The world food system is put under the microscope in this updated edition of The No-Nonsense Guide to World Food.
Wayne Roberts
A completely new investigation of the fair trade phenomenon, from the origins to what it is likely to become.
Sally Blundell
This No-Nonsense Guide looks deeper into the idea of economic growth – to trace its history and understand why it has become so unchallengeable and powerful.
Wayne Ellwood
Big business is in our food, our water, even the very air we breathe. Yet the majority of us seem to know very little about it…
Adam Ma'anit
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A history of the movement that shows why the promotion and protection of animal rights is more critical than ever.
Catharine Grant
An insight into how the arms trade works and the deals which are cut long before the weapons are deployed.
Nicholas Gilby
A completely revised edition on the politics of climate in a post-Copenhagen world.
Danny Chivers
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Peaceful alternatives to invasion and force - all explored through real cases where conflicts have been resolved.
Helen Ware (ed)
Explores how democracy has been constricted and deformed by economic power-brokers and a self-serving political class from Birmingham to Bangalore.
Richard Swift
A wide-ranging exploration of why inequality persists and what can be done about it.
Danny Dorling
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The case for fair trade and its success stories, all now under threat from corporate takeover.
David Ransom
Anti-Muslim fervour is rife – yet is being ignored by the authorities, says Lewis Garland.
Mari Marcel Thekaekara congratulates the country’s Dalit community on finally winning legal protection against discrimination.
‘The Wicked Witch is dead’ but although he’s celebrating, Alan Hughes urges us to fight on against everything she stood for.
Argument: Is it time to ditch the pursuit of economic growth?
As Mother’s Day approaches in India, Mari Marcel Thekaekara reflects on how motherhood has changed along with the online communication boom.