Books in the Global issues series series

Seeking answers to questions about crime and violence in America, the author of this text examines the country's fascination with violence, and why Jekyll and Hyde and the werewolf myth have such appeal in North American culture. He concludes that on-screen violence reflects deep insecurities.

Addresses the problem of untouchability by providing an overview of the subject as well as insights into its social and religious origins. This book demonstrates that untouchability is a deeply ambiguous condition: neither inside nor outside society, reviled yet indispensable, untouchables constitute an original category of social exclusion.

This text explores the lives of Latin American children through their own eyes and voices. It argues that child participation is both a right and a necessity if child-centred social programmes are to succeed.

Analyzing the growth economy, this book traces the causes of the present crisis in the modern market system, initiated 200 years ago with the establishment of the market economy. It concludes that a true democracy can only be derived from a synthesis of the democratic and socialist traditions.