Highly topical, providing a comprehensive and global overview of peasant mobilizations in the current political economic and ecological context. Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the publication of Eric Wolf's Peasant Wars in the Twentieth Century it is the first book to undertake a re-assessment of Wolf's work in the context of 'new world order'. Using case studies from Asia, Africa, Latin America, North America and Europe, it gives a global view, not only of counties where peasant wars have occurred or are currently in progress, but also in more developed countries which have experienced changes in the rural economy.

A definitive guide to the economics and politics of the Middle East.

This title provides clear definitions detailing terms, concepts, names and organizations used in relation to current economic or political affairs in the Middle East. Entries define, explain and give further relevant information on countries, regions, ethnic groups, political parties, organizations, policies and disputes.

Definitions include: Abu Jahid, Baath Party, Balfour Declaration, The Camp David Agreement, Golan Heights, Hawal, Kurdistan, The Polisario Front, Sharon and Zionism.

This unique collection of mini essays provides an invaluable background to an area at the forefront of international affairs. Coverage spans the following countries: Afghanistan, Armenia, Bahrain, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kurdistan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Oman, Palestinian Autonomous Areas, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkmenistan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yemen.

eBook available with sample pages: 020340291X

First Published in 1978. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First Published in 1978. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This invaluable dictionary provides an essential guide to the politics and economics of the African continent. Each individual entry provides clear and concise information, and entries are fully cross-referenced to enhance the book's usability. Organizations listed include contact details wherever possible.
Key features:
* Provides authoritative up-to-date information on a region which is changing fast, and for which reliable data is often hard to locate
* Each country's recent history and economy are described and analysed in separate essays
Entries include:
Apartheid
Central African Republic
Christianity
Colonialism
Development Aid
Genocide
Great Lakes
International Monetary Fund
Languages
Mining
Nelson Mandela
Tobacco
Uganda
The 54 countries covered comprise:
Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Spanish North Africa (Ceuta and Melilla), Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Since well before Henry Morgan Stanley's fabled encounter with David Livingstone on the shore on Lake Tanganyika in the late 19th century and his subsequent collaboration with King Leopold of Belgium in looting the country of its mineral wealth, the Congo's history has been one of collaboration by a minority with, and struggle by the majority against, Western intervention. Before the colonial period, there were military struggles against annexation. During Belgian rule, charismatic religious figures emerged, promising an end to white domination; copper miners struck for higher wages; and rural workers struggled for survival. During the second half of the 20th century, the Congo's efforts at disentanglement from Belgian rule, the murder of the nationalist leader Patrice Lumumba and the long dictatorship of General Mobutu culminated in one of the bloodiest wars the world has ever seen. At the start of a new millennium, this book argues that the West has plundered Africa to its own advantage and that unrestrained global capitalism threatens to remake the entire world, bringing violence and destruction in the name of profit. In this radical history, the authors show not only how the Congo represents and symbolises the continent's long history of subordination, but also how the determined struggle of its people has continued, against the odds, to provide the Congo and the rest of Africa with real hope for the future.