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  • Indigenous Peoples and Autonomy

    Insights for a Global Age

    Redigeret af Mario Blaser, Ravi De Costa, Deborah McGregor, William D. Coleman ...
    Serier serie Globalization and Autonomy
    When the UN adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in 2007, it brought the negative effect of globalization on the lives of Indigenous peoples to the centre of public debate. The contributors to this innovative collection extend the discussion by asking what can Indigenous peoples’ experiences with and thoughts on globalization tell us about the relationship between ... Læs mere

    233,02 kr.

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  • Indigenous in the City

    Contemporary Identities and Cultural Innovation

    Redigeret af Evelyn Peters, Chris Andersen ...
    Research on Indigenous issues rarely focuses on life in major metropolitan centres. Instead, there is a tendency to frame rural locations as emblematic of authentic or "real" Indigeneity. While such a perspective may support Indigenous struggles for territory and recognition, it fails to account for large swaths of contemporary Indigenous realities, including the increased presence of Indigenous ... Læs mere

    274,72 kr.

  • Real England

    The Battle Against The Bland

    af Paul Kingsnorth ...
    We see the signs around us every day: the chain caf�s and mobile phone outlets that dominate our high streets; the disappearance of knobbly carrots from our supermarket shelves; and the headlines about yet another traditional industry going to the wall. For the first time, here is a book that makes the connection between these isolated, incremental local changes and the bigger picture of a nation ... Læs mere

    94,33 kr.

  • Judgement at Stoney Creek

    af Bridget Moran ...
    Judgement at Stoney Creek has been released in a new edition of an aboriginal studies classic: an engrossing look at the investigation into the hit-and-run death of Coreen Thomas, a young Native woman in her ninth month of pregnancy, at the wheels of a car driven by a young white man in central BC. The resulting inquest into what might have been just another small-town tragedy turned into an ... Læs mere

    81,86 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Mass Starvation

    The History and Future of Famine

    af Alex de Waal ...
    The world almost conquered famine. Until the 1980s, this scourge killed ten million people every decade, but by early 2000s mass starvation had all but disappeared. Today, famines are resurgent, driven by war, blockade, hostility to humanitarian principles and a volatile global economy.In Mass Starvation, world-renowned expert on humanitarian crisis and response Alex de Waal provides an ... Læs mere

    141,24 kr.

  • Dilemmas of Difference

    Indigenous Women and the Limits of Postcolonial Development Policy

    af Sarah A. Radcliffe ...
    In Dilemmas of Difference Sarah A. Radcliffe explores the relationship of rural indigenous women in Ecuador to the development policies and actors that are ostensibly there to help ameliorate social and economic inequality. Radcliffe finds that development policies’s inability to recognize and reckon with the legacies of colonialism reinforces long-standing social hierarchies, thereby reproducing ... Læs mere

    266,99 kr.

  • Tarahumara

    Where Night is the Day of the Moon

    af Bernard L. Fontana ...
    Inhabiting the Sierra Madre Occidental of southwestern Chihuahua in Mexico, the Tarahumara (or Rarámuri) are known in their language as the "foot runners" due to the way in which they must navigate their rugged terrain. This book offers an accessible ethnography of their history, customs, and current life, accompanied by photographs that offer striking images of these gentle people.The subtitle of ... Læs mere

    166,74 kr.

  • Globalization and Race

    Transformations in the Cultural Production of Blackness

    Redigeret af Kamari Maxine Clarke, Deborah A. Thomas ...
    Kamari Maxine Clarke and Deborah A. Thomas argue that a firm grasp of globalization requires an understanding of how race has constituted, and been constituted by, global transformations. Focusing attention on race as an analytic category, this state-of-the-art collection of essays explores the changing meanings of blackness in the context of globalization. It illuminates the connections between ... Læs mere

    213,49 kr.

  • Nice Work If You Can Get It

    Life and Labor in Precarious Times

    af Andrew Ross ...
    Serier Bog 8 - NYU Series in Social & Cultural Analysis
    2009 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleA survey into an emerging pattern of labor instability and uneven global developmentIs job insecurity the new norm? With fewer and fewer people working in steady, long-term positions for one employer, has the dream of a secure job with full benefits and a decent salary become just that—a dream?In Nice Work If You Can Get It, Andrew Ross surveys the new ... Læs mere

    104,49 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • The Washington Consensus Reconsidered

    Towards a New Global Governance

    Redigeret af Narcís Serra, Joseph E. Stiglitz ...
    Serier serie Initiative for Policy Dialogue
    This volume brings together many of the leading international figures in development studies, such as Jose Antonio Ocampo, Paul Krugman, Dani Rodrik, Joseph Stiglitz, Daniel Cohen, Olivier Blanchard, Deepak Nayyar and John Williamson to reconsider and propose alternative development policies to the Washington Consensus. Covering a wide range of issues from macro-stabilization to trade and the ... Læs mere

    432,24 kr.

  • Anetso, the Cherokee Ball Game

    At the Center of Ceremony and Identity

    af Michael J. Zogry ...
    Anetso, a centuries-old Cherokee ball game still played today, is a vigorous, sometimes violent activity that rewards speed, strength, and agility. At the same time, it is the focus of several linked ritual activities. Is it a sport? Is it a religious ritual? Could it possibly be both? Why has it lasted so long, surviving through centuries of upheaval and change?Based on his work in the field and ... Læs mere

    157,13 kr.

  • Is the Planet Full?

    Redigeret af Ian Goldin ...
    What are the impacts of population growth? Can our planet support the demands of the ten billion people anticipated to be the world's population by the middle of this century? While it is common to hear about the problems of overpopulation, might there be unexplored benefits of increasing numbers of people in the world? How can we both consider and harness the potential benefits brought by a ... Læs mere

    267,17 kr.