'Nawal El Saadawi' writes with directness and passion' - New York Times Book Review

'Reading Searching again, in light of a growing body of work in the Arab world on gender, feminism and social change, is like taking a look at this body from the inside out and seeing it in its raw state.' - Anastasia Valassopoulos, The University of Manchester
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'To read this book is like looking into a kaleidoscope; as each new element in the story is added, so a new configuration is formed.' - Independent

'Nawal El Saadawi's technique is impressive: at once precise, controlled and hypnotic, even in translation. The style and meaning of the book are one. A song with no beginning and no end, the author tells its universal story.' - Everywoman

'This novel is a powerful example of the kind of anger and desperation to which Arab women writers are beginning to give vent.' - Choice

'Nawal El Saadawi is a legend in her own time. This is an ambitious work indeed.' - American Book Review

The first part of Nawal El Saadawi's life.

'A brave book...The author fought injustice all her life, suceeded in becoming a doctor... then a writer... Reading this we are reminded not to take our good fortune for granted. This is a book we should all be reading...' - Doris Lessing

The second part of Nawal el Saadawi's extraordinary life.

"A moving repudiation of those who have made Egypt's history in the last century" - Washington Post Book World

2007 recipient of The African Literature Association’s Fonlon-Nichols Award, which is given annually to an African writer for excellence in creative writing and for contributions to the struggles for human rights and freedom of expression

'In the excellent work of Severine Deneulin and Masooda Bano we now have a new basis, firmly rooted in good judgment and buttressed by the best research, for bringing religion in to the mainstream of development policy and research ... With its clear style and abundance of telling examples, this book will be indispensable to policymakers, practitioners and academics working in development.' - David Lehmann, Cambridge University
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'This is a gloriously ambitious book. No one has done anything like it ... Forget Francis Fukuyama and Samuel Huntington. Stephen Chan is the public intellectual with his finger on the global pulse.' - Baroness Helena Kennedy

'This important book is like a circle crossed by woven threads, it is a window to the world as much as a mirror to the self. Profound and refreshing.' - Tariq Ramadan
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'This collection brings together in one place key texts of leading thinkers in environmental ethics. No one who takes environmental responsibility seriously will want to be without this book.' - Ruth Chadwick, Director, ESRC Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics (Cesagen) Cardiff University

'Inspiration, ethics and pragmatic reflection on why we have reached the crisis we face today and tomorrow. This kind of deep thinking will be key to whether we can shift to become global citizens with an eye to the future.' - Dr Camilla Toulmin, Director, International Institute for Environment and Development
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'One of the world's most prominent radical scientists' - The Guardian

'Shiva has devoted her life to fighting for the rights of ordinary people in India. Her fierce intellect and her disarmingly friendly, accessible manner have made her a valuable advocate for people all over the developing world.' - Ms Magazine

'The South's best known environmentalist.' - New Internationalist

'Shiva is a burst of creative energy, an intellectual power.' - The Progressive
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'In this compassionate, elegantly written book Patrick Chabal argues that mainstream political science, political theory and economics fail to do justice to the complexities of African social life. In their place, he offers an interdisciplinary, interpretive approach that offers sensitive insights into contemporary political realities from the point of view of the people who suffer and strive through them.' - Tim Kelsall, Editor, African Affairs

'Grace Livingstone's admirable study shows why US policy towards Latin America needs to change both urgently and substantially. Packed with telling information and written with both verve and attention to detail, this book addresses the key issues in a perennially uneven and generally unjust relationship. Readers coming to the theme for the first time will benefit from a lucid synthesis of the voluminous literature in the field, whilst those more familiar with Pan-American affairs will find much useful material and discussion on developments in recent years.' - James Dunkerley, professor of Latin American politics, former director of the Institute of the Americas, University of London

ICT policy is currently being made and implemented all over Africa, but the authors argue that this is happening mostly in the absence of clear knowledge about the ways gender inequality and ICTs are impacting each other and that by becoming alert to a gender dimension in ICT developments at an early stage of the information revolution, we may be able to prevent greater scaled undesirable effects in the future.

'In this excellent book, Mark LeVine presents us with a high-quality, original and penetrating historical account of the failed 'peace process' in Israel/Palestine. He displays an impressive ability to weave together historical, geographical and political knowledge. LeVine skillfully analyzes the ‘history of the present’ as a contemporary expression of long-term Western colonial ambitions in the Middle East and convincingly argues that such latter day colonialism - by its very nature - prevents genuine reconciliation.' - Oren Yiftachel, Ben-Gurion University

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"Seattle, Genoa and Prague have etched the centrality of the IMF, the IBRD and the WTO into our consciousness. Unholy Trinity charts the contours and the reach of these global regulatory institutions and how they serve as a fortress for the prevailing neoliberal theory of globalization." - Michael Watts, Director, Institute of International Studies, University of California
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"This Turkish-oriented comparative study of conscientious objection to military service is illuminating, while exhibiting the courage of morally motivated individuals who defy coercive governments. In essence, this fine multi-authored volume challenges readers to assess the nature of good citizenship in the 21st Century." - Richard Falk, Professor, Princeton University.
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In Uneven Economic Development, leading economists and development experts examine the causes and implications of international economic divergences.
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'Policing Post Conflict Cities is an engaging and provocative enquiry into the most basic of political challenges - the recontruction of 'order' and the provision of 'security' in post conflict urban locales. Here Alice Hills invites us to think way beyond current orthodoxies and to base our theories instead on the fluid and ambigious practices emerging from Bagdad, Basra, Kinshasa, Kigali and others. Policing Post-Conflict Cities will appeal to an audience who values critical scholarship.' - Elrena Van Der Spuy, University of Cape Town

'The call for a post-autistic economics expressed the frustration of students worldwide with a discipline that fails to engage actual economic problems, such as unemployment, inequality and financial crisis. In Pluralist Economics, Edward Fullbrook and his coauthors present the case for an eclectic, diverse, tolerant and relevant alternative. They show with special clarity how pluralism actually works in other disciplines, notably physics, and the value of metaphor and narrative in making arguments in social science persuasive.' - James K. Galbraith, University of Texas at Austin

'A unique and much-needed view from below. Peter Uvin gives a voice to Burundi's youth and offers refreshing and challenging new insights into conflict dynamics in the Great Lakes.' - Filip Reyntjens, University of Antwerp

'This excellent book focuses on the everyday spaces of neoliberalism. Richly theorised case studies from eight very different countries examine how processes associated with marketisation are differentially experienced and contested ... It is an impressive contribution to the literature on neoliberalism that should be read by critical scholars and all those interested in the changing lives of real people.' - Wendy Larner, Professor of Human Geography and Sociology, University of Bristol

'This engaging and well-written book offers a richly empirical analysis of the roles of diaspora associations in development back home. Ultimately, the book requires us to rethink many assumptions about the migration-development nexus for Africa, recentering the discussion on nuances, context, heterogeneity, and the everyday lives of people who make these long journeys' - Garth Myers, Kansas University

This unique new book considers the origins and parameters of internal displacement and resettlement policy and practice and proposes an explanation for why it often fails. In highlighting the ways that development assistance can exacerbate smoldering conflicts, the volume provides an important caution to the aid community.

'Jonathan Glennie's excellent and immensely readable new book presents a compelling case for those of us who care about Africa not to demand ever more aid, but rather to seek the more fundamental changes in the global economy which could reduce dependency on aid and contribute to the ultimate eradication of poverty.' - David Woodward, former head of New Global Economy Programme, nef

'The Trouble with aid certainly hits the spot. A concise and forthright critique and summary of the aid dilemma, its lack of prohibitive jargon and lofty rhetoric afford it wide and deserved appeal.' - New Agriculturalist

Read Jonathan Glennie's new blog www.thetroublewithaid.org.

'This is an impressive account of the rise and demise of the belief system that has pushed mankind to the brink of disaster' - Wolfgang Sachs, author/editor of The Development Dictionary and Fair Future

'Compelling and exciting reading…Rist's book, written with deliciously mild irony, is an account of the most crucial moments in which the rites of a belief embraced by millions were elaborated and canonized' - European Journal of Development Research
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'A cogent, passionate and damning anti-racist feminist exposè and dissection of the politics of contemporary US warmongering and its devastating impacts. An essential reference point for all those committed to mobilising against imperialist capitalism, war and globalisation' - Ailbhe Smyth, Senior Lecturer, Women's Studies, UCD.

This book paints a vivid picture of women's active involvement in reshaping intimate and public sexual life in East Asia. In bringing together exciting new feminist research on sexuality from East Asia and making it available to a wider audience, East Asian Sexualities unsettles stereotypes, rectifies lack of awareness and demonstrates that East Asia matters.

'This is a welcome and pioneering attempt, conducted overwhelmingly by Africans, to integrate the insights both of academic conflict and peace analysis, and of indigenous African approaches to conflict resolution, and apply them to the needs of peace-building in modern Africa.' - Christopher Clapham, Editor, The Journal of Modern African Studies

'This is an impressive and timely book written by one of the most knowledgeable writers on the Palestine-Israel conflict. Its insight into the devastating impact of Zionist settler colonialism and its account of the current reality on the ground are unique ... A must read for those seeking peace and justice in the Middle East.' - Nur Masalha, Reader in Religion and Politics and Director of Centre for Religion and History and Holy Land Research Project, St Mary’s University College (UK), and author of The Bible and Zionism (2007)

'There is no doubt about the authors' exceptional understanding of and deep affection for Afghanistan...All said, this is an indispensable book for anyone wishing to gain an understanding of what has been done in and to Afghanistan in the last 30 years. It is also a book that raises profound questions about how and why well-meaning organisations operate in countries which they, often one-sidedly and driven by their own perception of good and evil, believe to need assistance.' Asian Affairs, November 2005

'The Throes of Democracy offers a perceptive, and highly readable, interpretation of Brazil's recent past and present. An astute observer of politics, social mores, and popular culture, Bryan McCann constructs a portrait of contemporary Brazil that helps us to understand new and long-standing problems, while also accounting for Brazilian society's dynamism and ongoing democratization.' - Barbara Weinstein, New York University

'Global Health Watch 2 is not only an educational resource for health professionals and activists, it also makes clear the need for global health advocates to engage in lobbying many key actors to do better and to do more, whilst resisting those that do harm.'Ambitious, daring and foresighted, everyone should read GHW2. This is a brave report, and everyone will take something from it' - Gill Walt, Professor of international health policy, LSHTM

'Jan Nederveen Pieterse brilliantly and engagingly depicts America's failing approach to global policy, and what might be done by way of correction. This lucid analysis deserves the widest possible readership and debate.' - Richard Falk, Princeton University

'Here is a book many of us have been awaiting - a sophisticated reading of the just war tradition as it speaks to the post 9/11 international order. Bellamy's understanding of just war as a tradition of thought means that his critical assessment of American efforts to counter terrorism carries great weight. This is a book which will benefit students and scholars alike' - Tony Lang, University of St Andrews

'Tom Lines combines a lifelong commitment to development with a thorough knowledge of the complexities of global markets. Cutting expertly through economic jargon and myth, he explains why markets, far from being neutral, reflect the power and politics of those who govern them, determining who wins and who loses from globalization. You don't have to agree with every detail of his analysis to learn from this salutary reminder that the current boom in commodity prices is not the end of a history of commodity dependence which has left deep scars on the developing world.' - Duncan Green, head of research, Oxfam GB

'This is a thought provoking book. It challenges common assumptions about the global social and political environment we face, both in the west and at a global level. In doing so it gives voice to a critical perspective that needs to be heard and critically discussed.' - John Solomos, City University London

'This is an important and nuanced discussion of the `war on terror' as a cultural project which deploys sexualized racisms as its method. We are asked to stand against the rhetoric of transnational security and instead build alternative global publics to reject the `open secrets' that make us unwilling actors in this horrific war.' - Zillah Eisenstein

'The most intelligent treatment of the politics and economics of climate change I have ever read. Brilliant, clear and unanswerable’ George Monbiot

'Elegantly simple and eminently workable, this is a proposal that could change the world. Kyoto2 should be read by anyone with an interest in climate change policy.' - Mark Lynas

'Located at the intersection of feminism, masculinity studies, post colonial studies and international relations, this striking collection demonstrates the extraordinary resilience and malleability of gendered power and violence in today's toxic post 9/11 world and opens up new terrain in the study and practice of national and global politics' - Jindy Pettman, ANU

'Laura Shepherd shows us here how we can bring the burgeoning scholarships on violence against women and on human security into conversation with each other in a way that makes us smarter about each - and about the intricate trickily gendered political processes of the UN too. Quite a feat.' - Cynthia Enloe, Clark University

Industrial Development for the 21st century examines the new challenges and opportunities arising from globalization, technological change and new international trade rules.

That we all live longer is perhaps one of the greatest achievements of human progress. Yet increasing numbers of older people across the globe are having a huge impact on the structure of populations, offering both challenges and opportunities for the future. Ageing and Development is an authoritative analysis of the social and economic implications of this trend.

This book brings together an inter-disciplinary group of Palestinian, Israeli, American, British and Irish scholars who theorise 'the question of Palestine'.

'President Lula is perhaps the most elusive figure to have reached the top of Brazilian politics, and Richard Bourne's fine study of the man and his background is a well-researched and illuminating report. This is a trenchant, warts-and-all account of Lula's career' - Richard Gott

Religious fundamentalism and its role in US foreign policy is seemingly unstoppable. In For God's Sake Lee Marsden argues that the religious 'core values' of middle America have potentially disastrous consequences for the United States and the world in the coming century.

Read Lee Marden on the 'Comment is Free' Section of The Guardian website here

In this book, Paul Higate and Marsha Henry develop critical perspectives on UN and NATO peacekeeping, arguing that these forms of international intervention are framed by the exercise of power.

'Schreuder authoritatively surveys the political and economic hurdles facing efforts to reduce carbon emissions, establish carbon-trading schemes, and combat slow global warming-with special emphasis on the roles and responsibilities of transnational corporations. I recommend it highly: it is vital, insightful reading for anyone interested in carbon trading, climate mitigation, international relations, and the pervasive role of mega-corporations in our world today.' - William F. Laurance, Senior Research Scientist, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama

The advent of the War on Terror has seen intelligence agencies emerge out of the shadows to become major political players. 'Rendition', untrammelled surveillance, torture and detention without trial are now fast becoming the norm. Spies, Lies and the War on Terror traces the transformation of intelligence from a tool for law enforcement to a means of avoiding the law - both national and international.
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'The best overall account of the background to the genocide, and the failure to prevent it, is Linda Melvern's A People Betrayed ... She discovered so much that we did not know, and her book remains one of the best sources available.' - Lt. Gen Romeo Dallaire, Force Commander United Nations Assistance Mission in Rwanda, UNAMIR. October 1993-August 1994 and author of Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda

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''This is the most helpful and illuminating book on a Western country's foreign policy in Africa for a very long time. Porteous takes us behind the scenes into the policy world itself. Rarely have such intricacies been conveyed so compellingly' - Jane Guyer, Johns Hopkins University

'A lucid, hugely informative and insightful account of British policy towards Africa under Blair. It should be required reading for today's Ministers and their advisers.' - David Mepham, Director of Policy, Save the Children

'The best introduction is Darfur: A Short History of a Long War by Julie Flint and Alex de Waal...their accounts are as readable as they are tragic' - Nicholas D. Kristof in The New York Review of Books

'The definitive history of the Darfur conflict' - Andrew Natsios, Former Administrator of USAID and U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan

'Among the best works available' - Mahmood Mamdani, University of Columbia

'Essential reading' - Mia Farrow

'The book is an impressive source of detailed information about a conflict that has been grossly over-simplified by most western reporters and advocacy groups.' - Alan J. Kuperman, Lyndon B. Johnson, School of Public Affairs University of Texas, Journal of Genocide Research

'Disentangling myth from reality in Darfur is so difficult that the credentials of those who judge events there are particularly important. Those of both authors of this … work are excellent

A masterpiece.' - Sudan - The Passion of the Present http://platform.blogs.com/passionofthepresent/2005/11/the_word_is_gen.html
11-29-2005

Read Alex de Waal's Blog 'Making Sense of Darfur' here

Insight with Alex de Waal: the Crisis in Darfur
Watch a video of Alex de Waal speaking on Darfur with Nima Elbagir at London's Frontline Club on May 22nd here

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'Chris Alden has written the first substantive book on China-Africa relations in three decades. Anyone wishing to understand the complexities of China's engagement with Africa must read this fine study.' - David Shambaugh, George Washington University & The Brookings Institution

'In this short and readable book, Chris Alden provides a clear overview of China's involvement with Africa, a relationship that is having a huge impact both on the country and the continent.' - The Economist - Read the full review here

'Alden's book answers the need for a measured review of China-Africa relations. Alden combines judicious analysis with a balanced, authoritative survey of the context and nature of current relations' - The Times Literary Supplement, May 23rd 2008

'A useful analysis of China’s increasing economic role in Africa.' – Chartist

'Alden’s book answers the need for a measured review of China-Africa relations. Alden combines judicious analysis with a balanced, authoritative survey of the context and nature of current relations

Unlike those commentators who have rushed to pronounce and prescribe, he captures the rich potential and sense of dynamism that China has catalysed in Africa with a grounded appreciation of the challenges and constraints ... This is important

Alden’s account is well-calibrated, especially when empirical research on "the content and context of Chinese involvement in Africa is desperately needed.' – TLS

'A timely, well-written and important book' - The Economist

‘A Shakespearian tale of power struggles, paranoia, betrayals, secrets, lies, and, above all, hubris.’ -The Guardian

'This is a definitive account ... told with revelatory research, a cool head and expert storytelling.' - Naomi Klein, author No Logo

'Eagerly anticipated.' - South Africa Magazine

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NEW! 21.05.08: Failing Its People - An Article on South Africa by William Gumede in The Guardian

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'Sex at the Margins rips apart distinctions between migrants, service work and sexual labour and reveals the utter complexity of the contemporary sex industry. This book is set to be a trailblazer in the study of sexuality.’ - Lisa Adkins, Professor of Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London

'What a relief to have a different conversation about sex and economics outside of the usual morality/rescue mentality' - Susie Bright "http://susiebright.com" (Santa Cruz, CA USA)

'This book should be recommended to everyone who works for any type of ‘rescue industry' - Gender and Development

Sex at the Margins in the Media

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'A terrific read...this book is "vital" in the most profound meaning of that word.' - Review of Radical Political Economics

'Full of insights into the relationship between ecological degradation and capitalist expansion, this is a must-read for thinkers and activists.' - Walden Bello

'The ultimate antagonist of capital is not labor but nature… is capitalism setting the state for ecosocialist uprising?' - Ted Dace, CounterPunch, www.counterpunch.org

'A highly valuable book.' - Socialist Review

Read the Ecosocialist Manifesto by Joel Kovel and Michael Lowy

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'This longer historical view is essential, if one is to grasp not only what drives the North Korean regime but what it shares (to the growing irritation of the Americans) with the South.' - John Gittings, Guardian

'French certainly knows his stuff, and there is no shortage of good arguments and facts as he details this thesis and its worrying implications. This is a book packed with information without being emotional or rhetorical as the subject tends to make people.' - Asia Times

'Truly an important book.' - Juliet Mitchell, University of Cambridge

'This volume addresses unasked but fundamental questions about post-conflict development in Afghanistan. Elaheh Rostami-Povey offers important analysis and moving illustrations of the difficulties faced by women there. It is vital reading for those wishing to understand aid and reconstruction.' - Haleh Afshar, University of York

A novel by Nawal El Saadawi.

'Nawal el Saadawi writes with directness and passion, transforming the systematic brutalisation of peasants and of women in to powerful allegory' - New York Times Book Review

'Scorching' - New Internationalist

'A powerful indictment of the treatment of women in many parts of the Middle East' - Labour Herald

'Woman at Point Zero should begin the long march towards a realistic and sympathetic portrayal of Arab women' - Middle East International

This new edition includes a specially commissioned foreword by Miriam Cooke, Duke University, USA.

'Nadje Al-Ali draws a vivid picture of Iraqi society and politics using intense personal narratives, and offers alternative visions of modern Iraqi history. An absorbing read.' - Sami Zubaida, Emeritus Professor, Birkbeck College, University of London

'[A collection of] the thoughts, memories and experiences of more than 100 women who, at one time or another, have joined Iraq's huge diaspora in America, Britain and Jordan....the pattern [Al-Ali] draws of the way that educated women's lives have changed and rechanged since Iraq's 1958 revolution is fascinating.' - The Economist

Read Nadje Al-Ali in The Guardian here

New DVD available 'Iraqi Women: An Interview with Nadje Al-Ali'
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"For Zillah Eisenstein politics is like the air we breathe and the ideas we live - always deserving our deepest attention. In Sexual Decoys once again, Eisenstein brilliantly draws us into the profoundly complex gendered politics of war, mobilizing startling constructs like sexual decoys, patriarchal imperialism, neoliberal feminism, and racialized fascist democracy to sharpen our analytic feminist lenses and demystify war cultures. A smart, challenging book for everyone concerned with what it means to live ethically and accountably in the USA of the present." - Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Professor of Women‘s Studies, Syracuse University

‘...raises provocative questions...Smart and witty, sobering yet uplifting, this book is essential reading for all of us committed to social justice.’ - Ms Magazine

New! Read Zillah Eisenstein on Hilary Clinton here

"...makes a strong case for small-scale, sustainable agriculture as the means to achieve food security for the two billion people who currently lack it...covers a huge range of issues, including trade, gender, credit, land rights and the record of the World Bank and UN agencies" - New Agriculturalist
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