This is a history of Jean-Paul Sartre's monthly review Les Temps Modernes, an immensely influential publication launched in 1945. The journal set out from the beginning to effect a revolutionary redefinition of psychology, sociology, political theory and anthropology, in order to assist in the socialist transformation of France and the world. Dr Davies is the first author to examine the review from a multidisciplinary viewpoint. The result is a panorama of forty years of French intellectual history, of debate and rivalry informed by and influencing the political struggles of the time - the...
This is a history of Jean-Paul Sartre's monthly review Les Temps Modernes, an immensely influential publication launched in 1945. The journal set out ...
There is still no consensus on who or what caused the financial crisis which engulfed the world, beginning in the summer of 2007.
A huge number of suspects have been identified, from greedy investment bankers, through feckless borrowers, dilatory regulators and myopic central bankers to violent video games and high levels of testosterone among the denizens of trading floors. There is not even agreement on whether the crisis shows a need for more government intervention in markets, or less: some maintain that government encouragement of home ownership lay at the heart of the problem in the...
There is still no consensus on who or what caused the financial crisis which engulfed the world, beginning in the summer of 2007.
With China's continued growth and engagement with every continent, to understand the key issues shaping this country's business environment and the behaviour of Chinese business people becomes increasingly difficult especially when important issues are contested. Is China really the biggest economy in the world? This and several more issues are often misconstrued in the media and heavily influenced by partisan interpretations. However, there is also the well-researched and well-argued analyses in academic literature and business press, reaching diametrically opposite conclusions.
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With China's continued growth and engagement with every continent, to understand the key issues shaping this country's business environment and the...
As China becomes the world's largest economy so it becomes important to understand the key issues shaping the country's business environment and the behaviour of Chinese businesspeople.
This is difficult because those issues are contested. Is China growing at 3% or 8%? Is the Chinese consumer going to save the world? Are state-owned enterprises national champions or zombies? Have we reached the end of "Cheap China"? Can China innovate? Is business still dominated by personal connections? Are markets or the state in control? Does Chinese culture impede or support organizational...
As China becomes the world's largest economy so it becomes important to understand the key issues shaping the country's business environment and th...
