The No-nonsense Guide to World Music

Author: Louise Gray
Publisher: New Internationalist
ISBN: 1906523126
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 171

Book Description
A look behind the catch-all term world music' aiming to explore the reasons for the contemporary interest in world music, who its audience is and why it has become such a popular genre. Through chapters on the many different genres that make up this multi-faceted area, the case for music as a powerful harmonising tool is aptly put forward.'

No-Nonsense Guide to International Development

Author: Maggie Black
Publisher: Between the Lines
ISBN: 1771130598
Category : Development economics
Languages : en
Pages : 113

Book Description

The No-nonsense Guide to Global Finance

Author: Peter Stalker
Publisher: New Internationalist
ISBN: 1906523185
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 161

Book Description
The basic concepts of finance are introduced and explained in this No-Nonsense Guide. Includes information on how money is created as well as how decisions by banking and other financial service corporations determine the fate of billions of people. In today's turbulent economical climate, this guide makes for essential reading.

The No-nonsense Guide to Global Media

Author: Peter Steven
Publisher: Verso
ISBN: 9781859845813
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
The power and influence of the mass media grows daily, crucially affecting the way all of us see and understand each other. The No-Nonsense Guide to Global Media introduces readers to the political economy of the major mediafilm, television, radio, recording, publishing and the Internet. Peter Steven looks at the ever greater concentration of ownership and at the convergence of technologies and media functions. At the same time, he emphasizes the diversity of local media production and media around the world. The media is more than the economics of ownership and the technology of production, he stresses; it is also audiences, in all their annoying and wonderful diversity.

The No-nonsense Guide to International Development

Author: Maggie Black
Publisher: New Internationalist
ISBN: 1904456634
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 153

Book Description
Building dams in India, planting trees in Burkina Faso, rescuing street children in Brazil - these are images of aid and international development with which we can all identify. However, what passes for development all too often improves life for the better off while actively hurting the very people the venture was meant to support. Maggie Black exposes the hypocrisy and reveals a more accurate picture of what is happening in development's name, arguing for a process to be put inplace that trule defends the interests of poor people.

The No-nonsense Guide to Sexual Diversity

Author: Vanessa Baird
Publisher: Verso
ISBN: 9781859843536
Category : Bisexuality
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
A survey of the history and geography of sexually unconventional behaviour. Includes a country to country survey of the laws affecting sexual minorities.

The No-nonsense Guide to Climate Change

Author: Dinyar Godrej
Publisher: Verso
ISBN: 9781859843352
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
"The No Nonsense Guide to Climate Change" charts up-to-the-minute developments on climate change, explores the extent that the human race is responsible for the catastrophes and suggests what can be done to prevent them.

The No-nonsense Guide to Green Politics

Author: Derek Wall
Publisher: New Internationalist
ISBN: 1906523398
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 135

Book Description
Green issues and politics are no longer separate entities, and as environmental issues will only become more pertinent in the future, it will dominate the political spectrum. From climate chaos to consumerism, the crisis facing human civilisation is clear. Yet the response from polticians at present is still inadequate and environmental activists focus on single campaigns rather than electoral politics. The new addition to the No-Nonsense Guides measures the rising tide of eco-activism and awareness and explains why it heralds a new politcal era worldwide.

The No-nonsense Guide to Fair Trade

Author: David Ransom
Publisher: New Internationalist
ISBN: 190445643X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 143

Book Description
From coffee farms in Peru and cocoa production in Ghana to jeans manufacture in China and the Banana War of Guatemala and the Caribbean, this fully revised No-Nonsense Guide tells the human story behind the products we consume. Examining the contest between 'free' and 'fair' trade around the world, David Ransom argues that the key question is not whether trade should be regulated or deregulated, but whether it is to be the master or servant of the people.

The No-nonsense Guide to Globalization

Author: Wayne Ellwood
Publisher: New Internationalist
ISBN: 1906523479
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 154

Book Description
Globalisation has become one of the most used and encompassing words over the past decade, of undeniable influence in economics, politics and activism. Globalisation is literally all around; every aspect of life is affected by a global structure of communication and economy. This fully revised and updated guide condenses this complex subject into clear, concise commentary. It examines the debt trap, the acceleration of neoliberalism, competition for energy resources, the links between the war on terror, the arms trade and the alternatives to corporate control.