This classic introduction provides an analysis and description of democracy, political behavior, political evaluation, policy-making, and comparative political systems. Power and influence, pivotal features of the book, are depicted through concrete illustrations of people in power from the relatively powerless to the most powerful. Thus, the reader is invited to enter imaginatively into the ex…
So argues John McDermott in Corporate Society, an original and far-reaching analysis of the impact of the modern corporation on contemporary social structure. Combining business history with political insight, McDermott offers a systematic critique of the post-industrial order and the illusions it fosters. He warns against the development of a "post-society industry" in which the corporate orde…
Dick DeVos, shows how the values that make America great -the values that shape who we are, how we live, and how we threat others- can be incorporated into our daily lives. DeVos drwas on his experiences as the lead of one of America's most succesful businesses to explore twenty-four basic values from honesty and compassion to initiative and leadership. A book that offers the guidance we need t…
William Gairdner's book will have a special impact on American readers who sometimes get the impression that political-economic treatises that blow down this way from up there are all written by godchildren of John Kenneth Galbraith. Gairdner sees bright and clear what Canada so greatly needs, and his mobilizing passion wonderfully animates an analytical precision that should be the reason for …
One in a series of short books devoted to different countries that offers much-needed cross-cultural and global material to instructors. Used alongside an introductory sociology text or as a supplement in courses on comparative societies, comparative politics, comparative economics, or social stratification, this book brings a rich global perspective into the undergraduate classroom. The openin…
Moving beyond the standard emphasis on the Vietnam War and Vietnamese politics and economy, this volume provides a historically grounded examination of the dynamics of contemporary society and state-society relations. Within that framework, the contributors explore the dynamics of economic reforms, socioeconomic inequality, environmental changes, gender and ethnic relations, migration, media, a…
The third edition of Re Orient: Change in Asian Societies provides up-to-date information on the important issues and trends in this dynamic region. It analyses them without resorting to oversimplifications or stereotypes, doing justice to the rich variety of the cultural traditions and historical experience within the region. The discussion is clear, direct and free of jargon, and all subjects…
Controversies in politics arise from many sources, but the conflicts that endure for generations or centuries show a remarkably consistent pattern. In this classic work, Thomas Sowell analyzes the pattern. He describes the two competing visions that shape our debates about the nature of reason, justice, equality and power: the "constrained" vision, which sees human natures as unchanging and sel…
In this endessly fascinating book, New Yorker columnist James Surowiecki explores a deceptively simple idea that has profoud implications: Large group of people are smarter than an elite few, no matter how brilliant-better at solving problems, fostering innovation, coming to wise decisions, even predicting the future.
Peter Drucker focuses with great clarity and perception on the forces of change that are transforming the economic landscape and creating tomorrow's society. Peter Drucker brings to this work an intimate knowledge and objective view of the particular and general. The Age of Discontinuity is a fascinating and important blueprint for shapping a future already very much with us.