Búsqueda de LIBROS DEL AUTOR: leslie sklair

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  • THE ANTHROPOCENE IN GLOBAL MEDIA
    LESLIE SKLAIR
    This book offers the first systematic study of how the ‘Anthropocene’ is reported in mass media globally, drawing parallels between the use (or misuse) of the term and the media’s attitude towards the associated issues of climate change and global warming. Identifying the potential dangers of the Anthropocene provides a useful path into a variety of issues that are often ignore...

    $1,200.00

  • ASSEMBLING FOR DEVELOPMENT
    LESLIE SKLAIR
    First published in 1989, this book focuses upon the phenomenon of export-led industrialisation fuelled by foreign investment and technology. He concentrates on Mexico, where US companies have been taking advantage of inexpensive labour to establish "maquila" factories that assemble US parts for export. Through this detailed study of the maquila industry, Sklair charts the progr...

    $1,320.00

  • CAPITALISM AND DEVELOPMENT
    LESLIE SKLAIR
    This collection draws together a distinguished group of authors to explore how capitalism contributes to the development and underdevelopment of the Third World. It provides a superb overview of key concepts such as "capitalism", "development","modernization" and "dependency". ...

    $1,420.00

  • THE SOCIOLOGY OF PROGRESS
    LESLIE SKLAIR
    First published in 2002. Dr. Leslie Sklair is a Reader in Sociology at LSE. He took his BA (hons) in Sociology and Philosophy from Leeds University and his MA in Sociology from McMaster University in Canada. He received his PhD from LSE, and his thesis, Sociology of Progress, was published by Routledge in 1970. ...

    $1,320.00