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Living in Hope: People Challenging Globalization
John Feffer (Ed.)
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Description for Living in Hope: People Challenging Globalization
Hardcover. This work tells the story - the response of ordinary people around the world to the "irreversible" juggernaut of the global economy. Readers are shown attempts to create alternatives by those for whom globalization has no need. Editor(s): Feffer, John. Num Pages: 192 pages, photographs, notes, index. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 310. Library label to spine, with usual markings inside. However, remains good to very good.
This work tells the story of the response of ordinary people around the world to the irreversible juggernaut of the global economy - small farmers in Honduras, migrant workers in the Andes, urban poor in Bosnia, Cambodian woodcutters, Mexican textile workers, Korean NGO activists, Vietnamese goverment officials. Readers are shown attempts to create alternatives by those for whom globalization has no need. Their different responses share common features: meeting basic needs, making sustainable, culturally appropriate improvements to people's lives, and on the basis of active civic participation, solidarity and learning one from another. The book begins with a ... Read more
This work tells the story of the response of ordinary people around the world to the irreversible juggernaut of the global economy - small farmers in Honduras, migrant workers in the Andes, urban poor in Bosnia, Cambodian woodcutters, Mexican textile workers, Korean NGO activists, Vietnamese goverment officials. Readers are shown attempts to create alternatives by those for whom globalization has no need. Their different responses share common features: meeting basic needs, making sustainable, culturally appropriate improvements to people's lives, and on the basis of active civic participation, solidarity and learning one from another. The book begins with a ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781842771525
SKU
KRS0020277
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Ref
99-1
About John Feffer (Ed.)
John Feffer is an author and editor. He is the co-editor of Europe's Nationalism (OUP, 1996) and State of the Union (Westview, 1994). The contributors work with the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in various countries around the world.;
Reviews for Living in Hope: People Challenging Globalization
`An Inspiring collection of stories about people who are creating economic alternatives on the ground. Their work and their lives are a sign of hope for us all.' Susan George, author of The Lugano Report 'There is no better way to understand globalization than to listen to the voices and pain of the globalized, and to ... Read more