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Urban Problems /Urban Solutions

Factors Generating a Successful City

Factors Precipitating a Failed City

By Clement Blakeslee, B.A., M.A., M.Sc.Retired public affairs broadcaster, political journalist, human resources consultant,native affairs advocate, social science academic, and environmental advocate

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SECTION ONE

CITIES IN CONTEXT:

GEOGRAPHIC

ECONOMIC

HISTORIC

This section contains a literature base, which

oers or each boo!, a su""ar# re$ro%uce%

ro" boo! &ac!et' These wor!s constitute a

sa"$le o the rele(ant literature'



CITIES – SECTION 1

Cities in Space, City as Place

(3rd edition)

Atlas of Ancient Archaeology

Atlas of World History

The Timetables of History

Splendors of the Past: ost Cities of the

Ancient World

A Concise History of World Pop!lation

(3rd edition)

Cities and People: A Social and Architect!ral

History

Cities and the Wealth of "ations: Principles of

#conomic ife

$a%id T& Herbert '

Colin & Thomas

ac!etta Ha*+es

and -c"ally and Company

Werner Stein

"ational .eographic P!blication

-assimo i%i/0acci

-ar+ .iro!ard

ane acobs



CITIES IN SPACE, CITY AS PLACE(3rd edition)

David T. Herbert Co!in ". T#o$a%

This third edition of Cities in Space: City as Place incorporates ne* material and

ideas to !pdate the pop!lar second edition and *ill help st!dents gain a firm o%erall

grasp of !rban geography& $esigned for higher ed!cation co!rses in !ni%ersities and

colleges, the boo+:

• re%ie*s the +ey ideas and concepts of the s!b1ect area,

• re%ie*s changing empirical approaches,

• demonstrates both the rich heritage of !rban geography and the moment!m of

ne* ideas and approaches,

•

recogni2es the interdisciplinary !alities of !rban st!dies and !ses ideasderi%ed from other s!b1ects to enrich the tet, and

• demonstrates the rele%ance of more recent concepts s!ch as globali2ation, local

c!lt!res and social constr!ction *hich ha%e a nat!ral place in !rban4social

geography&

While the s!b1ect of !rban social geography has tended to fragment into specialisms

in recent years, the a!thors aim to help preser%e its *hole contet and sho* its

cohesion as *ell as its range and di%ersity&

$a%id T& Herbert is Head of the $epartment of .eography and Pro/5ice Chancellor at

the 6ni%ersity of Wales, S*ansea&

Colin & Thomas is Senior ect!rer at the $epartment of .eography, 6ni%ersity of

Wales, S*ansea&



ATLAS O& ANCIENT A'CHAEOLOYEdited b* "a+-etta Ha/e%

This atlas traces the patterns of c!lt!res and ci%ili2ations do*n to the beginning of the

classical *orld& 7t does this region by region aro!nd the globe& #ach region is

presented by a specialist in that area& #ach regional map sho*s c!lt!ral areas, mar+s a

large n!mber of archaeological sites and is accompanied by a general introd!ction to

the ancient history of the region& 7t is follo*ed by detailed descriptions, plans and

reconstr!ctions of the most interesting and attracti%e mon!ments&

The atlas encompasses the prehistoric bac+gro!nd to the early ci%ili2ations in both

time and space& Prehistoric #!rope recei%es genero!s treatment& -any pages arede%oted to the rich and di%erse remains of Aantolia and Persis, of the ri%er %alley

ci%ili2ations of "ile, Tigris/#!phrates and 7nd!s&

The atlas has a %ast range of information and comparati%e material arranged on a

geographical instead of the !s!al historical basis& Contains 389 t*o/colo!r maps,

plans and dra*ings&



ATLAS O& 0O'LD HISTO'Y'and +Na!! and Co$2an

ore t#an 144 ear% o5 e6+e!!en+e in at!a% 2-b!i%#in78

This historical atlas is to history *hat film highlights are to a football game& 7t

capt!res %is!ally the great t!rning points of o!r past and ill!minates the historians

*ritten *ord by graphically depicting the scope of those e%ents&

What *as the s*ay of the oman #mpire at its height; -ap <= ans*ers at a glance&

And if the road depicted, radiating from ome, ma+es clear ho* the empire *as held

together, the map also demonstrates *hat the tet tells !s of ho* the %ery s!ccess

epansion carried *ithin it the seeds of the empires e%ent!al destr!ction&

7n <9= pages of f!ll colo!r maps de%eloped especially for this atlas, pl!s a caref!lly

constr!cted tet, the modern historical atlas ta+es a *orld %ie* of history consistent

*ith the needs of todays reader& The res!lt is an essential reference and fascinating

reading, e%en for those *ith a less/than/passionate de%otion to history&



THE TIETA9LES O& HISTO'Y0erner Stein

The Timetables of History can gi%e !s a feel for the fl!idity and many/sidedness of

past eperience and help !s see *hat *e tho!ght *e already +ne* in a li%ely ne*

perspecti%e&

5ast and absorbing, spanning millennia of h!man history, The Timetables of History

achie%es a goal in the st!dy of the past that is !nmatched by any other reference

%ol!me > it gi%es !s a s*eeping o%er%ie* of the ma+ing of the contemporary *orld&

This remar+able boo+ maps o!t at a glance *hat *as happening sim!ltaneo!sly, from

the da*n of history to the present day& "e%er before has the progress been presented*ith s!ch clarity or *ith a %ie* that f!lly capt!res the essence and ecitement of

ci%ili2ation&

Completely !pdated, feat!ring:

• ecent brea+thro!ghs in science and technology,

• "e* achie%ements in the %is!al arts and m!sic,

• -ilestones in religion, philosophy and learning,

• The rise and fall of nations and the emergence of historic fig!res, and

•

andmar+s in the drama of daily life&

"o* in its third edition, The Timetables of History is the #nglish/lang!age %ersion of

Werner Steins classic Kulturfahrplan, *hich has sold millions of copies since it *as

p!blished in <?@& Translated by 0ernard .r!n, it has been completely re%ised and

re*ritten for the #nglish/spea+ing *orld&



SPLENDO'S O& THE PAST*LOST CITIES O& THE ANCIENT 0O'LD

Nationa! eo7ra2#i+ P-b!i+ation

B7t is grander than anything left to !s by .reece and ome, *rote a Drenchman a

cent!ry ago after coming !pon the %ast temple/city of Ang+or deep in the tangled

Cambodian 1!ngle& To prod!ce this ne* "ational .eographic Society %ol!me on

long/lost ci%ili2ations, *riters and photographers tra%elled to e!ally intrig!ing sites

in a do2en co!ntries& Their *ords and pict!res %i%idly con%ey not only the ecitement

of archaeological disco%ery b!t also the dedication and determination re!ired to fit

together pieces of an endless p!22le&

The <?th cent!ry mar+ed the real beginning of modern archaeology& #%en so, those inthe %ang!ard *ere more often romantic ad%ent!rers or heedless pl!nderers than

trained scientists& Properly interpreting an !nfolding series of disco%eries has ta+en

decades of eha!sting, metic!lo!s digging and sifting thro!gh the h!mble remains of

ho!ses, drains and garbage pits& B7 belie%e in the spade, declared Eli%er Wendell

Holmes, crediting that simple tool *ith f!rnishing man+ind *ith food, *ater and

mineral *ealth, and no* *ith Btr!th > historic tr!th > the mines of *hich ha%e ne%er

been opened !ntil o!r time&

Schoolboys tablets spea+ clearly across the ages in charming poems and stories fromS!mer, *here *riting > the earliest +no*n > has been dated to the @th millenni!m 0C&

Ether inscriptions pro%ide a +ey to the saga of the Hittites, s+illed soldiers and

diplomats *ho li%ed on the Anatolian Platea! from abo!t <F99 to <=99 0C&

7n its special, large format, enhanced by more than =89 colo!r photographs and <F

specially commissioned paintings, Splendors of the Past brings to life the fascinating

*orld of o!r ancestors&



A CONCISE HISTO'Y O& 0O'LD POP:LATION(3rd edition)

a%%i$o Livi;9a++i

Since its original p!blication in <??=, this boo+ has become the standard history of

*orld pop!lation& 7ts !nderlying p!rpose is to eplain the lin+s bet*een nat!re,

c!lt!re and pop!lation, and thereby loo+ at *ays of pre%enting f!t!re en%ironmental

collapse and h!man catastrophe& Co%erage of the changing patterns of pop!lation

gro*th, and the effects of migrations, *ars, disease, technology and c!lt!re, are

addressed&

Dor the 3rd edition, the a!thor has incl!ded ne* estimates and pro1ections on *orld

pop!lation in the year =989, and !pdated the !antitati%e doc!mentation and the bibliography& He has epanded the tet on the geopolitical implications of

demographic increase on different regions of the *orld and added sections on the

effects of H75 on mortality and on s!stainability of an etended life span& At the same

time, the feat!res that made pre%io!s editions attracti%e ha%e been retained: the

informati%e and accessible style, the reasoned treatment of iss!es cr!cial to the f!t!re

of e%ery species, and the contemporary recasting of theory&

-assimo i%i/0acci is Professor of $emography at the 6ni%ersity of Dlorence& Drom

<?G? to <??3 he *as president of the 7nternational 6nion for the Scientific St!dy ofPop!lation& He has p!blished etensi%ely on the history of pop!lation and on

demography, and has ta!ght or held research fello*ships at !ni%ersities all o%er the

*orld, incl!ding the Collge de Drance, the Colegio de -Iico, Princeton 6ni%ersity,

6ni%ersity of California at 0er+lay, and 0ro*n 6ni%ersity& 7n 7taly he is a member of

the Accademia "a2ionale dei incei and of the Committee of #n!iry on Po%erty&



CITIES AND PEOPLE*A SOCIAL AND A'CHITECT:'AL HISTO'Y

ar/ iro-ard

This li%ely, s!mpt!o!sly ill!strated, boo+ ta+es !s on a to!r of cities and their people

thro!gh the cent!ries, foc!sing on caref!lly selected cities at cr!cial periods in their

history& The a!thor loo+s at their architect!re and design in the light of the needs of

the men and *omen *ho li%ed in them&

.iro!ard analy2es ho* the de%elopment of fashionable society, the increase in trade,

the gro*th of pop!lation, and the *idening po*er of the nation state infl!enced <Fth

and <Gth cent!ry cities, and ho* the 7nd!strial e%ol!tion affected cities of the <?th

cent!ry&

.iro!ards fascinating tet, inter*o%en *ith o%er 399 ill!strations, is not only a

significant piece of history b!t also an irresistible delight&

B-ar+ .iro!ard has *ritten a boo+ of great %itality abo!t the *ay people ha%e li%ed

in Western or Western/type cities from the $ar+ Ages to the t*entieth cent!ry, and

abo!t *hat those cities ha%e been li+e J Thro!gho!t it has 2est, energy, and *armth

J his boo+ deser%es appreciation for its scope, its %is!al sensiti%ity, and its range of

ci%ili2ed response& > Peter Partner, The New York Reiew of !ooks

-ar+ .iro!ard is one of 0ritains leading architect!ral historians& He is the a!thor of

many s!ccessf!l and pri2e/*inning boo+s and is *ell/+no*n for his *or+ on radioand tele%ision& His pre%io!s boo+s incl!de: "ife in the #n$lish Country House, The

%istorian Country House, The Return to Camelot , and %ictorian Pubs& He has lect!red

*idely in 0ritain, A!stralia and the 6nited States&



CITIES AND THE 0EALTH O& NATIONS*P'INCIPLES O& ECONOIC LI&E

"ane "a+ob%

Bearned, iconoclastic and eciting J acobs diagnosis of the decay of cities in an

increasingly integrated *orld economy is on the mar+&

> ichard & 0arnet, New York Times !ook Reiew

Bacobs boo+ is inspired, idiosyncratic and personal J 7t is *ritten *ith %er%e and

h!morK for a *or+ of embattled theory, it is *onderf!lly concrete, and its leaps are

breathta+ing&

> ichard #der, "os &n$eles Times

B"ot only comprehensible b!t entertaining J i+e -rs& acobs other boo+s, it offers

a concrete approach to an abstract and el!si%e s!b1ect& That, all by itself, ma+es for an

intoicating eperience&

> Christopher ehmann/Ha!pt, New York Times



SECTION T)O

PERENNIA* +RAN PRO*EMS







CITIES – SECTION <

The Wealth and Po%erty of "ations: Why

Some Are So ich and Some So Poor

The 6ndeclared War: Class Conflict in the

Age of Cyber Capitalism

Thie%es World: The Threat of the "e* .lobal

"et*or+ of Ergani2ed Crime

The C!lt!re of Control: Crime and Social

Erder in Contemporary Society

"e* American 0l!es: A o!rney Thro!gh

Po%erty to $emocracy

The -yth of the .ood Corporate Citi2en:

$emocracy 6nder the !le of 0ig 0!siness

Pigs at the Tro!gh: Ho* Corporate .reed and

Political Corr!ption are 6ndermining

America

All Lo! Can #at: .reed, !st and the "e*

Capitalism

The arge Corporation and Contemporary

Classes

$a%id S& andes

ames aer

Claire Sterling

$a%id .arland

#arl Shorris

-!rray $obbin

Arianna H!ffington

inda -cM!aig

-a!rice Neitlin



THE 0EALTH AND PO=E'TY O& NATIONS*0HY SOE A'E SO 'ICH AND SOE SO POO'

David S. Lande%

Dor the last 99 years, the *orlds *ealthiest economies ha%e been mostly #!ropean&

ate in o!r cent!ry, the balance has beg!n to shift to*ard Asia, *here co!ntries s!ch

as apan ha%e gro*n at asto!nding rates& Why ha%e these dominant nations been

blessed, and *hy are so many others still mired in po%erty;

The ans*er lies *ithin this boo+& andes st!dies history as a process, attempting to

!nderstand ho* the *orlds c!lt!res lead to or retard economic and military s!ccess

and material achie%ement&

Co!ntries of the West prospered early thro!gh the interplay of a %ital, open society

foc!sed on *or+ and +no*ledge, *hich led to increased prod!cti%ity, the creation of

ne* technologies, and the p!rs!it of change& #!ropes +ey ad%antage lay in in%ention

and +no*/ho*, as applied in *ar, transportation, generation of po*er, and s+ill in

metal *or+& Todays ne* economic *inners are follo*ing m!ch the same roads to

po*er, *hile the laggards ha%e someho* failed to d!plicate the cr!cial form!la for

s!ccess&

The +ey to relie%ing m!ch of the *orlds po%erty lies in !nderstanding the lessonshistory has to teach !s > lessons !ni!ely imparted in this to*ering *or+ of history&

$a%id andes is Professor #merit!s of History and #conomics at Har%ard 6ni%ersity&



THE :NDECLA'ED 0A'*CLASS CON&LICT IN THE AE O& C-ER CAPITA*ISM

"a$e% La6er

7n The 'ndeclared (ar , ames aer c!ts thro!gh the headlines and the con%entional

interpretations to re%eal the tr!th abo!t the ne* class *ar and *hat it means for "orth

Americans& He sho*s ho* the *ealthy and the corporations ha%e !sed their

ad%antages in the ne* *orld economy, *ith its cyber technology, to gain le%erage

o%er *age and salary earners& Today, the three *ealthiest Americans ha%e combined

financial assets *orth as m!ch as the total financial holdings of the h!ndred million

poorest Americans& aer eplains ho* and *hy the s!per/rich are getting richer at an

!nprecedented rate& He also tells the story of *hat has happened to the incomes of

ind!strial and *hite/collar *or+ers, n!rses, teachers, doctors, and la*yers& The'ndeclared (ar as+s the cr!cial !estion: BAre *e st!c+ *ith a class/di%ided

society; Can *e do something abo!t it;

ames aer is one of Canadas leading political thin+ers and the a!thor of t*el%e

pre%io!s boo+s, incl!ding )n Search of a New "eft & ames aer is a professor of political science at Lor+ 6ni%ersitys At+inson College as *ell as a respected

ne*spaper col!mnist and former host of T5 Entarios p!blic affairs sho*, BThe eal

Story&



THIE=ES 0O'LD* THE TH'EAT O& THENE0 LO9AL NET0O'> O& O'ANI?ED C'IE

C!aire Ster!in7

7n Thiees (orld , o!tstanding international in%estigati%e reporter Claire Sterling

traces the st!nning ad%ance of this global criminal enterprise since <??9: the

proliferation of its criminal interests and gro*th of its in%estment capital to a !arter

of a trillion dollars, its deepening penetration of *orld*ide money mar+ets, its

spreading po*ers of blac+mail and corr!ption, and its alarming coloni2ation of

Western #!rope and America& Claire Sterling describes the great shift of *orld*ide

criminal attention to #astern #!rope and !ssia, sho*ing ho* a co!ntry co%ering a

sith of the earths land mass has been ta+en capti%e by the mafias of the *orld in

partnership *ith !ssian criminals, looting the nation systematically, crippling itseconomic capacity, contaminating its body politic, and s!ffocating its political *ill, all

at enormo!s peril to the West&

Claire Sterling, an American foreign correspondent, has been based in 7taly for o%er

39 years& She has reported on #!ropean, African, -iddle #astern, and So!theast Asianaffairs for the &tlantic (eekly, The New York Times, Reader*s +i$est and many more&



THE C:LT:'E O& CONT'OL* C'IE ANDSOCIAL O'DE' IN CONTEPO'A'Y SOCIETY

David ar!and

The 6nited States and 0ritain are open societies committed to indi%id!al freedoms

and ci%il liberties& So ho* are *e to eplain the obsessi%e concern *ith penal and

social controls that has come to characteri2e these nations in the last fe* decades;

Ho* did these free societies come to embrace mass imprisonment, pri%ate policing,

s!r%eillance cameras, and gated comm!nities; The Culture of Control sho*s ho* ne*

str!ct!res of e%eryday life ha%e changed o!r eperience of crime and insec!rity,

prompting the b!ild/!p of a control c!lt!re so intense that it !ndermines the %ery

freedoms it aims to preser%e&

$a%id .arland is Arth!r T& 5anderbilt, Professor of a* and Professor of Sociology at

"e* Lor+ 6ni%ersity& He is the a!thor of the a*ard/*inning st!dies > Punishmentand (elfare: & History of Penal Strate$ies, Punishment and ,odern Society: & Study

in Social Theory and The Culture of Control: Crime and Social -rder in Contemporary

Society&



NE0 AE'ICAN 9L:ES*A "O:'NEY TH'O:H PO=E'TY TO DEOC'ACY

Ear! S#orri%

This is a boo+ of disco%ery abo!t a place and people as !nfamiliar as any yo! ha%e

e%er heard of& The place is America, b!t it might as *ell be a different co!ntry

altogether, for this is *here the poor li%e&

7n a narrati%e of !nsparing detail lea%ened by compassion and e%en hope, #arl Shorris

ta+es !s inside the li%es of the poor > in Ea+land, r!ral Tennessee, #l Paso, the So!th

0ron and many points in bet*een so that *e !nderstand *ho they are and see

thro!gh their eyes the Bs!rro!nd of force that is their hori2on, that pre%ents them

from achie%ing a f!ll and tr!e citi2enship& So rich is this boo+ in the *ords andtho!ghts of the poor themsel%es that they are, in a sense, its a!thors&

i+e any good story, this one has a beginning, a middle, and an end& We begin by

listening to *hat the poor ha%e to say abo!t their li%es& Ence *e +no* *ho they are

and ho* m!ch li+e !s they are, *e are ready to !nderstand the *orld they li%e in, and

*hy they are poor& Dinally, and most s!rprisingly, *e are as+ed to consider a

re%ol!tionary idea that had been ta+ing !iet shape before o!r eyes all thro!gh the

narrati%e: )f the poor are human and the cultiation of their humanity benefits both

society and the poor themseles. then why not teach them the humanities as the basictools of citi/enship0

7n order to test this theory, Shorris started a school in the o*er #ast Side of "e*

Lor+ City and he enlisted friends to help him teach logic, poetry, art, and moral

philosophy to a gro!p of yo!ng people *hose collecti%e bac+gro!nd incl!ded prison,

hard dr!gs, and homelessness& es!lts sho*ed that a ma1ority of the st!dents are no*

enrolled in fo!r/year colleges, and it is no eaggeration to say that their li%es ha%e

been transformed&

7magine a sol!tion to po%erty for less cost than *elfare or prison, one that enco!rages

a reconnection to p!blic life& 7magine a boo+ so mo%ingly *ritten as to inspire

e%eryone *ho reads it *ith a sense of hope and possibility abo!t the f!t!re of this

co!ntry > New &merican !lues is all of these things&



THE YTH O& THE OOD CO'PO'ATE CITI?EN*DEOC'ACY :NDE' THE ':LE O& 9I 9:SINESS

-rra Dobbin

$emocratic go%ernance aro!nd the *orld is disintegrating& "ations are losing the

a!thority to ser%e the people *ho elect them& 7ndeed, go%ernments increasingly ser%e

a ne* master > the *orlds most po*erf!l corporations& $ri%en by greed and aided by

cr!mbling international barriers to in%estment, these m!ltinational companies are

*ielding their infl!ence o%er nation/states *ith little regard for any co!ntrys c!lt!re

or la*s& They ha%e, in the span of =9 years, become as po*erf!l as co!ntries and ha%e

achie%ed a Bs!perciti2en stat!s !nparalleled in o!r time&

6nder this corporate r!le, indi%id!al citi2ens are losing their rights, and are forced to*atch their li%ing standards decline *hile en%ironmental, social, and c!lt!ral programs

are s*ept aside&

7n this boo+, -!rray $obbin challenges the pre%ailing dogma in o!r era > the idea

that the mar+et and big b!siness are omnipotent forces *hose decrees, if follo*ed

!nconditionally, *ill bring good and prosperity to all& He eamines ho* the balance

of po*er has shifted so dramatically and *hat *e can do abo!t it&

-!rray $obbin has been a 1o!rnalist, broadcaster, a!thor and social acti%ist for o%er

@9 years& -!rray has *ritten fi%e boo+s, incl!ding critical profiles of Preston-anning, Oim Campbell and Pa!l -artin& His The ,yth of the 1ood Corporate

Citi/en has been described as a citi2ens g!ide to globali2ation& He has also prepared

se%eral ideas for C0C adio&



PIS AT THE T'O:H*HO0 CO'PO'ATE 'EED AND POLITICAL

CO'':PTION A'E :NDE'ININ AE'ICAArianna H-55in7ton

Who filled the tro!gh; Who set the table at the ban!et of greed; Ho* has it been

possible for corporate pigs to gorge themsel%es on grossly inflated pay pac+ages and

heaping helpings of stoc+ options *hile the a%erage American str!ggles to ma+e do

*ith their lefto%ers;

Pro%ocati%e political commentator Arianna H!ffington yan+s bac+ the c!rtain on the

!nholy alliance of C#Es, politicians, lobbyists, and Wall Street ban+ers *ho ha%e

sho*n a br!tal disregard for those in the office c!bicles and on the factory floors& As

she p!ts it, BThe economic game is not s!pposed to be rigged li+e some shady ringtoss on a carni%al mid*ay& Let it has been, allo*ing corporate croo+s to bil+ the

p!blic o!t of millions of dollars, magically ma+ing o!r pensions and @9<(+)s disappear

and *al+ing a*ay *ith astronomical payo!ts and abs!rdly la%ish per+s/for/life&

$e%astatingly f!nny and po*erf!lly indicting, Pi$s at the Trou$h is a ro!sing call to

arms and a m!st/read for all those *ho are o!traged by the scandalo!s state of

Corporate America&

Arianna H!ffington holds a -asters $egree in #conomics from Cambridge 6ni%ersity&

Her syndicated col!mn appears in ne*spapers across the co!ntry&



ALL YO: CAN EAT*'EED, L:ST AND THE NE0 CAPITALIS

Linda +@-ai7

7n &ll You Can #at , a*ard/*inning a!thor inda -cM!aig arg!es that the ne*

capitalism is not the nir%ana *e%e been led to belie%e& 0ehind the !pbeat reports of

booming economic gro*th, millions of Canadians ha%e been left *ondering, B7f .$P

is so high, *hy am 7 feeling so lo*; We seem to be *or+ing e%er harder, b!t

en1oying less financial sec!rity and li%ing in a society > and a *orld > of increasing

ine!ality&

Capitalism has al*ays been abo!t liberating greed, b!t the ne* capitalism has p!shed

things dramatically f!rther > +noc+ing do*n the po*er of society to defend itself frominsatiable corporate appetites and imposing this ab!si%e ne* system on the *orld&

$espite di22ying economic gro*th, *e seem to ha%e gotten things f!ndamentally

bac+*ards: *ere allo*ing society to ser%e the interest of the economy, rather than

insisting that the economy ser%e the interests of society&

inda -cM!aig is a reporter and col!mnist for The 1lobe and ,ail , ,aclean*s and the

National Post & She has *ritten etensi%ely on politics, economics and social %al!es, andhas de%eloped a rep!tation for challenging Canadas #stablishment& 0oo+s *ritten

incl!de The Trouble (ith !illionaires, Shootin$ the Hippo, The Cult of )mpotence and

The (ealthy !anker*s (ife&



THE LA'E CO'PO'ATION ANDCONTEPO'A'Y CLASSES

a-ri+e ?eit!in

Dor the tho!sands of readers *ho ha%e follo*ed and been infl!enced by the *or+ of

-a!rice Neitlin, this boo+ arri%es as an old friend bearing gifts& 7n it, the a!thor has

collected <= essays that highlight the salient strands of his *or+ on class and class

relations& All of his essays, *ith one eception, appear as they *ere first *ritten,

coeisting in stim!lating 1!taposition despite the fact that they represent o%er =9

years of *or+&

The first fo!r chapters in combination pro%ide a s+etch of a theory and the start of

coherent empirical analysis of se%eral !estions abo!t the large corporation and theinner str!ct!re of the capitalist class in the 6nited States& Part t*o foc!ses mainly on

the *or+ing class, dealing *ith s!ch iss!es as the impact of class and po%erty on the

death rates of the 6nited States soldiers in 5ietnam, the comparati%e !nioni2ation of

the decisi%e segments of the American *or+ing class, and the so!rces of political

radicalism among *or+ers and peasants in C!ba and Chile& Part three eamines the

origins and conse!ences of re%ol!tion and radical change in C!ba and Chile, and the

potential for democratic reform in the 6SA&

-a!rice Neitlin is Professor of Sociology at the 6ni%ersity of California, os Angeles&



SECTION THREE

MA.OR POTENTIA*ITIES O/

MO0ERN CITIES







CITIES – SECTION 3

The Wor+ of "ations: Preparing E!rsel%es for

=<st/Cent!ry Capitalism

Where on #arth Are We .oing;

"e* World "e* -ind: -o%ing To*ard

Conscio!s #%ol!tion

estr!ct!ring World #conomy

0eyond Ci%ili2ation: H!manitys "et .reat

Ad%ent!re

The "at!re of #conomies

Preparing for the T*enty/Dirst Cent!ry

Thin+ing .reen #ssays on #n%ironmentalism,

Deminism, and "on%iolence

7n the Age of the Smart -achine: The D!t!re

of Wor+ and Po*er

ema+ing Society

The "e* .olden !le

obert 0& eich

-a!rice Strong

obert #& Ernstein '

Pa!l & #hrlich

oyce Ool+o

$aniel M!inn

ane acobs

Pa!l Oenendy

Petra O& Oelly

Shoshana N!boff

-!rray 0oo+chin

Amitai #t2ioni



THE 0O'> O& NATIONS* P'EPA'IN O:'SEL=ES &O' <1ST;CENT:'Y CAPITALIS

'obert 9. 'ei+#

BThe Wor+ of "ations *ill be > and deser%es to be > *idely read and debated&

2 (all Street 3ournal

There is no longer s!ch a thing as an American economy, says obert eich at the

beginning of this brilliant boo+& What does it mean to be a nation *hen money, goods,

and ser%ices +no* no borders; What s+ills *ill be the most %al!able in the coming

cent!ry; And ho* can o!r co!ntry best ens!re that all its citi2ens ha%e a share in the

ne* global economy; obert 0& eich, the *idely respected and bestselling a!thor of

The Ne4t &merican 5rontier and The Resur$ent "iberal , defines the real challengefacing the 6nited States in the =<st cent!ry in this trail/bla2ing boo+& Eriginal,

readable, and %astly informed, The (ork of Nations is certain to set a standard for the

net generation of policy/ma+ers&

obert 0& eich, a member of the fac!lty of Har%ards ohn D& Oennedy School of

.o%ernment, is one of AmericaQs foremost political economists& A grad!ate of$artmo!th College, Lale a* School, and Eford 6ni%ersity, he ser%ed as Assistant

to the Solicitor .eneral in the Dord administrations and $irector of Policy Planning

for the Dederal Trade Commission in the Carter administration&



0HE'E ON EA'TH A'E 0E OIN(Nationa! 9e%t%e!!er)

a-ri+e Stron7

(here on #arth &re (e 1oin$0 is an essential boo+ from the internationally admired

home/gro*n legend *ho !ni!ely straddles the conflicting *orlds of b!siness and the

en%ironment& Tho!ghtf!l, anecdotal, ri%eting > this is -a!rice Strongs %ie* as the

cons!mmate insider& With nothing less than the *orld as his stage, and heads of state,

captains of ind!stry, and en%ironmental champions (and e%en mo%ie stars) as his

players, he presents a hard/headed, balanced analysis of the f!t!re, a call to action in a

*orld *here a barrel of *ater promises to be e%en more epensi%e than a barrel of oil,

and eplains ho* he came by his beliefs&

-a!rice Strong has been leading the race for inno%ation > *hether it be in the

en%ironment, "orth/So!th relations or p!blic administration > for so long that most

people ha%e gi%en !p *ondering ho* he finds the energy, the time, and the endless

stream of ideas& This is both a %ery personal story and yet a story abo!t all of !s and

o!r *orld&

-a!rice Strong gre* !p in the $epression/era prairies to become President of Po*er

Corporation at =?, 6ndersecretary of the 6nited "ations at @9, Secretary/.eneral ofthe 6" io Conference on #n%ironment and $e%elopment, and a Senior Ad%isor to

the World 0an+& He is recogni2ed both as a leading en%ironmentalist and a +ey

b!siness leader, b!t, as Oofi Annan has noted, BHis main ca!se has been people&



NE0 0O'LD NE0 IND*O=IN TO0A'D CONSCIO:S E=OL:TION

'obert E. Orn%tein Pa-! '. E#r!i+#

& !rilliantly -ri$inal 1uide to Chan$in$ the (ay (e Think &bout the 5uture

The acclaimed best/seller that proposes re%ol!tionary ne* *ays to close the

dangero!s gap bet*een o!r c!rrent mindset and the high/tech *orld *e%e created&

#perts in psychology, biology and pop!lation st!dies, the a!thors confront the global

crises ta+ing shape as o!r c!lt!re and technology e%ol%e faster than o!r brains& Pro%ing

that o!r minds are not programmed to respond to Bslo*/motion disasters s!ch as the

arms race, the A7$S epidemic, or the greenho!se effect, Ernstein and #hrlich offerinspiring yet practical recommendations to help !s regain control of o!r f!t!re by

getting bac+ in step *ith the *orld in *hich *e li%e&

$r& obert Ernstein, coa!thor of The Healin$ !rain and Healthy Pleasures, is a

leading ne!robiologist and President of the 7nstit!te for the St!dy of H!manOno*ledge&

$r& Pa!l #hrlich, a!thor of The Population !omb and The Population #4plosion, is

Professor of 0iological Sciences and 0ing Professor of Pop!lation St!dies at Stanford

6ni%ersity, and a member of the "ational Academy of Sciences&



'EST':CT:'IN 0O'LD ECONOY"o+e >o!/o

Restructurin$ (orld #conomy is an analytically po*erf!l and richly doc!mented

acco!nt of the c!rrent crisis of global capitalism& oyce Ool+o caref!lly eplores *hat

the global capitalist system means today > for the 6nited States, apan, and Western

#!ropeK for the less/de%eloped nationsK and for the centrally planned economies of

#astern #!rope, !ssia, and China&

As the nat!re of the crisis becomes more manifest, Ool+o s+ilf!lly describes the

%ario!s strategies to restr!ct!re the global economy: from relying on mar+et forces

alone to %arying degrees of state inter%entionK from traditional de%elopment programsof the 7nternational -onetary D!nd to international Oeynesianism& Her message is a

star+ one: reform on a national scale cannot begin to cope *ith the depths of the

global crisis& Ool+o re%eals *hy this is, and in so doing pro%ides an eplanation of the

often mystifying *orld of global economics that is remar+able in its depth,

compleity and mastery of a%ailable information&

oyce Ool+o is the a!thor of &merica and the Crisis of (orld Capitalism and (*ith

.abriel Ool+o) The "imits of Power: The (orld and 'nited States Policy. 67896798; She li%es in Toronto, Canada&



9EYOND CI=ILI?ATION*H:ANITYBS NET 'EAT AD=ENT:'E

Danie! @-inn

7f a team of -arian anthropologists *ere to st!dy o!r c!lt!re, their initial findings

might read something li+e this: BThese people ha%e the strange idea that the thing they

call ci%ili2ation is some sort of final, !ns!rpassable in%ention& #%en tho!gh %ast

n!mbers of them s!ffer in this oppressi%ely hierarchical system, and e%en tho!gh it

appears to be pl!nging them to*ard a global catastrophe, they cling to it as if it *ere

the most *onderf!l thing since sliced bread& That a more agreeable system eists

0#LE"$ ci%ili2ation, seems to be entirely !nthin+able to them&

We all +no* theres no one right *ay to b!ild a bicycle, no one right *ay to design ana!tomobile, no one right *ay to constr!ct a pair of shoes, b!t *ere con%inced there

m!st be only one right *ay for people to li%e > and the one *e ha%e is it, no matter

*hat& #%en if it drags !s to the brin+ of etinction, *e m!st not let go&

M!inns goal in this boo+ is to sho* ho* *e can *al+ a*ay from mo%ing for*ard, to

a ne* lifestyle, one *hich enco!rages di%ersity instead of s!ppressing it& "ot a B"e*

World Erder b!t rather a B"e* Personal Erder& "ot legislati%e change at the

go%ernmental le%el, b!t rather incremental change at the h!man le%el&

This is a g!ideboo+ for people *ho *ant to assert control o%er their destiny and

reco%er their freedom to li%e at a scale and in a style of their o*n choosing > and

starting no*, today, not in some distant !topian f!t!re&

$aniel M!inn is the a*ard/*inning a!thor of )shmael , the first of a trilogy incl!ding

The Story of ! and ,y )shmael & He c!rrently li%es in Ho!ston, Teas *ith his *ifeennie&



THE NAT:'E O& ECONOIES"ane "a+ob%

The Nature of #conomies is a highly original loo+ at the connection bet*een economy

and nat!re by one of the most infl!ential thin+ers of the =9th cent!ry& With The +eath

and "ife of 1reat &merican Cities, ane acobs changed the *ay people thin+ abo!t

cities& Her s!bse!ent boo+s ha%e beg!n to change the *ay *e thin+ abo!t life in

general, not an isolated system constr!cted of abstract principles, b!t as an organic

and interdependent part of nat!re as a *hole& "o*, in The Nature of #conomies,

acobs proposes a radical notion that has a breathta+ing common sense: economies are

go%erned by the same r!les as nat!re itself&

0y loo+ing to nat!re, by st!dying the principles *e can *itness in an egg, in a stand

of red*oods, in a s!nny b!t barren desert, or in the tiny s!ccesses of a local ba+ery

and the international s!ccesses of a silicon chip design, *e can learn to foster

economies that are both efficient and ecologically friendly& B#conomic life is r!led

by processes and principles *e didnt in%ent and cant transcend J and that the more

*e learn of these processes and the better *e respect them, the better o!r economies

*ill get along&

The boo+ is *ritten in dialog!e form: fi%e intelligent friends disc!ssing o%er coffeeho* economies *or+, and ho* systems fo!nd in nat!re can offer insight into

economic de%elopment&

ane acobs is the a!thor of se%eral boo+s, incl!ding the classic The +eath and "ife of

1reat &merican Cities, *hich redefined !rban st!dies and economic policy, and the best/selling Systems of Surial; She li%es and *or+s in Toronto&



P'EPA'IN &O' THET0ENTY;&I'ST CENT:'Y

Pa-! >enned

H!man history has al*ays been shaped by the gro*th and migration of pop!lations,

by the opport!nities and constraints pro%ided by the en%ironment, and by the

constraints pro%ided by the en%ironment, and by the rise of ne* technologies& Today,

these forces are enmeshed in a state of !nprecedented t!rb!lence& World pop!lation

has more than do!bled in the past 89 years, is approaching F billion in =9<<, and *ill

eceed G billion or perhaps e%en <9 billion in the net fe* years& 7n Preparin$ for the

Twenty5irst Century, Oennedy addresses a large and !ni!ely modern !estion: Ho*

*ill transitional forces in a *orld of scarce reso!rces, instant comm!nications, and

eploding pop!lation affect the nations of the *orld and the people *ho inhabit themas the ne* cent!ry da*ns;

Pa!l Oennedy *as born in the north of #ngland, at Wallsend/on/Tyne, in <?@8& He

attended the 6ni%ersity of "e*castle, *here he grad!ated *ith first/class hono!rs inhistory, and recei%ed his doctorate from Eford& After teaching in #ngland, Oennedy

mo%ed to the 6nited States in <?G3 to become Lale 6ni%ersitys & ichardson

$il*orth Professor of History, *ith a foc!s on modern strategic and international

affairs& He is the a!thor of << boo+s&



THIN>IN 'EEN ESSAYS ONEN=I'ONENTALIS, &EINIS, AND NON=IOLENCE

Petra >. >e!!

-ore than anyone, Petra Oelly personified .reen conscio!sness, one of the ascendant

social forces of o!r time& As cofo!nder of the .erman Party and the #!ropean .reen

-o%ement, she can rightf!lly be called the social conscio!sness of the late =9th

cent!ry& 7n this remar+able collection of her *ritings, speeches, and inter%ie*s, Oelly

artic!lates and embraces %irt!ally e%ery iss!e and e%ery ca!se that needs o!r

protection, and she artic!lates each *ith *ell/informed passion, demonstrating that

nothing less than a comprehensi%e agenda/disarmament, a clean en%ironment,

s!stainable de%elopment, h!man rights, *omens rights, indigeno!s rights, social and

economic rights, s!pported by a non/militari2ed c!lt!re, self/transformation, and thehighest personal ethics can g!ide !s safely into the net cent!ry&

BPetra Oelly lo%ed life, and she loathed any ab!se or eploitation& This collection f!lly

embraces her %ision& 7t is m!st reading&

> Cora Weiss, 5ice President, 7nternational Peace 0!rea!, .ene%a

Petra Oelly *as a lifelong grassroots acti%ist, a leading fig!re in global peace and h!man

rights campaigns, and a cofo!nder of the .erman .reen Party& She *as born in <?@F,gre* !p in 0a%aria in So!thern .ermany, and li%ed and st!died in the 6&S& from <?9/

F9& She ser%ed as a member of the .erman Parliament for G years, and her *or+ there

and in the peace and h!man rights mo%ements helped shift national and international

debates to incl!de many B.reen 7ss!es and a ne* +ind of grassroots democracy& At her

time of death, Petra Oelly had planned to r!n for the #!ropean Parliament in <??@ and

*as a nominee for the Andrei Sa+haro% 7nternational H!man ights A*ard&



IN THE AE O& THE SA'T ACHINE*THE &:T:'E O& 0O'> AND PO0E'

S#o%#ana ?-bo55

)n the &$e of the Smart ,achine is abo!t a ne* *atershed in h!man history& As

ad%anced information technology diff!ses across the economic landscape, it transforms

the nat!re of *or+ and presents !s *ith a fatef!l choice& Professor N!boff demonstrates

that comp!ters may merely f!rther a!tomate bl!e/ and *hite/collar 1obs, achie%ing

!nprecedented speed and consistency, robbing *or+ers of *hate%er s+ill and

gratification they may retain, and increasing the impersonality and remoteness of

management& That same technology, ho*e%er, may Binformate > empo*ering ordinary

*or+ing people *ith o%erall +no*ledge of the prod!ction process, ma+ing them

capable of critical and collaborati%e 1!dgements abo!t prod!ction and distrib!tion&

As these ne* opport!nities !nfold, the f!nction of management and the con%entions of

*or+ organi2ation are transfig!red& The a!thor arg!es, if those in command choose to

a!tomate rather than Binformate, many of the commercial ad%antages of comp!ter/

g!ided administration, prod!ction, and distrib!tion *ill be lost& S!ddenly the s+ills of a

lifetime > accessible thro!gh the to!ch, feel, so!nd, and e%en smell of real ob1ects, or

thro!gh the Bart of people management > become abstract, symbolic, ethereal& The

crisis is th!s not only organi2ational and economic, b!t deeply personal& A m!st/read

for all those concerned abo!t the f!t!re of *or+, a!thority, and h!man dignity&

Shoshana N!boff, Associate Professor at the Har%ard 0!siness School, has p!blished

and cons!lted *idely on information technology and the *or+place, both in the 6&S& andabroad&



'EA>IN SOCIETY-rra 9oo/+#in

Remakin$ Society is a primer on -!rray 0oo+chins ideas& 7n a free and easy *riting

style, it ta+es the reader thro!gh anthropology: the emergence of hierarchy and modern

capitalism, technology, !topian radical sol!tions, !rbani2ation and comm!nities, and

the ethics of social ecology > or to*ard a philosophy of nat!re and comm!nity&

A ma1or spo+esman for the ecology and appropriate technology mo%ements, -!rray

0oo+chin is the a!thor of critically acclaimed *or+s li+e The "imits of the City andThe #colo$y of 5reedom, *hich Theodore os2a+ calls Bthe most important

contrib!tion to ecological tho!ght in o!r generation& Another of his pro%ocati%e

*or+s, 5rom 'rbani/ation to Cities (originally p!blished as The Rise of 'rbani/ation

and the +ecline of Citi/enship), traced the democratic traditions that infl!enced his

political philosophy&



THE NE0 OLDEN ':LE*CO:NITY AND O'ALITY IN A DEOC'ATIC SOCIETY

A$itai Etioni

Amitai #t2ioni has de%oted a lifetime of st!dy to the !estion of *hat ma+es a good

society, and his *or+ as the fo!nder of the comm!nitarian mo%ement attests to his

infl!ence in mo%ing the p!blic debate a*ay from a preocc!pation *ith rights and social

responsibilities& This boo+ in%ites !s to eamine ho* a comm!nitarian society, one in

*hich order is largely based on moral commitments rather than on la*, sho!ld operate

in practice > and *hat %al!es *e m!st bring to o!r social interactions is *e are to

achie%e stronger and more end!ring ties&

Amitai #t2ioni is 6ni%ersity Professor and Professor of 7nternational Affairs as *ell as

$irector, 7nstit!te for Comm!nitarian Policy St!dies at .eorge Washington 6ni%ersity,and is the a!thor of o%er 39 boo+s, most recently Sec!rity Dirst: Dor a -!sc!lar, -oral

5orei$n Policy& He is the fo!nding president of the Comm!nitarian "et*or+ and *as

editor of The Responsie Community: Ri$hts and Responsibilities, the organi2ations

!arterly 1o!rnal, from <??</=99@& He also ser%ed as the President of the American

Sociological Association in <??@/<??8& #t2ioni li%es in Washington, $C&



SECTION /O+R

ESSENTIA* SO*+TIONS /OR THE

T)ENT-1/IRST CENT+R-







CITIES – SECTION F

.ood "e*s Dor a Change: Hope for a

Tro!bled Planet

7n $efense of Homo Sapiens

ein%enting the D!t!re: Con%ersations *ith

the Worlds eading Scientists

Systems of S!r%i%al: A $ialog!e on the -oral

Do!ndations of Commerce and Politics

Water: The Date of E!r -ost Precio!seso!rce

E!r Oind: Who We Are, Where We Came

Drom and Where We Are .oing

Post/Capitalist Society

A 0l!eprint for S!r%i%al (BProspect for -an

Series)

The #nd of #d!cation: edefining the 5al!e

of School

The Str!ggle for $emocracy

The .reat Wor+: E!r Way 7nto the D!t!re

"on2ero: The ogic of H!man $estiny

Ci%il Society in M!estion

$a%id S!2!+i '

Holly $ressel

oan -arble Coo+

Thomas A& 0ass

ane acobs

-ar de 5illers

-ar%in Harris

Peter D& $r!c+er

#d*ard .oldsmith et al;

"eil Postman

Patric+ Watson '

0en1amin & 0arber

Thomas 0erry

obert Wright

amie S*ift



OOD NE0S &O' A CHANE* HOPE&O' A T'O:9LED PLANET

David S--/i Ho!! Dre%%e!

We all +no* the bad ne*s& #%ery day, along *ith the b!lletins on social !phea%als

and terrorist attac+s, *e read reports of another animal species on the brin+ of

etinction, of ho* o!r ocean fisheries are collapsing, and of the damage ind!strial

de%elopment is *rea+ing on o!r soil, air, and *ater& We dri%e bigger cars, eat

pesticide sprayed, genetically altered foods and cons!me so m!ch energy that e%en

rich, ind!striali2ed co!ntries s!ffer po*er o!tages& We seem intent on contin!ing to

li%e this *ay, e%en tho!gh many scientific eperts tell !s o!r actions are s!icidal& 7s

there any hope for this tro!bled planet;

BLes, says best/selling a!thors $a%id S!2!+i and Holly $ressel& The good ne*s is

that tho!sands of indi%id!als, gro!ps, and b!sinesses are already changing their *ays&

A gro*ing n!mber of companies are still ma+ing money *hile benefiting their local

comm!nities& Anti/globali2ation acti%ists and Third World %illagers are learning ho*

to practice real participatory democracy and create real comm!nity& Darmers and

ranchers are sharing their land *ith other species > incl!ding predators and pests >

*hile still prospering& #%en some go%ernments, local and national, are starting to base

economic de%elopment strategies on o!r collecti%e dependency on nat!re, *hile

decreasing large/scale interference in o!r ecosystems&

$a%id S!2!+i is an a*ard/*inning scientist, en%ironmentalist, and broadcaster& He is

the a!thor or co/a!thor of o%er 39 boo+s, is the recipient of the Oalinga Pri2e forscience, the 6nited "ations #n%ironmental -edal, and the .lobal 899 a*ard& He

holds <= honorary degrees& S!2!+i li%es in 5anco!%er&

Holly $ressel, co/a!thor of 5rom Naked &pe to Superspecies, has been a *riterR

researcher for tele%ision, film, and radio for 39 years& She *as a researcher on

.*ynne $yers celebrated film series (ar & $ressel li%es on a farm near -ontreal&



IN DE&ENSE O& HOO SAPIENS"oan arb!e Coo/

)n +efense of Homo Sapiens is an in!iry by a political 1o!rnalist into the reasons for

todays negati%e thin+ing abo!t h!man nat!re& As a former correspondent in

Washington, $C *here she co%ered the White Ho!se, congress, and the S!preme

Co!rt, oan -arble Coo+ eplains in her preface that she began a search for !topia after

the presidential election of <?G& BWhat might happen if 1!st for once the good g!ys

sho!ld *in; she as+ed herself& Her foc!s grad!ally s*!ng a*ay from !topia to an

in!iry into h!man nat!re itself, and her !estion became, BAre there any good g!ys

left, and if so, *hy is e%erybody gi%ing them s!ch a hard time;

Drom pre/$ar*in to post/Watergate, oan -arble Coo+ loo+s for the ans*er& She traces

some of the historic and social reasons for the diminished image of man and sho*s ho*

this trend accelerated *ith the e%ol!tionary and psychological thin+ing of the <?th

cent!ry& She foc!ses especially on the c!rrent o!tbrea+ of *hat she calls Bbad/animal

*riting by s!ch pop!lari2ers as obert Ardrey, $esmond -orris, ionel Tiger and

obin Do, and sho*s ho* they ha%e distorted anthropological data, partic!larly

regarding primates and primiti%e man, to create an image of man as a predominantly

selfish, dangero!s, and highly aggressi%e animal&

7n her boo+, she concl!des *ith a s!r%ey of some of the ne* optimistic thin+ing in the

social sciences& This is partic!larly tr!e in psychology, *hich is beginning to contradict

the negati%e trend and to reassert the need for a ne* approach to h!man nat!re *hich

loo+s beyond the animal to mans comple intelligence, his adaptability, and his *ider

possibilities for gro*th& -s& Coo+s arg!ment is that s!ch a %ie* of man is not only

more scientifically correct b!t also essential if the democratic system is to s!r%i%e&

)n +efense of Homo Sapiens is abo!t the random h!nches, the millennial m!sings, and

the earnest pro*lings of an e/police reporter and sometime politician/*atcher *ho hadan instinct that h!man nat!re *as being sold short&



'EIN=ENTIN THE &:T:'E* CON=E'SATIONS0ITH THE 0O'LDBS LEADIN SCIENTISTS

T#o$a% A. 9a%%

This boo+ is f!ll of recently disco%ered continents& 7n << li%ely inter%ie*s, Thomas

0asss Reinentin$ the 5uture ta+es on a to!r thro!gh a breathta+ing array of ideas& 7t

opens %istas into molec!lar and cell biology, genetics, chaos theory, ne* dr!g

research, and other disciplines in the process of shaping > and rein%enting > the f!t!re&

The inter%ie* format is a mar%elo!s *ay to learn abo!t scientific research& 7t p!ts the

passion bac+ into ideas& 7t highlights the !estions and do!bts that often precede great

disco%eries& Thomas 0asss s!ccess in emboldening these scientists to disc!ss their

li%es and *or+ ma+es for dramatic reading& This is a boo+ f!ll of s!rprises&

Thomas A& 0ass, *ho holds ad%anced degrees from the 6ni%ersity of Chicago and the

6ni%ersity of California at Santa Cr!2, is the a!thor of a n!mber of boo+s incl!dingThe Predictors, The #udaemonic Pie, and Campin$ with the Prince and -ther Tales

of Science in &frica& He li%es in !pstate "e* Lor+ *ith his *ife and three children&



SYSTES O& S:'=I=AL* A DIALO:E ON THEO'AL &O:NDATIONS O& COE'CE AND POLITICS

"ane "a+ob%

ane acobss pro%ocati%e and infl!ential *or+s ha%e fore%er altered the *ay *e li%e

in o!r cities and !nderstand their economic and social f!nctions& 7n Systems of

Surial , she re%eals a ne* *ay to loo+ at the ethical str!ct!res that s!stain social and

economic life& Where do the r!les that go%ern s!ch beha%io!r come from; And *hy

do *e so often brea+ them;

Written in the form of a platonic dialog!e, Systems of Surial arg!es that h!man

beha%io!r is go%erned by t*o distinct ethical systems& The first is a g!ardian

syndrome, *hich arises from beha%io!r that *e share *ith other animals > foragingfor food and protecting o!r territories& .!ardians *or+ in the armed forces and police,

go%ernment ministries and their b!rea!cracies, legislat!res, co!rts, and organi2ed

religions& The second syndrome is a commercial syndrome, arising from trade and the

prod!ction of goods > an endea%o!r !ni!e to h!man beings&

Drom these t*o modes of s!r%i%al ha%e come the t*o discrete and contradictory

ethical systems that are the s!b1ect of this boo+& Conflicts occ!r, according to acobs,

*hen the precepts appropriate to the g!ardian syndrome are imposed on the

commercial system and %ice %ersa&

ane acobs *as born in Scranton, Pennsyl%ania and no* li%es in Toronto&



0ATE'* THE &ATE O& O:' OST P'ECIO:S 'ESO:'CE

ar de =i!!ier%

Water is the so!rce of all life, and its n!rt!rer& 7ts presence has permitted the

de%elopment of many great ci%ili2ationsK its absence (sometimes its shoc+ingly

s!dden absence) has meant the death of many others& Drom the most ancient of time,

*hen h!mans h!ddled close to *ater so!rces, to the present, *ith o!r rec+less and

profligate ab!se of this critical reso!rce, *ater has been as %ital as air& 0!t no* the

global s!pply is pressing !p against e%er/increasing demands made by e%er/

b!rgeoning pop!lations, and the !ses and mis!ses of *ater are increasing the

possibility of armed conflict as nations reach the limits of their reso!rces&

Lo!r *ater is in peril, *hether yo! li%e on the shores of the .reat a+es (into *hich

ind!strial and farm poisons contin!e to po!r), in the arid 6&S& so!th*est (*hich has

essentially Bstolen the *ater of the Colorado i%er from the -eicans to *ater as

5egas, Palm Springs, and so!thern California), in the -iddle #ast (*hich is already

!sing e%ery drop of its a%ailable *ater, t!rning the ordan i%er into little more than a

drainage ditch), or in the grain belt of China (*hose *ater tables are dropping at an

alarming rate of a metre or more each year)&

Why are deserts spreading; What effects *ill climate change ha%e on precario!srainfall and precio!s *ater tables; Ho* is poll!tion affecting the global *ater s!pply;

7f *ater ca!sed social collapse in the past, co!ld it do so in the f!t!re; Will *ater *ars

er!pt in the =<st cent!ry; What are the political and ecological conse!ences of

Beporting *ater from one ri%er basin to another; -ar de 5illiers eamines all these

!estions and more&

-ar de 5illiers, former editor and p!blisher of Toronto "ife, is the a!thor of <3 boo+s

on eploration, history, politics, and tra%el, incl!ding (ater: The 5ate of -ur ,ost Precious Resource, (indswept: The Story of (ind and (eather , and )nto &frica: &

3ourney Throu$h the &ncient #mpires& His research for )nto &frica too+ him from the

flood plains of China to the rainforests of 0ra2il; 0orn in So!th Africa, he no* li%es

near Port -ed*ay, "o%a Scotia&



O:' >IND* 0HO 0E A'E,0HE'E 0E CAE &'O AND 0HE'E 0E A'E OIN

arvin Harri%

7n the beginning *as the foot& 0efore conscio!sness formed and tool/ma+ing began,

before speech *as learned and c!lt!res *ere established, before religion, society,

politics, and *ar, came a simple e%ol!tionary change: Ene primate, o!r common

ancestor, too+ a single !pright step& So began o!r family history J the story of

E!r Oind&

"oted anthropologist -ar%in Harris tells this tale of o!r origins and e%ol!tion *ith

fascination for o!r past and concern for o!r f!t!re& He eplains *hy the different races

aroseK ho* instit!tions li+e marriage and the n!clear family beganK *hy men dominate politics and *hether *omen e%er ha%eK and ho* the threat of *ar has come to

o%ershado* !s J and *hether it al*ays *ill& Harris eplores !estions abo!t

o!rsel%es that fe* of !s e%er thin+ to as+: Why do *e ha%e hair on o!r heads and not

all o%er o!r bodies; Why do *e o%ereat; Why did the *orld religions ta+e root; Why

do *omen li%e longer than men; oin him as he traces the long 1o!rney beg!n by o!r

ancient parents *ith the first bra%e step&

0efore his death in =99<, -ar%in Harriss career spanned o%er @9 years and on fo!r

continents& He *as one of the best/+no*n and infl!ential anthropologists in the *orld,*ith his <F boo+s ha%ing been translated into o%er a do2en lang!ages& His American

bestsellers incl!de Cows. Pi$s. (ars and (itches: The Riddles of Culture, 1ood to

#at: Riddles of 5ood and Culture, and his final boo+, Theories of Culture in

Postmodern Times&



POST;CAPITALIST SOCIETYPeter &. Dr-+/er

PostCapitalist Society is a probing and incisi%e analysis of the ma1or *orld

transformation from the Age of Capitalism to the Ono*ledge Society and ho* it *ill

affect society, economics, b!siness, and politics no* and in the years ahead&

7n his <??3 *or+, Peter $r!c+er describes ho* e%ery fe* h!ndred years a sharp

transformation has ta+en place and greatly affected society > its *orld%ie*, its basic

%al!es, its b!siness and economics, and its social and political str!ct!re& According to

$r!c+er, *e are right in the middle of another time of radical change > from the Age

of Capitalism and the "ation/State to a Ono*ledge Society and a Society ofErgani2ations& The primary reso!rce in the post/capitalist society *ill be +no*ledge

and the leading social gro!ps *ill be B+no*ledge *or+ers&

oo+ing bac+*ard and for*ard, $r!c+er disc!sses the 7nd!strial e%ol!tion, the

Prod!cti%ity e%ol!tion, the -anagement e%ol!tion, and the go%ernance of

corporations& He eplains the ne* f!nctions of organi2ations, the economics of

+no*ledge, and prod!cti%ity as a social and economic priority& He co%ers the

transformation from "ation/State to -egastate, the ne* pl!ralism of political

systems, and the needed go%ernment& Dinally, he details the +no*ledge iss!es and therole and !se of +no*ledge in post/capitalist society&

Peter $r!c+er *as born in <?9? in 5ienna and *as ed!cated there and in #ngland& He

too+ his doctorate in p!blic and international la* *hile *or+ing as a ne*spaperreporter in Dran+f!rt and then as an economist for an international ban+ in ondon&

He has had a disting!ished career as a *riter, professor, and management cons!ltant&

$r!c+ers 3? boo+s ha%e been translated into more than 39 lang!ages& Additionally,

he holds =8 honorary doctorates from American, 0elgian, C2ech, #nglish, Spanish

and S*iss !ni%ersities& $r!c+er *as a*arded the Presidential -edal of Dreedom by

6&S& President .eorge W& 0!sh and also recei%ed hono!rs from the go%ernments of

apan and A!stria&



A 9L:EP'INT &O' S:'=I=AL(P'OSPECT &O' AN8 SE'IES)

Edard o!d%$it# et al'

This is a %itally important boo+ > for e%ery man, *oman, and child in this co!ntry& 7t

is a boo+ abo!t the f!t!re, *hich indi%id!als and go%ernments can ignore only at their

peril&

& !lueprint for Surial occ!pied the entire iss!e of The #colo$ist in ad%ance of the

*orlds first #n%ironment S!mmit > the <?F= 6" Conference on the H!man

#n%ironment > in Stoc+holm& So great *as demand for & !lueprint for Surial that it

*as rep!blished in boo+ form later that year by Peng!in 0oo+s&

& !lueprint for Surial addresses the follo*ing:

• WA"7". the *orld of mans mis!se of nat!re and ra%ages of the en%ironment,

• P#$7CT7". the conse!ences of o!r ind!strial era, not only in physical terms

b!t also socially and emotionally,

• A"ALN7". the immediate crisis and the problems re!iring immediate attention,

• PEPES7". an approach to these !rgent economic, social, and en%ironmental

problems, and

• A.67". *ith logic rather than hysteria, sanity rather than sensationalism&

7t is an o!tstanding doc!ment on mans %ery s!r%i%al, endorsed and s!pported by

many of the *orlds most disting!ished scientists&

#d*ard .oldsmith *as born in Paris in <?=G and died in Siena, 7taly at G9 years of

age& Teddy de%oted a lifetime to Bgreen ca!ses and the promotion of ecology,spending decades preaching that ind!striali2ation *as endangering man+ind and that

ma1or change *as essential if the planet *as to s!r%i%e& He also recei%ed a n!mber of

a*ards for his *or+ protecting the nat!ral *orld and highlighting the importance and

plight of indigeno!s peoples, incl!ding an honorary Ri$ht "ielihood &ward and the

Chealier de la "e$ion d*Honneur &



THE END O& ED:CATION*'EDE&ININ THE =AL:E O& SCHOOL

Nei! Po%t$an

Drom the acclaimed a!thor of The +isappearance of Childhood and Technopoly: The

Surrender of Culture to Technolo$y comes an original and ceaselessly pro%ocati%e

analysis of Americas c!rrent crisis in ed!cation& "eil Postman, one of o!r most

incisi%e social critics, s!ggests that the c!rrent crisis in o!r ed!cational system deri%es

from its fail!re to s!pply st!dents *ith a transcendent, !nifying Bnarrati%e li+e those

that inspired earlier generations& 7nstead, todays schools promote the false Bgods of

economic !tility, cons!merism, technology, or ethnic separatism and resentment&

What alternati%e strategies can *e !se to instill o!r children *ith a sense of globalciti2enship, healthy intellect!al scepticism, respect for Americans traditions, and

appreciation of its di%ersity; 7n ans*ering this !estion, The #nd of #ducation

restores meaning and common sense to the arena in *hich they are most !rgently

needed& Dor the sa+e of o!r children, it deser%es to become a classic&

"eil Postman *as an American a!thor, media theorist and c!lt!ral critic, *ho is best

+no*n by the general p!blic for his <?G8 boo+ abo!t tele%ision, &musin$ -urselesto +eath& Ha%ing started his career as an elementary and secondary school teacher, his

interest in ed!cation *as long/standing, ha%ing been associated *ith "e* Lor+

6ni%ersity for o%er @9 years& Postman *as a h!manist *ho belie%ed that Bne*

technology can ne%er s!bstit!te for h!man %al!es& Postman *as born in <?3<, spent

most of his life in "e* Lor+ City, and died in M!eens, "L in =993&



THE ST':LE &O' DEOC'ACYPatri+/ 0at%on 9enGa$in 9arber

This is the story of Bthe endless stri%ing for liberty, 1!stice, and po*er that has been

the history of people e%ery*here and in all times& 7t is a str!ggle as ancient as h!man

*ill& So begins this absorbing tale of a global phenomenon that is central to o!r daily

li%es > and as critical to the h!man race as it has e%er been in its colo!rf!l past& There

is almost no ci%ili2ation in the *orld that does not bear the mar+ of democracyK fe*

co!ntries today do not lay claim to the name& The str!ggle and the bloodshed in the

name of democracy ha%e gi%en !s some of the noblest moments o!r *orld has seen >

yet democracy itself remains the most fla*ed, conf!sing, threatened, and comple of

h!man instit!tions&

S*eeping across space and time in the spirit of a !est, the boo+ tells the story of the

gro*th of democracy, its heroes and heroines, its enemies, its fail!res and s!ccessesK

the threats to democracy from the n!clear age, from the microchip, from poll!tion,

po%erty, and apathy&

What is the price *e pay for democracy; 7s democracy fair to minorities; 7s democratic

la* a tool against tyranny, or does it s!ppress the indi%id!al; 7s the military a

contrib!tor to democracy, or a menace; Can democracy end!re into do2ens of other!estions on the origin and nat!re of democracy, incl!ding the etraordinary idea of

citi2enship, the tremendo!s achie%ement of free speech, and the po*er placed in the

hands of ordinary men and *omen by democracy;

Patric+ Watson is one of T5s most *ell/+no*n hostR*riterReditors, ha%ing de%eloped

many series s!ch as The Stru$$le for +emocracy *hich aired in o%er @9 co!ntries& Hehas also a!thored se%eral boo+s, incl!ding the no%el &lter #$o& He li%es in Toronto&

0en1amin 0arber is an American political theorist and a!thor of <8 boo+s, incl!ding

3ihad s; ,c(orld and Stron$ +emocracy& He arg!es for a rene*ed foc!s on ci%il

society and engaged citi2enship as tools for b!ilding effecti%e democracy& 7n addition

to being Walt Whitman Professor #merit!s at !tgers 6ni%ersity, he is also president

and director of the 7nterdependence -o%ement and the ".E > BCi%World&



THE 'EAT 0O'>*O:' 0AY INTO THE &:T:'E

T#o$a% 9err

B0erry belie%es *e stand at a defining moment in history, one in *hich the earth itself

calls o!t to !s to embar+ !pon a resacrali2ation of nat!re, a ne* ecological beginning&

0erry is o!r conscience, o!r prophet, o!r g!ide& He spea+s to *hat is best *ithin !s, in

a %oice that is incl!si%e, ec!menical, genero!s, and *ise& His .reat Wor+ sho!ld >

and m!st > be o!rs&

> Chet aymo, Erion

Thomas 0erry is one of the most eminent c!lt!ral historians of o!r time& Here he

presents the c!lmination of his ideas and !rges !s to mo%e from being a disr!ptingforce on the #arth to a benign presence& This transition is the .reat Wor+ > the most

necessary and most ennobling *or+ *e *ill e%er !nderta+e& 0errys message is not

one of doom b!t of hope& He reminds society of its f!nction, partic!larly the

!ni%ersities and other ed!cational instit!tions *hose role is to g!ide st!dents into an

appreciation rather than an eploitation of the *orld aro!nd them& 0erry is the leading

spo+esperson for the #arth, and his profo!nd ecological insight ill!minates the path

*e need to ta+e in the realm of ethics, politics, economics, and ed!cation if both *e

and the planet are to s!r%i%e&

Thomas 0erry (<?</=99?), a c!lt!ral historian and ecotheologian (or B#arth scholar

as he preferred), came from the hill co!ntry of the So!thern Appalachians& 7n <?@G herecei%ed his doctorate in history from The Catholic 6ni%ersity of America& With his

etensi%e st!dy of the histories of c!lt!res and religions (partic!larly in 7ndia and

China), 0erry *as able to bring together his many boo+s, essays, and teachings

together *ith his Twele Principles for 'nderstandin$ the 'nierse and the Role of

the Human in the 'nierse Process& E%er the span of his career, 0erry recei%ed =G

hono!rs and a*ards as *ell as G honorary degrees&



NON?E'O*THE LOIC O& H:AN DESTINY

'obert 0ri7#t

$oes history ha%e a direction; 7s globali2ation a nat!ral, e%en ine%itable, c!lmination

of the past; 7f so, *hat does this say abo!t *here h!manity is heading net; S!ch

!estions ha%e made obert Wrights Non/ero one of the most tal+ed/abo!t boo+s of

recent years& And Wrights bold, incisi%e ans*ers are the reason President 0ill Clinton,

d!ring his final year in office, called the boo+ Bastonishing and Bfascinating and

instr!cted White Ho!se staff members to read it&

Wright, the acclaimed a!thor of The ,oral &nimal , loo+s at history as a process of

Bc!lt!ral e%ol!tion& E%er time, h!man societies ha%e gro*n more comple byretaining technologies, political systems, and religio!s beliefs that foster internal

coordination and cooperation& $ra*ing on game theory > the notion of B2ero/s!m

and Bnon/2ero/s!m games > Wright sho*s ho* history nat!rally *ea%es people into

e%er more %ast *ebs of interdependence&

This s*eeping and *itty narrati%e ranges from primordial oo2e to the World Wide

Web, gracef!lly mo%ing from bacterial fossils to stone/age aes, from -edie%al

7slamic commerce to the World Trade Ergani2ation& Wright lends coherence and

meaning to the h!man eperience and sheds ne* light on ancient debates abo!t*hether h!man+ind is part of some grand, !nfolding p!rpose&

obert Wright is also the a!thor of Three Scientists and The ,oral &nimal: (hy (e &re

the (ay (e &re, *hich *as named by the "e* Lor+ Times 0oo+ e%ie* as one ofthe best t*el%e boo+s of the year and has been p!blished in nine lang!ages& He li%es

in Princeton, " *ith his *ife and t*o da!ghters&



CI=IL SOCIETY IN @:ESTION"a$ie Si5t

Ciil Society ran+s as fla%o!r of the month among comm!nity %ol!nteers, academics,

and policy *or+ers& 7t also animates political acti%ists of %ario!s stripes& -any %ie* it

as a +ey principle in the str!ggle for social 1!stice and democracy, both in Canada and

aro!nd the *orld&

7s Ciil Society anything more than a pro1ection of o!r desires, a chameleon concept

that can mean all things to all people; $oes it ris+ being co/opted beyond recognition

and !sef!lness, li+e the recent fad for Bs!stainable de%elopment;

amie S*ift casts a critical eye o%er the origins of this promisc!o!s term& He *eighs

ci%il societys potential > and limitations > against the forces of galloping

globali2ation& 7ntrig!ing case st!dies ranging from Canadian ".Es to social

mo%ements in So!th Asia ill!minate his arg!ment&

A Oingston *riter and M!eens School of 0!siness professor, amie S*ift is the a!thor of a

n!mber of boo+s on politics, corporate po*er and the en%ironment& At M!eens School of0!siness, he teaches BCritical Perspecti%es on 0!siness to fo!rth/year !ndergrad!ates& He has

also been a reg!lar contrib!tor to C0C/adios B7deas& His other p!blications incl!de Persistent

Poerty: %oices from the ,ar$ins. (heel of 5ortune: (ork and "ife in the &$e of 5allin$

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