International Development

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
Counter Revolution The Global Rise of the Far Right Agrarian Change & Peasant Studies Fernwood Publishing	The far right is on the rise. The rhetoric of anger and resentment is emanating from personalities like Donald Trump, Marine Le Pen, Rodrigo Duterte and Viktor Orban and is captivating and …	Walden Bello	196	2019	View
Critical Development Studies: An Introduction Fernwood Publishing	Development studies is typically used by agencies concerned on improving the living conditions of people across the world by advancing capitalism as the institutional and policy framework of the …	Henry Veltmeyer; Raúl Delgado Wise	190	2018	View
Cuba and Its Neighbours Democracy in Motion Fernwood Publishing	In this groundbreaking book, Arnold August explores Cuba’s unique form of democracy, presenting a detailed and balanced analysis of Cuba’s electoral process and the state’s …	Arnold August	285	2013	View
Cuba-U.S. Relations Obama and Beyond Fernwood Publishing	Against the background of the history of Cuba–U.S. interconnectedness and in light of Obama’s initiative and Trump’s election, Arnold August deals with the relationship …	Arnold August	264	2017	View
Development in Latin America Toward a New Future Fernwood Publishing	In Development in Latin America, Maristella Svampa explores the contemporary development and resistance dynamics of capitalist development — the workings (on people and societies) of the …	Maristella Svampa	122	2019	View
NEW! Dinner on Mars The Technologies That Will Feed the Red Planet and Transform Agriculture on Earth ECW Press	From Impossible Burgers to lab-made sushi, two witty, plugged-in food scientists explore leading-edge AgTech for the answer to feeding a settlement on Mars — and 9 billion Earthlings too …	Evan D. G. Fraser; Lenore Newman	232	2022	View
NEW! Earth for All A Survival Guide for Humanity New Society Publishers	Five decades ago, The Limits to Growth shocked the world by showing that population and industrial growth were pushing humanity towards a cliff. Today the world recognizes that we are now at the …	Jørgen Randers; Jayati Ghosh; Johan Rockström; Owen Gaffney; Per Espen Stoknes; Sandrine Dixson-Declève	218	2022	View
Exile Rejecting America and Finding the World Between The Lines	Che Guevara left Argentina at 22. At 21, Belén Fernández left the U.S. and didn’t look back. Alone, far off the beaten path in places like Syria and Tajikistan, she reflects on …	Belen Fernandez	160	2020	View
Fixing Fashion Remaking the Way We Make, Market, and Buy Our Clothes New Society Publishers	With sales of more than US $500 billion a year, the fashion industry is one of the most important sectors of the global economy, employing millions of men, women, and often children in the …	Michael Lavergne	242	2015	View
Food Regimes and Agrarian Questions Agrarian Change & Peasant Studies Fernwood Publishing	Philip McMichael explores the relationships between contemporary food, energy, climate and financial crises and food regime restructuring, which includes agrofuels, land grabbing, the bioeconomy, …	Philip McMichael	208	2013	View
Food Sovereignty Reconnecting Food, Nature and Community Fernwood Publishing	Advocating a practical, radical change to the way much of our food system currently operates, this book argues that food sovereignty is the means to achieving a system that will provide for the …	Annette Aurelie Desmarais; Hannah Wittman	224	2010	View
Food Sovereignty in Canada Creating Just and Sustainable Food System Fernwood Publishing	Contemporary Canadian agricultural and food policies are contributing to the current global food crisis: the industrialized, high-input, export-driven agricultural production sector, coupled with …	Annette Aurelie Desmarais; Hannah Wittman	232	2010	View
Global Slump The Economics and Politics of Crisis and Resistance Fernwood Publishing	Global Slump analyzes the global financial meltdown as the first systemic crisis of the neoliberal stage of capitalism. It argues that – far from having ended – the crisis has ushered …	David McNally	242	2011	View
Good Crop / Bad Crop Seed Politics and the Future of Food in Canada Between The Lines	In recent years Canadians have become more and more concerned about the origins of their food and the environmental impacts of pesticides in agriculture. What is less well known is that pesticide …	Devlin Kuyek	160	2007	View
Human Development Lessons from the Cuban Revolution Fernwood Publishing	Capitalism is a system in crisis. In the context of an urgent need for an alternative system, Cuba provides valuable lessons. The Cuban Revolution’s unique features have allowed it to …	Henry Veltmeyer	135	2014	View
Hungry For Change Farmers, Food Justice and The Agrarian Question Fernwood Publishing	Hunger and obesity sit side by side in the world today because a food system dominated by money, markets and profits allows those with money to obtain above and beyond their needs while those …	A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi	200	2013	View