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UK CATALOGUE.Indd PLUTO PR ES S N EW BOOKS July – December 2006 TABLE OF CONTENTS General Interest 1 Middle East Studies 7 International Studies 8 Globalization 10 Political Theory/History 11 Cultural Studies 12 Irish Studies 13 Anthropology/Human Rights 14 Recent Highlights 15 Autonomedia 17 Paradigm Publishers 18 • See the inside back cover for the index and a list of representatives and agents CONTACT ADDRESSES HEAD OFFICE USA SALES & MARKETING Pluto Press The University of Michigan Press 345 Archway Road 839 Greene Street London Ann Arbor N6 5AA MI 48104-3209 Tel: +44 (0)208 348 2724 Tel: (734) 764-4388 Fax: +44 (0)208 348 9133 Fax: (734) 615-1540 [email protected] www.press.umich.edu www.plutobooks.com USA ORDERS RIGHTS & CUSTOMER SERVICE Contact Gilly Duff, Pluto Press Rights Manager, Head Office address, above c/o Client Distribution Services 1094 Flex Drive UK ORDERS, DISTRIBUTION Jackson TN 38301 & CUSTOMER SERVICE Tel: (800) 343-4499 TPS, Cheriton House Fax: (800) 351-5073 North Way, Andover [email protected] Hampshire SP10 5BE PUB.NET@631-760X UK Orders ESL Helpline: (877) 364-2942 Tel: 01264 342832 Ship Returns to: Fax: 01264 342761 University of Michigan Press International Orders c/o Client Distribution Services Tel: +44 (0)1264 343022 Attn: Returns Dept. Fax: +44 (0)1264 342761 193 Edwards Drive [email protected] Jackson TN 38301 All information in this catalogue is correct at the time of going to press but is subject to change without notice. Front Cover: Getty Images © Abid Katib – Gaza City, Gaza Strip – The granddaughter of the late founder and spiritual leader of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) Sheikh Ahmed Yassin holds up his picture near his grave on March 22, 2005. Taken from the cover of Hamas: A Beginner's Guide, see page 3. BORN AGAIN The Christian Right Globalized JENNIFER S. BUTLER general interest Exposes the power of the Christian Right worldwide “BUTLER’S SHARP EYE MAKES HER In the West we’re taught to fear Islamic extremism. Yet there’s another kind of THE IDEAL ANALYST FOR PROBING THE fundamentalism that’s much closer to home – that has dangerous implications U.S. CHRISTIAN RIGHT. BUTLER PULLS for all of us. ASIDE THE VEILS OF RELIGIOSITY TO This book is a gripping exposé of the power of the Christian Right worldwide – SHOW THE MEAN-SPIRITED AND ELITIST and in particular their influence within the United Nations. IDEOLOGIES, AND YET SHE NEVER STOOPS TO CARICATURE THEOLOGY NOR BASH Jennifer Butler, a former representative at the United Nations, provides the first SINCERE RELIGIOUS BELIEF.” insider’s account of the strategies and effectiveness of Christian Right lobbying CHIP BERLET, Senior Analyst, campaigns within the U.N. Drawing on personal interviews with Christian Right leaders, Political Research Associates and co-author she analyzes the impact they have already had – and what the future may hold. of Right-Wing Populism in America Butler reveals how today’s most powerful Christian Right organizations are building interfaith coalitions. At the U.N., Christian Right groups like Focus on the Family and www.plutobooks.com Concerned Women for America are working with Catholic, Mormon and Muslim allies to advance a conservative social policy agenda. The U.S. has recently joined that alliance. President George W. Bush has given them a significant voice in shaping U.S. positions on issues including women’s rights, reproductive health, human cloning, child rights and AIDS. In short, the Christian Right is globalizing – a phenomenon that promises to challenge progressive social policy on a worldwide scale – as well as transform the Christian Right itself. REV. JENNIFER BUTLER is Executive Director of Faith in Public Life. An ordained Presbyterian minister, Rev. Butler most recently served as the Presbyterian Church (USA) Representative to the United Nations. During her nine years at the U.N., she represented the denomination on issues ranging from women’s rights to the Iraq war. She also taught courses at New York University’s graduate program in Global Studies. Rev. Butler served in the Peace Corps from 1989 to 1991 in Belize, Central OCTOBER 2006 208pp/230x150mm Pb £14.99 $22.95 T / 0 7453 2242 5 Hb £45.00 $75.00 S / 0 7453 2243 3 1 7/7 The London Bombings, Islam and the Iraq War MILAN RAI general interest “This book inspired me and other survivors of July 7th. Understanding what happened and why is essential for healing and allows us to move forward. I urge all those committed to hope, healing and peaceful resolution of conflict to read what Milan has written.” RACHEL NORTH, writer and 7/7 survivor “A PENETRATING AND TIMELY ANALYSIS THAT In February 2003, Tony Blair was warned by British intelligence that the invasion DESERVES THE ATTENTION OF ALL SIDES.” of Iraq would “heighten” the risk of terrorism in Britain. ZIAUDDIN SARDAR, journalist and author of In July 2005, al-Qaeda struck in the heart of London. Despite the British Government’s What Do Muslims Believe? and increasingly desperate attempts at denial, polls show that an overwhelming majority Why Do People Hate America? of people in Britain are convinced that there is a connection between the London bombings and the war on Iraq. A majority of Britons fault Tony Blair himself. “ POWERFUL, PERSUASIVE AND VERY READABLE. ... Using secret government documents declassified since the bombings, and leaks THIS IS A BOOK THAT EVERYONE WITH A SERIOUS from British intelligence, Milan Rai exposes official deceit at the highest levels, and INTEREST IN THE CRISIS WE FACE MUST READ establishes the crucial role of British foreign policy in generating a home-grown version IF THEY HOPE TO UNDERSTAND IT, ITS CAUSES, of al-Qaeda. Rai shows how an official report drawn up by the Home Office and Foreign ITS EFFECTS, AND HOW WE MIGHT RESOLVE IT.” www.plutobooks.com Office in early 2004 identified “foreign policy” – and the war in Iraq in particular – TONY BENN as a major cause of alienation among young British Muslims. PRAISE FOR MILAN RAI’S PREVIOUS Examining the backgrounds of the 7/7 bombers, Milan Rai demonstrates that Islam BOOK REGIME UNCHANGED is not to blame. Most importantly, the book shows us how to make sure that this never happens again – and offers brief obituaries for the 52 people who lost their “A MAGNIFICENT EXPOSÉ OF THE LIES THAT lives that day. PROPELLED THE CRIMINAL ATTACK ON IRAQ.” JOHN PILGER MILAN RAI founded the British branch of Voices in the Wilderness and co-founded the anti-war group ARROW, a London-based direct action and anti-war information “MILAN RAI IS ONE OF THE WISEST WAR group, and its successor organization, Justice Not Vengeance. His previous books RESISTERS OF OUR TIME ... NOW MORE THAN EVER, include War Plan Iraq (2002) and Regime Unchanged (2003). In 1993 he was WE RELY ON HIS REASONING AND INTEGRITY.” awarded the Frank Cousins Peace Award for Research by the Transport and KATHY KELLY, co-founder of General Workers’ Union. Voices in the Wilderness, U.S. JULY 2006 208pp/205x150mm Pb £11.99 $18.95 T / 0 7453 2563 7 2 Hb £35.00 $65.00 S / 0 7453 2564 5 HAMAS A Beginner’s Guide KHALED HROUB (University of Cambridge) general interest Everything you need to know about Hamas in one easy volume The U.S. views Hamas as a terrorist organization. Yet, to the great surprise of many, “ THIS BOOK COULD NOT BE TIMELIER. Hamas swept to victory in the 2006 Palestinian Authority elections. Hamas is now a HROUB EXPERTLY ANSWERS EVERY democratically elected political party. IMPORTANT QUESTION ABOUT HAMAS ... CONCISE, LUCID [AND] INVALUABLE.” This is the first beginner’s guide to this controversial political organization. JAMES PISCATORI, Explaining the reasons for Hamas’s success, this book provides the key facts that Centre for Islamic Studies, are so often missing from conventional news reports. It’s a one-stop guide that gives Oxford University a clear overview of Hamas’s history, key beliefs, and its political agenda. Written by a leading Al-Jazeera journalist and Cambridge academic, this unique PRAISE FOR KHALED HROUB’S PREVIOUS BOOK, book provides a refreshing perspective that gets to the heart of the reasons HAMAS: POLITICAL THOUGHT AND PRACTICE: behind Hamas’s victory. “ MUST READING – THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE www.plutobooks.com It provides a critical overview of Hamas’s policy towards Israel, including religious AND CRITICALLY DOCUMENTED STUDY OF beliefs and suicide bombings, its attitude to the P.L.O. and its program of grassroots HAMAS PUBLISHED TO DATE.” social work within Palestine. JOHN L. ESPOSITO, Georgetown University The reality of Hamas’s victory means that the West will now have to engage with it “ MASTERFUL.” more seriously if there is to be peace in the Middle East. This book provides the first FOREIGN AFFAIRS essential step towards a better understanding of the challenges and surprises that the future may hold. “ THE BEST-RESEARCHED AND MOST OBJECTIVE STUDY.” KHALED HROUB was born in a refugee camp in Bethlehem. He is Director of the JOSEPH MASSAD, Columbia University Arab Media Project at Cambridge University, hosts a weekly book review program for Al-Jazeera TV, and has written three previous books. “ ANYONE WHO READS THIS BOOK WILL APPRECIATE WHY HAMAS CANNOT BE DISMISSED SIMPLY AS A MARGINAL, EXTREMIST GROUP.” ERIC HOOGLUND, St. Antony’s College, Oxford University NOVEMBER 2006 144pp/198x129mm Pb £11.99 $18.95 T / 0 7453 2590 4 Hb £40.00 $75.00 S / 0 7453 2591 2 3 HOW DO YOU KNOW? Reading Ziauddin Sardar on Islam, Science and Cultural Relations ZIAUDDIN SARDAR Introduced and Edited by EHSAN MASOOD general interest “One of the finest intellectuals on the planet.” HERALD PRAISE FOR Ziauddin Sardar is a leading public intellectual, broadcaster, cultural commentator and the author of over WHY DO PEOPLE HATE AMERICA? 40 books.
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