Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine? Is it culture, the weather, geography, or perhaps ignorance of the right policies? Simply, no. None of these factors is either definitive or destiny. In this book the …
En este libro, el profesor Georges Balandier, sociologo y antropologo de prestigio internacional, aporta una revolucionaria respuesta a una pregunta -¿que es el poder?- que los seres humanos se vienen planteando desde que viven en sociedad: el poder, afirma, es la forma suprema …
Examines traditional theories of monopoly capitalism and world systems analysis and puts forward the concept of global capitalism as a new stage in capitalist development during the past 20 years. Presents case studies which illustrate the impact of global capitalism on the stru…
Monograph of essays on social theories of social stratification - covers social class formation, social structure, education and social mobility, the social status of women, interest group and political power structures, aspirations of the working class in affluent society, etc.…
Monograph on technocracy in the German Democratic Republic - explores political behaviour of the new social stratum of intellectual technicians and of those members of the political power Elite recruited from this group, and links various forms of social change to the government…
Espacios del capital: hacia una geografía crítica
Discusses the impact of economic growth on political change in the region and in 11 States from the date of their foundation (or similar significant date) up to 1998.
