In The Breakdown of Nations Leopold Kohr shows that, throughout history, people living in small states are happier, more peaceful, more creative and more prosperous. Virtually all our political and social problems would be greatly diminished if the world's major countries were to dissolve back into the small states from which they sprang. Rather than making ever-larger political unions, in the belief that this will bring peace and security, we should...

"The world is a mess. It's constantly at war, things cost too much, and the average person struggles to survive against powers they can barely see, let alone control. It appears so at odds with common sense, in fact, that it begs a fundamental question: Who runs the world? This book looks at the conspiracies in everyday life, both hidden and not-so-hidden. It examines actual people, businesses, social networks, corporate alliances, and the dark forces...

The ability to deploy interdisciplinary theoretical perspectives that speak to interconnected global dimensions is critical if one's work is to be relevant and applicable to the emerging global-scale issues of our time. The Global Turn is a guide for students and scholars across all areas of the social sciences and humanities who wish to embark on global-studies research projects. The authors demonstrate how the global can be studied from a local...

Global Slump analyzes the global financial meltdown as the first systemic crisis of the neoliberal stage of capitalism. It argues that, far from having ended-the crisis has ushered in a whole period of worldwide economic and political turbulence. In developing an account of the crisis as rooted in fundamental features of capitalism, Global Slump challenges the view that its source lies in financial deregulation. The book locates the recent meltdown...

Examining a variety of intriguing issues, this sociological study analyzes the impact global culture has had on the flora and fauna, people, economies, languages, and cultures of the Pacific for many centuries. The survey draws on findings from a 40-year research partnership, illustrating the effects of globalization from the perspective of a typical Samoan village and documenting the country's shift from baskets to buckets, from religious authority...

"Every time you use a cell phone or computer, you could be contributing to the death toll in the world's most violent region: the eastern Congo. This remote and lawless land is rich in resources critical to the circuitry in cell phones, computers, and other electronics-"conflict minerals" mined under conditions of war and egregious human rights abuses. In Consuming the Congo, author Peter Eichstaedt goes into these killing fields to unearth what is...

Summary, Analysis & Review of Thomas L. Friedman's Thank You for Being Late by Instaread Preview: Thomas Friedman's Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Acceleration is about the accelerating pace of change in modern society. The event that inspired the book's title occurred when some of Friedman's colleagues from the New York Times failed to arrive on time for an appointment. Friedman realized that the time spent...

El Mundo De Hoy es un maravilloso libro a traves del cual el autor comparte contigo amigo lector ciertos sucesos que estan cambiando el rumbo de la historia humana y otros no tan relevantes pero que tambien son importante observar, estamos viviendo cambios tan impresionantes que nos debe llevar a reflexionar sobre la sociedad que les espera a nuestros hijos y nietos, asi que estamos seguros este libro te podra ser de mucha ayuda en tu deseo por descubrirlo....

A pioneering work, full of detail and depth of knowledge about Africa... a must read! Two powerful forces converged to shift global development in the last three decades from the West to the East and Asia. These same forces now make Africa the "construction site of the century." Africa in the decade 2040- 2050 will have a population of 2.5 billion people. Together with China and India, Africa will surely affect our planet's future! "Africans are and...