Lessons from the Zapatistas

Lia Pinheiro Barbosa, Peter M Rosset, Henry Veltmeyer

Lessons from the Zapatistas is essential reading for anyone interested in liberation, democracy and radical social transformation. It tells the story of the Zapatista insurgency and its afterlives, tracing how an Indigenous uprising burst forth from southern Mexico’s Lacandon Jungle to stage the 21s...

The Congress of the Disappeared

Bernardo Kucinski

Tom Gatehouse

“They came forward gradually, most of them alone, just as they had been during the times of clandestinity. They looked shocked by surroundings they were unused to, by the scenes of misery and destitution which had shocked me too, particularly striking there in the cathedral square, and at the foot o...

10 Lessons in Localisation

Sinead Walsh

Many, if not most, international NGOs say they want to ‘localise’, to promote greater leadership and delivery by local and national actors. But are they serious and do they know how to do it? This book presents ten lessons on localisation from the author’s 25 year career to date, working in and o...

Climate Change and Threatened Communities

Yancey Orr

A groundbreaking follow-up to the 2012 Climate Change and Threatened Communities book, this collection revisits the 15 original case studies, offering fresh insights from the authors on their research sites as they examine parallel developments in their academic fields over the past 13 years. Thr...

Untold Stories of Disablement and Displacement

Sukaina Dada

Untold Stories of Disablement and Displacement provides a compelling look at the authentic experiences of Syrian refugees with disabilities. Their stories of migration and disability are often ignored in public discussions and academic research. These families were forced to leave their homes due to...

Young and Female

Sharada Srinivasan, Lu Pan, Aprilia Ambarwati

Women’s roles in sustaining and the revival of farming are indispensable. Based on research in Canada, China, India and Indonesia, the book offers a global perspective on young women’s pathways into farming. It responds directly to concerns about the generational sustainability of smallholder farmin...

Development and Disasters

James Lewis, Ilan Kelman

Good development could − and should − be the driving force for averting disasters by reducing vulnerability. But conversely, in many cases, development itself becomes a major cause of vulnerability and disasters. This new edition describes the complex relationship between disasters and developmen...

Sustaining and Scaling Up Community Managed Water

Jeff Tan, Stephen M. Lyon, Attaullah Shah

Community-based water management (CBWM) remains the leading model for implementing and sustaining rural water supply services in low- and middle-income countries despite the lack of sustainability. Moreover, measures centred on providing external support to communities directly and through a wider p...

Backyard Bankers

Jeffrey Ashe, Kim Wilson

Discover the world of immigrant ‘money clubs’ in the US. Learn how groups of migrants and refugees creatively pool resources to first survive—putting food on the table—then thrive as they expand their businesses and invest in real estate. From modest set-ups in Iowa to intricate systems in Boston, g...

Voices of Activists and Academics

Vicky Johnson, Tessa Lewin, Andrew West

Over the past three decades, research and intervention processes have been left wanting by the lack of the substantive inclusion of children and young people, as well as the challenge of adultism − the ongoing and systematic disregard of many children and youth in decision-making. This book is in...