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    Big business, poor peoples : how transnational corporations damage the world's poor (2008)
    London : Zed Books
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    ISBN: 9781848133754
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XV, 240 Seiten
    Edition: 2nd edition
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Madeley, John Big business, poor peoples
    DDC: 305.569
    Keywords: 1900 - 1999 ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies ; Economic history ; International business enterprises ; International business enterprises / Social aspects ; Poor ; Entwicklungsländer ; Gesellschaft ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; Wirtschaft. Geschichte ; International business enterprises ; International business enterprises Social aspects ; Poor
    Note: Previous edition: 1999, entitled: Big business, poor peoples : the impact of transnational corporations in the world's poor , Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-231) and index , Introduction: the corporate spread -- Why poor countries 'want' the corporations -- The agri-corporations: from production to trade -- Agri-commodities take their toll -- Health: the poor take the corporate pill -- Water: the corporate tap -- Tourism: the great illusion -- Extracting logs and fish -- Mining the poor -- Manufactured goods: poverty amid the glitz -- Energy: no force for the poor -- The corporate persuaders -- Tackling the power: regulation, bypass, action -- Conclusion , The first edition of this path-breaking book put the issue of transnational corporations and the poor firmly on the agenda. This second edition contains significant new and updated material and is an essential read for anyone who wants to know more about the effects of corporate power on the poor
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    Guerrillas : war and peace in Central America (2008)
    London : Zed Books
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    ISBN: 1842777386 , 1842777394 , 9781842777381 , 9781842777398
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxiv, 248 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Parallel Title: Print version Guerrillas : War and Peace in Central America
    DDC: 303.6/40972809045
    Keywords: Guerrillas History 20th century ; Central America Politics and government 1979- ; Central America Politics and government 1951-1979
    Abstract: Three parallel wars were fought in the latter half of the twentieth century in El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua. This fascinating study of the 'guerrilla generation' is based on in-depth interviews with both guerrilla comandantes and political and military leaders of the time. Dirk Kruijt analyses the dreams and achievements, the successes and failures, the utopias and dystopias of an entire Central American generation and its leaders
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Abbreviations and Spanish Terms ; Introduction: Guerrillas and Comandantes; 1 Dictators and Civil Wars ; 2 Genesis of a Guerrilla Generation; 3 Inside the Guerrilla; 4 Utopia and Dystopia, Nicaragua; 5 Negotiations, Peace and Post-war Reintegration; 6 Legacies and Ambivalences ; Appendices; Notes; References; Index
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [202]-238) and index , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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    Female well-being : toward a global theory of social change (2005)
    London : Zed Books
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    ISBN: 9781848131323 , 1848131321 , 1281215945 , 9781281215949
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (xiv, 432 pages) , illustrations
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Female well-being
    DDC: 305.420904
    Keywords: Women Social conditions ; 20th century ; Women Cross-cultural studies ; Social conditions ; Women Cross-cultural studies ; Health and hygiene ; Maternal and infant welfare Cross-cultural studies ; Women in development Cross-cultural studies ; Femmes Études transculturelles ; Conditions sociales ; Mères Études transculturelles ; Protection, assistance, etc ; Femmes dans le développement Études transculturelles ; Femmes Études transculturelles ; Santé et hygiène ; Femmes Conditions sociales ; 20e siècle ; Women Cross-cultural studies Social conditions ; Women Cross-cultural studies Health and hygiene ; Maternal and infant welfare Cross-cultural studies ; Women in development Cross-cultural studies ; Women Social conditions 20th century ; Women ; Health and hygiene ; Social conditions ; Women in development ; Maternal and infant welfare ; Women ; Social conditions ; Internationaler Vergleich ; Soziale Situation ; Sozialer Wandel ; Frau ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Feminism & Feminist Theory ; Women ; Health and hygiene ; Cross-cultural studies ; Electronic books ; Electronic books Cross-cultural studies ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: This global survey starts from the belief that the significant transformations in women?s lives need to be fully documented and interpreted. It illustrates the critical challenges faced by women in the 20th century using original data from countries in every world region. The case studies are written by teams of scholars, educators, and policy analysts in Canada, the United States, Colombia, Iceland, the United Kingdom, Croatia, Japan, Bangladesh, Thailand, South Africa, Sudan, and Kenya. The catalysts for change in female well-being are identified from trends from 1900 to 2000 in infant morta
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
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