The best of le Monde diplomatique / edited by Wendy Kristianasen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kristianasen, Wendy.

Contributor:

Kristianasen, Wendy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World politics.

International relations.

Islamic countries--Politics and government--21st century.

Islamic countries.

Physical Description:

viii, 280 p.

Other Title:

Monde diplomatique

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Le Monde diplomatique is one of the most highly respected independent periodicals. Published monthly in French and English, it brings together a diverse range of high-calibre writers from across the world. This book collects the paper's highlights from the last year. The articles have been carefully selected and are arranged around the key themes in our changing world including US imperialism, the financial crisis and the Arab Spring. Among the contributors are Slavoj Zizek, James K Galbraith and Philip S. Golub. A perfect seasonal gift for anyone interested in global issues, The Best of Le Monde diplomatique goes beyond the news and illuminates the state of our planet.

Contents:

pt. VII THE QUESTION OF ISLAM

The Arab world's cultural challenge / Hicham Ben Abdallah El. Alaoui

Iran can't reform itself / Farhang Jahanpour

Islamic Republic uncensored / Shervin Ahmadi

The myth of Islamic conquest / Patrick Haenni and Samir Amghar

Indonesia, a democracy full stop / Wendy Kristianasen

pt. VIII ON THE MOVE: PEOPLE AND CITIES

Africa does business in China / Tristan Coloma

Filipino maids for export / Julien Brygo

Greater Hanoi swallows the countryside / Xavier Monthéard

Death of the Casbah / Allan Popelard and Paul Vannier

America's slow ground zero / Allan Popelard and Paul Vannier

The world has become a city / Philip S. Golub.

Sudan's south secedes / Gérard Prunier

Somaliland, an African exception / Gérard Prunier

pt. IV EUROPEAN DIRECTIONS

Germany goes for sustainable capitalism / Olivier Cyran

Academia's rebel alliance / Pierre Rimbert

Communism revisited / Evelyne Pieiller

pt. V ROOTS OF CONFLICT

One state, two dreams / Alain Gresh

Afghanistan's future lies in its past / Georges Lefeuvre

The Taliban's secret weapon / Louis Imbert

Now that he's gone / Jean-Luc Racine

Red line, green line / Joost Hiltermann

pt. VI REVOLUTION: THE 'ARAB SPRING'

The Muslim Brothers in Egypt's 'orderly transition' / Gilbert Achcar

To shoot, or not to shoot? / Salam Kawakibi and Bassma Kodmani

Follow the money / Samir Aita

Power of the word in the Syrian intifada / Zénobie

Yemen knows what it doesn't want / Laurent Bonnefoy and Marine Poirier

Egypt's revolution is only beginning / Alain Gresh

How to make Libya work after Gaddafi / Patrick Haimzadeh.

pt. I THE WORLD IN CRISIS

Europe's wakeup call / Serge Halimi

A permanent state of emergency / Slavoj Žǐzek

The currency wars / Laurent L. Jacque

The wolf pack stalks Europe / James K. Galbraith

Iceland's loud No / Robert H. Wade and Silla Sigurgeirsdottir

pt. II US EMPIRE

Empire as a state of being / Philip S. Golub

Obama misses his historic moment / Eric Klinenberg and Jeff Manza

'We the people' / Walter Benn Michaels

What happened to the US left? / Rick Fantasia

A small town in the middle of everywhere / John R. MacArthur

pt. III A SMALLER WORLD

Cuba's new socialism / Renaud Lambert

Brazil: we've got the power / Lamia Oualalou

Latin America embraces Palestine / Maurice Lemoine

A fine, and convenient, romance / Nikolas Kozloff

Russia shouldn't work but it does / Vladislav Inozemtsev

Can China share out the wealth? / Martine Bulard

China and India: united against the West / Christophe Jaffrelot.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781849646505

1849646503

9781849646499

184964649X

OCLC:

806325281