Pioneers of change : Experiments in creating a humane society.

Seabrook, Jeremy:

ISBN 10: 1856490947 / ISBN 13: 9781856490948

Published by Philadelphia : New Society ; London : Zed Books, 1993

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viii, 242 p. ; Zustand: Exemplar in gutem Zustand, Ränder und / oder Cover etwas berieben. Text / Sprache: Englisch , This fascinating book describes some of the remarkable individuals and movements in both North and South who are seeking to develop new visions of society and to experiment in practical ways with new lifestyles, new paths of development and new relations with Nature. All of them share a belief in the precious value of diversity - genetic, cultural and individual - and challenge the dominant world view with its monochrome future of endless consumerism. The individuals and groups whose work is described in this book have all been recipients of the Right Livelihood Award. This annual award, widely known as the Alternative Nobel Prize, is presented in recognition of pioneering efforts in the areas of peace, sustainable development, environmental integrity, social justice and human rights. As our environmental and human crisis deepens, this is a book to which people can turn for hope in refashioning our increasingly unsustainable global society. Literaturverz. S. [232] - 234 9305A07 ISBN 1856490947 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 320.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pioneers of change : Experiments in creating a humane society.
• Publisher: Philadelphia : New Society ; London : Zed Books
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1856490947
• ISBN 13: 9781856490948
• Binding: 22 cm, Softcover/Paperback,
• Condition: Gut
• Weight: 320 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • English literature / Englisch / Englischsprachi...

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Book by Seabrook, Jeremy

About the Author

Former teacher, social worker and lecturer, Jeremy Seabrook has worked as a writer and journalist for 25 years, both in the UK and India. He has written plays and features for the theatre, TV and radio. He has also written widely on development issues, especially migration and urbanization in the South. He has worked closely with a number of non-government organizations in South and South East Asia, including the Consumers' Association of Penang, Arban and Proshika in Bangladesh. He currently contributes to New Internationalist, Race and Class, The Ecologist, and he writes regularly for Third World Network in Malaysia. His recent books include: Freedom Unfinished: Fundamentalism and Popular Resistance in Bangladesh Today (Zed Books) The Myth of the Market (Green Books) Travels in the Skin Trade (Pluto Press) Notes from Another India (Pluto Press) Victims of Development (Verso) In the Cities of the South (Verso) Colonies of the Heart (a novel) (GMP).