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  • We the Elites

    Why the US Constitution Serves the Few

    by Robert Ovetz ...
    Written by 55 of the richest white men of early America, and signed by only 39 of them, the constitution is the sacred text of American nationalism. Popular perceptions of it are mired in idolatry, myth and misinformation - many Americans have opinions on the constitution but have no idea what’s in it.This book exposes the constitution for what it is – a rulebook to protect capitalism for the ... Read more

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  • Workers' Inquiry and Global Class Struggle

    Strategies, Tactics, Objectives

    Edited by Robert Ovetz ...
    Series series Wildcat
    Rumours of the death of the global labour movement have been greatly exaggerated. Rising from the ashes of the old trade union movement, workers' struggle is being reborn from below.By engaging in what Karl Marx called a workers' inquiry, workers and militant co-researchers are studying their working conditions, the technical composition of capital, and how to recompose their own power in order to ... Read more

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    We the Elites

    Why the US Constitution Serves the Few

    by Robert Ovetz ...
    Narrated by L.J. Ganser ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 20 min

    Written by fifty-five of the richest white men, and signed by only thirty-nine of them, the US constitution is the sacred text of American nationalism. Popular perceptions of it are mired in idolatry, myth, and misinformation—many Americans have opinions on the constitution but have little idea what it says. This book examines the constitution for what it is—a rule book for elites to protect ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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  • Six Faces of Globalization

    Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why It Matters

    by Anthea Roberts, Nicolas Lamp ...
    An essential guide to the intractable public debates about the virtues and vices of economic globalization, cutting through the complexity to reveal the fault lines that divide us and the points of agreement that might bring us together.Globalization has lifted millions out of poverty. Globalization is a weapon the rich use to exploit the poor. Globalization builds bridges across national ... Read more

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    Development and the Messy Politics of Change

    by Pablo Yanguas ...
    Foreign aid is about charity. International development is about technical fixes. At least that is what we, as donor publics, are constantly told. The result is a highly dysfunctional aid system which mistakes short-term results for long-term transformation and gets attacked across the political spectrum, with the right claiming we spend too much, and the left that we don't spend enough.The ... Read more

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  • Paradiplomacy

    Cities and States as Global Players

    by Rodrigo Tavares ...
    Orthodox international relations theory considers foreign affairs to be the exclusive purview of national governments. Yet as Rodrigo Tavares demonstrates, the vast majority of leading sub-states and cities are currently practicing foreign affairs, both bilaterally and multilaterally. Subnational governments in Asia, the Americas, Europe and Africa are changing traditional notions of sovereignty, ... Read more

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  • Corporate Social Responsibility and International Development

    Is Business the Solution?

    by Michael Hopkins ...
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  • The SAGE Handbook of International Corporate and Public Affairs

    Edited by Phil Harris, Craig S. Fleisher ...
    This new edition of The SAGE Handbook of International Corporate and Public Affairs builds on the success of the first edition (2005) by comprehensively updating and enhancing the material and structure, setting a new standard for the practitioner and student of the global public affairs discipline. The new edition includes increased international coverage of the field, and a strong focus on ... Read more

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    by Verity Burgmann ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in International Political Economy
    The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.tandfebooks.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license.Globalization has adversely affected working-class organization and mobilization, increasing inequality by redistribution upwards from labour to capital. However, workers around the world are challenging their ... Read more

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    by Marcus Taylor, Sébastien Rioux ...
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  • Cooperatives at Work

    by George Cheney, Matt Noyes, Emi Do, Marcelo Vieta, Joseba Azkarraga, Charlie Michel ...
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    For too long, cooperatives have been considered marginal players in the global economy, and as unrealistic venues for the aspirations of new and experienced members of the labour force. This marginalization shows in business, municipal and legal discussions, and curricula, where cooperative structures are rarely mentioned, let alone presented as viable options.Cooperatives at Work presents a range ... Read more

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