Economics of specific sectors

For over a decade, Global Health Watch has been the definitive source for alternative analysis on health.

For over a decade, Global Health Watch has been the definitive source for alternative analysis on health.

For thousands of years, Ethiopia has depended on its smallholding farmers to provide the bulk of its food needs.

For thousands of years, Ethiopia has depended on its smallholding farmers to provide the bulk of its food needs.

International observers have lauded Rwanda as an example of an African country taking control of its own development trajectory, and as a market-friendly destination for investment.

International observers have lauded Rwanda as an example of an African country taking control of its own development trajectory, and as a market-friendly destination for investment.

Set in one of the world's most unequal and violent places, this ethnographic study reveals how insurance companies discovered a vast market of predominantly poor African clients.

In the wake of the global financial crisis, water services have come under renewed neoliberal assault across Europe.

In the wake of the global financial crisis, water services have come under renewed neoliberal assault across Europe.

Genetically modified crops have become a key element of development strategies across the Global South, despite remaining deeply controversial.

Genetically modified crops have become a key element of development strategies across the Global South, despite remaining deeply controversial.

Cities today are paradoxical.

Cities today are paradoxical.

This book explores how the problem of global sustainability could turn into a major force for innovation leading to enhanced firm performance.

Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the NHS, award-winning comedian and activist Mark Thomas takes a look at our NHS, what state it's in, where it's going, and what we need to do to keep it.

As the world hurtles towards environmental oblivion, China is leading the charge.

As the world hurtles towards environmental oblivion, China is leading the charge.

How can we make sense of a world where we have both too many billionaires and too many foodbanks?

How can we make sense of a world where we have both too many billionaires and too many foodbanks?

The 'end of history' has not taken place.

The 'end of history' has not taken place.

'An inspiring rallying cry for activists everywhere to work together to build a just, ecosocialist future' - Grace BlakeleyTime is up.

'An inspiring rallying cry for activists everywhere to work together to build a just, ecosocialist future' - Grace BlakeleyTime is up.

More than thirty years after the collapse of the USSR, the critique of state socialism is still used to deny alternatives to capitalism, irrespective of global capitalist ecological and social devastation.

More than thirty years after the collapse of the USSR, the critique of state socialism is still used to deny alternatives to capitalism, irrespective of global capitalist ecological and social devastation.

'A fascinating portal into arguments about why we need to get beyond money' - Harry CleaverWhat would a world without money look like?

'A fascinating portal into arguments about why we need to get beyond money' - Harry CleaverWhat would a world without money look like?

A sense of urgency pervades global environmentalism, and the degrowth movement is bursting into the mainstream.

A sense of urgency pervades global environmentalism, and the degrowth movement is bursting into the mainstream.

The Covid-19 pandemic has tragically exposed how today's welfare state cannot properly protect its citizens.

The Covid-19 pandemic has tragically exposed how today's welfare state cannot properly protect its citizens.

In this provocative new study, Zak Cope makes the case that capitalism is empirically inseparable from imperialism, historically and today.

In this provocative new study, Zak Cope makes the case that capitalism is empirically inseparable from imperialism, historically and today.

Elinor Ostrom was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Economics.

Elinor Ostrom was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Economics.

*Shortlisted for the BBC Radio 4 Thinking Allowed Award for Ethnography 2017**Winner of the 2016 Labor History Best Book prize*Over a million people in the UK work in call centres, and the phrase has become synonymous with low-paid and high stress work, dictatorial supervisors and an enforced dearth of union organisation.

*Shortlisted for the BBC Radio 4 Thinking Allowed Award for Ethnography 2017**Winner of the 2016 Labor History Best Book prize*Over a million people in the UK work in call centres, and the phrase has become synonymous with low-paid and high stress work, dictatorial supervisors and an enforced dearth of union organisation.

Coal, gas and oil have been capitalism's main fuels since the industrial revolution.

Reviews advances in cultivation practice such as seed establishment and more efficient irrigation techniques; Summarises developments in 'climate smart' agriculture such as conservation tillage and organic wheat cultivation; Discusses ways of supporting smallholders improve wheat cultivation in North Africa and other regions in the developing world

Reviews advances in cultivation practice such as seed establishment and more efficient irrigation techniques; Summarises developments in 'climate smart' agriculture such as conservation tillage and organic wheat cultivation; Discusses ways of supporting smallholders improve wheat cultivation in North Africa and other regions in the developing world

The countries that make up the MENA region display wide diversity.

The countries that make up the MENA region display wide diversity.

Some fled following World War II, and travelled east by train to Istanbul with no more than a suitcase.

Gecekondu settlements-or shanty towns-in large Turkish cities are mostly populated by low-income families, many of which have migrated from the villages of Central Anatolia.

Our cities are changing.

One of the German-speaking world's leading young sociologists lays out modern Germany's social and political crisis and its implications for the future of the European hegemon.

Michael Sorkin is one of the most forthright and engaging architectural writers in the world.

Today 13 million people are living in poverty in the UK.

This fully updated second edition presents a conceptual framework of outdoor recreation management in the form of a series of management matrices.

This fully updated second edition presents a conceptual framework of outdoor recreation management in the form of a series of management matrices.