Dr. Kevin Bales is the world's leading expert on modern slavery and President of Free the Slaves, the US Sister organization of Anti-Slavery International (the world’s oldest human rights organization). He is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Roehampton University in London, as well as serving on the Board of Directors of the International Cocoa Initiative.
The horror of slavery, says Kevin Bales, is "not confined to history." It is not only possible that slave labor is responsible for the shoes on your feet or your daily consumption of sugar, he writes, the products of forced labor filter even more quietly into a broad portion of daily Western life. "They made the bricks for the factory that made the TV you watch. In Brazil slaves made the charcoal that tempered the steel that made the springs in your car and the blade on your lawnmower.... Slaves keep your costs low and returns on your investments high."
The exhaustive research in Disposable People shows that at least 27 million people are currently enslaved around the world. Bales, considered the world's leading expert on contemporary slavery, reveals the historical and economic conditions behind this resurgence. From Thailand, Mauritania, Brazil, Pakistan, and India, Bales has gathered stories of people in unthinkable conditions, kept in bondage to support their owners' lives. Bales insists that even a small effort from a large number of people could end slavery, and devotes a large chapter to explaining the practical means by which this might be accomplished. "Are we willing to live in a world with slaves?" he asks. As a sign of his commitment, all his royalties from Disposable People will go toward the fight against slavery. --Maria Dolan --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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2020年5月讀1996年的調查成書,還是覺得,也許作者期待的改變業已發生,但也許還不足夠。 在這個已經高度文明和自由的世界上,還生活著2700萬被俘虜的奴隸。19世紀,奴隸製度就從法律層麵被“攻破”瞭,但其根莖依然在暗處盤錯。 他們的勞動無法獲得報酬,生活沒有動力,無法自...
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圖書標籤: 政治 slavery globalization 經濟 人權 history 學術 economic
奴役製度和資本主義的關係源遠流長。齣版二十年瞭,作者解讀奴隸製和人道主義的framing有些天真,顯然是伊拉剋戰爭之前,維基解密之前,對於美帝國主義的實質還存有誤解和不切實際的幻想。
評分奴役製度和資本主義的關係源遠流長。齣版二十年瞭,作者解讀奴隸製和人道主義的framing有些天真,顯然是伊拉剋戰爭之前,維基解密之前,對於美帝國主義的實質還存有誤解和不切實際的幻想。
評分奴役製度和資本主義的關係源遠流長。齣版二十年瞭,作者解讀奴隸製和人道主義的framing有些天真,顯然是伊拉剋戰爭之前,維基解密之前,對於美帝國主義的實質還存有誤解和不切實際的幻想。
評分奴役製度和資本主義的關係源遠流長。齣版二十年瞭,作者解讀奴隸製和人道主義的framing有些天真,顯然是伊拉剋戰爭之前,維基解密之前,對於美帝國主義的實質還存有誤解和不切實際的幻想。
評分奴役製度和資本主義的關係源遠流長。齣版二十年瞭,作者解讀奴隸製和人道主義的framing有些天真,顯然是伊拉剋戰爭之前,維基解密之前,對於美帝國主義的實質還存有誤解和不切實際的幻想。
Disposable People 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載