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 A Level SociologyBook ReviewsBusiness Takeover of SchoolsClass and MarxismComputers and I.T.Education and the FutureEducation ResearchFamily and PeaceFunding for EducationGeneral Agreement on Trade in ServicesGiddens, the Third Way and EducationGlobalisationHorologyIntellectual Property RightsKnowledge ManagementLabour PowerLearning Society and TrainingLifelong LearningMarxism and EducationMarxism vs. PostmodernismMarxist Educational TheoryOnline Publications Glenn RikowskiOnline Publications Ruth RikowskiOnline Publications Victor RikowskiPedagogyPowerPoints by Glenn RikowskiRadical Library IssuesReading, Writing and PublishingResearch Projects: Glenn RikowskiSocialism and EducationStudent WorkersTimeTranshumanismTRIPSValueVictor Rikowski PublicationsVolumizer Articles
| BOOKSThe Battle in Seattle: its significance for education by Glenn Rikowski, Tufnell Press, London, 2001 ISBN - 1 872767370 (pbk)(£4.95) 47 Dalmeny Road,London, N7 ODY Why did over 40,000 people demonstrate against the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Seattle in late 1999? What do struggles against the WTO have to do with education? What is the significance of education for post-Seattle anti-capitalist struggles? ... Drawing on newspapers, business magazines, websites and Left journals, Glenn Rikowski gives an exciting account of the Battle in Seattle in late 1999. He sees the main significance of Seattle for the anti-capitalist movement as the substantial numbers of protesters supporting the abolition of capitalism, not just its taming. He summarises the main political debates flowing from Seattle, urging a 'socialist vision' in its aftermath. In his quest to establish the importance of Seattle for education, Rikowski maintains that education was a core element of the WTO agenda, and outlines the WTO strategy for opening education up to corporate capital. Describing the significance of education for anti-capitalism, Rikowski draws on the ideas of Karl Marx, arguing that education and training in capitalism help constitute the social production of labour-power, the unique commodity upon which capitalism rests. The conclusion draws attention to alternatives to education and training constructed to reduce humanity to labour-power. Caroline Benn, President of the Socialist Education Association, member of Hillcole Group "It's a wonderful outline of the new anti-capitalist activity...It pulls together all aspects of changes to all levels of education, as it is drawn into the profit business - and even further away from wider concepts of education." Peter McLaren, University of California, Los Angeles "Glenn Rikowski has produced a brilliant and I believe historical landmark in Left education." The Battle in Seattle: its significance for education by Glenn Rikowski Book Reviews of The Battle in Seattle Book Review of The Battle in Seattle by John Pateman Book Review of The Battle in Seattle by David Renton - in NATFHE Journal Not for Sale: the Case Against the Privatisation of Education - Book Review of The Battle in Seattle by Doug Holly in Capital and Class, Autumn 2002 Not for Sale: the Case Against the Privatisation of Education by Doug Holly GLOBALISATION, INFORMATION AND LIBRARIES: the implications of the World Trade Organisation's GATS and TRIPS Agreements by RUTH RIKOWSKI, Chandos Publishers, Oxford, 2005 ISBN - 1 84334 084 4 (£39.00) (pbk)1 84334 092 5 (£59.95) (hdbk) This book provides an overview of the World Trade Organisation; in particular, it focuses on two of the agreements being developed at the WTO, which are due to be strengthened in 2005, and are likely to have significant implications for libraries and information: the General Agreement on Trade in Services (the GATS) and the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). The book argues that the library and information profession needs to be more aware of these agreements and the way in which they threaten some of the professional ethics and principles (such as the balance in copyright). Furthermore, it places the GATS and TRIPS into an Open Marxist theoretical framework, whereby services and intelellectual property rights are being transformed into international tradable commodities. Anders Ericson - "If general politics continues developing in the present direction maybe just a generation from now goverenmental support of today's libraries may wither enough not only to open the way for commercial solutions, but to make people demand them. How soon is hard to tell, but what we know, and what Ruth Rikowski clearly shows among other things, is that private companies who run library services will give priority to the parts that make not only profit, but the most profit...Again, Ruth Rikowski has used much of her spare time to spread her ideas of what she is convinced are some of our most urgent needs. Hopefully, a majority of the library and knowledge communities will take her message seriously..." (p.xiv) Globalisation, Information and Libraries by Ruth Rikowski Orders to: Turpin Distribution Services Ltd, Stratton Business Park, Pegasus Drive, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire. SG18 8TQ Tel No. +44 (0) 1767 604951 Fax No. +44 (0) 1767 601640 Email: custserv@turpin-distribution.com Reviews of Ruth Rikowski's book Globalisation, Information and Libraries Libraries and threatened by globalisation - but there is still hope by John Pateman, Head of Libraries, Sport and Support Services, Lincolnshire County Council In Morning Star , 18th April 2005 Libraries are threatened by globalisation - but there is still hope by John Pateman GATS and the Dangers for Libraries by John Vincent, Social Exclusion Network On Movement for a Socialist Future website GATS and the Dangers for Libraries - by John Vincent Review of Globalisation, Information and Libraries by Louise Cook, Lecturer in Information Science, City University on the Higher Education Academy, Information and Computer Science website - under Book Reviews, Information Science section Review of Globalisation, Information and Libraries by Louise Cooke Review of Globalisation, Information and Libraries by Carol Woolley, Services Development Manager, Worcestershire Library and Information Service In Managing Information , July 2005 Review of Globalisation, Information and Libraries by Carol Woolley Review by Svanhild Aabo, Associate Professor, Oslo University in Bok og Bibliotek (BOB) - Norwegian Library Journal BOB Review by Lars Karlsson for Bis (Bibliotek i Samhaelle) (Libraries in Society) Left Library Swedish journal. BIS Review by Ian Johnson, Professor and Associate Dean, Aberdeen Business School, The Robert Gordon University. In Focus: on International Library and Information Work, Journal for the International Library and Information Group of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), Vol. 36, No. 1, 2005, pp. 41-43 Charles Oppenheim, Professor at Loughborough University, in Journal of Documentation, Vol. 61, Issue 5, 2005 John Pateman's review in Information for Social Change, Summer 2005 ISC John Vincent's review in Information for Social Change, Summer 2005 ISC Toni Samek, Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta, Canada, review in Feliciter, Journal of the Canadian Library Association, October 2005 Reviews: Forthcoming Anita Pincas, Senior Lecturer, Lifelong Learning and International Development, Institute of Education, University of London - in Journal of Information, Law and Technology Helen Raduntz , Centre for Research in Education, Equity and Work, University of South Australia - in Library Review Bob Bater, Principal Asscoiate, InfoPlex Associates, in Relay Anneliese Dodds, London School of Economics, in Long Range Planning Globalisation, Information and Libraries - recommended reading Globalisation, Information and Libraries recommended reading in Citizen Policy Trade Commission, Summary of Public Hearing Testimony, April 19th 2005, University of South Maine, Portland (p.4) Citizen Policy Trade Commission - Globalisation,Information and Librareis (recommended reading) Libraries and the World Social Forum by Mikael Book E-JOURNALGlobalisation and Information - Edited by Ruth Rikowski Information for Social Change, Issue No. 14, Winter 2001/2002 Globalisation and Information - Edited by Ruth Rikowski Articles in the issue: Editorial and Introduction to Globalisation and Information by Ruth Rikowski One Law for the Rich - Bill Lehm Transfiguration: Globalisation, the WTO and the National Faces of the GATS - Glenn Rikowski Future of Global Capitalism: millionaires ruing the world by Victor Rikowski Trading away basic rights: the General Agreement on Trade in Services - Clare Joy GATS: higher education and public libraries - Anneliese Dodds The Corporate Takeover of Libraries - Ruth Rikowski The WTO and the Threat to Libraries - Fiona Hunt Information Censorship and Gender Relatons in Global Capitalism - Shahrzad Mojab Interpreting the 'Knowledge Economy' Cacophony: the extension of the commodification to information production, dissemination and storage - Alex Nunn The Learning Society Revisited - Patrick Ainley The Knowledge Economy vs. the Learning Society - Jonathan Rutherford ISC - A Statement on State Terrorism, Censorship and Repression Referenced in CounterPoise for Social Responsibilities, liberty and dissent Counterpoise Counterpoise says: "The magazine is divided into five sections: Introduction, Globalisation and the World Trade Organisation (3 articles), The General Agreement on Trade in Services (2 articles), Libraries (2 articles), and Information and Knowledge (4 articles). The articles are well researched and tend to challenge the reader...The articles serve as a primer for those wanting to learn more about the worst-case scenario of globalization and libraries." ARTICLESGATS: private affluence and public squalor? Implications for libraries and information by Ruth Rikowski. Article summarising and providing further analysis about a radio programme on the GATS that Ruth participated In Managing Information , Vol. 8, No. 10, December 2001, pp. 8-10 GATS:private affluence and public squalor? Implications for libraries and information by Ruth Rikowski Also, available in Library Juice GATS:private affluence and public squalor? Implications for libraries and information by Ruth Rikowski Transfiguration: Globalisation, the WTO and the National Faces of the GATS by Glenn Rikowski In Information for Social Change, Winter 2001/02, No. 14 Transfiguration: Globalisation, the WTO and the National Faces of the GATS - Glenn Rikowski The Corporate Takover of Libraries by Ruth Rikowski Information for Social Change, Winter 2001/02, No. 14 The Corporate Takeover of Libraries by Ruth Rikowski The Great GATS Buyout by Glenn Rikowski in Red Pepper, Special issue on Education. November 2002, No. 101, pp. 25-27 The Capitalisation of libraries by Ruth Rikowski The Commoner: a left-academic activist e-journal, 2002, May, No. 14 The Capitalisation of Libraries by Ruth Rikowski Referenced in: The privatization of everything by Betty Reid Mandell, for 'New Politics', Vol. 9. No.1, Summer 2002 The privatization of everything by Betty Reid Mandell Globalisation and Education by Glenn Rikowski in Report on Globalisation, House of Lords, Select Committee on Economic Affairs. Session 2002-03, 1st Report, the Stationery Office, 2002. In 'Volume of Evidence', part 2, HL5-II - on CD-ROM. Glenn Rikowski says: "Globalisation incorporates four dimensions. The first focuses on cultural effects resulting from new communications technologies and the rise of standardised, global consumer goods on the one hand, and hybridity and fluidity in cultural forms on the other. The second pinpoints developments that undermine the nation-state. The third dimension highlights the fact that it is capital that is globalising. The fourth uncovers the core of globalisation: the value-form of labour that powers the capitalisation of contemporary social life. The World Trade Organisation (WTO), via the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), has an education agenda: opening up education services to corporate capital. This results in the capitalisation of education." Full article available on Educationline House of Lords Report on Globalisation Reference to Glenn Rikowski's contribution in House of Lords Report on Globalisation, Point 137(bottom of page) Referenced in Centre for Civil Society - Online Library Globalisation and Libraries by Ruth Rikowski In Globalisation, Report by House of Lords, Select Committee on Economic Affairs, Session 2002-03, 1st Report, the Stationery Office, 2002. In 'Volume of Evidence', part 2, HL5-II - on CD-ROM, pp. 360-371 House of Lords Report on Globalisation Reference to Ruth Rikowski's contribution in House of Lords Report on Globalisation, Point 137 (bottom of page) The WTO, the GATS and the meaning of 'services' by Ruth Rikowski Public Library Journal, Summer 2002, Vol.17, No. 2, pp. 48-50 (Part 1 of a 2-part article, based on Ruth Rikowski's talk The WTO/GATS Agenda for Libraries Takeover by stealth? by Ruth Rikowski Public Library Journal, Autumn 2002, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 73-76 (Part 2 of a 2-part article based on Ruth Rikowski's talk The WTO/GATS Agenda for Libraries) What does the future hold for our public libraries? by Ruth Rikowski In Information for Social Change, Summer 2002, No. 15 What does the future hold for our public libraries? by Ruth Rikowski The profit virus: globalisation, libraries and education by Ruth Rikowski (Summary report of the fringe meeting at IFLA conference, 2002) In IFLA Journal, special issue on the Glasgow Conference, Winter 2002, Vol. 28, No. 5/6, pp. 341-342 The profit virus: globalisation,libraries and education by Ruth Rikowski The profit virus: globalisation, libraries and education by Ruth Rikowski (Report of the fringe meeting at IFLA conference, 2002) In Library Juice, 5:31. Oct 2002 The profit virus: globalisation, libraries and education by Ruth Rikowski Report on Fringe meeting at IFLA Conference, 2002 - 'The profit virus: globalisation, libraries and education' by Ruth Rikowski In Link-Up: the newsletter of LINK: a network for north-south library development, September 2002, Vol. 14 No. 3, pp. 17-19 Raising awareness about the GATS and 'Women's Issues'by Ruth Rikowski In Information for Social Change, Winter, Iss 16, 2002 Raising awareness about the GATS and 'Women's Issues' by Ruth Rikowski Feedback on 'Globalisation and Information' issue of ISC (No. 14) by Ruth Rikowski Information for Social Change , Summer 2002, No. 15 Feedback on 'Globalisation and Information' issue of ISC by Ruth Rikowski WTO/GATS Agenda for Libraries (abbreviated version) by Ruth Rikowski In Focus: on International Library and Information Work - Journal for the International Library and Group of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), 2002, Vol. 33, No.2, pp. 53-65 Kommersialisering och Privatisering - WTO/GATS Agenda for Bibliotek I ett Engelskt Perspektiv (WTO/GATS agenda with special reference to public libraries in England), by Ruth Rikowski In BIS (Bibliotek i Samhaelle) (Libraries in Society), Swedish journal. 2002, No. 3, pp. 6-9. WTO/GATS Agenda for Libraries, with special reference to public libraries in England by Ruth Rikowski Schools and the GATS Enigma by Glenn Rikowski In Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1, March 2003 Schools and the GATS Enigma by Glenn Rikowski Library privatisation: fact or fiction? by Ruth Rikowski In Information for Social Change , No. 17, Summer 2003 Library privatisation: fact or fiction? by Ruth Rikowski Referenced in Barbarians at the Gates of the Public Library: how postmodern consumer capitalism threatens democracy, civil education and the public good by Ed D'Angelo, 2004 Barbarians at the Gates of the Public Library by Ed D'Angelo Schools: The Great GATS Buy by Glenn Rikowski Information for Social Change, Winter 2002/03, No. 16 Schools: The Great GATS Buy - Glenn Rikowski Also available on Educationline The Great GATS Buy - Glenn Rikowski Also, available at GlobeNet3 Schools: The Great GATS Buy - Glenn Rikowski Also available at:Schools:The Great GATS Buy by Glenn Rikowski The significance of WTO agreements for the library and information world by Ruth Rikowski, Managing Information, Jan/Feb 2003, Vol. 10, No. 1, p.43 Background and Overview to the book - Globalisation, Information and Libraries' by Ruth Rikowksi Information for Social Change Summer 2004, Issue 19 Background and Overview to the book - Globalisation, Information and Libraries: the implications of the WTO's GATS and TRIPS Agreements A discussion on 'The World Tonight', BBC Radio 4 programme, 25th October 2005, 10pm, about the UK Government Education White Paper and links with the GATS, Library Services, Education Services and the extension of the commodification process by Ruth Rikowski In Managing Information Forum Radio discussion on the Education White Paper by Ruth Rikowski Japanese Libraries, the GATS and PFI by Ruth Rikowski Managing Information, Nov 2005, Vol. 12, No. 9, p. 20 Print Friendly - Print Friendly with links |
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