La 4e de couverture indique : "Partout, ça se rebiffait. Les années 1970, a-t-on dit à droite et à gauche, du côté de Samuel Huntington comme de Michel Foucault, ont été ébranlées par une gigantesque "crise de gouvernabilité". Aux États-Unis, le phénomène inquiétait au plus haut…
Radical self-help, society-help, and planet-help to help us shape the futures we want. Emergent strategy -- dedication -- epigraph -- introduction -- principles of emergent strategy -- elements of emergent strategy -- fractals -- intentional adaptation -- interdependence and de…
Modes of production and archaeology
Introducing modes of production in archaeology / Robert M. Rosenswig and Jerimy J. Cunningham -- Hunter-gatherer studies -- Modes of production in Southern California at the end of the eighteenth century / Thomas C. Patterson -- Applying modes of production analysis to non-state…
For centuries, people have been thinking and writing-and fiercely debating-about the meaning of marriage. Just a hundred years ago, Progressive era reformers embraced marriage not as a time-honored repository for conservative values, but as a tool for social change. In Until Cho…
It is a truth widely acknowledged that if you're pregnant and can afford one, you're going to pick up a pregnancy manual. From What to Expect When You're Expecting to Pregnancy for Dummies, these guides act as portable mentors for women who want advice on how to navigate each st…
"The realignment of the Chinese social order that took place over the course of the Sung dynasty set the pattern for Chinese society throughout most of the later imperial era. Using data on two groups of Sung elites - the grand councilors who led the bureaucracy, and locally pro…
"Behind China's growing economic and political power is a vast underworld of marginalized social groups. In this powerful and timely book, Wanning Sun focuses on the country's hundreds of millions of rural migrant workers, who embody China's most intractable problems of inequali…