Friday, April 04, 2014

Buzz for Leta Hong Fincher's Leftover Women (Zed Books)

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Leftover WomenBuzz for Leta Hong Fincher's Leftover WomenExcitement is growing for Leta Hong Fincher's (@LetaHong) Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China. Leta will be in London to launch the book on 17 April at the Royal Asiatic Society. RSVP is essential: marketing@zedbooks.net

Listen out for Leta on BBC Radio 4's flagship Today programme also on 17 April, and keep on eye on our Facebook, Twitter and blog for more interviews and reviews.

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Crises of Imagination, Crises of Power
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Crucial reading for all those questioning the imposition of austerity and hoping for a fairer future beyond it.


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Spoiling Tibet

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Ecofeminism

Maria Mies and Vandana Shiva

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Part of the Critique, Influence, Change series. Two of Zed's best-known authors argue that ecological destruction and industrial catastrophes constitute a direct threat to everyday life, the maintenance of which has been made the particular responsibility of women.



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Stephen D'Arcy




Both a consideration of the ethics and politics of militant protest and the story of dissidents and their actions post 1968, this book argues that militancy is not a danger to democratic norms of consensus-building. Instead, it is a legitimate remedy for elite intransigence and unresponsive systems of power that ignore, or silence, the people.



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The Rise of the BRICS in Africa

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Feminisms, Empowerment and Development
Changing Women's Lives


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Part of the Feminisms and Development series. Explores what women are doing to change their own personal circumstances whilst providing an in-depth analysis of collective action and institutionalized mechanisms aimed at changing structural relations.

'This book, with rich empirically grounded chapters from around the world, is a truly feminist multidisciplinary collection that brings the discourse on women's empowerment to a new level.'
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Agricultural Development and Food Security in
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The New Extractivism
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Henry Veltmeyer and James Petras
With fresh insight and analysis from Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru, this book looks at the political dynamics of capitalist development in a region where the neoliberal model is collapsing under the weight of a resistance movement lead by peasant farmers and indigenous communities.

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