Full Product Details
Author: David E Lowes
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Zed Books Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.667kg
ISBN: 9781842776827
ISBN 10: 1842776827
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 15 May 2006
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability: Out of stock
Reviews
'Original and rigorous...essential for libraries. Both undergraduates and scholars will benefit from this excellent book - one always needs to get accurate definitions and clear arguments for every current issue.' - Political Studies Review, September 2007 'David E. Lowes, lexicographer to the non-conformists, makes sure that you stay on message with the Anti-Capitalist dictionary...With over 160 categories, thematically chosen, alphabetically formatted, and substantially cross-referenced, he covers all the angles from accountability through genuine progress indicator to xenotransplantation and Ya Basta. ...According to a Polish proverb, Words must be weighed, not counted. And that is, precisely, what Lowes does - admirably.' Morning Star
Original and rigorous...essential for libraries. Both undergraduates and scholars will benefit from this excellent book - one always needs to get accurate definitions and clear arguments for every current issue. * Political Studies Review *
'Original and rigorous...essential for libraries. Both undergraduates and scholars will benefit from this excellent book - one always needs to get accurate definitions and clear arguments for every current issue.' - Political Studies Review, September 2007 'David E. Lowes, lexicographer to the non-conformists, makes sure that you stay on message with the Anti-Capitalist dictionary...With over 160 categories, thematically chosen, alphabetically formatted, and substantially cross-referenced, he covers all the angles from accountability through genuine progress indicator to xenotransplantation and Ya Basta. ...According to a Polish proverb, Words must be weighed, not counted. And that is, precisely, what Lowes does - admirably.' - Morning Star
'Original and rigorous...essential for libraries. Both undergraduates and scholars will benefit from this excellent book - one always needs to get accurate definitions and clear arguments for every current issue.' Political Studies Review
Author Information
David Lowes has been interested and active in labour movement politics for over twenty years. Between 1984 and 2003, he was a member of and activist in Liverpool City Branch of NALGO/ Unison and held various positions. Involvement in campaigns against rate-capping, poll tax and privatisation led to research in and a doctoral thesis from John Moores University on Labour Movement Campaigns to Defend Local Democracy, Jobs and Services in the 1980s. A member of the Conference of Socialist Economists and London Socialist Historians Group, his interest and involvement has turned to the latest phase of anti-capitalist struggle.
