This is a powerful feminist critique of the Western concept of development, which has brought profound changes to the lives of women in the South over the last thirty years. It is also an attempt to rediscover and rehabilitate traditional indigenous knowledge as an important basis for empowering women and re-establishing the foundation of reciprocity in the North-South dialogue. Sinith...

A product of twenty years of analysis and activism, this unique book poses a radical alternative to the current free-market industrial system. A book of history, theory and polemic, the authors show how, if we are to survive, economies must become needs-based, environmentally sustainable, co-operative and local. They explain how the current capitalist system is none of these things, is...

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In this autobiography, Maria Mies packs in seventy-seven years of life: from the small German village of her childhood, to the world of the Indian subcontinent. Sociologist and Women’s Studies researcher, scholar, ecofeminist, and international activist, Maria Mies is one of the world’s original thinkers.

Despite all my travels around the world, I have never forgotten where I...

This thought-provoking collection of essays from radical speakers from around the world moves beyond criticism of the current trends of globalization and deregulation to challenge Thatcher-inspired economic rationalists with both theoretical and practical alternatives for our world. If there is no alternative to corporate globalization, doesn’t that mean this society, and our current military...

This remarkable book charts the effects of the economic boom on women across Asia. Yayori Matsui, one of Japan’s leading journalists, demonstrates how Asian women are confronting rapid economic development which is accompanied by widespread infringement of human rights.Matsui explores the impact of globalization and trafficking of women, sexual violence and so-called ‘development projects’...