Z Books
Recent Z Books
Hill: The Economics Anti-Textbook
Mar 10, 2011
Mainstream textbooks present economics as an objective science free from value judgements.
'Bifo': Precarious Rhapsody
Mar 10, 2011
Semocapitalism and the Pathologies of Post-alpha Generation
Dyhouse: Glamour
Mar 10, 2011
This unique and fascinating book tells the story of glamour. It explores the changing meanings of the word, its relationship to femininity and fashion, and its place in twentieth century social history.
Thorsen: Child Migration in Africa
Mar 10, 2011
Child Migration in Africa explores the mobility of children without their parents within West Africa. Drawing on the experiences of children from rural Burkina Faso and Ghana, the book provides rich material on the circumstances of children's voluntary migration and their experiences of it.
Kassem: Palestinian Women
Mar 10, 2011
Palestinian Women is the first book to examine and document the experiences and the historical narrative of ordinary Palestinian women who witnessed the events of 1948 and became involuntary citizens of the State of Israel.
Muscio: Rose
Mar 01, 2011
With trademark precision and razor-sharp wit, Inga Muscio explores the impacts of passive violence, abuse, war, and cultural trauma on our most intimate lives in order to uncover a path toward healthy and imaginative sex and love.
Gaskin: Birth Matters
Mar 01, 2011
A spirited manifesta showing us how to trust women, value birth, and reconcile modern life with a process as old as our species.
Brown: Ballot Box China
Feb 24, 2011
This book looks at the history of the experiments in grassroots democracy in China, how they arose, what they have achieved and where they might be going.
Hands: @ is For Activism
Jan 16, 2011
@ is For Activism examines the transformation of politics through digital media, including digital television, online social networking and mobile computing.
Hands: @ is For Activism
Jan 16, 2011
@ is For Activism examines the transformation of politics through digital media, including digital television, online social networking and mobile computing. Joss Hands maps out how political relationships have been reconfigured and new modes of cooperation, deliberation and representation have emerged. This analysis is applied to the organisation and practice of alternative politics, showing how they have developed and embraced the new political and technological environment. Hands offers a comprehensive critical survey of existing literature, as well as an original perspective on networks and political change. He includes many case studies including the anti-war and global justice movements, peer production, user created TV and 'Twitter' activism. @ is For Activism is essential for activists and students of politics and media.
Yanacopulos: The Business of Human Rights
Jan 13, 2011
A timely collection of essays addresses the grey area between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) demands for an extension of international Human Rights standards.
Marais: South Africa Pushed to the Limit
Jan 13, 2011
South Africa Pushed to the Limit shows that although the legacies of apartheid and colonialism weigh heavy, many of the strategic choices made since the early 1990s have compounded those handicaps
Grinder: Parecon Intro pamphlet
Jan 07, 2011
An introduction to parecon in pdf format. This is in book format, meaning that if you print it out double sided, and staple it in the middle, it forms a little book about parecon. The content introduces parecon in more detail than a one page leaflet, but in less detail than a full fledged book.
Dangl: Dancing with Dynamite
Dec 30, 2010
In the past decade, grassroots social movements played major roles in electing left-leaning governments throughout Latin America, but subsequent relations between the streets and the states remain uneasy.
Tokar: Agriculture & Food in Crisis
Dec 20, 2010
The failures of “free-market” capitalism are perhaps nowhere more evident than in the production and distribution of food. In Agriculture and Food in Crisis, editors Fred Magdoff and Brian Tokar have assembled an exceptional collection of scholars from around the world to explore the politics of growing food insecurity and the rise of global resistance.
Hahnel: Green Economics
Dec 01, 2010
“An accessible and informative document valuable for both beginners and more advanced students of environmental policy and politics.” (*) This book's pluralistic, non-dogmatic, and committed investigation of the values of ecological sustainability, economic justice, and human dignity provides balanced analysis of environmental problems and their potential solutions. Author Robin Hahnel employs techniques of cost-benefit analysis to illuminate where mainstream economics can be helpful, where mainstream economics can be misleading, and where heterodox ideas can provide important insights. He focus primarily on climate change, reviews the history of climate negotiations, and provides guidelines for an effective, efficient, and fair post-Kyoto treaty. Endorsements: “[This text] hits the sweet spot in synthesizing understanding and critique of the main competing paradigms. Hahnel addresses what's right and wrong about neoclassical economics, ecological economics and Marxist economics in their perspectives on ecological issues. By integrating technical, historical and current material, he produces an accessible and informative document valuable for both beginners and more advanced students of environmental policy and politics.” — Paul Baer, Georgia Institute of Technology (*) “An insightful, thought-provoking discussion about getting the economics right for the civilizational challenges that face us this decade and beyond. Hahnel is a master of synthesis, bringing together multiple perspectives to shed light on critical policy debates, and potential paths forward.” — Eban Goodstein, Director, Bard Center for Environmental Policy, Bard College
Scipes: Solidarity or Sabotage?
Nov 24, 2010
Examines AFL-CIO foreign policy program from beginnings during the Mexican Revolution to 2007. Provides case studies of operations in Chile (early 1970s), the Philippines (mid-to-late 1980s), and Venezuela (early 2000s). Includes efforts by labor activists to transform into genuine labor internationalism.
Swanson: War Is A Lie
Nov 24, 2010
WAR IS A LIE is a thorough refutation of every major argument used to justify wars, drawing on evidence from numerous past wars, with a focus on those wars that have been most widely defended as just and good.
Morgan: Mass Media vs. Democracy
Nov 18, 2010
What Really Happened to the 1960s traces the transformation of the American civic culture from the rise of hopeful grass-roots social movements in the 1950s and 60s to the present day. Focusing on structural characteristics of mass media, the book argues that, aided by distortions and conventional interpretations of 1960s era social movements, the media culture has subverted democracy while facilitating an era of unfettered consumer capitalism.
