A responsive society: Collected essays on guiding deliberate social change

Brings together seventeen essays on the dynamics of social change published in a wide array of journals over the course of Amitai Etzioni's long and distinguished career. Applying sociological methods of study to seemingly disparate disciplines from ethics to economics, politics to genetics, Etzioni uncovers important interrelationships between these fields.

Promises not kept: The betrayal of social change in the third world

This newly updated fourth edition re-examines the plight of Third World countries in light of the recent events and trends of the post-cold war world. As market forces become increasingly more influential, allowing for unprecedented growth and the accumulation of great wealth, many of the promises of the twentieth century continue to be transformed and abandoned. The vulnerability of developing…

Oigame Oigame: Struggle and social change in a Nicaraguan urban community

The book also explores the role of the ethnographer involved in anthropology and suggests how one can develop an ethnographic praxis to be expressed cooperatively with a community. This exploration and synthesis of both a changing community and the means of interpretation will be of interest to anthropologists, ethnographers, sociologists, and students of political science looking at the effect…

Namibia women in war

This book clearly and unequivocally states the contribution of Namibian women to the struggle for independence and freedom. More important the experience is conveyed through the words of the women themselves.

Intercultural communication: Globalization and social justice

Intercultural Communication: Globalization and Social Justice, by Kathryn Sorrells, introduces students to the complex relationships, structures, and contexts that shape intercultural communication in the new millennium. This book examines intercultural communication within the geopolitical, economic, and cultural context of globalization and offers a dynamic and complex understanding of cultur…

The social life of information

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

Assessing the people's liberation army in the Hu Jintao era

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…

Bound to cooperate: Conflict, peace and people in Sierra Leone

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ISBN/ISSN

92-9045-137-8

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xv, 206 pages ; 21 cm

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Greed, Inc.: Why corporations rule our world

A critical indictment of modern corporate practices argues that today's publicly traded companies enjoy the legal statuses of individuals but are not bound by the same legal and moral responsibilities, in a historical survey that traces the contributions and unethical activities of such companies as Enron, Exxon, and Pfizer.

The kapitan Cina of Batavia 1837-1942: A history of Chinese establishment in …

In the Dutch East Indies, in Batavia in particular, the kapitan Cina institution lasted until the last days of Dutch rule. And whereas in other parts of Southeast Asia, such as the Straits Settlements, the kapitan Cina was an unofficial position, in the Dutch East Indies it was an integral part of the colonial administration