Globalization

Europe might appear like a continent pulling itself apart.

Europe might appear like a continent pulling itself apart.

Trade connections and cultural exchange between Africa and the rest of the global South have existed for centuries.

Trade connections and cultural exchange between Africa and the rest of the global South have existed for centuries.

Have you ever stopped and wondered where your jeans came from?

Have you ever stopped and wondered where your jeans came from?

Though initially considered a welcome counterweight to Western interest across Africa, the BRICS are increasingly being viewed as another example of foreign interference and exploitation.

Though initially considered a welcome counterweight to Western interest across Africa, the BRICS are increasingly being viewed as another example of foreign interference and exploitation.

'Shanzhai' from Cantonese slang, refers to the production of fake goods in China, which enjoy an anti-authoritarian-like dissemination across the global market.

'Shanzhai' from Cantonese slang, refers to the production of fake goods in China, which enjoy an anti-authoritarian-like dissemination across the global market.

'John Feffer is our 21st-century Jack London' - Mike DavisIn a post-Trump world, the right is still very much in power.

'John Feffer is our 21st-century Jack London' - Mike DavisIn a post-Trump world, the right is still very much in power.

'This conceptually vivid book refreshes our vision' - Ruth Wilson GilmoreThe word smuggler often unleashes a simplified, negative image painted by the media and the authorities.

'This conceptually vivid book refreshes our vision' - Ruth Wilson GilmoreThe word smuggler often unleashes a simplified, negative image painted by the media and the authorities.

This book critically engages with the proliferation of literature on postcapitalism, which is rapidly becoming an urgent area of inquiry, both in academic scholarship and in public life.

This book critically engages with the proliferation of literature on postcapitalism, which is rapidly becoming an urgent area of inquiry, both in academic scholarship and in public life.

From ISIS propaganda videos to popular regime-backed TV series and digital activism, the Syrian conflict has been dramatically affected by the production of media, at the same time generating in its turn an impressive visual culture.

This new, updated edition of the influential Development Against Democracy is a critical guide to postwar studies of modernisation and development.

This new, updated edition of the influential Development Against Democracy is a critical guide to postwar studies of modernisation and development.

The world is overheated: Too full and too fast; out of sync, contradiction-ridden and unequal.

The world is overheated: Too full and too fast; out of sync, contradiction-ridden and unequal.

Sitting next to the Great Barrier Reef, marinated in coal and gas, the industrial boomtown of Gladstone, Australia embodies many of the contradictions of the 'overheated' world: prosperous yet polluted; growing and developing yet always on the precipice of uncertainty.

Sitting next to the Great Barrier Reef, marinated in coal and gas, the industrial boomtown of Gladstone, Australia embodies many of the contradictions of the 'overheated' world: prosperous yet polluted; growing and developing yet always on the precipice of uncertainty.

This book is a vital guide to understanding the Alt-Right - the white nationalist, anti-feminist, far-right movement that rose to prominence during Donald Trump's successful election campaign in the United States.

The countries of the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean (SEM) and those in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are crucial to the development of the world economy.

At the opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics, a global audience of nearly one billion viewers were treated to the unprecedented sight of James Bond meeting Queen Elizabeth II.

"e;I am the supercommunity, and you are only starting to recognize me.

In Duty Free Art, filmmaker and writer Hito Steyerl wonders how we can appreciate, or even make art, in the present age.

Megacities of over 10 million inhabitants are unique entities in their own right, both challenging and supporting the policies, governance and cohesion of states.

Can the fall of globalization told through true storytelling save humanity from its own extinction?

Is it time to reaffirm our liberal values?

Co-Winner of the Senior Book Prize, American Ethnological SocietyWhat the struggle over the Indonesian rainforests can teach us about the social frictions that shape the world around usRubbing two sticks together produces heat and light while one stick alone is just a stick.

This profound reflection on war and peace, by an original thinker actively engaged in seeking peace, shows how war could be abolished by the creation of a democratic World State.

Mobile money, e-commerce, cash cards, retail credit cards, and more as new monetary technologies become increasingly available, the global South has cautiously embraced these mediums as a potential solution to the issue of financial inclusion.

This book is about how kids become engaged with brands, and how their relationship with them changes over time as they mature as consumers.

The ascent of globalisation tells the sweeping historical drama of the development of globalisation, from the Second World War to the present day.

The ascent of globalisation tells the sweeping historical drama of the development of globalisation, from the Second World War to the present day.

In this brilliant, very original survey of the politics and meanings of urban landscapes, leading sociologist G,ran Therborn offers a tour of the world's major capital cities, and the forces that have shaped them.

Selected as one of LitHub's 38 Favorite Books of 2022Finalist for the 2022 Big Other Book Award for NonfictionIn this uncompromising essay, Jonathan Crary presents the obvious but unsayable reality: our 'digital age' is synonymous with the disastrous terminal stage of global capitalism and its financialization of social existence, mass impoverishment, ecocide, and military terror.

Capitalism Is Back: Learn To Live With ItPrivate companies and multinationals make the free-market, capitalist economy work.

Private companies and multinationals have been around since the beginning of recorded history.

*Shortlisted for the BBC Radio 4 Thinking Allowed Award for Ethnography 2015*This book follows the global trail of one of the world's most unremarkable and ubiquitous objects - flip-flops.

*Shortlisted for the BBC Radio 4 Thinking Allowed Award for Ethnography 2015*This book follows the global trail of one of the world's most unremarkable and ubiquitous objects - flip-flops.

What are the Green alternatives to economic globalisation?

This introduction to social and cultural anthropology has become a modern classic, revealing the rich global variation in social life and culture across the world.

This introduction to social and cultural anthropology has become a modern classic, revealing the rich global variation in social life and culture across the world.

Neoliberal capitalism positions us all as consumers in a hypermarket where money talks.

Neoliberal capitalism positions us all as consumers in a hypermarket where money talks.

In this much-needed book, Graham Dunkley challenges the oft-repeated notion that free trade and global integration are the best means of development for all nations at all times an idea that has proved even more misguided in the wake of the global financial crisis.