Capitalism : A Structural Genocide

Leech, Garry

ISBN 10: 1780321996 / ISBN 13: 9781780321998

Published by Zed Books, 2012

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Synopsis:

In the wake of the global financial crisis, and ongoing savage government cuts across the world, Garry Leech addresses a pressing and necessary topic: the nature of contemporary capitalism, and how it inherently generates inequality and structural violence.

Drawing on a number of fascinating case studies from across the world - including the forced displacement of farmers in Mexico, farmer suicides in India, and deaths from preventable and treatable diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as the unsustainable exploitation of the planet's natural resources - Leech provocatively argues that global capitalism constitutes a form of genocide against the poor, particularly in the global South.

Essential and eye-opening the book questions the legitimacy of a system that inevitably results in such large-scale human suffering, while going beyond mere critique to offer a more egalitarian, democratic and sustainable global alternative.

About the Author: Garry Leech is an independent journalist and author of numerous books including Beyond Bogota: Diary of a Drug War Journalist in Colombia (Beacon Press, 2009) and Killing Peace: Colombia's Conflict and the Failure of U.S. Intervention (Inota, 2002). He also teaches international politics at Cape Breton University in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Capitalism : A Structural Genocide
Publisher: Zed Books
Publication Date: 2012
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: good