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A Monetary and Fiscal History of Latin America, 1960-2017 A Monetary and Fiscal History of Latin America, 1960-2017 Timothy J. Kehoe and Juan Pablo Nicolini, Editors 2021 Spring
A major, new, and comprehensive look at six decades of macroeconomic policies across the region
The Tourist State: Performing Leisure, Liberalism, and Race in New Zealand The Tourist State Performing Leisure, Liberalism, and Race in New Zealand Margaret Werry 2011 Fall
Examining the role of performance in state-making
Dubai, the City as Corporation Dubai, the City as Corporation Ahmed Kanna 2011 Spring
The politics of space and culture in Dubai in the first decade of the twenty-first century
Brand Aid: Shopping Well to Save the World Brand Aid Shopping Well to Save the World Lisa Ann Richey and Stefano Ponte 2011 Spring
A critical account of the rise of celebrity-driven “compassionate consumption”
OurSpace: Resisting the Corporate Control of Culture OurSpace Resisting the Corporate Control of Culture Christine Harold 2009 Spring
Culture jamming is so twentieth century! What’s next?
Beaches, Ruins, Resorts: The Politics of Tourism in the Arab World Beaches, Ruins, Resorts The Politics of Tourism in the Arab World Waleed Hazbun 2008 Fall
How Arab states use tourism for their own ends
Latin American Neostructuralism: The Contradictions of Post-Neoliberal Development Latin American Neostructuralism The Contradictions of Post-Neoliberal Development Fernando Ignacio Leiva 2008 Fall
Interrogates this ascending political and economic paradigm
Logics of Empowerment: Development, Gender, and Governance in Neoliberal India Logics of Empowerment Development, Gender, and Governance in Neoliberal India Aradhana Sharma 2008 Fall
A critical look at the globally dominant development strategy of “empowerment”
Invested Interests: Capital, Culture, and the World Bank Invested Interests Capital, Culture, and the World Bank Bret Benjamin 2007 Spring
Exposes the global cultural impact of the World Bank
Money and Liberation: The Micropolitics of Alternative Currency Movements Money and Liberation The Micropolitics of Alternative Currency Movements Peter North 2007 Spring
A firsthand view of local currencies that are providing alternatives to global capital
Freedom of Expression®: Resistance and Repression in the Age of Intellectual Property Freedom of Expression® Resistance and Repression in the Age of Intellectual Property Kembrew McLeod 2007 Spring
Winner of the American Library Association’s Oboler Award for best scholarship in the area of intellectual freedom
Unraveling the Garment Industry: Transnational Organizing and Women’s Work Unraveling the Garment Industry Transnational Organizing and Women’s Work Ethel C. Brooks 2007 Spring
The consequences—both positive and negative—of consumer boycotts of sweatshop labor.
India’s New Middle Class: Democratic Politics in an Era of Economic Reform India’s New Middle Class Democratic Politics in an Era of Economic Reform Leela Fernandes 2006 Fall
Inside the emergence of India’s rapidly expanding middle class
Pink Ribbons, Inc.: Breast Cancer and the Politics of Philanthropy Pink Ribbons, Inc. Breast Cancer and the Politics of Philanthropy Samantha King 2008 Spring
Challenges the corporatization of the search for a breast cancer cure
Mangos, Chiles, and Truckers: The Business of Transnationalism Mangos, Chiles, and Truckers The Business of Transnationalism Robert R. Alvarez Jr. 2005 Fall
Examines the effects of global capital on both sides of the U.S.–Mexico border