Explores current conflicts and confusions of relations and identities, using both general theory and specific cases. It argues that we are at a catalysing moment in a long transition from a community in which the prime rule was tolerance, to one with a commitment to understandin…
Denmark exemplifies the puzzle of socio-economic success in Scandinavia. Populations are thriving despite the world's highest levels of tax, generous social benefits and scarce natural resources. It would appear to be a land of paradise for free-riders and those who want 'money …
Argues that society is now built upon a distrust of institutions and government, with people instead tending to trust complete strangers, or even an Internet bot, and explains the mechanics of trust to show how to benefit from this radical shift. "If you can't trust those in ch…
Statelessness in context -- A case study in statelessness: diamonds, the diamond network, and diamontaires -- The mechanics of statelessness -- A theory of statelessness -- The costs of statelessness: cartel behavior and resistance to change -- Lessons from statelessness: econom…
In Stateless Commerce, Barak Richman uses the diamond industry to explore how ethnic trading networks operate and why they persist in the twenty-first century. How, for example, does the Forty-Seventh Street diamond district in midtown Manhattan--surrounded by skyscrapers and so…
Engagement programs and monetary rewards can only put Band-Aids on a toxic workplace culture. The key to lasting improvement is actually brain chemistry! (Quelle: buch.ch).
This book challenges our age-old assumption that trust is merely a soft, social virtue, and instead demonstrates that it is a hard-edged, economic driver--a learnable and measurable skill that makes organizations more profitable, people more promotable, and relationships more en…
Cooperation without trust?
by Hardin, Russell, Levi, Margaret, Cook, Karen S.
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