Ak press aug 2012 (2 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Unless the economy is of the people and by the people it will never be for the people. This book is for people who want to know what a desirable alternative to capitalism might look like. It is for people who want more than rosy rhetoric and Pollyannaish descriptions of people working in harmony. It is for people want to dig into what economic justice and economic democracy mean. It is a book for optimists-who believe the human species must be capable of something better than succumbing to competition and greed or authoritarianism, and would like to know how we can do it. It is also a book for skeptics-who demand to be shown, explicitly and concretely, how a modern economy can dispense with markets and authoritarian planning, and how hundreds of millions of people can manage their own division of labor efficiently and equitably.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - - Widely regarded as one of the best and most comprehensive surveys of Latin American social politics in the Spanish-speaking world, Zibechi's Territorios en resistencia: Cartografía política de las periferias latinoamericanas (2008) is available here in translation for the first time.- Interest in the socio-economic and political trajectory of Latin American countries continues to grow, as the economic crisis continues to threaten the so-called first world nations, and concerned citizens look elsewhere for alternative economic structures.- Zibechi's first book translated into English was released by AK Press in 2010 (Dispersing Power) and received positive, if limited, attention. Whereas the previous book dealt specifically with the situation in Bolivia, this new work maps the social relations of the entire region.- Mexico, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Argentina are all treated here in depth, making the book appropriate for specialists investigating any of these nations individually, as well as readers looking for a more global view of the politics of the region as a whole.- Written in a clear and accessible journalistic style, Zibechi's work is equally appropriate for readers who have little to no background in Latin American politics, as well as for experts and academics already well-versed in the situation.…