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Exodus From Empire: The Fall of America's Empire and the Rise of the Global Community
Terrence E. Paupp
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• Author(s): Terrence E. Paupp • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: International Relations - General-- A vision of a new world order that looks forward to the end of IMF hegemony -- 'Ther...
View full detailsAnthropology At The Dawn Of The Cold War: The Influence of Foundations, Mccarthyism and the CIA
Dustin M. Wax
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• Author(s): Dustin M. Wax • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialThis book breaks new ground in the history of anthropology, opening up an explicit examina...
View full detailsA World Of Insecurity: Anthropological Perspectives on Human Security
Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Ellen Bal, Oscar Salemink
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• Author(s): Thomas Hylland Eriksen | Ellen Bal | Oscar Salemink • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Anthropology - GeneralAbout the Book Human security is a key element in the measure of w...
View full detailsWork, Sex, And Power: The Forces that Shaped Our History
Willie Thompson
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• Author(s): Willie Thompson • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: General Books • BISAC: Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-Communism & SocialismAn all-encompassing look at three forces that shape human history, from t...
View full detailsTo Exist is to Resist: Black Feminism in Europe
Akwugo Emejulu
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• Author(s): Akwugo Emejulu • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Women's StudiesAbout the Book This book brings together activists, artists, and scholars of color to show how Black feminism ...
View full detailsThe Power Of Pills: Social, Ethical and Legal Issues in Drug Development, Marketing and Pricing
Jillian Clare Cohen, Patricia Illingworth, Udo Schuklenk
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• Author(s): Jillian Clare Cohen | Patricia Illingworth | Udo Schuklenk • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: Medical, Nursing and Health Sciences • BISAC: PharmacologyAbout the Book Why does one-third of the global population ...
View full detailsThe Afghan Solution: The Inside Story of Abdul Haq, the CIA and How Western Hubris Lost Afghanistan
Lucy Morgan Edwards
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• Author(s): Lucy Morgan Edwards • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: Politics and Current AffairsOctober 7, 2011 marked the tenth anniversary of the start of the Afghan war, and this explosive book exposes how the West lost i...
View full detailsA Marxist History Of The Second World War: Rival Empires and Popular Uprisings
Chris Bambery
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• Author(s): Chris Bambery • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: History • BISAC: Wars & Conflicts - World War II - GeneralThe Second World War casts a long shadow, portrayed as a necessary and paradigmatic war that defeate...
View full detailsThinker Faker Spinner Spy: Corporate PR and the Assault on Democracy
David Miller, William Dinan
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• Author(s): David Miller | William Dinan • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: Public RelationsAbout the Book The public relations industry is not just about celebrity gossip. This book sh...
View full detailsThe Chavez Code: Cracking Us Intervention in Venezuela
Eva Golinger
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• Author(s): Eva Golinger • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: International Relations - GeneralAbout the Book In this book, Eva Golinger uses documents obtained under the US Freedom of In...
View full detailsCrisis And Control: The Militarization of Protest Policing
Lesley J. Wood
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• Author(s): Lesley J. Wood • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: GlobalizationAbout the Book Crisis and Control explains how neoliberal transformations of political and economic systems are ...
View full detailsAnthropology and Development: Challenges for the Twenty-First Century
Katy Gardner, David Lewis
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• Author(s): Katy Gardner | David Lewis • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialAbout the Book Western aid is in decline. Non-traditional development actors ...
View full detailsThe West Bank Wall: Unmaking Palestine
Ray Dolphin
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• Author(s): Ray Dolphin • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: History • BISAC: Middle East - Israel & PalestineSince Israel began its construction in 2002, the Wall has sparked intense debate, being condemned as illegal by...
View full detailsHow To Read Marx'S Capital
Stephen Shapiro
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• Author(s): Stephen Shapiro • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: Economics • BISAC: Economics - TheoryAbout the Book Capital Volume I is essential reading on many undergraduate courses, but the structure and style of the book...
View full detailsOur Way To Fight: Peace-work Under Siege in Israel-palestine
Michael Riordon
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• Author(s): Michael Riordon • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: History • BISAC: PeaceThis book follows the dangerous lives of peace activists in Israel and Palestine. It explores the crises that stirred them to act, the ris...
View full detailsFedric Jameson: THE PROJECT OF DIALECTICAL CRITISM
Robert .T.
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• Author(s): Robert .T. • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: PoliticalFredric Jameson is the most important Marxist critic in the world today. While consistently operating at the cutting edge of lit...
View full detailsThe Great University Gamble: Money, Markets and the Future of Higher Education
Andrew McGettigan
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• Author(s): Andrew McGettigan • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: Education & Psychology • BISAC: Schools - Levels - HigherAbout the Book In 2010 the UK government imposed huge cuts and market-driven reforms on higher ed...
View full details"Monitored: Business and Surveillance in a Time of Big Data"
Peter Bloom
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• Author(s): Peter Bloom • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: Business Management • BISAC: Business EthicsAbout the Book Our contemporary age is confronted by a profound contradiction: on the one hand, our lives as workers, co...
View full detailsTransit States: Labour, Migration and Citizenship in the Gulf
Abdulhadi Khalaf, Omar AlShehabi, Adam Hanieh
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• Author(s): Abdulhadi Khalaf | Omar AlShehabi | Adam Hanieh • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Labor & Industrial RelationsThere are vast swathes of people in economic migration acros...
View full detailsHow A Century Of War Changed The Lives Of Women: Work, Family and Liberation
Lindsey German
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• Author(s): Lindsey German • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Women's StudiesHow a Century of War Changed the Lives of Women looks at the remarkable impact of war on women in Britain. It ...
View full detailsFollowing The Money: Comparing Partimentary Public Accounts Committees
Rick Stapenhurst, Kerry Jacobs
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• Author(s): Rick Stapenhurst | Kerry Jacobs • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: Business Management • BISAC: Money & Monetary PolicyAbout the Book This report re-examines the ways in which parliamentary committees can en...
View full detailsComplacency And Collusion: A Critical Introduction to Business and Financial Journalism
Keith J. Butterick
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• Author(s): Keith J. Butterick • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: Communication, Mass Media and Journalism • BISAC: Business WritingAbout the Book Complacency and Collusion focuses on the practice of financial and business ...
View full detailsGadget Consciousness
JOss Hands
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• Author(s): JOss Hands • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: Religion and Philosophy • BISAC: Media StudiesAbout the Book What impact does our relentless fixation on the gadget have on the struggle for new kinds of solidarity,...
View full detailsEcological Debt: Global Warming and the Wealth of Nations
Andrew Simms
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• Author(s): Andrew Simms • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture • BISAC: Environmental Conservation & Protection - GeneralAbout the Book --New edition of this highly acclaimed guide-- 'Creative a...
View full detailsThe Crimes Of Empire: The History and Politics of an Outlaw Nation
Carl Boggs
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• Author(s): Carl Boggs • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: International Relations - GeneralAbout the Book Imperial Nations advance their own interests by exploiting other societies. To ...
View full detailsPlane Truth: Aviation's Real Impact on People and the Environment
Rose Bridger
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• Author(s): Rose Bridger • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: Environmental Conservation & Protection - GeneralAbout the Book As aviation is celebrated as one of the world's fastest g...
View full detailsThe Financial Crisis And The Global South: A Development Perspective
Yilmaz Akyuz
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• Author(s): Yilmaz Akyuz • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: Economics • BISAC: Asia - GeneralThis book is a major contribution exploring the policy options available for developing and emerging economies in response to the ...
View full detailsThe Capability Of Places: Methods for Modelling Community Response to Intrusion and Change
Sandra Wallman, Virginia Bond
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• Author(s): Sandra Wallman | Virginia Bond • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialHow can we assess the ability of a place to respond to challenges like mi...
View full detailsBlaming The Victim: How Global Journalism Fails Those in Poverty
Jairo Lugo-Ocando
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• Author(s): Jairo Lugo-Ocando • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Poverty & HomelessnessAbout the Book Poverty, it seems, is a constant in today's news, usually the result of famine, e...
View full detailsAgrofuels: Big Profits, Ruined Lives and Ecological Destruction
FranÇois Houtart
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• Author(s): FranÇois Houtart • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture • BISAC: Industries - EnergySince they were heralded as a key weapon in the fight against climate change, agrofuels have been criti...
View full detailsThe Gloss Of Harmony: The Politics of Policy Making in Multilateral Organisations
Birgit Muller
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• Author(s): Birgit Muller • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: InternationalThe Gloss of Harmony focuses on agencies of the United Nations, examining the paradox of entrusting relatively ...
View full detailsWhite Identities: A Critical Sociological Approach
Simon Clarke, Steve Garner
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• Author(s): Simon Clarke | Steve Garner • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Cultural & Ethnic Studies - GeneralThis book guides students as they explore how white identities are forged...
View full detailsClaiming Individuality: The Cultural Politics of Distinction
Vered Amit, Noel Dyck
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• Author(s): Vered Amit | Noel Dyck • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialIndividuality is often interpreted as a force for the separation and autonomy of ...
View full detailsObama'S Economy: Recovery For The Few
Jack Rasmus
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• Author(s): Jack Rasmus • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: Economics • BISAC: Political EconomyThree years after his election, Barack Obama presides over a deep economic malaise. Radical economist Jack Rasmus shows how the ...
View full detailsRamparts Of Resistance: Why Workers Lost Their Power, and How to Get It Back
Sheila Cohen
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• Author(s): Sheila Cohen • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: Economics • BISAC: Labor - GeneralAbout the Book Ramparts of Resistance examines the experience of British and US workers during the last three decades to show the...
View full detailsNature For Sale: Commons Versus Commodities
Giovanna Ricoveri, Vandana Shiva
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• Author(s): Giovanna Ricoveri | Vandana Shiva • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: Business Management • BISAC: History & Theory - GeneralAbout the Book Uncovering the rich heritage of common ownership which existed befor...
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