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Revolutions
A Worldwide Introduction to Political
and Social Change
Stephen K. Sanderson
The Globalization of Racism
Edited by Donald Macedo and
Panayota Gounari
Revolution and state breakdowns are the focus of
this important new book that analyzes the most
prominent theories of revolution and points to
future directions. It covers famous revolutions from
history (France, China, Russia) and those in the
developing world in addressing such key questions
as “why are revolutions so rare?” Revolutions also
looks at the state breakdowns in Eastern Europe
after 1989, the usual outcomes of revolutions,
and the possible future of revolutions. An appendix
presents biographical and autobiographical sketches
of several of the most prominent students of
revolutions.
2005, 336 pages, 6 x 9”
1-59451-049-0 / 978-1-59451-049-6
paper $24.95 CRO
The Hegemony of English
Donaldo Macedo, Bessie Dendrinos,
and Panayota Gounari
The Hegemony of English succinctly exposes how
the neoliberal ideology of globalization promotes
dominating language policies. In the United States
and Europe these policies lead to linguistic and
cultural discrimination while, worldwide, they
aim to stamp out a greater use and participation
of national and subordinate languages in world
commerce and in international organizations such
as the European Union. Democracy calls for broad,
multi-ethnic participation, and the authors point us
toward more effective approaches in an increasingly
interconnected world.
Addressing ethnic
cleansing, culture wars,
human sufferings,
terrorism, immigration,
and intensified
xenophobia, The
Globalization of Racism
explains why it is vital
that we gain a nuanced
understanding of how
ideology underlies all
social, cultural, and
political discourse and racist actions. The book
looks at recent developments in France, Germany,
Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Portugal, Spain,
and the United States and uses examples from
the mass media, popular culture, and politics to
address the challenges these and other countries
face in their democratic institutions. The eminent
authors of this important book show how we can
educate for critical citizenry in the ever-increasing
multicultural and multiracial world of the twentyfirst
century.
Contributors
David Theo Goldberg, Loic Wacquant, Edward W. Said,
Zygmunt Bauman, Peter Mayo and Carmel Borg, Anna
Aluffi Pentini and Walter Lorenz, Peter Gstettner, Georgios
Tsiakalos, Franz Hamburger, Julio Vargas, Lena de Botton
and Ramon Flecha, Concetta Sirna, Jan Fiola, Joao
Paraskeva, and Henry A. Giroux.
2005, 288 pages, 6 x 9”
1-59451-077-6 / 978-1-59451-077-9
paper $26.95 CRO
2003, 176 pages, 5.5 x 8.5”
1-59451-001-6 / 978-1-59451-001-4
paper $23.95 CRO
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