Arguing that we live in the city of gold - a global, cosmopolitan polity where politics are done through markets, and where global capital markets have become the dominant force, this title touches on its historical foundation; an assessment of its political scope; its current discontents; and ways to make a better world from within it.
Arguing that we live in the city of gold - a global, cosmopolitan polity where politics are done through markets, and where global capital markets hav...
Arguing that we live in the city of gold - a global, cosmopolitan polity where politics are done through markets, and where global capital markets have become the dominant force, this title touches on its historical foundation; an assessment of its political scope; its current discontents; and ways to make a better world from within it.
Arguing that we live in the city of gold - a global, cosmopolitan polity where politics are done through markets, and where global capital markets hav...
Between Citizen and State is an intrepid and readable introduction to, and insightful commentary on, the role of the corporation in the modern world. Corporate actors have typical motivations, opportunities, temptations - they are characters, and their interactions follow familiar plotlines. Part I, Background, introduces the characters and their context. Part II, Internal Struggles, explains common conflicts in terms of well-known court cases. Part III, External Relations, examines relationships between the corporation, individuals, and the state.
Between Citizen and State is an intrepid and readable introduction to, and insightful commentary on, the role of the corporation in the modern world. ...
Between Citizen and State is an intrepid and readable introduction to, and insightful commentary on, the role of the corporation in the modern world. Corporate actors have typical motivations, opportunities, temptations - they are characters, and their interactions follow familiar plotlines. Part I, Background, introduces the characters and their context. Part II, Internal Struggles, explains common conflicts in terms of well-known court cases. Part III, External Relations, examines relationships between the corporation, individuals, and the state.
Between Citizen and State is an intrepid and readable introduction to, and insightful commentary on, the role of the corporation in the modern world. ...
As the image of anthropologists exploring exotic locales and filling in blanks on the map has faded, the idea that cultural anthropology has much to say about the contemporary world has likewise diminished. In an increasingly smaller world, how can anthropology help us to tackle the concerns of a global society? David A. Westbrook argues that the traditional tool of the cultural anthropologist ethnography can still function as an intellectually exciting way to understand our interconnected, yet mysterious worlds. "Navigators of the Contemporary" describes the changing nature of...
As the image of anthropologists exploring exotic locales and filling in blanks on the map has faded, the idea that cultural anthropology has much to s...
As the image of anthropologists exploring exotic locales and filling in blanks on the map has faded, the idea that cultural anthropology has much to say about the contemporary world has likewise diminished. In an increasingly smaller world, how can anthropology help us to tackle the concerns of a global society? David A. Westbrook argues that the traditional tool of the cultural anthropologist ethnography can still function as an intellectually exciting way to understand our interconnected, yet mysterious worlds. "Navigators of the Contemporary" describes the changing nature of...
As the image of anthropologists exploring exotic locales and filling in blanks on the map has faded, the idea that cultural anthropology has much to s...
Former Federal Reserve chair Greenspan recently said that the risk management paradigm is broken; thus our understanding of financial regulation no longer makes sense. More generally, the current financial crisis obliges us to rethink the relationships among "financial markets" and "governments." In Out of Crisis financial analyst David Westbrook illuminates the intellectual, business, and policy errors that have led us into the present morass. Through a vivid legal and political analysis he shows how the ideologies of the right and left have distorted financial thinking and policy. Learning...
Former Federal Reserve chair Greenspan recently said that the risk management paradigm is broken; thus our understanding of financial regulation no lo...
In Deploying Ourselves, David A. Westbrook puts the case for major reform of US national security. He argues that today's national security establishment is outdated and entrenched in a model of defence more befitting the post-World War II Cold War era than today's realities. In a world without military peers, Westbrook argues, the US must re-create its institutions in order to wield influence globally, based on co-operation with other states and groups. Deploying Ourselves includes specific proposals to make US national security institutions more democratically accountable.
In Deploying Ourselves, David A. Westbrook puts the case for major reform of US national security. He argues that today's national security establishm...
In Deploying Ourselves, David A. Westbrook puts the case for major reform of US national security. He argues that today's national security establishment is outdated and entrenched in a model of defence more befitting the post-World War II Cold War era than today's realities. In a world without military peers, Westbrook argues, the US must re-create its institutions in order to wield influence globally, based on co-operation with other states and groups. Deploying Ourselves includes specific proposals to make US national security institutions more democratically accountable.
In Deploying Ourselves, David A. Westbrook puts the case for major reform of US national security. He argues that today's national security establishm...
