Abolish border controls? Let in large numbers of immigrants? Can this author can be serious? That may be the immediate response to this book’s evidence in favour of getting rid of costly, often inhumane and only partially effective barriers. But the whole apparatus of passports, visas and fenced borders is relatively new in history. It never used to be regarded as necessary. The United States, Canada and the Latin American countries were built on migration, while Europe has over the past fifty years actively encouraged largescale immigration. Jonathan Moses puts the arguments in favour of free mobility, and counters those against. His conclusions are clear and profound: free international migration can lessen the huge inequalities and injustices of globalization.

Heat waves in Delhi and Athens. Hurricane Mitch in Central America and tornadoes in the USA. Floods in Britain and China. All unprecedented in severity. Unprecedented in frequency. What is happening to the world's weather? What are the world's governments doing about it? This book t akes us through the science, and behind the politics, to explore:

• Climate instability : do we need to worry
• Global warming: what is the evidence?
• The likely impact of incre ases in average temperatures, rising oceans, shifts in rainfall patterns -- not just on lowlying countries and islands in both the industrialised and developing countries, but on all regions of the world.
• Most im portant of all, what can be done? What is the precautionary principle? What are scientists recommendin g? What are the disagreements among them, and among governments? Why are our politicians failing -- at the climate change negotiations at Kyoto, the Hague and right now -- to settle on effective, rath er than cosmetic, action?

This book makes clear for the general reader what is at sta ke; the difficulties of concerted action; the varying concerns of countries North and South; and the urgent necessity for all of us to press our politicians to take climate instability seriously.

Access to oil and natural gas, and their prices, are hugely important axes of geo-political strategy and global economic prospects and have been for a century. This book, written by a Financial Times journalist who has long covered the energy sector, provides readers with the essential information they need for understanding the shifting structure of the global oil and gas economy - where the reserves lie, who produces what, trade patterns, consumption trends, prices.

The book highlights political and social issues in the global energy sector - the domestic inequality, civil conflict and wide-spreead poverty that dependence on oil exports inflicts on developing countries and the strategies of wealthy countries (especially the United States) to control oil-rich regions.

As the world is torn apart by wars over oil, politicians have increasingly begun to look for alternative energy sources-and their leading choice is nuclear energy. But as Dr Helen Caldicott eloquently argues, the actual costs and environmental consequences of nuclear energy belie the incessant barrage of nuclear industry propaganda. In fact, nuclear power contributes to global warming and the true cost of nuclear power is prohibitive, with taxpayers picking up most of the tab. Furthermore, there's simply not enough uranium in the world to sustain nuclear power over the long term, and the potential for a catastrophic accident or a terrorist attack far outweighs any benefits. As Dr.Caldicott shows, there is a way forward to a clean, green future, using alternative, sustainable energy sources. ...

Locked Horns... is a collection of selected cases and review papers which portray the tensions, trials and tribulations that affect communities struggling to manage local natural resources in a manner that satisfies the needs and aspirations of different stakeholders. Sometimes the tensions remain subdued for extended periods of time while at other times they erupt into confrontations. On the other hand they could also lead to deadlocks, spiraling of tension and enmity, violence, litigation and second generation conflicts. Practitioners and institution builders at the grassroots therefore need to build their capacities in the art of analysing and dealing with conflicts. However, the real value of conflicts often lies in what they signify for policies and programmes that have either strayed from their espoused goals or fallen short of the needs and aspirations of the people.

This manual comprises a ready source of material covering various aspects of language along with simple line drawing picture ‘cards’ depicting everyday items common to all languages.

Hitchhiker is the story of Ebenezer, the son of untouchable Hindus who converted to Christianity. The controversy over Christian missionary activity in India forms the backdrop to this novel. The not-so-religious Ebenezer is on the fence, totally focused on doing well in the extremely competitive entrance exams to engineering colleges. Joining the Global Evangelical Church has not altered Ebenezer's family's status in their ancestral village, where they are still treated as untouchables. During one of their visits, Ebenezer's mother and sister are killed in caste-related violence.

Ebenezer plods his way through as unfair world, where not all software engineers do well and where dotcoms go bust and where religion, caste and educational background play an overwhelming role. The one bright spak in his life is Gayathri, the daughter of a rich right-wing Hindu nationalist businessman. Gayathri's family does not want her to marry Ebenezer and tries to wean her away. It is an unequal fight between the powerful business family and Ebenezer, one which Ebenezer eventually loses, despite a last-minute conversion to Hinduism. The Global Evangelical Church is still interested in getting the despondent Ebenezer back into its fold. However, Ebenezer refuses to part with his soul any more.

While on the one hand the study emphasises that the educational system is subordinate to and dependent upon the political system, on the other hand, it establishes that the educational system is a sub-system possessing a limited autonomy. The consequences of state control serves more the partisan and vested interests of the state rather than the cause of higher education. The author examines the corporatisation and saffronisation of higher education, thereby uncovering certain forces at work; also explores the vested interests and class bias of higher education.

Higher Education, Ideology and Politics is a MUST read for all who wish to create a relevant higher education system with concrete challenges.