In this era of 'globalization', we hear about a 'new imperialism', the hegemony of global capital and its chief enforcer, the US. Today, with the US promising a war against terrorism, this notion seems more plausible than ever, but what does imperialism mean in the absence of co…
"The book brings into sharp relief the nature of today's new capitalist empire, in which the political reach of imperial power cannot match its economic hegemony, and the global economy is administered not by a global state but by a system of multiple local states, policed by th…
Analyzes scandals in high-profile institutions, from Wall Street and the Catholic Church to Major League Baseball, while evaluating how an elite American meritocracy rose throughout the past half-century before succumbing to corruption and failure.
During the 19th century, Britain became the first gaslit society. At the same time, the government significantly expanded its power to observe and monitor its subjects. This study examines the way people saw and were seen in this gaslit age, and how this affected Victorian cultu…
A stunning and revealing examination of oil's indelible impact on the countries that produce it and the people who possess it, of the power of oil to exacerbate existing problems and create new ones.
"Explores the evolution of the idea that the rise of print culture was a threat to the royal government of eighteenth-century France. Argues that French printers did much to foster this view as they negotiated a place in the expanding bureaucratic apparatus of the state"--Provid…
IntroductionTo the country fair --Ch. 1. The merry-go-round --Ch. 2. Denmark's Hubris --Ch. 3. Tragedy in Copenhagen --Ch. 4. The failing giant --Ch. 5. The Agassiz venture --Ch. 6. Axis of melt --Ch. 7. The Arctic's poisonous secret --Ch. 8. What oil? --Ch. 9. Proposition 23 an…
'Recovery from Schizophrenia' demonstrates convincingly, but controversially, how political, economic and labour market forces shape social responses to the mentally ill, mould psychiatric treatment philosophy, and influence the onset and course of one of the most common forms o…
Recovery from Schizophrenia demonstrates convincingly, but controversially, how political, economic and labour market forces shape social responses to the mentally ill.
'Recovery from Schizophrenia' demonstrates convincingly, but controversially, how political, economic and labour market forces shape social responses to the mentally ill, mould psychiatric treatment philosophy, and influence the onset and course of one of the most common forms o…
In Post-Work, Stanley Aronowitz and Jonathan Cutler have collected essays from a variety of scholars to discuss the dreary future of work. The introduction, The Post-Work Manifesto, provides the framework for a radical reappraisal of work and suggests an alternative organization…