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  • Exploited

    Migrant Labour in the New Global Economy

    de Toby Shelley ...
    From cleaning to construction, from agriculture to domestic work, every day migrant labourers are exploited and enslaved. Extra hours are squeezed out of Polish food packers, and trafficked African children are used for forced labour. Low wages are used to drive down prices from the oil industry to airport services.In this book, Toby Shelley shows that current unprecedented flows of migrant ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD

  • Endgame in the Western Sahara

    What Future for Africa's Last Colony

    de Toby Shelley ...
    Why does this remote swathe of Sahara along the Atlantic seaboard concern the USA and Europe? Why does Morocco maintain its occupation? Why has the UN Security Council prevaricated for three decades while the Sahrawis live under Moroccan rule or as refugees?In this revealing book, Toby Shelley examines the geopolitics involved. He brings out:The little-known struggle of Sahrawis living under ... Leer más

    $39.99 USD

  • Oil

    Politics, Poverty and the Planet

    de Toby Shelley ...
    Series series Global Issues
    Access to oil and natural gas, and their prices, are hugely important axes of geo-political strategy and global economic prospects and have been for a century. This book, written by a Financial Times journalist who has long covered the energy sector, provides readers with the essential information they need for understanding the shifting structure of the global oil and gas economy: where the ... Leer más

    $39.99 USD

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  • After the Sheikhs

    The Coming Collapse of the Gulf Monarchies

    de Christopher Davidson ...
    The Gulf monarchies (Saudi Arabia and its five smaller neighbours: the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, and Bahrain) have long been governed by highly autocratic and seemingly anachronistic regimes. Yet despite bloody conflicts on their doorsteps, fast-growing populations, and powerful modernising and globalising forces impacting on their largely conservative societies, they have ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

  • The Battle for the Arab Spring

    Revolution, Counter-Revolution and the Making of a New Era

    de Lin Noueihed, Alex Warren ...
    This "lucidly written" account of the 2011 wave of revolutions "includes a wealth of astute analysis on the politics of the region, from Morocco to Oman" (Paul Hockenos, The National).Sparked by the protest of a single vegetable seller in Tunisia, the flame of revolutionary passion swept across the Arab world in what has come to be called the Arab Spring of 2011. Millions took to the streets in ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The End of the Free Market

    Who Wins the War Between States and Corporations?

    de Ian Bremmer ...
    Understanding the rise of state capitalism and its threat to global free marketsThe End of the Free Market details the growing phenomenon of state capitalism, a system in which governments drive local economies through ownership of market-dominant companies and large pools of excess capital, using them for political gain. This trend threatens America's competitive edge and the conduct of free ... Leer más

    Antes $14.99 USD Ahora $4.99 USD

  • South Sudan

    The Untold Story from Independence to Civil War

    de Hilde F. Johnson ...
    In July 2011, South Sudan was granted independence and became the world's newest country. Yet just two-and-a-half years after this momentous decision, the country was in the grips of renewed civil war and political strife. Hilde F. Johnson served as Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan from July 2011 until July 2014 ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD

  • The Fastest Billion

    The Story Behind Africa's Economic Revolution

    de Charles Robertson ...
    From the vantage point of many in the West, Africa remains a continent of woe – a place stalked by ethnic conflict, corrupt dictatorships, religious strife, war and famine. But today, at last, the flawed mythology that treats Africa as a homogenous disaster area is being challenged by investors, economists, fund managers and academics. Age is not often associated with speed; but Africa, the cradle ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Real Politics of the Horn of Africa

    Money, War and the Business of Power

    de Alex de Waal ...
    The Real Politics of the Horn of Africa delves into the business of politics in the turbulent, war-torn countries of north-east Africa. It is a contemporary history of how politicians, generals and insurgents bargain over money and power, and use of war to achieve their goals.Drawing on a thirty-year career in Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia, including experience as a participant in high ... Leer más

    $23.00 USD

  • Lineages of Revolt

    Issues of Contemporary Capitalism in the Middle East

    de Adam Hanieh ...
    While the outcomes of the tumultuous uprisings that continue to transfix the Arab world remain uncertain, the root causes of rebellion persist. Drawing upon extensive empirical research, Lineages of Revolt tracks the major shifts in the region’s political economy over recent decades. In this illuminating and original work, Adam Hanieh explores the contours of neoliberal policies, dynamics of class ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Gambling on Development

    Why Some Countries Win and Others Lose

    de Stefan Dercon ...
    In the last thirty years, the developing world has undergone tremendous changes. Overall, poverty has fallen, people live longer and healthier lives, and economies have been transformed. And yet many countries have simply missed the boat. Why have some countries prospered, while others have failed? Stefan Dercon argues that the answer lies not in a specific set of policies, but rather in a key ... Leer más

    $21.89 USD

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  • Oil: A Groundwork Guide

    A Groundwork Guide

    de James Laxer, Jane Springer ...
    Series Libro 5 - Groundwork Guides
    "[The Groundwork Guides] are excellent books, mandatory for school libraries and the increasing body of young people prepared to take ownership of the situations and problems previous generations have left them." -- Globe and Mail Oil, our main source of energy, underlies the world's economy. In the twentieth century its availability and relatively low price allowed for the industrial growth and ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus