    THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERGeography comes before history. Islands cannot have the same history as continental plains. The United Kingdom is a European country, but not the same kind of European country as Germany, Poland or Hungary. For most of the 150 centuries during which Britain has been inhabited it has been on the edge, culturally and literally, of mainland Europe.In this succinct ... Read more

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  • Straight Talk on Trade

    Ideas for a Sane World Economy

    by Dani Rodrik ...
    An honest discussion of free trade and how nations can sensibly chart a path forward in today’s global economyNot so long ago the nation-state seemed to be on its deathbed, condemned to irrelevance by the forces of globalization and technology. Now it is back with a vengeance, propelled by a groundswell of populists around the world. In Straight Talk on Trade, Dani Rodrik, an early and outspoken ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

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  • Revolt on the Right

    Explaining Support for the Radical Right in Britain

    by Robert Ford, Matthew Goodwin ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Extremism and Democracy
    Winner of the Political Book of the Year Award 2015The UK Independence Party (UKIP) is the most significant new party in British politics for a generation. In recent years UKIP and their charismatic leader Nigel Farage have captivated British politics, media and voters. Yet both the party and the roots of its support remain poorly understood. Where has this political revolt come from? Who is ... Read more

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  • Global Political Economy

    Understanding the International Economic Order

    by Robert G. Gilpin ...
    This book is the eagerly awaited successor to Robert Gilpin's 1987 The Political Economy of International Relations, the classic statement of the field of international political economy that continues to command the attention of students, researchers, and policymakers. The world economy and political system have changed dramatically since the 1987 book was published. The end of the Cold War has ... Read more

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  • Becoming Zimbabwe

    A History from the Pre-colonial Period to 2008

    by Alois Mlambo, Brian Raftopoulos ...
    Becoming Zimbabwe is the first comprehensive history of Zimbabwe, spanning the years from 850 to 2008. In 1997, the then Secretary General of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, Morgan Tsvangirai, expressed the need for a 'more open and critical process of writing history in Zimbabwe. ...The history of a nation-in-the-making should not be reduced to a selective heroic tradition, but should be a ... Read more

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  • Season of Rains

    Africa in the World

    by Stephen Ellis ...
    Africa is playing a more important role in world affairs than ever before. Yet the most common images of Africa in the American mind are ones of poverty, starvation, and violent conflict. But while these problems are real, that does not mean that Africa is a lost cause. Instead, as Stephen Ellis explains in Season of Rains, we need to rethink Africa’s place in time if we are to understand it in ... Read more

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