Article: The article opens with a critical analysis of the dominant business model of for-profit, academic publishing, arguing that the extraordinarily high profits of the big publishers are dependent upon a double appropriation […]
Do desenvolvimento sustentável à economia verde: a constante e acelerada investida do capital sobre a natureza
Abstract: Resumo Informado por uma perspectiva teórica marxista, o propósito deste ensaio é refletir criticamente sobre a relação entre capital e natureza e, especificamente, sobre o […]
Corporate social responsibility as cultural meaning management: a critique of the marketing of ‘ethical’ bottled water
Abstract: To date, the primary focus of research in the field of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been on the strategic implications of CSR for corporations and less on an evaluation of CSR from […]
Comparing alternative media in North and South: the cases of IFIWatchnet and Indymedia in Africa
Abstract: Alternative media form an important part of the global mediascape. Research on this phenomenon is, however, often drawn from studies in the `global North’. In this paper we discuss alternative media in the `global […]
Becoming Global (Un)Civil Society: Counter- Hegemonic Struggle and the Indymedia Network
Abstract: In this article we ask how ‘civil society’ actors and organizations can become constructed and treated as ‘uncivil society’. We contest the notion that ‘uncivil’ necessarily equates with the dark qualities of violence and […]
Fault lines in climate policy: what role for carbon markets?
Abstract: In a recent review of our book Upsetting the Offset: The Political Economy of Carbon Markets (Böhm and Dabhi, 2009), Axel Michaelowa has taken issue with a range of our critiques of carbon markets. In what follows […]
