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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “sofía mercader”
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  • Talking About Global Inequality

    Personal Experiences and Historical Perspectives

    Edited by Christian Olaf Christiansen, Mélanie Lindbjerg Machado-Guichon, Sofía Mercader, Oliver Bugge Hunt, Priyanka Jha ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Comprising a collection of interview essays with nineteen public intellectuals and scholars from around the world, this book reflects on some of the most pressing questions of our age: what is global inequality; what causes it; and how should we deal with it? Leading figures within the fields of History, Sociology, Economics, Anthropology and Postcolonial Studies, shed light on how their personal ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • 'Punto de Vista' and the Argentine Intellectual Left

    by Sofía Mercader ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book is the first comprehensive account of the Argentine magazine Punto de Vista (1978–2008), a cultural review that gathered together prominent Argentine intellectuals throughout the last quarter of the twentieth century. Directed by cultural historian and public intellectual Beatriz Sarlo, the story of the magazine serves as a lens to study the evolution of Argentine intellectuals from the ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

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  • Liberalism and Its Discontents

    by Francis Fukuyama ...
    A short book about the challenges to liberalism from the right and the left by the bestselling author of The Origins of Political Order.Classical liberalism is in a state of crisis. Developed in the wake of Europe’s wars over religion and nationalism, liberalism is a system for governing diverse societies, which is grounded in fundamental principles of equality and the rule of law. It emphasizes ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • Anti-Capitalism

    by Ezequiel Adamovsky ...
    Translated by Marie Trigona ...
    In Anti-Capitalism, activist and scholar Ezequiel Adamovsky tells the story of the long-standing effort to build a better world, one without an abusive system at its heart. Backed up by arresting, lucid images from the radical artist group United Illustrators, Adamovsky details the struggle against rising corporate power, as that struggle unfolds in the halls of academia, in the pages of radical ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Killing Fields of Inequality

    by Göran Therborn ...
    Inequality is not just about the size of our wallets. It is a socio-cultural order which, for most of us, reduces our capabilities to function as human beings, our health, our dignity, our sense of self, as well as our resources to act and participate in the world. This book shows that inequality is literally a killing field, with millions of people dying premature deaths because of it. These ... Read more

    $20.00 USD

  • Geographies of Globalization

    by John Overton, Warwick Murray ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Human Geography Series
    Geographies of Globalization 2nd edition offers an animated and fully-updated exposition of the geographical impacts of globalization and the contribution of human geography to studies and debates in this area. Energetic and engaging, this book:• Illustrates how the core principles of human geography – such as space and scale – lead to a better understanding of the phenomenon• Debates the ... Read more

    $102.99 USD

  • The Real World of Democracy

    by C.B. Macpherson ...
    Series series The CBC Massey Lectures
    In his 1964 CBC Massey Lectures C. B. Macpherson examines the rival ideas of democracy - the communist, Third World, and Western-liberal variants - and their impact on one another. He suggests that the West need not fear any challenge to liberal democracy if it is prepared to re-examine and alter its own values. ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Key Concepts in Migration

    by David Bartram, Maritsa Poros, Pierre Monforte ...
    Series series SAGE Key Concepts series
    "Demonstrates that the study of international migration has really come of age. From acculturation to undocumented immigration, the authors consider more than three dozen concepts at the heart of migration studies. Clearly written in a highly readable style, the book is a valuable resource for students and scholars alike."- Nancy Foner, City University of New York"This very useful and ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Transitions from Authoritarian Rule

    Tentative Conclusions about Uncertain Democracies

    by Guillermo O’Donnell, Philippe C. Schmitter, Laurence Whitehead ...
    The foundational text for democratization studies for over 25 years.Political science scholars consider the four-volume work Transitions from Authoritarian Rule to be a foundational text for studying the process of democratization, specifically in those cases where an authoritarian regime is giving way to some form of democratic government. The most important of the four books is without a doubt ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • The World

    A Beginner's Guide

    by Göran Therborn ...
    What is the world of the 21st century like now that the centrality of the West is no longer given? How were the societies and cultures of today's world together with their interconnections forged, and what is driving human society in our times? In short, what is the state of the world today as we enter the second decade of the 21st century?This is the first book which deals with planetary human ... Read more

    $23.00 USD

  • What is Migration History?

    by Christiane Harzig, Dirk Hoerder ...
    Series series What is History?
    The study of migration is and always has been an interdisciplinary field of study, vast and vibrant in nature. This short introduction to the field, written by leading historians of migration for student readers, offers an acute analysis of key issues across several disciplines. It takes in its scope an overview of migrations through history, how classic theories have interpreted such movements, ... Read more

    $21.00 USD

  • Ideas for Action

    Relevant Theory for Radical Change

    by Cynthia Kaufman ...
    Written in an engaging and accessible style, Ideas for Action gives activists the intellectual tools to turn discontent into a plan of action. Exploring a wide range of political traditions—including Marxism, anarchism, anti-imperialism, postmodernism, feminism, critical race theory, and environmentalism—Cynthia Kaufman acknowledges the strengths and weaknesses of a variety of political movements ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus