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The A to Z of World Development
Compiled by Andy Crump; Edited by Wayne Ellwood
Foreword by Dr. Norman Myers
$39.95 CDN
$29.95 US
paper 1-896357-20-2 1998
A beautifully produced, large-format reference book with hundreds of full-colour photographs and graphics throughout. The A to Z of World Development contains over 700 entries, listed alphabetically, covering key themes and factors of global development. It blends scrupulous research with the unique political and economic analysis that has made The New Internationalist the biggest-selling magazine of its kind.
Examples: United Nations, Structural Adjustment, Oral Rehydration Therapy, Rastafarianism, Indira Gandhi, Chipko Movement.
Published with New Internationalist Publications, Oxford, U.K.
A Beauty that Hurts: Life and Death in Guatemala, 2nd Edition Revised and Expanded
W. George Lovell
$24.95 CDN (this edition available in Canada only)
University of Texas Press in the U.S.
paper 1-896357-62-8
2002
Between War and Peace in Central America: Choices for Canada
Ed. Liisa North, with CAPA
$17.95 CDN
paper 0-921284-21-7
1990
This powerful book examines human rights, development patterns, refugees and displacement, and strategies to build a realistic peace.
Closing the Circle: Democratization and Development in Africa
Richard Sandbrook
$29.95 CDN
paper 1-896357-37-7
2000
Coffee and Democracy in Modern Costa Rica
Anthony Winson
$17.95 CDN
paper 0-921284-07-1
1989
Costa Rica has taken a course radically different from other Central American republics. A distinctive, non-revolutionary, development model.
Community Rights and Corporate Responsibility: Canadian Mining and Oil Companies in Latin America
Edited by Liisa North, Tim Clark, and Viviana Patroni
$29.95 CDN
paper 1-897071-10-8
Conflicts of Interest: Canada and the Third World
Eds. Jamie Swift & Brian Tomlinson
$21.95 CDN
paper 0-921284-41-1
1991
Ten activists, scholars, and writers analyze contemporary development issues linking Canada and the Third World, and provide an in-depth critique of Canada's role in perpetuating poverty in the nations of the South. Widely adopted as a course text at the college and university level.
Development and Disorder: A History of the Third World Since 1945
Mike Mason
$34.95 CDN (this edition available in Canada only)
paper 1-896357-08-3
1997
In this systematic introduction to the contemporary history of what has become known as the "Third World," professor Mike Mason poses a double-barrelled question: Why have most of the countries of the Third World failed to "develop" in ways that benefit the majority of their populations? And why have their political problems proved so intractable?
"Mike Mason has done an outstanding job in integrating diverse intellectual and epistemological traditions into a clear, readable, and sophisticated synthesis. The introductory chapter, which blends a range of development theories, is superb. My students can relate to this book."
-- Jorge Nef, University of Guelph
Equal Shares: Oodi Weavers and the Co-Operative Experience
Dennis Lewycky and Keitseope Nthomang
$14.95 CDN
paper 1-896357-21-0
1999
Equal Shares tells a fascinating story--the history of a group of dynamic tapestry workers who changed the economic life of their community. The authors examine a key community-based cooperative in Botswana that was launched in the early 1970s, and is hailed as a model for development and social change. With little formal education, virtually no job experience, still working their own agricultural lands, and many as single mothers, the co-op workers have maintained their business for over twenty-five years. Equal Shares is written in different voices, and tells the story of the defining moments in the lives of the Oodi Weavers. As the workers weave their village stories into the tapestries, the book weaves a story that depicts their evolving collective experience. It's a model of community action. Inspiring reading for all those fighting to take control of their economic lives.
Feminists Under Fire: Exchanges across War Zones
eds. Wenona Giles, Malathi de Alwis, Edith Klein, and Neluka Silva
with Maja Korac, Djurdjua Knezevic, and Zarana Papic
$29.95 CDN
$24.95 US
paper 1-896357-78-4
2003
Hidden Lives: Voices of Children in Latin America and the Caribbean
Duncan Green
$14.95 CDN (this edition available in Canada only)
paper 1-896357-14-8
1998
On Third World streets or first world televisions, Latin American children are seen but seldom listened to. Talk to the children themselves and a different picture emerges, one of children as active and resourceful fighters, struggling to improve their lives.
Intifada: The Palestinian Uprising Against Israeli Occupation
Eds. Zachary Lockman & Joel Beinin
$18.95 CDN
paper 0-921284-24-1
1989
This book, compiled by the Middle East Research and Information Project, provides an eyewitness look at the December 1987 Palestinian uprising, as well as in-depth analyses of how it permanently altered the political terrain of the Middle East.
Jamaica Under Manley: Dilemmas of Socialism and Democracy
Michael Kaufman
$19.95 CDN
paper 0-919946-59-3
1985
The crucial eight years during which the PNP, under P.M. Michael Manley, tried to reduce Jamaica's dependence on the West, to build a more just society within the framework of a parliamentary system.
Mirrors of War: Literature and Revolution in El Salvador
Ed. Gabriela Yanes et al.
$19.95 CDN
paper 0-919946-57-7
1985
A superb collection of prose and poetry that springs directly from the revolution in El Salvador. The literature vibrates with a sense of anger and irony, urgency and hope, against a backdrop of oppression and brutality.
The No-Nonsense Guide to Fair Trade
ed. David Ransom
$14.95 CDN (this edition available in Canada only)
paper 1-896357-47-4
2001
The No-Nonsense Guide to Globalization
ed. Wayne Ellwood
$14.95 CDN (this edition available in Canada only)
paper 1-896357-46-6
2001
The No-Nonsense Guide to Indigenous Peoples
Lotte Hughes
$14.95 CDN (this edition available in Canada only)
paper 1-896357-76-8
2003
The No-Nonsense Guide to International Development
Maggie Black
$14.95 CDN (this edition available in Canada only)
paper 1-896357-62-8
2002
The No-Nonsense Guide to International Migration
Peter Stalker
$14.95 CDN (this edition available in Canada only)
paper 1-896357-53-9
2001
The No-Nonsense Guide to Women's Rights
Nikki van der Gaag
$14.95 CDN (this edition available in Canada only)
paper 1-896357-91-1
2004
The No-Nonsense Guide to World Poverty
Jeremy Seabrook
$14.95 CDN (this edition available in Canada only)
paper 1-896357-82-2
2003
Northern Shadows: Canadians in Central America
Peter McFarlane
$15.95 CDN
paper 0-921284-11-X
1989
McFarlane shows how Canadians have connected to a region blessed with riches but often condemned to turmoil.
Orphans of the Storm: Peacebuilding for Children of War
John Walker
$15.95 CDN
paper 0-921284-79-9
1993
John Walker provides an account of efforts carried out under the auspices of the United Nations to declare temporary cease-fires to deliver much needed aid to children in warring regions. He raises new questions about the role of the United Nations in international conflicts.
The Pen and the Sword
Edward W. Said, Conversations with David Barsamian
$14.95 CDN
paper 0-921284-95-0
1994
Edward W. Said, author of Orientalism and Culture and Imperialism, is interviewed here on a range of subjects: from V.S. Naipaul's and Joseph Conrad's depictions of colonialism and empire in their novels, to the links between the Palestinian and South African struggles, to questions about the effectiveness of Yassar Arafat's leadership.
Recolonization and Resistance: Southern Africa in the 1990s
John Saul
$17.95 CDN
paper 0-921284-81-0
1993
Focusing on the cruel trend of events that has transformed once-proud Mozambique and Angola into mendicant states, Saul places the virtual recolonization of the region in the context of global "structural adjustment."
Street-Level Democracy: Political Settings at the Margins of Global Power
Jonathan Barker with Anne-Marie Cwikowski, Christie Gombay, Katherine Isbester, Kole Shettima, and Aparna Sundar
$24.95 CDN (this edition available in Canada only)
In the U.K. and U.S., Kumarian Press.
paper 1-896357-29-6
1999
Using colourful and detailed case material, Street-Level Democracy introduces a new method of researching everyday politics. It is a wide-ranging book that traces the conflicts between global power and local action. People in farming communities, town mosques, city markets, and fishing communities suffer the effects of wrenching change, but live far from the centres of power. From Britain and small-town USA to Nigeria, India, and Nicaragua, citizens everywhere grapple with the politics of everyday life.
To Change This House: Popular Education Under the Sandinistas
Deborah Barndt
$15.95 CDN
paper 0-921284-37-3
1991
To Change This House documents how popular education transformed all aspects of life in Nicaragua. Beautifully illustrated and of interest to educators.
Watching China Change: 1976-1999
Robert Cosbey
$24.95 CDN
$12.95 US
paper 1-896357-43-1
2001
A World Growing Old
Jeremy Seabrook
$24.95 CDN
paper 1-896357-84-9
2004
See also:
East Timor
The Next Liberation Struggle
The No-Nonsense Guide to Conflict and Peace
The No-Nonsense Guide to Global Media
The No-Nonsense Guide to Terrorism
An Unauthorized Biography of the World
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