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Barbed Wire Capitalism and the Enclosure of the Commons

Barbed Wire Capitalism and the Enclosure of the Commons

A call to transform the way we think about property this book examines how capitalism has from its origins sought to enclose or privatize the commons or land and other forms of property that had been viewed as communally owned and argues that neoliberal economic policies and the corporate takeovers of urban spaces prisons schools the mass media farms and natural resources have failed to serve the public interest. A study of corporate globalization and the continuation of empire after the era of political decolonization it begins with the fencing of the West starting in the 1870s and moves to examine recent phenomena such as urbanization mass incarceration financialization and the treatment of people as commodities in the context of the longue durée of land enclosures empire and capitalism. Highlighting the threatened elimination of the public domain as a result of corporate efforts to privatize public utilities prisons schools forests seeds and just about everything else that can yield a profit Barbed Wire: Capitalism and the Enclosure of the Commons asks what it would mean if instead of either private or public property our most fundamental conception of property were communal. Would a redefinition of property from a community perspective lead us beyond the military-industrial complex? | Barbed Wire Capitalism and the Enclosure of the Commons

GBP 36.99
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Executive Team Leadership in the Global Economic and Competitive Environment

Executive Team Leadership in the Global Economic and Competitive Environment

Corporations have continued to grow and extend their operations into the global economy to the point that the modern corporation has become larger and more influential than many sovereign countries. In this global expansion corporations have extended their operations with little restraint—almost only limited by corporate lawyers’ imaginations. Modern corporations have become so pervasive; world populations are more dependent on them for their food services technologies work and daily well-being than ever before. This book analyzes the twenty-first century forces challenging the executive leadership of the modern corporation. Lessons are drawn for corporate leaders facing these challenges: turbulent times balancing creators and stewards managing company culture managing by wire incorporating global virtual organization structures and managing sustained innovation. Nolan concludes with guidelines on creating a leadership agenda for transforming the corporation to successfully compete in the realities of the new corporate world of the twenty-first century. | Executive Team Leadership in the Global Economic and Competitive Environment

GBP 42.99
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Contemporary Circus

Contemporary Circus

In this volume twenty-four creators come together with three scholars to discuss Contemporary Circus bridging the divide between practice and theory. Lavers Leroux and Burtt offer conversations across four key themes: Apparatus Politics Performers and New Work. Extensively illustrated with fifty photos of Contemporary Circus productions and extensively annotated Contemporary Circus thematically groups and contextualises extracts of conversations to provide a sophisticated and wide-ranging study supported by critical theory. Of interest to both practitioners and scholars Contemporary Circus uses the lens of ‘contestation ’ or calling things into question to provide a portal into ways of seeing today’s circus performance. Conversations with: Lachlan Binns and Jascha Boyce (Gravity and Other Myths) Tilde Björfors (Cirkus Cirkör) Kim ‘Busty Beatz’ Bowers (Hot Brown Honey) Shana Carroll (The 7 Fingers) David Clarkson (Stalker) Philippe Decouflé (Compagnie DCA) Fez Faanana (Briefs) Mike Finch (Circus Oz) Daniele Finzi Pasca (Compagnia Finzi Pasca) Sean Gandini (Gandini Juggling) Firenza Guidi (ElanFrantoio NoFit State Circus) Jo Lancaster and Simon Yates (Acrobat) Johann Le Guillerm (Cirque Ici) Yaron Lifschitz (Circa) Chelsea McGuffin (Company 2) Phia Ménard (Compagnie Non Nova) Jennifer Miller (Circus Amok) Adrien Mondot (Compagnie Adrien M and Claire B) Charlotte Mooney and Tina Koch (Ockham’s Razor) Philippe Petit (high wire artist) and Elizabeth Streb (STREB EXTREME ACTION).

GBP 36.99
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