An addition to the previous list of books to read:
Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution and Profit
Vandana Shiva
South End Press (2002)
Development and Social Change
A Global Perspective (Fourth Edition)
Philip McMichael
Pine Forge Press (2008)
(McMichael has very interesting perspectives on globalization and post-colonialism)
Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity
Ulrich Beck
Sage Publications (1992, there’s a 2000 reprint)
(Any student of communication specializing in the intersection of health, persuasion and culture would find the following books a good companion)
Health Behavior and Health Education
Theory, Research and Practice (Fourth Edition)
Karen Glanz, Barbara Rimer, K. Viswanath (Eds.)
Jossey Bass (2008)
The Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology
William C. Cockerham (Ed.)
Blackwell Publishing (2008)
Communicating Health: A Culture-centered Approach
Mohan J. Dutta
Polity Press (2008)
Emerging Perspectives in Communication: Culture, Meaning and Power
Heather Zoller and Mohan J. Dutta (Eds.)
Routledge (2008)
