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  • Viral Sovereignty and the Political Economy of Pandemics

    What Explains How Countries Handle Outbreaks?

    de Sophal Ear ...
    Series series Europa International Perspectives
    Over the past few decades a number of emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) have disrupted societies throughout the world, including HIV, Ebola, H5N1 (or ‘‘avian flu’’) and SARS, and of course the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) which spread worldwide to become a global pandemic. As well as EIDs, countries and regions also contend with endemic diseases, such as malaria. There are many factors that ... Leer más

    $57.99 USD

  • The Hungry Dragon

    How China's Quest for Resources is Reshaping the World

    de Sigfrido Burgos Cáceres, Sophal Ear ...
    This volume provides an up to date and accessible examination of China's global search for resources, focusing primarily on oil. This focus provides a powerful rationale to explain China's actions overseas, as it impacts on economic, energy and foreign policies.A strong feature of the book is a comprehensive examination of geopolitical issues. Three country case studies (Angola, Brazil and ... Leer más

    $57.99 USD

  • Aid Dependence in Cambodia

    How Foreign Assistance Undermines Democracy

    de Sophal Ear ...
    International intervention liberated Cambodia from pariah state status in the early 1990s and laid the foundations for more peaceful, representative rule. Yet the country's social indicators and the integrity of its political institutions declined rapidly within a few short years, while inequality grew dramatically. Conducting an unflinching investigation into these developments, Sophal Ear ... Leer más

    $67.99 USD

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  • The Poverty of Corrupt Nations

    de Roy Cullen ...
    The fight to eliminate world poverty is being severely hampered by corrupt leaders in developing countries. According to the African Union, some $150 billion is lost every year to corruption in Africa. In China, it is estimated corruption diminishes the annual value of gross domestic product by 15%. The pattern repeats itself elsewhere.This bleak situation compounds the poverty problem even more ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Capitalism's Last Stand?

    Deglobalization in the Age of Austerity

    de Walden Bello ...
    'Walden Bello is the world's leading no-nonsense revolutionary.' - Naomi Klein, author of The Shock DoctrineIn this eye-opening and often scathing book, Walden Bello provides a forensic dissection of contemporary capitalism's multiple crises. Trenchant but constructive, Bello's analysis of the collapse of the global real economy, covering such issues as the Wall Street meltdown, the disintegration ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD

  • China in Africa

    de Chris Alden ...
    Series series African Arguments
    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 with the international community. This book investigates the emerging relationship between China and Africa ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD

  • Corruption and Government

    Causes, Consequences, and Reform

    de Susan Rose-Ackerman ...
    This book suggests how high levels of corruption limit investment and growth can lead to ineffective government. Developing countries and those making a transition from socialism are particularly at risk, but corruption is a worldwide phenomenon. Corruption creates economic inefficiencies and inequities, but reforms are possible to reduce the material benefits from payoffs. Corruption is not just ... Leer más

    $32.99 USD

  • Asia Alone

    The Dangerous Post-Crisis Divide from America

    de Simon S. C. Tay ...
    An insightful examination of the changing relationship between Asia and the United StatesIn this lucidly written and thought-provoking book, author Simon Tay highlights the accelerating trends that point to Asia increasingly forging its own path, independent of the United States. He also describes the fundamental changes and new policy directions needed to maintain and strengthen the bonds between ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

  • Industrialization and Development in the Third World

    de Rajesh Chandra ...
    Series series Routledge Introductions to Development
    Developing countries have undergone significant industrialization in the last three decades. Yet industrial growth reveals marked spatial inequalities in terms of both country and location. The Newly Industrialised Countries have achieved spectacular growth in sharp contrast to many other countries of the South. Industrial structure has changed, moving away from labour intensive industries to more ... Leer más

    $60.99 USD

  • Imperial Nature

    The World Bank and Struggles for Social Justice in the Age of Globalization

    de Michael Goldman ...
    Series series Yale Agrarian Studies Series
    Why is the World Bank so successful? How has it gained power even at moments in history when it seemed likely to fall? This pathbreaking book is the first close examination of the inner workings of the Bank, the foundations of its achievements, its propensity for intensifying the problems it intends to cure, and its remarkable ability to tame criticism and extend its own reach.Michael Goldman ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD

  • Foreclosing the Future

    The World Bank and the Politics of Environmental Destruction

    de Bruce Rich ...
    World Bank President Jim Yong Kim has vowed that his institution will fight poverty and climate change, a claim that World Bank presidents have made for two decades. But if worldwide protests and reams of damning internal reports are any indication, too often it does just the opposite. By funding development projects and programs that warm the planet and destroy critical natural resources on which ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • Capitalism on a Ventilator

    The Impact of COVID-19 in China & the U.S.

    de Margaret Kimberley, Sara Flounders, Carlos Martinez, Monica Moorehead, Deirdre Griswold, Mumia Abu Jamal, Vijay Prashad, Lee Siu Hin ...
    In January 2020, China alerted major international scientific bodies about the eruption of a dangerous new virus and heavily promoted basic precautions. U.S. politicians and corporate media ridiculed and ignored the warnings.Washington ramped up its policy of racist propaganda, military encirclement, trade war and sanctions. The consequence, tens of thousands of COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. – the ... Leer más

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