This book punctures old information revolution myths and breaks important new ground. It will transform the way you think about information and its role in shaping both business and society at large
Structured in four parts, with detailed chapter summaries, Virtual States presents a compact and accessible theoretical and historical introduction to the Internet, its relationship to the developing world, the Internet in relation to the developed world, and the Internet and society. The book also covers issues such as war, censorship and the philosophical implications of hypertext, which is a…
Though it is a place where millions of all sorts can mix it up without any actual blood being drawn, Cyberspace still has enough conflicts to merit the attention of a war correspondent or two. Wendy Grossman has visited most of the trouble spots in the virtual world over its fresh history. She's seen the action as closely as anyone gets around here. And she returns with the straight dope.
Heilbroner's basic premise is stunning in its elegant simplicity. He contends that throughout all of human history, despite the huge gulf in social organization, technological development, and cultural achievement that divides us from the earliest known traces of homo sapiens, there have really only been three distinct ways of looking at the future.
Human history has always been shaped by the growth and migration of populations, by the opportunities and constraints provided by the environment, and by the rise of new technologies. Today, these forces are enmeshed in a state of unprecedented turbulence. World population has more than doubled in the past forty years to reach its current level of 5.5 billion, and it will exceed 8 billion and p…
In these wide-ranging and penetrating essays, O'Brien examines how throughout the world today these age-old forces are once again threatening democracy, the rule of law, and freedom of expression -- particularly in the United States, the nation founded on Enlightenment values. He weaves together beautifully written discussions on these and other timely, related topics. Enlivening his grim predi…
Reformasi menuju tatanan politik yang lebih adil telapak tangan. Jalan ke arah sana sering dan demokratis tidaklah semudah membalikkan ditingkahi oleh berbagai kepentingan dan manuver politik yang biasanya memicu dan memanfaatkan perbedaan menjadi konflik yang meluas sehingga mengancam jalannya reformasi itu sendiri. Dalam kasus negara kita konflik ini telah berubah menjadi konflik kekerasan ya…
This book marks a milestone in peace research. The insightful review of the early development of the field of conflict resolution brings a much-needed perspective on the challenges presented by late twentieth-century conflicts. The authors provide a complex and highly differentiated view of today's international collectivity, in which no one set of actors or perspectives predominates. The analy…
The 2012 Pla (People's Liberation Army) conference took place at a time when the Chinese Communist Party (Ccp) was making its leadership transition from Hu Jintao to Xi Jinping. The conference discussion focused on the developments in China's national security and the Pla during the Hu Jintao Administration from 2002 to 2012. Key observations are presented in this volume. The most significant o…
In World on Fire, Amy Chua shows that just the opposite has happened. As global markets open, ethnic conflict worsens and democracy in developing nations turns ugly and violent. Examining the actual impact of economic globalization across the world Chua shows how free markets have concentrated disproportionate, often spectacular wealth in the hands of resented ethnic minorities. These 'market- …